We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation - the custodians of the country in which we meet - and acknowledge their Elders, past and present.
2024 Program
FODI’s line-up of speakers and artists appearing live and unfiltered at Festival precinct Carriageworks, Sydney, with special events at the State Library of NSW and UNSW Sydney.
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Sun 25 August 2:45pm
Selling Fast
Uncancelled Culture
Embracing public forgiveness.
Sat 24 August 6:30pm
The Witch Trials
The revelations and unanswered questions.
Sat 24 August 10:15am
The Machines Killing Our Kids
Teenage depression and suicide are way up — and so is smartphone use.
Sun 25 August 6:45pm
The God Desire
An atheist understanding of religion. The John Caldon Provocation.
Sat 24 August 5:30pm
Votes for 6 year olds: The Hitch
The generational divide is deforming democracy. But there is a solution.
Sun 25 August 10:45am
Selling Fast
Democracy is Not Worth Dying For
Perhaps the price of democracy is too steep.
Sun 25 August 12:45pm
Tolerance is a Wasteland
Palestine and the culture of denial.
Sat 24 August 12:30pm
Selling Fast
How to Have Dangerous Ideas
What does it take to be a serial dissenter in the age of tribal warfare? // THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT IN PERSON //
Sun 25 August 5:45pm
The Next Frontier
Are we ready for Indigenous excellence?
Sat 24 August 7:45pm
Sold Out
The Last Supper
A dinner party you won’t forget.
Sat 24 August 2:30pm
Selling Fast
The War of the Narratives
The trouble with memory.
Sun 25 August 4:45pm
A Colourblind Society: Uncomfortable Conversations
Are we too focused on race?
Sun 25 August 11:45am
Selling Fast
Lifting the Curse
Myths, misogyny, and women’s health.
Sat 24 August 11:30am
Sold Out
Wrecking the World Order
How a new breed of world leaders are upending everything.
Keep Your Head Up
A live ‘jailbreak’ experiment.
Sun 25 August 5:45pm
Selling Fast
Absolutely Justified
The dangers of believing the story.
Sun 25 August 1:45pm
Selling Fast
Contagious Realities
How do we know if a diagnosis is real?
Sun 25 August 3:45pm
Breaking Together
A primer for crisis.
Sun 25 August 1:45pm
Selling Fast
The Case for Not Having Children
Why having kids dooms them to suffer.
Sat 24 August 3:30pm
Selling Fast
The Fading Dream
Social mobility is dying with only half of children in the US today growing up to earn more than their parents.
Sun 25 August 3:45pm
Selling Fast
The Pitchforks Are Coming
Why the 1% should be afraid.
Sun 25 August 11:45am
Selling Fast
Counterfeit People
Unveiling our fragmented online identities.
Sat 24 August 1:30pm
Sold Out
Australia is Breaking: The Minefield
Navigating eroding social cohesion.
Tue 27 August 6:30pm
The Generation Gulf
Accelerating individualism – the generational divide. A special presentation at UNSW Roundhouse.
Sat 24 August 4:30pm
Selling Fast
Positive Masculinity
In this ‘crisis of masculinity’ it’s toxic attitudes that are most dangerous.
Sat 24 August 3:30pm
Selling Fast
Speaking Bluntly
Identity politics in journalism.
Sun 25 August 11:45am
Sold Out
The End of Protesting
What actions actually make real change?
Sat 24 August 11:30am
Sold Out
Anatomy of Evil
A meditation on genocide.
Sat 24 August 1:30pm
Ending the 'Tyranny' of Pregnancy
Decoding birth: Navigating artificial and transplanted Wombs.
Sat 24 August 11:30am
Selling Fast
The Inhuman Condition
Dangerous Ideas in a challenging world from UNSW’s brightest minds.
Sun 25 August 1:45pm
Sold Out
Art is Always Political
How the culture wars are affecting our pages and stages.
Sold Out
Circle Of Chairs
Unpick modern life’s most dangerous ethical dilemmas, together.
Sold Out
TAPE
An epic installation where danger and sanctuary collide.
Divinations in Transit
A surrealist sojourn into mortal musings.
Sold Out
Stacks of Danger: State Library NSW Tour
A thrilling and shocking treasure hunt awaits. Curators Sarah Morley & Margot Riley will be your guides.
DANGEROUS BOOKS X GLEEBOOKS
Where you can buy not (yet) banned books.
YOUR SANCTUARY SPACES
Nourish your senses.
Marian Abboud [AUS]
Louise Adler
Waleed Aly
Violette Ayad
David Baddiel [UK]
Gil Beckwith
David Benatar [STH. AFRICA]
Jem Bendell [INDO/UK]
Meredith Burgmann
Tarang Chawla
Cohab Coffee
Ed Coper
Alice Dawkins
Tim Dean
Avani Dias
Megan Evans
Todd Fernando
Luara Ferracioli
Daniel Finlay
Michael Flood
John N. Friedman [USA]
Brook Garru Andrew
Roxane Gay [USA]
Brigitte Gerstl
Masha Gessen [RUSSIA/USA]
Bronwyn Graham
Stan Grant
Declan Greene
Jen Gunter [USA]
Paul Ham
Myra Hamilton
Coleman Hughes [USA]
Sonny Jane Wise
Sam Koslowski
Anna Krien
Antoinette Lattouf
Cheng Lei
Simon Longstaff
Mianna Lotz
Kosta Lucas
Hamish Macdonald
Saree Makdisi [USA]
Andy Mills [USA]
Sarah Morley
Numen / For Use [AUSTRIA/CROATIA]
Lizzie O'Shea
Sandersan Onie
Bronwyn Penrith
Megan Phelps-Roper [USA]
Carl Rhodes
Michael Richardson
Margot Riley
David Runciman [UK]
Emile Sherman
Scott Stephens
Patrick Stokes
Josh Szeps
Jean Twenge [USA]
Vicki Van Hout [AUS]
Charlie Villas
Toby Walsh
Stephanie Ward
Johanna Weaver
Kitchen by Mike
re:group performance collective [AUS]
Jordan van den Berg
Emily van der Nagel
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