Comparing Today with Hitler’s Rise. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Stephanie Dalton. Our panel discusses the Ken Burns excellent three part series on the Holocaust (see PBS.org), and what it can teach us on Hitler’s rise to power, his use of propaganda and lies, racism, hatred […]
The Status of Diversity in New York City (Community Matters)
Is it Changing These Days, and in What Way. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our New York correspondent Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand diversity in New York, in the streets, shops, restaurants, museums and the UN. Is there racism or bigotry, or are people friendly and tolerant […]
Trying to Understand the Base (American Issues Take Two)
What Effect, if Any, Do Current Events Have. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Stephanie Dalton. Our panel helps us understand where the base is these days, how they got to be where they are, their vision for the country and for themselves and their families, what […]
What Role Does Tucker Carlson Play in US Politics (American Issues Take Two)
And What is his Relationship with Donald Trump. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and John Waihee. Our panel examines Tucker Carlson and Fox News, the content they broadcast, particularly as to racism and nationalism, their viewing audience and followers, how they affect American public […]
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 […]
The Immigration Dilemma in Japan (Looking to the East)
Japan is Shrinking with Little Immigration. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Jay Fidell. Japan is well known for an aging and slowly falling population. Other countries have looked to immigration as a pathway to supplement workers when the domestic workforce is falling. But this is not happening in Japan […]
Ending the Year of the Ox (The Middle Way)
Planning for the Year of the Tiger. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Chang Wang, Robert (Bob) Webber and Richard Q. Liu. Robert (“Bob”) Webber has been practicing U.S. immigration law for 20+ years. He has extensive experience advising on visas and green card strategies for some of the world’s […]
Journeys from There to Here (The Middle Way)
Susan Cohen on Immigrants and Immigration. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Chang Wang. The guest is Susan Cohen. Susan Cohen is a leading immigration lawyer in the US, the recipient of dozens of awards by prominent organizations, and Chair of Mintz Levin’s Immigration Practice. In 2017, Susan helped to lead a […]
The Immigrant and Refugee Debate 2021 (The Middle Way)
Déjà Vu all over Again. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Chang Wang, Paul Anderson and Alexander H.E. Morawa. In 1958, then U.S. Senator JFK published “A Nation of Immigrants.” JFK proposed liberalizing immigration law based on his argument that the United States is a country whose population is predominantly […]
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 […]