Full Interview with Steve Hughes About the Absolute State of Things

Carl interviews legendary comedian and heterodox thinker Steve Hughes about life, the universe and everything.
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[@James-sk4db]

For Christ sake give him a weekly spot

[@quoththeraven3985]

I second the motion'

[@smilernok]

give him pot weekly 😉

[@Azraiel213]

Steve's great value. Amazing comic and love his deep, oddball wisdom.

[@RealRoknRollr3108]

Steve Hughes, another example of great comedians being the most messed up people around cause they can see the world for what it really is.

[@bikkyful]

Ignorance is bliss, Clarity is almost misery

[@TrueChaoSclx]

@@NocentreNoborder Steve was. He's playing down his breakdown here but he disappeared for a while because of it, and I'm glad to see he's really recentred himself since.

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

I smell a joker reference

[@cleftturnip7774]

this is overstated

[@Marcara081]

Oh, you have NO idea...

[@KanyeT1306]

Steve is right, Australians are treated like children by the government, and we act as if the government is our parent. It is why we are seeing incredible authoritarianism from Australia right now.

[@BigVorst]

This country has been a nanny state for... Well, I'm not old. But even as a kid, I just remember the government treating us like we're stupid and that they are our benevolent saviours, and that all authority is to not be questioned because anything else would be 'un-Australian'. It's always been like that, and it's only gotten worse for us as time goes on.

[@powerbite92]

The problem is he's not a salt of the earth ocker. The real blue collar Aussies I know have no cringe about themselves. Middle class Australians cringe so much about everything Australian and the bottom line is a huge insecurity about not being true blue Aussies. They go in for this Midnight Oil romanticisation of Aboriginals, Australia-White-Genocide, archetypal psychology, 'deep work', shamanism, 'spirituality' blah blah blah.. Go to Glastonbury in the UK, go to Nimbin, every other middle aged guy with a midlife crisis knot-top will give the same very generalised '90's spirituality lectures. These people stood by and watched the people who own Australia rob the working man of their sports teams, then bring in all these penalties for everything, FLOOD - absolutely Flood Australia with Migration since 2012 - and they said, and did, Jack Sh*t. Because they weren't really "connected with the Land" in the way they pretend to be. And the people that are.. the people that work the diggers and work the scrap yards etc, poor Aussies, are 'beneath them'. THOSE people have been screaming blue murder for years now about this NWO attack and no-one was there to listen. Noone even talked to them. So hey presto the World Bank and friends bring in Covid Communism and all the 'spirituality' section of Barnes and Noble' crowd want to act wise and smart about this. Well, they were useless then. They are useless now. And still full of themselves.

[@fozzilla123]

@@powerbite92 Well said mate. Steve Hughes is sometimes funny, but is also massively full of shit.

[@Hardcastle83]

@@fozzilla123 All I'm hearing is you guys like Steve but you are letting your dogmatic politics take over your person, and that's one of the biggest problems in society in 2021.

[@fozzilla123]

@@Hardcastle83 Wtf are you talking about? You can like someone and still think they have shit ideas or thoughts.

[@Kadath_Gaming]

I was hoping you were going to release a section for free, respect for giving this away. It's appreciated.

[@RealitiesCookiejar]

ikr, i was thinking "i wish i had the money to spend on that" when i saw it mentioned but literally next clip lined up was this one..... im shocked.

[@yeahno....]

It is however stuffed with adverts every 7 minutes, how’s that Working for you?😉

[@The_shadowcraft]

Not free. Ads every 5 mins.

[@Alex-m8515]

I got 2 ads and that’s it lol

[@RealitiesCookiejar]

@@Alex-m8515 i didnt get a single one, im laughing all the way to the bank.

