The Caves of Altamira

28/05/2022

Hello Everyone,

I have been working over the last few months to get a new substack site off the gound. It features essays and commentary and will also have a podcast folded in with it. As such, the spirit of The Caves of Altamira shall endure but under this new banner. Please check out the site and subscribe! Thanks so much for your support.

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Kevin

Essays, stories, and podcasts mapping the intersections of politics, economics, technology, and ethics. Click to read The Interesting Times, by Kevin Hockmuth, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.

24/12/2021

For this episode we welcome the immanently estimable and multi-talented Dr. Miles White. Dr. White is both an accomplished jazz artist and a scholar of music and music culture. We use his exceptional book From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity (Univ. of Illinois Press)...

17/11/2021

Happy to announce the release of the latest junket into The Caves of Altamira, "Critical Woke Fury: The end of the beginning of the end?" with a couple of cagey cave vets, George Khoury and Chris Tharp. Please have a listen and share liberally, or illiberally...

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/critical-woke-fury-the-end-of-the-beginning-of-the-end/

We welcome George Khoury and Chris Tharp back down into the friendly confines of The Caves of Altamira. Beginning with a discussion of the recent elections we leave no stone unturned during our journey into the ever-widening chasm that is U.S. politics and society more generally. This one is a real....

20/09/2021

Happy to announce the release of The Caves of Altamira's latest excursion into the boundless...so fortunate to corral the singular intellectual specimen that is Dr. Jim Bat Cho back down into the caves for a sit down. Please have a listen and share liberally (a pun I promise you'll 'get' if you listen)!

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/the-ways-of-knowing-human-spirit-sauteed-in-social-media-with-a-side-of-science/

After a summer respite The Caves of Altamira is back. For this inaugural episode of what we are dubbing Season II, the good Dr. James Batcho once again drops into the caves. Fresh off completing the manuscript for his latest book James sketches out a set o...

18/07/2021

Happy to announce the release of the latest installment from The Caves of Altamira featuring Turkish political journalist Sevgi Akarcesme. Sevgi has been living in exile in the U.S. for nearly five years after having to flee the severe threats of authoritarian Erdogan regime. Her story is important as she offers a host of insights about the situation in Turkey and nature of the emergent authoritarian impulses across the globe. Please listen and share.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/the-authoritarians-strike-back-a-cautionary-tale-from-turkey/

After a brief respite we are back in The Caves of Altamira with Turkish political journalist Sevgi Akarcesme. Due to the increasingly dangerous situation for independent journalists in Turkey, Sevgi has been living in exile in the U.S. for nearly 5 years. ...

17/07/2021

After a brief respite we are back in The Caves of Altamira with Turkish political journalist Sevgi Akarcesme. Due to the increasingly dangerous situation for independent journalists in Turkey, Sevgi has been living in exile in the U.S. for nearly 5 years. Her harrowing story tells us not only a grea...

14/06/2021

This is the second half of a wide-ranging discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Mike Hilkowitz. If you haven't listened to Part I yet it is highly recommended to check that out first.

14/06/2021

Happy to announce the release of the second half of my thoroughgoing dialogue with the esteemable Mike Hilkowitz. If by chance you haven't checked out Part I give that a listen first. Thanks as always for your support.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/aaaaa-1623671055/

This is the second half of a wide-ranging discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Mike Hilkowitz. If you haven't listened to Part I yet it is highly recommended to check that out first....

02/06/2021

Happy to announce the release of The Caves of Altamira podcast Episode 9 looking at some of the important sources lurking behind the recent spate of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thanks so much to Mike Hilkowitz for dropping into the caves to share your insights on these vexing issues.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/back-rent-sources-and-methods-in-the-ongoing-israeli-palestinian-hostilities-part-i/

This week we welcome Mike Hilkowitz to The Caves of Altamira. Our conversation takes a relatively deep dive into several significant historical undercurrents shaping the most recent wave of violence in this long-simmering dispute. Our conversation winds it...

