RUSSELL BRAND BARES ALL

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Russell Brand joins Del in the studio for a raw, wide-ranging and often hilarious conversation on modern authoritarianism, propaganda, and faith. Russell breaks down how today’s soft totalitarianism hides behind bureaucracy, false compassion, and entertainment—turning culture into a tool of control. They dig into Hollywood’s quiet push toward collectivism, the misuse of “Christian values” during COVID, and why real compassion demands individual sovereignty under God, not blind faith in institutions.

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0:00.0	Every once in a while, a voice graces the planet that moves like no other.
0:06.2	This may be one of the fastest talking, sharpest minds the world has ever seen.
0:11.7	We've seen him when he was like a superstar playing rock stars in movies.
0:16.2	He's hilarious.
0:17.1	He's funny.
0:18.0	He's dynamic.
0:18.8	He's gotten himself in all kinds of trouble. But now he's joined the Maha movement and he's talking about help and he's talking about the future and he's talking about authoritarian governments.
0:28.6	In fact, it looks like he's covering everything and I'm about to get into it with him.
0:33.6	This is Russell Brand.
0:35.6	Welcome comedian actor, radio host, activist.
0:39.6	Talented performer and New York Times bestselling author.
0:43.2	His quick wit, astounding vocabulary, big brain and even bigger hair
0:47.2	saw him go on to become one of the top names in stand-up around the world.
0:51.5	My personality doesn't work without fame.
0:54.9	Without fame, this haircut just looks like mental illness.
0:59.4	He's, of course, a comedian who's appeared in numerous films,
1:02.1	including getting to the Greek and forgetting Sarah Marshall.
1:04.8	You're very, very close.
1:06.1	Yeah, yeah, I am. I am for my scenes.
1:08.6	That's the thing about me as an actor.
1:10.2	I will not pretend to be something I'm not. Ever. Give it up for Russell Brand, everybody. I have to say, I am a really big fan of yours. That's so good. Did you say? No, no, I'm never kind. I'm always truthful. When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money and I think that's because
1:27.5	we live in a culture that celebrates fame and commerce and consumerism and money.
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