Stephen Fry: Greek Myths Can Teach Us All About Ourselves 🔱

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @Thai.Farang
    @Thai.Farang Год назад +383

    Stephen Fry has got to be the most interesting person on the planet.

    • @Irishstew6969
      @Irishstew6969 Год назад +3

      You need to get out more.

    • @Thai.Farang
      @Thai.Farang Год назад +23

      @@Irishstew6969 Thanks for the advice

    • @fransmith3255
      @fransmith3255 Год назад +24

      He's worth listening to regardless of the topic. I'm always riveted whenever he's speaking. 😅 And always totally humble - a much underappreciated trait, and an exceedingly rare one in the western world.

    • @shaunneal9981
      @shaunneal9981 Год назад +10

      He's interesting to me because he has so much knowledge about things that I know little about and he always conveys it in an interesting way.

    • @stonkez8452
      @stonkez8452 Год назад +2

      My favourite joke ever in Blackadder Goes Fourth
      Hugh Lorrie's character thought General Melched said "Organist" as they walked through a doorway
      But he'd said "Organ"
      Paradoxically, it's hilarious because there's nothing amusing about it

  • @ChalkanCheese
    @ChalkanCheese 4 месяца назад +8

    Mr Fry, what a brilliantly fascinating man. I applaud how he communicates so effectively and unpretentiously. What a treasure.

  • @sarahdin4539
    @sarahdin4539 Год назад +95

    Protect this man at all costs ❤❤❤❤

    • @rodgerhargoon3402
      @rodgerhargoon3402 10 месяцев назад

      Protect him by putting him in the British meusim next to lord clive of India and lord churchill

  • @fgcFoobiez
    @fgcFoobiez 7 месяцев назад +13

    Gosh, he makes 40 minutes feel like 5. Just a wonderful person.

  • @jeanninecalder3652
    @jeanninecalder3652 Год назад +99

    Stephen is an absolute joy and amazing individual, such a treat to listen and watch him.what on earth did we do to be so blessed to have him in our world. He deserves his own constellation in the sky for us to worship and adore.

    • @fellowirishartists
      @fellowirishartists Год назад

      It would be the Wilder One ⭐

    • @Mtrospectiv
      @Mtrospectiv 11 месяцев назад

      You known Stephen would hate it with all of his being if he ever found himself in the situation you're describing 😔😂

  • @elizabethk3238
    @elizabethk3238 Год назад +62

    Love Stephen. I wish he'd take care of his health so we have him with us longer.

    • @terryhenderson6644
      @terryhenderson6644 Год назад +2

      Nurse him and enjoy the time.

    • @rosemacaskie
      @rosemacaskie 10 месяцев назад

      Isnt it Christianity that says that we are better than animals. It isegotistical to think we are tge best.
      They might do telepathy. , that would nean that they named each other. Anyway, in thought you dont need a name, just the memory of that animal with a fluffy tail or sone such. Just a visual image of the specues.
      What do native Indians believe on the subject?
      Would heaven be boring without tigers?
      Why wouldn't God want them up there I wonder?

    • @jackwatsonepic626
      @jackwatsonepic626 3 месяца назад +1

      George Carlin died too early he was like Stephen, a philosopher of his time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 .

  • @gmwillow
    @gmwillow Год назад +37

    I'd love to sit and have a chat with Mr. Fry. He is so kind, intelligent, empathetic, well read, and lovely. I hope he knows what a joy he brings to others!

    • @black8art
      @black8art Год назад +4

      I have met a few people like Stephen through my life, and it his JOY of knowledge and learning that enthrals me! The GLEE he expresses when sharing what he has learned is, to me, what life is about!

    • @Greblav
      @Greblav Год назад

      I’d love to meet or even know Stephen, I’m so full of admiration for him …. but having a conversation …. I wouldn’t be clever enough 😢

  • @garethpitcher2322
    @garethpitcher2322 11 месяцев назад +7

    Mr Fry is the most wonderful human being I've ever seen. He really inspires the good in everything, soupy twist

  • @ruthkirkparick3535
    @ruthkirkparick3535 Год назад +54

    Teachers are wonderful people. Education systems seem intent on stifling them. Stephen Fry is a teacher!

