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Principle of CharityDoes Self Reflection Make Us More Miserable? Pt.2 On the CouchThis week, producer and host of The Overexamined Life podcast Jonah Primo, joins host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity. Listen to Jonah's Podcast, "The Overexamined Life" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-overexamined-life/id1771620846, or search it wherever you get your podcasts.BIOSJonah is a Sydney-based creative and entrepreneur. His addiction to storytelling has taken him to strange and wonderful places - Jonah has interviewed hermetic gurus and podcast with A-list celebrities, he has...
2025-04-2832 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Jonah Primo: Does Self Reflection Make Us More Miserable?In this episode we’re keeping it in the family, as we’re joined by our very own, very talented producer, Jonah Primo. Jonah has spent many years studying mindfulness, meditation and philosophy which he channels into his own podcast, The Overexamined Life - so who better to help us reflect on self-reflection.We all know Socrates’ famous saying – the unexamined life is not worth living. But is it actually true? Does self-examination actually help us? And if so, in what way does it help? Do we end up happier, or just more aware of our limitations? And is t...
2025-04-2140 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Aim to Be Happy? Pt.2 On the CouchThis week, sleep expert Dr Rubin Naiman, and positive leadership expert Sue Langley, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity.BIOSRubin NaimanRubin Naiman, PhD, FAASM, is a psychologist, Fellow in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, clinical assistant professor of medicine and the sleep and dream specialist at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in the U.S. He is the leader in the development of integrative medicine...
2025-03-3132 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Aim to Be Happy?We hope to live a life filled with joy, excitement, contentment, purpose, love, meaning and transcendence. Whereas sadness, pain, grief, loneliness, anger, jealousy and anxiety, aren’t so much fun. And when things take a turn for the worst, we can fall into a number of clinical disorders, including depression, which are sadly all too prevalent. But we’re lucky to live in a society where there’s real expertise to help us through these difficult emotions; clinical psycho therapies, medicine, even evidence-based life hacks like exercise, sleep and the right diet. And if w...
2025-03-2453 min
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativityApple Cider VinegarHow does a writer decide an idea is worth dedicating years of their life to? And how do you structure a story which is layered with the complexities of how lies are told and how we believe them? Emile speaks with writer and executive producer Samantha Strauss, and See-Saw’s Head of television and film in Australia Liz Watts, about a true story based on a lie, Apple Cider Vinegar. They discuss the similarities between ballet dancing and film making, when sentimentality works, and the allure of the wellness industry in a world coming to grips with the power of...
2025-03-051h 14Principle of CharityShould We Care About Existential Risk? Pt. 2 On the CouchThis week the Honorable Dr Andrew Leigh MP, and philosopher Peter Singer, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity.Peter Singer - BioPeter Singer is emeritus professor of bioethics at Princeton University. He has a background in philosophy and works mostly in practical ethics. He is best known for Animal Liberation and for his writings about global poverty.In 2021, Peter received the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture. The prize comes with $1 million, which...
2025-03-0529 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Care About Existential Risk?In this episode we’re joined by Federal Member for Fenner, the Honorable Dr Andrew Leigh MP, and philosopher and emeritus professor of bioethics at Princeton University, Peter Singer, to consider if we should value the lives of unborn future generations, more than we value those of us alive today. The consideration of lives unborn sits at the heart of ‘existential risk’. It asks us to take seriously all the future generations who, if humanity gets it right, could end up far far more numerous than every life lived to date. We could in fact, be just at the...
2025-02-2457 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Tim Minchin: Pt. 2 On the CouchDo you have to have a dream? Or is incrementalism the answer to leading a flourishing life? This week, creative polymath Tim Minchin, joins host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity.Tim MinchinIn addition to two decades of award-winning live performance and multiple recorded specials, Tim is the composer and lyricist of smash-hit stage musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day.He is also a screenwriter (of the award-winning Upright, in which he stars alongside House of The...
2025-02-0346 min
Tomayto TomahtoEducation, Anthropology, and Schoolishness with Susan BlumIn early 2023, Susan Blum came on Tomayto Tomahto to discuss linguistic anthropology. 2 years later, she's back to discuss her work on schoolishness, ungrading, and linguistic ideology. From plagiarism to authentic learning, imperialist language ideologies to biased methods and metrics of Western science, this episode looks critically at what we "know," how we know it, and where the perpetuation of knowledge might hinder new discoveries. Science promises objectivity, but does it deliver? How might anthropology promise subjectivity, deliver complexity, but ultimately nudge our cultural, psychology, and linguistic understandings toward objectivity?
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2025-02-0245 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Tim Minchin: How Can We Lead Flourishing Lives?Three years after his first appearance on Principle of Charity, the effervescent Tim Minchin returns for this first, and very special spotlight episode for 2025. Emile, Lloyd and Tim reflect on the principle of charity itself, and how themes explored in Tim’s latest book You Don’t Have To Have a Dream (Penguin Random House) relate to its application in our lives. What role can the scientific method, kindness and authenticity play in helping us consider the viewpoints of those with whom we most disagree, and lead flourishing lives? Tim MinchinIn addition to two de...
2025-01-271h 15Principle of CharityDoes Consciousness Survive Death? Pt. 2 On the CouchThis week leading neuroscientist Anil Seth, and spiritual leader and scholar Swami Sarvapriyananda, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity. Can the inevitability of human suffering help us understand the existence of the ‘self’?BIOSAnil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. He is also Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Program on Brain, Mind, and Consciousness. 2021 saw...
