Henry Marsh - Innovative Neurosurgeon Shares A Doctor's View of the War and Ukrainian Resilience

Henry Marsh - English neurosurgeon, and pioneer of neurosurgical advances, has a strong professional connection to Ukraine, and visited the country after the war began.
Russian propaganda would have us believe that the war in Ukraine is just an extended civil war, driven by a popular insurgency. But this seems far from the truth - a gross distortion of reality. Ukraine is fighting for its very existence, against an enemy that repeatedly claims it is not a real country, but a tool of Western foreign policy wielded by countries that are inherently Russo-phobic. But is the reality much simpler? Could this in fact be the least morally unambiguous war since WWII - a clear-cut case of autocracy versus democracy?
Henry Marsh is an English neurosurgeon, and a pioneer of neurosurgical advances, and has a strong professional connection to Ukraine. He worked with neurosurgeons in the former Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine with protégé neurosurgeon Igor Kurilets, from 1992. His work there was the subject of the BBC Storyville film The English Surgeon from 2007. His widely acclaimed memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery was published in 2014. According to The Economist, this memoir is "so elegantly written it is little wonder some say that in Mr Marsh neurosurgery has found its Boswell." His second memoir Admissions: A life in brain surgery was published in 2017. His most recent book was published in 2022 to critical acclaim and explores his bewildering transition from doctor to patient.

[@christossakellaridis9029]

Wonderful channel, with consistently high quality of interviews and guests. Mind boggling why it doesn't have more subscribers....Thank you for your work!

[@markb8468]

Totally agree! These are some of the most insightful interviews I've seen on the nuances of this war. I don't know why there aren't many more views.

[@gregb3457]

Thank you so much to Henry Marsh - a noble and unselfish man. I hope you get there to Ukraine, in due time.

[@andyreznick]

It was great hearing from Dr. Marsh. Thanks for having him on, and good job on not getting blown up, Dr. Marsh!

[@sanuet1249]

H.Marsh is totally right! I, as a resident of Ukraine, absolutely agree with his position

[@natotvwarjimbo3461]

THANKS💪👍💛💙TRUTH = FREEDOM

[@cinnamon2151]

Enjoy all your interviews/ conversations Johnathan, always great questions with your relevant background keeps it top notch , very insitefull

[@nattuglaHK]

Very Interesting and educational. Thank you very much! Commenting for the sake of the algorithms......

[@Curfewlater]

Great channel bad sound for this episode please give us more of these interviews with people knowledgeable in both Russian and Ukrainian society

[@SiliconCurtain]

More interviews with first hand witnesses definitely being lined up!

[@peterkurg8169]

Subscribed and liked! Very happy to have discovered this channel - recommended by Operator Starsky

[@SiliconCurtain]

I’m very keen to get OS on the channel! Do please post this suggestion on his community page if you can!

[@gregb3457]

I believe the main problem with your channel not having more subscribers and views has to do with the length of the videos. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTENT AT ALL - BC, the content is unparalleled and can't be found as an equal. If you are able, I would suggest 15 minute pieces - breaking say this interview into Part 1, 2 and 3. The trouble I believe has mostly to do with time available and NOT attention span, though maybe it is 50/50 and if I am missing something 33/33/33. Most people do not want to allot a whole hour of "their life" at one time to anything, it seems. Preachers, one of which I am not, are especially aware of this fact, I am told. So, I really want to see you succeed at this. Your dedication and mind, your ability to bring VERY INTERESTING interviews to "the market" is outstanding. From a "world aware" lowly architect - me.

[@SiliconCurtain]

I think it’s also the KZbin algorithm which is an issue, but I have some ideas out how to fix that, - I’m hoping these actions in December will really drive more views…

[@Curfewlater]

On lengthy videos: Have you seen the Channel Perun on the Ukraine war?

[@markb8468]

I don't think I'd agree with your assessment about the length of these. There are MANY podcasts that are 3 or 4 hrs in length that are very popular. That's one thing I particularly enjoy about this channel. As to the lack of views, for some reason the algorithm isn't friendly to this channel is the only thing I can come up with.

[@gregb3457]

@@markb8468 Well everybody has the right to their own opinion, in my world. I'm just trying to be helpful. I really want to see Jonathan succeed. Maybe the channels that offer lengthy video content have a different type of material approach. Jonathan's material is fairly specific. Jonathan suspects the algorithm as do many others. If it's only mathematical and it's not prejudiced in some way I don't understand.

[@toby9999]

There are many channels succeeding with long form videos. I'll happily listen to a 3hr video if it interests me.

[@malcolmbell5498]

I live in Ukraine and I agree with Dr. Marsh on about everything. Maybe not on Crimea.

[@cenccenc946]

interesting conversation.

[@toby9999]

Could be wrong but I don't think many people outside of Europe knew much about Ukraine before Feb 2022. Never much coverage on mainstream media in my country. I thought Ukraine was part of Russia... not that I had given it much thought though. Probably Russian propaganda seeping through. That's all changed now and I am very much in support of Ukraine.

[@18_rabbit]

would be awfully useful for posts like yours who mention media in their country but dn't name the country! Very useful for everyone to know. I'm a Yank and am not sure how much Ukr was covered overall but i'd say a fair bit in last eight yrs, though i was always on the hunt for such news. The US has had many personal links to Ukraine through immigration over time, and through ukrainian-jewish immigrants over the long time. Same w/ russian jewish immigration over the long haul of time. So there are pretty deep links to eastern slavic culture to the USofA, and specifically the subgenre of jewish eastern slavic culture.

[@gregb3457]

Did you hear him mention the importance of the rule of law? This is a worthy topic.

[@SL-sd3sg]

I’d like to see podcasts with you and Jake Broe, or Artur Rehi, or Operator Starsky. Or all of them!

[@SiliconCurtain]

All in the pipeline (hopefully) for 2023.

[@gregb3457]

@Silicon Curtain Jonathan, sometimes I find it difficult to discern actual words being spoken - aka microphone issues and whatever. BUT the subtitles / closed captions are not available. What's up with that? Thanks

[@SiliconCurtain]

I’ll look into this, and try to get them enabled!

[@ginemginem]

I think something like this could be remedied by the people on both sides of the line recording them selves then stitching the audio in when editing. Altho, that won't work for every conversational partner, since not everybody is comfortable with faffing about with technical stuff. Also, it kinda increases friction to getting people to talk with. I think the easiest solution is to use something like discord. It's rock-solid when it comes to audio and video quality (nothing comes close IMO), you can just send the other person a link to the channel on your server, the only downside is that the other person has to make an account, and maybe that it's a bit "gamery", and might not be as intuitive with its channels and servers and stuff.

[@sergiigrytsan377]

Crimea is Ukraine