[@MrXMysteriousX]

I can't but notice that the more we grow alongside technology, we understand less of our humanity. During lockdown i bought my kid a tent so we could camp in the backgarden. Years ago i'd camp a lot and had most the gear but i'd stopped due to my lung damage and ill health. During lockdown i started with sleeping at weird hours and it messed me up. But i wanted to do something different. Not only did it break the monotony but just being in the smallest bit of nature fixed my issues. I had that staring into the campfire moment, we talked about anything, everything and nothing, on topics shallow and deep and sometimes not at all. We stared at the stars and i taught my kid some constellations and star names and we watched the meteor shower. We played Chess (one of those portable travel ones, takes up no space) and made up our own rules to Super Mario Monopoly. Later, we were warm near the little camp fire i'd made and we froze our asses off during the dead of night when it went out.We kept hitting each other for farting too much and even told the odd ghost story and finally i slept and by the next morning i woke up to the birds and a deep fog, cooked some beans fried some bread on a portable stove. It was just my silly back garden, but to me it renewed my spirit and to my kid it was a fun adventure. It's important to keep in touch with what makes us human and moments like that.....they are what count.

[@oldtimergaming9514]

Your kid will never forget that day.

[@Alex-m8515]

Good stuff brother!

[@alkestos]

Your kid will think back to that day when he is your age. These are things good parents do. You're a good parent.

[@davegutierrez3670]

Hooray

[@IRMentat]

There’s a balance to be struck. Houses now have a lot of distractions now, going no tech for even a few hours can give a sense of perspective/reflection/unwinding.

[@callumager537]

Love to see Steve get the attention that he so rightfully deserves. When he speaks on comedy, political correctness and life, he never misses.

[@mattmartinez9766]

"Modern comedy is like a luke warm steam room" Brilliant and apt

[@Bulltardwin]

Steve is so fucking interesting. He's becoming like Carlin.

[@tonyromano6220]

Becoming?

[@Alittude]

That’s what I was going to say, becoming? Where have you been?

[@nickacelvn]

@@tonyromano6220 I love Steve also but seriously that's like comparing Russel Brand to God. Russel is absolutely fantastic but a long way from God. Yes of course I see the irony in comparing George to God.

[@seventus]

Steve Hughes is a stand up guy. Thanks for putting this out.

[@cold_static]

heh, "stand up guy".

[@seventus]

@@cold_static ^_^

[@sevenproxies4255]

Badum tshh

[@GayFrogsTho]

Ayyyyyyy

[@Alex-m8515]

Well… technically his sitting ;)

[@trstenik100]

I left the barracks after my one year mandatory service in the Yugoslav communist army in '88 wearing the S.O.D t-shirt. My CO couldn't believe what I was wearing, his eyes and mouth were wide open.

[@Xplora213]

Something wonderful about wearing a SOD sport in an army. At least you didn’t have a Star Wars Stormtrooper tshirt at the shooting range 😂

[@joshstanton267]

Haha classic. "Speak english" was so damn heavy for its time. It was so absurd you have to laugh. This was way before absurdly edgy kinda psychopathic lyrical content got trendy in Metal like 30 odd years later.. Don't really care for all the copycat metal bands that rehash these tropes, do something original ffs. Still love the old thrash bands like that who wrote stuff they knew would never really sell 💪

[@daryltoonders338]

Best hour and a half I've spent on KZbin this year. Hope lots of people are connecting the dots after watching this.

[@eastendthug]

This was one of the most entertaining lotus podcasts to date. What an absolute legend of a guy.

[@New-ei8qp]

This was the best unstoned, stoner convo I've ever listened in on.

[@martincoates2508]

Much respect for putting this out for free, I get you need to make your money, but this guy needs to be listened to, its important. I will be subscribing when I can, i was before this, but again, much respect.

[@golfbulldog]

Is the channel monetised? Heck of a lot of adverts on it...someone makes money from this freebie. Good interview though.

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@golfbulldog Read youtubes policy mate: any video, for any reason, can be monetised, for any reason, by youtube's own discretion, and the channel/video has no right to any of the money, it is YTs discretion if they get any of it. 99.99% likelihood: YT make 100% of the money on the adverts on this, given their hatred for anything non-radical left.

[@golfbulldog]

@@danielseaburg9763 thanks for the details.

[@aineomalley6431]

He is right, people have lost lack of understanding. Since covid, people have lost free will, stopped questioning, lost being actual adults and have allowed themselves to controlled by other people. It's truly insane and sad.

[@mattitchio]

The Anthrax band Steve mentioned was actually called Stormtroopers Of Death (SOD). Their first album was called Speak English or Die

[@mclatchyt]

That's based.