2024-12-1639 minPrinciple of CharityDoes Consciousness Survive Death?In this episode, we’re joined by one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, Anil Seth, and Advaita Vedanta spiritual leader and scholar, Swami Sarvapriyananda, to explore ideas around consciousness. When we die, does our consciousness die with us, or is our body just a vehicle, at best, for a consciousness that continues?Most mainstream forms of western knowledge are based on an understanding that nothing exists outside of the physical world which follows the fundamental laws of physics. It posits that whatever we seek to understand, we need to do so using the tools of mater...
2024-12-091h 12
The Business OfHollywood hustle – From indie producer to CEOLights... Camera... Spreadsheets? Emile Sherman and his production company See-Saw Films have produced some of the most beloved films and TV shows of the last few decades, including The King’s Speech, Lion, Heartstopper and Slow Horses. It’s a job he loves, but it’s not all glitz and glamour. In fact, it's similar to running a business in almost any other field... Whether you're trying to spot the next big thing or learn when to say “no” to the big money, running a production company is far more business than “show.” Emile explains how he and his...
2024-11-2722 min
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativitySweetpeaHow do you create the world for a story that sits right on the edge of reality? And how do you know you’ve struck the right tone when combining the dark with the comedic? Emile speaks with lead actor and executive producer Ella Purnell, director and executive producer Ella Jones and executive producer for See-Saw and fanboy Patrick Walters, about the comedic thriller, Sweetpea. They discuss walking the tightrope of moral ambiguity, the technical complexities of on-camera performance, and the joy of finding one's dream collaborator.Host: Emile ShermanGuests: @ella_purnell, @ellasjones an...
2024-11-201h 09
Festival of Dangerous IdeasArt is Always Political (2024) - Louise Adler, Brook Garru Andrew, Violette Ayad, Gil Beckwith, Simon Longstaff & Emile Sherman The culture wars are seeping out of the real world and infiltrating our pages and stages. Art has always traversed unfamiliar and even dangerous territory. But with recent calls to boycott cultural institutions, donors pulling funding, and the cancellation of works and talent, are some discussions too fraught to engage with? Louise Adler is the Director of Adelaide Writers' Week. She has spent over 30 years in the culture business and continues to be committed to the dissemination of dangerous ideas. Brook Garru Andrew is an artist, curator and writer who is driven by t...
2024-11-061h 06
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativityHeartstopperHow does a producer support an author turned first-time screen writer, and how do you bring together the right team for the material? Emile speaks with creator, writer and executive producer Alice Oseman and executive producer for See-Saw Patrick Walters about the beloved series Heartstopper. They discuss representing a diversity of young voices, the challenges of shooting the series, and the complexity behind bringing a beloved teen universe to the screen. Host: Emile ShermanGuests: @aliceoseman and @patwalters__Executive Producer: @Sam_Joly_Producer: Sabrina OrganoComposer: @Adiescar
2024-11-061h 03Principle of CharityCan Degrowth Save the Planet? Pt. 2 On the CouchThis week economist Gene Tunny and activist-scholar Anitra Nelson join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity. Can two diametrically opposed thinkers meet in the middle when it’s planetary survival that’s at stake? BIOSGene Tunny is the Founder and Director of Adept Economics and the current President of the Queensland branch of the Economic Society of Australia. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in economics at Griffith University and an Adjunct Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studi...
2024-11-0434 minPrinciple of CharityCan Degrowth Save the Planet?In this episode we’re joined by economist Gene Tunny and activist-scholar Anitra Nelson to ask whether degrowth can save the planet, or if we should stay the current economic course. As recently as 150 years ago, pretty much everyone was living in what we’d now call extreme poverty. Thanks to capitalism, that rate is now just 9%, with a reduction of 38% in the last 30 years alone. So what’s the problem? Well, for one thing, we’ve been plundering the natural world to fuel our growth, with little regard for its limitations...
2024-10-2855 min
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativitySlow HorsesHow do you turn a hit series of novels into a show that honours its source material? And how do you stay true while building out 6 hours of television for each season? Emile speaks with executive producer and writer Will Smith and executive producer for See-Saw Julian Stevens, about the landmark series Slow Horses. They discuss the challenges of genre-crossing, the critical role of actors in the writing process, and how Mick Jagger was convinced to sing the theme song. Host: Emile ShermanGuests: @willsmithwriter and Julian Stevens@see_saw_films
2024-10-231h 07
Rethinking Aging Club PodcastParkinson’s Products and Advocacy with APDA, SteadiSpoon, Comfort Linen, Rebloom CenterThis episode is a continuation of our April 11th episode focused on products and advocacy for Parkinson's disease in honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month and Parkinson’s Day. Desiree Mearns discussed the American Parkinson's Disease Association's (APDA) efforts, including a live well symposium in Boca Raton. Raleigh Dewan introduced SteadySpoon, a mechanical utensil stabilizer with 95% efficacy, and the June app for tracking tremors. Nancy McGovern highlighted Comfort Linen, which reduces friction in bed, improving mobility and sleep. Melanie Lomaglio DPT shared details about the Rebloom Center, offering specialized Parkinson's care and exercise classes. The discussion emphasized the n...
2024-10-2251 min
Rethinking Aging Club PodcastParkinson’s Products and Advocacy with Maria De Leon MD, Bruce McIntyre, Emile Maamary and Sidney CollinThis episode honoring Parkinson’s Awareness Month focused on Parkinson's products and advocacy, featuring discussions on various technologies and support systems. Emile Maamary introduced the Steadiwear glove, designed to reduce hand tremors in both Parkinson's and essential tremor, with the Steadi-3 version* set for April 2025 delivery. Bruce McIntyre highlighted the Oklahoma Parkinson's Alliance's support groups, educational programs, and caregiver events. Maria De Leon MD emphasized the importance of early diagnosis and advocacy, especially for young onset and female patients. Sydney Colin discussed the NexStride device, which uses visual and auditory cues to aid gait stability, benefiting various neurological conditions. It...
