Copyright Able 2017 (KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY') # Wow. You're tellin' me about this. I tell you 'bout` about that. # Stop talkin' shit; you'll walk into another trap. (MUSIC BUILDS) # We got the night. # We got the world. # Into the future, I give you my word. (CHEERING) # We got the night. We got the world. Ohhh! Thank you very much. # Into the future, I give you my` # Thank you. Thank you very much. Hullo, and welcome to The Russell Howard Hour. Well, looks like Boris Johnson's irresponsibility has finally gone too far. I has taken Boris Johnson nearly a fortnight to admit that it was wrong of him to tell that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been teaching journalism in Iran when in fact she'd been on holiday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is in prison, charged with plotting to overthrow the country's government. FEMALE REPORTER: His time in office has been littered with gaffes, but this is a different level of trouble for the Foreign Secretary. This British mother's fate now lies in Boris Johnson's ability to secure her release. Poor woman. Imagine being in an Iranian jail and your only hope... is Boris Johnson. (LAUGHTER) You can't send him to an Islamic country; he'd probably rock up eatin' a bacon sandwich, just,... (LAUGHTER) JOVIALLY: 'Hello, Muslims! (CHUCKLING) 'Cheer up ` it's nearly Christmas! (EXCLAIMS)' (CHUCKLING) She was visiting her family. Boris waded in and said she was training journalists, and now she may get an extra five years in jail. Amazing, his colleagues defended him. Liam Fox said... 'We all makes slips of the tongue'?! You stupid cucking funt! (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) This... (WHOOPING) (CHUCKLES GENTLY) This... This, from James Martin, is a slip of the tongue. Delicious-looking dick from` Uh... (STAMMERS) (STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHS) Sorry 'bout that. Boris could land her with an extra five years in jail, and it could get worse. He's being urged... 'No, no, no, no, no, no!' (LAUGHTER) We cannot let that happen! He's done enough damage speaking English! (CHUCKLING) If he speaks Farsi, she'll never see sunlight again. (CHUCKLING) He can only speak three languages ` English, Latin and fuckwit. How? (CHUCKLING) How is he our foreign secretary? We're on the brink of (SCOFFS) nuclear war, and we have a man who is part alpaca part Lurpak Man ` just, 'Hello. (LAUGHTER) 'Boris is the name. 'Oh, look, a small child.' - (IMITATES SMALL EXPLOSION) - (LAUGHTER) I mean, what if it kicks off in North Korea. Imagine him meeting Kim Jong-un, just, '(GASPS) 'Michael McIntyre!' (LAUGHTER) You're like, 'No! (CHUCKLES GENTLY) No!' (APPLAUSE) Or Putin! Putin ` you send Boris Johnson to Russia; he'll be wandering up to Russian women, trying to unscrew them. Just, 'Hello. Is there a tiny one inside you?' (LAUGHTER) That was a babushka joke. Now,... (CHUCKLING) ...a foreign secretary needs to be able to communicate across cultures. Boris, he doesn't have that gift. He called Africans piccaninnies, said the people of Papua New Guinea were cannibals, of being... (LAUGHTER) Ah, diplomacy (!) (LAUGHTER) Now, elsewhere this week, Boris isn't the only one causing ripples offshore. Did you hear about the Paradise Papers? A huge leak of secret offshore investments has revealed the tax affairs of rich and powerful people around the world. MALE REPORTER: Some of the biggest names have been caught up in the Paradise Papers ` the Formula One star Lewis Hamilton. MALE REPORTER: Three actors in the sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys. And U2's frontman, Bono, invested in a Lithuanian shopping centre. (LAUGHTER) Bono's got a shopping centre in Lithuania? (CHUCKLING) POOR IRISH ACCENT: '"We need to make poverty history, but first of all, '"the people of Lithuania need a Claire's Accessories. (LAUGHTER) '"Teenage girls need knick-knacks."' (CHUCKLING) And that is the worst impression of Bono that you will ever hear, right? (CHUCKLING) Mrs Brown's Boys as well ` we got the bad end of that deal, didn't we? A faraway island got the money; we were the ones who had to fuckin' watch it. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) And yeah. And Lewis Hamilton can piss off. You can't avoid tax and then drape yourself in the flag. 'I love this country ` I mean, not enough to pay for the NHS or teachers or the police or firemen or doctors or social housing, but (KISSES, COMMON ACCENT) England till I die. (CHUCKLING) That's why he'll never be properly loved. We like our sport stars honest. Yes, Paula Radcliffe may have done a shit on the road,... (CHUCKLING) ...but at least she paid for road. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) You know... Do you know the worst thing about that joke? Paula Radcliffe is now a tax exile in Monaco. (GENTLE CHUCKLING) Everything's fucked! It's so depressing ` all we keep hearing is, 'These investments are legal. They're legal.' So's Love Island. That doesn't make it right. (LAUGHTER) I mean, Christ, it's legal to go to an old folks' home dressed as Death. Just don't do it. (LAUGHTER) There's no rule saying you can't draw a Hitler tash on a baby, but trust me,... (LAUGHTER) ...that will ruin a christening. It wasn't just celebs; one of the other name caught up in this surprised everyone. FEMALE REPORTER: �10 million of the Queen's private funds were invested offshore. The duchy of Lancaster invested �7.5 million in a fund based in the Cayman Islands. Why's the Queen's money going offshore? She's already got a tax haven ` it's called Britain. (CHUCKLING) Her face is on the money! (LAUGHTER) She pays with selfies. (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) Like, it just doesn't make any sense! I doubt she even uses money. If she runs outta change, she probably just does this. (LAUGHTER) Now, the more you look into it, as I'm sure you've done, it gets stranger, right. Her money was in the Caymans, in an off-licence, and apparently, she makes out of a McDonald's in Oxfordshire. Just, (SINGS, IMITATES ELDERLY WOMAN) 'Do-do-do-do. One's loving it.' (LAUGHTER) Please, please,... please let Prince Philip be manning the drive-through. (CHUCKLING) GRUFFLY: 'What do you want, you bastard? (LAUGHTER) 'Huh? Huh? A McMuffin? 'That's what I give Liz at Balmoral.' (LAUGHTER) I shouldn't ` no! (CHUCKLING) We shouldn't be joking, because some of these investments are really sinister. FEMALE REPORTER: It's also claimed that the duchy invested in the rent-to-own retail store BrightHouse, which has been accused of charging some of the UK's poorest people inflated prices. The Queen's involved in a shop that makes money by ripping off poor people. That's gonna change the national anthem, innit? IMITATES ELDERLY WOMAN: # God save our gracious Queen. # Here's a washing machine... (LAUGHTER) # ...you can't afford. (CHUCKLING) # If you don't pay your debts, your house will be rrrepossessed. # Phil's gonna teabag # your pets. (HOLDS NOTE) (CHUCKLING) # Fucking pay us now. # (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE, CHEERING) (SIGHS) So depressing, innit? Celebs, royalty, but the one that really got me ` Cheeky bastards! (GRUFFLY) '"Bloody foreigners coming here ` they should stay in their own country '"and look after my money."' (CHUCKLING) You can't go on about the NHS needing money when you're sending millions abroad. It makes you so angry, don't it? We all did the same thing; we heard about this ` 'Right, this is bullshit. Something needs to change. We will never ever be so` 'Oh, look, it's the John Lewis ad.' (LAUGHTER) If by some miracle you haven't seen it, here it is. (LOW RUMBLING) (SNORES, GRUNTS) (GASPS) # Golden slumbers # fill your eyes. # Smiles # awake you # when you rise. # Sleep, pretty darling. # Do not cry, # and I will sing a lullaby. (FOOTSTEPS THUD) # And I will sing a lullaby. # Hmm. What a pile of absolute shit. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE, CHEERING) They put... They put 7 million quid into that. Why?! All they've done is put a bollock on a Furby's nose. (LAUGHTER) (CLAPPING) It... (CHUCKLES GENTLY) (LAUGHTER CONTINUES) I've just Furbies and bollocks, right. (CHUCKLING) (LAUGHS) But, like, (LISPS) 'Oh, it's so heart-warmin', hea`' It's not heart-warmin' ` there's a monster under his bed! (CHUCKLING) How long before we find out that monster was played by (CHUCKLES GENTLY) Kevin Spacey? (LOUD LAUGHTER) How long? I'm just sayin'. (APPLAUSE) Christ, it's nearly as creepy as this. WOMAN: And then... ('JINGLE BELLS' PLAYS) Merry Christmas! (ULULATES) (STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHS, CLAPPING) (LAUGHS) (ULULATES) (LAUGHTER CONTINUES) (SIGHS SOFTLY) - (CHUCKLES GENTLY) - (LAUGHTER CONTINUES) CHUCKLES GENTLY: Just feel cold all over. (CHUCKLING) Now, everyone was talkin' about the John Lewis ad, or they were in my house. My mum's like, (LISPS) 'It's amazin', innit? So spesh.' But... (CHUCKLING) ...people would` my mum's like, 'Ooh, it's the story of the week.' No, it's not. The story of the week without doubt was definitely this. (LAUGHTER) Let me repeat that. (CHUCKLING) A man reckons male lions in a safari park have been having sex because they've copied it from gay men. (CHUCKLING) Now, that begs the question ` who the fuck... (CHUCKLING) ...is brave enough... (LAUGHTER) ...