Can great TV & movies help us overcome political polarisation? Is being creative the same as being open-minded? Why are artists sometimes blinkered?



Emile Sherman is the Academy Award-winning producer of Heartstopper, Slow Horses, The King’s Speech, Top of the Lake, The Power of the Dog, Anthony Hopkins' latest film, One Life, and much more.



His new podcast, The Sandbox, interviews the key creatives behind his biggest shows and films about their creative process. His other podcast is Principle of Charity



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Can great TV &amp; movies help us overcome political polarisation? Is being creative the same as being open-minded? Why are artists sometimes blinkered?
 
Emile Sherman is the Academy Award-winning producer of Heartstopper, Slow Horses, The King’s Speech, Top of the Lake, The Power of the Dog, Anthony Hopkins' latest film, One Life, and much more.
 
His new podcast, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4n398zoMsttjluFMS2YfWG?si=14aa1b9658f246ea">The Sandbox</a>, interviews the key creatives behind his biggest shows and films about their creative process. His other podcast is <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5SUoY4YgAJp5s7R4wdca7n?si=f2c9ca1723124c7a">Principle of Charity</a>
 
If you’re on the free Uncomfortable Conversations podcast then this is a delightful twenty-odd-minute preview of the full conversation. Or enjoy the ninety-minute-plus intellectual adventure in all its Oscar-worthy glory by scoring your own primo podcast feed at <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe" data-inline-card="" data-card-data="">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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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. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps.

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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. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps.
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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

“Oscar-Winning Creativity” with Emile Sherman

Andy is the producer The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling and previously of the New York Times' groundbreaking podcast The Daily.



During the riots and racial reckoning after the killing of George Floyd, newsrooms were roiled by existential questions: Should journalists be activists? Do white male journalists hide behind "objectivity" to impose their bias? Do they get coddled by media companies who hide their misdeeds, or do they suffer extra scrutiny as targets for the social-justice mob?



Andy was in the eye of the storm. He'd been snapped up by the world's most powerful newspaper to grow its audio division, co-creating The Daily and other celebrated podcasts like Caliphate and Rabbit Hole.



Then, in a life-altering cancel-culture frenzy, he lost it all.



Andy is in Sydney for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, where he and Josh spoke together on a panel, "Speaking Bluntly: Identity politics in journalism". He stopped by the Uncomfortable Conversations studios to share his incredible tale, warts and all.


Andy's new podcast is Reflector.



This full conversation is 2h14m long. To hear it in all its glory, and to get more thought-provoking, ad-free episodes, hit the Substack page athttps://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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Andy is the producer The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling and previously of the New York Times' groundbreaking podcast The Daily.
 
During the riots and racial reckoning after the killing of George Floyd, newsrooms were roiled by existential questions: Should journalists be activists? Do white male journalists hide behind "objectivity" to impose their bias? Do they get coddled by media companies who hide their misdeeds, or do they suffer extra scrutiny as targets for the social-justice mob?
 
Andy was in the eye of the storm. He'd been snapped up by the world's most powerful newspaper to grow its audio division, co-creating The Daily and other celebrated podcasts like Caliphate and Rabbit Hole.
 
Then, in a life-altering cancel-culture frenzy, he lost it all.
 
Andy is in Sydney for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, where he and Josh spoke together on a panel, "Speaking Bluntly: Identity politics in journalism". He stopped by the Uncomfortable Conversations studios to share his incredible tale, warts and all.
 Andy's new podcast is Reflector.
 
This full conversation is 2h14m long. To hear it in all its glory, and to get more thought-provoking, ad-free episodes, hit the Substack page at <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe" data-inline-card="" data-card-data="">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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“Cancel Culture at the NY Times” with Andy Mills

What should you make of comparisons between the present day and the 1930s? Is the greatest risk that we're sliding towards Nazi-style fascism? Or that we're being drawn into a civil war where half the country are villains?



