Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 15, 2014
"There's a deficit of happiness, a deficit of community," the "Trews" host told Amy Goodman in a recent "Democracy Now!" interview. "All of us or a lot of us feel a little adrift, like we don't how we're supposed to live." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 30, 2014
The author of "This Changes Everything" stops by the "Trews" set to talk to Russell Brand about how the "brutal, dominance-based capitalist system" in place in the West is screwing us all. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 22, 2014
Actor, comedian and budding political commentator Russell Brand may have been surprised to hear that onetime Sex Pistol John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, is no fan of anarchism -- or of Brand, for that matter. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 18, 2014
On a recent episode of "The Trews," comedian Russell Brand sits down with author and activist Daniel Pinchbeck on a white bed to discuss what changes need to come about in order for Earth and humanity to survive. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 1, 2014
As the United Kingdom joins the U.S. and others in another conflict in the Middle East, the "Trews" host analyzes what war is good for. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 20, 2014
The "Trews" host challenges his viewers to question who benefits from the denial of global warming and invites everyone to join one of 2,000 climate change marches occurring all over the globe Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 16, 2014
In a recent episode of "The Trews" titled "Will Obama's Bombs Stop Beheadings?" comedian Russell Brand ponders what President Obama really means when he says the U.S. is attacking Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in order to protect "America's core interests." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 9, 2014
Fox News is consistently in denial about the fact that the American experience is heavily weighted against black people, insisting that everyone in the country has a personal responsibility to pick themselves up by their own boot straps. Luckily for us, comedian Russell Brand is still hellbent on proving Bill O'Reilly and Co. wrong. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 27, 2014
Comedian Russell Brand reminds Cenk Uygur, host of the online liberal commentary show "The Young Turks," and the rest of us that Thomas Jefferson, one of our "main men," once said, "Every generation should have a revolution." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
The comedian reflects on the death of one of the funniest men ever, tying it to "the overarching misery of our times," in his latest episode of "The Trews." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 2, 2014
In response to the Fox News host's attempt to "educate" Russell Brand with a panel that quickly went awry, the comedian posted another episode of "The Trews" in which he aimed to provide context and facts about the situation in Gaza, and gave a blistering critique of right-wing pundits' trivialization of serious world matters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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