NKATA: Dots of Thoughts
I often wake up in the morning with thoughts reeling in my head. Thoughts inspired by a conversation with someone; something I read, heard, listened to (music/podcasts), a film I saw, a photograph I made, an essay/poem I wrote, or in broad terms, an impactful encounter. They exist as disjointed, scattered particles I often refer to as dots of thoughts.Thus, this podcast show is an attempt to articulate, to converse and to put in relation these floating thoughts. While it relies on random impulses, the podcast is structured by thought-prompts focusing on everyday issues across space, time and works of life. Though it is not a live podcast, it somewhat mimics this approach in that for every episode, the conversation, which begins as a monologue, evolves into a dialogue through a phone conversation with someone else in another part of the world (a friend, a colleague, relative, expert in a subject, creator of a work, originator of an idea). This ensures a broadening of the thematic and locational context of the conversation as a way of demystifying distances. It is a weekly show intended to be spontaneous (as much as technical requirements and logistics allow). Future episodes will feature intro/excerpts of new music tracks made by me. Other times, it will reference aural materials sourced from different corners of everyday life. It will be freshly served – nothing preserved in the freezer! Listeners are encouraged to join the conversation by leaving a comment on the episode in their preferred platform of listening. Selected comments will be addressed in a subsequent episode.Emeka Okereke (host)Available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Overcast, etc.
Podcasting since 2020 • 28 episodes
NKATA: Dots of Thoughts
Latest Episodes
EP26: Encounters as Mirrors – Difference and the Long Arc to Oneself - with Tamia Hill
What begins as a chance meeting in Berlin becomes a conversation—one that moves attentively through difference, identity, and the long, uneven arc of returning to oneself. In dialogue with guest Tamia Hill (Mia), hos...
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Episode 26
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1:05:25
EP25: Unknotting Identity: The Igbo Language and its Cosmological Insights
Emeka Okereke explores the Igbo language as a vessel of cosmological insight and a lens for re-examining identity. He traces the movement from self to collective consciousness and introduces Nlekota—the Igbo principle of stewardship, a...
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Episode 25
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26:33
EP24: Presence that Absents Nothing: Beyond the Confines of Thought
In this episode of Dots of Thoughts, Emeka Okereke takes us beyond the Cartesian dictum “I think, therefore I am,”unraveling how this foundational idea has shaped—and distorted—the modern mind. With poetic lucidity, he reveals...
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Episode 24
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36:06
EP23: On Following The Intangible – with Genevieve White
In this episode, we journey with Genevieve White, a seasoned artist and performer, as she shares her path from her multicultural roots in Canada to the vibrant art scene of New York City—recorded in the tranquil atmosphere of Berlin’s Grunewald...
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Episode 23
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EP22: "Pleasures in the confusions of boundaries": Transdisciplinary Artistic Practices and Pedagogy – with Lukas Feireiss
In this episode of Dots of Thoughts, Emeka Okereke engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Berlin-based artist, producer, and scholar Lukas Freireiss. Renowned for his transdisciplinary approach, Lukas shares his practice of working in...
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Episode 22
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52:08