Community Matters
How Flawed is the Global Banking System. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jarl Jensen. Author Jarl Jenson tells us about his recent Amazon Forbes Book called ‘The Big Solution’, Stopping the Ticking Time-bomb of Today’s Economy, focusing on how detrimental the banking system is to the world economy and […]
Finding the Public Policy in Politics (Community Matters)
Sea Changes in Hawaii and on the Mainland. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Colin Moore. Political Science professor Colin Moore of UH Manoa, brings us current on issues, initiatives and arguments advanced in the Hawaii 2022 legislative session, the forthcoming gubernatorial and legislative races, and other policy and platform […]
Culture Science Center Above the Clouds (Community Matters)
A Culture Science Center for the Big Island. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Richard Ha. Richard Ha, Big Island businessman, tells about his vision for a Culture Science Center on the Big Island, above the clouds. We talk about a complete narrative and architectural design in a 120-page long […]
The Making of Scaling Up: Hawaii’s Food Future (Community Matters)
A Conversation with Filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Kimberlee Bassford. Kimberlee Bassford, filmmaker with Making Waves, LLC, who has made a number of award winning documentaries about Hawaii, helps us understand her art and the craft of making her films. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this […]
Office Changes and Trends in 2022 (Community Matters)
Innovative Ways to Offer Hybrid Working Environments. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Robert Wilkinson. Robert Wilkinson will help us understand what the 2022 office will look like. As business owners brace themselves for employees returning to work or formalizing a permanent hybrid environment in 2022, businesses could be finding […]
State Scoop Top 50 Awards (Community Matters)
National Awards for Tech Leaders in State Government. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Burt Lum. Tech guru and state tech official Burt Lum will help us understand the State Scoop Top 60 awards. Voting is open for the 2022 State Scoop 50 Awards. You can cast your vote until […]
Michael Sukhov Shares his Manao (Community Matters)
Sociologist, Journalist, activist-scholar and Author. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Sukhov. Michael Sukhov gives us a glimpse into his remarkable journey from CUNY to Berkeley to Hawaii, as a sociologist, radio-journalist, activist-scholar and author. And he tells us about his many interests, and about a book he is […]
Music to our Ears (Community Matters)
The Symphony Returns. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is David Moss. We talk with Dave Moss, Executive Director of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra for the past two years, about the Symphony, its status, has it has been affected by the covid pandemic, its plans, its strengths and challenges, and its […]
The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention (Community Matters)
A New Book on Climate Change by Wake Smith. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Wake Smith. The public discourse around climate change remains fixated on reaching net zero carbon emissions, however net zero is only the beginning. According to Wake Smith (Yale Professor and Climate Intervention Researcher), unless we […]
Reexaming the Canyons of Kakaako (Community Matters)
Could we Have Done Better. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Scott Wilson. Scott Wilson, retired architect, helps us understand what has happened in Kakaako, whether it has been developed consistent with the planning that was done and in a way the community intended and expected. What went right and […]