[@johnla3092]

@@mclatchyt Thank you for the correction.

[@tolpacourt]

They are not an "Anthrax band." They had no connection to Anthrax.

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

​@@tolpacourt No connection except 3 out of the 4 members of S.O.D. having also been in Anthrax. Don't be obtuse.

[@johnla3092]

@@NoFeckingNamesLeft DING DING! We have a WINNER.

[@dannygledstrom9081]

Steves a voice that needs to be heard especially in Australia. He cuts through a lot of bs that would be much appreciated for a laugh at the very least at the moment!

[@kimberlykay130]

You’re a comedic genius dude! & You’re a fearless philosopher of our time 🤩 you’re amazing!!

[@tonyhudson8235]

This talk of the cosmic self really hits home for me. I spent my entire life working, running my own business and helping others improve their businesses. I was kind of pleased with how my life was going, but I was never satisfied. I was driving from York to London and was on a time limit. Stressing the fuck out because the motorway was packed, and everyone was driving like arseholes. I got a pain in my chest, pulled over and got out of the car in this shitty layby. Honestly thought I was going to die. I collapsed on top of the green mound at the layby. The other side of the layby, the busy motorway behind me, was green fields, trees and blue skies as far as I could see. I remember thinking how alien it looked, and I'm from rural Norfolk. I should be used to it. But with the motorway rumbling behind me, and that vista in front of me, it just felt alien. I sat there for a good couple of hours, the pain on my chest gone, and I felt rejuvenated. And all of a sudden my brain said "Fuck work" I went home to Norfolk, sold the business, and got back to my roots. There is something spiritual going on there, because I may not have the money, I'm pretty broke these days, but I'm married, I have my animals, sadly I can't have children, but we can't have everything. And I'm pretty content, I never lose my temper, and stress washes off of me like water off of a duck's back.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

Tony so true i live near Kings Lynn in a tiny Hamlet .....views from all of the windows of farmers fields and church spires......always been a country boy grew up in Suffolk, brought my kids up in Cornwall.......i did live in London for 3 years and it was awful .....dirty , dangerous and depressing i a bed sit in the attic ...watching fights outside the kebab shop.....never again .... There is a disused medieval church half a mile from me i often go there to ground myself if im stressed out ....

[@tonyhudson8235]

@@HUMPTYNUGGET I hated London and refuse to go there. But it does feel like there is a cosmic connection between us, nature and the universe, that we are abusing by living in these big cities, separated from nature, packed together and behaving like good little drones. We've managed to remove the social aspect of society by doing it. I honestly think that it's this disconnection that leads to so much violence and rage. We have trapped ourselves in cages that we call cities, we live on top of each other but may as well be in solitary confinement for all the connection we have with each other. Our food is brought to us in little packages, by people we don't know or care about. We're not supposed to live like that. It's small wonder that drink, drugs and sex provide a substitute for the things that we've deprived ourselves of. Excitement, escape and connection with another person.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

@@tonyhudson8235 indeed ...where i lve there is a church roughly every 4 miles, i live in an old farm workers cottage where there were so many people required to cultivate and harvest the crops the vast majority of the pèople worked on the land and, then came the industrial revolution and everyone left the fields to work in inhumane factories, a living hell with up to 10 members of one family sharing a room no running water etc

[@tonyhudson8235]

@@HUMPTYNUGGET Maybe we do need a Great Reset. Reset back to the 1900s lol It wouldn't be so bad. Let the rich folk have their luxuries and live shoulder to shoulder with people they don't know or care about. I'll happy just strumming my guitar, growing my own food, trading with others and playing at the local pub for a few pints.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

@@tonyhudson8235 sounds like a good life mate.....thats how it was in the old days......i stumbled across the old Jack Hargreaves telly series on the old ways of the countryside from the late 70s and early 80s on youtube last week , been binge watching them all ...well worth a look pal.

[@Jackaroo.]

Steve's stand up bit about gay guys, straight guys, and homophobes is one of my favorites. I think about it every so often. It's one of those bits that pops in your head and stays with you throughout the years.

[@garethbattersby]

Is it the "They fuck men" bit? Because that's an epic bit

[@Concerned_citizenNZ]

@@garethbattersby "there's nothing gay about rhat"

[@Jackaroo.]

