A Short War Now Going into its 9th Month. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor at Pacific Forum, helps us understand the changing prospects of the Russian invasion into Ukraine, considering political changes in the EU, the UK and the United States, the effects […]
How the US Can Address the Data Divide (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
Coverage by the Center for Data Innovation. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Gillian Diebold. Gillian Diebold, policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation moderated a webinar in Washington a few days ago about the importance of the data divide, the impact it can have on individuals and society, […]
APEC is Coming to California (Global Connections)
Working for Globalization. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Russell Honma. Russell Honma, author of the Hawaii APEC master plan, helps us understand the changes in APEC since it took place in Hawaii, how covid has affect the APEC rotation schedule, the plan for the next APEC in California, and […]
Should we be Less Concerned About Civil War (History is Here to Help)
How Things Have Changed Since January 6th. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Stirred by an opinion piece by Thomas Ricks in the Washington Post, our panel examines how the possibility of civil war in the country has changed, the evolution and threat of militia […]
Comparing Social Safety Nets, Part II (View from the North)
Looking at Homelessness in Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired Businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand how homelessness works in Canada and what the provincial and federal governments are doing about it. We also follow up on some of the other poverty and government benefits and […]
If Democracy is Lost, What Happens then (American Issues Take One)
How will that Affect our Lives and Society. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Our panel discusses the indicators of the decline of democracy in the U.S., and nature and speed of the decline and what will happen without it. What kind of government and government services […]
Where Do You Want to Get Sick, Canada or the US (View from the North)
Comparing Health Care Systems in Both Countries. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Our panel compares the health care system in Canada with that in the U.S., national health insurance and health plan coverage and requirements from state to state; the quality, availability and cost of care and […]
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 […]
Is Putin’s War Fortifying the Democratic Alliance (Politics for the People)
Or will the Alliance Unravel Because of his Threats. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell, Tim Apicella and Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Our panel discusses the possibility, as examined in an article in Foreign Affairs, that Vladimir Putin’s War Crimes War is strengthening the democratic alliance and that in […]