But We’ve Needed Immigration Reform for Years. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Sharleen Nakamoto Levine. Historians Peter Hoffenberg and Sharleen Nakamoto Levine help us understand the history of US immigration policy, its evolution and changes, and the historical reasons for those changes. We also discuss the […]
Does History Support Affirmative Action (History is Here to Help)
What Does History Tell us About Repealing it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Our cohost Professor Peter Hoffenberg, helps us understand the history of discrimination in education in America, and for that matter at UH Manoa, the origins and evolution of affirmative action in Harvard, North Carolina and elsewhere […]
Does History Support Affirmative Action (History is Here to Help)
What Does History Tell us About Repealing it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Our cohost Professor Peter Hoffenberg, helps us understand the history of discrimination in education in America, and for that matter at UH Manoa, the origins and evolution of affirmative action in Harvard, North Carolina and elsewhere […]
How Can History Help if we Don’t Know History (History is Here to Help)
An Indictment of History Education in America. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Spanish Philosopher George Santayana famously said ‘those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.’ Was he right? Does history repeat itself or does it just rhyme. Are American students learning history or have history […]
Should we be Less Concerned About Civil War (History is Here to Help)
How Things Have Changed Since January 6th. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Stirred by an opinion piece by Thomas Ricks in the Washington Post, our panel examines how the possibility of civil war in the country has changed, the evolution and threat of militia […]
The Separation of Church and State in America (History is Here to Help)
How Has it Changed over the past Two Decades. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Kathleen Sands. Our panel helps us understand the founders’ intention in the separation of church and state in the First Amendment; how it has changed in our history, and how has it […]
Time for Another Constitution (History is Here to Help)
Or Just Make Targeted Amendments. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Andrea Freeman. Referring to an article by Don Fraser in the History News Network entitled Time to Amend the Constitution, our panel discuss what parts of the Constitution have failed, and why, and what amendments would […]
The Spanish Inquisition then and Now (History is Here to Help)
The Spanish Inquisition After 500 Years. The hosts for this show are Peter Hoffenberg and Jay Fidell. The hosts discuss the meanings and consequences of The Spanish Inquisition for the past and for today. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6lR54xuhmCd5nE4OhhdFnP7 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech […]
January 6, 2021: What Does it Mean (History is Here to Help)
January 6 – How and its Meanings. The host for this show is Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Dr. Jean Rosenfeld, Ph.D., a scholar of religion and political extremism, discusses how January 6th, 2021 happened in light of myth and its relationship to religion. What did it mean for contemporary and future American […]
How Putin’s War Affects European Politics (History is Here to Help)
How Does it Play in Europe’s Rising Populism. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Manfred Henningsen. Our panel, history professor Peter Hoffenberg and political science professor emeritus Manfred Henningsen of UH Manoa, examines the populism of the right and the impact Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is having […]