Conversations with History: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

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  • @uctv
    @uctv  ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Check out "Dark Persuasion - The History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media" here: th-cam.com/video/bWl8FXhdEio/w-d-xo.html

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitch had a brain washed of thinking. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, energy can only change forms, energy creation/destruction can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. Creation had to be done supernaturally at some point.

  • @kurisensei
    @kurisensei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    'So you call yourself a contrarian...'
    'No, I wouldn't say that...'

    • @georgeelmerdenbrough6906
      @georgeelmerdenbrough6906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not lost on me , either

    • @TwelfthRoot2
      @TwelfthRoot2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      he can't help himself to not take advantage of those opportunities

    • @normalguycap
      @normalguycap 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What else is he going to say when a person is wrong? That's a low IQ connection. A cliche.

    • @JesterPickering
      @JesterPickering 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Genius at play
      15:28
      Stay Safe
      Stay Free worldwide
      The Lawnmower of death rolls on.

  • @kdee8166
    @kdee8166 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    My intellectual of choice and a hero of mine in the fight for reason. His books are so erudite and superbly written; I'm constantly captivated by his insights, commentary and wit. To meet the man would have been the ultimate.

  • @giarcnella66
    @giarcnella66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    This is probably the most compelling interview I’ve seen with Hitchens, simply because the interviewer asks intellectually challenging and personally probing questions and isn’t simply trying to stir up Hitchens to bring out the more salacious and notorious aspects of his character as so many do.

    • @enterbalak
      @enterbalak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So true.

    • @jestermoon
      @jestermoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A talented individual indeed.

    • @jackclingenpeel5020
      @jackclingenpeel5020 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jestermoonthat is putting it mildly.😊

    • @jackclingenpeel5020
      @jackclingenpeel5020 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a special man.

    • @SmallC2023
      @SmallC2023 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Smartest people I know dropped the fuck out.

  • @michaelsoblicas3966
    @michaelsoblicas3966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    His knowledge of the English language was remarkable. His memory was totally mind blowing. Some opinions of his you could not readily share because of one's ignorance to the given facts.
    But I could listen to him for hours, the way he could explain his theory on any given subject . Both articulate ànd sincere.
    Christopher your genius is sadly missed

  • @leftyshawenuph4026
    @leftyshawenuph4026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I was born 1972, and so grew up during a time where if you didn't see this on television where it was shown, at the time it was shown, you never knew it existed, and just never saw it. Ever.
    Then along came the internet...
    THANK GOODNESS

  • @lachlanmaclean6506
    @lachlanmaclean6506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    makes you want to take a moment to remember how privileged we are to be able to watch these videos like this. the internet age will no doubt negatively impact plenty of young people but for those that use it for good like learning about matters such as this, the sky is the limit on what we can be like

    • @therealrussellsmyth
      @therealrussellsmyth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Great comment. My feelings entirely

    • @marcioc9044
      @marcioc9044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In a way I'd say that not even the sky is the limit.
      Im baffled by the knowledge Ive acquired related to the universe as well.
      Never would I have learned that much and deep as the internet has permited me :)

    • @MorphingReality
      @MorphingReality 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Its almost miraculous.

    • @VolvoCommand
      @VolvoCommand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      totally. I'm 32 and I can barely imagine a world where this program could be aired once, maybe re-run a few times and then stuffed in a library forever. The internet is the only reason I've ever heard of it.

    • @cameronfielder4955
      @cameronfielder4955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There is a limit to the amount of info a human mind can hold. It is important to form you world view based on the works of the geniuses that came before you, but the sky is not the limit. Your own capacity for knowledge is the limitS

  • @tommythomas7084
    @tommythomas7084 12 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    The interviewer's unwillingness to interrupt really should be commended; he did very nicely.

    • @bh2861
      @bh2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Love your work Tommy Thomas

    • @bh2861
      @bh2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Daniel Druff please delete your comment Daniel. I want to be the only commenter for the particular comment and 100th like.

