Will Superheroes Save The Planet? Russell Brand The Trews (E178)
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2014
- The Trews feat. special guest Naomi Klein (E178).
Exposing some of the myths that are clouding the climate debate.
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My faith in Russell is growing. I thought this whole Revolution thing was just a phase, but he's actually taking it really seriously!
John Cristopher Come on man. I'm trying to move on from that.
hahahah fucking hollywood !!!
John Cristopher Listen punk. Since that film I've been addicted to drugs, gone to prison, sobered up, wrote books, got married, had two really ugly children and done tons of charity work. My life amounts to more than some shitty 80's film, yet jackasses such as yourself still shout that fucking catch phrase wherever I fucking go. How would you like it?
"HEY YOU GUYS! HEY YOU GUYS! HEY YOU FUCKING GUYS!!!"
Jackass...
NICE !
John Cristopher Fuck you.
instead or criticizing, create a positive goal and make it happen. stop buying crap made in china from corporations, get involved with your local farmers market, love your neighbors, love yourself, stop hating.
agreed, my biggest beef with climate change and environmental advocates is they never seem to offer solutions besides largely unhelpful things like recycling. Would like to see some of these groups advocating for certain types of research or making funds that could be use to subsidize new cleaner power sources and thins like that.
cloudedjourney there are a lot of really simple, small things we all can do to make a giant impact. recycling is one, of course. but knowing exactly what you are buying, from who, not driving cars as often, connecting with people and creating labor organizations in your own work place. being aware and active towards doing good, for all, is the most important change we can make. i have lived a very different lifestyle than most people, so I already employ all of these practices, it's not so difficult, and it feels great.
spy emerson I like you.
Cinnamon Roll i like you too!! xox
:)
Every person can be a "superhero" just by overcoming one's own ego, and getting together with other people to force change. we have the power, together.
go for it! :O)
"Will Superheroes Save The Planet?" was yesterday's Trews featuring the brilliant Naomi Klein ua-cam.com/video/QoM8BgmUy8A/v-deo.html
Super-heroes saving the planet ??? ... and this will be on your election pledge when you run for Mayor ?
Could you give me the number of your dealer ?...
george gerrard you're a complete moron. Carry on.
Is there a place that I can watch the entire interview?
This ends in a weirdly abrupt way.
One love bro keep up the good work stay sucka free because you 100
i share what i have, even if it's not a lot. i make people laugh everyday. i try and be nice, even when i feel like crap. these are my "super powers"
I'm not sure why you got the mics out, they were just distracting and you kind of just talked over her a lot like the fox news people that you constantly slag off, I usually love your stuff, but this was a weird episode
it was mostly Naomi talking ... so what are you talking about ... Naomi enjoyed the interview very much!
This is an extract of a podcast/debate he did with Naomi Klein (You can listen to the full version on sound cloud). Hence why he has the professional microphones. So stop 'slagging' him off bitch.
Your love has been broken by microphones. So futile is the ways of the heart. But do try and pull yourself together man, life must go on!
They're microphones, get over it!
Ohh, I didn't realise it was an extract from a podcast, I was wondering why it ended so abruptly, my mistake, I just thought it was a regular episode he'd recorded.
It's a weird world we live in today. Regular people know more about the science behind climate change than the scientists who spend their whole lives researching it.
99% of environmental scientists do know a lot about climate change and our role in it and what we should be doing to stop it.... unfortunately it is the 1% who go along with the line that we are innocent in the process whose voices are most loudly broadcast by the mainstream media :(
I was getting this Naomi mixed up with Naomi Campbell. What a shock I got!
***** Like your brain hahahaha
Yeah, Naomi Klien is SMART !
Hello Periurban here is an imaginary pint for all your great comments C(_)
Jasmine blake Sluurp! Ah! Thanks, that's better!
i net, the other one's a worthless model who's been caught ripping the piss.
What I hate is how the "conservatives" high-jacked the word "conservative" to mean hateful and inconsiderate. There is nothing "conservative about not caring about the environment. They should just call it the "party of assholes"
toast cut in a triangular shape rather than the rectangular shape is nicer.
I pee on the side of the toilet bowl so it makes less noise.
I shit in my hand and place it in the toilet to not make any noise.
Robbie E-k
I don't shit at all...I use my mind powers to teleport it to Washington D.C.
It then becomes self-aware, and tries to take over the world. Quietly.
HAL 9000 The lipreading camera in the bowl will be able to regenerate the sound from the visual input alone.
