Public Health Meets Personal Mobility. The host for this show is Peter Rosegg. The guest is Jess Thompson. Hawai‘i Public Health Institute has a program called Safe, Accessible, and Inclusive Mobility (SAIM) trying to make us all safer. What does it do and how is it doing? The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is […]
Update on Marijuana in Hawai’i (Community Matters)
Should Recreational Weed be Legalized. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Steve Alm, Kevin Sabet and Vicky Cayetano. Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm and Dr. Kevin Sabet, President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, both of whom appeared in a well-attended Marijuana Conference in Waikiki a few days ago, discuss the proceedings […]
A New Book, Plague Doctors (Community Matters)
How Hawaii Battled the Pandemic. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jonathan Dworkin. Dr. Jonathan Dworkin, an Infectious Disease Specialist in Honolulu, introduces his book, Plague Doctors, How Hawaii Battled the Pandemic, and helps us understand the COVID public health threats and events that took place in Hawaii, and what […]
The Elephant is Still Climate Change (American Issues Take Two)
Maybe the Crisis will Go Away by Itself. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Vicky Cayetano. With all the trouble in Congress and the GOP and thus the government in general, we haven’t been doing very much on climate change. And Europe and China have also been […]
Understanding the Move to Global Autocracy (American Issues Take Two)
What Are the Causes and Factors in Play. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Alexander H.E. Morawa. Our panel examines the remarkable growth in the rise of autocrats and autocratic governments around the world, including China, Russia, Hungary and so many other places in […]
What Did we Do to Deserve Omicron (Politics for the People)
What Should we Do to Deal with it. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell, Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Our panel discusses the origins of omicron; the nature of the virus as compared to the first two strains; whether it is likely to be more infectious or more […]
Changes, Challenges and Choices (It’s Time for Responsible Change)
Public Health, Safety and Welfare Choices. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Tina Patterson, Benjamin Davis and James Alfini. Crises, Challenges, Changes and Choices in Public Health, Safety and Welfare. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to […]
Business & Public Health (Connecting Hawaii Business)
How Community Health affects business. The host for this episode is Kathleen Lee. The guest for this episode is Camonia Graham-Tutt. With local communities still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, public health education is crucial now more than ever. Camonia Graham-Tutt, a professor at UH West Oahu, has been the primary organizer of the university’s […]
The role of Immunity Responses in Covid (Likable Science)
They are a two-edged sword. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mike DeWeert. Scientist Mike Deweert will help us understand the body’s immune system, how it responds to disease, the cytokine storm phenomenon, and how the immune system works both for and against us in covid. ThinkTech […]
Examining economic activity in reopening and increased mortality in covid cases (Community Matters)
We need scientists to help us find and develop public policy on the relationship. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mike DeWeert. Mike Deweert, ThinkTech’s Chief Scientist, will help us understand the relationship between economic activity in the reopening in Hawaii and increased mortality in covid cases. […]