@@garethbattersby Yeah haha

[@Alex-m8515]

How about when they say “ Hey Steve you know having an earring in your left ear is gay”. And he says “ that’s weird, in Australia being gay is when your dick is in another mans ass”. Hahaha.

[@superkatarsis]

I’ve since as long as I can remeber thought about homophobia in that way and when I grew older I saw him do that joke. Fuck it, I could’ve been famous :)

[@eighteenfiftynine]

I saw Steve live some years back. During his set I shouted out something that linked back to a joke he'd made earlier in the night (a somewhat niche reference to the artists Gilbert and George), he responded with something like "I like it! Come talk to me after the show", which I took to have been a sarcastic dismissal of my attempting to make jokes in his set that nobody else got. It's only seeing him in interviews recently that I realise it's far more likely that he genuinely meant I should come and have a beer with him after the show.

[@wiseonwords]

Ah, you should have!

[@hansellius]

He seems like if you sent him an email about it, he might still go for that beer. He just seems like a cool, chill kind of guy.

[@philgriffin483]

@@hansellius hes tee total now or so i belieive.

[@hansellius]

@@philgriffin483 Oh really? I didn't know that. I still think he'd be down for hanging out and chatting, but maybe not the beer.

[@GerryHat-trick]

I bloody love Steve Hughes! A seriously underutilised comedian and human being. He really is an "everyman", from views to delivery, in comedy and in conversation.

[@carneeki]

Love Steve's comedy, but this made me realise there is so much more to the bloke. Could listen to this for another 90 minutes easily

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

He used to do a podcast years ago and there's some great stuff there too

[@carneeki]

@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 that's great! I'll try and find it. Thanks for letting me know :)

[@alansmith5267]

If Jordan Peterson & Russel Brand had a child. It’d be Steve Hughes. Please bring him back; regularly!

[@seanpadraigobrien1260]

What?

[@alansmith5267]

@@seanpadraigobrien1260 what “What?”?

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

No it wouldn't.

[@alansmith5267]

@@Rugmunchersauce3 oh…OK 🫡

[@mossadon]

Great to see Steve on here. A perfect match. Regarding his point about "Not watching telly and spending two weeks sat outside with a real fire".....i do that to destress both myself and friends. I had a life long mate in the music/arts scene "Go off the deep end" and had an open door, space to kip policy for him for two years. What did we do? Play music and cook up hairbrained arty schemes then go out when it was dark and sit around my oil drum fire pit and chat shit. It saved his sanity. He took great pleasure in taking calls from "People in the business" and friends and informing them "Ya haven't seen me in a while? Yeah....i'm sat in a back garden in Yorkshire, chillin by a fire drinkin whiskey. What?....You wana come and join us?" I coulda taken bookings. So, adding to Steves idea....YES! Get yersens off the internet, outside round a fire pit on the regular.

[@garethbattersby]

I get the part where it feels good to reset, take time out and just sit, listen and look around. For 15 years I worked nights in a supermarket. Eventually I got a job working during the day and within a few weeks my body had reset, I was healthier, happier and felt younger. Now a few years down the line I take little moments where I can to stop and look around, cloud formations, leaves from the trees, the birds in the sky and even random moments where I caught a feather that was flying by and just looked at it for a while, I find myself looking at the rain hitting puddles more than I ever did or going to a beach and just holding sand in my hands. These moments all prove weirdly calming, and even thought they're just moment they do kind of reset my mood into either neutral or happy. Its weird.

[@LordBaktor]

Sounds a bit like what I do during my "no phone" walks. I go out for an hour or two just walking, thinking and looking at interesting stuff.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

I did ten years on night shift at morrisons .....but it suited me as im a night owl..... I also have ptsd from military service and what you are describing there has a name and its is called Mindfulness, its taught to help anxiety and stress and severe mental problems . You've naturaly discovered it .

[@libertyjustice1620]

Beautiful and wise.

[@lachlanbell8390]

"Spreadsheet culture" possibly my favourite new term of reference, I'm gonna start using that for sure.

[@latro666]

Wow Steve Hughes is like all the good bits of joe rogan and none of the annoying crap + buckets of wisdom. Great interview

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

Less DMT

[@joseph1845]

@@yhyh8990 I think Steve smokes weed, or did.