(CHUCKLES GENTLY) to go dogging in the Maasai Mara? Just, 'Hurry up! 'Hurry up! (APPLAUSE) Like... (WHIMPERS) Are they honestly suggesting two lions saw that, went, 'Psst! (CHUCKLING) WHISPERS: 'Mufasa, come here.' (LAUGHTER) # A-wimoweh. A-wimoweh. (LAUGHTER) # A-wimoweh. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) A-wimoweh. - (VOCALISES) - (CHUCKLING) It's ridiculous. The only thing a lion would think if he saw that would be, 'Why's my main course shagging my pudding?' (LAUGHTER) It gets madder. Not only was this government official blaming gay men ` listen to this ` (LAUGHTER) (CHUCKLES) I'd love to see that ` just a lion on the couch. 'I think the issues date back to my childhood. (CHUCKLING) 'You see, my uncle was killed by my father, and I was raised by a meerkat and a warthog. (LAUGHTER) (SNORTS) 'If it hadn't been more 'hakuna matata', I don't know what I'd have done.' (LAUGHTER) Cure them of their sexuality ` I say we get all the people who think being gay is an illness and send them in to cure the lions. Wouldn't that be nice? (CHUCKLING) Just, 'Num num num.' (APPLAUSE, SCATTERED CHEERS) Now,... from lions to them internets ` did you hear about Facebook's latest proposal? It may seem absolutely preposterous,... but Facebook is really telling people to send them naked pictures they might have of themselves. The social network promises it is part of a way to prevent someone from posting those same pictures online as a form of revenge porn. Now, Facebook reckon... (TITTERING) ...they will look at the photos, recognise the photos and stop them from ever appearing online. I've got a better idea ` if you've got a photo of you naked, uh, fucking delete it. (LAUGHTER) (CLAPPING) Who is gonna look at a photo of their genitals and go, 'God, be a nightmare if that got out. (CHUCKLING) 'Send.' (LAUGHTER) We can't trust Facebook; they don't even keep your birthday secret. (CHUCKLING) Who in their right mind is gonna nude photos to a website that regularly posts 'memories'? (LAUGHTER) Hey, Russ, remember this? (LAUGHTER) That being said, clearly, something has to be done about revenge porn. Do you know? Can we please stop behaving like arseholes? If there's any men watchin' this, if you're lucky enough to have sex with a woman, don't film it. One, it's creepy. Two, it will never be good when you watch it back. You look like two potatoes fightin', and... (LAUGHTER) And three, what if the lions copy ya? (LAUGHTER) Because... Come on. (APPLAUSE) You gotta think, man. Join me after the break, when I'll be talking to best-selling author Naomi Klein about her new book on how to bring down Donald Trump. (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) (KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY' PLAYS) (ETHEREAL MUSIC) In a moment of clarity, Louisa saw that while power companies offered her all sorts of free months, cash bonuses and ultra-saver wingdings, she'd save more paying the actual wholesale price of her power. (MUSIC SWELLS) 9 Hello and welcome back to the show. Let's talk about football. I love it. I love it! It gives us moments of beauty like this. (SPECTATORS CHANT) COMMENTATOR: And coming in! Oh, wow. Wow! (WILD CHEERING) Wow indeed. And even when it goes wrong, it's wonderful. (CHEERING) AUDIENCE: Oh! (APPLAUDS) But I... I read something the other day that shocked me. Do you know the BBC did a survey about homophobia in sport, and it said... What?! Who would care? All that matters is your team winning. And also, it's pretty rich. 'I don't want no gays here ruining the manly world of football.' 'We've scored. Terry! Kiss me!' 'Come here, Lukaku, come here!' Nobody would care. If Coutinho scored the winner in the Champions League final, I would suck him dry. (LAUGHTER) These bigots can piss off. 'It'll ruin the Beautiful Game.' No, it won't. It's not gonna change anything. You're not gonna turn on Match of the Day and see Gary Lineker teabagging Alan Shearer. And it's not just the bigots. Liberals are just as bad. 'Why is football still in the Dark Ages? Why won't they come out?' And you're like, 'Maybe it's because footballers wanna be defined by their skills, not their sexuality.' Also, it's the one job in the world where thousands of people sing abuse at you. Imagine that! That's like me doing this show and people doing this. See? It hurts. All right, lads. You've made your point. Now... Didn't realise we were writing our own. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) Now, don't get me wrong. If a male footballer came out, like women have done, it would be amazing. It would be a message to young men that there are no barriers in football. All that matters is your ability. But it would take a brave man to do it. The only top-flight footballer to come out was Justin Fashanu, and he ended up taking his own life. Graeme Le Saux was accused of being gay just because he had a degree. And it's not just this country. Next year's World Cup is in Russia, a country so homophobic that some people think shaving your beard makes you gay. Milk cartons could make you gay. I mean, Christ, a Russian MP tried to ban Beauty and the Beast because of a gay moment. RUSSIAN ACCENT: 'We don't want gay people in cartoons, - 'but woman being kidnapped and making sex with buffalo is nice.' - (LAUGHTER) There was a story recently about a man who was refused a job in Russia simply because he looked gay. You can't refuse someone a job because they look gay. - I look like Ellen. I'm still working. - (LAUGHTER) Russia is a scarily homophobic place. Look what happened when two guys did a social experiment where they filmed themselves walking around Moscow holding hands. This is shocking, and it's happening right now. (PEOPLE SPEAK RUSSIAN) (BOTH CHAT IN RUSSIAN) That was just one afternoon in Moscow, and yet that country is hosting the World Cup. But don't worry! The next World Cup's in Qatar! One of the 10 countries in the world that still has the death penalty for being gay. Cheers, FIFA (!) What I'm saying is you can understand why players aren't coming out. But what I would say, if anything can break down this homophobic barrier, it's football. Fuck Russia. Fuck Qatar. Fuck the 8%. Football is powerful. It can unite people. It can do amazing things. In World War I, German and British soldiers put down their weapons and had a kick-around on Christmas Day. And in January, a boy dying of cancer won Goal of the Month. Wanna give us the thumbs up again, mate? (CHEERING) - (APPLAUSE) - Football has the power to change things. If someone came out, it could make a real difference. And how great would it be if that person led England to glory in the World Cup, scored the winner, picked up the trophy, looked at Vladimir Putin and just blew him a kiss. Cos nobody in the crowd would care. You just know the crowd would be like, (CHANTS) 'He's comin' out. He's comin' out. 'He's coming. Footballer's coming out.' ALL: # He's coming out, he's coming out, # He's coming. Footballer's coming out. # (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) # He's one of our own. He's one of our own. # He's just a footballer. Who cares who he bones? # (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) # Into the future, (APPLAUSE, CHEERING, KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY' PLAYS) My guest tonight is an author, activist, a film-maker and an inspiration. Her first book, No Logo, was a worldwide bestseller, shifting more than a million copies in 28 languages. And with her latest book, No Is Not Enough, she has President Donald Trump firmly in her sights. Please welcome Naomi Klein. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Hello, Naomi. Shall we`? Sorry, that was` Sorry, I'm very awkward. Um, thank you very much for coming on the show. I'm doing that Trump thing of not knowing what to do. What's the Trump thing of not knowing what to...? Well, I think the latest handshake incident on the world tour. He just couldn't figure out how to shake leaders' hands. So you're accusing me of being like Trump? No, I'm like that. I'm like that. No. You're like Trump? No, I'm not. (LAUGHS) Neither of us are like Trump at all. Most definitely newsworthy, isn't it? 'Naomi Klein says she's like Trump.' But it's very interesting. That leads us straight into` I mean, I've read your book. It's amazing. It's really exciting meeting you. And the thing that'll probably interest the audience is apparently we all have an 'inner Trump'. Yeah, yeah. Um, don't take offence at that, but close your eyes, look inside. Um... And see if there's something just a little bit Trumpish. Trumpish? Yeah. (LAUGHTER) And I say this because I think one of the dangers of Trump is he's just so outrageous, so awful that it's tempting to treat him as this aberration, almost like a Martian from outer space. And the truth is he is just the worst of us, like, the worst of the culture. Right. Not just American culture. I'm Canadian, and one of the things that worries me is