Christopher debates James Cuno, the president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of "Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle over Ancient Heritage. via pbs.org
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Mr Steve Wasserman, Christopher Hitchens' literary agent, kindly replied to my query about a possible memorial. Posted with permission. ...
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By Christopher Hitchens Ever since Tom Lehrer recorded his imperishable anti-Christmas ditty all those years ago, the small but growing...
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Update: Hitchens spotted in D.C. Sunday night. Link here . At reddit.com there are comments on Hitchens having breathing issues at the air...
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A short audio clip from the Politics and Prose event in Washington DC. As in the previous post, I've asked the uploader to post more...
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Recorded June 15, 2010. Christopher Hitchens at The Free Library of Philadelphia. He is interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane, host of WHYY's ...
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Mail Online By John Preston The Christopher Hitchens who stares out of the cover of this book is a very different-looking figure to the ...
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Hitchens, journalist Matthew Chapman, Dawkins, Carol Blue By Charles McGrath / The New York Times HOUSTON — Christopher Hitchens, pro...
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Vanity Fair Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the ag...
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Michael Graham interviews Christopher Hitchens
February 26, 2010Feb 1, 2010. Christopher Hitchens on Boston Talks. He talks to Michael Graham about George Galloways visit to Boston, Barack Obama, Iran and Sarah Palin. Link to George Galloway protesters on YT. (1/2) (2/2) Listen/Download mp3 file here.
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TimesTalks with Christopher Hitchens, Noah Feldman, Mark Lilla
February 24, 2010The Times Center, 2008. NYT: TimesTalks with (from left to right) moderator James Traub, Christopher Hitchens, Noah Feldman, Mark Lilla. Topic: What we believe. They discuss religion in American politics, home schooling, secular vs religious morality, Islam and the "clash of civilizations", with a Q&A at the end. (1/8) (2/8) (3/8) (4/8) (5/8) (6/8) (7/8) (8/8) Listen/Download mp3 file here.
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Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell's 1984
February 21, 2010June 8, 2009. Christopher Hitchens on NPR: Talk of the Nation. (1/2) (2/2) Listen/Download the mp3 file here.
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Hitchens in Lisbon, Feb 18, 2010.
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After Words with George Packer on Book TV
February 20, 2010Christopher Hitchens hosts After Words and talks to George Packer.
Subject: George Orwell
Aired: Feb 19, 2010
Watch it here.
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Hitchens on Thomas Jefferson, KQED Radio
February 19, 2010June 06, 2005. Michael Krasny talks to writer Christopher Hitchens about his book "Thomas Jefferson: Author of America." (1/5) (2/5) (3/5) (4/5) (5/5)
Hitchens on The Phil Hendrie Show, 2009
February 17, 2010Hitchens talked to Phil Hendrie on June 15, 2009. http://newphilhendrieshow.com/ (1/2) (2/2)
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Hitchens on Salman Rushdie's fatwa, BBC, Feb 12.
February 15, 201021 years ago the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, because of his novel Satanic Verses. He immediately went into hiding, but his friends, like Christopher Hitchens, were able to stay in touch.
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Hitchens on FTR, Feb 13, 2010
February 14, 2010Hitchens interviewed on Freethought Radio by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. (1/2) (2/2)
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Hitchens on Book Expo America, 2007
Jeffery L. Sheler interviewed Hitchens on the Upfront and Unscripted program. (1/3) (2/3) (3/3)
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A Dinner with Christopher Hitchens
February 13, 2010
After his January lecture for Literary Arts, a dinner at Bluehour organized by Portland Monthly, Portlanders learned that Hitchens’s swashbuckling stage persona is actually his soft side.
Audio & Transcript here.
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Christopher Hitchens on Little Atoms
During the Oxford Literary Festival 2007, Christopher Hitchens was interviewed by Neil Denny and Padraig Reidy. (1/6) (2/6) (3/6) (4/6) (5/6) (6/6)
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Global Citizen: Christopher Hitchens
February 12, 2010CH on Common Ground Radio. Listen to the interview here.
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Michael Krasny interviews Christopher Hitchens on KQED Radio
Dec 31, 2007. Hitchens on the Forum with Michael Krasny. (1/5) (2/5) (3/5) (4/5) (5/5)
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Hitchens on WHYY, 2007.
February 11, 2010Hitchens talks to Marty Moss-Coane. (1/5) (2/5) (3/5) (4/5) (5/5)
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Hitchens on Freethought Radio, 2007
February 9, 2010(1/2) (2/2)
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Christopher Hitchens on KQED Radio, 2007
February 8, 2010May 24, 2007. Hitchens discusses religion and politics on Forum with Michael Krasny. (1/5) (2/5) (3/5) (4/5) (5/5)
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Christopher Hitchens on ABC Radio National, 2007
February 6, 2010Hitchens on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams. (1/6) (2/6) (3/6) (4/6) (5/6) (6/6)
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Freedom of Expression Debate
February 4, 2010Intelligence Squared U.S. New York City, Oct. 18, 2006. Six journalists, professors and activists gathered to debate the proposition, "Freedom of expression must include the right to offend." For the Motion: Philip Gourevitch, Signe Wilkinson, Christopher Hitchens (Top row, left to right) Against the Motion: Daisy Khan, David Cesarani, Mari Matsuda (Bottom row, left to right) (1/11) (2/11) (3/11) (4/11) (5/11) (6/11) (7/11) (8/11) (9/11) (10/11) (11/11)
MARTIN AMIS IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
February 2007
Summary:
Martin Amis discusses the mild anti-semitism of his own father, and gives his thoughts on Israel. He reads from Saul Bellow’s book on Israel, and suggests that there is a great deal of anxiety among Jews about the future of Israel.
Christopher Hitchens, who only discovered he was Jewish in 1989, talks about the place of Judaism in history: about Voltaire, suspicion, Israel, and the Jewish diaspora.
Martin Amis then discusses the Jewish concept of manhood, before going on to contemplate the effect of 9/11 on the Jewish community.
Hitchens then touches on some moments that betray a prejudice against Jews that still lingers even after the Holocaust, including the claims made in America in 1989 that Jewish doctors were deliberately injecting black babies with Aids. He suggest that pejudice against Jews is different from other kinds, because it takes a pseudo-intellectual, as opposed to superficial and ignorant form.
Amis then seeks to define the actual concept of anti-semitism, before Hitchens considers the perception of Jews as masters of finance
Watch video here (intelligencesquared.com)
Hitchens on The Pete Wilson Program
February 3, 2010(1/4) Hitchens interviewed by Pete Wilson on KGO in 2007 (2/4) (3/4) (4/4)
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Hitchens on The Brian Lehrer Show
February 2, 2010(1/4) Tuesday, May 08, 2007. Christopher Hitchens answers questions from callers on The Brian Lehrer Show. (2/4) (3/4) (4/4)
Hitchens Vs. Chris Hedges on Religion - Part 1/4
February 1, 2010This debate between author and commentator Christopher Hitchens and journalist Chris Hedges focuses on religion, and was entitled "Is God Great?" It took place in Berkeley, California on May 24, 2007. Part 1 of 4
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