{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep#200 - Andrew Gold Returns - The Psychology of Secrets","description":"  This week on  The Knight Tube,  Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) Journalist and Author Andrew Gold (@AndrewGold_OK) returns to talk about hid fascinating new book \u2018The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers\u2019.  You can watch the video version at www.youtube.com\/gspellchecker  0:00 Intro 0:08 Air conditioning and summer heat 1:24 Andrew\u2019s YouTube success and avoiding audience capture 3:51 Doe accusations of bigotry hurt? 8:59 Prosocial lies: How do we recognise when we aren\u2019t being honest? 14:14 Is it dangerous to talk to extreme people? Why cover the most dark, heinous topic possible? 19:42 Do you ever worry people will make judgments about you for the dark topics you write about? 28:27 Andrew Gold\u2019s experience with Piers Morgan 36:46 The fear of running out of things to say in interviews and pushing back with your guests. 41:57 Are the left unwilling to debate their ideas? And does being \u2018ex-communicated\u2019 from your \u2019tribe\u2019 make you more extreme? 51:46 Utopian thinking, Stephen going soft on vegetarianism and the value of religion. 57:18 Jews and Santa 01:02:34 Lie detector tests and the cult leader aspect of \u2018influencers\u2019. 01:09:20 Are other people\u2019s secrets a burden?   Buy Andrew\u2019s book: https:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/bccQLCJ  Stephen Knight\u2019s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com  Support the podcast at www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker Also available on  iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube &amp;amp; Spotify. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Godless Spellchecker Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/gspellchecker.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31526622\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/31526622"}