If Not, What Should we be Worried About. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Our panel will discuss the things that we should be most fearful about in this fragmented and violent world and whether and to what extent we can afford to be optimistic given the […]
What Assaults on Democracy Mean for us (The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal)
Our Values-Building and Defending Democracy. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Benjamin Davis, David Larson and Vernellia Randall. Assaults on democracy abroad and at home, and serving the values in responsible choices. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see […]
Taiwan, Light and Shadow (China, Hawaii and You)
Lessons from a Democratic Miracle. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Shawna Ryan. In this episode, we cover the following points: 1) The state of Taiwan immediately after it was founded 2) The Kuomintang’s arrival 3) Life under Chiang Kai-shek’s martial law, and how it compares to the Maoist time […]
Hawaii Goes Door to Door on the Mainland (Community Matters)
Campaigning and Registering Voters in 16 States. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Lorna Strand and David Strand. Lorna and David Strand have done campaigning and voter registration in no fewer than 16 states on the mainland. They tell us about why and how they do this, and what experiences, […]
Unanswered Questions Burning Issues USA 2022 (What Now America)
Five Burning Issues to Shape our Future. The host for this show is Tim Apicella. The guests are Jay Fidell, Winston Welch, Cynthia Tai and Karen Buzzard. Five issues carried over from 2021 will dominate the news in 2022. Those issues are: the Jan 12 insurrection, the forces that threatened our democracy, the pandemic, the […]
Burning Issues for America in 2022 (What Now America)
Our Insurrection, Our Democracy, Our Society, Our Pandemic, Our Perspective. A panel of Former Governor John Waiheel, Former UH Political Science Professor Neal Milner, Hawaii attorney Louise Ing, New York covid expert Roopmati Khandekar, and HPU History Professor Jon Davidann, moderated by ThinkTech host Tim Apicella. There is so much media noise and public confusion […]
Following the Changes in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
How it No Longer Connects East with West. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the events and directions taking place in Hong Kong, and the effect the PRC’s action under the New Security Law are affecting Hong Kong’s […]
Is the Voting Rights Bill Lost (Community Matters)
What Can we Do to Resurrect it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Sylvia Albert and Sandy Ma. Sylvia Albert and Sandy Ma of Common Cause help us understand the status of voting rights in this country, in the various GOP state legislatures which have moved to suppress voting and […]
Coming Soon Possibly – Dystopian America (Politics for the People)
If the USA Swaps Democracy for Autocracy. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell, Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Panel Guests and audience view the video, “Our Dystopian Future.” Guests comment on its stark messaging about American Democracy’s fragility. Current American politics suggest this nation may be struggling to […]
What Have we Learned from January 6th (Politics for the People)
America’s Struggle to Keep Democracy. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell, Winston Welch and Tim Apicella. Panel Guests discuss statements by political analysts prepared to inform and stimulate thinking about the current state of our nation. The consequences of violence stoked and used in the January 6 Capital […]