How Do These Problems Differ in Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand the social problems common to the US and Canada, and how they differ in Canada. These include poverty, joblessness, homelessness, racism, inequality, immigration, healthcare, education, and […]
Building Homes in Canada (View from the North)
Do They Know More than we Do. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian Businessman, helps us understand what it takes to build homes in Western Canada. There are many challenges in building affordable housing and housing for the homeless, including land, zoning, infrastructure, […]
What we Can Learn from Western Canada on Housing (View from the North)
Could These Lessons be Useful in Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian Businessman, helps us understand what they are doing to build affordable housing in Western Canada. There are so many challenges in building affordable housing and housing for the homeless, including […]
Women in Need Founder Mary Scott-Lau (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond Empowering Women. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Mary Scott-Lau. We talk with Mary about her nonprofit organization that empowers women (and men) who have been through domestic violence, homelessness, substance abuse, and incarceration. We also talk with her about how she’s helping our Hawai’i community in breaking the […]
Yes, There Are Solutions to Homelessness (View from the North)
Let’s Take a More Creative Approach. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Is the current approach to homelessness working? What does increasing homelessness tell us about our economy and our society? What other, more creative things can we do? How about making some fundamental changes to the system. […]
Housing Hawaii’s Future with Sterling Higa (Politics and Land in Hawaii)
Housing our Millennials and Gen Z. The host for this show is Dennis Esaki. The guest is Sterling Higa. Discussion with Sterling Higa, a Debate Champion and Coach/ Lecturer at Hawaii Pacific University, and ED of ‘Housing Hawaii’s Future’, a non-profit organization. Who is Sterling and why is he doing this? What is the plan […]
Looking Forward with Senator Sharon Moriwaki (Community Matters)
Her Concerns and Platform for Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Sharon Moriwaki. A discussion with State Senator Sharon Moriwaki to discuss the state of the state, the problems we face and the solutions we and the state legislature should consider. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is […]
We Don’t Know Enough About Singapore (Global Connections)
We Can Learn a Lot from How They Do Things. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Harmin Kaur Gill. Harmin Kaur Gill, who lives in Singapore, helps us understand life and business in Singapore. Why does she live there. What are its special advantages. Some of the business and social […]
Comparing Social Safety Nets, Part II (View from the North)
Looking at Homelessness in Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired Businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand how homelessness works in Canada and what the provincial and federal governments are doing about it. We also follow up on some of the other poverty and government benefits and […]
Affordable Housing – Are we Moving Fast Enough (Community Matters)
What the State Needs to Do to Meet the Crisis. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Stanley Chang. Senator Stanley Chang, a champion of affordable housing solutions in the Hawaii State Senate, helps us understand the dimensions of the problem, what has been done about it, what initiatives he is […]