Bangkok Creative Underground

You know that thing you can't shut up about? Good. Don't.
Anti-TED Talk Night is exactly what it sounds like. No big stage, no headset mic, no life-changing insights required. Just ten minutes, you, and the subject you love beyond all reason. The history of a sandwich. Why a certain typeface ruined your life. The native cheeses of southern Bosnia. If you can gush about it, you can present it.

No expertise required, and honestly, no slides required either, though we won't stop you if you've got them. Passion beats polish here every time. The only rule is that you actually care about your topic, because that's the part that's contagious.

And if you don't want to present? Come anyway. You'll walk in knowing nothing about competitive snail racing or Ottoman postal routes and walk out a slightly stranger, slightly richer person. That's the deal.

Ten minutes. One obsession. Zero TED.

Every week we take on one topic, chosen by the community. We'll talk it through as a group first, no lecture, no expert at the front of the room, just a real conversation where everyone's take shapes the night. The discussion isn't a warm-up to the writing. It's the fuel for it.

Then we write. Two short sessions, pen moving in the moment, working from whatever the conversation stirred up in you. You won't have time to overthink it, and that's the gift. The work that comes out when you can't second-guess yourself is often the most honest thing you'll write all week.

After that, we share. Reading your words out loud to a room is its own kind of brave, and nobody here takes that lightly. We listen, we respond, we hold space for what each of us made.

Come as a writer or as someone who just wants a kickstart. Bring a notebook or a laptop, bring your curiosity, and bring a willingness to go somewhere real, because we're going deep into ourselves, our emotions, and our books.

This week's topic: Beginnings (for obvious reasons)

You know that thing you can't shut up about? Good. Don't.
Anti-TED Talk Night is exactly what it sounds like. No big stage, no headset mic, no life-changing insights required. Just ten minutes, you, and the subject you love beyond all reason. The history of a sandwich. Why a certain typeface ruined your life. The native cheeses of southern Bosnia. If you can gush about it, you can present it.

No expertise required, and honestly, no slides required either, though we won't stop you if you've got them. Passion beats polish here every time. The only rule is that you actually care about your topic, because that's the part that's contagious.

And if you don't want to present? Come anyway. You'll walk in knowing nothing about competitive snail racing or Ottoman postal routes and walk out a slightly stranger, slightly richer person. That's the deal.

Ten minutes. One obsession. Zero TED.