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Principle of Charity

Emile Sherman, Lloyd Vogelman

Are you ready to burst your filter bubble? To hit pause on righteous anger? Principle of Charity injects curiosity and generosity back into difficult conversations, bringing together two exp...

Episodes

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Does Self Reflection Make Us More Miserable? Pt.2 On the Couch

This week, producer and host of The Overexamined Life podcast Jonah Primo, joins host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversa...

32:14Apr 28, 2025

Spotlight 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 y...

40:52Apr 21, 2025

Should We Aim to Be Happy? Pt.2 On the Couch

This week, sleep expert Dr Rubin Naiman, and positive leadership expert Sue Langley, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered...

32:24Mar 31, 2025

Should 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, lon...

53:52Mar 24, 2025

Should We Care About Existential Risk? Pt. 2 On the Couch

This week the Honorable Dr Andrew Leigh MP, and philosopher Peter Singer, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversati...

29:09Mar 4, 2025

Should 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 bioet...

57:10Feb 24, 2025

Spotlight with Tim Minchin: Pt. 2 On the Couch

Do you have to have a dream? Or is incrementalism the answer to leading a flourishing life? This week, creative polymath Tim Minchin, joins...

46:22Feb 3, 2025

Spotlight 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 spotl...

1:15:24Jan 27, 2025

Does Consciousness Survive Death? Pt. 2 On the Couch

This week leading neuroscientist Anil Seth, and spiritual leader and scholar Swami Sarvapriyananda, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch fo...

39:51Dec 16, 2024

Does 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, Sw...

1:12:55Dec 9, 2024

Can Degrowth Save the Planet? Pt. 2 On the Couch

This week economist Gene Tunny and activist-scholar Anitra Nelson join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that...

34:36Nov 4, 2024

Can 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 w...

55:52Oct 28, 2024

Should We Give Up on Journalism? Pt.2 On the Couch

Lloyd meets Annabel on the couch to ask some crunchy questions. Including but not limited to: What makes a good leader? And to what extent i...

22:42Oct 7, 2024

Spotlight 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 sh...

41:14Sep 30, 2024

Is Philanthropy Good for Society? Pt. 2 On the Couch

This week billionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen and philosopher Dr David Blunt join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltere...

24:50Sep 9, 2024

Is 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 pit...

55:58Sep 2, 2024

Do We Still Need Books? Pt. 2 On the Couch

Do books have a future in the new digital world order? And can we engage productively with problematic cultural content? This week luminary...

33:44Aug 12, 2024

Do 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...

54:24Aug 5, 2024

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0:36Jul 8, 2024

Are Jews White? Pt. 2 On the Couch

With David Baddiel and Simon Sebag Montefiore. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, t...

18:46Apr 1, 2024