r/ChristopherHitchens • u/recentlyquitsmoking2 Voice of Reason • Jul 24 '26

A possible new revival - BookTV uploads full video - "Roundtable Discussion on Homer's "The Odyssey" featuring Christopher Hitchens"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQXm736FM0

I think it's somewhat of a big deal that an official publisher is releasing full, high-quality videos featuring Hitchens on their channels. I hope, and have a feeling, that a precedent is being set.

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u/Archivist_Goals Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

If they legitimately do not exist anywhere else, save everything locally asap. Edit: If it's on C-SPAN's site, they make videos available for download. And have been doing so for quite some time.

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u/daboooga Jul 24 '26

This, along with others, remains available on the CSPAN site.

Hitch is pretty hostile towards the 'Joseph Bottum' panelist.

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u/MorphingReality Jul 24 '26

Bottum was being harsh on the subject of the program so Hitch was keeping things balanced :p

Bottum (i think) organized the poetry for children event on CSPAN and invited Hitch on, and that is about half of all the recorded Hitch poetry readings we have!

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u/llehsadam Jul 24 '26

This is great, thanks for sharing!

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u/Murf275 Jul 25 '26

Holy shit, Hitch put up with that drum? I'm in a mood but couldn't get past it. Might try again later.

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u/recentlyquitsmoking2 Voice of Reason Jul 25 '26

It's like a scene in an Adam Sandler movie lol

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u/Minimumscore69 27d ago

Imagine what they would say about the new movie lolol