23 minutes with Russell Brand - REVOLUTION interview 

It is a great man who uses his fame to help humanity!! Many celebs would be afraid for their careers. We need more brave men like Russell.

The metaphor about noticing and pointing out a house on fire was perfect. Russell never fails to impress me. I feel sorry for him sometimes as he is portrayed in the media as tilting at windmills when I feel he is doing an admirable job at what he is trying to accomplish. It is simple and straightforward to me. Just get involved in your own life and in the world around you in any way you can. It gives me inspiration and hope. And that is good. Thanks Russell. Peace.

Thanks to Russell for being an able, normal, vulnerable, feeling being, and communicating about it. He is doing something about what he cares about, not just being a talking head. I'm a mum, and I'm proud of him.

I hate how this guy interrupts Russell at the end of ever answer. I mean let him finish what he's saying.

Russell is such a beautiful human

love the comparison to John Lennon he would have been great friends with Russell they both are / were ahead of their times very forward thinking souls .

funny that everyone who disagrees with russell just calls him and idiot or says he talks out his ass. i have yet to see anyone truly break down and disprove what he has to say

"Think globally, act locally." The idea has been around a long time. The cool thing about Russel Brand is he's animating that idea.

i was so moved when russell said that he wants his mother to be proud of him when he tries to make the world a better place. that he wants to do something with his life that his nan would be proud of.

The interviewer talks too much and keeps cutting him off. That's quite a bad job he's doing there

I think Russell Brand is a caring, passionate and introspective soul who sees the problems in the world and is trying to do his part to help mankind and its problems. When God asks him at the end of his life , "what have you done with your life my son .....", Im certain that he will have lots to say about how he tried to help. It is better to be part of the solution, than part of the problem. Don't judge a man by the mistakes he might have made, but by how he tried to fix them and even those that even he himself might not even be responsible for.

this cameraman needs to chill the heck out, geesh i don't need to see his shoes and tattoos every other second. it's so distracting.

When Russell Brand did the interview with this dude Paxman on BBC it was fire, especially at the end when you brought up his emotional reaction to his ancestors and talked about emotional porn. This guy is the voice of a generation, Im grateful he is speaking for us!

Gotta respect Russell for beating drugs and alcohol

wishing the interviewer would let Russell answer a question.

I'm obsessed with interviews, I've watched thousands... This is top 5 right here.

Change is in the air. Supporting you Russ.

I love Russell Brand! He is such a nice bloke, and right on with his views on equality issues!

OK, I've been a fan of Russell for 6+ years and always believed in him, so it's no revelation that I loved him in this interview, but Geoff! I now have a bit of a crush on you as well. That bit at the end where you asked to cuddle him - that was precious! What a nice, intelligent guy. (Both of you.)

Wow this interviewer is like a fucking mosquito . Russell has the patience of a saint.

one of my biggest pet peeves is when people say things like" are you okay, you look upset, ect....your eyes look tired??? Really? I mean really?????? why do people like to to be so awkward if something where wrong do you think saying that helps? no it makes it worse, you r insulting someone while trying to mask it with superficial concern for them, like he really gives a crap about whether Russell is okay or not, he just wants to put him on the spot to create some kind of drama from Russel because anyone with half a brain knows how patronizing that crap is!!

A truly down to earth and caring guy. Thanks Russell Brand.

Decentralisation of power is the key. help people get off the electric grid, help people grow local foods, help people innovate new technological paradims.

The best thing Russell is advocating is changing your own life, and taking charge if it, rather than playing the victim and just drifting through life based on what you've been TRAINED to do.

This seems even better than the first time I saw it . Something's going on (in me ) : Maybe as I'm reading Russell's brilliant book and checking-out more and more of his vids I'm becoming more aware . Open to understanding the implications of what's being said and the possibilities that exist from moment to moment in my own life . This past year has been extremely positive for me , and that , I am sure , is very much to do with deciding to take Russell seriously , and listen to him . Thank you Russell - you've helped to revolutionize my life , and you've definitely made me happier . ♥

As always russell, a well articulated discussion.

We need more people like you Russell telling it like it is instead of the dross that comes from mainstream media. Good on ya!

Why has the hosts career plateaued whilst the guests career has ascended? Could it be that the guest has been intelligently tackling issues largely based on principles, values and ethics as opposed to ratings? Arguable no doubt - but the point is Russell is acting like a Warrior whilst most of us act like pansies.

He keeps interrupting Russell. Knob!

The interviewer is talking over him constantly! So annoying

This guy is the worst interviewer ever. He doesn't let russell finish talking!