[@Dr.Metalblood]

Thanks for introducing me to Steve Hughes. I love metal and comedy.

[@joseph1845]

You just found him? So lucky.

[@JezaLoki]

This is one of the best ten mins of stand up ever recorded IMO Steve Hughes performing in Stockholm in 2009. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2HPh5WDhLKHn5I

[@jaduyare]

Steve Hughes' comedy is pure gold. He's an extremely insightful guy.

[@RZris]

Good to see Steve Hughes is still around and didn’t lose his edge. You missed an opportunity to ask him about Jim Jefferies, they were roommates that first time he was in London and goddamn if there isn’t an interesting observation in how their careers have differed. By the way Steve has a shirt of a great album/band....Bathory-....The Return. Hail the hordes!

[@epictetus9221]

I'm so glad they did not discuss Jim Jeffries. What's the point anyway

[@nickacelvn]

Ohh Jim Jeffries is a good one also.

[@mottorcyle5052]

@@nickacelvn he was he sold out to comedy Central

[@LulaJake]

I thought they shared a flat in Moss Side.

[@EK14MeV]

Steve is physically unrecognizable from his years with the Frank Zappa look. Wow at the flat top ... that looks great now. 👏🏻👍🏻

[@saltanofswing6456]

My first memory of Steve Hughes "gay is the new straight" very funny man.

[@Theranthrope]

00:38:32 "Australians never defended that land" They did. And lost. Against Emus.

[@glenvance6737]

😂😂 I vaguely remember watching a hilarious yt video about this years ago, th aks for reminding me

[@richardcarr7557]

Steve Hughes is such an intelligent guy, he has always put real topics in his comedy. It is absurd that we can not challenge the ridiculous with comedy ( to real we can't have that ) You are a spiritual man who sees the absurdity in society. Keep going Steve you are a good soul.

[@uhohcanada9645]

Every couple of years I go back down the ‘Steve Hughes rabbit hole’ and came across this…great interview, would love to see him back on…Legend!

[@Mr-Inebri-rater]

Yess Steve Hughes! One of my favourite stand up comedians.

[@danmcdonald9117]

Thank you so much Carl for making this interview public!

[@stevesandford1437]

The BRILLIANT Steve Hughes... xx SF

[@waserbiker763]

Brilliant . Great to see Steve Hughes chat. One of my favourite comedians of all time. He spoke about Adverts. Ironically I was hit with Ads here every 7 minutes. Haha !

[@FranciscoGarcia-sk8sy]

Glad Steve Hughes is on here, he's one of my all time favorite comedians that consistently makes me laugh!!!He's also very reasonable and antiauthoritarian (see his bit on second hand smoke). I was very excited to see his name pop up on this channel!! Good takes!

[@johndavie1769]

Love the interview fabulous to know their is still like minded sane people in the world.

[@stavroginsilver]

Love Steve, remember him when he had long hair, great comedium. Seeing people make sense in the absurdity we live in, it gives hope

[@ScottyAlexRamsay]

That was a really great conversation. What a pleasure to listen to it. Also thanks for putting it up for people to watch.

[@johndcoffee632]

Ah i've watched Steve's stuff for years, so cool to see him on here speaking his mind. Thanks to all of you, you're doing an extremely positive thing.

[@jane---489]

*_What a great guy, so funny and completely based. You always choose the absolute best people, you're a good judge Sargon ..._*

[@sevenproxies4255]

Was a real pleasant surprise seeing Steve Hughes on for sure. Been a fan of his for 10 years or something like that.

[@jane---489]

@@sevenproxies4255 *_I got to know about him from my grandpa, he loves him ..._*

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@jane---489 Did you see that stand-up bit from Steve where he goes into people being offended? 😁 Just type Steve Hughes Offended in youtube if you haven't. It's awesome.

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@jane---489 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHmwoHeqaNOGftU

[@jane---489]

@@sevenproxies4255 I haven't, I'll check it out. Thanks ...

[@AuthoritativeNewsNetwork]

I would love to be a fly on the wall of a conversation between Steve Hughes and Alex Jones.🍿🍿 Thanks for releasing the full interview. 👍

[@der0keks]

I would swap jones for Eddie Bravo.