    • @bh2861
      @bh2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Daniel Druff Daniel, What's the hold up? Delete your comments already...

    • @bh2861
      @bh2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@coclimbergirl2174 you too, please delete your comment. For this post, I need to be the only commenter

    • @bh2861
      @bh2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Daniel Druff earth to Daniel...?

  • @MarjorainMD
    @MarjorainMD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    It always amazes me that a man I never met, could have had such a profound impact in my life as well as my friends, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends the incomparable Christopher Hitchens lives in our hearts and thoughts.

    • @embisonmichalis8694
      @embisonmichalis8694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I feel exactly the same way. I never met him and only got to know of him in 2015, yet I miss him deeply. I can't seem to find a rational explanation for that.

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My friends and colleagues regularly refer to me as the second coming of Hitchens, if you’ll pardon the pun. I’m rather well spoken, well read and have a particular fondness for Johnny Walker black label - breakfast of champions.

    • @emmatrot77
      @emmatrot77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sadly, Peter Hitchens falls far short of the mark.

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Emma Trot
      Ah yes I have met Peter, good chap at heart.

    • @aubreykrawitz7582
      @aubreykrawitz7582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Colin lk Campbell

  • @Kropotkin26
    @Kropotkin26 15 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    "If you gave Falwell an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox". He said this on mainstream TV! It was frigging hilarious. For some reason, that quote is what I will always remember this man for.

    • @jamesharris184
      @jamesharris184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had to read that a few times to get it.

    • @GT380man
      @GT380man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s brilliant.
      In the same league as the statement by one politician about another politician that was roughly:
      “Mr X drew up in an empty car”.

    • @warrenphillips69
      @warrenphillips69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've watched that interview

    • @juanmonge8
      @juanmonge8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember that from a Redd Foxx album.

    • @willmpet
      @willmpet 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      However, it was true.

  • @metameta1427
    @metameta1427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    You are missed immensely Mr. Hitchens. Your intellect and wit are second to none.

    • @mesafintfanuel3627
      @mesafintfanuel3627 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whenever I listen to Christopher Hitchens, I feel more liberated than listening to 1000 gospel songs.

    • @jblyttle
      @jblyttle ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are equals. None better.

    • @daviddeida
      @daviddeida 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He cant read you tube comments

  • @Ivan1234772
    @Ivan1234772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    How fortunate we are that we have these recordings of a legend. I still marvel at Hitchens' mastery of thought, ideas and language. A true provocateur of his craft!

    • @suheilpinto6964
      @suheilpinto6964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His critical thinking is flawless.

  • @seckhoffable
    @seckhoffable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Harry Kreisler is a brilliant interviewer. His questions are probing. I love this.

  • @NunyaBusinessMK
    @NunyaBusinessMK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Always a joy to find a hitch interview I haven't seen before

  • @sukottora
    @sukottora 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    How lucky we were to have Christopher Hitchens.

    • @mesafintfanuel3627
      @mesafintfanuel3627 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will nominate Christopher Hitchens for the office of a messiah. Down with Jesus Christ.

    • @yevgeniyzharinov7473
      @yevgeniyzharinov7473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is this hitchens idolatry? I don't get why people are fawning over him.

    • @ianmcpartland9306
      @ianmcpartland9306 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you "get" Hitchens, as I do, then his appeal is intangible but intoxicating. However, I can see how he is not everyones cup of tea or why some can take him or leave him.@@yevgeniyzharinov7473

    • @nestorrfortuna1
      @nestorrfortuna1 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@yevgeniyzharinov7473i think his books.

    • @stevebaker4319
      @stevebaker4319 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What would Christopher think of Trump now, in the groups opinion?

  • @bshows89
    @bshows89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    We've missed Hitch for the last decade. There are so few voices that can't be (or haven't already been) bought. So many times over the recent past I have genuinely thought to myself, "I'd love to hear what Hitchens would've thought about this." Maybe the only voice in media that I've ever really trusted. Didn't always agree with him, but always trusted that he wasn't regurgitating talking points. He was erudite but never pretentious, and he was above all else, never dull. Truly a titan of the American polemic tradition. To borrow s phrase he often employed - indeed even in this video, I miss him "like an amputated limb."

