About Me — Andrew Gold

Journalist, podcaster, documentarian, TV presenter who speaks 5 languages. I’ve searched for UFOs, performed exorcisms and hung out with porn stars.

This is me ringing the bells as part of an exorcism for the BBC’s Exorcism: The Battle for Young Minds.

I love this photo. It’s the moment I realised it was inappropriate for me to doing an exorcism on a woman with schizophrenia. She should have sought medical care. They say the bells stave off the devil, but my film — which won festival awards and placed in the BBC’s Best of Year list — wasn’t really about demons. It was an exposé of a priest in Buenos Aires who exploited women with mental illnesses.

So, how did I — an awkward, dorky secular dope from London — find myself in the heart of a spiritual battle between good and evil in Buenos Aires?

My story

Unlike the abusive exorcist in my film, I’m a firm believer that we only get one go around. And with that in mind, I determined to live mine to the full. Not like in the movies, though, where they go traveling around the world — don’t get me wrong, nature is beautiful. It’s just that I’m too lazy. I hate walking, and my back hurts. To me, the most intricate, complex and wonderful thing in the known universe is the human mind. So, I began working as a journalist in my 20s, seeking out those who thought differently from me. I wanted to try to bridge the gap between our minds, and to understand what makes us different. I’m…