David Bowie

Explore the chameleonic legacy of David Bowie, a singular force who transformed popular music into a "total work of art." This episode dives into the "theatre of the self," examining how Bowie used a series of meticulously constructed personas to interrogate identity, gender, and alienation across five decades. From his restless genre-fluidity and avant-garde collaborations to his early adoption of digital frontiers, we discuss how Bowie proved that reinvention is not an evasion of truth, but a deeper engagement with the creative self. We wrap up by looking at his final, choreographed departure—an act that turned his own mortality into a last piece of performance art.