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    613. I Helped Build the WEF Great Reset - Then They Turned on Me

    26/1/2026 | 1h 11 mins.
    What happens when you challenge the World Economic Forum from the inside?

    Desiree Fixler was a senior executive at Deutsche Bank’s $1 trillion asset manager. She believed in ESG, sustainability, and “profit with purpose” — until she saw how it actually worked behind closed doors.

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    Desiree Fixler was a senior executive at Deutsche Bank’s $1 trillion asset manager. She believed in ESG, sustainability, and “profit with purpose” — until she saw how it actually worked behind closed doors.

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    In this conversation, Desiree explains what the World Economic Forum is, how “stakeholder capitalism” replaced shareholder capitalism, why net zero, ESG, and DEI became mandatory, and what happened when she refused to sign off on what she says were false public disclosures.

    After raising concerns internally, Desiree says she was suddenly locked out of the system, publicly smeared, and forced out of Germany — triggering investigations by US and German authorities.

    This is not theory. This is a firsthand account.

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    Chapters

    00:00 Explain the WEF Like I’m a Sausage Dog

    03:00 Why the Davos Crowd Is an Echo Chamber

    06:00 From Capitalism to Warm Collectivism

    09:00 Net Zero Means the State Controls Energy

    12:00 Why Fear Sells Better Than Facts

    15:00 I Thought ESG Was Doing Good

    18:00 My Dream Job at a Trillion Dollar Asset Manager

    21:00 Just Say Anything No One Will Check

    24:00 The Day I Was Locked Out

    27:00 Publicly Smeared Overnight

    30:00 Why I Went to the Wall Street Journal

    33:00 When the SEC DOJ and FBI Called

    36:00 ESG as a Trillion Dollar Marketing Scheme

    39:00 Why Pension Funds Lost Money

    42:00 The WEF Rulebook

    45:00 Why Censorship Entered the Agenda

    48:00 Who Actually Benefits From This

    51:00 They Don’t Live in the Real World

    54:00 Why Net Zero Raised Energy Prices

    57:00 Why DEI Created Groupthink

    1:00:00 Ideology or Self Interest

    1:03:00 What the End Point Looks Like

    1:06:00 What Ordinary People Can Do

    #WEF

    #GreatReset

    #Whistleblower
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    612. Ex-Scientologist on Tom Cruise: What They Don’t Want Out

    24/1/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
    Former Scientology enforcer Mike Rinder explains how you escape a cult that doesn’t let you leave.

    Before his death, Mike Rinder sat down with me to tell the full story of how he spent more than 30 years at the very top of Scientology — enforcing its rules, silencing critics, and stopping others from leaving — before secretly planning his own escape at the age of 52.

    In this conversation, Mike explains why Sea Org members must escape rather than resign, how “blow drills” are used to track and retrieve defectors, and what really happens to families left behind. He also reflects on the guilt he carries for the harm he caused, the price he paid with his own children, and the moment he finally stepped into freedom with nothing but the clothes he was wearing.

    We also discuss: 

    – Fair Game, smears, and harassment of ex-members. – Why Scientology fears psychiatry – The psychology of belief, thought-stopping, and cognitive dissonance – Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and celebrity Scientology – Why smart people stay — and how some finally leave.

    This episode is both a personal reckoning and a rare inside account of how a modern cult actually works.
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    611. Inside Sky News' Islam Scandal: What We Were Told Not to Say

    22/1/2026 | 57 mins.
    In this episode, veteran broadcaster Colin Brazier joins Andrew Gold to reveal what he saw after 25 years in TV news — from standing behind police tape at Islamist terror attacks across Europe to watching the culture of journalism change from reporting to reassurance.

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    Colin describes the moment he realised something had shifted: coverage of the 2015 migration crisis, the way stories were framed back in London, and how newsroom ideology can shape everything from guest selection to what counts as “truth.” He shares the behind-the-scenes pressure inside major broadcasters, why skepticism disappeared, and why he believes much of mainstream media now operates like activism.

