Chasing the Road Less Travelled. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Akeel Alleyne. In this show we discuss the following points: 1) Akeel’s personal history on getting into Chinese 2) Why is mandarin so difficult 3) Unique stories—How do people react to non-Asian people speaking Chinese? 4) Is Chinese useful […]
Imagining a Safer World (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Playing Defense on a Global Scale. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Riki Ellison. Riki Ellison is all about defense. He played linebacker on a USC national championship team and over his ten year career with the 49ers and Raiders, earned three Super Bowl rings. That he stays involved […]
Go West Young Man (China, Hawaii and You)
On Watching Children Leave Home. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Debbie Zimmerman. The following questions are discussed in this episode: 1) Initial reactions on going to China for weeks, then years 2) Benefits of study and living abroad– what do you think young adults get out of it? 3) […]
Imagining Hawaii During Conflict (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Impacts of a China-Taiwan Conflict. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Ed Hawkins. Retired Air Force colonel Ed Hawkins, a noted intelligence analyst, joins Fig to imagine what a China-Taiwan conflict might mean for the Aloha State. Assuming that such a conflict is indeed possible, they look at effects […]
China’s Policies on Gaming (The Wide World of Esports)
The Impact on Esports. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Brendan Bussman. We discuss China’s recent restrictions from playing online games to only 3 hours per week, how this will impact esports, the gaming industry, and the market. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
It’s More than Just Cobalt in the Congo (Global Connections)
It’s Global Economic Competition. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker of Pacific Forum helps us understand the larger foreign policy and global economic issues inherent in the acquisition of China Molybdenum’s acquisition of cobalt in the Congo, and how those issues involve and will affect the […]
China, Taiwan and the U.S. (Figments: On Reality)
What You Should Know. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Dan “Fig” Leaf’s expertise and experience bring clarity to the complex issues between China, Taiwan and the United States. When the U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China normalized relations in 1979, both sides accepted the notion that Taiwan would eventually “reunify” […]
The Taliban and China (China, Hawaii and You)
An Uneasy Partnership. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Robby Dube. In this episode, we discuss the following points: 1) How did we get to this point in Afghanistan? 2) Recognition—America’s and China’s. 3) Taliban and terrorism– not marked as terrorist group currently 4) Semi-recognition through belt and road. 5) […]
Troubling Sea Changes in China (Community Matters)
Is There Anything we Can Do About it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Marco Mangelsdorf. We discuss the changing relationship between the PRC, Taiwan and the rest of us; Xi as the Core leader; l’etat, c’est moi; Groupthink at the top levels of the Party; the liberal, democracies v. […]
The Threats Posed by Russia and China (Politics for the People)
Aren’t They Also Important to our Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand the threats posed by Russie and China, the reasons Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin want us to fail and what they are doing to help us fail, […]