This is a show that asks renowned artists to contemplate their own work. In season 3, we explore the idea that art is not fixed in time but reverberates—echoing and reimagining itself across past, present, and future. Tune in as groundbreaking contemporary artists discuss the concepts that define their artistic outlook in all-new episodes from Hauser & Wirth and Atlantic Re:think, the creative marketing studio at The Atlantic.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis is a show that asks renowned artists to contemplate their own work. In season 3, we explore the idea that art is not fixed in time but reverberates, echoing and reimagining itself across past, present, and future.
Recent episodes include "George Rouy on the Physical, and Solitary, Act of Painting" (30 October 2026, 37 minutes), "Lorna Simpson on Memory and Creating Art as Rebellion" (28 August 2026, 33 minutes), and "Legendary Photographer Don McCullin on War and the Price of Vision" (21 August 2026, 30 minutes).
Edge of Reason publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Edge of Reason is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Edge of Reason requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Edge of Reason's contact route on record: verified email.
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Edge of Reason is a society podcast with 18 episodes published.
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Episode #3
Live from The Atlantic Festival, George speaks with art critic Jarrett Earnest about the colors, the textures, and the solitude that comprise his painting practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Lorna Simpson speaks with Randy Kennedy of Ursula Magazine about memory, found images, and why creating art is the way to respond to a militaristic society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Don McCullin speaks with Tim Marlow of London's Design Museum about war, memory, and finding a creative life beyond the battlefield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode #6
Curators Hamza Walker of The Brick in LA and Henriette Huldisch of the Walker in Minneapolis join Alexis Lowry to explore how art persists among censorship and political divide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Episode #5
Frances Morris and Jamieson Webster reflect on Louise Bourgeois’s explorations of memory and the body, considering how her art renders private experience into collective meaning and deep emotional presence. Learn more...
Episode #4
Firelei Báez and novelist Danticat discuss resistance as care and creativity, reflecting on how art reshapes struggle into resilience, reframes scarcity as abundance, and reclaims erased histories. Learn more about...
Episode #3
María Berrío and journalist Siddhartha Mitter reflect on Soliloquy of the Wounded Earth, tracing how myth, memory, and resilience converge in Berrío's first New York exhibition in nearly a decade. Learn more about your...
Anj Smith and curator Zoé Whitley frame the world within as a space of ambiguity and imagination, where art resists certainty, asks for patience, and nurtures deeper forms of reflection and connection. Learn more about...
Uman and novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn explore metamorphosis as a journey of becoming—confronting fear, loss, and resilience while revealing how painting and writing open space for reinvention and self-discovery. Learn...
Episode #6
Join us for a live talk with the iconic Annie Leibovitz and Amy Sherald. In this special episode, they discuss the power of process in bringing vulnerability and intuition together, revealing the humanity behind their...
Episode #5
In this episode, artist Camille Henrot and author Melissa Febos explore how relationships reveal the dynamics of control and connection. Henrot discusses how caregiving, education, and societal structures inform her...
Episode #4
In this episode, artist Glenn Ligon and multi-hyphenate Solange Knowles discuss what it means to create—and live—with multiplicity. Ligon reflects on his career-long evolution into an artist who challenges perceptions...
Episode #3
In this episode, artist Mika Rottenberg and theoretical physicist Dr. Felix Flicker search for the intersection between art and science, inviting us to rediscover the beauty of the world around us. Rottenberg shares how...
Episode #2
In this episode, artist Charles Gaines and fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner explore how art can bridge the gap between what we perceive and what is real, prompting us to question our relationship with truth. Gaines’s...
Episode #1
In this episode, artist Gary Simmons and “Surviving R. Kelly” filmmaker dream hampton examine personal and collective memory, what we choose to remember, and what we choose to forget. Simmons reflects on how cultural...
Episode #6
Liberty: A principle emphasizing freedom, autonomy, and the inherent rights of individuals. In this episode, artist Lorna Simpson and poet and scholar Dr. Elizabeth Alexander question the nature of individual rights...
Episode #5
Inquiry: The spirit of questioning, exploring, and seeking to understand, rather than merely accept, established truths. In this episode, artist Pipilotti Rist and MOCA curator Anna Katz unearth the dynamic relationship...
Episode #4
Progress: the belief in constant societal advancement through reason, knowledge, and education. In this episode, artist Thomas J Price and renowned scholar Steven Pinker discuss the challenges of defining human...
Episode #3
Individualism: The idea that each person possesses a distinctive and autonomous self that is able to develop within society. In this episode, artist Christina Quarles and Xicana writer Cherríe Moraga navigate the...
Episode #2
Humanism: the value and agency of human beings while recognizing the relationship between the human experience, evolution, and extinction. In this episode, artist Nicolas Party and researcher Thomas Moynihan explore...
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