J P LINSTROTH EPOCHAL RECKONINGS PODCAST

In this week’s Podcast #28, the topic is “Why Indigenous Lives Should Matter” , and really the topic is not just a subject but addresses real human lives we are losing every day and diminishing our diversity as humanity year to year. In the United States, we live in a “post-genocide” society, whether or not we are cognizant of this fact or not. What do I mean by that? In order for the United State...

In this weeks’ podcast title, J. P. Linstroth Epochal Reckonings Podcast (27) , “History & Science as Candles in the Dark” , is an intellectual nod to Carl Sagan and his perspicacious book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1997) because I believe we must not only look to our history for answers but to science as well. So, when we see political triggers, say, “Trump” fl...

Part of this discussion in today’s podcast, J P Linstroth Epochal Reckonings , will analyze “higher love”, or the love of the muse, and its significance for understanding “our creative output”, some of our best human qualities. This is known to artists, sculptors, musicians, theoretical physicists, mathematicians, philosophers, and everyone following a higher calling who also contribute something...

The title of this week’s J. P. Linstroth Epochal Reckonings Podcast borrows from the rock band, U2’s song, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the resounding lyrics: “One man come in the name of love…what more in the name of love? In the name of love…” Indeed, these words resonate with me in more than one way and echo in my mind. So too, I hear King himself...

The J. P. Linstroth Epochal Reckonings Podcast reviews the controversial issues surrounding the history of racism in the United States. The issues of ‘race’ and ‘racism’ have been with us since the founding of our august republic. Unfortunately, they are perniciously still with us today. They were the reason we fought the Civil War (1861-1865) and have mired our history throughout. There is no per...

In a recent Op-Ed article, J. P. Linstroth , discusses how late philosopher, Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil" may be applied to society today. He argues the banality of evil is not inevitable. In fact, group conforming violence may be avoided. We do not have to succumb to the mob but we know group violence exists on many levels and for many reasons. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam,...

J P LINSTROTH EPOCHAL RECKONINGS PODCAST Dr. J. P. Linstroth’s trailer introduces his weekly podcast, J P LINSTROTH EPOCHAL RECKONINGS PODCAST , the title based upon his award-winning book by the same name, which serves as a platform for exploring deep intellectual inquiries “every Friday”. The series draw from Linstroth’s extensive background in history and anthropology, weaving together diverse...

Epochal Reckonings liburuan, poeta, irakasle atxiki eta editorial idazle J.P. Linstrothek XXI. mendeko lehen urteetako krisi batzuk deskribatzen eta erantzuten ditu. Bere helburua, berak dioen bezala, kezka, eztabaida eta harridura eragitea da, baita haserrea, enpatia eta tristura emozioak piztea ere. Jorratutako gertaeren artean, mugak zeharkatu nahi dituzten pertsonen migrazio handiak daude, Ame...

Em Epochal Reckonings ( Acertos de Contas de Época ), o poeta, professor adjunto e editorialista J.P. Linstroth descreve e responde a algumas das crises dos primeiros anos do século XXI. Seu objetivo, conforme ele próprio afirma, é suscitar inquietação, discussão e surpresa, bem como evocar emoções como raiva, empatia e tristeza. Os eventos abordados incluem as enormes migrações de pessoas em busc...

En el galardonado libro de J.P. Linstroth, Epochal Reckonings ( Cálculos de Cuentas Épocales ) (ganador del Premio Internacional Proverse Hong Kong 2019), el poeta, profesor adjunto y editorialista describe y responde a algunas de las crisis de los primeros años del siglo XXI. Su objetivo —tal como él lo expresa— es suscitar inquietud, debate y asombro, así como evocar emociones como la ira, la em...

Resumen del Articulo "Arrani, Arrain, Arrai: En torno al protovasco 'Arrani y sus derivaciones lingüísticas" Esa introducción del complejo de donde procede una palabra como arrain en una lengua tan antigua como el euskara es solamente un ejemplo lingüístico para las posibilidades de análisis en etimología. Si hay conclusiones debe ser que las formas de arrai y arrain estaban formados por el proto-...

EVERY WEEK, DR. LINSTROTH TRIES TO BRING TO YOU A NEW DISCUSSION ON SOMETHING EXCITING AND INTERESTING IN REGARD TO ONE OF HIS RESEARCH INTERESTS. DR. LINSTROTH’S RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AND GROUPS RESEARCHED: History and Anthropology, Brazilian History, Brazilian Amerindian History and the 19th Century Rubber Boom, Anthropology of Latin America, anthropology of Europe, ant...

