James O'Brien meets Bernie Sanders | LBC

U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders is the longest-serving independent member of Congress in American history. He joins James to discuss social inequality, the dangers of corporate media in both the UK and America and why he is determined to stop Donald Trump from getting back in the White House. Bernie Sanders’ book, It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism is available to buy now.
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  • @Kwippy
    @Kwippy4 ай бұрын

    The best president America will never have.

  • @AM2K2

    @AM2K2

    4 ай бұрын

    Because he was too scared to critique Biden

  • @davidchristie6003

    @davidchristie6003

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@AM2K2 He did not critisise anyone he was running against for the most part, he just put his policies and record up against theirs. For better and worse.

  • @AustinAdjutant-nu7lr

    @AustinAdjutant-nu7lr

    4 ай бұрын

    Yet he still sides with Israel murdering civilians by the tens of thousands

  • @geekylove3603

    @geekylove3603

    4 ай бұрын

    ........although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch. He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.

  • @michellerenner6880

    @michellerenner6880

    4 ай бұрын

    I think he might have had more power in the position he is in.

  • @StephenBlackWolf
    @StephenBlackWolf3 ай бұрын

    I was a Bernie Sanders delegate to the National Convention in 2016. Though I live in Iowa now, I grew up in Vermont, and I've voted for Bernie in every election that I could. I can say without any reservation that he's truly a man of the people, for the people. If we had just 25 more Bernies in Washington, the country would be fixed quite quickly.

  • @airbloomamplifiers

    @airbloomamplifiers

    3 ай бұрын

    After 2016 I knew absolutely that any even slightly progressive America will and can never be. I dismiss all politics as inevitably succumbing to authoritarian fascism, which is inevitable here. Who is the top of the food chain? The winners. Always. The money that destroys the Bernie types.

  • @MamaGator

    @MamaGator

    2 ай бұрын

    @@airbloomamplifiers yeah this is very true from where I try to organize from (Florida) there’s just no chance

  • @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    2 ай бұрын

    Siberians ❤🎉 A Family Of lll 3 Jitney Driver's Licensed Private ONEILL 🎉 😊 o IOWA, DAVENPORT WatchMen Military 🎖️🪖 SIGN ARIES ♈ SCORPIO 🦂 ♍ We All Voted for Bernie Sanders 😊me now RFK😅

  • @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    2 ай бұрын

    ❤🎉Pre Service a A Foreign Country SINO Big Pysiatric Instittition Experimented on Quick Release Devices 3 Implanted 😊 Head Arm Leg Metal Alloy Copper Based 🎉

  • @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    @user-jp8pd5ss6j

    2 ай бұрын

    🎉Franco Lezaro 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅

  • @margarance
    @margarance4 ай бұрын

    It makes me want to weep for a country that has a Bernie Sanders but votes for Donald Trump. The rational face of US politics. Thanks, James.

  • @Songstarify

    @Songstarify

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm not a fan of Trump but I don't understand the hate against him. Biden! Bush! Obama! name me an American president who wasn't a warmonger. How many military bases does the US have around the world? If China or Russia had HALF the bases around the globe as the US does we'd never hear the end of it...

  • @colinbaker3916

    @colinbaker3916

    4 ай бұрын

    The US electorate didn’t vote for Trump. That was the Electoral College. It makes me want to weep that Bernie accepted the primary outcome in 2016 without complaint, but too many of his fans preferred to abstain, vote third party, or write in his name than to vote for Hillary. I’m a few thousand miles away and I could see the threat to SCOTUS and Roe v Wade after Republicans stopped Obama from appointing Merrick Garland.

  • @zippymufo9765

    @zippymufo9765

    4 ай бұрын

    ​​@@colinbaker3916Bernie didn't have adequate support within the Democratic Party in 2016 or 2020. That's what happens when you're an Independent and don't put in the time and effort to make allies. Being a maverick has consequences, and if he hadn't waited so long to decide to run for President he would have realized that long ago.

  • @JayJay5244

    @JayJay5244

    4 ай бұрын

    You can blame the Dems for that one… I was ready to support Bernie in 2016 (my first election) but went for Trump instead simply because the Dems cheated him out. They did it again in 2020 and I would never ever vote Dem for the rest of my life. The notion that Trump is somehow worse than Biden is just a farce imo. Most Americans would probably say they did better under Trump than Biden and the polls really do reflect that.

  • @colinbaker3916

    @colinbaker3916

    4 ай бұрын

    @@zippymufo9765 I wasn’t going into specifics, more that Bernie accepted things better than his fans.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz4 ай бұрын

    The greatest US President that never was

  • @teresaamanfu7408

    @teresaamanfu7408

    4 ай бұрын

    I believe that no one would be complaining about his age if Bernie was the president today.

  • @HenriettaMRiley

    @HenriettaMRiley

    4 ай бұрын

    Are you serious?