02/06/2021

This week we welcome Mike Hilkowitz to The Caves of Altamira. Our conversation takes a relatively deep dive into several significant historical undercurrents shaping the most recent wave of violence in this long-simmering dispute. Our conversation winds its way from a property dispute surrounding tw...

09/05/2021

Happy to announce the release of The Caves of Altamira podcast Episode 8: The Good Life and Its Discontents: What are we trying to accomplish?
We are joined by the good Dr. Gene Healy for a discussion of the big questions that often get lost in the shuffle of the day to day political combat. Please have a listen and share.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/the-good-life-and-its-discontents-what-are-we-trying-to-accomplish/

Amid the endless churning of outrage and mutual recriminations we often find ourselves drifting further and further from the underlying rationale or purpose that motivated our engagement with the political discourse in the first place. We tend to be motiva...

09/05/2021

Amid the endless churning of outrage and mutual recriminations we often find ourselves drifting further and further from the underlying rationale or purpose that motivated our engagement with the political discourse in the first place. We tend to be motivated by some notion of the good life and just...

09/04/2021

The force of nature that is Chris Tharp wafts into The Caves of Altamira as we traverse the ever-burgeoning frontlines of the woke wars. Join us for a spirited discussion and debate over what exactly it means to be cancelled, the fundamental nature of the issues at hand, and ultimately what is at stake.
https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/fuzzy-lines-the-great-woke-wars-of-the-2020s/

The force of nature that is Chris Tharp wafts into The Caves of Altamira as we traverse the ever-burgeoning frontlines of the woke wars. Join us for a spirited discussion and debate over what exactly it means to be cancelled, the fundamental nature of the ...

08/04/2021

Happy to announce the release of The Caves of Altamira Episode 7: 'Fuzzy Lines: The Great Woke Wars of the 2020s' featuring the singularity of a human being that is Chris Tharp. Please have a listen and share. Thanks to all who have been supporting this nascent venture!

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/fuzzy-lines-the-great-woke-wars-of-the-2020s/

The force of nature that is Chris Tharp wafts into The Caves of Altamira as we traverse the ever-burgeoning frontlines of the woke wars. Join us for a spirited discussion and debate over what exactly it means to be cancelled, the fundamental nature of the ...

08/04/2021

The force of nature that is Chris Tharp wafts into The Caves of Altamira as we traverse the ever-burgeoning frontlines of the woke wars. Join us for a spirited discussion and debate over what exactly it means to be cancelled, the fundamental nature of the issues at hand, and what exactly is at stake...

20/03/2021

Happy to announce the release of The Caves of Altamira podcast Episode 6: 'To Be, That is the Question: Existentialism and Modern Living' featuring the one and only Simone Lee. Simone drops by to discuss what existentialism has to offer us as we try to navigate the ever growing morass of modern life. Please check it our and pass it on to all of your friends, and enemies.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/to-be-that-is-the-question-existentialism-and-modern-life/

The intrepid Simone Lee drops into The Caves of Altamira to discuss existentialism and the pursuit of an authentic life amid a world of hyperized everything. Simone breaks down some of existentialism’s core insights and demonstrates the many ways they can ...

20/03/2021

The intrepid Simone Lee drops into The Caves of Altamira to discuss existentialism and the pursuit of an authentic life amid a world of hyperized everything. Simone breaks down some of existentialism’s core insights and demonstrates the many ways they can offer practical guidance for our everyday ...

27/02/2021

Excited to announce the release of Episode 5, 'Borders, Money, and Movement: The Politics of Migration in Asia' featuring Professor Thakur Subedi. Also, check out our dandy new theme music composed and produced by the one and only Jordan Lewis.

https://thecavesofaltamira.podbean.com/e/borders-money-and-movement-the-politics-of-migration-in-asia/

Professor Thakur Subedi drops by The Caves of Altamira for a fascinating discussion about both broad trends in Asian migration and some of the specific ways they have played out within the context of South Korea, Japan, and Nepal. Professor Subedi brings a...