Mark Schneider’s Biographies. The host for this show is Carl R. Ackerman. The guest is Mark Schneider. Mark Schneider has written two wonderful biographies of Congressmen from the Eastern Seaboard, and through his masterful accounting we learn something of contemporary U.S. History and the spice of biographical writing. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]
Palolo Tales (History is Here to Help)
Palolo Stories and a Jarrett Celebration. The host for this show is Carl R. Ackerman. The guests are Cliff Shinn and Hinda Diamond. Palolo Valley in Hawai’i has been a historical entity that is so much a part of Hawai’i. Some historical stories from a few people who are living, and have lived in this […]
Scott Kikkawa Uses Dante to Uncover Hawai’i (History is Here to Help)
Post WWII Hawai’i History in Kona Winds. The host for this show is Carl R. Ackerman. The guest is Scott Kikkawa. Author Scott Kikkawa, through his novel Kona Winds, takes us back to Post-World War II Hawai’i–that is before statehood–to offer us a glimpse of a time period with fifties cars, architectural wonders, cigarette-smoking cops […]
Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Advertising Guru (History is Here to Help)
The Birth of French Advertising. The hosts for this show are Carl R. Ackerman and Jay Fidell. The guest is Clark Hultquist. Professor Clark Hultquist research specializes in the history of the French advertising profession, media and the rise of consumer cultures. His discussion of Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet examines this extraordinary man overcoming many obstacles to […]
Korean Drama in our Life and Culture (Books! Books! Books!)
‘A K-Drama Voyage’ by Dr. Carl Ackerman. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Carl R. Ackerman. If you have not watched ‘Crash Landing On You’, you are definitely missing out. The story, the music, the actors, learning about North and South Korea, one can not say enough about it. Dr. […]