that there can be this kind of 'smugness effect' because of Trump. Like, 'Everyone's better than Donald Trump.' So we can all feel really good about ourselves for not being as bad as the Americans right now. Right, yeah. But, like, I heard you talk about Boris. You have your own problems, you know? Yes. So the inner Trump is just a recognition that he is a product of the culture that we're all in,... OK. ...a really exaggerated form. Yeah. I sometimes use the metaphor that he's kinda like the fatberg under London's sewer system, where all that is bad and gross has found itself in this figure,... Right. Yes. ...and it's wearing a suit and stumbling around the world stage, right? Like, racism, misogyny, the worship of wealth, just, you know, treating everything and everyone like a commodity. It's just all of that. I was thinking about the whole 'inner Trump' thing. I was thinking if there was some way of putting another person into his brain, that might help us. I'm not sure if you're familiar with Mary Berry. So... Do you know her, from The Great British Bake-Off? Yes. If we were to put an 'inner Mary Berry' into Trump, that might be our only hope. Or into the rest of us, yeah. Well, yeah, but just the idea that Trump's, 'I wanna make cakes and that's it.' - It might... I think that's our only hope. - (LAUGHTER) Now, you made a fascinating connection between Trump and wrestling. Oh. 'Oh.' I mean, we know that Trump is this master of fake reality, right? He comes from the world of reality television, where... He's the thinking man's Joey Essex. (LAUGHTER) But it isn't only reality television that he's an expert in. He's also an expert in the fake reality that is pro-wrestling, WWE and WWF in the States. And he is, in fact, a pro-wrestler. He is in the WWE Hall of Fame. Oh, really? Yeah. He has appeared enough times ` eight times in all ` in the ring. He plays himself as The Billionaire. I mean, it's not that different from what he did on the election campaign trail. So he'll drop bags of money over the audience, and he comes in and has a battle of the billionaires with Vince McMahon. The loser shaves the other guy's head. It's always the other guy. Trump's not gonna let anyone shave his head, as you can imagine. - Maybe we get Richard Branson to go in there and kick fuck out of him. - (LAUGHTER) - I'd watch it. - (APPLAUSE) It's a huge part of the way he learned how to manipulate crowds. Like, if you look at how he ran his rallies, right, it's all pro wrestling ` is Little Marco and Ted Cruz is Lyin' Ted and Hillary is Crooked Hillary. I mean, this is pure pro wrestling stuff. And then the way he would, you know, bring the crowds at these rallies, which were a cross between sort of a Nuremberg Rally and a WWE match, right? Where there's an enemy ` the enemy was the press ` so he would get the whole crowd to turn on the press, or to turn on a Black Lives Matter protester who was in the crowd. And there is this feeling of, 'Is this really happening?' Is it real? Is it not real? Is it safe to go as far down this road as we're going? And it's part of the recipe, I think, that got him elected. How do we defeat him? So, I think the way you defeat Trump is you recognise that he is a symptom ` he is a symptom of a crisis; he is not the crisis. Yes. It's kind of like what happened with Brexit here, where the campaign was, 'Take back control,' and it tapped into legitimate fears and a reality that people have lost control over their democracies, and it channelled that rage in the wrong place; it channelled it at immigrants, it channelled it at the most vulnerable. But the way you defeat it is you don't say everything's OK, you actually name the real crisis, which is a crisis of our elites and a concentration of wealth at the very top, and you propose real solutions that are going to create those jobs and meet people's most pressing needs. That's the way you defeat Trump ` with a 'yes', not just a 'no'. I think that's the main thing that comes from your book, is the idea that we have to create, like, alternate hope, rather than just kind of moaning about Trump. Yeah. And have confidence in it. I was fascinated by another phrase in your book ` culture jamming ` which I thought was very interesting, and which ` if I've got this right ` is the idea that Trump promotes himself as rich and wealthy and powerful. And if we attack the things that he promotes, that will bring him down. And as someone that's thrown comedic rocks at Trump, it feels like we're all, kind of, you know, culture jamming the best we can. But it doesn't feel like it's working. