An Important New Book About Pius XII. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Carl Ackerman and Brad Kerwin. Dr. Carl Ackerman helps us understand the importance of the The Pope at War, the new book by David Kertzer that was reviewed by Tim Parks in the New York Review of […]
What the Holocaust Film Tells us About America (Bigotry In America)
An Examination of the Ken Burns Film on PBS. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Manfred Henningsen. Manfred Henningsen, an emertus political science professor from UH Manoa, helps us understand the new PBS Ken Burns documentary on the U.S. and the Holocaust, and what that film tells us about American […]
Revelations from Ken Burns’ New Series on PBS (American Issues Take Two)
American Bigotry Right Through the War. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Ken Burns new series ‘Yearning to Breathe Free’ on PBS is a stunning examination of bigotry right here at home in the years before, during and after World War II. It’s a […]
Roundtable Discussion on Asia and Japan (Looking to the East)
Discussion of Topics on Asia. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guests are Paul Scott and Jiri Mestecky. Guests on the show discuss current topics on Asia such and the Yen depreciation, the recent meetings between Russia and China relating to Taiwan, and the evolving war in Ukraine from an Asian view. […]
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (Community Matters)
What Can we Do to Help it in its Efforts. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Erin Davis. Attorney Erin Davis tells us about the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence, and what it does. We discuss the recent gun control bill passed in Congress and what else needs to be […]
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 […]
Update on the War in Ukraine (Global Connections)
Positions and Implications Are Changing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Carl Ackerman helps us catch up and understand how things are evolving in the war against Ukraine, including the strange and failing moves of the Russian Army,Putin’s troubles with war crimes investigation and the oligarchs and Russians […]
The Role of Propaganda in Genocide (Politics for the People)
Vulnerabilities in the Human Condition. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the social psychology of propaganda and social media, and the human frailties and vulnerabilities that make us susceptible to propaganda and demagoguery, how Putin has learned to use it to affect […]
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 […]
Colonialism and the World Order (History is Here to Help)
Does it Ever Help. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Our panel explores the history of colonialism in its various forms, and what it has contributed to human and global development, how it has it hampered human and global development, and when and why it came to an end and […]