***** nope.
Amazing guest -- the well known anti-consumerist Naomi Klein. Klein was one of the first to confront "branding" critically and her work remains invaluable to understanding modern consumerism, one of the worst aspects of capitalism.
We need more than just these bite-sized 6 minute TREWS episodes. Honestly, I can concentrate for longer than that - why split it into more than one (I suspect there will be more of Naomi, like there was with Mr. Baldwin). If I don't get my daily TREWS fix I start to feel withdrawal symptoms!
Well that ended... rather abruptly...
I know, yeah
When will you be talking about meditation? It's something I'm very interested in and I'm sure others are too!
Sam Harris - Waking Up
Then get a book and read about it?
go back to the beginning trews episodes.
maybe it sounds a bit too hippy. I reckon he should steer away from any guru type persona and focus on the political...
read his Revolution. Plenty of meditation talk in there:)
Foreign aid from the UK govt should be cut completely, aid should be a choice of individuals not taken from our taxes that we HAVE to pay.
New microphones.
They are somewhat distracting...
Russell, I love the Trews and find loads of inspiration from all the different people you have on. Could we have someone from the Green Party ( Caroline Lucas, Jenny Jones, Natalie Bennett ?) on to explain the green manifesto and maybe have a bit of discussion around that ? You say there is no party worth voting for but the Greens seem to support many of the issues Trews cover. Why not challenge someone to a discussion ? would be interesting ? there is a lot of attention being given to Farage and UKIP in general on Trews but barely a mention of Greens so come on,don't be like the mainstream media with a blackout , lets have some balance . Love Jen
Yes, I agree that would be great - Russell can you do that please? By the way, loving the book.
Yeah I'd like this too. Considering the mainstream media blackout they're currently experiencing there's a lot for Russell to discuss with them that simply isn't reaching the public through other means.
Russell Brand Hi Russell, I have an idea. As you talk so often of getting people to take activism into their own hands, why not end every episode of the Trews by leaving a link to get your subscribers to take some direct action to help facilitate bigger change? For example, leave a link in each episode to enable people to switch to green energy suppliers, leave a link to help people switch to ethical bank accounts? Leave a link to a 38 degrees campaign you think is worthy? Maybe replace your 'subscribe to the Trews' spiel with a direct action for every episode? You've got half a million and counting on board now and that many people speaking together can make all the difference - even if is only keyboard activism to start with, it can be the start of something big. x
I remember her book No Logo was part of my uni degree. Basically did it in my first year and realised my chosen subject of business marketing was just methods to destroy the planet, make people buy things they don't need, and act without any morality.
Am I dreaming? A serious FEMALE guest on the Trews???? AND it's only NAOMI blooomin' KLEIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Love you Russ, thank you! xxx
Russel, who is editing your videos? The sound is all over the place, whoever it is, fire them. If you're doing yourself, fire yourself and hire me :)
Russell's Microphone is not turned on or not turned up in the mix.
Larsen Andersen
***** I thought the same thing, then i read the comments and realised my sound was set up wrong - the vid is in stereo and my balance was all off.
Thanks RB for making me realise my sound setup was off, I'm amazed I hadn't noticed before. Oh, and keep up the good work with trying to change the world, I'm with you.
Russell, I don't know who did the sound for you there, but as I'm sure you're aware from your extensive media career, you can get much smaller mics that clip onto your clothes and sound brilliant. The things in your latest video obscured both of your lovely faces and sounded a bit shit, or maybe someone wasn't keeping an eye on the levels. I'm a soundman for TV - not touting for work, don't worry - I'd be happy to assist via email in any technical challenge you may encounter whilst doing yer Trews. Your message is coming across loud and clear, and is inspiring and entertaining, but the Medium is as important, and while it all looks nice and that, sound issues can be distracting and subliminally irritating to the viewer. Or in this case visually. When I watch TV, I like to play "spot the mic" under someone's lapel, or try and work out how the sound's being done. This video was like the easy tutorial toddler level of that game. Keep up the true news, Love, Al.
Yeah. I posted a comment about this before I saw yours. Those mics were absurd. I didn't get a clear look at that lady's face for the whole show! Can't believe no one even tried to adjust it. ''There we go, right in front of her face...Action!''
I realised after I posted this that they were recording a much longer interview that was on soundcloud. I listened to that, and the sound is great through those mics. I guess they took a feed from the recorder into the camera they were using and set the levels too hot. It still looked wrong though.
It angers me when people say that the UK will benefit from climate change as the weather will be more Mediterranean.
Yeah, until el niño shuts down, then we'll have the climate of Scandinavia. Global warming is not necessarily getting hotter.
