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What we Need is a Little Happiness (Community Matters)
But Exactly What is it and How Do we Get it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Retired attorney Roger Epstein helps us understand his Committee on Happiness in Business, and we ask him what happiness really means, how it can be achieved to provide a countervailing influence […]
Japanese American Relocation, Part 2 (The Creative Life)
A Return to Camp. The host for this show is Darlene Boyd. The guests are Glenn Yabuno, Kelly Oto and Kimiko Marr. The discussion of Japanese American Internment Camp history and present day Camp pilgrimages continues in discussion with three descendants of camp internees. In this Part 2 offering, guest Judge Glenn Yabuno begins the […]
How Tourism is Doing After the Maui Fires (Community Matters)
What will it Take to Come Back. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jerry Agrusa. Dr. Agrusa helps us understand how tourism has been doing after the Maui fires, and what will it take to come back to previous levels. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ9 Please […]
Global Telecom Right Here in Hawaii (Community Matters)
Looking at the Pacific Telecommunications Council. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brian Moon. Brian Moon, CEO of Pacific Telecommunication Council helps us understand what PTC is, and its mission, members, activities and plans. PTC’s Annual Conference in January is a strategic springboard for the global communications industry, providing all […]
Is National News Taking the Oxygen from Local News (Community Matters)
What Can we Do About it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brett Oppegaard. Brett Oppegaard of the Journalism Program at UH Manoa helps us understand the evolution of local media in Hawaii and elsewhere, the issues and events it is covering and those it is not covering so well, […]
The Hawaii Supreme Court Doesn’t Buy Bruen (Community Matters)
Credit Goes to the Hawaii Supreme Court. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Erin Davis and Shira Feldman. Our panel discusses Hawaii v. Christopher Wilson, the recent landmark unanimous decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court effectively rejecting the Supreme Court’s rulings on guns. A brand-new right for guns was created […]
How Are Authors Going to Beat AI (Community Matters)
And if You Can’t Beat Them, why Not Join them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Chris Trammell. Author and life coach Chris Trammel helps us understand the ways AI is changing things, and threatening the art of writing. And that includes reading what is written, too. For that matter, […]
Millions in Foreign Payments Going to Trump (Community Matters)
For this Too, He is Not Qualified to be President. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Camron Hurt. Camron HUrt of Common Cause helps us understand the need for an investigation of the millions of dollars of foreign payments going to Trump from foreign governments. He has reportedly pocketed at […]
Cliff Slater Writes About Transit (Community Matters)
It’s Growth, Decline and Pending Demise. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Cliff Slater. Cliff Slater has followed the rail project and transit in Honolulu and around the country. He helps us understand the origins and history of transit, its current status and the challenges that will inform its prospects […]