  • @Alex-cw3rz

    @Alex-cw3rz

    4 ай бұрын

    @@HenriettaMRiley of course unless you can think of a better candidate

  • @thorkagemob1297

    @thorkagemob1297

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@teresaamanfu7408part of that is because he is still incredibly spry and quick witted at his age. I dont think Biden's is as bad as they say, but there's definitely a noticeable difference. Even between Bernie and Trump. His brain is firing on all cylinders compared to those other people that are also around his age, he's actually a couple years older and still seems more all there.

  • @dmike3507

    @dmike3507

    3 ай бұрын

    Him and Eugene Debs. He was an absolute legend in his day.

  • @jamie3093
    @jamie30934 ай бұрын

    I am a 45yr old man living in the uk. I’m not into politics whatsoever. However, whenever I hear this man speak he seems like the most honest, relatable politician there is. Respect to you Bernie ❤

  • @UnknownUser-by4le

    @UnknownUser-by4le

    4 ай бұрын

    Clean your ears

  • @iainclark4835

    @iainclark4835

    4 ай бұрын

    @@UnknownUser-by4le Get a brain.

  • @yvonnelee3880

    @yvonnelee3880

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@UnknownUser-by4leMillionaire as advertising his book and professes to be A Socialist.

  • @Vanguard_dj

    @Vanguard_dj

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@yvonnelee3880 You don't know what a socialist is.

  • @DayVid2.0

    @DayVid2.0

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@yvonnelee3880 his books are worth reading, unlike your bile laced comments.

  • @oldwoman7047
    @oldwoman70474 ай бұрын

    America’s biggest missed opportunity. A great statesman. You won’t find a more sincere and honest man

  • @John-sg5un

    @John-sg5un

    2 ай бұрын

    I totally agree with your comment!!

  • @johhny711
    @johhny7114 ай бұрын

    Bernie Sanders is a great man , a great human being an inspiration.

  • @rohankurian5641

    @rohankurian5641

    3 ай бұрын

    🗽🇺🇸❤✌💫

  • @The_king567

    @The_king567

    3 ай бұрын

    No he definitely isn’t

  • @franklinwilkerson2061

    @franklinwilkerson2061

    3 ай бұрын

    And a total sellout!! What a fraud he is (I voted for him in '16).

  • @nutmegz9534

    @nutmegz9534

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@The_king567OK. Now back up your point of view.

  • @The_king567

    @The_king567

    3 ай бұрын

    @@nutmegz9534 he is a sellout the democrats rigged it against him and paid him off and he took it like a coward

  • @thomaswikstrand8397
    @thomaswikstrand83974 ай бұрын

    I'll never forget the heartache I felt when Hilary became inevitable. Nothing had ever inspired hope in me like Bernie. Few things have broken my heart more thoroughly than the 2016 primary. And I'm not American. The world was robbed.

  • @NEMO-NEMO

    @NEMO-NEMO

    3 ай бұрын

    @thomas the world was robbed by the very thieves that are running it. Mostly fascists, the mafia, all our government agencies, the pentagon, Corporations and bankers. Find a man who can deal with all those entities, and have enough power to clean things up, then he would be our next President.

  • @jasoneves140

    @jasoneves140

    3 ай бұрын

    I was a 40 year old political ignoramus. Never could tell you a policy or platform couldn't tell you who was right who was left. I heard about an old Jewish guy who was speaking about power to the people, fighting for the rights of citizens over corporations and lobbyists. Since then I've voted in EVERY election available to me. I truly hate that our two party system allows overwhelming greed and corruption to rule our politics! So glad I've learned about the likes of AOC, Omar, Talib, Corbyn, Singh, and so many of their ilk that are actually uncorrupted and fight for US!

  • @chinkasuyaro8983

    @chinkasuyaro8983

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jasoneves140 *Tlaib (though pronunciation is Americanized).

  • @deputyvanhalen6386

    @deputyvanhalen6386

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@jasoneves140"that's the story of Jesus"...and it would've ended same way for Berne too, sadly.

  • @thomascroft5076

    @thomascroft5076

    3 ай бұрын

    He was (is) too sophisticated in his thinking and too progressive in his ideas - i.e. he constituted a threat to the established order, which exists to serve the interests of the few. Without any doubt, his presidency would have been constantly undermined by right-wing elements (of both the GOP and the Democratic Party), as was the case with the UK's Jeremy Corbyn, who, as Labour Party leader, inherited a party completely antipathetic to the socialist ideals it was founded upon.

  • @WilliamLHart
    @WilliamLHart4 ай бұрын

    Trump is 77, Biden is 81, Bernie is 82 - who is the more lucid ???

  • @stegemme

    @stegemme

    4 ай бұрын

    well that's a two no brainer question 😉

  • @CenTexMex101

    @CenTexMex101

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing multiple news stories about how big of a deal it was that he walked to work a lot while he was an elected official.