Russell, I am 16 and well aware that politicians and the media cannot be trusted with wiping their own arse. How would one go about educating themselves politically as you have, instead of reading newspapers etc? (Love the trews by the way ) xx
Noam Chomsky- Manufacturing Consent.. you're welcome.
blackprincess82 too true
Books. Start with some second-hand uni textbooks - look for the textbooks for political science, and it wouldn't hurt to grab a couple of first-year economics textbooks too. (Get them second-hand; they're ridiculously expensive new.) My politics textbook this year was pretty good - Global Politics in the 21st Century. It's not too expensive but you'd probably still get it cheaper second-hand.
Besides Klein's books (This Changes Everything's references section is practically a reading list on its own; I haven't read No Logo, but Shock Doctrine was a very good if very, very dark read) it would also be a good idea to grab Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century and Oreskes' Merchants of Doubt. (Michael Goodwin also has a really good comic called Economix which is an alright intro to major economic issues - it's US-centric, but it's a good start.) You could also throw in Joseph Stiglitz's Price of Inequality if you want. Most of these are available for free online if you know where to look ;)
Idle No More is a really good place for information, and 350.org has some good information as well (although their site is a bit harder to navigate). It's also worth reading the most recent IPCC report - they can be a bit dry but they're worth it. Nature is one of the few free-access peer-reviewed journals, and they often have some pretty good pieces. (Unfortunately, subscriptions to most other peer-reviewed journals are very expensive.)
Inequality For All, Inside Job and Years of Living Dangerously are all good documentaries to consider adding to that, or if you prefer film to books. (And if I remember rightly, they're all right here on UA-cam.)
That should give you a pretty good start, and from there you should be able to start looking for resources on your own.
The main thing is being able to critically evaluate what you're reading - who wrote it, what their biases may be, where their information is coming from and how reliable it is, and what they're saying - as well as examining your own biases in choosing what to read.
annnnnnd cue all the idiot trolls that are climate change deniers.... lol....
great interview...
BIGDO13 Worthless idiot.
tom black show me one proving your conspiracy theory.
Rick Ever it is useless to argue to anyone using the words 'conspiracy theory'.
ecz4 That's the point.
I love the poorly positioned microphones. All that effort and you still ended up with poor sound. Funny. Oh, the subject matter was dull :(
I doubt it was much effort, and this is a two man youtube show. The sound is fine. go spew crap elsewhere.
Troll!
I'm sorry his usual episodes have cats acting funny, stay tuned...
Politics is dull, but it needs to be fixed.
the fate of humanity is not everybodys cup of tea
'Why at the last minute?'
'Cos that's what "superheroes" do'
What a great line
Audio critique:
1. Don't separate the sound to left speaker and right speaker - neutralize it, make it all mono.
2. It's a bit echo-y. And it also seems as if you compressed it poorly. Try Adobe Audition - the Radio effect.
3. Mono mono mono mono mono!!!
"This is an extract of a podcast/debate he did with Naomi Klein. You can listen to the full version on sound cloud."-jtg
GO VEGAN!!! It helps :)
It does! It's a status quo breaker.
yes!!! :)
Second!
I was first ;)
Alfredo Baker You totally deserve a prize!
Alfredo Baker mate come on lol
It's a shame to think that the people that can make a change aren't doing anything
Really good interview, so cheers for that, but Is there an extended version? It feels like it ends quite abruptly.
I love the work you are doing with this channel Russell but can you please sort the sound out. Your voice was panned hard left and Naomi’s was panned hard right, if you were just panned half way to the left and Naomi half way to the right it would have sounded a lot better. Sorry to make such a negative point, apart from this sound problem your channel is actually my favourite youtube channel :)
Can't get enough of these ! thank-you Mr Brand!!
2:58 hits the nail on the head
Where can I find the full version of this ?
A short trews. Can we have the rest of the interview please? I was really interested to hear the rsdt of what Naomi had to say.
Being a politician shouldn't be a career choice. It should be a reward to someone who has given an exceptional amount to their communities over a period of time, possibly having worked at least a few years with a not-for-profit humanitarian organisation.
Why does the video cut off to the Trews credits while she's talking? I was finding this interestinggggg :(
Why can't we just realise that things are changing?
Eco-change is a new way in my opinion to screw the debate and start over. Do we want our eco-systems to fail?
Endless debate is just that. Endless.
Is the rest of the interview coming soon? Reading Naomi's book now, excellent!
Was there more to this interview? It ends mid sentence! More Naomi please.
