Christopher Hitchens in Conversation with Salman Rushdie at the 92nd Street Y

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Introduced by Graydon Carter at the 92nd Street Y, Jun 8, 2010, Hitchens was interviewed by Salman Rushdie.
They spoke of Hitchens' searing memoir entitled Hitch 22 that lays bare the many contradictions in his life and affirms his conviction that all personal is also political.
Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. He is the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger and his #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award nominee, God Is Not Great.
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@bookmedia67 13 лет назад

It is chilling to know that on the very day that this event took place, Hitchens learned he had terminal cancer. Somehow he went on to do this interview with Salman Rushdie, and later the Daily Show with John Stewart, all after learning of his illness from a doctor's appointment earlier that day. Incredible strength in the face of adversity to say the least.

@cosmicjive4746 2 года назад

Is that for real? What a dude Christopher was eh?! Legend, nothing less.

@bookmedia67 2 года назад

@@cosmicjive4746 yes, check out the interview he gave on 60 Minutes.

@hayleyanna2625 2 года назад

I may be being foolish but I think you can tell during this interview something is off. His eyes giving it away. A truly magnificent human being.

@Narikeljinjira 2 года назад

CH is on another level, RIP

@publius1252 2 года назад

Especially as he must have known that like all atheists, an eternity of nothingness awaited him.

@JPJMando 2 года назад

Sending best wishes to Rushdie family in this awful time.

@clintleffingwell8129 2 года назад

"His sail was so raised as to be ballooned by any wind of bullshit that came by." - man, what a way with words Hitchens had.

@curtisphillips1395 11 лет назад

It's a nice change to see The Hitch in conversation with an intelligent contemporary, as opposed to all the other videos on RU-vid where he debated (and defeated) the infantile babblings of theocratic nutbags

@OtisAdonisChad 4 года назад

If only these men could dictate and set rules for this world.

@duderyandude9515 3 года назад

@@OtisAdonisChad I think you mean influence more people not dictate because they would be against that.

@ronholfly 2 года назад

Totally agree, no Garden of Eden stories that distort truth.

@utkarshharrymehta3301 2 года назад

Oh yes. Rushdie is not only an intelligent contemporary, but a writer who Christopher respected immensely in his lifetime, and was glad to call a friend. Rushdie is a giant of modern english literature, notwithstanding the cultural influence Hitch had on American intellectualism!

@snake1mi 2 года назад

He won debates only against guests at TV programs. A child could refute these neo-Atheist. And seeing him with this Iranian "freedom of speech idol" isn't surprising.

@dennismiddlebrooks7027 9 лет назад

This event took place the day that he was stricken with terminal cancer and almost died in his hotel room. He also appeared on the Daily Show the same day right after leaving the hospital. What courage!

@irrationalgeographic9953 10 лет назад

Christopher Hitchens is one of the most important philosophers of this age, and like the great philosophers of the past his importance will only be recognised now he is gone. Do not remember him only for his views on religion but his overall social commentary, a great mind, a great man, and greatly missed.

@mackdanny170 10 лет назад

Well Said.

@Cellardoorkidd 10 лет назад

I agree with you, but he was definitely recognized for his genius while he was alive :-) Millions of people followed him, his debates and his books while he was alive and understood his importance. He knew he was loved ;-)

@kaibe5241 10 лет назад

He was never a philosopher. He was a journalist, historian and humanitarian.

@nicholasurlacher9088 10 лет назад

Kirk Bushell He was indeed a philosopher. The degree he acquired was a PPE. Philosophy, Politics, Economics.

@kaibe5241 10 лет назад

***** his exposing of the evil witch, "Mother" Theresa, his constant criticism and eloquence of his arguments in respect to religion, his humanist nature, his carrying the torch, if you will - of the anti-theist movement, and more. He has inspired so many people...

@snehatijo8374 2 года назад

Hoping Mr Rushdie gets well soon

@thatdevilguy 11 лет назад

Hitchens, the most articulate man of my era.

@thatdevilguy 10 лет назад

***** Hmm indoctrination is a bitch.

@thatdevilguy 10 лет назад

***** You continue to demonstrate your stupidity knows no bounds.

@thatdevilguy 10 лет назад

***** You attempts at humour are only preceded by your pure inanity.

@thatdevilguy 10 лет назад

***** Perhaps when you're capable of constructing a grammatically correct sentence I'll pay more attention to what you have to say. Until then I'll accept that you are just another illiterate imbecile. Have a nice day.

@ballskin 10 лет назад

***** Where's your proof that he's burning in Hell?

@jdubbs530 13 лет назад

I did a spit take when Hitch said "a sail so raised that it ballooned by any wind of BS that came by." classic

@clarkporter1340 Год назад

Wts a spit take?

