What's the Point.

About What's the Point.

In this series, Shantell Martin engages in candid conversations with Artists and creatives from diverse backgrounds, exploring their motivations, inspirations, and the deeper meanings behind their work. What's the Point of it all.

Publisher

Shantell Martin.

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 May 2024

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Episode 41: Susan Schwalb

   Our guest is Susan Schwalb, a New York artist who's spent many years reviving and reinventing metal point, an almost forgotten drawing technique using styluses of silver, gold, and copper. She's based in New York, Her could be described as serene, geometric abstractions that ask you to just slow down.

2. 

   2 Jul 2026

   Episode 40: Sophia Wallace

   ...

3. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Episode 39: Gustavo Luz Sousa

   Join Shantell Martin as she sits down with artist Gustavo Luz Sousa. Together, they discuss Gustavo’s journey from Brazil to the world of advertising, exploring how art served as a vital childhood outlet for him, the quiet potential of unfinished works in a studio, and so much more.

Who has been a guest on What's the Point.

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Greg Ito
• Laura Rule
• Aja Monet
• Terrell Tilford

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

905,099

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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