Russell, I like most of the Trews interview but if you had NAOMI KLEIN with you for more than 5 mins, that interview was a missed opportunity. Did you record a longer, better interview with her? I hope so, and hope to see it soon.
No! Why so short? Is the full length audio to be aired somewhere else?
To those questioning Brand's position as a rich, white celebrity, and any contradictions one might find in his arguments about established power - here is a quote from Owen Jones' The Establishment. "It is not someone's background, or their education, or even whether they have a public platform or a degree of influence, that defines whether they are part of the establishment. It is about power and mentality"
Brand certainly doesn't have the mentality of the Establishment, so any arguments rejecting his ideas based in his wealth or past occupations are invalid.
Hi there. Love the trews Russell. Can u put a part 2 to this interview up please? She's very interesting.
Russell, just watched your interview on bbc newsweek....you were absolute genius! Love your work and admire your approach! Thank you! Would love to listen to a discussion between you and Max Igan....the two of you are my favorite speakers.
Russeeell! Very proud of what you're doing. Been following you since the stand ups and now through this project that I hope we all get somewhere. Saw a billboard at Kingston University for a talk about "Revolution: Is it possible?" Based on your recent movement. Thanks for using your superpowers to raise awareness towards the things that matter.
Can you do an extra video on your experiences with meditation and yoga? I found great clarity when I started a year ago and its been hard to get back to that place. I love your videos and show them to everyone I know. 😊
No matter what the problems are: climate, inequality, lack of clean water, air getting worst: it is multiplied by the fact that we have 7 billion people on the planet. In the next 40 years we must produce as much food as we have produced in the last 8,000 years. Hello? Look at all the societies in the past: they implode on themselves. There is enough for all but only if ALL share and help their fellow humans. We are in this together. Don't let this be the last generation. NOW.
Thank you Naomi
Hey Russell, great that you're interviewing Naomi Klein. Really good conversation... I hope that you have a longer interview with her that you can post. Other people that'd be wonderful to see on The Trews are journalist Chris Hedges, socioengineer Jacque Fresco or his partner Roxanne Meadows, and Peter Joseph of The Zeitgeist Movement.
Ask her about Harper! She lives in Toronto. More of you together please :)
Russell I think you should invite Thom Yorke onto the Trews. He's an environmentalist, activist and vocal fan of Klein's work. It'd be good.
Much love for the microphones and changes towards improving your audio. Whatever you are running your mics into should be selected as a mono channel or equally panned because in my headphones you're both little voices in each ear.
''You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.'' ~Buckminster Fuller
Any reason why the interview was cut short? =/
Bossman Russell putting out content on the daily...respect!
Russel you're a true legend mate. There are people on here and in the media spouting bollocks about you, but dont worry about that. You have ignited a spark of hope in me and so many others, that there may be a way to change the world for the better!
Keep doing what you're doing it may be a long and arduous task to create a true utopia here on earth, but you have an army of like minded thinkers and revolutionaries behind you so lets Fight The Power!
Russell, you interviewed an intelligent woman! This is progress! Only, I didn't hear the end of her talk, it was rather short....
hi russell love your videos and iv ben watching some of your interviews so funny :)
Russell! my housemates and i all tune into the trews every video. thank you for spreading light and love wherever you go. you are a beautiful example of somebody reaching toward their full potential, i find your efforts inspiring and encouraging and they are having a noticeable effect in the world i see.
Now, I am wondering if you would ever do a trews newspaper, you could have a printable paper that people everywhere world can print and distribute. I work in a cafe where all the profits go to helping youths with addiction and homelessness, and our main customers are all in corporate jobs. I would love to be able to replace our terrible mainstream newspapers with the trews, first at my work, and then all around. It may be more accessible to people who are unaware of your channel or alternatives to current systems, only know mainstream media or are old fashioned and enjoy a good ol' paper with their coffee in the morn.
anywho, just a suggestion.
keep on spreading them rays o' light spaceman.
Love the mic setup with the 2 mics panned!
Another incredible, profound, and glorious chat!
Excellent interview Russell!
Keep them coming like this! Please have more experts on issues that impact the human race like climate change. I become more frustrated every day that we have oil barons duping the American people on this issue and successfully buying our government to ensure we do nothing regarding climate change! We can no longer afford to politicise this issue and its time people become educated rather than listening to purchased statements by our politicians!
I worked all this out walking into town last night.
