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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

A weekly interview series from Russell Brand that examines what's beneath the surface—of the people we admire, the ideas that define our time, and the history we’re told. Speaking with guests from the worlds of academia, popular culture, and the arts, Russell seeks to uncover the ulterior truth behind our constructed reality. And have a laugh.On his new podcast ‘Above the Noise’ Russell guides us all—curious beginners, spiritual skeptics, and experienced practitioners—in brief, 10-minute meditations. Listen to Above the Noise on Luminary
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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #129 God vs Atheism with Ricky Gervais

#129 God vs Atheism with Ricky Gervais

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04/25/20 • 71 min

This week’s guest on Under The Skin is Ricky Gervais. 


Ricky Gervais is one of the greatest comedy stars the world has ever known. He’s the creator of ‘Extras’ and ‘The Office’, and is a genius up there with Chaplin, Cleese and Coogan.


This is a fantastic episode, a brilliant conversation covering God, atheism, animals, love and class. It was a real privilege to speak to him.


Season 2 of Ricky’s new show, ‘After Life’ is streaming now on Netflix.

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #76 Truth & Illusions (with Derren Brown)

#76 Truth & Illusions (with Derren Brown)

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04/20/19 • 103 min

Derren and I spoke about stoicism, the psychology of socio-political standpoints, faith healing, how we frame suffering, relationships and...there is a great story about a parrot at the end.
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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #223 You Don’t Use Google, Google Uses You! (With Prof. Shoshana Zuboff)
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01/29/22 • 18 min

This week we welcome the incredible Prof. Shoshana Zuboff, writer, activist, and scholar (Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School). She is the author of three books, each of which signaled the start of a new epoch in technological society. Her most recent book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, has been called “the Das Kapital of the 21st Century.” You may recognise Prof. Zuboff from the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, which highlighted how nefarious and powerful big tech companies like Facebook and Google really are. We are now in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and it is worse than you think. Google, from the time of its inception, intended to mine you for your data, invade your privacy, and use you for profit. Prof. Shoshana Zuboff has the inside information, and reveals all in this episode.

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For more info on Prof Shoshana’s work go here: https://shoshanazuboff.com/book/

My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate

Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism)

Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes! https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand

Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell

Instagram:

http://instagram.com/russellbrand/

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http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

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In a bumper 2 hour episode neuroscientist, author and fellow podcaster Sam Harris and I discuss the effects and rationality of religious belief, the illusion of freedom, Western intervention in the Middle East and where true power lies.
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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #244 Is Journalism Dead? (with Batya Ungar-Sargon)
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06/25/22 • 12 min

This week I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek (and a past contributor to multiple other major new outlets). Batya is the author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. We talk about the focus of today’s media outlets, and how to reawaken the under-represented population.

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Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy is available, here https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/

Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast Above the Noise.

Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof and Vandana Shiva on July 10th, plus how you can be a part of special conversations with Deepak Chopra and Yoga With Adriene https://www.russellbrand.com/join

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - Breathe! with James Nestor

Breathe! with James Nestor

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12/17/22 • 91 min

[Special free episode] Inspired initially by the art of freediving, James Nestor has since explored the vital role that breath, and breathing correctly, plays in our evolution as human beings and our health right now. Are we breathing wrong and what can we do to change it? How powerful is our breath really?

James reveals the incredible feats and control people have acquired by harnessing their breath, something we carry around with us 24/7. Is there some ulterior reason why this free, accessible and innate ability is not widely proliferated? This episode may make you very aware of your breathing while you’re listening, but it might also change your life!

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James is the author of "Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves" and "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art"

This best of Under the Skin episode was recorded in the spring of 2021. Subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple to hear all episodes of "Under the Skin," as well numerous meditations from Russell Brand, in his series "Above the Noise." Learn more at https://luminary.link/russell

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #104 Science, Capitalism & God (with Neil deGrasse Tyson)
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11/20/19 • 81 min

This week’s guest on Under The Skin is the infamous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson! He’s pretty amazing. He was promoting his book ‘Letters From An Astrophysicist’ but he was more than that...being a focused and dedicated educator. I enjoyed talking to him. The main thrust of it was me going, “yeah, come on, there must be God!”. It was actually my ongoing argument that it’s hard to apply the tools of science to realms that may be beyond sensory experience and how can science claim to be objective as it exist within a capitalist consumer culture that has certain agendas and objectives? We also discussed the way in which science has propelled human understanding and how we interface with the unknowable, what role ancient spiritual texts have played and whether science is controlled by the rich and powerful?

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #80 Meditation & Genius (with David Lynch)

#80 Meditation & Genius (with David Lynch)

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05/18/19 • 68 min

This week I spoke to David Lynch. We discussed transcendental meditation, Vedic philosophy, the lessons he has learned from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the effect spirituality has had on his life.

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #179 The Neuroscience Behind Our Emotional Lives (with Lisa Feldman Barrett)
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04/03/21 • 24 min

This week’s guest is Lisa Feldman Barret. Lisa is author of Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain and How Emotions are Made.

She is a Professor of psychology at Northeastern University where she focuses on affective science.

Her focus is on understanding the nature of emotion in the brain.

In this podcast Lisa explains the psychology and neuroscience behind how emotions are created in the brain, what affects our understanding of our emotions and how we try and often fail and “read” others.

We get political, cultural, scientific and spiritual!

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Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join/ and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox.

*not a euphemism

If you’re not already signed up to Luminary you can here - I release a new Under The Skin podcast every Saturday! http://luminary.link/russell

Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!

https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand

My Audible Original, Revelation is out now!

http://adbl.co/revelation

Instagram: @russellbrand

Twitter: @rustyrockets

Facebook: @russellbrand

TikTok: @russellbrand

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Under The Skin with Russell Brand - #001 Can We Really Stop Terror?

#001 Can We Really Stop Terror?

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03/09/17 • 80 min

What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? In this first show I speak with Dr Brad Evans about how the liberation of prejudice and emergence of a politics of hate and division has led to the the normalisation of violence and in turn to perpetual ‘terror'.
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How many episodes does Under The Skin with Russell Brand have?

Under The Skin with Russell Brand currently has 370 episodes available.

What topics does Under The Skin with Russell Brand cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Society & Culture and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Under The Skin with Russell Brand?

The episode title '#223 You Don’t Use Google, Google Uses You! (With Prof. Shoshana Zuboff)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Under The Skin with Russell Brand?

The average episode length on Under The Skin with Russell Brand is 57 minutes.

How often are episodes of Under The Skin with Russell Brand released?

Episodes of Under The Skin with Russell Brand are typically released every 6 days, 18 hours.

When was the first episode of Under The Skin with Russell Brand?

The first episode of Under The Skin with Russell Brand was released on Mar 4, 2017.

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