100 PODCASTS

​ A Dialogue-Driven Art Project by David Deighton ​ Bridging Political and Cultural Divides Through Podcast Conversations Expanding Contemporary Art Through Active Listening and Human Connection ​ 100 Podcasts is an ongoing project in which artist David Deighton appears as a guest across a wide range of podcast platforms, each with its own tone, audience, and point of view. The project emerges from a deliberate effort to move beyond familiar circles—to step outside of personal echo chambers and engage with others where perspectives overlap, diverge, or challenge one another. In conversation with hosts from political, wellness, business, and artistic spaces, Deighton approaches each dialogue as both exchange and inquiry. . At its core, 100 Podcasts is about connection: bridging divides, offering active listening tools, and sharing an evolving artistic journey in real time. The podcast space becomes a hybrid environment—digital in format, yet often intimate and immediate in its human presence. These conversations frequently generate new ideas, reframing earlier work and contributing to the ongoing development of Deighton’s practice. Each appearance is less a fixed statement than a moment within a larger, unfolding dialogue. Why 100? The number is both arbitrary and intentional, a clear, finite goal that creates structure while remaining open-ended in meaning. Having already passed the halfway mark, the project continues to test its own limits, particularly in reaching spaces where art is not an obvious fit or initial point of interest. Along the way, the project has also become an exploration of the podcast medium itself. Some conversations reveal a growing reliance on automation, where AI-generated questions shape the exchange. Others reaffirm the depth of direct human engagement. Between these poles lies a spectrum, from highly produced “podcast farms” to deeply attentive, person-to-person dialogue. Ultimately, 100 Podcasts is not only about visibility, but about access: a way to encounter individuals across social, economic, and cultural boundaries, and to explore what it means to communicate meaningfully across them.