Fighter Squadron ‘Doofer Books’. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Bruce ‘Spike’ Benyshek. Long before Facebook (Meta), Twitter and Instagram, fighter squadrons used ledger books to share stories, humor, and commentary in a similar paradigm. Doofer Books were havens of free expression with rules. Pilots required a callsign to […]
History and Truth in Learning (It’s Time for Responsible Change)
Missing and Hidden Truths in our History. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Tina Patterson, Sandra Simms and Louise Ing. Biases and omissions in the US teaching of history and culture. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our […]
The Demise of Local Journalism in America (Community Matters)
What Effect Does it Have on our Democracy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Brett Oppegaard and Tim Apicella. Brett Oppegaard, professor in the Journallism Program at UH Manoa, and Tim Apicella, ThinkTech volunteer journalist and show host, help us understand the causes and effects of the demise of local […]
Truth Commissions (Transitional Justice)
What are the benefits and weaknesses? The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Cecilia Kustermann. The goal of truth commissions generally is to hold public non-judicial hearings to establish the scale and impact of a past injustice and make it part of a permanent public record. Truth commissions […]
Finally, a January 6 Commission (America Finding its Way)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Tim Apicella, Cynthia Lee Sinclair, Stephanie Dalton and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand Finally, a January 6 Commission and Will truth in fact prevails. We discuss why it took so long; how certain Republicans have flip flopped on it […]
Make America Smart Again ~ Episode 2 (Sister Power)
The Power of Our Vote. The host for this episode is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests for this episode are Barbara Mitchell and Debra Butler, Ph.D, IDD. Helping to elect two Democrats in the special election in Georgia. Activism. COVID-19. Black Excellence. Civil Engagement in 2020. President-Elect Joe Biden, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. Why America […]
Covid has revealed that we are at a global inflection point (Community Matters)
We must reeducate our nation before it is too late. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Louis Herman. Louis Herman, a political science professor at the West Oahu Campus of the University of Hawaii, will help us understand the current crisis, how we got to where we […]
Do You Count Your Blessing? (ThinkTech Commentary)
Seymour’s World I have often described true gratitude as a quiet state of inner calm where you are truly thankful for what you have not what you don’t have in life. The reality is that there is no true perfection and life is filled with its ups and downs, the good, the bad and everything […]
Deception Detection (Out Of The Comfort Zone)
Truth and Lies with Mark Bowden. On this episode of Out Of The Comfort Zone we will be taking a look at how our own biases can warp our perception of truth. The host for this episode is RB Kelly. The guest for this episode is Mark Bowden. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet […]