We Should be Able to Tell this Year. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Colleen Hanabusa. Trump’s been able to win on some GOP endorsements, but he’s lost on others. He’s taken some outrageous positions that are clearly unpopular. He still isn’t back on […]
What Else Can America Do for Ukraine (American Issues Take Two)
What Can the Government and What Can You Do. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Shackley Raffetto. Our panel, including retired judge Shackley Raffetto, examines what the United States has done and is doing to build the European coalition and help Ukraine defend itself; […]
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 […]
Toxic Politics Makes Voting Daunting (Politics for the People)
GOP Hugs Pickups, Gun Racks for What. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Karen Buzzard. Guests’ discussion acknowledges the demolition of democracy is mostly unrelieved, though there are scant signs of recovery. Guests comment about any evidence that anger from decades of conspiracy theories can be diverted […]
Pence Speaks About Jan 6, ‘Trump is Wrong’ (What Now America)
VP Pence Distances Himself from Trump. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Winston Welch, Cynthia Lee Sinclair and Karen Buzzard. At a meeting before The Federalist Society last Friday, Former VP Pence made a declarative statement that put him at odds with Trump and his loyalists. He said, “Trump is […]
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 […]
The Demise of Local Journalism in America (Community Matters)
What Effect Does it Have on our Democracy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Brett Oppegaard and Tim Apicella. Brett Oppegaard, professor in the Journallism Program at UH Manoa, and Tim Apicella, ThinkTech volunteer journalist and show host, help us understand the causes and effects of the demise of local […]
Can we Rely on the Supreme Court Anymore (History is Here to Help)
Public Confidence is Justifiably Slipping. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Peter Hoffenberg and Avi Soifer. History Professor Peter Hoffenberg joins us to discuss how the Supreme Court has changed with Trump’s appointees. Commentators, including NY Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse (Justice on the Brink) and Adam Cohen (Supreme […]
Back to Business After Afghanistan (America Finding its Way)
How Has it Changed our Politics. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Jane Sugimura. Afghanistan sucked all the oxygen out for two weeks. Now that it’s essentially over as a news item, we need to get back to business. But how will that be. How will Joe […]
The Chaos Came Long Before the Blame (America Finding its Way)
It’s Hard when the Government is in Disarray. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand how the governmental environment Biden has faced since his election, the failure of a transition, Trump’s legacy, Trump’s deal with the Taliban, U.S. Intelligence, military strategy, […]