Christopher Hitchens radio interview "what if" game

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  • @MasterBeckett
    @MasterBeckett Před 9 měsíci +52

    Friel: So ownership is a bad thing?
    Hitchens: Of people, yes.
    That could not have been more perfect.

  • @Excalion88
    @Excalion88 Před 2 lety +138

    I listen to this at least once a year.

    • @vukasinjosic9719
      @vukasinjosic9719 Před rokem +13

      truuueeee. this is gold. always makes me laugh. and the pictures are sooo apt, the sheepish smiling christian and grumpy Hitch😆

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před rokem +7

      Absolutely! Without any exaggeration to convince, I have probably watched this presentation 20 times, and every single one of his books is on my bookshelf. With the exception of my father, I miss this man more than any other in history. I was always worried about his drinking and smoking, and would possibly have given a couple of my own years to add to his life. PS: now off to the bookshelf to read God is not great, again, for the third time.

    • @HeroyamSlava735
      @HeroyamSlava735 Před rokem +5

      A week*

    • @PetersPianoShoppe
      @PetersPianoShoppe Před rokem +2

      Ditto.

    • @beertimecontinuum
      @beertimecontinuum Před 11 měsíci +3

      Same lol

  • @richhogg8074
    @richhogg8074 Před rokem +70

    "Ask Kim Jong Il he has a different opinion" Bloody fantastic one liner

  • @officialcoachdanny
    @officialcoachdanny Před 2 lety +90

    “None of your fucking business” 🤣🤣🤣 I miss the hitch

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před rokem +7

      Seriously, me too. I miss him so much more than 99.9% of the recently departed. In my opinion he was probably the greatest man of the century, and a bit beyond.

  • @atomicmidnightband
    @atomicmidnightband Před rokem +51

    ""I'm glad you think it's a game by the way. I rather agree with you.""
    Goddammit I miss this man.

  • @TgfkaTrichter
    @TgfkaTrichter Před 2 lety +58

    How arrogant can you be, to believe, that you will trick someone like Hitchens with such simple Gotcha questions?

  • @cronistamundano8189
    @cronistamundano8189 Před 2 lety +73

    "Does it sound like you, sir?"
    "No it sounds like saint Paul"
    hitchslap

  • @SumriseHD
    @SumriseHD Před 8 měsíci +18

    This is like Kim Kardashian trying to convince Albert Einstein that the theory of relativity is false

    • @adamx9793
      @adamx9793 Před 6 měsíci

      lol 😂

    • @benigifford
      @benigifford Před 2 měsíci

      AHAHAHA THANK YOU

    • @leebode4643
      @leebode4643 Před měsícem

      But remember, we're playing a game called What If. LOL I love your comment SumriseHD and I appreciate you sharing it with us.

  • @sarelbongani3691
    @sarelbongani3691 Před 2 lety +84

    Host : but Sir, we're playing a little fantasy game.
    CH : I understand perfectly, I'm not as slow on the uptake as you seem to propose, how many times do I have to tell you. I make the assumption along with you and I give you my response to it...
    Me : classic hitchslap 😂😂😂😂

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 Před 2 lety +5

      If the host were following him, he will get this instantly.

  • @user-yn2ru2ep1j
    @user-yn2ru2ep1j Před 2 lety +60

    So ownership is a bad thing?
    Of people? Yes.
    Oh, okay.

    • @rcopterboy
      @rcopterboy Před rokem

      I know, the interviewer basically reveals he believes in the ownership of people = slavery. What a thing to let slip live on air.

    • @quantize
      @quantize Před rokem +4

      they seemed either surprised or thought it better to keep tap dancing

    • @danielj2653
      @danielj2653 Před 11 měsíci +1

      🤣Precisely my thoughts

    • @mononoaware1960
      @mononoaware1960 Před 7 měsíci

      Then proceeds to blatantly deny the fact the Bible does in fact call for slavery and genocide lmao. Either in denial about his beliefs or hasn’t read them too intently lol. 😂

  • @Quinn37
    @Quinn37 Před 2 lety +115

    Todd Friel thinks he has gotcha questions. Hitchens thinks he has the intellect of a child.
    Hitchens is correct.

