The Global Intelligence Community (Global Connections)
What Role Does it Play in Geopolitics. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical strategist, helps us understand the role of national intelligence agencies and their methodologies for gathering, vetting and interpreting intelligence for strategic planning, and the dissemination and collaboration of intelligence among national […]
How US Aid will Change Things in Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
Will it be Delivered Soon Enough. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel discusses the tortuous route of the bill for aid to Ukraine through the machinations and delays in Congress, and what that aid will finally look like and what […]
Review of Cinema Paradiso (Movies We Can Learn From)
A Boy’s Relationship with Film. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Our panel reviews Cinema Paradiso, an award winning 1988 Italian film about a boy’s relationship with film. Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso […]
Speaker Johnson Does Right Thing for Ukraine (American Issues Take One)
House Speaker Johnson Allows Vote to Fund. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. House Speaker Mike Johnson took the time to listen. He listened to CIA Director William Burns about what Putin will do to the other Baltic states once, not if, Russia takes […]
How the Iran Israel Exchange Has Changed Things (Global Connections)
Lessons About Their Weapons and Capabilities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical analyst, helps us understand the exchange of weapons by Iran against Israel and then Israel’s response a few days later. What they have shown about their weapons, capabilities, strategies and intentions, and […]
To Respond or Not to Respond to Iran’s Attack (Keeping the World Company)
That is the Question for Israel and Netanyahu. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel examines the strategical options and implications of responding or not responding to Iran’s recent attack on Israel, the considerations and risks attendant to each of those […]
Biden Walk Tightrope with Israel and Iran (American Issues Take One)
Supporting Israel Means Losing Votes. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. President Biden stated at the onset of the Israeli Gaza War that the USA will be a trusted, stable ally. That was prior to a casualty rate count of 34k people in Gaza […]
New Weapons Emerging in Multiple Wars (Global Connections)
How will They Change Wars in the Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us understand the new weapons and battlefield techniques that have been used or developed in the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas war, and now the war […]
Comparing Indian Issues in the US and Canada (View from the North)
What Can we Do to Make Life Better for them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman living in British Columbia, helps us understand how the Indian tribes are doing in Canada. We compare how they are doing with how American Indians are […]
How Does the ‘Social Safety Net’ Work in Canada (View from the North)
Does it Work the Same or Better than the One in the US. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand the bundle of benefits that are in the Canadian Social Safety Net. We compare them with the benefits that are […]
Today’s Headlines
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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. [...]
