But Exactly What is it and How Do we Get it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Retired attorney Roger Epstein helps us understand his Committee on Happiness in Business, and we ask him what happiness really means, how it can be achieved to provide a countervailing influence […]
New Connections with Australia and New Zealand (Global Connections)
How Important Are They in US Defense Poiicy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us understand the current and changing security connections with Australia and New Zealand and how that changes the calculus for us in the Western Pacific and […]
Africa: the Forgotten Continent (Global Connections)
Should the US Pay More Attention. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical analyst, help us understand what is happening in Africa and why so many leaders and countries have essentially forgotten about it. In spite of having 54 countries, why is the African element […]
Trump Dumps on the Prestige of Oval Office (American Issues Take One)
Trump’s Desperate Calls for Cash is Lowbrow. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guests are Cynthia Lee Sinclair and Chuck Crumpton. The prestige for the office of President of the United States has lost a great deal if its luster in the past 50 years. The reason is partially […]
Shifting Geopolitics from Germany (Global Connections)
Is it Less Interested in Ukraine and Israel. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the politics and geopolitics in Germany these days, including signs that Germany may not follow through on its earlier assurances of support for either Ukraine or Israel. How […]
What Do Canadians Think of Justin Trudeau (View from the North)
How Does He Compare with his Father Pierre. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman in Kewlona, BC, helps us understand Justin Trudeau, his politics, power, personality and popularity among the people in Canadian, and how he and his administration compare with the […]
Review of Bridge of Spies (Movies We Can Learn From)
A True Story of the Cold War. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Shackley Raffetto and Mike Lilly, both Navy veterans, help us understand the historical events portrayed by Bridge of Spies, a 2015 movie about the exchange of U-2 high altitude spy plane Pilot […]
Can Germany Save Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
What Would it Have to Do. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel helps us understand the dynamics among the nations of NATO and the EU and where Germany fits in terms of its leadership, its economic and financial ability to […]
A Transformative Experience in Okinawa (Global Connections)
What Can we Learn About Living to 100. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Alan Okinaka and Gwyen Nosse. Our panel discusses their recent trip to Tokyo and Okinawa. They just returned from a 10-day trip with 18 friends to Okinawa and Tokyo. An amazing Get Lost tour with Art […]
Let’s Take a Look at the Moscow Concert Shooting (Global Connections)
Was it ISIS, the Ukraine or Someone Else Putin Knows. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Kanekar helps us analyze the causes and effects of the March 24th attack on the Crocus concert in Moscow. Was it really ISIS, who said they did it. Was it […]