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 […]
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The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order. [...]
The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace. [...]
The university has been in turmoil following the decision not to allow its valedictorian, who is Muslim, to speak at graduation. [...]
The Chicago police said that 68 people had been arrested and charged with trespassing. [...]
Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections. [...]
Israeli media say 10 people were injured as Hamas fired rockets at the Kerem Shalom crossing. [...]
Israel accuses Al Jazeera of bias, but the Qatar-based network says Israel wants "to cover up its crimes". [...]
Bernard Hill enjoyed a career spanning decades in film and television. [...]
Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history. [...]
Internationally mediated talks on establishing a cease-fire in Gaza have resumed in Egypt. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has gone off air in Israel after Netanyahu's government ordered the network to close. [...]
Eight candidates are running to take over the presidency, with the frontrunner only recently given the legal go-ahead. [...]
The Qatari TV network is no longer available in Israel after the Cabinet voted to suspend it. Israel has had a tense relationship with the broadcaster, accusing it of bias [...]
A global trend of increasing antisemitism has skyrocketed since Hamas' deadly October 7 attack, a new report has said. The Tel Aviv University report says many Jews across the world [...]
Speaking with DW, Ukrainian civilians share their experiences of fleeing Russian-occupied territories via the only open border crossing between the two countries. [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera. [...]
Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. [...]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia. [...]
Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping [...]
While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected. [...]
Schools continue to grapple with balancing students’ free speech rights and maintaining an amicable atmosphere ahead of graduation ceremonies. [...]
Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]
"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]
'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]
The zone from Oklahoma to southern Nebraska is particularly at risk. [...]