  • @WilliamLHart

    @WilliamLHart

    4 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍👍@@stegemme

  • @burnout_2017

    @burnout_2017

    4 ай бұрын

    You folks are wrong if you think for one minute President Biden is not on top of things mentally....the man still has ALL of his faculties. Dont by the propaganda, the man has has a speech impediment his whole life but was still able to reach the highest of in our country.

  • @clivet3252

    @clivet3252

    4 ай бұрын

    Trump.

  • @jamesm9995
    @jamesm99954 ай бұрын

    The US couldn’t accept his universal healthcare policy, labeled him a socialist without having a clue about what that meant.

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    4 ай бұрын

    Just by being a decent and polite human being you're considered a radical socialist in the US.

  • @aethionr4478

    @aethionr4478

    3 ай бұрын

    He calls himself a socialist. Because he is. If you like what he says maybe you are one, too and don't know it. Lol at the socialism fears in the comments.

  • @akgfilming

    @akgfilming

    3 ай бұрын

    i mean yeah he does identify as a dem-soc but has been working to destigmatise the word socialism after the sheer amount of damage 2 people managed to do to it

  • @michelekett8450

    @michelekett8450

    3 ай бұрын

    Socialism is not communism, but then the true meaning of communism is not what’s portrayed in China or the Soviet Union. They have been abused for the sake of egos and power.

  • @The_king567

    @The_king567

    3 ай бұрын

    Because it doesn’t work and we don’t want it

  • @NuVisionabroad
    @NuVisionabroad4 ай бұрын

    Bernie is so refreshingly rational and wise for a politician

  • @geekylove3603

    @geekylove3603

    4 ай бұрын

    although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch. He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.

  • @rodneyoneil-kb1xk

    @rodneyoneil-kb1xk

    4 ай бұрын

    YUP,,,,,HE’S.LIKE JOE. BIDEN. DEFINITELY,SHOULD BE,,,,

  • @DowntownsUptown

    @DowntownsUptown

    4 ай бұрын

    For a person, all the way around.

  • @flybriur

    @flybriur

    3 ай бұрын

    @@geekylove3603 Well, not really like the NHS, but more like Canada. NHS is not only funded through the government, but care is administered through the government. Our system would just be an expansion of Medicare, which is funded though the government but administered via private.

  • @yaserthe1
    @yaserthe14 ай бұрын

    The fact he wanted to be a librarian is exactly why it's such a shame he never became the president .

  • @Fractal379

    @Fractal379

    4 ай бұрын

    What? 🤔

  • @AKCFTW

    @AKCFTW

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Fractal379I think the idea is that he wanted a simple life of personal fulfillment, rather than seeking enrichment, or power.

  • @geekylove3603

    @geekylove3603

    4 ай бұрын

    although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch. He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.

  • @loghost4129

    @loghost4129

    4 ай бұрын

    @@geekylove3603We get it, you know how to use copy and paste.

  • @davidalderson7761

    @davidalderson7761

    4 ай бұрын

    people who actually want to be politicians should be banned. Bernie is ideal for president or Prime Minister of UK.

  • @rachelhead4986
    @rachelhead49864 ай бұрын

    The world is poorer without this man as American president 😢

  • @michelekett8450

    @michelekett8450

    3 ай бұрын

    He is present in politics and heard by more people than will admit to it. He’s the sage that America is in need of, and I am not referring to a herb!

  • @ishfaqakram8260
    @ishfaqakram82603 ай бұрын

    Bernie Sanders is a role model for the world, why is he not US president?🌎

  • @themartialartsapproach8786

    @themartialartsapproach8786

    2 ай бұрын

    Extreme corruption in the Dem party, and extreme ignorance in public discourse.

  • @andrewreeve5537
    @andrewreeve55374 ай бұрын

    He blows away Biden and Trump with his intelligent, considerate and reasoned views. ✨

  • @burnout_2017

    @burnout_2017

    4 ай бұрын

    I think Bernie would correct you on your feelings towards President Biden. The president is a very intelligent and thoughtful man who has fought for the working class his whole political career and Sen. Sanders would be the first to tell you that. He just isnt as progressive as progressives want so they speak ill of him, instead of giving him the credit he is due.

  • @hartubmoses6645

    @hartubmoses6645

    4 ай бұрын

    Trump and President Biden is not hardly the same, and do not belong in the same sentence!

  • @janehahn5003

    @janehahn5003

    4 ай бұрын

    Joe Biden has the same views as Bernie,it's a shame nobody ever listens to him.

  • @clivet3252

    @clivet3252

    4 ай бұрын

    @@burnout_2017 and this is why Bernie is not to be trusted or taken seriously in any way. He's a typical career politician. You wouldn't catch Jeremy Corbyn speaking up for Blair or Starmer.

