The State of Youth Soccer. The host for this show is Angela Hayslett. The guest is Skip Gilbert. We discuss the current challenges in youth soccer and how the US Youth Soccer association is guiding its members through these challenging times. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6meZE3R0oHy_OBeomxTylhe Please visit our ThinkTech website […]
The Global Effects of Putin’s War on Ukraine (Global Connections)
Let us Count at Least Some of the Ways. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the global effects of Putin’s continuing. unilateral war crimes war against Ukraine, including its economic, social, political and geopolitical effects on the rest […]
Covid is Surging in India (Global Connections)
It’s Coming Back with a Vengeance. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the covid surge that is taking place in India, how it is coming back, why is it coming back and what it is doing to India, its health care system and […]
The Covid Resurgence and the Chinese Economy (Global Connections)
Maybe They Have Not Handled it so Well. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. The resurgence of covid in Shanghai and elsewhere in China has been mt with an aggressive response by the government, and that in turn has been met by an angry response by the people. […]
Collegiate Intramural Sports (The Sports Playbook)
An Inside Look. The host for this show is Angela Hayslett. The guest is Ryan Fitzgerald. We take an inside look at the operations of collegiate intramural sports at Indiana University Bloomington. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6meZE3R0oHy_OBeomxTylhe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at […]
Don’t Gut the University of Hawaii (History is Here to Help)
It is Hawaii’s Most Important Educational Institution. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Peter Hoffenberg. Professor Peter Hoffenberg has written an important oped piece for the Star-Advertiser. It is entitled Gutting Hawaii’s Major Research University would Hurt us All. We discuss the points and arguments Dr. Hoffenberg advanced in that […]
Xi Jin-ping’s Strategy in Supporting Putin’s War (Global Connections)
How Valuable is his Relationship with Russia. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, will help us understand recent events and strategies in China, including Xi Jinping’s continuing support for Putin and Russia, and the troubles about China’s current covid lockdown, with […]
A Year of Change at the PUC (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
A Visit with PUC Commissioner Leo Asuncion. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Marco Mangelsdorf. The guest is Leo Asuncion. Changes at the Public Utilities Commission. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Marco Mangelsdorf and Leo Asuncion. We compare notes with Commissioner Leon Asuncion […]
We Need to Remember Rome’s Still Burning (Politics for the People)
Ukraine Distracts us from the Problems at Home. The hosts for this show are Stephanie Dalton and Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Karen Buzzard. Our panel takes stock of the domestic issues we’ve been covering all along and how they’ve been doing while Europe is burning. This includes the GOP’s continuing efforts […]
Music to our Ears (Community Matters)
The Symphony Returns. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is David Moss. We talk with Dave Moss, Executive Director of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra for the past two years, about the Symphony, its status, has it has been affected by the covid pandemic, its plans, its strengths and challenges, and its […]