    • @Stable_Genius
      @Stable_Genius Před 8 měsíci +5

      Friel sounds like a snake oil salesman.

    • @fletcher932
      @fletcher932 Před 8 měsíci

      He sounds easily punchable.

  • @johnmwalker8309
    @johnmwalker8309 Před 2 lety +65

    Hitch: “now available in fine book stores everywhere”
    Host: “mmmm hmmmm”

  • @bazil83
    @bazil83 Před 2 lety +57

    Imagine being this guy - right before the show probably thinking "I'm going to get this guy, I'm the one guy who can make him understand the majesty of God and Christ - I'm the guy to do it!!"... Then Hitchens turns up and pisses all over his rug. 🤣😂
    I wonder at what point in the interview he realised his plan had completely backfired, and he was made to look a bit of a tit. Probably never, tbh.

  • @KRISTIANITY_
    @KRISTIANITY_ Před 7 měsíci +7

    That interviewer sounded like an admirer of Stalin, only replace Stalin with god.

  • @CrimzinEclipse2010
    @CrimzinEclipse2010 Před rokem +48

    14:05
    “You just want to live your own autonomous way, living any way that you want to, any lifestyle you prefer…”
    The interviewer didn’t even realize he just made the case against his own worldview.

    • @pedrogrillo
      @pedrogrillo Před rokem +3

      I can live in anyway i want and just have to hold myself accountable to my fellow brothers and sisters and not to a capricious and petty divine Big Brother? That sounds terrible!

    • @justincredible.
      @justincredible. Před rokem

      If christians come to christ at the end, they can do what ever they want. Load of BS

    • @beccahawkins1905
      @beccahawkins1905 Před rokem +7

      The whole interview summed up:
      “Imagine if my authoritarian religion were true. Wouldn’t that be awesome?”
      “No.”
      “Aren’t you guilty before God?”
      “No because there isn’t one.”
      “You just want to live your own way outside the confines of my authoritarian religion.”
      “Yup.”

    • @Sev826
      @Sev826 Před 5 měsíci

      Yes.
      I think the implication he was trying to make was Christopher must reject religion because he is living in immoral ways in hi private life that he doesn't want to be held accountable for. A childlike point lol

  • @Harpoquondrax
    @Harpoquondrax Před 2 lety +57

    This is one of my favorite exchanges.

  • @foreverprime6255
    @foreverprime6255 Před 2 lety +28

    Christopher Hitchens won this.

  • @zekeedwards7904
    @zekeedwards7904 Před 2 lety +28

    Outsmarted and outclassed in a unprecedented way, embarrassing for the host whoever he is

    • @Nebulous0_o
      @Nebulous0_o Před rokem +3

      Last I heard he was living on a beach in Thailand with a 12 year old boy

    • @vukasinjosic9719
      @vukasinjosic9719 Před rokem +1

      somehow not surprised

    • @leebode4643
      @leebode4643 Před měsícem

      Excellent phrasing! I wholeheartedly agree.

  • @alohaoliwa
    @alohaoliwa Před 2 lety +29

    haha miss this beautiful man. thankful for the treasure trove of moments he left us

  • @infogettymedia
    @infogettymedia Před rokem +27

    Host: What if...
    Hitch: It's a tyrannical act...
    That line never fails to get me!

  • @markmiller7317
    @markmiller7317 Před 2 lety +17

    "So I'm not sure you know quite what
    you're talking about."

  • @adamx9793
    @adamx9793 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Christopher Hitchens sounds smarter the older I get. He has a razor sharp wit and the intelligence of a genius 👍

  • @badgershands
    @badgershands Před rokem +17

    A true intellect being interviewed by the intellect of a shoe.