    • @KathrynTanner-t8f
      @KathrynTanner-t8f Год назад

      Omigoodness! This is exactly it!

    • @black8art
      @black8art Год назад +2

      The best teachers have always been STORYTELLERS, from the first tribes and family groups of humanity, through to ....well, ....Stephen Fry! NOTHING imparts knowledge quicker and with more efficacy, than a good story, well told!

  • @NathanJEaton
    @NathanJEaton Год назад +55

    What a truly magnificent human being he is.

  • @alexisleon23
    @alexisleon23 Год назад +26

    Stephen Fry you are very important for us !!! 18 million Greeks around the world love you ! A friend from Greece

    • @rodgerhargoon3402
      @rodgerhargoon3402 10 месяцев назад

      All the taramasalata love you...... ..love from lord dolmades 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @emgee691
    @emgee691 Год назад +28

    What I always enjoy watchingbor listening to Stephen Fry is that he never seems jaded. He has this kind of auto-passion which has him open and interested about so many things and people. And he's such an outstanding wordsmith. A kind of Sir David Attenborough of English and Literature.

  • @donaldbutcher1260
    @donaldbutcher1260 Год назад +60

    Stephen, please be careful we need you around for a very long time.
    Get well soon 😊

  • @greensleevez
    @greensleevez Год назад +29

    Also, the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is such an amazing book that extends the idea of The Meaning of Liff, heavily recommended for word-lovers.

  • @TheMarman57
    @TheMarman57 9 месяцев назад +5

    As a personal parallel , my own GP here in Germany explained very similar reasons for his administration of strong pain killers to me when I had severe pain due to an injury. He said - I translate - " Unrelieved severe pain can lead to long term nerve damage and to possible permanent disability and/or mobility issues. If we can lessen the pain, we can help your body work against the damage at a higher level of pro-activity, and by stimulating the nervous system ensure a better level of eventual recovery". It's, I think a wonderful explanation of the science behind pain control. They have huge hospitals and clinics here in Germany entirely dedicated to pain therapy.

  • @filipposcharalampidis1874
    @filipposcharalampidis1874 11 месяцев назад +1

    The precious Stephen Fry..... There will never be enough words to express how enormously proud and grateful we feel as Greeks about him. Bless you

  • @nickmoloney9820
    @nickmoloney9820 Год назад +14

    Chris Evans is no slouch either! In Irish you don't say " I am sad " but rather " the sadness is upon me " . Brilliant Interview.

    • @Greblav
      @Greblav Год назад +1

      A poetic description.

  • @Rocco27274
    @Rocco27274 2 месяца назад +1

    Stephen is wonderful ❤️.. could listen to him for hours ..thanks Chris fantastic guest ❤

  • @GWills-ys6rd
    @GWills-ys6rd Год назад +21

    If there was a person one would want to confur at a time of deep adversity it would be Stephen Fry. What a deeply informed and humane person.

  • @spring_in_paris
    @spring_in_paris 11 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely delighted. Always a pleasure to listen to sophisticated people. Stephen Fry is brilliant. Love it, when he speaks German, he's so good at it.

  • @Kadampa89
    @Kadampa89 Год назад +5

    For me, the very best enjoyment I experience from SF is that he doesn’t speak, lecture, and otherwise pontificate as if he knows anything. I appreciate him because he speaks on the things he is learning. That is a big difference. I’m sorry you were injuried but I’m sending good thoughts. Thank you for being on the planet.

