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Hawaii Volleyball Star Spyros Chakas (Beyond the Lines)

Beyond National Championships. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Spyros Chakas. We talk with Spyros about winning two NCAA National Championships, the mindset of a champion, his definition of greatness, and the importance of turning setbacks into comebacks. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mTzxc4G7w47Jcr_G482jrb Please visit our […]

A B+ Life (Books! Books! Books!)

Interview with Author Elizabeth Ricisak. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Elizabeth Ricisak. Elizabeth Ricisak does not shy away from sharing her life story with us. It is a tumultuous life, with many experiences that keep the reader engaged and wanting to know what is next. Every chapter ends with […]

Hawai’i Climate Coalition Creates Change (Aloha SustAINAbility in Hawai’i)

SDG 17: Positive Proactive Partnerships. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guests are Jeff Mikulina and Chris Benjamin. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide 17 Global Goals to accomplish and actualize the 2030 Agenda around the world. UN SDG 17 strengthens the means of implementation and revitalizes the global partnership for […]

Cool Roofs, Cool Budget, Cool Climate (Code Green)

Cool Roofs and Walls = Cool Climate. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Audrey McGarrell. Cool roofs reduce cooling costs, cut energy usage, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. A cool roof has a highly reflective surface, typically white, and releases heat quickly. Roofs are often coated with either a paint-like […]

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 […]

Pint and Jigger Owner Dave Newman (Beyond the Lines)

Beyond Cocktails. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Dave Newman. We talk with Dave about how he created a niche with Pint and Jigger in Honolulu, the challenges with the food and beverage industry, and the importance of adapting to achieve success in business. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this […]

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 […]

‘Surprise’ Tax Last Straw for Bar Owner (Hawaii Together)

Bill Comerford Closes Shop. The host for this show is Keli’i Akina. The guest is Bill Comerford. Before the COVID-19 lockdowns, Bill Comerford owned four of Honolulu’s most popular restaurant bars: Kelley O’Neil’s, Irish Rose Saloon, Anna O’Briens and O’Toole’s. But the forced closures during the lockdown years and later heavy taxation led him to […]

Trump’s Judicial Preferential Treatment (American Issues Take One)

Trump’s Teflon Treatment from the Courts. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. Once again, Trump receives special consideration from the courts. In a rare appeals decision, Trump will have his financial required payment reduced from $454 million to $175 million. Also, he has been given […]

Empowering Communities Through Nutrition (Hola y Aloha)

Connecting Cultures, Building Bridges. The hosts for this show are Barbara Salazar De Lucca and Marysol Ruiz. The guests are Latoya Renee Garcia and Alba Butler. We discuss community-focused health and wellness initiatives from the creators of Hawaii Nutrition 808, including inspiring women who have been in bad relationships and teen moms and how to […]

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Echoing Their Client, Trump’s Lawyers Pursue an Absolutist Defense

Donald J. Trump demands praise and concedes no faults, denying his lawyers time-honored defense tactics. [...]

At Trump’s Trial, a Window Into the Golden Era of Tabloids

The testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, included stories of celebrity encounters and his own wild journalistic tactics. [...]

Fact-Checking Trump’s Remarks in the Hush Money Trial

Each day before and after court proceedings, the former president stepped out in front of the cameras and offered his version of the case. [...]

‘Decisions Under Fire’: Campuses Try a Mix of Tactics as Protests Grow

Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move. Hundreds have been arrested. [...]

After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. [...]

Conservative MP Daniel Poulter defects to Labour

The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative. [...]

Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

Keith Siegel and Omri Miran are shown in undated footage released by the armed wing of Hamas. [...]

Yousaf reaches out to opponents ahead of no confidence votes

The first minister's appeal to find "common ground" is rejected by the Scottish Conservatives as "humiliating and embarrassing". [...]

Kuenssberg: SNP in meltdown, and what happens next matters across the UK

This "OMG" moment for Humza Yousaf is latest in a long line of nasty surprises for a party that has been in decline. [...]

'I had no idea my son's body was buried in the garden'

Yvonne Valentine sat having a Christmas drink with her son's partner, unaware she had killed him. [...]

Four years ago, a coup plunged Myanmar into civil war, proliferating armed groups in a place already rife with ethnic divisions. With the country disintegrating, neighbors are alarmed. [...]

Konstantin Gabov has been accused of helping create YouTube videos for the channel now run by aides of late Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony earlier this year. [...]

An ammunition explosion has claimed the lives of 20 soldiers and destroyed mutliple buildings at a Cambodian military base, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet. [...]

Israel is preparing for an offensive in Rafah despite warnings from aid organizations and allies. The Israelis have been building emergency accommodation there. [...]

Boston's Northeastern University said that protesters had called for violence against Jewish people. Meanwhile, Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr voiced support for pro-Palestinan rallies held at US campuses. [...]

Hamas says it's preparing to respond to Israel's latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

The militant group says it's examining the latest Israeli suggestions for a cease-fire in Gaza, seven months into the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. [...]

A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come

The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian [...]

Both sides prepare as Florida's six-week abortion ban is set to take effect Wednesday

The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a timetable that abortion rights advocates say is [...]

A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard." [...]

An illegal migrant, age 17, drowned in a Bosnian river. Here's how citizens responded

On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure [...]

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration [...]

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his [...]

The New York City papers gave him the headlines he craved; the National Enquirer buried the ones he didn’t. [...]

“Foreign aid” often never leaves the United States. [...]

More than a dozen former members of Congress started a discussion aimed at reviving the ailing institution. The outlook was bleak. [...]

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