Russell Brand was suddenly in New York, then he suddenly wasn't, and Naomi Klein isn't from Stratford I wouldn't have thought. "Yeah but, it's o.k. for me to do it" meanwhile Richard Branson is flying to Jupiter and is worshiped like a Sun God by Power Dressed Acolytes of da bidness. Whilst at the same time on Planet Earth........
ahhhhhh Russell Brand what happened? it seemed like your microphone was turned off and the episode ended in the middle of Naomi's sentence! I love the show, been with yous since the beginning, but couldn't we give Naomi a bit more time?
ALSO thank you so much for turning me on to "the untethered soul," "capital: in the 21rst century," and now "this changes everything."
i'll be honest with you, cause I love you and you're a hero of mine. when I bought "revolution" I expected it to be like, a book i'd use as a break while making my way through Picketty's opus, BUT HOLY SHIT. what a beautiful combination of spirituality, activism, information and solution based direct action. as a recovering addict it's......much appreciated.
cheers on an amazing piece of work.
chin chin, you sexy minx.
Is there more of this interview?
You should post the entire interview somewhere. It was very interesting.
The Shock Doctrine is a phenomenal book.
I feel like this should have been some sort of live event; it looks like it was cut short.
Every underhand comment and criticism made in the media means you are winning Russell. Keep the faith and lets win this together!
We are the ones we've been waiting for. We have to do it ourselves. And all help is needed. Everywhere.
Awesome! So happy to see this epp of the trews. Loved this book, awesome guest Russell
Do a segment on the Venus Project, try talk to Jacque Fresco PLEASE!
bit brief and sudden. Is there a full episode?
i want to listen to her speak forever. brilliant, brilliant person.
Naomi is the bomb. And she's been consistently on the pulse for a long time. Yes, we can ALL do things to help in the world around us. The problem is the oligarchs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk, talk, talk
I can't see this going anywhere
Hi. What do you think about the new proposals (uk) to treat drug addictions as medical as a posed to criminal?
good episode, but how can you have bad audio with that equipment?!
Russell there should have been a lot more of this with Naomi. Much, much to short. Let the woman speak please, she is so knowledgeable.
Why was it cut off so sharply at the end?
Is there a part 2 ?
I find it fascinating how many people criticise the show, but still seem to come back to watch it.
I guess it is the way that if you disagree with something you're more likely to comment on it than if you agree, so don't take these comments overly seriously people, there are many more people out there agreeing with the trews that just do not comment, so don't get disheartened. Chins up.
Why does this end so abruptly, and why is it so short? I want to hear more from her!
"This is an extract of a podcast/debate he did with Naomi Klein. You can listen to the full version on sound cloud." -jash the guy
why did it cut halfway through? will the other half be posted tomorrow?
I noticed Naomi's book today in a bookshop, debated buying it. I think I definitely will be now!
...how nice...Good to see and hear that you are working/interacting with Naomi Klein. Her research will help you ad your public exposure will help her.
Hello Russell,
I enjoy your videos a lot thanks for taking the time to make them. I couldn't help but noticing that this time your audio was spelt channel instead of stereo. I can help you fix that, I'm a digital video student and would love the opportunity. If you wanted it split channel then never mind and keep on spreading the trews.
-Eryn
I listen to the end just to hear your awesome theme/closing song
russell brand needs a podcast!
That conversation was cut so suddenly!
Why did it get cut off when she was half way through saying something?
Hey Russell, (Sophie here, ex-Old England resident now in New England!)
I am so inspired by your knowledge, insight and genuine understanding of what is going on in the world today. You are so articulate and I wish that you would consider officially going into politics to try and bring change from within. This may be the only way to truly bring about long term positive actions. However, I am always so very confused when I listen to you talk with such insight and self-educated understanding on so many subject to then hear you mention your belief in God. What is going on here Russell? I wrongly assumed that surely a chap as smart as you on so many levels would naturally be an atheist. It's not like you are American and you have no choice but to pretend that you have faith in the supernatural to please the people who you want to take you seriously (like Barack Obama for example, I would put money on him being an atheist but there would be no way in hell that the USA would currently elect an anti-theist to be president!).
God and religions were for a time when we had no answers but now we have science and these religions are no longer needed (except in very poor parts of the world to keep order and some kind of desperate hope to those people who are suffering).
~Peace.
People wondering what's up with the mics and the abrupt ending - this is just a part of a longer podcast conversation. The whole thing is online to listen to, somewhere. Yea it's a cheap Trews I guess.
Excellent having Naomi Klein on, but where is the rest of the interview? It was just getting interesting.
Why was this edited down? I want mooooooarrrr
lmao love the mics, why on earth did you not get clip on ones for the shirt. Bad for climate change?
where is the rest of this interview?