    • @deconry
      @deconry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Humans like Hitch come along so seldom. I met the man and he was a gracious gentleman. So glad we have utube to keep his wit and intellectual integrity alive. Miss him terribly.

    • @evaburnz
      @evaburnz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hitchens, Carlin, Hicks.. amongst others.
      Hitchens was, of course, more the intellectual, however, Carlin and Hicks had a raw, direct manner which would cut deeply to the core of our most enraged sentiments.

    • @JoeyM10
      @JoeyM10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@evaburnzI was just about to reply the same about Carlin, too. We need both of them today pretty bad. Curtis Yarvin is now my go to, educated, voice on current events.

    • @tomsheehy1
      @tomsheehy1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would just love to have heard Hitchens and Carlin's take on US voting for the repulsive Trump as president. @@JoeyM10

    • @paulwhitmore6335
      @paulwhitmore6335 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Matt Taibbi, Glenn greenwald - both journalists and imo honest

  • @stephenwhite6928
    @stephenwhite6928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow, just stumbled on this, what a great interview. The interviewer obviously did his homework and both were incredibly respectful.

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @johncutts481
    @johncutts481 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Without doubt the most interesting man I have ever listened to, I miss you so much. Rest easy wherever you may be.

  • @jennifermillward9048
    @jennifermillward9048 9 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    WISH I;D HEARD THIS VITAL , COURAGEOUSLY HONEST MAN A LONG TIME AGO....VERY GRATEFUL NOW ...

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MichaelKingsfordGray so this is how a Hitch follower reasons. After I give evidence, this is the best comeback they can think of...
      "Illiterate cretin."

  • @MonMalthias
    @MonMalthias 9 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I think that if nothing else, Hitchens illuminates just why it is so important to never become a "party liner" - that is; to expose oneself to new ideas and new philosophies, but never to become swept up and homogenised within a movement, to suppress one's individuality of views to 'toe the party line'. One should always be critical about what is 'accepted' and in particular, be self-critical and self-examining because the easiest person to fool, after all, is oneself.

    • @robnorwood3591
      @robnorwood3591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In a different time. The only thing in the middle of the road is road kill in 2021.

    • @PsyChoLogicZ
      @PsyChoLogicZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain the thought without accepting it"
      Aristotle
      Many years on and I also agree.

    • @EazyEden1
      @EazyEden1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brilliantly said

    • @GT380man
      @GT380man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be frank, I never bothered to learn “the party line” on anything.
      If my thoughts on a matter converges with those of others’, I still want to know why.

    • @noreenmountain9405
      @noreenmountain9405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MichaelKingsfordGray ??

  • @totall2952
    @totall2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    We need him now wish he was still here for us all

    • @jamesw17
      @jamesw17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like you're talking about a prophet or a demagogue.

    • @totall2952
      @totall2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@jamesw17 just wish he was here to talk give advice and do the good work he was doing for us all that's all if that's bad in your eyes jog on amego lol

    • @alexcrokes329
      @alexcrokes329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    • @DemocritusWept
      @DemocritusWept 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Can you imagine how beautifully he’d take apart the rampantly anarchic irrational bullying tactics of Ibrahim xendi (sp) who is the flavor du jour of cowardly left of which I used to be one but am no longer. I love the great republican experiment called USA too much. but I also loathe the current administration. Please someone breathe life into a true independent party.

    • @cloudstrife206
      @cloudstrife206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The man lives on in his books and online videos. We can all still learn from him despite him being no longer with us. Take care

  • @utkarshharrymehta3301
    @utkarshharrymehta3301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Hitch had his own biases and predilections, yet it would be an understatement to suggest that he was an immaculate orator. Not many people possess such power over their articulation, and the air of sharp wit and dignity which enshrouded his presence was unique. RIP.