[@alkestos]

Bravo is a literal flat earther. I despise that guy.

[@matthewstone1362]

@@alkestos despise is a bit strong don't you think?

[@alkestos]

@@matthewstone1362 to be a flat earther level of science and reality denier is equal to these people who believe men can be women. So no, it's not too much because that's how I feel.

[@blastfromthepast7119]

@@der0keks why?

[@no.7593]

Brilliant! A conversation between wise and talented men with experience of the real world. Enough to make the WOKE shudder in their safety zones.

[@justjoe942]

I'm making myself wait for the house to empty before watching. Steve Hushes is one of the few I give my undivided attention to. The man was sounding the alarm from before the fall of common sense and the attack on based-reality.

[@slinkerdeer]

I knew when you uploaded the second sample of the interview you were going to upload it for free viewers, and I personally thank you for it. Steve has an enlightening mind and making an exception for this interview and making it free is a respectable thing to do

[@asteve4914]

I was recently triggered by a Gen Z posting a video about how ‘problematic’ Friends is. She just didn’t get the joke. She seemed to think that sitcom characters were seen as role models by society. They’re not. If Ross says something that’s ‘sexist’ or ‘homophobic’, we laugh AT him, not WITH him. He isn’t a role model. Nobody thinks we should act like Ross, or like David Brent from The Office. The humour is that what they say is shocking and stupid. The show isn’t promoting the behaviour - its mocking it! But Gen Z just doesn’t get that

[@alanhughes3172]

Yeah, the hatred for shows like Friends has been ramping up slowly over time, like with one of the prime examples being this hard-on for dismissing audience reaction as some vile trick that forces you to laugh at otherwise un-creative jokes, which is just clearly untrue, unless you take into account pre-recorded laughing tracks which was NOT how Friends was filmed. It was legit in front of audiences. There is MANY examples of jokes that had to be changed on the spot because they didn't land, or jokes (like Matthew Perry's cue-tip joke) that were spontaneous strokes of genius that got arguably the best reactions. This made the show infinitely better because they had an active gauge for what worked and what didn't. There's also examples of the cast taking the piss to rile up the audience like when Matthew ran into the scene of Joey patting down Monica's chest in one of her scenes working as a chef, he runs in and starts patting on her other breast, looks around awkwardly and sprints off, and the audience loses there collective shit laughing. I've seen plenty of vids where they remove the audience reaction (also making the false claim it nothing more than a laugh track) to prove there point thinking since it wouldn't have the impact in the same way it must be true. Except the scenes are structured with the laugh tracks in mind. If they weren't the jokes would be told slightly differently and still be funny, (perhaps even funnier) as well as the awkward pauses wouldn't be there at all because there obviously only there because the context for why they're there (the audience reaction) WAS REMOVED. This proves fuck all, especially since alot of the stuff they show, ends up still being bloody hilarious. These same people who can't understand the reason, nuance or context of basically anything anymore, shit on actual decent stuff while watching current mainstream drivel and spilling whats left of their brain cells out of all their bloody orifices, its almost embarrassing if it weren't so damn insulting to actual real tangible artistic and comedic talent. Phew, sorry. Needed to rant a little! xD

[@jimyoung9262]

Brilliant bit about stay at home moms and raising children.

[@gary8032]

Respect to this Gentleman, funny honest insightful and humane and very very funny.

[@wintersking4290]

On the topic of learning within a tradition, see Kipling's poem "The Palace". An examination of it would be amazing.

[@hansellius]

Like most of Kipling's stuff, it's really good. It touched me quite deeply, actually. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@sentinel2569]

Steve is my favourite kind of person

[@QziQza]

what a pleasure to have Steve on, just being Steve, love his comedy, but its great to see its source, the person its born in.. great interview.

[@leerendell9403]

I could ave listen to this for hours more keep these kind of chats coming

[@Canada151337]

I've been having a pretty shit weekend but this discussion has helped me feel a bit more optimistic about things. Thanks gents! The Lotus Eaters is one of the few podcasts that I consider essential to help get through this actual clown world we (especially in the commonwealth, particularly Canada) live in....

