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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

#020 Selfie-Obsession: Can Narcissism Ever Make Us Happy? (with Will Storr)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.815.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Author of “Selfie” Will Storr and I discuss where the ideal of the perfect self came from, why it is so powerful and whether there is any way to break its dangerous spell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Under the Skin, where I ask what's beneath the surface of people we admire,

0:04.0

of the ideas that define our time of the history we are told.

0:07.3

This show is sponsored by me and my rebirth tour.

0:10.4

The next couple of shows are sold out, but there's still some tickets available for...

0:13.6

SELFOOD! Second of August.

0:15.7

TUMBER 2, 20th of September.

0:18.3

TORKIEMADDUM! 27th of September.

0:21.6

LESTER, third of October. Go russlebrand.com for tickets.

0:25.2

Now it's time for Under the Skin. Have a look.

0:28.2

Down with me, TIT.

0:50.7

Welcome to Under the Skin, with me, Russell Brand.

0:53.5

Under the Skin, we look under the superficial,

0:56.5

cutaneous surface of issues, individual histories, myths and stories.

1:01.9

Today, we will be talking to Will Stor, an award-winning writer, a man who,

1:07.0

if he were to accuse him of being a photographer for even a moment,

1:09.8

he would smash any camera in the district.

1:12.9

His features have appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, The Times, The Observer and GQ.

1:17.7

He's the author of Critically acclaimed books, The Heretics, Adventures with the Enemies of Science.

1:23.4

The novel, The Hunger and The Howling of Killian Loan.

1:28.1

We're here to talk about his book Selfie, among other things and topics that come off Selfie,

1:32.6

to discover the ideal of where the perfect idea of Self came from.

1:37.9

Why it's so powerful, and whether there is any way to break its dangerous spell.

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