    • @chrischandler889
      @chrischandler889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah him being a patriot, nationalist, and statist was strange. I wonder if he was still alive if he would have challenged those biases?

    • @JohnM-sw4sc
      @JohnM-sw4sc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@chrischandler889 all those things are good tho. I mean my goodness patriotism itself is invaluable. Don’t know how you get this men to run into the beaches on d-day without some sort of base level of societal patriotism/ group identity etc etc

    • @chrischandler889
      @chrischandler889 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JohnM-sw4sc the same patriotism brought forth nazism. As did Statism. People need to stop believing that men are "Legitimate authority" over other men. We are all equal. Stop with this cult mindset. It will bring WW3 if we don't stop. Just like it has brought every war ever. Plus damn near every atrocity.

  • @audiebavington8789
    @audiebavington8789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    What an incredibly pleasant interview. Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @adamtzsch
    @adamtzsch 11 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    A passionate man, well-informed and, most importantly, funny. The twinkle in his eye faded FAR too soon.

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    His depth of knowledge in the detail of history is exceptional. Sorely missed.

  • @hankblanc4586
    @hankblanc4586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    One of the best Hitchens interviews ever.

    • @Gleadless
      @Gleadless 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Totally agree , sadly we’ve lost a icon of reality, he with superior education completely obliterated the religious fanatics
      Richard Dawkins is another albeit through science ...brilliant

  • @revpgesqredux
    @revpgesqredux 8 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    he puts his finger on a huge problem of this day - "judging people's actions by their reputations instead of judging their reputations by their actions". in partisanism, in celebrity worship, in the rampant dumb "hooray for our side" propaganda of our day. all of this avoids the question "what am i doing myself about what i believe?" and the next one "what are you doing about what you believe?" having a spotless liberal or conservative voting record is a poor proof of compassion and charity

    • @johnmoeller8654
      @johnmoeller8654 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Good insights and excellent comment

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We do have a society that idolizes narcissism.

    • @AvonNabors
      @AvonNabors 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is what I remember as a young boy

    • @MaiarOlorin45
      @MaiarOlorin45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said

    • @kantraxoikol6914
      @kantraxoikol6914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      compassion and charity have no ground in politics, you'll never see that in any candidate ever. if you think tRump had ANY of that in him you're already more delusional than can be stated here

  • @terribleTed-ln6cm
    @terribleTed-ln6cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Intellectual legend......I miss him terribly.

  • @staylopictures
    @staylopictures 15 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How great to see a thoughtful interview where ideas get developed and people don't talk on top of each other. Thanks uctelevision.

  • @gavtucker9917
    @gavtucker9917 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a great interview but more so what a very astute interviewer. To converse with Mr Hitchens and stimulate his opinions is a hard task in itself. Very good listen. RIP Christopher Hitchens

  • @BobbyCarr821
    @BobbyCarr821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    When the Hitch crossed his arms, you knew he was more serious, and in tune, than what was about to come back at him. I love this man.

    • @kathypiazza7228
      @kathypiazza7228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I miss him. Thankfully I can find him here on line.

    • @bhaskarphukan3889
      @bhaskarphukan3889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kathypiazza7228 to

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    Hitch exemplifies the difference between a man with a diploma, and a man with an education.

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

    • @illuddivinus3309
      @illuddivinus3309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Even an education doesn’t secure that knowledge. Hitch was touched by greater devices that you and I will never reach.

    • @stevebrown8368
      @stevebrown8368 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes indeed

    • @The_kids12345
      @The_kids12345 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hitch is one of my heros

    • @muzi2672
      @muzi2672 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not entirely true. Hitchens was the beneficiary of a very high quality education, it's not as if he went to an inner city comp (a public school in the US) and never went to uni. As he says, he went to English boarding schools and then studied Philosophy at Oxford. Hardly a self-taught man 😂

  • @foadghavami2004
    @foadghavami2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How beautifully and seriously in a very brief statement, defines 60s, heritage of 60s and specially 68 revolution of youth in Europe, that reshaped future of Europe, for better or worse. What a towering figure and orator!

