Don't Trust the Scientists (2016) | Tim Flannery, Alok Jha, Natasha Mitchell & Lee Vinsel
In our current state of the world, are scientists the new gods? Do we increasingly rely on science to solve our problems, and are we stretching the sc...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
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Listen to talks presented at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas – the original disruptive festival. FODI features a line-up of leading experts from around the world, who bring bold ideas to complex issues. The festival seeks to challenge orthodox opinion, interrogate accepted truths, break through filter bubbles, and promote healthy and vibrant civil debate.
Nanny State (2015) | Chris Berg
If we don’t think our fellow citizens are capable of making the right choices about what they eat and drink, why do we think they are capable of votin...
A Killer Can Be a Good Neighbour (2013) | Erwin James
When someone commits a crime, we want them punished. If wrongdoers go to prison more often and for longer, everyone seems happy. But we live in a syst...
Gender Doesn't Matter (2016) | Jesse Bering, Raewyn Connell Cordelia Fine & Elizabeth Anne Riley
With more people coming out as gender fluid, transitioning or on a spectrum of gender identity, it's clear the biological constraints of gender today ...
Satyajit Das (2016) | The Bill Is Due
Today the human race faces existential challenges. Our prosperity has been built on unsustainable economic and environmental practices — but our socia...
Lionel Shriver (2016) | Break A Rule A Day
When you're on a bicycle at a red light with no car or pedestrian in sight, do you still wait for the green? Do you obey every single law? Surely fear...
Little Bad Thing Trailer
If you've been enjoying our deep dive festival sessions you might want to check out bite sized conundrums in Little Bad Thing, the new podcast from Th...
The End Of The World As We Know It (2014) | Tim Flannery, Elizabeth Kolbert, Steven Pinker & Jaan Tallinn
What does the future hold? A reign of world peace with stunning medical breakthroughs conquering death, illness and disease? Or a world where human be...
Helen Joyce (2015) | The Right To Die
Why is the right to doctor-assisted dying supported by so many and legal for so few? Helen Joyce became international editor of The Economist in Jan...
Edward Snowden (2020) | Surveillance States
Edward Snowden has been condemned as a traitor and celebrated as a patriot. In his mind, he is simply a man of good conscience who has followed in the...