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, and I think there is this... double-edged challenge around comedy, right? Where part of what Trump benefits from is being so over the top that you can't quite believe he's real. And so the more we turn him into a joke, the more unreal it becomes. And so I think it's a really tough time to figure out how to do political comedy in a way that doesn't actually provide just that release. Cos I'm not sure I want people to have too many releases. You know, we actually need to organise. And if we are ` whether it's just an online action that doesn't amount to much or whether it's just laughing ` if we release all of the energy that is out there, we're not gonna have much left over to build the kind of movement that could actually defeat him in time for the next election. Here's another question that I have. As someone that pays such close attention to all the horrors ` the intricate horrors of the world ` what makes you happy? (CHUCKLES) Do you know what I mean? I feel bad for you. You're just constantly going, 'Oh God. Oh Jeez.' (LAUGHS) What makes you tick? Hmm. Um... I like the fact you're having to think about this. No` 'Just ice cream.' (CHUCKLES) I mean, I have a 5-year-old, who brings me a huge amount of joy and forces a certain amount of just silliness in daily life, cos he's a pretty silly guy. That's good to know. That makes me happy. And I'm Canadian, so I like nature. That brings me a lot of joy. Yes. The thing that freaks me out ` I did some gigs in Toronto, and I didn't know this ` but you know when you go out to have, like a weekend away in a cottage? In a cottage. You call it...? - 'Cottaging.' - (LAUGHTER) Are you familiar with this? (LAUGHS) I am familiar` I have British friends. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. And 'cottaging' in the UK means to have sex in a public toilet. - (LAUGHTER) - So... So there are all these wholesome Canadians talking about... This is it. I didn't know. And this guy said, 'You should come cottaging with us.' I was like, 'Mate! Jesus!' - (LAUGHTER) - 'I'm enjoying myself, but...' And he genuinely went, 'There's gonna be water sports.' Like, 'Jesus Christ!' (LAUGHTER) But, yeah, that's good to know. Justin Trudeau might jump out of a cave without his shirt on. That happens all the time. What's your take on Justin Trudeau? Did you guys see what he dressed up as for Halloween? To be honest, all we really know about him is that he's quite a dish, and that's it. Yeah. That's kind of the main thing that comes over. We just imagine him flexing in front of you, and you go, 'OK, yeah.' Um,... yeah. So he dressed up as Superman for Halloween. Yeah, which is not that humble. (LAUGHTER) But this is... Justin Trudeau is fine. But he's not Superman. And this is one of our problems in the age of Trump, is when you've got this cartoon supervillain in the White House, like, it doesn't take much to be Superman. Like, you can just send out a tweet saying, 'I care about climate change,' and everyone's like, 'You're amazing! Why can't you be our president?' So he's getting a lot of encouragement for very sort of symbolic acts. And it's nice... it's nice to have a prime minister who's projecting a very progressive vision ` he says 'refugees welcome', he says he cares deeply about climate change. Unfortunately, he's overseeing a major expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands, which is the dirtiest oil on the planet, and refugees aren't welcome in Canada to come from the US, because we haven't changed a really important law that we have to change. But it's more to work with than our friends in the States have, right? It's easier to hold a politician to a progressive vision of the future that they are projecting that it is to deal with somebody who's just like, 'I don't care about anything.' So we should just be pushing him to do better, and I'd rather be dealing with Justin Trudeau than Donald Trump, yeah. Right, one final question. What can we do? What's our vision for hope, Naomi? How do we fix the world? (LAUGHS) Just one last question (!) But, like, if there's one thing that you could tell us from your book, what would it be? Well, we all have to do more. We can't let Trump lower the bar and just feel better about ourselves cos we're not that bad, right? In the face of some pretty scary things happening, we need to raise it; we need to do more. And to me, one of the most hopeful things that has happened recently is the way young people turned around the election in the UK, cos it showed this power that