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By: Andrew Gold
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What makes you a heretic? Journalist Andrew Gold talks to everyone from cult defectors and politicians to mainstream celebrities—people who’ve challenged the expected script and lived with the consequences. Guests include Robbie Williams, Chris Packham, David Baddiel, Richard Dawkins, Bonnie Blue, and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.Andrew Gold Social Sciences
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  • 655. Triggernometry Francis Foster: They Know Exactly What They're Doing. This Is How It Ends.

    655. Triggernometry Francis Foster: They Know Exactly What They're Doing. This Is How It Ends.
    May 21 2026
    Must-Watch Moments: 1. Francis Foster's poignant words about Triggernometry co-host Konstantin Kisin (49:50). 2. The harrowing story of a kid who 'died like a fish' (1:05:00) - the brutal reality of ideological 'utopias'. --- Support my sponsor: go to https://surfshark.com/heretics for 4 extra months of Surfshark *AD. Francis Foster (Triggernometry) reveals the shocking reality of what is actually happening behind closed doors in British classrooms. From teachers forced into hiding to the "trip wires" that make certain topics - like Islam and biological reality - completely forbidden, Francis explains why he finally had to walk away. SUPPORT MY GUEST: Please support him and get his brilliant new book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/educated-Teacher-Should-Never-Become/dp/0349021503 Follow Francis on X: https://x.com/francisjfoster Subscribe to his new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Francisfosterpod Sub to Trigg!: https://www.youtube.com/@triggerpod SPONSORS: Support our sponsor: go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://surfshark.com/heretics for 4 extra months of Surfshark Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code andrewgold at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/andrewgold Check Plaud UK: https://bit.ly/40Gzdh1 | US: https://bit.ly/475MQKe Notepro: https://bit.ly/479tWSR Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics In this deep dive, we discuss the brutal consequences of extreme ideology, the rise of blasphemy laws in the UK, and the "haunting" story of a 17-year-old in Venezuela that serves as a warning for the West. As Francis says of the system's impact: "He died like a fish." In this video, we cover: - The forbidden list: What teachers aren't allowed to say in the UK. - The Batley Grammar School case and why that teacher is still in hiding. - Why the British education system is failing both teachers and students. - The "gaslighting" of the UK public regarding race and identity. - Francis’s personal journey from the classroom to co-founding Triggernometry. - Support the Heretics mission: If you believe in open conversation and pushing back against the "crazies," please subscribe and hit the bell icon. #Heretics #FrancisFoster #Triggernometry #BritishEducation #FreeSpeech #AndrewGold Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 00:00 Francis Foster: From the classroom to Triggernometry 02:18 Why the British education system is failing 06:00 The Batley Grammar School scandal: A teacher in hiding 08:44 Are we giving up on free speech? 11:54 The return of Blasphemy Laws in the UK 13:49 Synagogues attacked: The silence is terrifying 15:53 Why the average person is being gaslit 19:48 Jewish comedians banned at Edinburgh Fringe 24:32 The responsibility of a 2M+ subscriber platform 27:10 Are we the new "mainstream"? 31:30 Hijacking identities: The truth about "The Crazies" 34:57 How publishers tried to bury my book 41:40 The "Liberal Arts" fear: Why writers are terrified 45:26 Biological Reality: What’s happening in US schools? 49:56 8 years with Konstantin Kisin on Triggernometry 53:36 The lonely reality of being a solo creator 56:22 Nickelback, Beckham, and the psychology of hate 1:00:00 Teaching the British Empire: What the syllabus hides 1:03:10 Why we don't teach the horrors of Communism 1:05:07 Witnessing the fall of Venezuela: A warning for the West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 654. The Shocking Truth About Diddy & Sarah Ferguson

