Christopher Hitchens talks to Jeremy Paxman about his cancer, his life, ideas & the conflict between Religion & The Enlightenment

source: BBC iPlayer until 6th December 2010. First broadcast on BBC Two, 7:30pm Mon, 29 Nov 2010.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwDYbNIHyN0

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DpUeKwleyw

On Cancer & A Life well lived

Christopher Hitchens talks about his cancer (1'5"-1'45"), living day-to-day (1'50"-2'10"), are you terrified of dying of cancer? (2'10"- 3'40"), the pathetic fallacy (3'40-4'35"), does it make you angry? (4'35"- 6'30"), how do you think about life now? (6'30"- 7'30"), Pascals Wager (22' 15"- 25' 30"), do you fear death? (25'30-27'), has it been a life well lived? (27'- 29')

Why Criticism of Religion is Important

What would you like to see & do with the rest of your life? (7'30"-8'5"), why criticising Mother Teresa was important (10'-11'20"), Iraq (12'-14'), conflict between West & Islamofaschism (19'20"-20'20"), conflict between theocracy /totalitarianism & The Enlightenment / freethought (20'20"-21'30"), The Bible, Koran & Torah - works of man made (not divine) fiction (21' - 21'30"), mockery of religion (21'30"-22'15")

Jeremy Paxman

Christopher Hitchens