    We also cover:

    - Colin’s time at Sky News, including reporting from terror scenes across Europe

    - Why he believes coverage of the migration crisis fed into the Brexit backlash

    - The “incremental” nature of media bias — running order, language, and who gets invited on air

    - The moment he refused an on-air demand to join public NHS clapping during COVID

    - Why he thinks British broadcasting trends leftwards — and how that shapes public trust

    - BBC “truth by consensus” vs adversarial truth-finding

    - How newsroom incentives and ideology collide with honest reporting

    If you’re tired of being told what to think — and you want a frank, insider account of how broadcast news really works — this conversation is for you.

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    610. Worse Than Jimmy Savile: The Case Britain Buried

    19/1/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    In this episode of Heretics, I’m joined by Andy Woodward — the whistleblower who helped expose one of the darkest scandals in British history.

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    Andy recounts the grooming, coercion, and control he experienced as a child, and the long road to speaking out. We also dig into the institutional failures that allowed this to continue for years — including what happened when Andy tried to tell the truth publicly, and the aftermath of going up against powerful organisations.

    This is a difficult but vital conversation about child safeguarding, grming tactics, institutional cover-ups, and what happens to survivors when the system claims to care — but doesn’t.

    In this conversation:

    - How grming works (and how adults get manipulated too)

    - Why some offenders operate “in plain sight

    - The cost of speaking out — professionally and psychologically

    - Media, institutions, and the pressure to stay silent

    - What needs to change to protect children and support survivors

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    Chapters:

    00:00 “Worse Than Savile?” Andy Woodward on grming, fear, and the moment everything changed

    03:40 “Can he stay overnight?” The request that rewired a 10-year-old’s life

    07:10 A “haunted house” trip… and the real horror in the minibus

    10:05 “He was a psychopath.” The double life: generous “pipe piper”

    12:45 Chinese stars, nunchucks, and terror as a weapon

    14:55 “The Savile of football.” Why Andy says the pattern was the same

    17:20 “Bigger cults… bigger picture.” Complicity, silence, and who benefits

    19:55 “340 clubs.” The scale of what Andy says he blew open in 2016

    22:20 “Did staff know?” The chants, the rumours, and what was said at the clubs

    25:05 “If you say anything, I will k you.” The threat that sealed the silence

    27:40 His sister, and the shocking aftermath

    30:05 A family link… and the question Andy can’t shake

    33:00 2003: Trying to hold the club accountable — and watching it get shut down

    35:45 “Trust the institution.” Joining the police… then being put on the worst possible work

    39:05 2016: Going public — “I was trending above Trump”

    41:40 Wembley, the FA, and being told “no” when he asked to help safeguard kids

    44:10 BBC film promises… then years of delay, trauma, and “duty of care” failures

    47:15 “Football’s Darkest Secret” and the decision that left him re-traumatised

    49:55 After the documentary: being sectioned — “seven police officers and three doctors”

    52:40 The drama’s praise… then it vanishes: “removed after 12 months”

    55:40 Inside The Boys Club: the new mission — men, trauma and prevention

    58:30 Heretic he admires: Princess Diana — and why Andy chose her

    #heretics #savile #truecrime
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    609. I Asked Wikipedia Founder Why It's So Biased

    17/1/2026 | 47 mins.
    Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger joins Andrew Gold to explain what he believes happened to Wikipedia — from neutrality and “NPOV” to activism, bias, editorial control, and the culture of Wikipedia editing.

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    In this conversation, Larry Sanger (co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of Citizendium) breaks down how Wikipedia works behind the scenes, how articles get shaped, and why he argues Wikipedia is no longer reliably neutral. We also discuss media narratives, institutional trust, and whether Wikipedia can be “fixed” — or whether alternatives are needed.

    If you’ve ever searched “Is Wikipedia biased?“, “Can you trust Wikipedia?“, “Who controls Wikipedia?“, or “How are Wikipedia pages edited?“, this episode is for you.

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About heretics.

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.
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