2024-10-2153 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Give Up on Journalism? Pt.2 On the CouchLloyd meets Annabel on the couch to ask some crunchy questions. Including but not limited to: What makes a good leader? And to what extent is journalism responsible for partisan attack politics?Annabel CrabbAnnabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay, "Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull". She...
2024-10-0722 min
Rethinking Aging Club PodcastCaregiver Friendly Products with Care Yaya, SteadiWear, and Accessible Home SolutionsKicking off our recognition of November as National Family Caregivers Month, we focused on the scale and urgency of caregiving in the U.S. and why product innovation matters amidst the context of family caregivers providing hundreds of billions in unpaid support while juggling work and complex conditions—making practical, affordable tools essential.Mary Furlong previewed her upcoming Washington Innovation Summit bringing together leaders in caregiving investment, policy, and partnerships amidst the surging needs among adults 77–87.Neal Shah shared how his fast-growing care-matching platform connects families with vetted pre-health university students for companionship and non-medical supp...
2024-10-0354 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Annabel Crabb: Should We Give Up on Journalism?The inimitable Annabel Crabb joins us for this special spotlight episode where we shine a light on the changing impact of journalism in a shifting media landscape. In a world where truth is increasingly contested, can the fourth estate still be trusted to deliver reliable information which brings us together into some sort of shared reality? Or has our trust in journalism been irrevocably broken by the ‘democratisation’ of information - the relentless immediacy of self-selecting delivery platforms - as well as the unabating attacks of all political sides, who too often claim that it's just a front...
2024-09-3041 minPrinciple of CharityIs Philanthropy Good for Society? Pt. 2 On the CouchThis week billionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen and philosopher Dr David Blunt join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity.BIOSNicolas Berggruen is the Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute and has spearheaded its growth, establishing its presence in Los Angeles, Beijing, and Venice. Focusing on great transformations in the human condition brought on by factors such as climate change, the restructuring of global economics and politics, and advances in science and technology, the Institute seeks to connect and d...
2024-09-0924 min
Rethinking Aging Club PodcastParkinson’s Products with Joe & Bella, Steadiwear, NexStride and Carol Chiang OTThis episode focused on products and solutions for Parkinson's Disease and essential tremor. Emile from Steadiwear discussed the Steady 2 device, which helps manage tremors with features like weight reduction, affordability, and interchangeability. The device has a 60% success rate in reducing tremors by up to 80%. Sidney highlighted NexStride’s effectiveness in treating freezing of gait in Parkinson's patients. NexStride is a customizable device that can attach onto any cane, walker, walking pole. It provides both visual and auditory cues and can be completely customized to each person.Jimmy Zolo introduced Joe and Bella's adaptive clothing, designed to...
2024-09-0545 minPrinciple of CharityIs Philanthropy Good for Society?In this episode we’re joined by billionaire and philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen and philosopher David Blunt, to consider the merits and pitfalls of charitable giving in a world rife with inequity. Whether we think of inequality as simply an outcome of meritocracies that reward talent and ambition, or we’re suspicious of the system itself, there seems to be one thing we can all agree upon: it’s important for those who do disproportionately well to help those in need, beyond just paying their fair share of taxes.In fact, charity is a fundamental virtue...
2024-09-0255 min
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativityFoe and LionHow does a director who cut his teeth in the world of commercials, translate that experience into feature films? And how does a production house define and maintain their creative vision? Emile speaks with producer Samantha Lang and director Garth Davis about See-Saw's partnership with Garth, I Am That. They discuss how to use rehearsal time to achieve truth in performance, and the importance of bringing the whole crew along with a project’s creative vision.@see_saw_filmsHost: Emile ShermanGuests: Garth Davis and Samantha LangExecutive Producer: @Sa...
2024-08-141h 01Principle of CharityDo We Still Need Books? Pt. 2 On the CouchDo books have a future in the new digital world order? And can we engage productively with problematic cultural content?This week luminary philosopher A.C Grayling and cultural content creator Mary McGillivray join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity.A. C. Grayling CBE MA DPhil is the Principal of Northeastern University London and its Professor of Philosophy. He is a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography...
2024-08-1233 minPrinciple of CharityDo We Still Need Books?This special episode was recorded live at the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival with Emile and Lloyd joined on stage by eminent philosopher A.C Grayling and digital content creator Mary McGillivray. Together they consider the merits and pitfalls of various forms of factual information distribution. This is arguably the greatest time in the history of the world for reading, with literally the entirety of human knowledge available in books or in the online world of articles, blogs etc. If you want to develop a deep understanding of the world we live in, you just have to read. But...
2024-08-0554 min
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativityThe Royal HotelHow does a project make its way onto a See-Saw slate? And to what extent is the creative integrity of a film influenced by the commercial imperatives of the industry? Emile speaks with See-Saw’s development producer Bill Bowring and director Kitty Green, about her psychological thriller The Royal Hotel. They discuss cross-continental script writing, how to fit a seven-week shoot into five, and the fine line between light and dark when building character and tension.@see_saw_filmsHost: Emile ShermanGuests: @KittyGreen and @BillyBowringExecutive Producer: @Sam_Joly_...
2024-07-311h 09
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativityOne LifeHow does a director with decades of television experience approach his first theatrical feature? And what challenges does honouring a true story, told across decades, bring? Emile chats with See-Saw’s Iain Canning and director James Hawes about the long and winding road that led to the much loved film One Life. They discuss the skill and instinct needed to navigate a tight schedule while wrangling children, trains, history and the legendary talents of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter.@misterjameshawes@see_saw_filmsHost: Emile ShermanExecutive Pr...