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Ha-ha-ha! Very true,

    • @leebode4643
      @leebode4643 Před měsícem

      LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I laughed until I ran out of breath. Thank you :)

  • @prasanthvarghese9022
    @prasanthvarghese9022 Před rokem +16

    Radio guy should really find another career after this episode

  • @BeastHive
    @BeastHive Před 2 lety +23

    He couldn't even get the book title correct 😂

  • @ADucksOpinion
    @ADucksOpinion Před 5 měsíci +7

    fucking miss this man

  • @maswinkels
    @maswinkels Před 11 měsíci +9

    Friel isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Hitchens mopped the floor with this nitwit.

  • @magish7713
    @magish7713 Před rokem +18

    The game should be called ...
    "how to push an agenda and come off looking like a jerk"
    Christopher is missed but not forgotten ... and through these videos will live on to continue to cast light on the sinister concepts held by so many.

    • @thesongtowoody
      @thesongtowoody Před rokem

      hitchens got whipped didnt he.

    • @magish7713
      @magish7713 Před rokem +2

      @@thesongtowoody lol

    • @thesongtowoody
      @thesongtowoody Před rokem

      @@magish7713 right? hitchens never saw it coming.

    • @pinball1970
      @pinball1970 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​@@thesongtowoodyNo. You listened to the video?

    • @pinball1970
      @pinball1970 Před 11 měsíci +3

      "I'm not sure you know quite what you're talking about"
      Hitch was enjoying this one I think.

  • @zhengfuukusheng9238
    @zhengfuukusheng9238 Před rokem +14

    Hitchens did not make a fool of Todd "Wretched" Friel
    Todd did that to himself

  • @davidwilliams-yh7if
    @davidwilliams-yh7if Před 2 lety +26

    I almost feel sorry for the interviewer. Total mismatch. He got out gunned and out manoeuvered by Hitch in a big way 🤣

    • @starboy1100
      @starboy1100 Před 8 měsíci

      Totally blown out of the water. This twit had no idea who he was dealing with.

  • @Limosethe
    @Limosethe Před rokem +5

    A truly loving and just God would allow Hitchens to live as long as characters in Genesis

  • @danielc6106
    @danielc6106 Před 2 lety +21

    Did he say that the radio station is called "wretched radio"? 😂
    I couldn't have named it better, myself.

  • @kpl775
    @kpl775 Před 5 měsíci +4

    If the phrase "moping the floor with someone" was an actual video, it would be this one
    I miss the mighty Hitchens

  • @JD-bp1ig
    @JD-bp1ig Před 2 lety +21

    A real meeting of the mind.

    • @freespirit5719
      @freespirit5719 Před 2 lety +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @josha7248
      @josha7248 Před 2 lety +3

      Norm lives on

    • @isaacwilson7769
      @isaacwilson7769 Před rokem +3

      Nice to meet a fellow Hitch/Norm fan

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před rokem +2

      @@isaacwilson7769 Did Jesus have a dog? No? Well he must've been one of those gays 🙃 PS: I wonder if his disciples were moths PPS: Hitch and Norm, two of my favourite people of all time, snatched away far too early.

  • @BikePractice
    @BikePractice Před rokem +5

    Host reads from book of Romans...
    Host: Does that sound like you sir?
    CH: No it sounds like St Paul.
    Classic Hitch. Love it. 😂😂😂😂

  • @Kurdt1
    @Kurdt1 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Hitch comeback on the ownership argument with the slavery bible reference… holy shit I was howling 😂
    Classic legendary Hitchslap 🙌👌👏

  • @beccahawkins1905
    @beccahawkins1905 Před rokem +10

    “There’s no prohibition of child abuse, any more than there is any prohibition of slavery or genocide in the Ten Commandments. Um, so I don’t care about those either particularly…”
    “HaVE yOu mAde Any GraVen ImagES…?”
    The stark contrast of intellect here never fails to be hilarious to me.