@WLDB 12 лет назад

Surprisingly calm. This was the day he was diagnosed.

@RobMacKillop1 2 года назад

Hang in there, Salman! Don’t let the bastards win!

@shevb 11 лет назад

What a great man hitchens was. He is missed dearly

@Espedals 4 года назад

The story about his mother, along with the knowledge that he had been diagnosed with cancer just moments prior to this event, had me in tears. What an intellect, what a life and what a legacy. He is dearly missed.

@robertmctighe7233 10 лет назад

In his article 'topic of cancer' Hitchens says he was diagnosed with cancer only hours before this event.

@sky.the.infinite 4 года назад

Robert McTighe whoa ~

@masonvegas4336 5 месяцев назад

Wrong

@kirked007 8 лет назад

Having just read Hitchens 'Mortality' I can only say he looks ghastly here. As others here have already said, he had been admitted to hospital as an emergency case with what sounded like Pericardial Effussion (chronic) - a very serious emergency - which was symptomatic of his aggressive Cancer. He made no mention to anyone (including Rushdie) of his grave illness and vomited discreetly twice whilst on stage. It really saddens me to see him here look so poorly but presumably folk thought he had had a late night prior to this discussion. I recommend reading MORTALITY. Hitch describes his life and thoughts from initial emergency admission and diagnosis to the end. It is highly amusing, deeply sad, horribly frustrating, anger provoking and very very Hitch. Written without self pity or hopelessness and solidly standing by his principles he held throughout his life.

@tommyjordan1988 4 года назад

I wept at the end of the book. Absolutely and hauntingly brilliant.

@Linda-pg3so 3 года назад

It was a brilliant and difficult book to read. Miss Hitchens greatly. His voice and intellect are sorely needed today.

@snake1mi 2 года назад

It's just carbon mate. Why so sad?

@hazeshi6779 Год назад

That's like looking at the mushroom cloud and saying lol, it's just some uraniam why so sad!

@diglfargl 12 лет назад

Geez Hitch... that part about him missing his mother's calls and how they may have steadied her broke my heart...

@purugigi 2 года назад

Same here… that hit very close to home…

@ProggyDrummer 12 лет назад

DUDE! Awesome hair that guy at the beginning has.

@dublo7 12 лет назад

Terribly sad to hear Hitchens talk about his mother. "Some wounds, I think, should stay fresh"

@rjbrinkman80 3 года назад

So sad.

@superduck97 3 года назад

A terrible time, when mother died. And terrible too, when the memories of her fade. I agree with Hitchens words.

@pommiebears 2 года назад

@@superduck97 this sentence made the hairs on my arms stand up. My grandad was my hero. I absolutely adore him. I can’t remember his voice. This pains me terribly. I have wonderful memories….but, his voice has faded.

@proudatheist2042 Год назад

I am halfway through Joseph Anton, which was written by Salman Rushdie. It's mostly about his life after the fatwa was decreed. The fatwa was much more ghastly than what I had learned about online. Three and a half decades after the fatwa was decreed, a man who wasn't even born at the time stabbed Salman and took away sight in one of his eyes and the use of one of his arms. Christopher Hitchens said it best. We'd be better off without religion.

@bananaear 13 лет назад

listening to these two talk is such a pleasure

@Zanzamat 12 лет назад

It was only a few hours before this meeting that Christopher was diagnosed with cancer. This goes to show what an incredible professional and character he was.

@ncktyu 11 месяцев назад

yeah I read that in Mortality too

@stevebaker4319 2 года назад

I totally agree, the most articulate person I ever listened to.

@mikemardis 11 лет назад

I understand the reference to be the fictional character Dorothea Brooke from Middlemarch by George Eliot (aka Mary Anne Evans). Dorothea was supposedly modeled on the real life nun Teresa of Ávila.

@29harveydinio 14 лет назад

please post the entire conversation. Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie are magnificentlt illuminating.

@raidansoma 14 лет назад

I would love to see the complete conversation. I waited too long to buy tickets and though I went to the 92nd street Y anyway, I couldn't wait on line more than an hour. A few who waited did get lucky and the staff was very helpful and friendly.

@jeffreyboniface8206 2 года назад

I wish Hitch was here to give comment on what happened with Mr Rushdie last week

@IsleFreeThinker1 10 лет назад

What a beautiful captured moment. If only technology existed for historical debates from the likes of Twain, Carnegie, Epicurus etc... :)

@GODTHESOOTHSAYER1 12 лет назад

What a wonderful man he once was...and still is to us all...He will always be in our hearts and minds forever. Hitchens' was and will always be the secularist god and leader of free thought AND AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL!

@EyeByBrian 14 лет назад

By 'Dorothea', I assume he slyly dodges the question asked to him by referring not to a 'real' person but to Dorothea Brooke, the heroine of the novel Middlemarch (1871-4, by George Eliot, aka Marian Evans). Hitchens has written and spoken of the novel admirably several times over the years.