  • @paulheydarian1281

    @paulheydarian1281

    4 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@hartubmoses6645 They (Joe and Donald) are both too old and senile to be POTUS. There you go, that's one sentence.😏

  • @scuzzbucket13
    @scuzzbucket134 ай бұрын

    Love Bernie to bits what a champion

  • @tyler6539
    @tyler65394 ай бұрын

    The fact we could have had Bernie and Corbyn but ended up with Boris and Trump will always be devaststing. I wonder what could have been better

  • @user-xc8ir7ng9z

    @user-xc8ir7ng9z

    4 ай бұрын

    I've been saying that for what seems like years 😢. If only 👍

  • @babymonalisa

    @babymonalisa

    4 ай бұрын

    Of course, James was one of those who jumped on the bandwagon that was the Corbyn witch-hunt. What a hypocrite.

  • @LAdouglas

    @LAdouglas

    4 ай бұрын

    There is an alternative where this happened and things are much better

  • @tmarritt

    @tmarritt

    4 ай бұрын

    Not a witch hunt, he shared a stage with hamas. He was always unelectable

  • @harshamahtani5554

    @harshamahtani5554

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@tmarritttony Blair after he stepped down from the PM-ship, he said that a big mistake was that once Hamas was democratically elected, the West shouldn't have shunned them. They all should have taken them seriously as a political group and not put complete sanctions on them, treating them like a pariah. You treat people like terrorists, and you make sure they have no ability to provide for their people who can have no industry or make money to build their lives, and you imprison them ALL, they are gonna act like terrorists. Looking at sinn fein we can see that once you DO sit down with "terrorists" you see that you CAN actually bring them into the political process, and there can be peace. I think that's what corbyn was trying to do with Hamas

  • @hayleyxyz
    @hayleyxyz4 ай бұрын

    Bernie has used the same mantra for decades, yet I will never skip and opportunity to watch him go through them again. An incredibly invigorating person.

  • @perrydon57
    @perrydon574 ай бұрын

    Bernie is 82 years old. His wisdom and leadership will hopefully never vanish. Such grace to never admit to disappointment.

  • @stuckinks3569
    @stuckinks35694 ай бұрын

    Mr. Sanders always gives me hope ❤

  • @CenTexMex101
    @CenTexMex1014 ай бұрын

    I voted for this man twice in our primaries, absolutely gutted we couldn't get him in office.

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah I followed it avidly, watched all the hurdles that were put in his way, all the traps that were set for him, he never went negative, always retained his dignity.

  • @linasorenson3208

    @linasorenson3208

    3 ай бұрын

    You and me both. The results were doctored.

  • @CLYMA1.5CHAINZ
    @CLYMA1.5CHAINZ4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Bernie for all you do 💙💙💙

  • @uklongjay
    @uklongjay4 ай бұрын

    Just from Bernie's opening comments I love him even more!

  • @Gaeliclass
    @Gaeliclass4 ай бұрын

    I campaigned for Bernie both times he ran for potus. One of my favorite people!

  • @MrWhitmen1981

    @MrWhitmen1981

    4 ай бұрын

    Why? He is a weak politician on the global stage, America would get bullied by Yemen and China.

  • @daddydaveshowshow7945
    @daddydaveshowshow79454 ай бұрын

    What a national hero ! Great man and politician.

  • @TimSma111
    @TimSma1114 ай бұрын

    Bernie is not just articulate, but is compassionate, reasoned and intelligent in his views. Thank you Bernie for listening to the people, and not the man.

  • @TheSteveKC
    @TheSteveKC4 ай бұрын

    What an impressive man Bernie Sanders is

  • @shiva2731
    @shiva27314 ай бұрын

    Thank you James. Bernie has been my first choice for our US President for over a decade. ❤️🤍💙

  • @peteroneill2991
    @peteroneill29914 ай бұрын

    Thank you James and Bernie, I always like to hear from the best president the world was denied, but that was the first time I heard about his background. Well done James.

  • @franceshorton918

    @franceshorton918

    4 ай бұрын

    @peteroneill Thank you for making one of the most relevant and pertinent posts on this thread. You have indeed listened carefully. Greetings from Auckland New Zealand ! 🇳🇿

  • @waynecoxdrums
    @waynecoxdrums4 ай бұрын

    Listen to Bernie talk, then listen to Trump talk.

  • @The_Phoenix_Saga

    @The_Phoenix_Saga

    4 ай бұрын

    And you immediately know where you at least stand with the latter. The former just talks a big game and will inevitably disappoint the masses. Trump wasn't hated because of him being ist this or phobe that, he was hated by the establishment because he wasn't just sitting down and doing what he was told. Why do you think they had a dementia patient run against him and set up the results.