  • @evan421
    @evan421 Před 2 lety +16

    It is clear that this host's IQ is at least 50 points of his guest.

  • @maxburpee
    @maxburpee Před 5 měsíci +3

    Legendary beat down. Good grief

  • @versatilejams
    @versatilejams Před 6 měsíci +7

    “It’s called Easter, been celebrated for a couple thousand years…”
    “To no effect.”
    😂

  • @larus10
    @larus10 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Never before has such a combination of hubris and intellectual ownage been assembled into one person

  • @drhoratio
    @drhoratio Před 2 měsíci +2

    "It's only with gentle Jesus meek and mild that the idea of eternal torture for minor transgressions is introduced"

  • @GM84GM
    @GM84GM Před rokem +4

    Wretched Radio.
    Seems a fitting name

  • @thomascanfield8571
    @thomascanfield8571 Před 7 měsíci +3

    He's running the same game as Ray Comfort. Very amusing and Hitchens won't play the game as he would like.

  • @jkoblivion4175
    @jkoblivion4175 Před rokem +5

    Another famous " Hitchens Slap".

  • @petepamf
    @petepamf Před 5 měsíci +2

    "I'm not as slow on the uptake as you seem to infer"
    So many mic drops on this.

  • @sugarbass2803
    @sugarbass2803 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Christopher Hitchens - Miss you so much.

  • @eensio
    @eensio Před rokem +5

    The nature of religion has the idea of submission and subjugation. The audio of discussion proves it clearly.
    Hitchens made great work.

  • @timmothyjennings
    @timmothyjennings Před 2 lety +6

    Christopher Hitches was above this radio show. Jesus!!!!!

  • @donofon1014
    @donofon1014 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Tom Fried, what if you wife is in a list of chattels and is auctioned off. Just asking What if ...

  • @das-9962
    @das-9962 Před rokem +4

    Based on how the conversation went if I was Todd I would not have asked that last question lol

  • @RestartEnglish
    @RestartEnglish Před rokem +4

    Made me laugh out loud!

  • @mervinprone
    @mervinprone Před 11 měsíci +4

    Does that sound like you? No it sounds like St Paul 😂

  • @kangaroo3708
    @kangaroo3708 Před rokem +12

    I hate how he condescends to Hitchens

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před rokem +2

      Nah! He is unknowingly providing ammunition for Christopher 🤡🇬🇧

    • @starboy1100
      @starboy1100 Před 8 měsíci

      He thinks he is condescending. But he gets owned. This guy is a twit.

  • @pedrogrillo
    @pedrogrillo Před rokem +8

    I find it very amusing that Todd is all the time like "what if i am right" and not accepting any answer besides total submission and glorification from CH which of couse wouldn't happen lol

  • @stephenkeogh3287
    @stephenkeogh3287 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In order to impress a girl in a bar you challenge an old guy to an arm wrestle. He breaks your arm.

  • @CanadAssassiN
    @CanadAssassiN Před rokem +5

    Ths guy tipped his hand way too early. This isn't a friendly mind game, this is just a thinly veiled grievance match that hes taking out on hitchens and hitchens is having absolutely none of it LOL

  • @alastairhunter353
    @alastairhunter353 Před 2 lety +18

    Hitch is an amazing intellectual. God bless you and RIP.

  • @markmiller7317
    @markmiller7317 Před rokem +2

    This is also one of my favorite exchanges.

  • @mrtadreamer
    @mrtadreamer Před 7 měsíci +1

    The smoke of his torment shall go up forever and ever.

  • @donofon1014
    @donofon1014 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I would have admitted that " I am committing murder of the soul at this moment as we speak". ( as we speak.. very Hitchy)

  • @thraxman
    @thraxman Před rokem +1

    Hitch was the best of what people could be. One of the true untouchables of the last century, never be another quite like that,...

  • @Multi50CC
    @Multi50CC Před 2 měsíci

    "You may take the bible seriously for all i know" Priceless!

