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

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6 ай бұрын

Actor, comedian, national treasure and expert in Greek mythology Stephen Fry joins the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with cinch to talk about his latest book, Mythos: The Illustrated Story 🔱
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@Thai.Farang 6 ай бұрын

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

@Irishstew6969 6 ай бұрын

You need to get out more.

@Thai.Farang 6 ай бұрын

@@Irishstew6969 Thanks for the advice

@fransmith3255 6 ай бұрын

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.

@capri2673 6 ай бұрын

He's certainly interesting but he also stands out so much because most TV content is so bad. Here in the UK, anyway. I think Derren Brown is another fascinating person.

@shaunneal9981 6 ай бұрын

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.

@donaldbutcher1260 6 ай бұрын

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

@sarahdin4539 6 ай бұрын

Protect this man at all costs ❤❤❤❤

@rodgerhargoon3402 3 ай бұрын

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

@jeanninecalder3652 6 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

It would be the Wilder One ⭐

@Mtrospectiv 3 ай бұрын

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

@elizabethk3238 6 ай бұрын

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

@terryhenderson6644 5 ай бұрын

Nurse him and enjoy the time.

@rosemacaskie 2 ай бұрын

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?

@gmwillow 6 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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 😢

@emgee691 6 ай бұрын

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.

@alexisleon23 6 ай бұрын

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

@rodgerhargoon3402 3 ай бұрын

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

@ruthkirkparick3535 6 ай бұрын

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

@user-zb7uh2ob1r 6 ай бұрын

Omigoodness! This is exactly it!

@black8art 5 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

What a truly magnificent human being he is.

@GWills-ys6rd 6 ай бұрын

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.

@MajiSylvamain 6 ай бұрын

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

@black8art 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@terryhenderson6644 5 ай бұрын

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

@jonathanwetherell3609 6 ай бұрын

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

@nickmoloney9820 6 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

A poetic description.

@diamondgeezertunes 6 ай бұрын

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 ..

@minwall9924 6 ай бұрын

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

@greensleevez 6 ай бұрын

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.

@puncherry 5 ай бұрын

😮

@dirufanboy1971 6 ай бұрын

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

@black8art 5 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

Let me pitch in 😊

@daveofyorkshire301 6 ай бұрын

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.

@terryhenderson6644 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Watching24-7 6 ай бұрын

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

@spfisterer3651 6 ай бұрын

Could listen to Stephen Fry all day ❤

@Roger_Grant 6 ай бұрын

I could listen to him for hours.

@ChaosPootato 6 ай бұрын

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

@Kadampa89 5 ай бұрын

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.

@sveinoleaase 6 ай бұрын

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.

@TheGgreen100 6 ай бұрын

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

@dalestaley5637 6 ай бұрын

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.

@eddyk2016 6 ай бұрын

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

@Outspoken.Humanist 6 ай бұрын

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.

@lauralake7430 3 ай бұрын

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 .

@filipposcharalampidis1874 3 ай бұрын

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

@noelhall945 6 ай бұрын

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

@TheMarman57 Ай бұрын

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.

@bigs1546 6 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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

@lifes-entertainment2484 6 ай бұрын

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

@fgcFooblez 4 күн бұрын

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

@OrdinaryWorld 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@spring_in_paris 3 ай бұрын

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.

@anonleeleichner3915 6 ай бұрын

I've admired this gentleman for ever

@mariandavies9487 5 ай бұрын

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

@garethpitcher2322 3 ай бұрын

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

@patmaurer8541 4 ай бұрын

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

@youkeepwalking 6 ай бұрын

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

@PronomicalArtist 6 ай бұрын

This too will pass, stay strong.

@summerhydrangea 3 ай бұрын

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…

@hochaktuell 6 ай бұрын

It is such a joy to listen to him.

@johnslater1460 3 ай бұрын

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.

@lilmem07 5 ай бұрын

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

@nigelbilsby3826 6 ай бұрын

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!

@meretebrekkeskara6200 2 ай бұрын

Love to listen to Stephen, so interesting.