  • @marlaleemouse
    @marlaleemouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I fell in love with Christopher Hitchens years ago and I have never fallen out.

    • @justanamerican9450
      @justanamerican9450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I now discovered this beautiful brain. I missed him alive. I am happy to see his conversations.

    • @Gallowglass7
      @Gallowglass7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@justanamerican9450 I miss that man so much; he is so much needed for this time

    • @gabriellaspaeth2275
      @gabriellaspaeth2275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      even now he is gone, i can’t get enough of his videos.
      Really wish he as still with us.

  • @brucemonkhouse6698
    @brucemonkhouse6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brilliant, extraordinary well read, sense of humour and wit..a true genius..

  • @phssthpok5075
    @phssthpok5075 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As with many others, I praise the interviewer for doing his homework, and asking good questions.

    • @bobobandy9382
      @bobobandy9382 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mhm. He certainly kept his notes. Mhm.

  • @jseldner
    @jseldner 13 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A once in a generation intellect, and a great example of not giving a damn what people think of you!

  • @mikecoughlin5901
    @mikecoughlin5901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What an incredibly pleasant interview. Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Take A Moment Relax and Enjoy
    It's great to see The Genius of Christopher Hitchens at play.
    Gone but not forgotten. Praise God 👏
    Not really, I am a Jewish atheist.
    Stay Silly
    Stay Safe and Stay Free 🙏

  • @johnpoulsen7582
    @johnpoulsen7582 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The preparation, intelligence and capacity of the interviewer brings the best out in our hero Hitchens

  • @timc55
    @timc55 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the interaction between them. Miss you, Christopher.

  • @brianwilson49
    @brianwilson49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I need to watch this a few times to absorb it all!

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @ouchmycrank
    @ouchmycrank 16 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was excellent. Thank you for posting it.

  • @hela99
    @hela99 14 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i love all these 'history interviews' .. i have watched the one with Noam Chomsky and Elizabeth Warren, they were great, and i am looking forward to this one! It's inspiring and gives me strength to listen to these interesting and open-minded people.

  • @andreteixeira8546
    @andreteixeira8546 6 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Alternative title: Hitchens has a chat with Ned Flanders

    • @myothersoul1953
      @myothersoul1953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      sometimes it takes the blankness of a Ned Flanders to get the interesting out.

    • @Kampup
      @Kampup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@myothersoul1953 Hitchens is better when challenged the guy is too nice, but a nice man.

    • @hansjuker8296
      @hansjuker8296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Stupid sexy Flanders

    • @noturnleftunstoned72
      @noturnleftunstoned72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hahaha good diddly day sir.

    • @errolkim1334
      @errolkim1334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Intro music by Maggie Simpson

  • @richardstrauss7750
    @richardstrauss7750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have followed Christopher Hitchens from the day I first became aware of him. To have known him personally would have been a privilege and a challenge for me to come close to keeping up. Thought stimulating. Nothing lazy about his intellect.

  • @undisputedgreatest
    @undisputedgreatest 14 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Hitchens is one of the most brilliant men to have ever existed.

    • @andrewpickering5180
      @andrewpickering5180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You haven't met me. Please explain. Only kidding I'm with you . -; )

    • @davidcoomber4050
      @davidcoomber4050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Perhaps you should get out more

    • @andrewpickering5180
      @andrewpickering5180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidcoomber4050 you're right. Oh and when I implied I was also brilliant, I ment in the shining sense of the word. ;-)

    • @kieronjohnson8834
      @kieronjohnson8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I guarantee Hitchens would be able to give you a list of a hundred or more people who he would rate as far more brilliant. He was very clear and unassuming about his place in the scheme of things. He had a robust ego, he needed one for his work, but he never believed his own hype.

    • @user-kx2jz2go2d
      @user-kx2jz2go2d 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kieronjohnson8834 that list would be easy to compile. Hitchens is a lot of things but a “great mind” isn’t one of them.

