Big stories and dangerous ideas sometimes can come our way because someone had an idea, and sat down and thought about it. But some important stories, can only be found in forbidding environments and with dangerous consequences. For Lydia Cacho, death threats have been the result of her reporting on violence against women in Mexico. Outspoken journalist Masha Gessen left Russia when changes to Russian law meant that her children might be taken away because she was gay. Climbing London’s tallest buildings to chronicle urban exploration has seen Bradley Garrett arrested for his place-hacking efforts. For our panel of speakers, to pursue their dangerous ideas, living dangerously has been part of everyday life.

Lydia Cacho is an award-winning investigative journalist, writer and activist, and is the author of Slavery Inc.: The untold story of international sex trafficking.

Bradley Garrett is an American researcher, explorer and social/cultural geographer at the University of Oxford and the author of Explore Everything: Place-hacking the city.

Masha Gessen is a Russian journalist and the author of a biography of Vladimir Putin, The Man Without a Face and Words Will Break Cement: The passion of Pussy Riot.

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