1. Comment #71355 by CJ22 on September 18, 2007 at 2:08 pm

3 Hours! Woo what a treat. Thanks Josh and Linda, watching now.

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2. Comment #71360 by USA_Limey on September 18, 2007 at 2:17 pm

Wasn't this already posted here?

http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,1598,Christopher-Hitchens-on-BookTV,C-SPAN-Christopher-Hitchens

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3. Comment #71361 by Summer Seale on September 18, 2007 at 2:17 pm

This is the same one that was posted like 2 weeks ago, right? I watched the whole thing and he was great. =)

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4. Comment #71363 by sane1 on September 18, 2007 at 2:30 pm

same one i think. But that was 17 or so separate short YouTube videos...this seems to be one segment taken from the original.

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5. Comment #71368 by Klaatu barada nikto on September 18, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Yes, it is the same interview. Since seeing RD on Book-TV, I've made it a habit of checking the schedule for C-SPAN on sundays when Book-TV is on most of the day. I got lucky and caught the Hitchens interview just as it started. I highly recommend watching it.

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6. Comment #71370 by Theocrapcy on September 18, 2007 at 3:01 pm

anyone have a link to the RD book-tv interview? Don;t think I've seen that one.

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7. Comment #71373 by ksskidude on September 18, 2007 at 3:17 pm

I love Hitchens!! But I would also like to see more RD and more Sam Harris. I am really looking forward to the Atheist Convention at the end of this month. Does anyone know or have you heard if Josh is going to have a link for all of us to watch and enjoy?

I hope so.

PS If you all like to write and want to submit your work for peer reviews please go to www.lifelenz.com Plus my story is featured on their front page. I am pretty stoked about it! I know its a shameless plug, but I am honored to have been selected.

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8. Comment #71404 by Heathen Dan on September 18, 2007 at 5:28 pm

Is this video available for offline viewing? My connection is pretty erratic and I'm afraid that my stream will buffer every 5 seconds...

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9. Comment #71409 by magetoo on September 18, 2007 at 5:41 pm

Well, yes and no. Someone has been kind enough to supply us with a direct rtsp:// link. Whether you play or save that link is up to you.

I strongly doubt that RealPlayer will let you save, though. And depending on what an "erratic" connection is (will it disconnect, or is it just slow?), you may or may not be able to save the stream anyway.

But if you're willing to give it a try, "mplayer", which I use, can save streams. You might have to use the command line (the -dumpstream option), and/or experiment a bit.

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10. Comment #71476 by Planeten Paultje on September 18, 2007 at 9:07 pm

OK, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-749136266511341921&hl=en will get you the whole thing in one go. Maybe paste it into http://keepvid.com/ or use an off-line tool like TubeTV to download and convert if the direct download link from Google doesn't work.

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11. Comment #71508 by hayesky on September 19, 2007 at 12:28 am

Hitchens Rules!! He is absolutely brilliant.

visit
Buildupthatwall.com

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12. Comment #71537 by tieInterceptor on September 19, 2007 at 1:53 am

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If anyone prefers the youtube version for any reason at all, I have made a playlist with all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=820E0F76DC8D628B

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13. Comment #71549 by eXcommunicate on September 19, 2007 at 2:36 am

Thanks for the Youtube and Google versions, guys! :)

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14. Comment #71618 by Klaatu barada nikto on September 19, 2007 at 11:10 am

Theocrapcy:

The show I was referring to is the one at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. It wasn't actually an interview, it was part of the God Delusion book tour. I'm sure you have already seen it. If not, it's here.

http://richarddawkins.net/article,303,Reading-of-The-God-Delusion-in-Lynchburg-VA,Richard-Dawkins--C-SPAN2

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15. Comment #71676 by stubbins on September 19, 2007 at 12:55 pm

Thanks Linda,
Hitch is a star, and I can watch/listen to him as much as time allows. I had been watching this programme in 10 minute snippets on youtube. Thanks for the complete show!

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16. Comment #71800 by HitchensZone on September 19, 2007 at 5:24 pm

I've placed all 19 YouTube clips onto one semi-convenient page if anyone is interested.

http://www.hitchenszone.com/video_library/Book_TV_In_Depth_Christopher_Hitchens.html

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17. Comment #72000 by schwie on September 20, 2007 at 5:20 am

Does anyone know what Hitchens says in response to the black lady at 2:28:48 of the video? I can't quite make it out...

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18. Comment #72100 by Youssef51 on September 20, 2007 at 10:25 am

Splendid!

Just finished reading God Is Not Great. Hitchens is the sharpest polemicist we've got going for us right now.

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19. Comment #72293 by LeeLeeOne on September 20, 2007 at 4:53 pm

This has given me a new respect for the opinions, the thoughts, the reasoning behind CH's ideals. Once again, I fully respect RD and am grateful!, and for and CH for allowing/giving these discussions.

They are not the 'product of... they are the result of...'!

Marxism is a METHOD of thinking....

CH's personal challenge for "debate"! going against the traditional "book trails."

I respect CH and RD for allowing this!

I could go on for "many points" regarding positives. But I want everyone, if you want to LEARN about CH, and then perhaps RD.

Frankly, the only negative I have is my personal inability to find an effective way to pause, to re-listen to all points.

CH - and therefore RD brings these many points, these many ideas to the forefront.

I am in favor of reproductive choice, and agree that this should be the LAST option, but should still be kept as an option, CH and RD have never represented themselves as being ANTI-choice or PRO-life. It seems to me that both are pro-choice.

This discussion also brings to light that financial independence (which is the ultimate survival mechanism - if you can't sell, you can't buy, if you can't buy you can't sell) for any country, for any society currently. A lot of societies are based upon GREED, self-preservation, versus communal or societal preservation.

So many points, so "little" time!

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20. Comment #72369 by JDAM on September 20, 2007 at 9:23 pm

At 72 I thought I was through with Groupie-ism but I have been fascinated by CH since my days as a flaming Leftie when he wrote for The Nation and would deliver some of the greatest columns I have ever been privileged to read, especially in his repartee with Alex Cockburn. This 3 hours was a Hitchens tour de force and I was mesmerised by his astounding intellect as well as his virtuoso mastery of the English language...as usual. Truth be told, I am on this site primarily for links to every golden Hitchens word. Like many of us he says much of what we think on a daily basis...but he says it SO much better!

THANKS, HITCH!

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