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Sat Sun
Art Participate Talks
Sat 17 September 7:15pm
Beyond The Gender Binary
There is so much more than male and female, and you’re only limited by your imagination.
Alok Vaid-Menon
Sun 18 September 4:00pm
F = Fail
If we have failed to learn from history in our attempts to make a better world, can we retake the test?
Adam Tooze
Sat 17 September 1:00pm
Unmasking Facebook
Blowing the whistle on Facebook.
Frances Haugen
Sun 18 September 6:00pm
Enlightenment or Dark Age?
Is progress threatened by the urge to burn it all down?
Steven Pinker
Sun 18 September 12:00pm
American Decadence
What if America has gone too far into decline to come back?
Nick Bryant, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Adam Tooze
Sun 18 September 2:00pm
World Without Rape
Why is rape and its use in war, the home and society such an enduring part of history and modern life?
Joanna Bourke, Jess Hill, Saxon Mullins, Bronwyn Penrith
Sat 17 September 3:00pm
Caught In A Web
Where does the internet stop and our human selves begin?
Kevin Roose
Sat 17 September 5:00pm
The Return Of The Strongman
How authoritarian demagogues rise, why they succeed and how they fall.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Sun 18 September 11:00am
Drawing Truth To Power
For cartoonists trapped between censorship and cancellation, what is there still left to draw?
Badiucao, Cathy Wilcox
Sun 18 September 11:00am
Words Are Weapons
Explaining colonisation to the colonisers.
Claire G. Coleman
Sun 18 September 3:00pm
Contempt is Corroding Democracy: The Minefield LIVE
Waleed Aly, Karen Jones, Scott Stephens
Sun 18 September 1:00pm
Just Be Evil
Is woke capitalism the next step towards a better world, or a form of dangerous hypocrisy that threatens democracy? 
Frances Haugen, Scott Hargreaves, Carl Rhodes
Sun 18 September 5:00pm
Join The Rebellion
Is it time for humans to save themselves?
Jane Caro, Yasmin Poole, Kevin Roose, Alok Vaid-Menon
Sun 18 September 1:00pm
Unthinkable
Forget slow progress, fast track your understanding with a different perspective in these illuminating bite size talks.
Felix Aplin, Kate Faasse, Tema Milstein, Adam Bayes, Lucas Lixinski
Sun 18 September 3:00pm
Stealing Culture
When does our expression go from homage to appropriation to downright theft?
Corrie Chen, Coby Edgar, Luara Ferracioli
Sat 17 September 11:00am
On Blowing Things Up
Hot-blooded, unpredictable and often startlingly candid, meet Senator Lambie.
Jacqui Lambie
Sat 17 September 6:00pm
Secretive Australia: A Rational fear LIVE
A fast-paced comedy panel that could see everyone involved going to jail.
Damien Cave, David McBride, Kate McClymont, Amber Schultz
Sat 17 September 4:00pm
Expendable Australians
If an Australian passport does not protect you, what are you owed by your government?
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Ian Kemish, Sangeetha Pillai
Sat 17 September 2:00pm
Precious White Lives
On the enduring preciousness of white life in the face of the precarity of Black lives.
Sisonke Msimang
Sat 17 September 2:00pm
The Crime Paradox
The data on crime, the inmate numbers and our obsession with crime stories do not add up – why?
Wenlei Ma, Kate McClymont, Don Weatherburn
Sat 17 September 12:00pm
The Last Taboo
What does ‘loving animals’ mean?
Joanna Bourke
Sat 17 September 12:00pm
Fresh Blood
Five emerging thought leaders embark on a journey to save our future with fresh insights to intractable problems.
Aaron Eger, Jack Hamilton, Felicity-Tram Tu, Cheyenne Bardos, Isabelle Volpe
Sat 17 September 6:00pm
My Greatest Period Ever
Don’t just go with the flow – you can use the menstrual cycle to improve your life by harnessing the power of the period.
Lucy Peach
Multiple sessions
Truthmachine
Will you tell the truth or will the machine catch you lying?
Counterpilot
Sat 17 September 4:00pm
Harmful Thoughts
There is a window for effective child sexual abuse prevention, if we are not too scared to seize it.
Jayne Crossling, Emma A. Jane, Georgia Naldrett
Free // Multiple sessions
Circle Of Chairs
Unpick modern life’s most dangerous ethical dilemmas, together.
Tim Dean, Kelly Hamilton, Simon Longstaff, Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky
Free // Enter the raffle in-person at FODI
Whole Glory
No consultation and it’s permanent. Would you get a tattoo by putting your limb in a hole in the wall and letting the artist do what they want?
Scott Campbell
Free
MURUNY/breathe
The complex continuing history and relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples is breathed into life.
Brook Andrew
Free // Multiple Sessions
Tipping Point
Improvised extreme physicality taking both performers and audiences to the very edge.
Legs On The Wall
Free entry
Consume
Consume, commune, converse, create controversy and have a cuppa at FODI’s outdoor gathering space.
Charlie Villas, Jack Shit, Mike McEnearney
Free entry
Kitchen by Mike
Kitchen by Mike brings to FODI expert culinary talents and community approach to food.
Mike McEnearney
Free entry
Dangerous books
FODI partners with Gleebooks to present speaker and artist book sales and signings.
Waleed Aly
Contempt is Corroding Democracy: The Minefield LIVE
Brook Andrew
MURUNY/breathe
Felix Aplin
Unthinkable
Badiucao
Drawing Truth To Power
Cheyenne Bardos
Fresh Blood
Adam Bayes
Unthinkable
Nick Bryant
American Decadence
Scott Campbell
Whole Glory
Jane Caro
Join The Rebellion
Damien Cave
Secretive Australia: A Rational fear LIVE
Corrie Chen
Stealing Culture
Claire G. Coleman
Words Are Weapons
Counterpilot
Truthmachine
Jayne Crossling
Harmful Thoughts
Tim Dean
Circle Of Chairs
Coby Edgar
Stealing Culture
Aaron Eger
Fresh Blood
Kate Faasse
Unthinkable
Felicity-Tram Tu
Fresh Blood
Luara Ferracioli
Stealing Culture
Jack Hamilton
Fresh Blood
Kelly Hamilton
Circle Of Chairs
Scott Hargreaves
Just Be Evil
Jess Hill
World Without Rape
Emma A. Jane
Harmful Thoughts
Karen Jones
Contempt is Corroding Democracy: The Minefield LIVE
Ian Kemish
Expendable Australians
Jacqui Lambie
On Blowing Things Up
Lucas Lixinski
Unthinkable
Wenlei Ma
The Crime Paradox
David McBride
Secretive Australia: A Rational fear LIVE
Mike McEnearney
Tema Milstein
Unthinkable
Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Expendable Australians
Saxon Mullins
World Without Rape
Georgia Naldrett
Harmful Thoughts
Legs On The Wall
Tipping Point
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky
Circle Of Chairs
Lucy Peach
My Greatest Period Ever
Bronwyn Penrith
World Without Rape
Sangeetha Pillai
Expendable Australians
Steven Pinker
Enlightenment or Dark Age?
Carl Rhodes
Just Be Evil
Amber Schultz
Secretive Australia: A Rational fear LIVE
Jack Shit
Consume
Scott Stephens
Contempt is Corroding Democracy: The Minefield LIVE
Charlie Villas
Consume
Isabelle Volpe
Fresh Blood
Don Weatherburn
The Crime Paradox
Cathy Wilcox
Drawing Truth To Power
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