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Paying tribute to Sam Neill, and a T-Rex could set T-records

Tuesday, 14 July: Paying tribute to Sam Neill, a deadly fire in Bangkok, bidding au revoir to paper arrivals cards and a T-Rex could set T-records... SPONSORED: Find out more about the ⁠Festival of Dangerous Ideas here. SPONSORED: Try Claude at claude.ai. You can fill out our Squiz audience …

July 26, 2026 - The Truth About Our World and Its Message - Pastor Paul Vallee

“In his provocatively titled book From Darwin to Hitler, historian Richard Weikart examines the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on the ethics and morality of social thinkers in Nazi Germany. Believing that Darwinism had overturned any sense of the sanctity of human life, an evolutionary ‘fitness…

Who decided AI was inevitable?

Cory Doctorow is the author and tech critic who brought us the term ‘enshittification’ – which refers to the gradual decline in the quality of digital platforms and services over time. Now he’s warning that what we’ve been led to believe is the inevitable march of AI towards world domination isn’t…

Maria Ressa on journalism, the new internet, and AI ‘strip-mining our humanity’

Maria Ressa is one of the most celebrated journalists in the world. Born in Manila in 1963, she moved with her family to the US, studying at Princeton University before returning to the Philippines to forge a career covering the growth of terrorism in South East Asia. In 2012, she co-founded online…

Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2026 program on sale now

Festival of Dangerous Ideas is back this August – and bigger than ever. 10 days. 14 iconic Sydney venues. 20 international guests. 115 sessions. We've gathered the world's most compelling thinkers, artists and provocateurs for ten days of talks, films, art, excursions and world-premiere commissione…

Festival of Dangerous Ideas returns in 2026

Festival of Dangerous Ideas is back this August – and bigger than ever. 10 days. 14 iconic Sydney venues. 20 international guests. 115 sessions. We've gathered the world's most compelling thinkers, artists and provocateurs for ten days of talks, films, art, excursions and world-premiere commissione…

The Heart Behind the Work: Kent Dueck on Calling, Community, and Courage

Send us Fan Mail In a role reversal, Jennifer Brisson takes over the microphone to interview Dangerous Ideas for Social Change host Kent Dueck. The conversation explores the personal experiences, faith, loss, and convictions that shaped Kent's decades-long commitment to Winnipeg's inner city. Suppo…

Big Tech, Enshittification & Why AI Isn’t Inevitable, With Tech Journalist Cory Doctorow

Why the AI bubble is bound to burst, the influence of Big Tech and the concept of ‘enshittification’ with tech journalist Cory Doctorow. In today’s episode of Culture Club Chats, we sit down with Canadian-British author, activist, journalist and blogger Cory Doctorow. Cory’s work at the intersect…

Dangerous Ideas: Reflecting on FODI 2026

Fresh from a huge weekend at Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas, we take you behind the scenes of the talks, performances and conversations that stayed with us long after leaving Carriageworks. We unpack one particularly confronting moment inside Mark Haslam’s FAKE, which opened up a conversation…

Mario Rewers and Paul Stob on How Debating Dangerous Ideas Leads to Student Success

How can colleges and universities design courses that foster constructive debate on controversial topics? What strategies effectively build psychological safety while encouraging students to engage with opposing viewpoints? How does practicing civil discourse prepare students and build skills to na…