@jazzfan7491 3 года назад

I assume the same thing

@sg72646 11 лет назад

I love to listen to the great mind that is Christopher Hitchens but I always make sure I have a dictionary on hand too!

@billyzoom1 2 года назад

I was an English major and when I read his books I rarely make three pages in a row before having to look up a word. A brilliant man.

@Gooddeeds023 3 года назад

Definitely one of my heroes ..

@happyhappy85 12 лет назад

His sail was so raised as to be ballooned by any wind of bullshit that came by." Awsome.

@slye1991 12 лет назад

First time I ever heard him genuinely laugh at the end of the video...

@tinytanks 6 лет назад

you could tell part of the reason they were such great friends is because Salman had the ascerbic wit to roast him at the end...

@curtisphillips1395 11 лет назад

"I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me". That's my personal favourite Hitch quote, but it might take up a lot of skin space should choose it as your tattoo!

@jonnsmith180 11 лет назад

We lost an intellectual giant. RIP Hitch.

@redshark618 12 лет назад

So much social relevance in this scene... makes me want to become a writer

@AbhaySingh-wl6lb 3 года назад

You are needed hitchens very much 😔

@erosmangr74 12 лет назад

Upon hearing it, I thought I wanted that very remark on my tombstone one day: "my one regret is that more people should have gone to bed with me." If there is more room, I would ask for George Carlin's: "Jeez, he was here only a minute ago."

@jimmy2k4o 11 лет назад

"his sail was so raised as to be balloned by any wind of bullshit that came by" i've been thinking of getting a tattoo of a hitchens quote, that will be in the top 50 i have to wittle down, 'top 50?!!!' I hear you say, just remember how awesome this guy was, he's the human equivilent of pulp fiction every line from that movie can be a quote....

@Clemfandang0 3 года назад

You probably already got it, but “i don’t think it will take me 10 minutes to disprove god.” Is the best.

@sgee2175 2 года назад

Perplexed and sad to see the tremendous support for the heinous attack on a writer on BBC Urdu. To the ignorant and extremist element, he is a hero. Is this the teaching of the so called "religion of peace?" What an oxymoron. This is a fitting example of how blind faith is not fit for today's modern societies.

@adnanbosnian5051 2 года назад

What attack? its fake, a TV show.

@nitesh2780 5 лет назад

Most compassionate man

@llongone2 4 года назад

Two great minds: greater than Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, Buddha, Joseph Smith, etc.

@yorichitsugikuni8414 4 года назад

You ahould have not included budha..he himself was an atheist😅..and a great and kind man.

@Faseeh626 3 года назад

@@yorichitsugikuni8414 but the thing is he's worshipped... Those people aren't saying themselves as atheists but budhdhists.

@user-tk1jj1cp9x4 5 месяцев назад

I wrote in the question about the Arizona immigration law for this debate. The only time I ever had any kind of communication with Hitchens, who, along with Martin Amis, was very much my literary idol in those years. Had no preconceived angle particularly. Just wanted to connect ever so slightly. A bit of a moist reminiscence, I know. RIP, legend.

@FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000 4 месяца назад

I often wonder who the people are engaging in these. Nice to meet you.

@virginialuisa6769 27 дней назад

Highly recommend "Hitch22: A Memoir"....very moving, so well-written......

@gerby90 11 лет назад

His mother's story is so damn sad :(

@afrircans1970 11 лет назад

He was an amazing intellect & even though I doubt he wouldn't want to own it, he suspect he had a warm character.

@alloverdaplace2043 3 года назад

Wow his mom story 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@neuronaut77 12 лет назад

thanks man. lol but it sucks I found it on both websites but couldn't watch in on either because it told me the videos were unavailable in my region. I'm from Canada

@candidkafka6537 6 лет назад

Both are my favorite warriors .

@codge52 14 лет назад

Yes how about the whole talk??? I walked across central park from West 93rd street to find it was sold out by the time I got there...so more posted on youtube would be great!!!

@washello6573 2 года назад

Rest in peace dear fellow

@ThePhantomTerror 4 года назад

In a 2017 interview with Vintage Books, Salman Rushdie said he had not read Middlemarch. It's possible he didn't really understand why Christopher picked Dorothea.

@AgowTisro 12 лет назад

You can find them on the Daily Show website or on Vanity Fair. I did as well search rather longingly.

@RalphTGP 9 лет назад

Christopher Hitchens is such a loss to us all.

@MrTmj1991 12 лет назад

Many may not know...but this was the exact day that Hitchens found out he had cancer.

@FakePlastickTree 9 лет назад

Why is Jon Lovitz hosting this, and more importantly why does he have Krusty the Klown's hair?