When this article was written (2020), Dr. J. P. Linstroth wrote, “When I was growing up, DC Comics and comic heroes like ‘Batman’, and ‘Superman’, and ‘Wonder Woman’, were ubiquitous at local convenient store stands. I remember eagerly reading about the so-called comic book, ‘Justice League’ and how these fictional heroes gathered forces and jointly fought off evil foes. The heroic exploits extend...

This podcast about J. P. Linstroth’s poetry explores two of his recent poems. One poem, “Little Blue Rabbit” published in Dissident Voice (March 1st, 2026), and the second, “Emperatori Pars Ve Gharb (The Persian Empire and The West)” in The New Verse News (March 6th, 2026). Both poems examine different aspects of American society, the former concerning our failed immigration policies and the vulne...

This is our 20th Podcast Episode, in this article, "Primates Are Us", Dr. J. P. Linstroth explains various ideas related to our natural selves but also to the cultural origins of many concepts we take for granted. Who we are has as much to do with what we inherit as it does with our social environments. From analyzing the origins of our monotheistic religions, we know they arose in desert environm...

It may sound patently absurd to discuss a “re-Indigenization” of society. Yet, I ( J. P. Linstroth ) argue not only is it practical but necessary if humanity is to survive into this century and beyond. Humans, for most of their history, lived as hunter-gatherers, for about the first 290,000 years or so. It is only in the last ten to fifteen thousand years from the “Agricultural Revolution or Neoli...

This podcast is based upon the poetry of my two published books, Epochal Reckonings (2019 Winner of International Proverse Prize, Proverse Hong Kong, 2020) and Swimming in Blue Shadows: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems (2022 Winner of Supplementary Book Publication Prize, Proverse Hong Kong). AI Podcasters, Alice and Bob, analyze my poems and examine common themes expressing the zeitgeist o...

Today’s podcast is based upon J. P. Linstroth’s encyclopedia entry, “Field Research” (2008, 2012). It should be known today that all field researchers must be aware of their role in the field and of their effects on their subjects in both informal and formal contexts. Therefore, reflexivity is an important aspect of the researcher's work. Field research is guided by past experience and informed by...

The purpose of this essay, “The Mayan People and Sandy (Shelton) Davis: Memories of an Engaged Anthropologist”, by J. P. Linstroth is to honour my late friend, anthropologist, Sandy (Shelton) Davis (1942-2010) . The article will highlight the activism of Shelton Davis and his involvement with the Mayan people during the 1980s. Of particular importance is the portrayal of an immigration hearing of...

This article, “History, Tradition, and Memory among the Basques” by J. P. Linstroth explores the historical commemoration, the Alarde of the Spanish-Basque town of Hondarribia re-enacted for almost 400 years. It is a social account of the past portrayed through a history of local militarism and a history of commemorative performance. Since 1996, controversy has divided local inhabitants concerning...

J. P. Linstroth’s book chapter, “Brazilian Nationalism and Urban Amerindians: Twenty-First Century Dilemmas for Indigenous Peoples Living in the Urban Amazon and Beyond” (2015), examines a reflection on at least two significant points: the “insurrection of subjugated knowledges” (Foucault 1980) and “invisible histories” (Linstroth 2005). These two notions are intertwined. First, by "insurrection o...

This book chapter by J. P. Linstroth , titled: “Conflict Avoidance among the Sateré-Mawé of Manaus, Brazil’, and Peacemaking Behaviours among Amazonian Amerindians” (2016) , there is a general discussion of Amazonian Amerindian practices of peacemaking and then analysed different aspects of Sateré-Mawé culture, mythology, and ritual. This led to an interpretation of urban Sateré-Mawé conflict avoi...

In J . P. Linstroth's book chapter, "Urban Amerindians and Advocacy: Toward a Politically Engaged Anthropology Representing Urban Amerindigeneities in Manaus, Brazil" (2015), my political engagement in advocacy for urban Amerindians in Manaus, Brazil may be characterized as more by accident than not in the sense of not knowing a priori that my fieldwork should follow some Brazilian anthropologists...

The intellectual debt for the title of my presentation, "Conflicts As Traps & Conflicting Entrapments", I owe to the anthropologist, Alfred Gell, whose powerful ideas still continually inspire me in all things anthropological.1 Here, rather than thinking of traps as art, or even art as traps, we may use some of Gell’s (1999) notions to explain conflict, particularly intractable conflict and co...

This introductory article to the Special Issue of Peace and Conflict Studies asks, “ Are we in the ‘Age of Resistance’ in a post-9/11 world?” J. P. Linstroth argues the concept of “resistance” may be framed in a broad theoretical context to include multiple and contested meanings by social and political actors as well as by scholars and through intellectual debate. The article questions recent ide...