Bible Study With Russell Brand
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Who is funding Russell Brand's Christian reinvention?
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Hello, and welcome to this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment with me, Marina Hyde.
And me, Richard Osman. Hello, listeners. Hello, Marina. Hello, Richard. How are you? I'm all right. What lovely weather we've been having.
We have. It's actually worth discussing. It's been so fantastic.
Although... if we have listeners around the world, perhaps in your territory, you haven't had nice weather.
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You've got to be so careful. You have to individualise everything.
Speaking of being careful... Yes, we're going to have to be very careful. We're going to be discussing... Russell Brand's book tour. How is it going? How is it really going? What else are we going to talk about?
We are going to talk about a British television success story. I'm going to talk about Channel 5. They're called 5, really. But if you say 5, people think you mean the boy band, so it gets confusing. So I'll call them Channel 5 for now. But their drama, which anyone who watches 5 will know, they've had three or four years of absolute banger after banger. So we're going to talk about how and why they've managed to achieve that.
And we're also going to talk about the Met Gala, which this year is sponsored by Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos.
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Friends of the podcast. And we're going to talk about how it, in my view, represents a complete defeat for every single thing Anna Wintour, the legendary editor of Vogue, ever stood for.
Talking about complete defeats of everything we've ever stood for, shall we talk about Russell Brand's book?
Russell Brand has a new book out, which is called How to Become a Christian in Seven Days. The answer is not what you think it is. The subtitle is May Take 50 Years of Sin and Fuck-Ups to Get Started.
Language, please.
Language indeed. That's actually on the cover, but with an asterisk. We should say before we go on that Russell Brand in the UK has been charged and faces trial in October on charges of rape and sexual assault made against him by six women. He denies all of those charges. We can't talk about that, but we can talk about the book tour he is currently on.
We can talk about the things that he's been talking about.
And the journey that slightly got us here, because Russell Brown would like us to think that he has been on a journey. Firstly, of faith. Inevitably, he was once a Buddhist. Then I think he sort of moved. There was a point relatively recently where he was endorsing a Roman Catholic prayer app. looked camera, but called Hallo. The other journey I suppose he's been on is from being what I would describe, I guess, as a sort of standard vibes-based lefty towards being a sort of MAGA faithful person in America.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is funding Russell Brand's Christian reinvention?
0:01–4:01
2
What happened during Russell Brand's appearance on Piers Morgan's show?
4:01–6:44
3
How has Channel 5 become a powerhouse in British television?
6:44–8:07
4
What does the Met Gala sponsorship by Jeff Bezos signify?
8:07–10:20
5
What are the implications of Russell Brand's new book?
10:20–11:15
6
How does Russell Brand's journey reflect his past controversies?
11:15–13:27
7
What changes have occurred in the fashion industry regarding the Met Gala?
13:27–16:55
8
How has the role of Anna Wintour evolved with the influence of tech companies?
16:55–47:28