Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Hosted by Simon Longstaff · Festival of Dangerous Ideas
4.7from 28 ratings
- 128
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 28
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 111K
- YouTube views
About Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Listen to over 10 years of talks presented at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas – Australia's original disruptive ideas festival. FODI brings to light important conversations that push the boundaries of conventional thought, challenging thinking on some of the most persevering and difficult issues of our time. Hear from our festival alumni – the world's best experts, innovative thinkers and mischief makers – as they share provocative ideas and conversations that encourage debate and critical thinking. It's time to get uncomfortable…
- Publisher
- Festival of Dangerous Ideas
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Nov 2018
- Latest episode
- 2 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 128 episodes have a transcript.
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
On Antisemitism (2026) - Ruth Balint, Sarah Schwartz & David Slucki
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rethinking, Thinking About Islam (2026) - Aftab Malik & Simon Longstaff
11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
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On Antisemitism (2026) - Ruth Balint, Sarah Schwartz & David Slucki
Published 2 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Racism, when we support other groups, we're supporting those we see as oppressed and those that we see as victims. So I think it's problematic to just try and level it into a form of racism without also recognising that there are significant differences and it needs to be tackled a little bit differently. But maybe the way I tried to frame it at the beginning, which is where you disregard any attribute of the individual, what they say or do, and you judge them just for belonging to a group, then... That would probably be a common feature where you're talking about, well, if you just look at a person and say, well, because of the colour of their skin or because of their religion or because of their race as a kind of a thing, those things have a common. […]
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- Ruth Balint
- Sarah Schwartz
- David Slucki
- Aftab Malik
- Salman Rushdie
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 111,382
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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