2024-07-171h 09
The Sandbox: A See-Saw Podcast On CreativitySee-Saw FilmsHow did See-Saw Films come into being? And how, with the two founders running offices on opposite sides of the world, has it managed to keep such a clear and consistent creative vision? Emile Sherman speaks with See-Saw's Co-MD Iain Canning, and creative director Helen Gregory about beginnings, holding the creative flame, playing the long game, and balancing a vision with the realities of business.@see_saw_filmsHost: Emile ShermanExecutive Producer: @Sam_Joly_Producer: Sabrina OrganoComposer: @AdiescarArtwork: @studiostrombergA...
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2024-07-0800 min
For Humanity: An AI Risk PodcastEpisode #25 - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastEpisode #25 - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastFULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT (00:08:20)DONATE HERE TO HELP PROMOTE THIS SHOWhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcastIn episode #25, host John Sherman and Dr. Emile Torres explore the concept of humanity's future and the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and machine superintelligence. Dr. Torres lays out his view that the AI safety movement has it all wrong on existential threat. Concerns are voiced about the potenti...
2024-04-241h 50
For Humanity: An AI Risk PodcastEpisode #25 TRAILER - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastDONATE HERE TO HELP PROMOTE THIS SHOWEpisode #25 TRAILER - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastIn episode #25 TRAILER, host John Sherman and Dr. Emile Torres explore the concept of humanity's future and the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and machine superintelligence. Dr. Torres lays out his view that the AI safety movement has it all wrong on existential threat. Concerns are voiced about the potential risks of advanced AI, questioning the eff...
2024-04-2202 minPrinciple of CharityAre Jews White? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith David Baddiel and Simon Sebag Montefiore. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.David Baddiel is a comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter. In 1992, he performed to 12,500 people with Rob Newman at the Wembley arena in the UK’s first ever arena comedy show and was credited as turning comedy into “The New Rock’n’Roll”. Alongside The Lightning Seeds, the pair also wrote the seminal football anthem Three Lions...
2024-04-0118 minPrinciple of CharityAre Jews White?In this episode we spend time with David Baddiel and Simon Sebag Montefiore and ask - Where do Jews really come from? Are they white or people of colour? And how should we deal with the ethnic diversity within Jewish populations, with differences between Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews? Questions around whether Jews are white or people of colour has become a fraught issue. In an ideal world (or the ideal for at least most of us in the multicultural liberal west,) it shouldn’t matter. However, race, ethnicity and politics have always been intertwined, and this...
2024-03-2549 minPrinciple of CharityDoes Our Ethnic Heritage Matter? Pt. 2 On the CouchFeaturing the wonderful Benjamin Law and Professor John Rasko AO. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.BIOS Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He’s the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (2013), the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017) and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia (2019). Benjamin is also an AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter. He’s the co-executive producer, co-creator and co-writer of the Netflix comedy-drama Wellmania (2023), playwright of Melbourne Theat...
2024-03-0440 min
The Midnight Film Society#182 - Dune: Part Two ReviewOn today’s show, Dune Part 2 is here!!! And it has been seen by us in IMAX. Paul Atreides Muad'Dib himself, Chani, Lady Jessica, and Gurney Halleck are all here. But first, we’ll be going over movie and TV show news, and what we’ve been watching including True Detective: Night Country, The Taste Of Things, Shōgun, and finish up with our Letterboxd assignments.
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2024-03-042h 06Principle of CharityDoes Our Ethnic Heritage Matter?Featuring the wonderful Benjamin Law and Professor John Rasko AO In this episode with the help of a cultural critic and a genetic expert we consider how to best make sense of our ancestral past and the dangers of over identifying with tribes alongside the very real opportunities science is giving us to change our genetics. While we are all unique individuals, who of course come from families and a line of ancestors, in the end we are responsible for our own lives. While we may look to our ancestry for helpful h...
2024-02-2754 minPrinciple of CharityLibertarian vs Indigenous Ways, Pt. 2 On the CouchIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.BIOSTyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.John Humphreys is the Chief Economist at The Australian Taxpayers' Alliance. He has worked previously as a policy analyst for the Australian Treasury...
2024-02-0528 minPrinciple of CharityLibertarian vs Indigenous Ways: Which is the better model for society?In this episode we contrast two very different ways of seeing the world — Libertarianism and Indigenous Ways, to consider which model is better for society. Libertarianism, with a focus on the version of this political philosophy that came about in the second half of the 20th century, usually associated with the centre right, does in fact cut across traditional left /right lines. It sees our individual liberty, our freedom as the most important political value. It's a political philosophy that values civil liberties, competitive markets, private property and free speech. It sees the gov...
2024-01-2955 minPrinciple of CharityIs Wisdom Helpful? Pt.2 On the Couch with Krista TippettIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Krista Tippett is a Peabody-award winning broadcaster, National Humanities Medalist, and New York Times bestselling author. She created and hosts On Being, which has won the highest honors in broadcast, Internet and podcasting. Her On Being Project is evolving to meet the callings of the post-2020 world — and to accompany the generative people and possibilities within this tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Krista grew up in a sm...
2023-12-1119 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Krista Tippett: Is Wisdom Helpful?On this special Spotlight episode the US broadcaster/podcaster/writer Krista Tippett joins Emile and Lloyd to discuss wisdom and meaning. Krista’s On Being radio show and podcast has enriched the lives of its many millions of listeners over decades as has her best-selling book Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of LivingAs host Emile Sherman said of Krista, “Our aim on the podcast is to have true expert guests, guests who are often scholars, academics, or advocates steeped in the knowledge of a particular issue and even our discu...
