STREAM
FODI Festival
DATE & TIME
30 AUGUST 2014
LOCATION
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Are some ideas too dangerous to talk about?
With back-to-back talks on punk feminism, national silence and Russia, FODI 2014 refused to shy away from the difficult conversations.
Brain-chewy questions abound at FODI in 2014. Is Russia a penal colony? Are there some authorities we shouldn’t question? How many dangerous ideas can one person have? Are borders relevant in a global context?
Controversial thinkers including Pussy Riot, John Pilger, Sir Salman Rushdie, and Emily Nussbaum challenged ideas and revealed biases. The FODI 2014 program explored what our future holds in this world of shifting borders and alliances.
Catch up
If you missed a talk or want to re-live it, check out the 2014 YouTube playlist. Hit the top left of the media player below to expand into a complete list of available talks on play-back.
Speakers
Pussy Riot
is a Russian feminist punk rock group who were imprisoned for protesting.
John Pilger
is an Australian journalist and BAFTA award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Sir Salman Rushdie
is a Booker Prize winning novelist and essayist.
Emily Nussbaum
is a Pulitzer Prize winning American critic for The New Yorker.
Masha Gessen
is a Russian-American journalist, author and outspoken activist.
Steven Pinker
is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist.
Malcolm Fraser
was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia.
Lydia Cacho
is a Mexican investigative journalist, womens rights, and human rights activist.
Bradley Garrett
is a social and cultural geographer at the University of Sydney.
Alissa Nutting
John Hewson
is a former Australian political leader of the Liberal Party.
Bettina Arndt
is one of Australia’s first sex therapists.
Elizabeth Pisani
is journalist and scientist, specialising in infectious disease epidemiology.
Jane Caro
is an Australian author, journalist, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker.
Glenn Robbins
is an Australian comedian and writer.
Elizabeth Kolbert
Noelle Janaczewska
is a performer and art activist.
Anne Manne
is a writer and social philosopher.
Jaan Tallinn
is a Turkish publisher and Human Rights activist.
Kajsa Ekis Ekiman
is a Swedish journalist, writer, and activist on Women’s rights and Capitalism.
Dan Ilic
is an Australian presenter, comedian and filmmaker.
Tim Flannery
Kay Hymowitz
is an American author who writes on family issues and cultural change.
Francesca Minerva
is an outspoken former Oxford University ethicist.
Mark Latham
is an Australian political commentator and politician.
David Baker
is an American biochemist and computational biologist.
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
is an American philosopher, novelist and public intellectual.
Who is it for?
- THE ACTIVIST
- THE FUTURIST
- THE PROVOCATEUR
What you'll take away
- 01A COMMITMENT TO BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY
- 02BELIEFS CHALLENGES AND BIASES REVEALED
- 03NEW IDEAS ON CURRENT ISSUES
