What Did He Learn in his Two Year Visit. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Andrew Zimmerman. Andrew just returned from two years in Shanghai. He arrived just before the Covid outbreak in Wuhan and has some interesting observations about how China handled the pandemic, as well as insights about […]
Current Cultural Changes in China (Global Connections)
Are we in Another Cultural Revolution. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. A discussion of Desmond Snum’s popular new book Red Roulette about the new culture in business in China. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mHEEOF0uG_ZWaKXVlH7Wn9 ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 […]
Global Learning for Local Service (Global Connections)
How Global Education Can Make a Difference. The host for this show is Carlos Juarez. The guest is Jackson D. Sayama. Carlos Juarez discusses global education with Hawaii State Representative Jackson Sayama and how his undergraduate studies in Shanghai prepared him for state and local government service. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is […]
Foreign Intrusion into Academic Research (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
How Much of a Threat is it to our Universities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jodi Ito. This discussion is a follow up on a conference on the subject in which Jodi Ito recently participated. We discuss what came out at the conference, and what we in Hawaii, and […]
Civil Society Strives for Sustainability (Cooper UNion)
Grassroots Groups Go for 17 Global Goals. The host for this episode is Joshua Cooper. The guests for this episode are Judith Kaulem, Karol Arambula and Cathy Yitong Li. The NGOs of the world have organized to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Every year, the civil society come together during the UN High Level Political Forum. […]
For the Love of Hong Kong (Global Connections)
A remarkable new book by Hana Meihan Davis. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Hana Meihan Davis. What the book covers, why she wrote it, how she was especially qualified to write it, why it’s relevant, her insights into what has happened to Hong Kong and her […]
Anti-Asian trends in America (History is Here to Help)
Is Hawaii exempt. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Peter Hoffenberg and Trisha Nakamura. Peter Hoffenberg and Trisha Nakamura help us understand Anti-Asian racism in America; is Hawaii exempt? We discuss the history of Asian-American racism in America and also in Hawaii, and the effect of geopolitical […]
Hong Kong First, Taiwan Next (Global Connections)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Marco Mangelsdorf. Marco Mangelsdorf helps us understand Hong Kong First, Taiwan Next; China ramps up its imperialism. We discuss Xi Jin-ping’s increasingly aggressive stance on taking over Taiwan, how that should be seen in the context of his moves against Hong […]
The International Drift to Authoritarianism (Global Connections)
More and more countries are going right. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Carlos Juarez. Carlos Juarez helps us understand The International Drift to Authoritarianism; more and more countries and going right. We discuss the reasons, the process, the dictators and the result in daily life in […]
Figments: On Reality inaugural episode (Figments: On Reality)
Observations on people, places, and events. The host for this episode is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Figments: On Reality is a biweekly commentary show where the host shares his observations on people, places, and events in the headlines. Dan “Fig” Leaf served in the Air Force for over 33 years, worked in the defense industry, and […]