  • @lifes-entertainment2484
    @lifes-entertainment2484 Год назад +4

    I love Stephen so much. ❤️ you're the best of us

  • @MajiSylvamain
    @MajiSylvamain Год назад +26

    I am intrigued, most definitely getting Stephen's books. My greatest teacher is Stephen Fry, every time I watch him, I learn something.😺🐈👍

    • @black8art
      @black8art Год назад +1

      I have ALL THREE of his "Greek Trilogy" books, and now I know it's coming, I can't wait for the FORTH, "Odyssey"!
      I've been on a bock buying "spree" recently and have several Autobiographies to work through before I'm made homeless (Section 21!), so I'm saving these works of genius until I'm in a hostel somewhere!

    • @MajiSylvamain
      @MajiSylvamain Год назад

      @@black8art what for real, I'm so sorry to hear that. ( What is section 21)

    • @terryhenderson6644
      @terryhenderson6644 Год назад +2

      Oh to have had a teacher, or tutor, at school like Stephen Fry. The class would have been well versed and educated.

    • @norbitcleaverhook5040
      @norbitcleaverhook5040 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@black8art Is he planning on doing the Odyssey?

  • @black8art
    @black8art Год назад +9

    What is is about this amazing man, that makes our days, even the darkest ones, light up? If I am feeling particularly "broken", I just have to find an interview, or a narration containing his voice, and I am able to cope again!
    I would happily buy him a dinner, AT ANY COST, just to spend a few hours not just talking about the world's ills, but curing them!

    • @Greblav
      @Greblav Год назад

      Let me pitch in 😊

  • @ChaosPootato
    @ChaosPootato Год назад +6

    I love this man. He's interested and interesting in everything he touches

  • @terryhenderson6644
    @terryhenderson6644 Год назад +6

    Fry lightens this man's life - Been through more damage than him, took me 20 years to walk again. But his intelligence is absolute. He communicates to even thick people like me.

    • @nikiTricoteuse
      @nikiTricoteuse 2 месяца назад

      Be very proud. Twenty years is a long battle. Good for you for sticking at it.

  • @anonleeleichner3915
    @anonleeleichner3915 Год назад +2

    I've admired this gentleman for ever

  • @sveinoleaase
    @sveinoleaase Год назад +9

    I met him at blackadder, have seen and read most since then. He is a fellow traveller in my life. Comedy, drama, psychic health, ethics knowlegde. He has been there along with at pantheon of other lightbringers, often hos friends.
    Thank you❤️from Norway.

  • @minwall9924
    @minwall9924 Год назад +10

    Always a joy to listen to Stephen Fry! What a joy!

  • @noelhall945
    @noelhall945 Год назад +4

    Wonderful !
    In the true tradition of the English Conversationalist.
    [Phoenix AZ]

  • @eddyk2016
    @eddyk2016 Год назад +4

    A stellar education and being well travelled. What I noticed with him and Christopher Hitchens and also Joanna Lumley is, when they speak, they all paint beautiful pictures/images with their words

  • @johnslater1460
    @johnslater1460 11 месяцев назад +2

    Chaos and cosmos. Wonderfully illustrated in sound by the opening of Haydn's Creation. But before that, the writings of Grossteste, died 1253 as Bishop of Lincoln, who formulated a model of the big bang. Wonderful interview.

  • @rayjulien4739
    @rayjulien4739 Год назад +1

    Will always listen to Stephan Fry.

  • @dalestaley5637
    @dalestaley5637 Год назад +9

    His physician was 100% correct.
    We medicate so you move. Immobility increases complications, mortality rates.
    The injuries Stephen Frey sustained were serious. I'm so thrilled to him up and about.

  • @modenadue7690
    @modenadue7690 11 месяцев назад +3

    I can't remember which art event it was, ten or more years ago, and I'm not really the star-struck type; but I saw Stephen Fry walking through the large crowded foyer all by himself, so I went up to him and said, "I just wanted to thank you for your contribution to culture.", to which he thanked me very warmly back.
    He's the kind of guy you wish you had as your secondary school English or History teacher... when actually his knowledge makes it seem as if he could teach just about anything really, with an equal amount of infectious passion, enthusiasm and almost childlike curiosity and sheer joy.