2023-12-0430 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Aim To Be Thin? Pt.2 On the Couch.In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Guests Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), the world’s oldest documented organization working towards Equality at Every Size. She is a co-founding leader of the Campaign for Size Freedom, which supports passing legislation to outlaw size discrimination. Tigress is a two-time women's college graduate with degrees in Africana Stu...
2023-11-1344 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Aim To Be Thin?We live in a culture that is obsessed by weight. About a third of adult women in the US are on a diet at any given time, and a fifth of men. Those who aren’t dieting are thinking about dieting, with well over half of all adults actively wanting to lose weight, with men only slightly trailing women. To feed the obsession on weight, or to help people manage their weight, depending on the way one looks at things, there is a global weight loss and management industry that is expected to surpass US$405 bill...
2023-11-0659 minPrinciple of CharityThe Basics of Bad Faith, Pt.2 On the Couch.In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Tim DeanTim Dean is Senior Philosopher at The Ethics Centre, where he works to promote ethics in public and professional spheres. He has a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of New South Wales on the evolution of human nature and specialises in ethics, critical thinking and public philosophy. He is an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney and the author of How We...
2023-10-2335 minPrinciple of CharityThe Basics of Bad FaithIn this episode we go back to basics and look at the practical ways of communicating the principle of charity and how certain behaviours over time have been developed for social cohesion, even when we don’t all agree. With our special guests – moral philosopher Dr Tim Dean and festival director Danielle Harvey – we have a wide-ranging discussion on what communicating in good faith looks like, what bad faith is, and how to navigate tricky topics. We discuss ways to have hard conversations – be that in person, in events, in podcasts or even in lecture theatres...
2023-10-1844 minPrinciple of CharityCan AI Create Art? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests, Ahmed Elgammal and Michael SacasasIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Tw...
2023-08-2136 minPrinciple of CharityCan AI create Art?In 2022, an AI generated work of art won a US state art competition. The artist used Midjourney, one of the popular AI systems that also include Dall-E and Stable Diffusion. They are trained on the millions of images scattered through the internet, using a deep learning program called a ‘generative adversarial network’, or GAN for short. It works by taking in text prompts, where you type in what you want the artwork to look like, and the AI then draws on the huge database of artworks, to generate a new work that conforms to the prompts. But...
2023-08-1451 minPrinciple of CharityChristianity Vs Islam Pt.2 On the CouchWith guests, Professor Mohamad Abdalla and Professor Robyn HornerIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked...
2023-07-2434 minPrinciple of CharityChristianity vs Islam: Which Offers the Best Path to Salvation?Christianity and Islam are the two biggest religions on the globe, accounting for just over half the world’s population combined. Most of us know about the religion we belong to and too often learn about other religions from the actions of extreme fundamentalists, mediated by the news, and by politics. In this episode we go back to basics, to find out what Christianity and Islam actually believe. What are the essential building blocks of their theology? What do you need to believe as true? What is god, what is a soul, and what happens after deat...
2023-07-171h 02Principle of CharityShould We Embrace Shame? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests, Dr Patti Ashley and Dr Tanveer Ahmed.In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked...
2023-06-2637 minPrinciple of CharityShame on You! Should we Embrace Shame?It’s said that the world can be divided into shame based and guilt based cultures, with the west sitting firmly in the guilt side. This is because the west has prioritised this idea of the individual, with our sense of right and wrong a matter between ourself and whatever higher power we ascribe to – whether it's our god, the state laws, or our conscious itself. In the west, guilt is seen as an appropriate and even productive emotion, with shame as the corrosive cousin. But in shame based cultures, which really make up most of the...
2023-06-1959 minPrinciple of CharityOn the Couch with Emile, Lloyd and JonahHosts Emile and Lloyd discuss some of the highlights of the past two years and run a slide rule over the Principle of Charity mission to inject curiosity and generosity back into our conversations on big social issues. They ponder if the show should be more volatile and tick off the hot topics they want to canvas with expert guests. AI for starters. “There’s a topic I want to look at, which is can AI create art,” says Emile. “I guess it goes to the core of what makes us human. I feel at the moment we...
2023-06-051h 03Principle of CharityAre Things Getting Better or Worse? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests Francisco Ferreira and Emma VarvaloucasIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twi...
2023-05-1631 minPrinciple of CharityAre Things Getting Better or Worse?How should we think and feel about so many things that are still so so bad, but, crucially here, so much better, than they were. Consider child mortality. Apparently, five million children under 5 died in the last year. Yet that number has more than halved in the last 30 years, which is again a huge reduction from the 20 million children under 5 who died each year in 1950. What do we do with information like this? Five million child deaths is an unacceptable tragedy. At the same time, 15 million children are essentially saved each year as compared to 1950. In thi...
2023-05-0853 minPrinciple of CharityWho has it Harder: Women or Men? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests, Caroline Lambert and Matt TylerIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter...
2023-04-1738 minPrinciple of CharityWho has it Harder: Women or Men?Women have, by and large, lived under the yoke of patriarchy, in various forms, for as long as… well, certainly as long as civilisations have existed. So it’s with some trepidation, and a little bit of cheekiness, that we’re airing the headwinds that face women alongside those that face men. There’s the danger of moral equivalence, where two views are put side by side, giving the impression that they’re both of equal weight, when they’re clearly not. And if our lens was the world as a whole, then there’s n...
2023-04-1059 minPrinciple of CharityOn Creativity Pt. 2 On the Couch with Jane CampionIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter. This Podcast is Produced by Jonah...
