What Can it Teach us about Aging. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. A review and analysis of the current season of the Kominsky Method series, with Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas and a number of other great comedy character actors showing us life among aging members of […]
What Can Education Learn Under Covid (The State of the State of Hawaii)
Schools Can Reimagine Classroom Teaching. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. In this year, the 2020-21 pandemic school year, most students lost the socializing experience of school and academic learning time due to school closings or having most of school online. Digital learning has advantages, but does it replace rich classroom settings, transactions […]
The East West Center and Afghanistan (Talk Story with John Waihee)
East West Relationships in Afghanistan. The host for this show is John Waihee. The guest is Robert Riley. We discuss the East West Center’s Historic Involvement in Afghanistan and the current status of the Center’s involvement. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nz0VV6Nr1pYDkz6ZzUfXZV ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am […]
Foreign Intrusion into Academic Research (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
How Much of a Threat is it to our Universities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jodi Ito. This discussion is a follow up on a conference on the subject in which Jodi Ito recently participated. We discuss what came out at the conference, and what we in Hawaii, and […]
I Imagined I Could Live with What I Did (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Memories of Aerial Combat. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Rick ‘Kluso’ Tollini. Fig and his friend Rick “Kluso” Tollini relive their days flying F-15s in Japan, share experiences in aerial combat, and discuss the moral aftermath of war. Kluso shot down an Iraqi MiG-25 during Operation Desert Storm. […]
The HEI Shuffle, HECO Two-step and Nous (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Hawaiian Electric Always Busy Busy Busy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Marco Mangelsdorf. Hawaiian Electric, one of the most venerable corporate institutions across the islands’ chain, always has so much going on. Jay and Marco do a round-up of some of the more notable happenings from board changes to […]
Pajama Program Founder Genevieve Piturro (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond Pajamas. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Genevieve Piturro. We talk with Genevieve about being featured on Oprah and many other shows in finding her purpose in life to make a huge positive impact through her pajama program to help kids in need across the United States. The ThinkTech […]
Expert Opinions: Education and Technology (The Middle Way)
Knowledge is Power. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Chang Wang and Carlos Seoane. Carlos Seoane is co-founder and CEO of Extempore, a language-learning platform being used by hundreds of schools and universities around the world. Carlos co-founded Extempore for facilitating linguistic growth and awareness for all language learners in […]
Not all Vaccine Cards Work in Hawaii (Global Connections)
Coming Back from Europe is Not all that Easy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Martin Despang. This is the story of Martin Despang, one of our ThinkTech hosts,and a professor at the School of Architecture at UH Manoa, in his return to Hawaii from Germany, and the issues and […]
Some Folks Just Don’t Get it (Sister Power)
Mental Health Self-Care and MRNA Vaccines. The host for this episode is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests for this episode are Theresa R. Jacobs and Deborah Mosley-Heath. This episode we look again at mental health, self-care with a focus on vaccines, showing how distancing and mask wearing can save lives. Studies show trust in medical […]