  • @Watching24-7
    @Watching24-7 Год назад +9

    What an absolute gentleman, I could listen to him all day everyday, fantastic! 😊

  • @Outspoken.Humanist
    @Outspoken.Humanist Год назад +21

    I'm sorry. I know it's an overused term but Mr Fry really is a national treasure.
    Theists like to think that the Bible's book of Genesis is the only real and true story of the world and our own beginning but that is only because it is familiar to us. There is no ostensible difference between any culture's creation myth and every culture has one.

  • @nikiTricoteuse
    @nikiTricoteuse 2 месяца назад +1

    Dear Mr Fry. I'm sure it was difficult for you not being good at sporty things when you were younger but, l shall always be grateful that you chose knowledge and that you choose to share it with us. ❤

  • @diamondgeezertunes
    @diamondgeezertunes Год назад +9

    What all people need to aspire to be ... And that's to be A great human being like Stephen Fry ..love , Intelligent and humbleness rolled into a wonderful person ..

  • @LezMarwick
    @LezMarwick Год назад +1

    I will never tire of listening to Stephen Fry.

  • @lilmem07
    @lilmem07 Год назад +1

    What a fabulous conversation. Process rather than noun is my favourite takeaway 💖

  • @jensonee
    @jensonee Год назад

    we love you, Stephen. thanks for being you.

  • @dalestaley5637
    @dalestaley5637 Год назад +2

    Humans naturally create stories. We're hardwired for it. It is part of assessment of friend or foe, safety etc based on experience and the imagined.
    We created the gods, goddesses to explain what we can't.
    Energy has always left us in awe. From a war to a music concert, think of the shared energy and how we use it.
    These discussions are necessary and delightful.

  • @hochaktuell
    @hochaktuell Год назад +6

    It is such a joy to listen to him.

  • @mariandavies9487
    @mariandavies9487 Год назад +5

    Whatever would we do without Stephen Fry? He makes the world so much a better place.

  • @spfisterer3651
    @spfisterer3651 Год назад +13

    Could listen to Stephen Fry all day ❤

  • @meretebrekkeskara6200
    @meretebrekkeskara6200 10 месяцев назад

    Love to listen to Stephen, so interesting.

  • @summerhydrangea
    @summerhydrangea 10 месяцев назад

    His voice is the most beautiful sound in this earth, full of love and kindness and wisdom. I can believe that human beings are ok to exist because of him…

  • @keatsgipsy9991
    @keatsgipsy9991 Год назад +1

    Stephen I do hope you are feeling well by now. ❤ How I enjoy your energy and fascinating interactions. Thank you.

  • @lauralake7430
    @lauralake7430 11 месяцев назад +2

    His reaction when asked if he wants to be connected with elon is hilarious and telling. He could out talk, out think and out reason elon everyday of the week and twice on Sundays .

  • @ganesankrishnamurthy8658
    @ganesankrishnamurthy8658 Год назад

    He's so entertaining and also thought provoking. ❤❤

  • @henrikechers9995
    @henrikechers9995 Год назад

    He is so amazing to listen to....

  • @TheGgreen100
    @TheGgreen100 Год назад +4

    Who would have thought Steven Fry knows what anti-aliasing is.
    He never ceases to impress.

  • @onepartyroule
    @onepartyroule 6 месяцев назад

    @39:40 Another good one is "you are not going through anything; it is going through you" (thanks Mooji).

  • @loymichelleneely7525
    @loymichelleneely7525 5 месяцев назад

    He is such a pleasure to listen 🎶 2

  • @elenah9015
    @elenah9015 Год назад

    I want this conversation with Mr. Gry never to end

  • @nigelbilsby3826
    @nigelbilsby3826 Год назад +3

    Stephen fry's books mythos, heroes, troy is so funny and full of his whit, looking forward to the next book his version of the iliad, got to get that!

  • @NgariiT
    @NgariiT Год назад

    What an absolute gem.