[@DingoDin]

Love Steve Hughes for his realness and wise humour, top bloke ❤

[@BB-zi5wi]

Lotuseaters & Steve Hughes? I liked the video instantly, looking forward to watching it these days. Much love from Germany guys ❤

[@unstable4207]

" My left brain is like a grape" ..... I've been smiling all day after hearing that... thanks Steve.. great listening to you guys chew the fat.

[@stevecox7075]

As someone living in Australia, I have to say that Steve is right on the mark: The constant deprived nanny state of this godforsaken hell-hole is appalling. 😫

[@wasp3959]

One of my favourite stand up comics of all time! Was calling out all this stuff well over a decade ago.

[@simonshort8581]

I have to say I've really enjoyed this podcast it felt just like three blokes sat around having a good chat ,great work Carl as always, great guest in Steve my only point of disagreement is property rights I honestly believe it separates great civilisations from anything else ( an English mans home is his castle) All the best chaps .

[@suzanacolville3182]

One of the historical housing solutions to loneliness and lack of localised food growing was monastery and convent lifestyle...where hundreds of people would live together and praise God not each other and themselves all day...and grow a lot of their own food and alcohol and offer each other medicinal help..without a lot of artificial fertilizers.. same with the huge houses/manors/mansions/keeps and castles where everyone had a place and a purpose...we see in England and Europe...These huge places were hard to heat but easier than separate housing....the class system was unfair I admit that...about 5% or less were wealthy and had servants...and serfs...to obtain food, clothing, transport, heat from fire places etc. entertainment...etc... but the isolation and estrangement that many people feel these days...is not making a happy healthy society....Thx Steve ......I now add you to the comedians that keep life funna when the day is hard or emotionally sad...Fiona McLoughlin, Emma Holland, Hannah Gadsby, James Veitch, Danny Buoy, Dylan Moran, ...a bit of Carr, and now Steve Hughes....formerly along time ago Barry Humphries, Monty Python, Spike Milligan, bla bla...see ya

[@leetester8612]

I can't describe how good it felt to listen to this conversation. I can only Thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing it. Total love and respect to the pair of you.

[@streglof]

Carl, you should have a chat with Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen

[@Jason-ww3xi]

Had this experience the first hour I landed in Australia. We were exhausted, just wanted some food, and the bouncer at the pub insisted on all of us(23+ group) presenting ID or no entry. Standard procedure, but the whole tone was 'ID or I just assume you're all 12 years old'. Beautiful country, but every official interation felt like a scolding.

[@derpvonbismarck6323]

Deep cosmic thoughts from Mr. Hughes! Thank you for visiting

[@D4n1t0o]

Just bought tickets to see Steve in Brum. Very excited. You lads should come to the Midlands too. Love to see yas.

[@ThomasMoore.1]

Excellent chat between you both .

[@NoFaceOrGun]

This was awesome. Thanks guys. Steve is an absolute legend.

[@Musingsonthelawofattraction]

Steve Hughes that rare type of comedian: funny and conscious, as he's always been. More so called "mainstream" comedians need to grow some balls and be like him.

[@tuckerdixon8032]

Comedians to follow: Shane Gillis, Tim Dillon, Louis J Gomez, Mark Normand, Ryan Long. All have good podcasts.

[@towersofgiza]

All but Tim Dillon. He's not funny anymore. Doesn't tell jokes but waxes poetic about endless miserable diatribes

[@JustFun-ho6qy]

I'm gonna add Kyle Dunnigan to the list.

[@filled_soda]

Shane Gillis is really really funny

[@hufclufc]

Tim Dillon is awesome

[@aaronwebb1548]

"We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn't, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares. "But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell's dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think. "What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us."

[@catherine5939]

I have Brave New World beside me on my dresser, about to pick it up to read it for the first time. Got distracted by this wonderful conversation. After listening to this whole interview, your comment has brought me back to the world outside the screen. Thanks for that. It's been a while, but it's never too late to start a book.

[@aaronwebb1548]

@@catherine5939 Good luck to you. It took me 3 concerted efforts to finish, I always got so depressed around halfway through. It's well worth it, but I think it's the book I've read that has made me the most despondent and feel the most pessimistic. Again, good luck.