  • @martin2289

    @martin2289

    4 ай бұрын

    Trump doesn't "talk" in the sense of having a discussion. With him it's always a monologue that's little more than a rambling, incoherent, seemingly insane string of bizarre nonsense larded with self-pity and endless whining.

  • @clivet3252

    @clivet3252

    4 ай бұрын

    @@martin2289 not true at all, you've allowed yourself to be influenced by the media. Trump is sharp and witty and speaks a lot of sense like a real person.

  • @EarlHare

    @EarlHare

    4 ай бұрын

    @@clivet3252 True, shame that he's a liar and a narcissist and would gladly destroy democracy and sell America to Putin to save his own skin to live comfortably for the last few years he has remaining on this earth.

  • @jeezumcrow8655

    @jeezumcrow8655

    4 ай бұрын

    @@clivet3252Trump babbles incoherently.

  • @tanix6179
    @tanix61794 ай бұрын

    Power to the people ❤

  • @spaceo8568
    @spaceo85684 ай бұрын

    Yes. The best president we'll never have. I love when Bernie tours in the UK.

  • @davidpierson7388
    @davidpierson73884 ай бұрын

    What could have been. More compassion and wisdom then the top 100 people in either the Democratic or Republican Parties combined.

  • @geekylove3603

    @geekylove3603

    4 ай бұрын

    Look up what he has said about Israel/Palestine in the last few weeks. He's a wolf in sheeps clothing.

  • @jankwartel1860

    @jankwartel1860

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@geekylove3603and you're not comrade? 🤔

  • @geekylove3603

    @geekylove3603

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jankwartel1860 Jesus wept

  • @mollycuddle9990
    @mollycuddle99904 ай бұрын

    ❤ Adore Bernie! thankyou. ✨

  • @jennykinsella7560
    @jennykinsella75604 ай бұрын

    what an amazing interview he is just a beautiful man ❤

  • @dominicaaaaa5547
    @dominicaaaaa55474 ай бұрын

    I wish his parents had lived to be old they would have been VERY PROUD. Love Bernie he's great.

  • @Setinmywaysalways
    @Setinmywaysalways4 ай бұрын

    And the Tories want American Healthcare in the UK

  • @seanc411

    @seanc411

    4 ай бұрын

    And Labour want a watered down American system that will cost the tax payer WAY more than the NHS should if funded properly.

  • @mrsmammymac

    @mrsmammymac

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes because they can make money selling the NHS

  • @johnwhalley8270

    @johnwhalley8270

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@mrsmammymacof course, and then dividends to their son's and sons...m

  • @miztropraineraine9923

    @miztropraineraine9923

    4 ай бұрын

    They want the same in Australia as well, and our healthcare system is very similar to yours.. hopefully people see through things and don’t go down that path.

  • @margaretdevine7322

    @margaretdevine7322

    4 ай бұрын

    Great interview with the very down to earth Bernie Sanders! ❤️

  • @Melanie_Star
    @Melanie_Star4 ай бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoyed Bernie's book. Seeing him here in the UK is definitely a treat!

  • @jayshomegrownveg8185
    @jayshomegrownveg81854 ай бұрын

    What a lovely podcast episode, and what an absolute gem in Bernie Sanders. Cheers James..

  • @mimikaps7358
    @mimikaps73584 ай бұрын

    I am grateful for Bernie’s perseverance in fighting for the everyday Americans.

  • @paulheydarian1281

    @paulheydarian1281

    4 ай бұрын

    That's nice. I wish he had been more succesful as a U.S. Senator, beyond getting re-elected.

  • @The_king567

    @The_king567

    3 ай бұрын

    He isn’t fighting for anyone

  • @eehammee

    @eehammee

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@The_king567 hahaha words words words Typing is easy; making real intelligent points and arguments is much harder.

  • @The_king567

    @The_king567

    3 ай бұрын

    @@eehammee what are you talking about

  • @KrisRogos
    @KrisRogos4 ай бұрын

    Imagine an alternative 2016, where Sanders wins in the US and the UK stays in the EU.

  • @ollie4398

    @ollie4398

    4 ай бұрын

    I can't because it genuinely breaks my heart

  • @akgfilming

    @akgfilming

    3 ай бұрын

    its just sad. there are so many tiny things that couldve reshaped history. on a small scale things like that, or churchill not doing the whole iran coup thing, or even smth like fdr living a few month longer

  • @daviddunne4737
    @daviddunne47374 ай бұрын

    By miles the Best real politician in the DISUNITED STATES. It is this man who will be the best inhabitant of the White House that America never had. Great interview. Go Bernie go. Well done James.

  • @stewartcohen-jones2949
    @stewartcohen-jones29494 ай бұрын

    I grew up in rural conservative Britain. At a very young age I left home and met a few people who talked about the things Bernie talks about and with a measured and rational way of conveying said things. My first thought was , “ that sounds true”. There began the hard and long education to finally come to the conclusion, “ that sounds true because it is true.” Always a pleasure to listen to Bernie.