@lesbendo6363 6 ай бұрын

Mr Fry and Mr Musk should meet. I think they would get along very well. Oh to be a fly on the wall in that meeting/discussion! 🇨🇦

@skindred1888 5 ай бұрын

I doubt it

@LezMarwick 5 ай бұрын

I will never tire of listening to Stephen Fry.

@jensonee 6 ай бұрын

we love you, Stephen. thanks for being you.

@hestiathena4917 2 ай бұрын

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...

@InservioLetum 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore that Mr. Fry _STILL_ breathes the very essence of Qi -- a warm hearth of learning and wonder -- into any conversation, all these years after the network replaced him with Ms. Toksvig. This conversation was enthralling and yet felt comfortingly familiar, an unexpected impromptu episode of Qi as it once was... "Qfry" if you will. It reminded me why I loved that show so much with Mr. Fry hosting. He was and apparently remains, the vital spark of that show.

@elenah9015 4 ай бұрын

I want this conversation with Mr. Gry never to end

@ganesankrishnamurthy8658 4 ай бұрын

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

@henrikechers9995 6 ай бұрын

He is so amazing to listen to....

@ruthcarter8895 6 ай бұрын

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

@rayjulien4739 5 ай бұрын

Will always listen to Stephan Fry.

@StinFriggins 5 ай бұрын

2:26 life mantra worthy quote

@303lush 6 ай бұрын

I love this man more and more.

@NgariiT 4 ай бұрын

What an absolute gem.

@modenadue7690 4 ай бұрын

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.

@knowname23 6 ай бұрын

Just lovely

@cphcph12 2 ай бұрын

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

@ronatopaz2793 6 ай бұрын

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

@terryhenderson6644 5 ай бұрын

Maybe he knows more than the producers of the medications.

@FoivosLoxias 3 ай бұрын

Love him!

@RandomNooby 6 ай бұрын

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

@Mylifeisabysmal 6 ай бұрын

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

@MichaelWilson-cx1hh 3 ай бұрын

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.

@dalestaley5637 6 ай бұрын

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.

@claudiasc4506 6 ай бұрын

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

@keatsgipsy9991 4 ай бұрын

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

@BalThaZzoR 3 ай бұрын

Awsome!

@stephenhardy312 6 ай бұрын

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

@user-pz2lt7ox1r 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video

@nevarran 5 ай бұрын

Legend.

@wayneuk62 4 ай бұрын

Stephen fry is amazing 🤩 ❤

@willmpet 7 күн бұрын

My Mother had a pedestrian/truck accident with its gate down and had her pelvis shattered. The doctor told my father that she should not have children. She went ahead and had two, I was the second child born, and so I am alive through her bravery! She had spent six weeks in the hospital.

@jeanninecalder3652 6 ай бұрын

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.

@peteklein630 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

"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.)😊

@johnmccann8319 4 ай бұрын

Great human being.

@jestermoon 6 ай бұрын

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

@ToCoSo 3 ай бұрын

Going to say hello too early is called a Leighton Buzzard!

@jasonsutton4415 4 ай бұрын

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.

@desmondogara1287 4 ай бұрын

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

@michaelhuntley1660 4 ай бұрын

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!

@thomasbernecky2078 3 ай бұрын

Get better soon, friend Stephen.

@chippysteve4524 3 ай бұрын

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

@debbiecarter6430 6 ай бұрын

KETTERING: The pattern on the back of your legs you get from sitting on a wicker chair.

@howardleekilby7390 4 ай бұрын

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

@richardoldfield6714 6 ай бұрын

The thing about the linear notion of explaining beginnings (turtles all the way down) is that there's an alternative concept: no first beginning and no ultimate ending - just isness, an underlying "state" that just *is* ... and always has been and always will be, something that had no beginning and so has no end.

@TimberWolfmanV6 4 ай бұрын

@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

@ahmetdogan5685 3 ай бұрын

I like Stephen Dry.

@Greblav 4 ай бұрын

He should be Sir Stephen Fry 👑

@demoneIephant 3 ай бұрын

Stephen Fry is so humble its unbelievable! Obviously Elon Musk knows who you are 😂 so so interesting aswell I love him so much, QI was never the same after he left