    654. The Shocking Truth About Diddy & Sarah Ferguson
    May 19 2026
    Diddy said this about Fergie's daughter. Royal historian Andrew Lownie has 300 sources, a newly updated paperback, and claims that are still breaking in the press. In this episode, he reveals the full story of Sarah Ferguson's relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs — a relationship she has publicly denied, but which Lownie says is supported by photographic evidence, corroborated sources, and fresh disclosures still to come. SPONSORS: Support our sponsor: go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://surfshark.com/heretics for 4 extra months of Surfshark Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code andrewgold at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/andrewgold Check Plaud UK: https://bit.ly/40Gzdh1 | US: https://bit.ly/475MQKe Notepro: https://bit.ly/479tWSR Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics We go further than any newspaper has gone: the yacht parties, the seven-star hotels in Dubai, the boasts Diddy made to members of his own staff about Eugenie — and what Lownie believes connects Diddy, Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Russian intelligence, and the royal family in a network that is only now beginning to unravel. | Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Andrew Lownie is the author of Entitled: Andrew, Fergie and the Palace (updated paperback out 21st May). He has written acclaimed biographies of Mountbatten, Guy Burgess, and Stalin's Englishman. Jacob Rees-Mogg tried to shut him down on GB News. He kept talking. Andrew Lownie's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OVgwx1MicEEInYkl1KIXI Get the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Entitled-Mountbatten-Windsor-Fergusons-bestselling-devastating/dp/0008775494/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 This episode contains allegations about public figures. All claims are sourced and corroborated. Andrew Lownie stands by his reporting. #Diddy #SarahFerguson #RoyalFamily #AndrewLownie #Epstein #Heretics Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 0:00 — Fergie, Diddy, and the story nobody saw coming 1:04 — How Lownie got the tip and traced the sources 2:27 — The photographic evidence going back to 1998 5:57 — Friends with benefits: what the relationship actually was 6:52 — The Mail serialisation and Fergie's denial 9:09 — Subscribe — why this channel is a target 10:16 — The Epstein connection: Fergie's emails and the 2013/14 sightings 11:14 — Jacob Rees-Mogg tried to shut him down on GB News 12:47 — How did Fergie and Diddy actually meet? The Maxwell party theory 13:19 — Diddy, Epstein, Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell — the network 15:21 — Russian intelligence documents on Andrew and criminal gangs 16:22 — Chinese and Russian spies around Andrew and Fergie 18:05 — More disclosures coming: what journalists are now investigating 21:13 — The Queen told Fergie to divorce. Why. 21:49 — Eugenie, Beatrice, and what they were exposed to as children 23:13 — Diddy's boasts about Eugenie to members of staff 25:09 — Are the daughters now cutting Andrew loose? 27:25 — The royal family's free pass: accountability and moral authority 29:02 — Why Diddy's own former employees are speaking out 30:21 — Where is Fergie now? And what is coming next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • 653. The Truth About The British Empire - Nigel Biggar

    653. The Truth About The British Empire - Nigel Biggar
    May 16 2026
    Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics, yet he found himself at the center of a firestorm for simply suggesting that British history contains reasons for both "shame and pride." From mass online petitions to having a major book deal canceled by junior staff who found his work "problematic," Nigel’s story is a chilling example of what happens when one man stands against the institutional machine. SPONSORS: Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. Go to https://surfshark.com/heretics for 4 extra months of Surfshark Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code andrewgold at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/andrewgold Check Plaud UK: https://bit.ly/40Gzdh1 | US: https://bit.ly/475MQKe Notepro: https://bit.ly/479tWSR Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford's most eminent professors of ethics, yet he found himself at the center of a firestorm for simply suggesting that British history contains reasons for both "shame and pride." | | Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics From mass online petitions to having a major book deal canceled by junior staff who found his work "problematic," Nigel’s story is a chilling example of what happens when one man stands against the institutional machine. - Support Nigel Biggar’s work: Get his book "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colonialism-Moral-Reckoning-Nigel-Biggar/dp/0008511675/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 - Follow him here: https://x.com/NigelBiggar In this episode, we dive into the facts the "elites" don't want you to know—from the global reality of empire to the suppressed truth about Britain’s leading role in abolishing slavery. Is the current wave of "self-hatred" a precondition for revolution? And what happens to a society that forgets who it is? #NigelBiggar #BritishEmpire #CancelCulture #Oxford #FreeSpeech #History #Heretics #AndrewGold #Colonialism Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 0:00 Nigel Biggar: The Professor the Elites Tried to Silence 2:00 The "Ethics and Empire" Project that Caused a Firestorm 4:15 "OMG, Shut This Down": The Cambridge Academic's Tweet 7:15 Why Bloomsbury Cancelled a "Speechless" Manuscript 10:10 The Inflection Point: George Floyd and Systemic Racism Narratives 14:40 The Danger of Revolutions: From Stalin to the French Revolution 17:45 The Horrific Global History of Slavery (That Isn't Taught) 23:50 Facing Hostility: Nigel on the Mehdi Hassan Interview 30:10 "The Room is Not the Room": Lessons from Brett Weinstein 33:45 Why the Focus is Uniquely on British Guilt 37:40 The Truth About Ethnic Disparities: The Sewell Report 43:10 The Logic (and Illogic) of Reparations 50:15 How Christianity and Protestantism Shaped the West 56:30 A Personal Moment: Nigel on Doubt, Love, and Faith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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Utterly addicted. Imagine a great journalist like Louis Theroux being able to day what he ACTUALLY thinks! Andrew Gold is just brilliant! Bring an open mind.

Great content, fascinating guests, incredibly well presented.

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Andrew is a wonderful journalist with a real skill for talking to people about awkward and uneasy subjects. You might not agree with everything he has to say but I think he is very respectful of others with differing viewpoints and he has a way of explaining thoughts and ideas in a non-confrontational way. I wish all discussions could be like this. Expect to have your ideas challenged, your passions inflamed and your feathers ruffled with nuanced and open conversations.

Great Podcast and YouTube show

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