  • @jonathanwetherell3609
    @jonathanwetherell3609 Год назад +13

    There are some people that you could listen to all day long. Mr. Fry is one of those but writ large.

  • @daveofyorkshire301
    @daveofyorkshire301 Год назад +10

    A good teacher does NOT tell you what to think, they encourage you to think and discover for yourself.
    I believe in that way Stephen has encouraged us all to look beyond what's right in front of us, and whilst I don't agree with some of the stances he's taken, I do find the fact it's a starting point to debate not a decree when he speaks...
    I wish he'd do something like Time Team for ancient mythology, with a comparison between Greek, Nordic and others.

  • @OrdinaryWorld
    @OrdinaryWorld Год назад +5

    I remember The Meaning of Liff... particularly, NAPLES: the small indents in a slice of Ryvita, and UTTOXETER: the electronic device in a coffee vending machine that randomly dispenses a beverage you didn't choose.

    • @thelasthomelyhouse
      @thelasthomelyhouse Год назад +1

      Kettering - the marks on your legs when you sit on a camping chair. Symonds Yat - the bit of egg you slice off a hard boiled egg

  • @dirufanboy1971
    @dirufanboy1971 Год назад +5

    Good lord I could listen to Stephen talk all day. About anything. And everything.

  • @claudiasc4506
    @claudiasc4506 Год назад +2

    Very interesting interview! I was into greek myts when I was young and Stephen book seems quite interesting🙂

  • @hestiathena4917
    @hestiathena4917 10 месяцев назад

    I've heard of Stephen Fry, but this is my first major exposure to him. I like him! And I'm terribly sorry I didn't know more about him sooner! I'll have to check out that book and his previous work...

  • @ruthcarter8895
    @ruthcarter8895 Год назад +1

    I’m so glad I found this! I was wondering how Mr. Fry was doing after his fall.😊

  • @Bluemoon4415-s5v
    @Bluemoon4415-s5v Год назад +1

    My favourite Briton; interesting, intelligence, kind and entertaining, what is there not to love? I do wish he would look after his health better, he looks older than his 66 years and the world will not be the same when he goes.

  • @303lush
    @303lush Год назад

    I love this man more and more.

  • @cphcph12
    @cphcph12 10 месяцев назад +2

    As an old nerd, I'm happily surprised to hear someone like Stephen Fry talk about computer games and Star Trek and SF.🤓

    • @Plons0Nard
      @Plons0Nard 4 месяца назад +1

      Stephen has been into computers from the very beginning. There was a kind of rivalry between him and Douglas Adams who got the latest gizmo. And please, don't tell me you don't know who Douglas Adams is .....
      😊🤝🏻🇳🇱

  • @bigs1546
    @bigs1546 Год назад +5

    Love Stephen Fry's take on the world. As kids we used to say thunder was god moving furniture - we knew what it was but made up our own stories anyway 😆

    • @Greblav
      @Greblav Год назад

      Being Danish I all ways imagine Thor rumbeling on in his wagon … and think about what his destination might be. 😄

  • @FoivosLoxias
    @FoivosLoxias 11 месяцев назад

    Love him!

  • @patmaurer8541
    @patmaurer8541 11 месяцев назад +1

    The only single word I can think of for the appreciation of going from soaked to warm & dry is Hygge: comfort/coziness/ease/safety. 😊

  • @knowname23
    @knowname23 Год назад

    Just lovely

  • @howardleekilby7390
    @howardleekilby7390 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
    STEPHEN FRY, A HERO
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @slipbizkit
    @slipbizkit Год назад

    Id love to meet Fry, he’s absolutely brilliant.
    Just to pick at his mind about literally everything would satisfy me for a handful of lifetimes

  • @youkeepwalking
    @youkeepwalking Год назад +7

    I often reach for alcohol when I am depressed......on better days I do sometihing like listed to Stephen Fry speak.

  • @Roger_Grant
    @Roger_Grant Год назад +7

    I could listen to him for hours.