  • @Tiger66261
    @Tiger66261 Před 2 lety +15

    "but we're playing what if sir"
    *Hitchens asks a what if question*
    "um lets move on"

  • @Chardonbois
    @Chardonbois Před rokem +6

    Hilarious! Who is this sanctimonious host who purports to be religious yet is outgunned by Hitch on his knowledge of the Bible?

  • @jonnawyatt
    @jonnawyatt Před rokem +4

    Child abuse is justified according to this interviewer.
    Edit. Spelling

  • @ursulageorgeson7086
    @ursulageorgeson7086 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Just to remind you all, they were playing a game.

  • @Jordanmode
    @Jordanmode Před rokem +8

    This whole “he sacrificed his life for you” is bullcrap anyway. Jesus didn’t sacrifice anything. He didn’t even die. The whole thing that makes sacrificing one’s life such an amazing act is the permanence of death. Jesus woke up a few days later as a god. There’s nothing amazing about that. I dare say that it’s a decision any of us would make.
    “Hey, you’re gonna get whipped and crucified, and it’s gonna be extremely painful, but you’ll save the life of everyone on the planet, and you’ll wake up in a few days as Superman.”
    I’m in. Easy.

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 Před 5 měsíci

      Exactly. I have to be crucifed but I get to be GOD afterwards?
      Sign me up

    • @meowmixers9338
      @meowmixers9338 Před měsícem

      yeah even if he did die for realz, big fucking deal. So did everyone else.

  • @Fonzzz002
    @Fonzzz002 Před rokem +3

    The radio presenter's utter dumbfoundedness at the idea anyone wouldn't worship God, consider God good or wouldn't consider Jesus's 'sacrafice' an "act of kindness" is baffling. How detached from reality is this guy? With that logic, you're parents are the ones who should own you as a slave, given they made you and raised you.

  • @rcopterboy
    @rcopterboy Před rokem +5

    So this interviewer believes in slavery, because you are owned as an individual, and then he questions the tenet that 'religion poisons everything'. QED.

  • @michaelappel9725
    @michaelappel9725 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Even the way Hitchens says No is funny

  • @simonthompson2764
    @simonthompson2764 Před rokem +5

    Trivial asinine smugness versus deeply thought out arguments. Mmmmm...which is which?

  • @MetricNotStandard
    @MetricNotStandard Před 6 měsíci +2

    Did this guy think he was going to trick Hitchens? He should of probably read the book and saved himself some time. Hitchens strikes again.

  • @Saphkey
    @Saphkey Před 8 měsíci +2

    This is so funny! 😆

  • @q_5ta871
    @q_5ta871 Před rokem +2

    This makes me wish that there is somthing after death
    Makes me wish that one day we can hear the voice of hitchslap talking one more time

  • @TheSpineSplitter7
    @TheSpineSplitter7 Před rokem +5

    The interviewer is frustrating, not even remotely listening nor responding beyond saying "it's just a what if".

  • @adamx9793
    @adamx9793 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Hitchens: “…I know the Bible does call for slavery as it calls for genocide, but that doesn’t make it right.”
    Friel: “Yeah well, it doesn’t, but we’re playing WHAT IF…”
    🤦‍♂️

  • @johns1625
    @johns1625 Před 2 měsíci +1

    8 of the 10 commandments are not even moral positions. The remaining two are obvious to quite literally everyone.

  • @RunOfTheHind
    @RunOfTheHind Před 2 měsíci

    You can hear his teeth gritting harder and harder as it goes on. The Kim Jong Il answer is perfect.

  • @jeffreyp1855
    @jeffreyp1855 Před rokem +4

    Todd represents everything that I hate about Christianity.

  • @Srw-em6iq
    @Srw-em6iq Před 7 měsíci +2

    If he ran you through the ten commandments, how do you think you would stand up? Better than he did.

