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 host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity. Tim Minchin In 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 Dragon ’s Milly Alcock), and a screen actor, (Atticus Fetch in Californication , Friar Tuck in Robin Hood 2014, Darius Cracksworth in Disney's The Artful Dodger ). He is a public speaker, and a book of his commencement speeches, You Don’t Have to Have a Dream , was recently published by Penguin Random House. Stage roles include his acclaimed Judas in the 2014 UK / Australian Arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar , and Rosencrantz in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead . He is a voice actor, has published two children's books and a graphic novel, and sometimes get into trouble for criticising fundamentalists of all stripes. His 2020 studio album, Apart Together , peaked at on the ARIA charts. Among many accolades, he has won two Olivier Awards for Best Musical, a British Composers Award for Best Score, a Logie for Best Supporting Actor, an ACTAA for best TV comedy performance, an Edinburgh Comedy Award for best Newcomer, a Whats On Stage Award for Best Actor in a Musical, The Richard Dawkins Award for Science Communication, and an Order of Australia for Services to the Arts and the Community. He has been nominated for some Tonys and a Grammy. CREDITS Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman This podcast is proud to partner with The Ethics Centre Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and X This podcast is produced by Jonah Primo and Sabrina Organo Find Jonah at jonahprimo.com or @JonahPrimo on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Spotlight with Tim Minchin: Pt. 2 On the Couch is an episode from Principle of Charity by Emile Sherman, Lloyd Vogelman.

This episode is 46:22 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2025.

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