  • @CenTexMex101

    @CenTexMex101

    4 ай бұрын

    Rural conservative Texan here, I remember an older guy talking to me about trickle down economics when I was like 16 and being so unsure about my intelligence because it made no sense to me, but my dad and I were doing work for him so I "believed" him until I spent some time out in the world.

  • @stewartcohen-jones2949

    @stewartcohen-jones2949

    4 ай бұрын

    @@CenTexMex101 Trickle being exactly that. The big way politics is packaged in the west it’s a wonder anyone knows anything about politics at all.

  • @richardcollis5576

    @richardcollis5576

    3 ай бұрын

    @@stewartcohen-jones2949 Exactly trickle down economics is exactly what it sounds like,…… very slow wealth accumulation towards the bottom to the point it is going backwards. While at the top party time is all the time.

  • @ruthingle1487

    @ruthingle1487

    3 ай бұрын

    Wow! I feel sure Bernie would be elated to hear he'd been a part of your education. It would certainly overwhelm me. 🙏

  • @Mounhas
    @Mounhas4 ай бұрын

    Who can forget Bernie’s energy humanity & articulate speeches, what a man. He’s not lost any of his Brooklynese!

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    4 ай бұрын

    "Heey, I'm talkin here"

  • @raamcaash
    @raamcaash4 ай бұрын

    Alas … such an honest person will never be allowed to win an election in America … has been consistent in his messaging and belief … hope he runs again and wins this time …

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    4 ай бұрын

    Even though I agree with the sentiment don't you see the contradiction in your own sentence?

  • @raamcaash

    @raamcaash

    4 ай бұрын

    I do see the contradiction … hence started the sentenced with “Alas”

  • @eehammee

    @eehammee

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@gavinbuck8130you also must have missed the word "hope".

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    3 ай бұрын

    @@eehammee You must have missed the word "never", never is an absolute. If you swap the word never with highly unlikely, there can still be hope. Never and hope were the contradiction.

  • @eehammee

    @eehammee

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@gavinbuck8130touché

  • @bigtone718
    @bigtone7184 ай бұрын

    love you Bernie!👍💯fascinating conversion, great job to you both!

  • @user-zc9ce6dd2v
    @user-zc9ce6dd2v3 ай бұрын

    I LOVE Bernie! He shoots so straight! He impacts our politics…. He keeps the issues out in front. Thank you Bernie! We are blessed to have you! 😊

  • @nathanjohnwilliamson7675
    @nathanjohnwilliamson76754 ай бұрын

    This should have been about 4 times longer

  • @jeezumcrow8655
    @jeezumcrow86554 ай бұрын

    Bernie is my Senator 💙VT. I wish James was born here in the US and he could run for President. He’s a great communicator and debater and very intelligent and compassionate.

  • @adrianfoca865

    @adrianfoca865

    3 ай бұрын

    Ill take him as a radio talk show host anytime

  • @Julesybabes70
    @Julesybabes704 ай бұрын

    Such a gulf between Trump and Sanders. Sanders, thoughtful, knowledgeable, decent, and humane. Everything Trump is not.

  • @michellerenner6880
    @michellerenner68804 ай бұрын

    James - thanks for letting Bernie be Bernie!

  • @DH-cw9it
    @DH-cw9it4 ай бұрын

    I could listen to Bernie all day. So refreshing from what you normally get from politicians.

  • @paulod27
    @paulod273 ай бұрын

    If every Politician was as noble and kind as Bernie Sanders the world would be in far greater shape.

  • @Pepinyo33
    @Pepinyo333 ай бұрын

    Gosh I really love this man. Thank you Bernie.

  • @teague10plays70
    @teague10plays704 ай бұрын

    Two of my absolute favorite people!

  • @catznjam470
    @catznjam4704 ай бұрын

    If I could have one wish, it would be that everyone could hear and understand conversations like this 💯 Thanks, James! Love you, Bernie, always have, always will!! 🫂🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💙😘👍🫂💙💙🌊👁️👁️

  • @ruthokelley5833
    @ruthokelley58334 ай бұрын

    Wish we could have gotten Bernie Sanders elected President…things just might be calmer today. Lord…could we use some calm in this storm! Thanks James…

  • @janehahn5003

    @janehahn5003

    4 ай бұрын

    People,everything Bernie has talked about, that you think is so amazing, could have come out of Joe Bidens mouth! It beggars belief that people are not listening to him.Biden is unfortunately not a great orator but he is just as sharp as Bernie.

  • @iPhone-Cinematograhy
    @iPhone-Cinematograhy3 ай бұрын

    Great interview, I've never seen Bernie so relaxed.

  • @juliegale3863
    @juliegale38634 ай бұрын

    Brings back some faith in Americans which I have lost in these last years. Thank you James, great interview.

