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Mud Marines of Vietnam

Gary Cera, USMC and retired Hawaii Air National Guard, appears on It never got Quiet with Vic Craft to discuss Life’s directions and How to survive mentally while still keeping food on the table. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier […]

Building a Retirement Portfolio with UK Hedge Fund Manager Lars Kroijer

United Kingdom (UK) Hedge Fund Manager, Philanthropist & Best Selling Author, Lars Kroijer, appears on The Prince on Investment with Price Dykes to discuss best practices for a solid retirement. 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 night. […]

The China Hawaii Road

Kai Wang, who is originally from China, is an attorney with the Hawaii law firm of Carlsmith Ball, where she is a Partner and the Chair of the Greater China Practice Group. For nearly a decade, Kai has worked in the Greater China Region on cross-border transactions in international law firms and as an in-house […]

Searching for Life Beyond Earth

Bridget Smith-Konter, Ph.D, of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at University of Hawaii at Manoa, appears on Research in Manoa with Pete Mouginis-Mark to discuss the search for Life Beyond Earth. 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 […]

Covering Hawaiis Clean Energy Conference

The Hawaii Energy Policy Forum’s mission of enlightening decision-makers and the public on ways to achieve the preferred energy vision is on display during its annual Hawaii Clean Energy Day. Marco Mangelsdorf, President at ProVision Solar and Mina Morita, former Chairwoman of the State of Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission, appear alongside Jay Fidell to discuss […]

The Cyber Underground – Warning! New Regulations for doing Business with the Federal Government

If you handle any information from the Federal Government., including unclassified information, you will be subject to MANDATORY regulations to be implemented by the end of THIS YEAR!!! Noncompliance means losing contracts!Join Dave Stevens and Andrew Lanning on The Cyber Underground as they discuss the new rules known as DFARS (NIST 800-171), and how to […]

Can Music Heal Cancer

Susie Eubank, formally known as Tiger Lily, joins Seymour Kazimirski on Seymour’s World. Susie is an accomplished musician and entertainer who is one of the premier vocalists for MAKE ‘EM SMILE!!. Susie not only plays at various hospitals in Honolulu but also now is the most asked for musician at the Kapiolani Cancer Center. On […]

Connecting People With Nature

We’ll explore Danny’s recent 8 week expedition from the source to mouth of the Yukon River, as well as some of his earlier projects. We’ll discuss how the interactions of people and nature, and how these are captured and portrayed in videos, can potentially shape people’s attitudes toward environmental concernsTakeaway: Video documentaries offer a broad […]

Our Kuleana on Behalf of Indigenous peoples Social Justice

Beatriz Cantelmo and Reynaldo Morales will examine how individual collective civic engagement can positively influence government’s responsibility and obligation to ensure social justice for indigenous peoples and nations. In today’s Program we will discuss an example of how Peruvian public health policies and indigenous women’s human rights were revised in the 1990s after documentation of […]

Anti Semitism on Campus, 2017

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Ukraine Aid Bill Clears Critical Hurdle in the House as Democrats Supply the Votes

Democrats stepped in to support bringing the aid package to the floor, in a remarkable breach of custom on a key vote that paved the way for its passage. [...]

Ukrainians Wait, Nervously, to See if U.S. Will Provide Critical Aid

From the battlefield to battered cities, soldiers and civilians are counting on Congress to approve $60 billion in military support. Without it, Ukrainian officials say, prospects in the war are [...]

Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial

Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. The authorities said he was in critical condition and unlikely to [...]

Prosecutors Want to Ask Trump About Attacks on Women

Prosecutors are seeking to cross-examine the former president, should he take the stand, about lawsuits he has lost, including a civil jury’s finding last year that he was liable for [...]

At G7 Meeting in Capri, Blinken Tackles Rough Seas and Global Crises

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his counterparts, who met on the Italian island of Capri, welcomed signs that tensions between Iran and Israel might not worsen. [...]

Protester sets himself on fire outside Trump trial

The motive in the incident, which was witnessed by reporters at the scene, remains unclear. [...]

Someone screamed 'don't do it' before man set himself on fire - BBC reporter

The BBC's Nada Tawfik was outside the New York court where Donald Trump's trial is taking place. [...]

Bowen: Crisis shows how badly Iran and Israel understand each other

After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both miscalculated, writes Jeremy Bowen. [...]

BBC Verify examines video from Israel's attack on Iran

Footage showing explosions in the sky over Iran has been analysed by BBC Verify. [...]

Met Police apologises for 'openly Jewish' comment

Footage shows Gideon Falter being told his presence is "antagonising" near a pro-Palestine march. [...]

People rushed over to douse the person with a fire extinguisher at the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump's hush money criminal case was underway. Police said he was alive but [...]

Tesla is recalling nearly 4,000 trucks due to a problem that can leave drivers to deal with uncontrolled acceleration. Tesla recalled millions of cars earlier in the year. [...]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NATO defense ministers his country needs air-defense batteries to fend off Russia. He said support on the issue will determine whether Ukraine and NATO are [...]

Heavy rainfall flooded large parts of the Arabian Peninsula this week, while images of the resulting chaos flooded social media. Are cloud seeding and climate change to blame for the [...]

The case had been noted as an extreme example of European governments' efforts to thwart NGOs helping migrants in the Mediterranean. [...]

Israel Strikes Back at Iran, Will This Calm or Inflame Tensions?

Israel and Iran have been trading attacks on each other for a week including, for the first time, attacks on each other's territory. Will Israel's latest retaliation be the end [...]

What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today

The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished. [...]

Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and [...]

'We created this problem:' a pediatric surgeon on how gun violence affects children

Mikael Petrosyan of Children's National Hospital says gun violence against children is preventable. [...]

Remembering Robert MacNeil, longtime host of PBS 'NewsHour'

During his decades-long career, MacNeil reported on the Kennedy assassination, the Cuban missile crisis and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He died April 12. Originally broadcast in 1986 and [...]

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