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Recorded by the ABC
6th Oct 2009

Hitchens You Tube Channel
youtube.com/user/hitchenschannel
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Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=XM1M53MzZ2g
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=I0QaANfWopw
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=DLxQcUJHzeE
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=8foPx_9p3c0
Part 5 youtube.com/watch?v=7W6VBmuj_Ss
Part 6 You Are Here
Part 7 youtube.com/watch?v=xHfQILkw5Os
Part 8 youtube.com/watch?v=xeX5vG3f61Y
Part 9 youtube.com/watch?v=bnaRs2nNEdA
Part 10 youtube.com/watch?v=W2eDx7aXfSk
Part 11 youtube.com/watch?v=C6miyGSkU6w
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If there were any doubts about writer and general provocateur Christopher Hitchens ability to pull a crowd, they were entirely dispelled by the sold-out opening night of the first ever Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre, the Festival brought together some of the more controversial thinkers from Australia and around the world. Hitchens's keynote address, followed by a discussion with our own Tony Jones, was an expansion on his bestselling, "God is Not Great: Religion Poisons Everything". Hitchens was at his polemical best, delivering a beautifully constructed speech supporting his argument that religion is not only completely implausible, but often actively destructive.

Christopher Hitchens's other books include "Letters to a Young Contrarian", "Why Orwell Matters" and "The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice." He also writes a regular column in "Vanity Fair".

ABC Fora website
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/fora/stories/2009/10/06/2706358.htm