2023-03-2033 minPrinciple of CharityOscar Special: Spotlight with Jane Campion - On CreativitySpotlight with Jane Campion: can creativity help us leap outside ourselves?Multiple academy award winning writer and director Jane Campion (The Piano The Power of the Dog) joins Emile and Lloyd for a fascinating conversation on creativity and how it can change and enhance our understanding of each other. Jane explains her creative practices and in particular her use of dream therapy to tap into the subconscious and write characters like Phil Burbank, the protagonist in The Power of the Dog, her 2022 Academy Award-winning film.Emile and Jane have worked closely together on t...
2023-03-1250 minPrinciple of CharityNature VS Nurture Pt 4: On the Couch with Michele BorbaIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter. This Podcast is Produced by Jonah...
2023-02-2722 minPrinciple of CharityNature Vs Nurture Pt 3: The Alternate View on Moulding Kids with Michele BorbaThirty years talking to kids, parents and teachers and analyzing data from across the globe, has led US educator Michele Borba to a categoric conclusion: parents can indeed shape those character strengths of their children that will ultimately determine how successful they are in life. So what are the character traits that can be moulded and how should parents go about doing it in ways that a child will respond to? Can you teach resilience and optimism? Emile and Lloyd discuss with Michele the dilemmas for parents awash with advice and pressure on how to raise their kids. ...
2023-02-2048 minPrinciple of CharityNature VS Nurture Pt 2: On the Couch with Robert PlominIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter. This Podcast is Produced by Jonah...
2023-02-0632 minPrinciple of CharityNature VS Nurture Pt 1: Can We Mould Our Kids With Geneticist Robert PlominBehavioural geneticist Robert Plomin’s book Blueprint, How DNA Makes Us Who We Are has changed lives. Robert is arguably the leading figure in behavioural genetics, working across the field for many decades. In his book Blueprint, he shows us the extraordinary evidence for our genetic nature being the absolutely dominant force in predicting who we are and will become. In fact about 50% of everything we care about is predicted by our genes. Not just our weight and height, but schizophrenia, anxiety and depression, to personality traits like agreeableness, grit, and love of learning, through to general intelligence and ev...
2023-01-301h 01Principle of CharityShould we Move Towards or Away from Triggers? Pt 2. On the Couchwith guests Victoria Bridgland and Nicole Bedera,In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twi...
2023-01-2333 minPrinciple of CharityTRIGGER WARNING!: Should we Move Towards or Away from Triggers?Trigger warnings have become common practice these days, not just in university campuses, but across the media landscape, in film, television, online and social media. They warn us that the material we’re about to see or hear might trigger distress. But what actually is a trigger? And what’s it meant to protect us from?Trigger warnings were originally linked with post traumatic stress disorder - the idea being that those who have been through a traumatic event, for example sexual violence, and who then suffer from PTSD, can be triggered into re-e...
2023-01-161h 01Principle of CharityUncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps"The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber." - Uncomfortable Conversations This week Emile and Lloyd guest on Josh's show. If you'd like to send questions to Lloyd and Emile for our upcoming AMA, email principleofcharitypodcast@gmail.com, or ask on our twitter @pofcharity ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram....
2022-12-191h 27Principle of CharityIs Complementary (Alternative) Medicine Helpful? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests Dr Norman Swan and Dr Penny CaldicottIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Link...
2022-12-0531 minPrinciple of CharityIs Complementary (Alternative) Medicine Helpful?What do we do when we don’t feel well and mainstream western medicine can’t seem to help us. Maybe it’s an irritable bowel, headaches that come too frequently, chronic fatigue or joint pain that just won’t go away. Maybe it’s more serious - a life-threatening diagnosis of cancer, or a neurological condition like parkinsons, and we are told by doctors that there’s no cure or they have limited treatment options. In all these cases, how should we assess complementary medicine? The alternative medicine market is a massive and growing industry increasingly framing health as ‘wellness...
2022-11-2853 minPrinciple of CharityDoes Traditional Journalism Stifle the Truth? Pt. 2 On the Couch with Claire Lehmann.In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter. This Podcast is Produced by Jonah Primo...
2022-11-1426 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight with Claire Lehmann: Does Traditional Journalism Stifle the Truth?Australian Claire Lehmann left university and founded the online magazine Quillette to counter what she saw as an orthodoxy in knowledge coming from the progressive left. Claire perceived a lack of rigor in the humanities where, it seemed to her, ideology was trumping evidence.Since its inception as a start-up in 2015, Quillette has gone on to achieve an international reputation for free speech advocacy, political commentary and journalism, appealing to as many as two million followers a month. It’s become a community for people who feel they’ve been ostracised by a progressive left wing media...
2022-11-0735 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Care About Inequality? Pt. 2 On the Couch with Russ RobertsIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has a more relaxed conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Monday, 9 August 20216:30 PM~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter.
2022-10-2422 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Care About Inequality? With Russ RobertsInternationally recognised economist, educator and host of the podcast EconTalk, Dr Russ Roberts, discusses wealth and inequality under capitalism and questions whether there is real harm in inequality. Rather, in distinguishing inequality from poverty he says it’s the damage from poverty, not inequality, that’s more deserving of public concern and political focus. In a wide ranging discussion, we discuss whether the rich really deserve their spoils, how rigged the system actually is, and whether economics as a discipline is able to incorporate all the crucial non monetary aspects of life, like dignity and self fulfillment.
