Including his time with Honolulu Civil Beat, Chad Blair is a writer, editor and teacher who has covered Hawaii for more than 20 years. Chad joins Talk Story with John Waihee to discuss the role of a Free Press in our contemporary political landscape. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to […]
The Decline of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party Kuomintang (KMT)
Since it was catastrophically routed in both the 2014 Nine In One Elections and the January 2016 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Taiwan’s Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) seems to have no platform or definite plan of revival. Mr. Michael Turton, Creator and Editor of the The View from Taiwan, is a long time resident of […]
Free Market Solutions for Hawaii’s Economy
Affordable housing, homelessness, the high cost of living, and unfunded state worker liabilities. These are just a few of the serious problems facing Hawaii’s economy. In this episode of E Hana Kakou, Dr. Keli’i Akina and Ken Schoolland discuss why the prevailing approach to economics cannot solve these problems and how the solution is to […]
Futurists of Hawaii – From Fragility to Sustainability with Futures Studies
As a futurist researcher of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies (HRCFS), Aubrey Yee, Project Design Coach and general resource to the Forum of Omidyar Fellows, joins Dean Nelson on Planet of the Courageous to discuss Hawaii’s fragility and vulnerability, future leadership in Hawaii and the need for examination of different cultural values and […]
Current Development in Energy: The State of Solar Instillations
Marco Mangelsdorf, President of ProVision Solar in Hilo, joins Jay Fidell on Marco and Me to discuss the current energy landscape in Hawaii and the decline of solar instillations across the state. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through […]
The Rail Surcharge
In what can only be described as a victory for the people, the Hawaii State Legislature is perilously close to an act of common sense when it comes to the rail surcharge. Call it an attack of self-awareness — or perhaps self-preservation — but a number of our state senators and representatives have realized that […]
Molding Volcanic Processes – Exploring Mars with Manoa
Dr. Sarah Fagents, Researcher at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, appears on Research in Manoa with Jay Fidell to share her research on planetary volcanism, volcanic fluid dynamics, icy satellite geology and provides details on Mars 2020 Mission site selection requirements. Sarah explains how her […]