  • @StinFriggins
    @StinFriggins Год назад +1

    2:26 life mantra worthy quote

  • @johnmccann8319
    @johnmccann8319 Год назад

    Great human being.

  • @wayneuk62
    @wayneuk62 Год назад

    Stephen fry is amazing 🤩 ❤

  • @TheBigmick33
    @TheBigmick33 9 месяцев назад +1

    You could get this man to read out loud an instruction manual for a toaster and it would sound amazing!

  • @TimberWolfmanV6
    @TimberWolfmanV6 Год назад

    @18:48 “collective unconscious which creates myth”
    Profoundly coherent statement of is.. for the vast majority of people on this earth.
    Waking reality for the majority is collective unconscious.
    Awake to what..
    Being

  • @peteklein630
    @peteklein630 Год назад +1

    This was not only a delightful program but totally new to me being from the USA. I immediately subscribed and look forward to future sessions!
    Now, I just have to figure out what Wooster's last line meant...! lol

    • @garryferrington811
      @garryferrington811 Год назад +1

      "There's a lot of raw work pulled off at the font." Giving a child a ridiculous name. Although you can't beat Featherstonehough. (Look up the pronunciation. I heard it from Stephen Fry, on tv.)😊

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon Год назад

    Take A Moment
    Relax and Enjoy a genius at play 5:08
    Great stuff 6:09 pictures in my mind 6:22 🎉😂 6:39
    Thanks Chris

  • @alex_b_balth
    @alex_b_balth 11 месяцев назад

    Awsome!

  • @MannyEspinola-q4t
    @MannyEspinola-q4t Год назад

    Thank you for this video

  • @RandomNooby
    @RandomNooby Год назад

    The subdued raw intellect of Chris Evans impressed me...

  • @desmondogara1287
    @desmondogara1287 Год назад

    Very very intelligent person! Class in a glass! He should be seriously the Uk prime minister

  • @Greblav
    @Greblav Год назад +1

    He should be Sir Stephen Fry 👑

  • @nevarran
    @nevarran Год назад

    Legend.

  • @nickwyatt9498
    @nickwyatt9498 2 дня назад

    Chris Evans much more bearable these days. Nice conversation between him and Stephen.

  • @jeanninecalder3652
    @jeanninecalder3652 Год назад

    Oh my dear sweet Stephen. I do hope you are all better, it stresses me to think of you hurting, you are such a dear dear man.

  • @MichaelWilson-cx1hh
    @MichaelWilson-cx1hh 11 месяцев назад

    His whole legacy of a beloved man to many, wiped out in an instant and will be forever remembered for siding with genocide. A life's work, undone.

  • @ronatopaz2793
    @ronatopaz2793 Год назад +2

    Broke my knee earlier this year. Can someone please tell Stephen about Glucosamine and Collagen? Brilliant stuff.

    • @terryhenderson6644
      @terryhenderson6644 Год назад

      Maybe he knows more than the producers of the medications.

  • @stephenhardy312
    @stephenhardy312 Год назад +2

    Dr McCoy in Star Trek was called 'Bones' because surgens were all nicknamed 'sawbones'.

  • @chippysteve4524
    @chippysteve4524 11 месяцев назад +1

    When they said "Break a leg.......

  • @stephenkoch5011
    @stephenkoch5011 Год назад

    Your the man

  • @GAGL.Evolution
    @GAGL.Evolution Месяц назад

    0.33~0.54 and this man is held in high esteem for his intelligence. 😮😮

  • @JurassicMonkey-x9f
    @JurassicMonkey-x9f Год назад +11

    Chris Evans, please stop interrupting your guests

  • @ahmetdogan5685
    @ahmetdogan5685 11 месяцев назад

    I like Stephen Dry.

  • @michaelhuntley1660
    @michaelhuntley1660 11 месяцев назад

    Is it just me..but haven’t the big studios missed a massive trick not making mythos into a major tv series. On the scale of GOTs. It could go on for a decade and have major production values.. the stories are amazing and it would inspire a new generation to adore those wonderful Greek myths!