Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Deepak Chopra Deep Meditation

In this episode Deepak and I discuss the practical side of spirituality. He explains what scientific research has discovered about how a spiritual practice can significantly alter your life. Deepak also gives me a guided meditation. The meditation is in ...

On Calming Stress and Anxiety--with Tapping, ft. Nick Ortner

Best-selling author of The Tapping Solution, Nick Ortner is here! He describes the technique known as Tapping, which is a natural healing method that combines ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. . Nick tells us the science behind Tapping (also ...

Breathe! with James Nestor

[Special free episode] Inspired initially by the art of freediving, James Nestor has since explored the vital role that breath, and breathing correctly, plays in our evolution as human beings and our health right now. Are we breathing wrong and ...

Batya Ungar-Sargon on Woke Media and Democracy

Ricky Gervais and Bishop Steven Cottrell: Is There a God?

#242 Anarchy and Ideas for Change (with Noam Chomsky)

This week I spoke with Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential intellectuals in the world. He is a Professor Laureate of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of more ...

#241 Why the Economy Is Screwed (with Matt Stoller)

This week I spoke with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. He’s a contributor on the YouTube show "Breaking Points" and author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. In our ...

#240 Psychedelics: Is This Why They’re Investing? (With Nicolas Glynos)

This week I spoke with Nicolas Glynos, who is Vice President of the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies and Co-founder of Psychedelic Neuroscience and Therapy for the University of Michigan. His latest work is focused on the compound DMT (N, ...

#239 They’re Hijacking Our Future (with David Buss)

This week I spoke with David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, and his current research focuses on sex differences in mate selection, ...

#238 Giving People a Voice (with Michael Winterbottom)

This week I spoke with Michael Winterbottom, a multi-award-winning film director behind the likes of "24 Hour Party People," "Greed," and "The Emperor’s New Clothes", a film we made together in 2015. His latest film, "Eleven Days In May," focuses ...

#237 The Science of Life, Power, and Politics (with Prof. Brian Cox)

This week I spoke to Professor Brian Cox, live from his hotel room in Toronto, a stop on his current tour. We talked about the importance of understanding the cosmos, how science plays out in politics, and Elon Musk buying ...

#236 Breathing, Laughing, and Meditating (with Bob Roth)

This week I spoke with the man who taught Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, and me the technique of Transcendental Meditation (TM). Bob Roth has been practicing TM for nearly 50 years; through his work he has has helped ...

#235 Fighting for Freedom (with Chris Hedges)

This week I spoke with Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author. Chris spent nearly two decades as a correspondent reporting from more than 50 countries, including fifteen years as a bureau chief at the New York Times. ...

#234 Civilisation and Censorship (with Paul Kingsnorth)

This week I’m joined by Paul Kingsnorth, a writer who lives in the West of Ireland. He is a former deputy editor of The Ecologist and co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. We chat about everything from big tech companies ...

#233 Living Untethered (with Michael Singer)

I am very happy to announce the return of Michael Singer to Under the Skin. Michael Singer is author of “Untethered Soul” and the forthcoming book “Living Untethered.” This conversation with Michael is excellent. He is an incredibly wise soul ...

#232 The Military Industrial Complex, Explained (with Richard Hanania)

This week I’m joined by a fantastic writer and researcher, Richard Hanania. Richard specialises in defense, war, and the military industrial complex; he is also the president of The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. In this conversation ...

Thomas Frank on Populism's Bad Rap

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Frank. Thomas is a political analyst, historian, and journalist. I wanted him to join me on Under The Skin as I’m currently reading his book The People, No: A Brief ...

#230 Are We Sleepwalking Into a Tech-Enabled Tyranny? (With Nick Corbishley)

This week I spoke with Nick Corbishley, writer, journalist, teacher, and translator. He is author of Scanned: Why Vaccine Passports and Digital IDs Will Mean the End of Privacy and Personal Freedom; he also writes for the online blog “Naked ...

#229 Resolution, Russia, and Ukraine (with Yanis Varoufakis)

This week I’m honoured to be joined again by economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis. Yanis served as the Greek Minister of Finance for the first half of 2015, and in February of the following year launched the Democracy in Europe ...

#228 The Truth About Politics Today (with Jimmy Dore)

This week I’m joined by Jimmy Dore. Jimmy is a comedian, political commentator, and host of The Jimmy Dore Show! He is a popular progressive political pundit on YouTube, and he has some very important insights on how politics should ...

#227 Is It Possible To Be Truly Objective? (With Dr. John Campbell)

This week I’m joined by Dr. John Campbell! Dr. John is a retired nurse educator who holds a Master of Science in health science and Ph.D. in nursing. He has come to prominence lately due to his YouTube channel that ...

#226 Activate Your Life Force (with Tony Robbins)

This week I’m joined once again by Tony Robbins. Tony is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, and business strategist. Over the past four decades, he has empowered more than 50 million people worldwide through his business and personal development coaching ...

#225 How American Democracy Became Pointless (with Matt Taibbi)

This week I spoke with Matt Taibbi, author of Hate Inc: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another. He is a political journalist for Rolling Stone, host of the podcast Useful Idiots, and publishes a newsletter on Substack. We ...

#224 Big Pharma’s Lies and Litigations (with Dr. John Abramson)

This week I’m joined by Dr. John Abramson. John is a physician and author of Overdo$ed America. His new book, Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It, is out this week. John consults ...

#223 You Don’t Use Google, Google Uses You! (With Prof. Shoshana Zuboff)

This week we welcome the incredible Prof. Shoshana Zuboff, writer, activist, and scholar (Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School). She is the author of three books, each of which signaled the start of a new epoch in technological society. Her ...