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 […]
Can Germany Save Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
What Would it Have to Do. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel helps us understand the dynamics among the nations of NATO and the EU and where Germany fits in terms of its leadership, its economic and financial ability to […]
A Transformative Experience in Okinawa (Global Connections)
What Can we Learn About Living to 100. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Alan Okinaka and Gwyen Nosse. Our panel discusses their recent trip to Tokyo and Okinawa. They just returned from a 10-day trip with 18 friends to Okinawa and Tokyo. An amazing Get Lost tour with Art […]
Let’s Take a Look at the Moscow Concert Shooting (Global Connections)
Was it ISIS, the Ukraine or Someone Else Putin Knows. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Kanekar helps us analyze the causes and effects of the March 24th attack on the Crocus concert in Moscow. Was it really ISIS, who said they did it. Was it […]
Trump’s Judicial Preferential Treatment (American Issues Take One)
Trump’s Teflon Treatment from the Courts. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. Once again, Trump receives special consideration from the courts. In a rare appeals decision, Trump will have his financial required payment reduced from $454 million to $175 million. Also, he has been given […]
Context of Trump’s Speech, Words, Bloodbath (American Issues Take One)
Echos of Jan 6 Resurface. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Louise Ing. In Ohio, Trump began his rally by standing to the National Anthem sung by convicted Jan 6 insurrectionists. It wasn’t the first time, and he will continue until his campaign stops. Then Trump made […]
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 […]
Should Schumer be Calling for Regime Change (Global Connections)
Is He Serious or Just Following Orders. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical strategist, helps us understand the implication and impact of Chuck Schumer’s remarks about Benjamin Netanyahu. Is it appropriate for Schumber or any American legislator, or for that matter any American official, […]
Time to Watch the Growth of South East Asia (Global Connections)
Where is it Going in Today’s Geopolitical World. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the growth and development going on in South East Asia, what countries there are most prosperous and in what activities and industries, especially agriculture, […]
Is the US Safe from Middle Eastern Terrorism (Global Connections)
Is it Likely, and Could it be Inevitable. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical strategist, helps us understand why and how radical Islam has such animosity against the United States, and how likely they are to organize a terror attack here to demonstrate how […]
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Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown. [...]
Mr. Raisi has been seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic. [...]
Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs. [...]
Officers were filmed punching three demonstrators at the protest in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The police said protesters were blocking the streets. [...]
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi made a "hard landing" in adverse weather, state media says. [...]
More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the infected blood scandal. [...]
Martin White died at the age of 33 after being given blood products contaminated with HIV. [...]
A report suggests shareholders have taken billons but failed to invest as water bills look set to rise. [...]
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to launch a new appeal. [...]
Tehran's Cabinet has met for an emergency meeting following the helicopter accident involving President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian. But who is Raisi? [...]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's term as president officially ends on May 20, and a scheduled election in March was postponed due to the ongoing war. Legal experts explain why he can remain [...]
Speaking with graduating students, US President Joe Biden said he supports their "peaceful nonviolent protest" over the ongoing "humanitarian crisis in Gaza." [...]
Climate change is likely fueling a surge in extreme weather events across the planet. It could be a troubling sign of things to come. [...]
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an "accident" in the north of the country. Rescue teams scrambled but did not immediately find the aircraft, amid [...]
Niger's decision to kick out American forces dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel. U.S. troops and some gear already have begun leaving the country. [...]
Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. [...]
Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing." [...]
Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance - and future of - democracy. [...]
Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth." [...]
Kevin Pillar has a poetic moment, gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas with parents there
Kevin Pillar got a milestone hit that provided a victory for the Los Angeles Angels while his parents were there to watch [...]
Pacers set NBA playoff shooting mark, top Knicks 130-109 in Game 7 to make Eastern Conference finals
Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in Game 7 history to a 130-109 victory over the New York Knicks [...]
Scott McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske sweep of the front row of Indianapolis 500 qualifying with a new track record Sunday around Indianapolis Motor [...]
Vincent Gray had long wanted to pursue doctoral studies. Now, George Washington University is awarding him an honorary doctorate in public service. [...]
President Ebrahim Raisi was traveling back to Iran from Azerbaijan. Rescuers were struggling to reach the area due to foggy conditions and mountainous terrain. [...]