Dennis Glover has a PhD in History from King’s College Cambridge and works as a professional speechwriter and author. He has written policy and speeches for many of Australia's most influential left-wing politicians including Julia Gillard and Kim Beazley.



He's the author of The Art of Great Speeches, Orwell’s Australia, An Economy is Not a Society, and The Last Man in Europe, a novel about George Orwell.



His new book is "Repeat: A Warning from History". 



To get more content like this and to join in the fun of the Uncomfy Convos multiverse, hit the Substack page athttps://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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What should you make of comparisons between the present day and the 1930s? Is the greatest risk that we're sliding towards Nazi-style fascism? Or that we're being drawn into a civil war where half the country are villains?
 
Dennis Glover has a PhD in History from King’s College Cambridge and works as a professional speechwriter and author. He has written policy and speeches for many of Australia's most influential left-wing politicians including Julia Gillard and Kim Beazley.
 
He's the author of The Art of Great Speeches, Orwell’s Australia, An Economy is Not a Society, and The Last Man in Europe, a novel about George Orwell.
 
His new book is "Repeat: A Warning from History". 
 
To get more content like this and to join in the fun of the Uncomfy Convos multiverse, hit the Substack page at <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe" data-inline-card="" data-card-data="">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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"Trump = Hitler?" with Dennis Glover

Two of the internet’s most intellectual contrarians sit down in a park with Josh. Magic ensues.



Jesse is among the world's most astute analysts of internet nonsense. He became a lightning rod when his 2018 Atlantic cover story was the first deeply reported mainstream article to question child transgender medicine.



His punishment was swift and severe, driving him into the netherworld of Podcastistan where his hit show with Katie Herzog, Blocked and Reported, analyses the pieties and group think of internet tribes. His own Substack is here.



Today's other guest is the most articulate, clear-headed contemporary thinker on race and social justice, tribalism and civil rights. He's been on The View, Real Time with Bill Maher and Joe Rogan. He's triggered a backlash from social justice warriors at the Ted conference with a Ted speech that transgressed racial taboos by calling for colourblind equality. His podcast is Conversations with Coleman and his Substack is here.



This episode is the audio of a YouTube video shot in New York City in early spring. Check it out here. It’s cool. (Oh, and subscribe to the YouTube channel, silly.)



Get tickets to see me and Coleman live in Melbourne here or at the festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney here.



For more, hit the Substack page athttps://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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Two of the internet’s most intellectual contrarians sit down in a park with Josh. Magic ensues.
 
Jesse is among the world's most astute analysts of internet nonsense. He became a lightning rod when his 2018 Atlantic cover story was the first deeply reported mainstream article to question child transgender medicine.
 
His punishment was swift and severe, driving him into the netherworld of Podcastistan where his hit show with Katie Herzog, <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org/">Blocked and Reported</a>, analyses the pieties and group think of internet tribes. His own Substack is <a href="https://substack.com/@blockedandreported">here</a>.
 
Today's other guest is the most articulate, clear-headed contemporary thinker on race and social justice, tribalism and civil rights. He's been on The View, Real Time with Bill Maher and Joe Rogan. He's triggered a backlash from social justice warriors at the Ted conference with a Ted speech that transgressed racial taboos by calling for colourblind equality. His podcast is <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/conversations-with-coleman/id1716338488">Conversations with Coleman</a> and his Substack is <a href="https://colemanhughes.substack.com/about">here</a>.
 
This episode is the audio of a YouTube video shot in New York City in early spring. Check it out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JoshSzeps_">here</a>. It’s cool. (Oh, and subscribe to the YouTube channel, silly.)
 
Get tickets to see me and Coleman live in Melbourne <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/uncomfortable-conversations-live-with-coleman-hughes-and-josh-szeps-melbourne-28-08-2024/event/130060E1D02C314C">here</a> or at the festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney <a href="https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/a-colourblind-society-uncomfortable-conversations/">here</a>.
 
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