Christopher Hitchens radio interview "what if" game

[@MasterBeckett]

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

[@Excalion88]

I listen to this at least once a year.

[@vukasinjosic9719]

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

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

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]

A week*

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

Ditto.

[@beertimecontinuum]

Same lol

[@richhogg8074]

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

[@atomicmidnightband]

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

[@officialcoachdanny]

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

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

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.

[@sarelbongani3691]

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]

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

[@TgfkaTrichter]

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

[@Harpoquondrax]

This is one of my favorite exchanges.

[@diallobanks2800]

How does this not have like 12M views

[@cronistamundano8189]

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

[@CrimzinEclipse2010]

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]

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.]

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

[@beccahawkins1905]

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]

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

[@johnmwalker8309]

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

[@xeroeddie]

He never missed a chance to say that. XD

[@mincodermois8782]

@@xeroeddie Thank God.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

@@mincodermois8782 Absolutely! 🤡🇬🇧

[@alohaoliwa]

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

[@foreverprime6255]

Christopher Hitchens won this.

[@Quinn37]

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

[@Stable_Genius]

Friel sounds like a snake oil salesman.

[@fletcher932]

He sounds easily punchable.

[@SumriseHD]

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

[@adamx9793]

lol 😂

[@benigifford]

AHAHAHA THANK YOU

[@user-yn2ru2ep1j]

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

[@rcopterboy]

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

[@quantize]

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

[@danielj2653]

🤣Precisely my thoughts

[@mononoaware1960]

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. 😂

[@adamx9793]

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

[@bazil83]

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.

[@zekeedwards7904]

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

[@Nebulous0_o]

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

[@vukasinjosic9719]

somehow not surprised

[@markmiller7317]

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

[@ADucksOpinion]

fucking miss this man

[@chriswatson3464]

What about ai Hitchens?

[@infogettymedia]

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

[@BeastHive]

He couldn't even get the book title correct 😂

[@badgershands]

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

[@googleuser2609]

Ha-ha-ha! Very true,

[@prasanthvarghese9022]

Radio guy should really find another career after this episode

[@magish7713]

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]

hitchens got whipped didnt he.

[@magish7713]

@@thesongtowoody lol

[@thesongtowoody]

@@magish7713 right? hitchens never saw it coming.

[@pinball1970]

​@@thesongtowoodyNo. You listened to the video?

[@pinball1970]

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

[@zhengfuukusheng9238]

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

[@damianwhite504]

he does that every time he opens his mouth

[@danielc6106]

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

[@JD-bp1ig]

A real meeting of the mind.

[@freespirit5719]

🤣🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

[@josha7248]

Norm lives on

[@isaacwilson7769]

Nice to meet a fellow Hitch/Norm fan

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

@@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.

[@beccahawkins1905]

“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.

[@davidwilliams-yh7if]

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

[@starboy1100]

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

[@maswinkels]

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

[@Kurdt1]

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

[@evan421]

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

[@versatilejams]

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

[@Limosethe]

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

[@BikePractice]

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

[@kpl775]

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

[@larus10]

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

[@petepamf]

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

[@sugarbass2803]

Christopher Hitchens - Miss you so much.

[@alastairhunter353]

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

[@Limosethe]

"God bless you" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HeardFromMeFirst]

Allah ?..Zeus..?...Kim jong Un ?

[@timmothyjennings]

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

[@eensio]

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

[@maxburpee]

Legendary beat down. Good grief

[@markmiller7317]

This is also one of my favorite exchanges.

[@RestartEnglish]

Made me laugh out loud!

[@KRISTIANITY_]

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

[@jkoblivion4175]

Another famous " Hitchens Slap".

[@thomascanfield8571]

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

[@pedrogrillo]

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

[@CanadAssassiN]

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

[@Jordanmode]

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]

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

[@kangaroo3708]

I hate how he condescends to Hitchens

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

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

[@starboy1100]

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

[@Multi50CC]

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

[@das-9962]

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

[@mrtadreamer]

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

[@thraxman]

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

[@jonnawyatt]

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

[@GM84GM]

Wretched Radio. Seems a fitting name

[@mervinprone]

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

[@Tiger66261]

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

[@Saphkey]

This is so funny! 😆

[@michaelappel9725]

Even the way Hitchens says No is funny

[@drhoratio]

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

[@donofon1014]

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

[@donofon1014]

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

[@ursulageorgeson7086]

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

[@MetricNotStandard]

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.

[@shannongfm9945]

The interlocutor sounds like a rogue AI entity.

[@q_5ta871]

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

[@chriswatson3464]

Ai Christopher hitchens?

[@miks8]

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

[@TheSpineSplitter7]

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

[@RunOfTheHind]

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

[@Chardonbois]

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

[@kayrow]

9:01 😂😂😂😂

[@simonthompson2764]

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

[@TheSecretmuseum]

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

[@Nebulous0_o]

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

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

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

[@RobbPhilo]

Notice that he interrupts Christopher way more often

[@sabya_m]

🫡 Please do accept, acknowledge,..,my warmest (possible) regards and deepest (possible) respects and rest in peace, sir.- An ardent admirer.. ..

[@adamx9793]

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…” 🤦‍♂️

[@stephenkeogh3287]

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

[@Fonzzz002]

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]

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

[@Srw-em6iq]

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

[@Eggy79]

Better than God would have

[@jeffreyp1855]

Todd represents everything that I hate about Christianity.

[@danielj2653]

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]

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]

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

[@HeardFromMeFirst]

What If...TheFastest growing game ???...😂😂😂 It imploded like a Cheap Submersible in the North Atlantic On the First Sentence... What if...you hadn't made such a fool of yourself..😂😂😂 And it's here forever.

[@RosieRoserules]

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

[@josha7248]

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

[@juharon]

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

[@johns1625]

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

[@thedoctor.a.s1401]

@Doge Gamer The irony 😂 ...

[@crispo5074]

Was this guy Talkie Toaster?

[@0_1_2]

9:37 LOL 😆

[@mbonsignorejr]

I almost can’t believe the radio host is candid in his ten commandment inquiry and responses to Hitch. It seems like a bit.

[@aperson00000]

I believe in God, albeit a different version than of that which they’re speaking, and I still go with Hitch on this one, every time, as much as he’d have tons of worthy arguments against me. So sad he’s gone.

[@stevezuniga9173]

Hilarious

[@donnadeau7619]

And yet sad. Todd F. is dishonestly saying that 'he' is not living the life he has and want

[@markwoods4439]

Why do theists think the “what if” question is supposed to change or scare us into believing or worshipping a god?!!!