Apocrypha history/application

I was listening to the Bible translation episodes from January 2020 and I really appreciated the perspective that it gave me. It got me thinking about the Apocrypha and how it came to be.

I would really enjoy a similar episode on the history and how/if it can be trusted. Are these books dangerous? Do they have info in them that conflicts the canon of the Bible? Should they be avoided altogether?

I would love to learn more about this from an AC perspective.