[@arcadealchemists5383]

As someone that’s about half Steve’s age I have the exact same mindset and live as an outsider

[@MrVohaul]

This was fantastic- just bought tickets to your gig, Steve!

[@robinhill4458]

Steve Hughes … legend…..thanks mate

[@TheDalaiLamaCon]

A very enlightening spiritual discussion. Good work Carl, you getting the hang of the incorporeal.

[@kevinavilaescobar8050]

great conversation, really valued Steves outlook and his openness and honesty both in regards to his opinions but also in regards to his weaknesses and struggles.

[@joacimwarn3808]

Good ol' Stevie, been watching him for years, love his comedy, such a blast that you got a chance to speak with him.

[@becky2235]

Gutted I missed Steve at cardiff! Didn't even know he was on tour

[@nickacelvn]

I personally rejoice whenever I hear that someone is depressed or has had anxiety, not in a nasty way but a very smart person/psychologist once told me (When I myself was suffering from anxiety and depression) that depression and anxiety is the hallmark of an intelligent person. He reasoned this by the undeniable fact that if you are not at least a little anxious and or depressed you really don't understand what's going on in the world. I have never forgotten those wise words and now whenever I'm getting anxious I relax remembering that I'm intelligent and aware. Like Steve, Intelligent and aware. I didn't want to sound like a pompous ass hole and I can't help but think I'm coming across as just that... Not my intention though.

[@MrT79shakeshake]

Thanks for releasing this, been on a Steve Hughes binge for last week since I seen you had him on as I had no Idea who he was. Great guy.

[@hplovecraft1445]

You see someone wearing a Bathory T-shirt, and you know instantly that person has good taste. That's the best album too.

[@JohnDiabol]

Glad I wasn't the only one who caught up on that.

[@TyeDye75]

Met Steve after a gig at the comedy store in Manchester in 2006. Absolute hero!

[@jonlynch9193]

Thank you Carl I love Steve and this is very much appreciated

[@yekimyarg]

I learned something. That is enough. Good interview.

[@robinhill4458]

Keep spreading the word

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

Best metal head comedian ever. Top bloke, love the humour and anti pc. See you at a metal fest one day!

[@elitemook4234]

my eyes rolled so hard it hurt when he repeated the myth of the nobel savage.

[@mistahsusan2650]

bump

[@hitthenorth9667]

Love the bit about Bukowski and people don’t bother to investigate …. I’m surrounded by people of the ‘main stream’ and on one hand I feel sorry for them but on the other I wouldn’t want them in my special club either ! Love Steve great guy

[@thirion1850]

Holy shit this was great. It's nice to see people talk about the more spiritual aspects of humanity and not immediately devolve to "aliens/god, lets smoke some weeeeeed maaaannnn". There's value in the aesthetic of humanity, a value these people look to destroy because it gives mankind meaning beyond their faux utopia.

[@davidholloway1817]

So refreshing to see two ordinary blokes talking some common sense & stating the obvious - thoroughly enjoyed it, THANK YOU!

[@lilmoyinyang5812]

Great interview Carl,loved the way you let Steve speak even when he interupted you,Made the conversation flow

[@aarondavidson6409]

Kinda rare these days... A lot of hosts will cut off the person being interviewed... might aswell interview themselves in a mirror..

[@leemoyingyanglee8455]

@@aarondavidson6409 totally agree,have to say I was expecting Carl to do that but was very impressed he didn’t,all power to him

[@calvin624]

That was fantastic. What a treat! Steve is hilarious.

[@richardhartley1705]

So very true Steve is so very interesting👍👍

[@ItsNikoHIMself]

I still need to buy all his DVD‘s! Steve is a legend. ❤️🤘

[@donathandorko]

YES! Love me some Steve Hughes. I have to wait 30 min before I watch it though because I've ordered a pizza for the occasion.

[@SomeCanine]

What you're describing in the first few minutes here is how nobody allows for metaphor or rhetoric anymore. Everything is taken literally and the worst possible interpretations are assumed at all times. AKA, cancel culture is real.

[@annother3350]

Count Dankula wasn't even allowed context...

[@daffyduck1974]

I love Steve & good to here his voice again.