talkPOPc's Podcast

About talkPOPc's Podcast

talkPOPc (Philosophers' Ontological Party club), is public philosophy + cognitively-engaged art nonprofit founded by Dr. Dena Shottenkirk, who is both a philosopher and an artist. As a topic-based project (we are now on our fourth) talkPOPc sponsors one-to-one conversations between a participant and a philosopher (who always dons our amazing gold African king hat, along with our mascot Puppet!) These conversations are consensus-building conversations and feed back into Shottenkirk's related artworks and published philosophy. The conversations become collaborative acts of making both philosophy and art. Thus, each topic - #1. nominalism, #2. censorship, #3. art as cognition, and #4 power - has three "pillars" the associated artworks, the published philosophy book, and podcast conversations. Various philosophers participate (see our website talkpopc.org for the list of philosophers) and these conversations happen in various places. For example, we go into bars and have one-to-one conversations. We sit down next to the deli counter and hold a conversation with someone who has walked in to get a ham sandwich and walked out knowing so much more about their own thoughts. We go into the MDC prison in Brooklyn and have conversations. We set up in galleries where the artworks and the philosophy are also displayed. And we listen. Here are some of those conversations. Change happens when people talk.

Publisher

Dena Shottenkirk

Category

arts · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Aug 2019

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

167 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Episode #147: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with participant Mal on Art as a Tool of Domination, Sharing Knowledge, and Epistemic Power

   00:10: Intros01:00: What do we think about power? Control - authority - selfishness02:45: Power in Art, Art as a tool instead of domination04:45: Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar 06:30: Power of rebuilding - knowledge sharing and possibility/hope08:45: Art as an expansion mechanism - opening up the world11:45: Empowerment to consider larger perspectives - awareness, curiosity, and seeing the holes in knowledge14:10: Epistemic power - knowledge that can be gained and belief...

2. 

   6 Jul 2026

   Episode #146: Resident Philosopher Lewis Gordon speaks with participant Isaiah on Living Philosophy, Nihilism, Power, and the Nature of Meaning

   Support the show Website: talkpopc.org Instagram: @talkpopc Email: info@talkPOPc.org

3. 

   22 Jun 2026

   Episode #145: Resident Philosopher Lewis Gordon speaks with author James Slater Simmons III on Freedom and Power

   Support the show Website: talkpopc.org Instagram: @talkpopc Email: info@talkPOPc.org

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YouTube views

1,401

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

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Quality

78

Social presence

91

YouTube

68

Engagement

30

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