Are High Rise Condo Towers Realistic. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Chip Fletcher. Professor Chip Fletcher of SOEST at the University of Hawaii and the Climate Change Commission will help us understand the effects of climate change and sea level rise in shoreline areas in Kakaako Makai and whether […]
University of Hawai‘i Naval ROTC (Military In Hawaii)
Koa O Ke Kai, Warriors from the Sea. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Bill Ellis. The University of Hawai‘i (UH) Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Program is to develop young men and women mentally, morally, and physically, and to instill in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, […]
Whether a State Can Tax Itself (Talking Tax)
Fighting to Drop GE Taxes on Nonprofits. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. We look at Senate Bill 3201, a bill to lower general excise taxes paid by charities and other nonprofits, which passed the Legislature this past session. The Department of Taxation objected that it’s possible to read the […]
Hiring Solutions for Restaurants (Restaurants of Hawaii)
Local Resources to Find Employees. The host for this show is Sheryl Matsuoka. The guests are Daniel B. Swift and Jerry Agrusa. Reports are showing that businesses, including restaurants, will be dealing with staffing shortages through 2023 with no end in sight. According to research done by the National Restaurant Association roughly half of the […]
Protecting the Waters of the Pacific Monument (Community Matters)
This Requires our Continuing Attention. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Bob Richmond. Indigenous leaders from the Pacific Remote Islands Coalition are writing to President Joe Biden asking him to expand protection of the waters around the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, specifically around Palmyra and Howland and Baker […]
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 […]
Let’s Meet Julia Ogilvie (Community Matters)
Teacher, Director, Actor and Comedian. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Julia Ogilvie. We meet Julia Ogilvie, teacher, director, actor and comedian to learn about her remarkable career in the performing arts. We find out how she discovered and educated her talent, and how she put it on stage and […]
The Pleasurable Cultural Journey of K-Drama (History is Here to Help)
Includ, of Course, Discussion of the Squid. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Demand for television programming depicting Korean popular culture is steadily growing in the wake of the Korean Wave, which gave rise to worldwide interest in South Korea’s cultural economy. Author and ardent devotee to K-dramas, […]
The Role of HNEI in Hawaii’s Clean Energy Future (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
What is HNEI Working on and Advocating for. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Marco Mangelsdorf and Rick Rocheleau. Rick Rocheleau, director of HNEI, discusses what HNEI is and what it does, how it’s funded and what role it plays in the community and legislative energy community and conversation, and […]
Hawaii Startup Measures Sea Level Rise (Community Matters)
This Benefits Hawaii and Mainland Communities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brian Glazer. Hohonu, a two-year-old Hawaii-based startup nonprofit that uses its own sensors to detect sea level rise, has been commissioned by NOAA, to assist East Coast communities on the Mainland. It is partially owned by UH and […]