@apathyguy8338 2 года назад

Hey intro guy Babylon 5 wants its hair back.

@deadheadmays 12 лет назад

@rotvolo, im thinking its the dorothea from eliot's middlemarch? just a guess.

@joerockyholey 11 лет назад

Sir; wise comment, good name, and Henry as your pic. A well rounded RU-vid member. A+

@stratdoc 2 года назад

Why would you redact a moment of these most articulate of men!!

@Ryan-fc9lq 11 лет назад

Hitch attended this event after finding out about his terminal cancer that morning.

@UtopiaMinor666 12 лет назад

I really wished hitchens had of written a fiction novel, i mean he is such an impressive writer, i could only imagine the shear imagination it could be. fiction writing is a completely different world from non-fiction/journalism.

@Mromson 14 лет назад

Upload the rest of the video, please :)

@sarfrazkhan-tf7vq Год назад

I see Cristopher Hitchens now. I see his story now.

@pottedrodenttube 11 лет назад

Nice swoop Graydon!

@meshgraphics 14 лет назад

This was a great talk. I want so bad to hear it again. Hell of a lot of name dropping. I want to make a reading list of the name tags. Interesting Hitch still holds Karl Marx in high regard even after his apparent turn to the right.

@amaru250 10 лет назад

That was a painful response to the immigration question.

@eashton42 9 лет назад

I'm curious, what did you find so painful about it? It did seem to me to be a perfectly reasonable and well-considered argument, whether I personally agree with it or not.

@65TossTrap 6 лет назад

Hitch nailed it.

@Leezeo 3 года назад

Love it

@donreed7018 11 лет назад

Thanks!

@donreed7018 11 лет назад

My pleasure. See if you can find the Christopher Hitchens "land mines... very difficult to get rid of" joke that he told during a Carnival-like boat cruise. I can't recall it now.

@mlbockting 14 лет назад

Thanks, and like my predecessors i'd love to see the complete vid.

@TheSRV007 13 лет назад

@anjalielizabeth Dorothea Brooke from George Eliot's imperishable novel Middlemarch.

@donreed7018 11 лет назад

That thing on Greydon's head - didn't Napoleon used to wear one of those, the tricorne? How inventive! Velvet wears out relatively quickly. If you're lucky, your hair can serve as fashionable headgear for life. But the length - no wonder the firemen kept busting him for smoking in his VA office! The matches when first lit were only inches away from a Time Square re-enactment of the Hindenburg.

@taikoman 12 лет назад

Hitchens' bottle of Scotch is smarter than "Mister Definitely"

@ravishingravi 12 лет назад

That thought should be comforting to you.

@jolorulz 12 лет назад

That's brass balls for ya. My man Hitch!

@aspirezakura 13 лет назад

i couldnt stop smiling when i watched this. this is what makes hitchens far better than the other atheist commentators of today, he's fun and entertaining as well as intelligent.

@himanshusingh-st7xi Год назад

Salman Rushdie is a true Muslim ,world need like him

@thompben 13 лет назад

@TonyCH0 Dorothea Brooke, the heroine of George Eliot's Middlemarch.

@rvdrvd1000 11 лет назад

Very funny, thanks for the laugh.

@Jillywinkles12 11 лет назад

HAHAHA did NOT expect his hair

@nkfyen 11 лет назад

Can anyone tell me the woman he named at the end of the program? Thank you

@ktuluflux Год назад

Nice to know Jon Lovitz has had a career second wind hosting these type of things.

@EiziEizz Год назад

Chinning

@danieldalton6544 2 года назад

Never knew about the tragedy with his mom. Sad.

@ComradeAgopian 14 лет назад

Add my voice to the wish to see the rest of the vid .

@neuronaut77 12 лет назад

there is no videos on youtube of him on the daily show its annoying

@Traveler246 12 лет назад

Damn, John Lovitz has gotten pretty old.

@statickk14 12 лет назад

Don't blame Mos Def, I would blame Bill Maher that he thought that Mos Def is the in the same level as Hitch or Rushdie.

@zivaray 14 лет назад

In his latest Vanity Fair article, Hitchens writes candidly about being sick before this and another interview/talk as he was dealing with the onset of cancer. He writes, "...I did vomit two times, with an extraordinary combination of accuracy, neatness, violence, and profusion, just before each show. This is what citizens of the sick country do while they are still hopelessly clinging to their old domicile."

@AGuitaringRancor 12 лет назад

It was that morning that Christopher found out he had cancer.

@rypaz87 12 лет назад

@MissAvatar2011 no, the comment is generally true. If you don't accept it, then you may as well have just left it at "rest in peace". As you point out, Hitch would have a problem with it but not to the condition in which he's resting, but on the proposition that he's resting at all. You were partially correct. Just curb your solipsism and you'll be quite there!