  • @audiebavington8789
    @audiebavington8789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great interviewer. Good questions and allowed Hitch to speak.

  • @susanfiedler427
    @susanfiedler427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Miss him greatly..thank heavens we have him whenever we need him❤

  • @NanoHorizon
    @NanoHorizon 12 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Things still happen in the world and I'll think "I can't wait to hear what Christopher has to say about this"

  • @PlntPeace
    @PlntPeace 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Miss You Christopher Hitchens... Thinking of your family and friends

    • @chrishitch8675
      @chrishitch8675 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Ntwa-dumela Don't cry. We'll see each other soon.

    • @KingRumar
      @KingRumar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +chris hitch Is this supposed to imply he's in hell? That's cute, keep that dream going if it makes you happy.

    • @revpgesqredux
      @revpgesqredux 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too, and praying for them

    • @BannerOfBlasfemy
      @BannerOfBlasfemy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahahahahahaha

    • @luciferscatmilk
      @luciferscatmilk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      PreserveBigCats creep

  • @davidpatteson3061
    @davidpatteson3061 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to thank everyone for the sincere compliments about Hitchens. I appreciate the sadness that people share that they discovered him after he had passed. In the craziness of today, there is no one that calms me down more in the middle of the night than he does. I lecture a lot and I literally feel like I have become smarter and more eloquent (tough uphill climb) as a result of listening to him. I wish I had his brain.

  • @qlnbd
    @qlnbd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    God i miss him. Yes, i know, that first word. A cultural artifact of my upbringing. But i wish he was here now. He is needed more than ever.

    • @Greetingsearthling22
      @Greetingsearthling22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I catch myself saying “thank god” but I let it happen.

    • @mikecoughlin5901
      @mikecoughlin5901 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the greats. Taken away, such a very expensive tragedy. RIP Christopher.

  • @DELANOdutch
    @DELANOdutch ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Humanity really misses this man, badly. RIP HITCH.

  • @williamkferro35
    @williamkferro35 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Quite, Jimmy! His explanation of that process resonates fully with me. "It's not something you do; it's something you are."

  • @Spongebob0911
    @Spongebob0911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the few where you come to realize ... once they re gone, the world is a lot less brighter than before ...

  • @c.s.7097
    @c.s.7097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "What more can I say"?
    "Much more, much more".
    He caught himself there LOL

  • @shabirmagami146
    @shabirmagami146 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great interview .....Hitch as always articulate and brilliant at that ...the interviewer is spot on .... loved every minute of it 💌

  • @SuperStig23
    @SuperStig23 11 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I didn't always agree with his opinions but a brilliant mind, and the best BS detector he was as a contrarian, when the Democrats or Labor Party were in power he lampooned their hypocrisy, when the Conservatives or Republicans were in power he skewered their self righteous hypocrisy, At least he made you you think.
    RIP Chris, like all the greats you were taken way too young

    • @IFY0USEEKAY
      @IFY0USEEKAY 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well put! Hitch wasn't always right, but he was NEVER in doubt. I will miss his viewpoints on the events that will come in the next few years.

    • @no-oneman.4140
      @no-oneman.4140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Christopher ....

    • @tommylyons3765
      @tommylyons3765 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      tard

    • @mikekennedy5470
      @mikekennedy5470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's alright I that you didn't always agree with him ..just shows that you were not educated enough ..hope you got that all straightened out now....

    • @gnuPirate
      @gnuPirate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@howardlovecraft750 You are a scumbag.

  • @mattstickle2725
    @mattstickle2725 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A jewel. Earth's greatest representative. Speaks for me on somebody levels. Says it better than anyone has ever said it or even thought about saying it.

  • @rhondareinhardt6688
    @rhondareinhardt6688 11 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hitchens had thoughts and he was honest in expressing them. In other words, simply one in a million.

  • @kenclayton5088
    @kenclayton5088 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So good to watch and listen to this remarkable man...his speech....his history knowledge....his accuracy...brilliant

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      His absurdity in thinking we got all this on its own. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, energy can only change forms, energy creation/destruction can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. Creation had to be done supernaturally at some point.

