Taking a Look at the 2024 Legislative Session. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Sharon Moriwaki. Senator Sharon Moriwaki is now vice chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and helps us understand what that committee does and what it has on its plate this session. She also discuss […]
Checking in with Rep. Nicole Lowen (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Nicole Lowen. Nicole Lowen, chair of the Energy and Environment Committee in the Hawaii House of Representatives, helps us examine current issues and bills under consideration, including the nuclear energy bills; the status of the Hu Honua […]
Looking Down the Road on Electric Vehicles (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
What Can we Do to Accelerate Public Acceptance. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Melissa Pavlicek and Michael Colón. Melissa Pavlicek of the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association and MIchael Colon of Ulupono Initiative help us understand the status of EVs in Hawaii, the need to have more EVs on the […]
The Putin Wing of the Republican Party (American Issues Take One)
Trump and the Maga GOP Pull for Putin. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. When Alexei Navalny died this week in an arctic Russian prison, the world reacted with outrage. He was slowly murdered by Putin’s hand. What the Novichok poison could not do on a plane in 2020, the […]
What Happens in a World Without NATO (Global Connections)
Another Important Reason Not to Vote for Trump. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Donald Trump has recently said that if elected he would do what he could to terminate NATO. Our panel discusses what would happen if he did that, not only to the NATO organization and […]
Some Solutions to the Housing Crisis (View from the North)
Tiny Modular Homes in Lieu of Tent Encampments. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers helps us understand some of the creative solutions that may be available to address the housing crisis in Canada and the US, including new technologies, building materials and construction techniques, modular […]
Covid and the Pandemics of Antiquity (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
Comparing them with Each Other and Modern Day Covid. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Robert Littman. Plagues are nothing new and have been part of human history for thousands of years. The recent pandemic of covid replicates many reaction of plagues in antiquity. Professor Robert Littman, professor of classics […]
You Are What You Eat, if You Can Find it (Community Matters)
A Study of How to Live on Indigenous Foods. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ric Rocker. Ric Rocker talks about food sustainability in Hawaii relying on local starch staples rather than rice and how it at all we can change the local palate to achieve greater food sustainability here. […]
Is There a Chance for Nuclear Energy in Hawaii (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
There Are Two Bills Pending in the 2024 Legislature. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Cory Chun. Rep. Cory Chun helps us understand the two bills that were introduced this session to enable nuclear energy hawaii. We discuss their status and prospects, and the pros and cons of having nuclear […]
Tech Days of Spring at UH (Community Matters)
A Multitude of Career Fairs in Manoa. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Alan Ito. Alan Ito, Educational Director at UH Systems, will help us understand the various Career Fairs at UH this Spring. The career fairs attract prospective employers and target students in the tech fields of study such […]