In a World of Terror, Deradicalization is Critical. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Jason Olson. Our panel helps us understand the process of radicalization in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how it leads to terrorism and violence. Our panel also explores the […]
Reviewing ‘Intent to Destroy’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
Understanding the Armenian Genocide. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. Intent to Destroy chronicles the events of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that annihilated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, This movie examines how the first major modern genocide, once a well recognized global atrocity, […]
The Pope at War by David Kertzer (Global Connections)
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 […]
Yearning to Breathe Free (American Issues Take Two)
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 Sad Story of Matthew Belanger, USMC (Bigotry In America)
What Can we Do to Deal with Bigots like this. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Max Samarov. Max Samarov of ‘Stand With Us’, helps us understand the sad story of Matthew Belanger, formerly in the U.S. Marine Corps,and how he plotted mass murder and sexual assault to ‘decrease the […]
Is the Holocaust Different from Other Genocides (History is Here to Help)
Are Genocides Baked into Humanity. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. We discuss the Holocaust and compare and contrast it with other genocidal events in human history. In what ways is it similar, and in what ways it is different. What can we learn about this from history. The ThinkTech […]
Sanctions Dilemma: who Gets Hurt and when (Politics for the People)
What Do we Need to Do to Make them Effective. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the efficacy of the sanctions to date, and the ones adopted just this week. Can Putin get around them. Do the Russian people understand the reasons […]
Remembering Holocaust Remembrance Day (History is Here to Help)
A Day for us all to Remember What Happened. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Peter Hoffenberg and Seymour Kazimirski. Peter Hoffenberg and Seymour Kazimirski take a moment to remember the Holocaust, with a view to examining its roots and to understand what happened, what it represented then, what it […]