Good for you, Russell. Hero of the everyday bloke.

Way to go Russell, interview great and looking good. I need to get his book and read it.

He's such a beautiful person

I've been attempting to consume everything I can find on Russell Brand over the last few days, and I have to say that it's been so extremely relieving to finally hear someone speaking the truth about the trajectory of our society. He educates in a way that is not intimidating or exclusionary. I've ordered his book and am very much looking forward to reading it. This was a great interview, and the host was insightful and obviously does have great empathy for the the difficult war Russell is attempting to wage on our archaic political system and the transnational corporations which control it. It must be tiring, but I hope for nothing more than Russell to continue this quest. The only thing I found myself questioning when Russell spoke, is whether we really do need a a single heroic figure to rally behind, as well as a unified global movement. With the ecological destruction we're raining down, and the complete reliance of our minds on media for formulating opinions, I think a global movement initiated by someone with a feverish intellect and compassion for all people is exactly what we need. If it was dually grounded in the principals of separating money from politics and curbing the mass extinction engulfing the planet, our species just may find a path to an enjoyable sustainable existence.

Amazing interview :) russel you should go for mayor! Then a short step to the leader of the world' :P

Best thing I've heard is that Prayer is when you ask for advice ...... meditation is when the answers come through.

This was actually a very good interview. Thank you.

Russel got my full respect watching interveiws from him. He's a game changer.. thank you Russel💜

22:20 what does he mean? Is Russell Brand shellshocked or traumatized or something? Asks him if he's ok then he tries to kiss him on the mouth?

Unconditional compassion and equanimity is being introduced to a new generation thank you Mr. Brand for being who you are. I am so proud Amy Goodman interviewed you finally. Now I want you to meet Dr. Cornell West my favorite professor..

Brand was very calm and patient with this interviewer, all he did was interrupt Brand constantly. Maybe he loves the sound of his own voice and forgot Brand was there to speak.

Im trying to set up a community project growing organic veg and eventually bee keeping. It is to be staffed by recovering addicts, like myself. We have been working for 2 years without funding of any kind. Where can I get in touch about the Trews Cafe Project please?

He is spot everyone thinks they are "doing their bit" for the world but in effect they're doing nothing. The idea that chasing after the "better" life by following this Entrepreneurial nonsense in Capitalism is laughable. Everyone thinks "I don't want much, just that bigger house, bigger car, bigger job" all running after a goal that simply moves by the time you get to it, wake up people, how often do you experience the Carrot in a day? Or more factually it's simply the stick nowadays? Your boss got his or her job not on merit of ability but they pulled all the right strings at all the right times, ever wondered why so many men go on the golf course? Corporate deals take place on the course not in the board room, this country was bought paid and sold off decades ago, and only now are the general public coming round to this fact. Shame.

Russell using his celebrity and fame for a greater good whatever the impact is a noble act.He is following a spiritual path and negative forces will try to get him off that path and these negative forces will work through negative people.Keep the faith Russell.Good will always triumph over evil.

I appreciate Russell for this. We need more great men to come forth and stand up for the voiceless.

I’m so glad Russel exists in this troubled time

your the Man ! Russell! when you talk i hear myself! and how i truly feel!!! love ya bro!!

Geoff... Can you please just let Russell answer your questions without cutting him short the whole time???

Finally a real HUMAN !!! Good job Russell. You are working for the right Brand......

I really like this interview. Russell is sharing his views, no drama. I think interviewer really did not need to go for the kiss in the end, it is as if he wanted to create that excess drama whose lack is what makes this interview great and special

