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Today I'm speaking with Stephen Frye. Stephen is a comedian, actor, writer, presenter,

voice over artist and activist. Some of his most well-known acting work includes a bit of Frye

and Laurie, Jeaves and Wooster, Black Adder, Kingdom, and the film V for Vendetta. He's also written

and presented several documentary series including the Emmy Award winning Stephen Frye, the secret

life of the manic depressive. Stephen's contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines,

and written four novels and three volumes of autobiography. And he also frequently appears

on British radio. And as you will soon hear, Stephen is just a wonderfully erudite man who

fairly reeks of the most basic human decency. He really is one of the nicest guys in the world.

And we cover a fair amount of ground. We discuss comedy and atheism and political correctness.

There's a lot of talk about meditation and mindfulness. Talk about negative emotions,

ambition, empathy, psychedelics. He was a close friend of Christopher Hitchens, so we speak about

hitch. And we cover much else. Well, I can say as a review, take even a fraction of the pleasure

in Stephen's company that I did, you will enjoy the next two hours. And now I bring you Stephen Frye.

I am here with Stephen Frye. Stephen, thanks for coming on the podcast.

It's a pleasure. A long held ambition finally realized.

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