A Boy’s Relationship with Film. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Our panel reviews Cinema Paradiso, an award winning 1988 Italian film about a boy’s relationship with film. Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso […]
Review of the Oliver Stone Movie Platoon (Movies We Can Learn From)
What Can it Tell us About Atrocities in Vietnam. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Our panel discusses the Oliver Stone movie Platoon, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon and Forest Whitaker, and its depiction of the American soldiers who […]
Review of Bridge of Spies (Movies We Can Learn From)
A True Story of the Cold War. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Shackley Raffetto and Mike Lilly, both Navy veterans, help us understand the historical events portrayed by Bridge of Spies, a 2015 movie about the exchange of U-2 high altitude spy plane Pilot […]
Reviewing ‘Hell in the Pacific’ (1968) (Movies We Can Learn From)
What Can we Learn from These Two Enemies. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Our panel, including Shackley Raffetto, retired Marine and Naval Officer and former Chief Judge of the Second Circuit of Hawaii, and Michael LIlly, also a retired Naval Officer and former Attorney […]
Why Do we like Masters of the Air so Much (Movies We Can Learn From)
It’s a Great Air War Series on Apple TV. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Shackley Raffetto, a Navy reserve captain among other things, helps us understand the lives and experiences of the pilots and crews of the Flying Fortress bombers that operated out of England and bombed […]
How the PRC is Dealing Through the Diaspora (Keeping the World Company)
Why Are They Doing this and What Effect Does it Have. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Vicky Cayetano and Shackley Raffetto. Our panel discusses how the PRC is operating through the Diaspora, including cyber and surveillance, ships off the coast of Hawaii, the Confucius Society on college campuses, ‘Police […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin Comes Home to Roost (Keeping the World Company)
What Does this Mean for Putin’s War. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Our panel discusses recent developments between Prigozhin and the Wagner Group and Vladimir Putin and his Ministry of Defense, the underlying causes of the dispute, the propaganda and disinformation campaigns and what […]
Spring 2023 is Here (Community Matters)
Time for our Spring Fund Drive. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Jay Fidell and retired Judge Shackley Raffettto, both directors of ThinkTech Hawaii, compare notes on the evolution of the company and its finances and funding, and particularly the funding from its Underwriters and from its semiannual […]
Spring 2023 is Here (Community Matters)
Time for our Spring Fund Drive. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Jay Fidell and retired Judge Shackley Raffettto, both directors of ThinkTech Hawaii, compare notes on the evolution of the company and its finances and funding, and particularly the funding from its Underwriters and from its semiannual […]
What Else Can America Do for Ukraine (American Issues Take Two)
What Can the Government and What Can You Do. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Shackley Raffetto. Our panel, including retired judge Shackley Raffetto, examines what the United States has done and is doing to build the European coalition and help Ukraine defend itself; […]