Russell Brand yep someone who gets it.lol being addicted is a time consuming hobby lol yes lots of time to yourself you will do pretty much anything hahaha eckhart tolle is great for stress. The key is not to let life circumstances dictate your inner world and find peace in the midst of chaos, everything is an opportunity to increase compassion, mental dexterity and knowledge as well as inner knowing which is differen . Nothing prompts anger management and compassion more than persecution. I thought I was a self aware person until I was confronted with massive attacks from a person within my own family who I will see no harm come to, not having my own personality moved to lash out vengeance is true self awareness and understanding that anger comes from fear, knowledge is power. Rather than fight anger with anger which solves nothing, simply making two people hurt is it progress. Personal happiness never comes from destruction of others, destruction is sad to those with a conscience and those with no remorse and who enjoy cruelty are insane, simply unable to understand right and wrong like a wild animal. They deny their own conscience and heap spiritual karma on themselves, very sad some people deny their ability to be fair and starve themselves of the ability to give and recieve love in even their lifelong families they invested in,chosing an enemy rather than a friend is to lose and fail simultaneously.When dealing with inhumane people it is better to meet the personal attack coming from a grounded sense of self? emotional abuse challenges who and what we are so its important to remember their thoughts are their thoughts and cannot change the reality of who we are in nature, understand this and adult bullies can be dealt with more effectivel . grounding in knowing who you are makes personal attacks on character or behaviour look like the insanity they are when dealing with any bully ,it is a revelation to understand all truebullies who seek our harm do not come from a place of truth and it's our reaction that is their enjoyment never the truth,so its emotional intelligence not to engage in defending a reality that is obvious and you know they know also, it is a fact there are truly evil people that enjoy nothing more than destroying kind people, know this, it is because something you are that is a threat so they will do all they can to destroy and belittle that which is authentically good, bullies are jealous so it has nothing to do with actual reality or anything you said or did, thats why i love the philosophy of connecting with self and present moment awareness as it makes us aware of present moment instead of frightening ourselves with future or attacking ourselves for past where we are powerless to act. Being centred in the moment grounds us in sanity and connects us with the eternal witnessing self behind the never ending problem solver that is our brain. Our brain doesnt care about contentment so we have to go behind the thought where we exist as pure conscious presence, stop the endless neurosis of worrying about possible future and deal with each potential issue fully inthe moment, a problem faced immediately takes away its potential to torment . No reaction to false allegations by evil people who seek our harm until in a place where justice and facts can't be manipulated and powerful people are present to solve the abuse this is when the bully can attempt to attack if they are that arrogant in the lies and contortions,the meaning behind every communication is what is more important when deciding how to respond. If an emotional abuse is the intent then the object of the game was never actually about resolving anything and nowhere is this shown to be true more than when a person refuses mediation via third parties, its good to have this history to confirm the fact it is a bully as they of course have nothing to gain when they cant bully anymore. It's great that evil people who seek harm to the harmless leave huge indication of their own agenda with every communication they make so the more prolonged and intense their vicious abuses the more evidence of the crimes they leave. Words and calls must be ignored from people seeking deliberate harm remembering that their communications alone with them are only to harm and sadly for them the abuse is a giveaway to their own depravity . The spiritual principles promoted by russel brand and others have helped me look at my serious issue dealing with low vibrational dark people who are deliberately hurting others in a new compassionate and empowered way.

Good on ya Russell, we all need to step up in our daily lives, and with small private revolutions, we'll create a huge one. More power to us all. About the interview... Not sure why Geoff was trying to faze Russell and the cameraman was using weird shots. It looked a bit cheap to me. Maybe old tactics don't work so well on sincere human beings ;-)

''Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.'' George Orwell

15:24 That is the key message that people in our society need to wake up and understand! Well done Russell.

Great interview. Jeff interrupts the ends of Russell’s answers initially but this helped Russel stay on topic.

he is so so gorgeous! id do (almost) anything to meet Russell Brand

Bitter people will stick to their guns. Even if underneath they agree with something, they'll still combat you with negativity. We just gotta stick to our guns for longer. Let the resistance wear out. It's called faith. It's gotta start with attitude. Can't have faith with arrogance and/or ignorance. Give "other shit" a chance, people. Plato's: The Cave. Amirite?

I hope one day I can marry a man like this, he really and truly cares for humanity. May god bless him 💗

Who is really the better broadcaster? The guy who seems curious and eager to learn or the guy who screams the same thing over and over. This conversation grew organically and was quite enjoyable.

He's absolutely right: we _don't_ hear about positive revolutions. "Revolution" should not be an incendiary word; it is, and shall always be, a call to hold systems to a higher standard.

interrupt much

i wish i could be like russel :( how anyone hates this truth telling, honest courageous person, must only hate themself

I don't know this man. I don't know what his "income" is. And I certainly don't know his intentions. The only thing that I do know, is that his actions will speak louder than words.

Russell was amazing in this interview despite all Geoff's interruptions! Guess Geoff is used to holding the floor! And that kiss at the end was disrespectuful of Russell. Russell was gracious in his handling of it too.

the interviewer likes his own voice doesnt he

Dude don't live in the real world tho if he can just wake up late, do yoga and pick another liberal quest to try and philosophize about...

Beautiful, inspiring interview.

The "Revolution" Russel talks about is NOT one of violence. It's a Revolution of OUR MINDS ! 💖

I love when Russell takes his gloves off on the bbc and schools them. Keep the narrative fir change because no one has the balls to even try.

Ill never again listen to an interview with this jeff guy. He asks a question then wont let it be answered. Irritating!!!