  • @michaelkimber6203
    @michaelkimber62033 ай бұрын

    Bernie ROCKS. I've just finished 'It's okay to be Angry ." His revelations of the inequality that affects (and is tacitly promoted by the Uber Rich) the US, are breathtaking and his proposals obvious and reasonable. So much of what ails America, ails the UK. Stay alert! Thank you James. Thank you Bernie. 👌

  • @SpecialBrewCan
    @SpecialBrewCan4 ай бұрын

    More faculties, more energy, more vitality, more articulate, and more marbles than either Biden or Trump, and he’s older than both of them!

  • @stevewatkinson4593
    @stevewatkinson45934 ай бұрын

    Why don’t we have more politicians like Bernie. Very knowledgable man👍

  • @OMMXxPeNnY

    @OMMXxPeNnY

    3 ай бұрын

    As citizens United

  • @OMMXxPeNnY

    @OMMXxPeNnY

    3 ай бұрын

    Ask citizens United

  • @t.dmytryshyn2615
    @t.dmytryshyn26154 ай бұрын

    As a young girl I read a lot about the Holocaust so in the late 70's when my brother came back from visiting Israel and the West Bank with horrible stories about how Palestinians were being treated I didn't believe him. I couldn't imagine that Jewish people who had been through the Holocaust could oppress others.

  • @tennaj1367

    @tennaj1367

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah it's one of the biggest mysteries in modern world history! How those who are the descendants of Holocaust survivors can turn out to be some of the worst most reprehensible people you'll ever meet. And what does descendants are doing now in 2023 and 2024 are beyond inhuman! 🤯

  • @chayasenev

    @chayasenev

    4 ай бұрын

    My thoughts exactly.

  • @jn4126

    @jn4126

    4 ай бұрын

    You never seen X-Men? Crass joke excuse me, but the point stands, psychology teaches us that those who suffer great abuse often grow up to inflict similar abuse on others. Fear and insecurity are powerful and corrupting motivators

  • @Chriscraft50

    @Chriscraft50

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@jn4126Never Again could be a common sentiment?

  • @mariaharmani5013

    @mariaharmani5013

    18 күн бұрын

    The abused can sometimes become the abuser.

  • @MaryMclare-sp6vx
    @MaryMclare-sp6vx4 ай бұрын

    It's a worry James. I can't believe what is happening in the world today. Great guest. Hope you and your family are well ❤

  • @janetmarugg9424
    @janetmarugg94244 ай бұрын

    Bernie is a treasure.

  • @MiaMidol
    @MiaMidol4 ай бұрын

    I've been angry at capitalism for fourty years. Now I am just angry at the people that practice it and the greed/ignorance that feeds it. That's almost everyone in my generation covered i think.

  • @emilyvaldes115
    @emilyvaldes1154 ай бұрын

    Bernie you are an absolute gift ♡ thank you for working so tirelessly, it was fantastic getting to see you live in London again ♡ also well done James! You were brilliant 👏🤘

  • @samuelsmith7851
    @samuelsmith78514 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure all we can hope for is to be this lucid at his age

  • @russellnewton6660
    @russellnewton66604 ай бұрын

    Bernie touched on it, the greatest thing that politics given to the working person in the U.K., is the NHS…………….lets fight to keep it.

  • @Lemonie76
    @Lemonie764 ай бұрын

    Such a shame he didn’t win! He’s got the highest moral character and the ability to reach so many people!

  • @carjam49
    @carjam494 ай бұрын

    I know about Eugene Debs from listening to NPR podcasts. When you know about him, you can understand why and how Bernie has been kept from the presidency. He's still a very important politician and has made great change in the US, just not enough.

  • @M.Linoge
    @M.Linoge4 ай бұрын

    Can't think of anyone more worthy of a position in power. But it's a mad world.

  • @Bringthegoose
    @Bringthegoose4 ай бұрын

    Why anybody ever thought Hilary was a better candidate than this guy is beyond me. He'd have crushed the 2016 election if he was running, and by now Trump would be a forgotten nobody left to the realms of history.

  • @dereknewbury163
    @dereknewbury1634 ай бұрын

    Great interview with a great man. Thanks, James

  • @motasis1
    @motasis13 ай бұрын

    Thank you Bernie for standing up for humanity

  • @h2hcamey
    @h2hcamey3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for have Bernie Sanders on your show. You and he are a great pair!

  • @Gph0367
    @Gph03674 ай бұрын

    Great interview James

  • @dianewhalen9721
    @dianewhalen97214 ай бұрын

    Sad state of affairs for America.Get money out of politics.Go Bernie never give up🙏🏼👏🏽❤️👍

  • @wattyler6075
    @wattyler60754 ай бұрын

    At least one American seems to understand & talk for the little guys on the planet

  • @lokischildren7862
    @lokischildren78624 ай бұрын

    What a interesting person

  • @richie6218
    @richie62184 ай бұрын

    I went to see Bernie Sanders in Liverpool on Tuesday night and he was very fearful of Trump getting into power and the threat that he and the far right would would have on democracy in the USA and around the world. So hearing what that guy said about democracy brings it home even more.

