# Book Club: The Psychology of Secrets by Andrew Gold

- **Episode:** [107](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/107.md) (2024-06-18)
- **Type:** news-roundup
- **Tags:** book-club, psychology, secrets
- **Time:** 15:32–17:37 (start 932s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/107?t=932](https://truthliesandwork.com/107?t=932)

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[15:32] Leanne Elliott: I'm excited about this one. And again, when I, when I first show my book, I haven't started reading it, so you can start with me and we can read it together. Um, but I'm, I'm really looking forward to this one. It's called The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murders, Cults, and Influencers by Andrew Gold. What a title. It's here if you're watching on camera. Quite a sexy little, uh, book, isn't it?
[15:55] Al Elliott: Purple and yellow, that's cool
[15:57] Leanne Elliott: It's nice, isn't it?
[15:58] Al Elliott: Oh, is that our colours?
[15:59] Leanne Elliott: Plus orange
[16:00] Al Elliott: Okay, so what's in the book, Le?
[16:03] Leanne Elliott: Well, The Psychology of Secrets is actually Andrew's first book, but chances are you have heard of him. Andrew is an investigative journalist, a podcaster, a filmmaker. He's an award winner indeed, um, in all of those categories. I think you probably would have heard of the podcast Heretics. He is the host. He has created documentaries for BBC, HBO. Andrew is a pretty big deal. Um, yeah, I saw it for the title, for the COVID I put it in my basket immediately. Looking into it a bit more, the book dives into why we keep secrets and what really happens in our brains when we spill the beans. Apparently, we all carry around an average of 13 secrets, and half of the time these secrets involve something sketchy like a lie or money issues. Andrew Gold has talked to everyone on his podcast through his work as a journalist, people from cult leaders to everyday people, um, and he has figured out what secrets say about us. It does look like a really interesting read, I think, especially if you're into psychology or if you just love a good mystery. I think it's going to be good for you. So I'm going to start this as my homework for this week, and I'll report back
[17:12] Al Elliott: I love it. I'm excited and also slightly nervous about you quizzing me on one of my 13 secrets. Um, it's interesting though, I did hear once someone say that behind every fortune is a lie. Um, and, um, that has rung true for almost every single successful person I've met. Now, that doesn't have to be a massive lie or a terrible lie, but I think that, um, there's always a little bending of the rules
[17:33] Leanne Elliott: Oh, what a great question to include in our founder stories