    • @rimbusjift7575
      @rimbusjift7575 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@2fast2block
      Quick IQ test...
      Solve: 4, 5, 14, 185, ...

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rimbusjift7575 ok, just say you can't deal with what I gave. It's obvious anyway.

    • @rimbusjift7575
      @rimbusjift7575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2fast2block
      Pathetic duck.
      If four numbers are beyond your comprehension, then you should stick to things of LESSER complexity.

    • @Mouth-of-Spaghetti
      @Mouth-of-Spaghetti 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@2fast2blockYou are like a monkey with a football , loving it but clueless. You are butchering the 2nd law of thermodynamics; That only applies to a closed system.

  • @ianmacdougall2100
    @ianmacdougall2100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wish I had a bigger brain to understand most of his depth. By far him and Thomas Sowell are my guide and best articulate my beliefs.

  • @trillianmcmillian2660
    @trillianmcmillian2660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is soo good and needs to still be heard!

  • @thebritandtheyank3821
    @thebritandtheyank3821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    .....Filled with more brilliance and meaning than ever!

  • @air9music
    @air9music 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I must say budget Einstein is a good interviewer.

    • @enterbalak
      @enterbalak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO

    • @jellooowith3os
      @jellooowith3os 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's quality. Can't stop grinning.

    • @GT380man
      @GT380man 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was Einstein a good interviewer?

    • @juanmonge8
      @juanmonge8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor mans Gabe Kaplan.

  • @meviewer2
    @meviewer2 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice to see Hitchens in a conversation where he is not on the attack, shows his kind and respectful side

  • @xtianosickboy
    @xtianosickboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The jingle reminds me of times the TV and vcr was wheeled into the classroom on a stand at school

  • @christinehazard9641
    @christinehazard9641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now more than ever! To have some willing to speak truth! He’s sorely missed

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @brautigan81
    @brautigan81 16 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love his little smirk when the interviewer says "a man of letters."

    • @2martino3
      @2martino3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      give me a goddamn timestamp

    • @user-kx2jz2go2d
      @user-kx2jz2go2d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was quietly revelling in the flattery.
      He’s English but still couldn’t hide it.

  • @Sagaciousish
    @Sagaciousish 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The ultimate Hitch interview

  • @lucygodfrey141
    @lucygodfrey141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Christopher Hitchens immortal; best speaker, best attitude, best voice: on this side idolatry.

  • @embecmom5863
    @embecmom5863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this was a great interview. Love the quote about people contorting themselves to avoid acknowledging a point, this is 2020 in a nutshell.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WHATEVER MADE YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED in that and most other regards?
      the thirst may have increased and the methods used to relieve it more obvious....but the beliefs have only galvanized and deepened.....i see slow..very slow evolution on certain fronts..but the kind of change Hitchens believed in and talked about has made even fewer inroads...

  • @Exileonbackroad
    @Exileonbackroad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    His hatred of Kissinger is legendary, fantastic rant at 45:56.

  • @ellystripes
    @ellystripes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful interview. Miss you, Hitch.

  • @BreezyJeans
    @BreezyJeans 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the part at 28:00 where he talks about how people feel about going against popular opinion

  • @JoSpring
    @JoSpring ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To have been his student. The stuff of dreams... miss you, Hitch. You're work will not die.

  • @adamtzsch
    @adamtzsch 11 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You'll be greatly missed, Christopher. Especially by a fellow Philosophy student. Who's gonna fill your shoes?

    • @samosmond2375
      @samosmond2375 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will x

    • @adamtzsch
      @adamtzsch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samosmond2375 Stick to Joe Rogan.

    • @MattSingh1
      @MattSingh1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamtzsch 😄👍👌

    • @carolbell8008
      @carolbell8008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Derek Prince

    • @adamtzsch
      @adamtzsch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carolbell8008 The dead guy? 🤔

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the intro music. Just sublime.

