The Spanish Inquisition After 500 Years. The hosts for this show are Peter Hoffenberg and Jay Fidell. The hosts discuss the meanings and consequences of The Spanish Inquisition for the past and for today. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6lR54xuhmCd5nE4OhhdFnP7 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech […]
The Future of the Supreme Court (History is Here to Help)
What is the Future for the Supreme Court. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Peter Hoffenberg. This episode of History is Here to Help discusses the future of the US Supreme Court after several weeks of controversial decisions on matters of privacy, public safety and the separation of Church and […]
January 6, 2021: What Does it Mean (History is Here to Help)
January 6 – How and its Meanings. The host for this show is Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Dr. Jean Rosenfeld, Ph.D., a scholar of religion and political extremism, discusses how January 6th, 2021 happened in light of myth and its relationship to religion. What did it mean for contemporary and future American […]
Don’t Gut the University of Hawaii (History is Here to Help)
It is Hawaii’s Most Important Educational Institution. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Peter Hoffenberg. Professor Peter Hoffenberg has written an important oped piece for the Star-Advertiser. It is entitled Gutting Hawaii’s Major Research University would Hurt us All. We discuss the points and arguments Dr. Hoffenberg advanced in that […]
How Putin’s War Affects European Politics (History is Here to Help)
How Does it Play in Europe’s Rising Populism. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Manfred Henningsen. Our panel, history professor Peter Hoffenberg and political science professor emeritus Manfred Henningsen of UH Manoa, examines the populism of the right and the impact Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is having […]
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 […]
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 […]
How we Have Strayed from the Liberal World Order (History is Here to Help)
What Can we Do to Get Back to it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Historian Peter Hoffenberg helps us understand how things have changed since 1945 and how we have strayed from the days of the Marshall Plan and the creation of the United Nations and the liberal world […]
Bigotry in our Backyard (Community Matters)
What Can we Do About Anti-semitic Movements. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Seth Brysk. Our panel will cover the growth of anti-semitism in the U.S. over the past few years, and why; how that is expressed (like in the rhetoric and recruitment campus organizations); how it […]
Affirmative Action in America (History is Here to Help)
How is it Doing in the Face of Racism. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Peter Hoffenberg. Our panel discusses the history and the current state of affairs of affirmative action programs in federal and state government, educational and private business organizations and institutions in our country, how they are […]