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 Před 5 měsíci

      Better than God would have

  • @RobbPhilo
    @RobbPhilo Před 11 měsíci +2

    Notice that he interrupts Christopher way more often

  • @juharon
    @juharon Před rokem +6

    How does this guy have a job? He doesn't listen to his own geust..

  • @MrWarbeast97
    @MrWarbeast97 Před 25 dny

    "So, just a hypothetical, (blathers on about the bible) don't you think that's true?"
    "No, (gives a reason)
    "But it is true"
    "I doubt that"
    "It's just a hypothetical"

  • @leebode4643
    @leebode4643 Před měsícem

    I absolutely die laughting after Chris responds to this: 8:56

  • @kayrow
    @kayrow Před 9 měsíci +3

    9:01 😂😂😂😂

  • @TheSecretmuseum
    @TheSecretmuseum Před 2 lety +8

    first [a bust] and last sentence totally true. he must be a prophet. is the host still employed?

    • @Nebulous0_o
      @Nebulous0_o Před rokem +3

      Last I heard he was living on a beach in Thailand with a 12 year old boy

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před rokem

      @@Nebulous0_o I liked your comment almost as much as I like your handle! Brilliant! 🤡🇬🇧

  • @shannongfm9945
    @shannongfm9945 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The interlocutor sounds like a rogue AI entity.

    • @leebode4643
      @leebode4643 Před měsícem

      Maybe I'm confused, but the interviewer sounds just like every other fool grifting their cult. How do you draw the rogue AI parallel when this same gibberish has been attempted for thousands of years now?

  • @JonnyBoyOfficial
    @JonnyBoyOfficial Před 29 dny

    I died at 8:54

  • @davidwillis2388
    @davidwillis2388 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Is this real? This radio host is so ridiculous I can't tell.

  • @miks8
    @miks8 Před 3 měsíci

    in the beginning - "oh this is going to be a bust" ... he wasn't wrong. He knew it.

  • @danielj2653
    @danielj2653 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Genuine question: what is that thing about Charles Spurgeon at the end, in other words, what win is the presenter thinking he's achieved there?

    • @W00KER
      @W00KER Před 11 měsíci +3

      Hey thinks he got a slam dunk by saying that Hitchens only believes what he believes because it's enjoyable. Basically a dumb way to try to attack the character of the person you're speaking with rather than what they're saying.

  • @RosieRoserules
    @RosieRoserules Před 5 měsíci

    I wish it were that God gave us clothes and food we have to work for everything that we get

  • @RosieRoserules
    @RosieRoserules Před 5 měsíci +1

    Plus Sunday is not the Sabbath so everyone that goes to church on Sunday is worshiping the sun god

  • @josha7248
    @josha7248 Před 2 lety +5

    Second hand cringe. Host keeps repeating “what if” as if that needs any further clarification. Hitchens responds in an intelligent, detailed manner - host just needs whacky bells and horns to honk every so often

  • @kirkknuffke6675
    @kirkknuffke6675 Před 5 dny

    This guy is not qualified to talk to this genius

  • @guusama3404
    @guusama3404 Před rokem +3

    what a goof...

  • @crispo5074
    @crispo5074 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Was this guy Talkie Toaster?

  • @RestartEnglish
    @RestartEnglish Před rokem +4

    The arrogance and rudeness of the Christian defies belief..

  • @Petticca
    @Petticca Před 8 měsíci +2

    "And _he_ took the punishment you deserved for breaking God's moral laws"
    Well then. What was all that guff, immediately before, playing the 'will Hitchens be found to be naughty and sent to hell' game.. The one where God judges him by by his adherence to the commandments, and punishes him when it turns out he just murdered all kinds of mofos in his heart..
    Did Jesus sacrifice himself to cover everyone, or not?
    Because I'm pretty confident that our professional BSer for Jesus claims those commandments to be some amazeballs revelation of moral guidelines that all of modern society everywhere has built their moral rules on, and he just claimed that Jesus is THE fkn man for paying our bill for every single moral-rule break meal we've enjoyed while visiting the restaurant of life.