Was Putin Responsible and What Are the Implications. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Historian Jean Rosenfeld helps us understand the implications of Prigozhin’s death and the patterns and strategies of assassination that have emerged under Vladimir Putin, the echos of other such assassinations by other autocrats, whether […]
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 […]
Narendra Modi’s Strange Relationship with Putin (Global Connections)
What Can we Expect from Modi in the Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the strange relationship of Narendra Modi with Putin, the reasons for Modi’s recent cancellation of his annual summit with Putin, the role of India’s needs for oil and […]
Where Does Gorbachev Fit in Global History (Global Connections)
What Influence Has He Had on Vladimir Putin. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Carl Ackerman and Robert Matthews. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Russian president, died a few weeks ago. Russia Scholars Carl Ackerman and Robert Matthews give us an historical retrospective of Gorbachev’s life and times, his role in […]
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; […]
Midtown Flunk Vol 5 (Humane Architecture)
Highrise Hype Around Ala Moana Mall. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. The guest is Ronald Lindgren. Developers in the high rise high to mid end market in Honolulu Hawaii have found a new playground which they call “Midtown” being the area between Waikiki and Kakaako around and on the […]
The Threats Posed by Russia and China (Politics for the People)
Aren’t They Also Important to our Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand the threats posed by Russie and China, the reasons Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin want us to fail and what they are doing to help us fail, […]
The new world order under Biden and Blinken (America Finding its Way)
How are they doing. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Tim Apicella, Stephanie Dalton and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand The new world order under Biden and Blinken and how are they doing. We discuss relations under Trump, relations under Biden and Blinken, global security, […]
American Foreign Policy with Russia and China (Community Matters)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Robert Girrier and David Santoro. Robert Girrier and David Santoro helps us understand American Foreign Policy with Russia and China and The complexities of the new world order. We discuss the condition of the U.S. State Department as it was handed […]
Strategic Relations with Russia (Global Connections)
And a current comparison with China. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, formerly the Executive Director of Pacific Forum, helps us understand our Strategic Relations with Russia and how it compares with the relations we have with China. We discuss the heating up […]