millennials have... It was really fascinating, wasn't it? As a weary old man, I was really pleased, looking at... (LAUGHS) And I'm not just sucking up to your younger viewers, although just a little bit I am. Yeah, but it was just the idea of, like, the very fact that young people are` not just young people, but British people were engaged in politics more than we ever have been, I think, is fascinating. Yeah, and so next time start earlier, do more, and threaten your parents and grandparents that you'll... (LAUGHTER) You heard it here. ...send naked pictures of yourself to Facebook if they don't... So that is it. We have to send photos, I believe, of our grandparents naked ` - is that what you said? - (LAUGHTER) That's how we fix the world. I really enjoyed that. A genuine pleasure. Thank you very much, Naomi. Ladies and gentlemen, the wonderful Naomi Klein! (APPLAUSE) That was so great. So great. Join me after the break to see what good deeds you've been up to. (KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY' PLAYS) (KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY' PLAYS) Hello! Welcome back to the show. As always, let's have a look at your good deeds that you've seen or been involved with this week. Chris Regan got in touch to say... (LAUGHTER) Sarah-Jane retweeted me this... - Ah, that's pretty sweet. Now... - (APPLAUSE) ...this one... I really love this one, right. Antha Leigh said... (LAUGHTER) It's true. - 'I love you.' Oh God, she's showing emotions. I've gotta go. - (LAUGHTER) And finally this week` Oh, man, I read an article about guide runners. They're volunteers who give up their time to run with visually impaired people. I found this story so amazing, I just had to share it with you. (GENTLE MUSIC) I'm Agata. I'm 21. I was diagnosed with a sight condition when I was 3, but then went gradually downhill, and then when I was 14, I lost most of it. My name's Abigail Cast. I've been guide running with visually impaired people for about 18 months. Running in general has been a really positive impact on my life. It makes me feel really empowered and confident and strong. And, like, when you've had a really good run, there's just ` yeah ` nothing better. So this is our tether, with our two hand holds. ...two loops. And then when we're running, I'll be describing surface changes to Agata, and if we need to step up or down ` anything. So we'll be changing surface and slightly down ` three, two, and one. That's it. Slight cobbles here and then down. Agata really loves being outside and in nature, so I try and describe the different colours of the leaves of the trees and any plants or wildlife we're going past. We're going under a tree now ` a beech tree with brown, gold and green leaves. Guide runners are just amazing. It's such a, often, step out of their comfort zone to be like, 'Yes, I'm gonna take on this extra responsibility to run with someone that's vulnerable.' I'm so grateful for each and every one of them that I run with. Welcome to Colwick Parkrun. It's event 333 today. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) It's Saturday morning and we've come to do Parkrun. It's 5km. We're hoping to do it in around 30 minutes. Quite muddy, so we'll see how it goes. I really love running at events. It's that community. I love meeting other visually impaired runners. It's like, 'Oh, you're blind and you run.' It's really great. Without a guide runner, I would be sat at home listening to a radio, being bored and feeling sorry for myself, wishing I was out there, doing something with all my mates. So having a guide runner is the best thing in the world for me. Go! Have a great Parkrun! Thank you! (BELL RINGS) People often think that being visually impaired will detract from your life in some way. Or they say, 'It's amazing you're living your life despite of it.' But actually, I feel it is a really positive thing that pushes me to ask people for help, and it adds so much to my life. And we're done. Yeah! Well done. Way under 30 minutes. Whoo! We ran in 29.11, so we're really happy. PB for me, so I'm really... yeah, really over the moon. Didn't expect it. Brilliant. Yeah! Ooh! (LAUGHS) That's quite hard, as a visually impaired person, quite possibly. Shall we just do a hug instead. Yeah! (LAUGHS) Thanks, Russell, for highlighting guide running as a really great thing that people do. And come for a run with us, mate, any time. (APPLAUSE) Brilliant, right. If you fancy it, get involved. As ever, tweet me any of your good deeds on #RHdeeds and I'll put the best ones on the show. Now it's time for my stand-up guest of the week. Please welcome the brilliant Mo Gilligan! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) How's it going, man? Yeah, it's lovely to be here, man. Cos I told my mum, 'I'm on Russell Howard's Hour.' My mum, being my mum, she's wishing me good luck. You know how mums are. She's like,... (AFRICAN ACCENT) 'Ah! Good luck, son.' (LAUGHTER) 'Break your legs.' (LAUGHTER) No, Mum, the phrase is, 'Break a leg.' AFRICAN ACCENT: No, no, no. Break your legs. (LAUGHTER) No, Mum, you're not getting` No, no, no` I said, 'Mum! Why you talking like that for? You're not even African.' (LAUGHTER) What you doing, man? Proper dickhead stuff, man. Proper dickhead stuff, man. My dad's a lot different, though. My dad's much more different. My dad's a very serious guy. My dad's a Rastafarian. And he's a proper Rastafarian. He's very tall. He's, like, 6'3", 6'4" ` we don't know his height when he wears that hat; that makes a huge difference. And he's from the international home of all Rastafarians in the world. (LAUGHTER) That's right ` Brixton. That's where they all live. And the thing is, having a dad that's Rastafarian, Rastafarians have this greeting. Rastafarians, when they see each other, they'll be like, 'Wha' happen', dread? Irie.' You ever heard this guy? You ever heard this, my friend? Sometimes they mix it up. 'Wha' happen', dread? Selassie I. Irie.' Sometimes they might throw something else in it. 'Wha' happen', dread? Redemption. Irie.' I was only 4 years old at the time when I heard this. Like, 'Dad, who's this Irene woman? Who's this?' Is this Jah's wife? Who's that? I don't understand who that is. Be even having a dad that is a Rastafarian, I'll never forget once Dad had a Rasta-off. He seen another dominant Rastafarian. You've all seen that dominant Rastafarian in the High Street. He's got that long Rastaman walk. He just walks like that, you know. Just walks slow, you know. And he turned around to my dad, and he looked at my dad up and down, and just said one word. He looked at my dad and he said,... 'De lion.' And I was 4 years old at the time. I got so defensive. I was like, 'The tiger.' (LAUGHTER) How about that, Mr Beanie Man? How about that? But the beautiful thing about having a dad that is a Rastafarian is sometimes didn't really understand it. You know how kids are very inquisitive? I'll never forget, once my dad picked me up from school. One of the kids seen my dad ` cos my dad's got long dreadlocks, he wears a very military uniform sometimes ` like, camouflage, with the boots and everything. I'm like, 'Dad, why you gotta dress like Predator? Why you gotta do that?' One kid seen my dad, and he's like, '(GASPS) Oh my God. Mo, your dad's a Rastafarian.' Like, 'That's right, Rupert. That's right, man.' (LAUGHTER) 'May I ask...?' I'm like, 'Yeah, go for it, man.' 'Um, does your dad sell weed?' (LAUGHTER) Of course! (LAUGHTER) Who do you think pays for the packed lunches? (LAUGHTER) But the beautiful thing is that when your dad's a Rastafarian, you get taught the Rastafarian way a bit. For example, my dad always said to me, don't worry about things like school. When it comes to things like education, education's based on memory. Especially when you're quite young in school. And even when you've got kids, you might teach them things like, 'The wheels on the bus go round and round' ` simple nursery rhymes. But when your dad's a Rastafarian, your nursery rhymes sound a little bit like this... (DUB MUSIC PLAYS) JAMAICAN ACCENT: Me gonna tell you some real Rastaman nursery rhymes right about now. Listen! # Jack and Jill go up-a de 'ill. Yeah! # ...to fetch a bucket of some water # and feed his daughter. # and feed his daughter. # Ey. Because she's firsty. # Now me say free blind mice. # Free blind mice. # Dem a-look for de cheese but dey can't find a slice. # Ey! # No cheese fi dem, fi dem, fi dem. Eh? # Because dey lactose intolerant. # Now me say Old MacDonald, # 'im 'ave a farm. - (AEROPLANE FLIES OVER) - (BOMB EXPLODES) # It is a ganja farm! Light it up! # Light it up! Light it up! (LAUGHS) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) My name is Mo Gilligan. Take care and enjoy the rest of the evening, man. Thanks for listening, man. Peace. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) - Ladies and gentlemen, the wonderful Mo Gilligan! - (APPLAUSE CONTINUES) Thank you for watching. Goodnight, my friends! Goodniiiiight! (KASABIAN'S 'ILL RAY' PLAYS) Captions by Shrutika Gunanayagam, Tracey Dawson and James Brown. www.able.co.nz Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2017