  • @hwinny2
    @hwinny24 ай бұрын

    I wished Bernie had been President 8 years ago.

  • @TheHFChang
    @TheHFChang4 ай бұрын

    Sanders is so incredibly self-aware and conscious of other people’s needs and culture. It’s so sad he is demonised so rigorously in the US.

  • @timgutsell450
    @timgutsell4504 ай бұрын

    He demonstrates the genius of simplicity - everything is reasonable and rational. How politics could be without the greed and selfish ambition…

  • @mattantonelli4273
    @mattantonelli42734 ай бұрын

    what a brilliant interview well done both of you chaps

  • @wodmalo1975
    @wodmalo19754 ай бұрын

    Bernie Sanders is an ICON

  • @ohheyitskevinc
    @ohheyitskevinc3 ай бұрын

    I’m an expat now in the states and have voted in both countries over the years. Voting for Bernie in two primary elections were my proudest moments voting. He’s one of the few US politicians who are on our side but I do worry there’s no one to follow in his footsteps. Maybe AOC. Best president we never had.

  • @azalon3551
    @azalon35514 ай бұрын

    Thé greatest living American

  • @Matt-og7si
    @Matt-og7si4 ай бұрын

    He is so smart so well spoken, will all the facts in simple terms he tell you what is wrong with capitalism and the world today

  • @Steventrafford
    @Steventrafford4 ай бұрын

    This was brilliant, my political idol talking to the guy that is largely responsible for my political awakening thanks to Brexit. I’ve even got a Bernie 2020 hoodie from his win in Carolina🤙

  • @margaretwilson8736
    @margaretwilson87364 ай бұрын

    Feel the Bern! I wish he could have been president. I voted for him!

  • @paraskevasparaskevas350
    @paraskevasparaskevas3503 ай бұрын

    Sanders has Aristotle-level qualities..very wise

  • @deanadewall8400
    @deanadewall84004 ай бұрын

    Bernie is 1yr older than Biden and still coherent, funny, eloquent and physically fit. I wish he could have won.

  • @Hexon66

    @Hexon66

    3 ай бұрын

    But he's also honest, and dedicated to what he believes. Age is irrelevant in that Obama was coherent, eloquent and physically fit, and struggled even to be a mediocrity, and only lives in the reflected glory of *not* being as disastrous as Trump. Biden, admittedly through progressive pressure, has been significantly better than Obama, even with his supposed shortcomings.

  • @cjfs1948
    @cjfs19483 ай бұрын

    Thank you James for one of the best interviews ever with Bernie. You are the very best.

  • @akeleven
    @akeleven4 ай бұрын

    What Mr O'Brien does not understand about Bernie Sanders' generation, and mine, is that we were young in a time of great change. Civil rights and the Vietnam War were major causes of upheaval in the United States. Sociology classes were eye-openers for those of us who could go to college .Many were swept up in the currents of history. Bernie happened to be swept into Congress, fueled by his great compassion of course.

  • @akosiamarillo
    @akosiamarillo4 ай бұрын

    While Biden and Trump losing their minds and one of them will be president, here we have an american, very qualified, sharp and highly capable yet never gets a mention. America eh? 😅

  • @athom1066
    @athom10664 ай бұрын

    GREAT INTERVIEW

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz4 ай бұрын

    Fantastic interview

  • @mattmcewan2550
    @mattmcewan25504 ай бұрын

    Bernie reminds me of the political version of Carl Sagan, his voice is awesome

  • @colettehart7967
    @colettehart79674 ай бұрын

    I love Bernie! He is the only senator with Elisabeth Warren, who makes sense and would lead the USA into a true progressive agenda for the American people. He is against Netanyahu'war on Gaza. He cares about the Palestinian people. I wish he was running in the 2024 campaign for president as a Democrat Socialist. Let's not underestimate the power of the people against the oligarchs.

  • @StanleyKubick1

    @StanleyKubick1

    4 ай бұрын

    Warren? The senator that milked her fake cherokee heritage her whole career, even going so far as calling herself a minority faculty member at harvard in 1996, and fabricating a DNA test which indicated she indeed had native heritage until she apologized in 2019?

  • @gavinbuck8130

    @gavinbuck8130

    4 ай бұрын

    It's such a shame that considering Warren and Sanders were meant to be fighting for the same cause that she attempted to pull the rug out beneath him, I say attempted because it misfired and blew up in her face.

  • @jacksprat418-ju5qo

    @jacksprat418-ju5qo

    4 ай бұрын

    Elizabeth Warren is not a true progressive and NEVER supported Bernie when he needed her most!

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