  • @jamesharris184
    @jamesharris184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Timeless, thank you. The answer to Henry Kissinger, is the elites seldom pay. We do not abide by the standards we impose on others.

  • @MrTPollitt
    @MrTPollitt 15 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    you recognise a fellow sufferer when you see one! hitchens is incredibly inspirational person, whatever you think of his views

  • @MarjorainMD
    @MarjorainMD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Got to love the Hitch! illuminating interview with thoughtful provoking ideas, and a glass full of Johnnie Walker Black, the which he takes a big gulp @ 23:09 his fantastic intellect was sharper even more after he got buzzed.
    Love Christopher, miss the gorgeous bastard.

  • @stephenholmgren405
    @stephenholmgren405 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The past week I have listened to about 40 hours of Hitch

  • @jimbrooks3370
    @jimbrooks3370 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Did anyone else feel like they were back in junior high school about to watch a film strip when the intro played?

  • @thegaze4346
    @thegaze4346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    26:52 is where it really gets interesting. It comes off a comment about 'speaking truth to power' and how that phrase is now mainstream {which goes against the purpose of the gesture). He builds on that by implying that tribal political orthodoxy is also a form of power that needs to 'spoken to' in the same way.

  • @omnipitous4648
    @omnipitous4648 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All I can say is: "Very Nice" interview.

  • @ecdhannam1013
    @ecdhannam1013 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    brilliant interview. As whatever is in the glass takes hold he just keeps getting better and the interviewer plays to it.

  • @greenhornet299
    @greenhornet299 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    BRILLIANT man...I am a Christian....but this man was a genius....

  • @danischannel
    @danischannel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @40:00 What he says about totalitarian regimes and extremism is well delivered...Time standing still...what isn't forbidden is compulsory, everything that isn't compulsory is forbidden...oppression of women , art , music

  • @localfox1000
    @localfox1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    53:44 Great advice by Hitch on becoming a writer, or in fact becoming anything else.

  • @ktkee7161
    @ktkee7161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The beginning of that is so twee I thought it must be the 1980s, but it's 2002! His remarks on the lack of an identity crisis are fascinating, as it's all we seem to have talked about in England for at least 5 years. And tbh, it feels a lot longer than that (lost an empire not found a role).

  • @deltasquared7777
    @deltasquared7777 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hitchens' brilliance lay in his encyclopedic knowledge encompassing History, Literature, Philosophy, and current affairs and his uncanny ability to assess and integrate the place of current affairs into the broadest scheme of History and Philosophy. Combined with his incomparably eloquent, endearing quasi-curmudgeonly charm that softened the brunt of his broad, blunt, incisive, often sarcastic observations make him a singular human being whose honesty, insight and very being is sorely missed

  • @chriswicker6672
    @chriswicker6672 11 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    That jingle is definitely from a 1996 PC videogame.

    • @adamrc6279
      @adamrc6279 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      so age of empires

    • @hallerd
      @hallerd 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam Blitsk Hilariously true.

    • @jllamb88
      @jllamb88 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wizardry 7 😂

    • @ivanbliminse2879
      @ivanbliminse2879 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dying 😂

    • @yyzx_6668
      @yyzx_6668 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i thought the same thing lmao some ps1 shit

  • @ShanOakley
    @ShanOakley 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Ain't Christopher a grand fellow.

  • @erpthompsonqueen9130
    @erpthompsonqueen9130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @robmoss8198
    @robmoss8198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great music at the start

  • @lindontilson471
    @lindontilson471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What an amazing individual. Sorely missed

    • @dianahill7239
      @dianahill7239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.

  • @MichaelRobertHart
    @MichaelRobertHart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish I could find the name of the intro track! !

  • @williamrenz3141
    @williamrenz3141 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wish he'd still been around over the past 11-plus years. He could have had a field day with the nonsense occurring since his passing.

  • @MrCuntyballs2U
    @MrCuntyballs2U 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @leechchill Thankyou for that........ Good to see we do share a first language after all....... The language of the Heart
    live long and prosper!