2022-10-1742 minPrinciple of CharityShould Racial Identity Form a Basis for Politics? Pt. 2 On the CouchWith guests, Chloe Valdary and Ian Haney LopezIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an uninhibited conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Chloe ValdaryChloe is the founder of the Theory of Enchantment, a conflict resolution model for businesses and workplaces that was developed by Chloe. It places compassion at the centre of diversity inclusion training and, as she puts it, endeavours to fight bigotry with love. The Theory of Enchantment stresses character development, social emotional learning...
2022-10-031h 00
Five of My Life#80 Emile ShermanEmile Sherman is an Oscar winning film producer and co-host of the podcast The Principle of Charity. The's Kings Speech, Lion, Power of the Dog and Rabbit Proof Fence are some of his well known productions. In his response to the Five of My Life challenge, Emile shares his love of philosophy and provides fascinating insights into his love of filmmaking.
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2022-10-0335 minPrinciple of CharityIdentity Politics: Should Racial Identity Form a Basis for Politics?International scholar and doyen of critical race theory Prof Ian Haney Lopez and writer and entrepreneur Chloe Valdary are powerful voices in the strident and polarising debates surrounding identity politics. In this episode, we explore the shift in the understanding of racism, from the traditional liberal notion that we should treat everyone equally, to a politics actually based on race consciousness and racial identity. We look at where this shift is helpful, and where it might be less helpful. Does it give us the tools to see through structural racism and unconscious biases and to end r...
2022-09-2650 minPrinciple of CharityHow Do We Know What’s True? On the Couch with Jonathan RauchIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has a more relaxed conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democracies ‘produce’ knowledge, Jonathan describes this unwritten ‘constitution of knowledge’ as a global process of error checking with millions of people around the world, thousands of institutions, all searching for each other’s errors. Rauch says this social producti...
2022-09-1223 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight With Jonathan Rauch: How Do We Know What’s True?US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democracies ‘produce’ knowledge, Jonathan describes this unwritten ‘constitution of knowledge’ as a global process of error checking with millions of people around the world, thousands of institutions, all searching for each other’s errors. Rauch says this social production of knowledge which began around 200 years ago turns out to be a species transforming technology that “produces more new knowledge in a given morning than humanity did in the first 200,000 years”.
2022-09-0550 minPrinciple of CharitySeason 3 TrailerWelcome to Season 3 of Principle of Charity, where we explore social issues with curiosity, generosity and humility. It’s been remarkable seeing the growth in our audience over the last season.The big news is, Season 3 launches next week! We’ve got some fantastic topics and guests already in the can, exploring identity politics, inequality, whether we can mould our kids, alternative medicine, and so much more, with the world’s top experts.We’re also trialing a few new ideas, like splitting each topic into two parts, so that we can r...
2022-08-3000 minPrinciple of CharityReflections with Emile and LloydTo round off Season 2, Principle of Charity producer Jonah Primo talks with hosts Emile Sherman and Lloyd Vogelman, delving into what they’ve learned from the season, whether they’ve changed their minds, how the podcast has evolved and where it goes from here. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Tw...
2022-06-0634 minPrinciple of CharityMeditation vs Psychoanalysis: Which is Better at Reducing Suffering?What do we do with our mental suffering? From everyday anger and disappointments, to life defining moments of grief and pain, we are all dealing with our emotional life, much of which can be challenging. In this episode we are going to explore two great models - meditation and psychoanalysis, to look at what they have in common and how they differ. Meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation, has made its way into the west and permeates so much of society these days. The catchphrase mindfulness has become a mantra for how we’re meant to approach eve...
2022-05-231h 07Principle of CharityDo Criminals Deserve to be Punished?When someone breaks the law, most of us have an instinct that they should be punished. In fact, that they deserve to be punished. At the base of this is a sense that we are morally responsible for our actions and we should get our ‘just deserts’ if we make bad choices. This assumption is deeply encoded in the criminal law itself. Sure, there are other reasons we may want to put criminals behind bars – keeping society safe, deterring others from committing the same crime, even rehabilitation. But deep down lies the instinct of ‘retributio...
2022-05-091h 05Principle of CharityIs More Immigration a Good or Bad Thing?Immigration is such a hot topic. Our borders are, in a sense, our collective skin and the question of who we let in seems to activate our primal instincts. Who comes in can feel and can at times be dangerous. Yet we want new ideas, new brain and brawn-power to fuel our country. A larger population can bring greater economic growth and prosperity. And with fertility rates below replacement level in most wealthy countries, our population will decline without immigration. There’s our sense of identity at stake as well –...
2022-04-251h 07Principle of CharityIs it OK for Storytellers to Appropriate Stories and Characters from Other Cultures? Up until not that long ago, storytellers were encouraged to flex their creative muscles, to look outside themselves, and armed with their imagination as well as a lot of research, to bring to life characters, stories and worlds that they didn’t inhabit themselves, often worlds vastly different to the culture they’ve grown up in. But relatively recently, storytellers have received a huge challenge from the progressive left, a challenge that has now permeated the creative arts. It suggests that entering other cultures, particularly marginalised ones, and telling stories of their people...
2022-04-111h 00Principle of CharityLiberalism vs Conservatism – Which Offers the Better Model for Society?In this episode, we explore the two great movements of the political right - liberalism of the right and conservatism. They are such different political philosophies, yet they share the same bed, uneasily much of the time, in right wing politics. By liberalism, we mean the political philosophy that champions individual rights and freedoms, private property and equality before the law. It’s linked with the rise of democracies and of capitalism, replacing social structures defined by hereditary, class and gender privilege as well as the divine right of kings. Today...
