Hello there, you awakening wonders. Welcome to stay free with Russell Brand. I'm thrilled to say it's

Friday and every Friday we have an in-depth conversation with free thinkers, radicals, disruptors,

prophets and shaman. Today I'm joined by Dr. Cornell West, whose voice perhaps is peerless in this

space advocating for compassion, togetherness, unity, love,

not in an entirely spiritual context, but also in a political space and political spaces.

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It is a privilege to finally welcome Dr. Cornell West.

Hello, sir.

Oh, my dear brother, I want to begin by

saluting you. You have been in the language of John Coltrane, a real force for good. And I salute you

there, brother. You're the real thing, though, man. You got the courage to be yourself. You got the

courage to take a risk. most importantly you're a truth

teller and a witness bear thank you for saying that it's so kind i was a little bit scared to meet you

because i've been going on a lot of um right wing media what called right wing media outlets

i watched you of course on joe rogan and we've been trying to get you as a

guest before that. I've looked at some of your master class philosophy course. I admire you a great

deal. And when I talk about liberal politics, progressive politics, when I talk about the left,

one of the voices that I hold in my head and my heart is yours. And I've began to feel that liberal media has become so disconnected from the people that they're supposed to represent, that the British Labour Party have become disconnected from the people they're supposed to represent, that the Democrat Party is no longer a voice of bringing people together, but in my view, uses

cultural issues to drive people apart and are disingenuous, even in their apparent support

of previously, and let's face it, currently oppressed cultural groups.

Dr. West, what do you think is happening in our culture? What is our duty in media spaces? How can we bring

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