Festival of Dangerous Ideas
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Festival of Dangerous Ideas is a society podcast hosted by Festival of Dangerous Ideas. It has 122 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Listen to over 10 years of talks presented at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas – Australia's original disruptive ideas festival. FODI brings to light important conversations that push the boundaries of conventional thought, challenging thinking on some of the most persevering and difficult issues of our time. Hear from our festival alumni – the world's best experts, innovative thinkers and mischief makers – as they share provocative ideas and conversations that encourage debate and critical thinking. It's time to get uncomfortable…
society ·en ·122 episodes
Salman Rushdie (2014) - Freedom to Write
A message from Stephen Fry
Roxane Gay (2024) - How to Have Dangerous Ideas
The Anatomy of Evil (2024) - Stan Grant & Simon Longstaff
John N. Friedman (2024) - The Fading Dream
Todd Fernando (2024) - The Next Frontier
Saree Makdisi (2024) - Tolerance is a Wasteland
David Baddiel (2024) - The God Desire
Coleman Hughes & Josh Szeps (2024) - A Colourblind Society
Jen Gunter (2024) - Lifting the Curse
The Pitchforks are Coming (2024) - Myra Hamilton, Carl Rhodes & Jordan van den Berg
Speaking Bluntly (2024) - Antoinette Lattouf, Andy Mills & Josh Szeps
David Runciman (2024) - Votes for 6 year olds
Counterfeit People (2024) - Lizzie O'Shea, Patrick Stokes & Emily van der Nagel
Ending the 'Tyranny' of Pregnancy (2024) - Luara Ferracioli, Brigitte Gerstl, Mianna Lotz & Kathryn MacKay
Uncancelled Culture (2024) - David Baddiel, Roxane Gay, Andy Mills, Megan Phelps-Roper & Tim Dean
Democracy is Not Worth Dying for (2024) - Geraldine Doogue, Masha Gessen, Paul Ham & David Runciman
Jem Bendell (2024) - Breaking Together
Contagious Realities (2024) - Alice Dawkins, Natasha Mitchell, Sandersan Onie, Jean Twenge & Sonny Jane Wise
Positive Masculinity (2024) - Monty Badami, Tarang Chawla, Michael Flood & Anna Krien
Masha Gessen (2024) - The War of the Narratives
Art is Always Political (2024) - Louise Adler, Brook Garru Andrew, Violette Ayad, Gil Beckwith, Simon Longstaff & Emile Sherman
Wrecking the World Order (2024) - Matt Bevan, Avani Dias, Cheng Lei, Hamish Macdonald & Johanna Weaver
Tariq Ali (2015) | The Twilight of Democracy
Dennis Glover (2015) | Winners and Losers
Molly Crabapple (2016) | From the frontline
Expendable Australians (2022) | Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Peter Greste, Ian Kemish & Sangeetha Pillai
Drawing Truth to Power (2022) | Badiucao, Dan Ilic & Cathy Wilcox
Steven Pinker (2022) | Enlightenment or Dark Age?
Harmful Thoughts (2022) | Jayne Crossling, Emma A. Jane, Georgia Naldrett & Michael Salter
Stealing Culture (2022) | Daniel Browning, Corrie Chen, Coby Edgar & Luara Ferracioli
Claire G. Coleman (2022) | Words are Weapons
Just Be Evil (2022) | Frances Haugen, Scott Hargreaves, Sam Mostyn & Carl Rhodes
Joanna Bourke (2022) | The Last Taboo
Frances Haugen (2022) | Unmasking Facebook
Join the Rebellion (2022) | Jane Caro, Osher Günsberg, Yasmin Poole, Kevin Roose & Alok Vaid-Menon
World Without Rape (2022) | Joanna Bourke, Jess Hill, Sisonke Msimang, Saxon Mullins & Bronwyn Penrith
The Crime Paradox (2022) | Wenlei Ma, Kate McClymont, Ann Mossop & Don Weatherburn
Sisonke Msimang (2022) | Precious White Lives
Kevin Roose (2022) | Caught in a web
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (2022) | Return of the Strongman
American Decadence (2022) | Nick Bryant, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Geraldine Doogue & Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze (2022) | F=Fail
Jacqui Lambie (2022) | On Blowing Things Up
Masha Gessen & Tom Switzer (2014) | Putin
Jesse Bering (2012) | We Are All Sexual Perverts
FODI: The In-Between | 08.5 | Endtropy | B-Side
FODI: The In-Between | 08 | Waleed Aly & Naomi Klein | Our entanglements have been exposed
FODI: The In-Between | 07.5 | Revivification | B-Side
FODI: The In-Between | 07 | S. Matthew Liao & John Rasko | Immortality, fraud and the future of the human species
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