Russell, you truly are a Genius.

Russell Brand is a very intelligent man.

brand your fucking amazing !

I love you Russell!!! Thank you for your voice and ability to articulate the concerns of ordinary citizens.... Challenging the norms... WOOHOO!!! Inspires me to continue challenging the norms.. :)

Russell was amazing how well he treated that interviewer. The interviewer was one of the most rude I've ever seen treat anyone.

damn right no sense of comunity people feel detach of all leaving in a bubble of fear and no hope

I love you Russel you are so funny and so great to hear you are off drugs and drinking love you for that

It seems like Russell is going through Character Assassination. People are really hating on Brand, noticeably in the last two weeks for me. Though, to discredit truth seekers and truth warriors, this is what goes on.

vote Russell Brand

Well its good to put some context to the quote I read in the Metro: Brand:'I wish I was Bisexual'....Metro Journalists, If you read this...that is shameless pathetic journalism. Why are all the major media outlets so intent on slandering this decent human being...it just incriminates them and looks suspicious as hell! Every normal person I speak to about brand thinks his message is spot on! Because it is!

While he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer Russel has a point. Hence, it is not a impossible task to make a utopian society with a vast majority of people happy and everyone with food, drink and a roof over their head with access to utilities (water, electricity, sewage, internet). It is just that a vast majority of people don't want to or can't be bothered to actually do anything that does more than just benefit themselves or those in direct contact with them. There is a way to go about this, it is called the People's Senate. While I can't say if such an idea would work or not, it would give everyone equal ground and respect everyone each onto their own. You need this world to think in a similar fashion, even if they are running their own local neighbourhoods or towns/cities differently from another to have the common ground and move from there, cooperation in engineering, science, education, culture, society and all those little every day things. Rather than doing it for that silly little I OWE YOU paper that the government prints do it to benefit man kind. Even if it is cleaning the toilets or designing a space craft, you can be assured that you are doing your part to make the world a better place, no clean toilet, increased risk of cholera, meaning such people with advanced skills would die off. "Working class" skills are underrated and often looked on as "loser"/"failure" jobs. Those folk fill the positions that would otherwise mean public society crumbles, no people to serve you food in restaurants or pour you drinks behind a bar, or clean those super market urinals, you'd be left to do it yourself. Requires a lot of thought, and a lot of logic & reason. It is, however, far form impossible to create a society that is ideal for almost everyone where even a minority has a say (what happened to the word Compromise?).

That’s a great point, it feels like he’s one of the only one now a days promoting change. Kinda weird at the end where the interviewer tries to kiss him lol back up

it's sad that he didn't find a true love yet or soulmate

Me again, Russell u want change u want to make a difference, let me help u, I'm not a major fan but want the same as u do. PlZ contact me with a way I can reply personally. Have a Gd 1

"Well, if no one out there understands, start your own revolution and cut out the middle man,waiting for the great leap forward." to quote Billy Bragg, so sayeth Russell also, and I say aye!

whatever you think of ol' Russ, he ent indifferent! Alone, that/this is commendable. good luck to him...and US!

Russel I have to sadly infrom you that nothing has changed in Iceland. If you would take a long hard look at the situation in Iceland you would be shocked.

Ohhh and now we get the groin shot..lol. Bloody hell!

is this an interview or a psychiatrist appointment? lol dj my god man, let the man speak, ur always interrupting and trying to change the subject

Don't chant things in another language you don't know. Pray to Heavenly Father, walk with Christ and He will fill you with light, give you power to overcome darkness, heal the sick and bring Heaven to Earth. Word of knowledge and healing in Jesus name!!

man! I gotta try meditation

It bothers me to no end when people tell you that if you do not propose a completely formed alternative explanation/course of action/whatever then your observation that the current one does not work is not to be heeded.

You aired your views and you are a gentlemen with a heart of gold, doing a wonderful thing for ordinary people the Aristocratic people will never understand. Keep up the good work Russ!

The Current British Monarchy is illegitimate - read all about it in the 5 part series "The Hidden King of England", available at www.thehiddenkingofengland.com

Russell Brand for the fucking win. Such a great interview. Well played!

It would be good to actually allow your interviewee to answer the questions once you've asked them.

The monopolisation of power and prestige by the bureaucratic band and the top echelon in large institutions totally oppresses the workers at the bottom of the pyramid unless they band together in supportive community and work on their own self respect and self confidence. Then things can and do change .....drip by drop.

Not all heroes wear capes... Mad Respect

Wow, that host is terribly annoying! Amazing how well Russell handled him. I'd be reaching across and strangling him within five minutes.