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 conv

talkPOPc's Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Dena Shottenkirk, with 142 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dena Shottenkirk hosts talkPOPc's Podcast, a arts show with 142 episodes published.

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

  Aug 19, 202619 min

  00:10: Intros 01:00: What do we think about power? Control - authority - selfishness 02:45: Power in Art, Art as a tool instead of domination 04:45: Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar 06:30: Power of rebuilding - knowledge sharing and possibility/hope 08:45: Art as an expansion mechanism - opening up the world 11:45: Empowerment to consider larger perspectives - awareness, curiosity, and seeing the holes in knowledge 14:10: Epistemic power - knowledge that can be gained and belief in capability Support the show Website: talkpopc.org Instagram: @talkpopc Email: info@talkPOPc.org

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

  Jul 6, 202628 min

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

  Jun 22, 202632 min

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  Episode #144: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with Dr. Richmond Kwesi at the University of Ghana on Consensus vs. Listening

  Mar 20, 202638 min

  Timestamps: 00:10: Intros 00:50: The will to compromise vs freedom to deliberate 05:00: Listen vs compromise, the constraints of consensus 10:15: Camouflage differences in value. Mental frameworks as a matter of agreement and deliberation 17:15: The African context, community as primary, individuality within the context of community 20:30: Individualism subsumed within the needs of the group? 24:00: Hannah Arendt and implementation within the African political context 33:00: The willingness for dialogue. How can other countries get there? Support the show Website: talkpopc.org Instagram: @talkpopc Email: info@talkPOPc.org

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  Episode #143: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with artist Alexander (Zev) on art as a form of power at Stephen Street Gallery

  Feb 6, 202632 min

  Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 01:15: Power in leadership as a positive force 03:00: The loss of power, male loneliness, and the blowback against individual rights 05:00: Art as Power. The raw self 07:00: Suffering and the notion of being human 11:00: Spontaneity and the "play" of art that solves problems 13:45: Art as a manifestation and articulation of emotion 19:45: Recognizing your fear to muster courage 21:00: Absurdity, divinity, and the coping of the rational brain. The importance of subjective truth 27:00: Disenfranchisement, stoking fears of assertions of power Support the show Website: talkpopc.org Instagram: @talkpopc Email: info@talkPOPc.org

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