2022-03-281h 03Principle of CharityShould Societies allow Voluntary Euthanasia (aka Voluntary Assisted Dying)?What do we do, as a society, with people who want to die? We’re talking here about those with a terminal illness, who know that the rest of their waking hours will be filled with much pain, and who want to choose when and how to end it. Do we have the right to end our life on our terms, or is life so precious that even we can’t extinguish it? And if we do open the door, what are the potential pitfalls? Could it be used against the vulnerable, manipulating those who fe...
2022-03-141h 10
Movies Inc: The Business of FilmTrust as the Bedrock of the Business with Emile ShermanWe chat to Emile Sherman of Academy Award, BAFTA and Emmy winning See-Saw Films about his 20 years’ worth of experience going from a boots on the ground producer to leading an international film and television production company and the lessons he’s learned along the way. We pick his brain about co-productions, indie film financing, being one of the first companies to transition to cinematic television and the importance of trust in the film business.
2022-03-0250 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight on Principle of Charity with Tim MinchinWhy is it so important to understand other points of view? How do we escape our own bubbles of bias? And when should we stop listening and focus on winning? In this special episode, we shine a light on the ‘Principle of Charity’ itself. We look at what exactly it is and why it’s so important. We then go one layer deeper and ask when it might be problematic or unhelpful to use it. To do all of this, we have the fabulous Tim Minchin. Tim is a renowned musician...
2022-02-281h 11
Principle of CharityShould Business Focus on Social Impact, or Just Stick With Profit?Everyone is talking about “social impact”, or “purpose”, as a way for business to deliver greater good to society. But does having a social purpose actually help society any more than a business just focused on making goods that people want to buy, for profit? Is social impact hollow virtue signaling, a marketing tool to make customers feel warm and fuzzy? Or does it in fact signal a profound shift in our attitude to capitalism, where the common good is finally put first, where it belongs? With a global impact investment market at...
2021-08-091h 05
Principle of CharityWill AI Take Our Jobs, and if so, is that OK?We first touch on the perennial question, whether technological disruption, this time in the form of AI, will ultimately eat our jobs so entirely that there’s no paid work left for us to do. We then take this prospect seriously enough to ask - will that in fact be a good thing? Is paid employment the cornerstone for the good life; rich with purpose, meaning, providing us the reward for our efforts, keeping us out of mischief, and holding society together? OR, is work, in fact, the pain we go...
2021-07-2654 min
Principle of CharityShould We Fight Climate Change or Adapt to it?We are not here to argue whether climate change is real or not. It’s real, and it’s bad. We are here to ask the much edgier question - should we fight or adapt?Our guests include Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia’s leading social researchers, who shifted her entire career to exclusively fight climate change, using her expertise in human behavior to galvanise action.We also have Alan Heeks, a representative of the Deep Adaptation movement, which urges us to accept the catastrophic reality of climate change, and start a process of acc...
2021-07-121h 04
Principle of CharityShould We Put a Dollar Value on Human Life?Leading economist Gigi Foster lets us in on the dirty little secret - our lives have been given a dollar value, and it’s used by governments to make a whole range of decisions, from whether we’re given that life saving medicine, to when to shut down an economy because of a pandemic. Covid19 has let us into this secret room, as we as a society grapple with how much economic pain we should suffer to protect the lives of the elderly and vulnerable. One of Gigi’s most articulate critics, moral philosopher Matt Beard, joins Gigi as we unpa...
2021-06-2857 min
Principle of CharityIs Porn Inherently Demeaning to Women?Media professor and feminist Catharine Lumby sees a role for pornography in a healthy sexual diet, whereas public ethics professor Clive Hamilton has the self-confessed unfashionable view that it’s destructive and demeaning. They’ve clashed in the media, and we bring them together for the first time to see if we can tease out this complex topic, in a conversation that exemplifies the principle of charity. Everyone seems to be looking at pornography but its rarely discussed. 35% of all internet downloads are estimated to be porn-related, and porn sites receive more regula...
2021-06-141h 00
Principle of CharityIs It Moral To Eat Meat?Fat Pig Farm owner and author Matthew Evans and vegan animal advocate Ondine Sherman of Voiceless join us to discuss whether it’s moral to eat meat. How are we to make sense of the incredibly complex topic of meat. First of all, is it right to take a sentient life? What about our evolution, our nature, our culture, and our taste-buds, all powerful forces that drive most of us to eat meat?Each year over 70 billion land animals and a trillion sea animals are killed for food. The vast majo...
2021-06-141h 05
Principle of CharityWhy we are doing this.An Introduction to Principle of Charity and its hosts, Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-06-0904 min
Screen Australia PodcastOfficial Co-Productions: Emile ShermanAustralian producer Emile Sherman shares his insights working on Official Co-productions.
2018-01-3122 min
Australian Screenwriters Podcast27: Rick Kalowski (ABC Head of Comedy)This episode's guest, Rick Kalowski, started his professional career as a lawyer, but turned to screenwriting after his first screenplay got produced, by none other than Emile Sherman. He went on to become the head writer of sketch comedy show Big Bite and also created At Home With Julia; A show so dangerous, it prompted the Labor party to commission a study to prove it wasn't funny. He's now the Head of Comedy at the ABC and in the episode we discuss all facets of this role.
2016-04-2542 min
Between WorldsEmile Sherman on emotional truth, managing creative talent and the future of filmEmile Sherman, the Academy Award-winning producer of ‘The King’s Speech’, is one of the world’s most prolific independent film makers. His other credits include ‘Top Of The Lake’, ‘Tracks’, ‘Shame’, ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ and ‘Macbeth’. I caught up with Emile in his production office in Sydney, where we talked about the power of storytelling, why some ideas resonate with us at a human level, the impact of technology on the TV and film industry, and what business leaders might be able to learn from successful film directors on getting the most out of a team when under creative pressure.
2016-02-0531 min