Community Matters
Things You Never Knew but Should Know. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Steven Merrill and Vicky Cayetano. Steven Merrill, Special Agent in Charge for Hawaii, tell us about what the FBI does here and in Asia and Indo Pacific to protect Hawaii and the United States, its mission, facilities, […]
Beacon of Liberty or Civil War (Community Matters)
What Would Frederick Douglass say. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Peter Adler, David Louie and Chuck Crumpton. ‘Posts and searches for the term ‘civil war’ have recently spiked on social media and podcasts as the midterm elections approach. And a White Christian nationalist movement, which insists that America was […]
Anticipating the Decision on Affirmative Action (Community Matters)
What will it Mean to Education in America. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Vernon Char. Our guest Vernon Char, a graduate of Harvard, helps us understand discrimination in education in America, the origins and evolution of affirmative action in Harvard, North Carolina and elsewhere in America, the arguments for […]
Why Queens Borough Deserves a Closer Look (Community Matters)
Diversity and Culture Are Alive and Well. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Avi Soifer. Our panel connects on Queens Borough in the City of New York, earlier known as White Pot, home of the Worlds Fairs of 1939 and 1964, home of the West Side Tennis Club and Queens […]
What New Policies Can we Expect After Election Day (Community Matters)
Will we Have Another Phoney Tax ‘reform’ Act. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Roger Epstein, retired tax attorney, helps us imagine what new policies the Republicans will advance after Election Day, including their opposition and reversal of the liberal social safety net policies advanced by the Democrats, […]
Time to Drop Twitter (Community Matters)
Musk is Wrecking the Twitter Platform. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Eric Kallander. Our panel examines how Twitter was doing before Musk, and how Musk has changed it since he closed on his 44 billion purchase. Is this intentional? Twitter has picked up destructive misinformation and hate speech since […]
Island Fever (Community Matters)
Introducing a New Hawaii Book. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guests are A.J. Llewellyn, Steve Novak and Kent Reinker. We discuss the Hawaii anthology, Island Fever, with the publisher and authors of several of its Covid19 inspired stories. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ Please visit our ThinkTech […]
The National Summer Learning Association (Community Matters)
Summer Learning. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Aaron Dworkin and Carl Ackerman. A Discussion of Summer Learning and the NSLA Conference. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com. ThinkTech Hawaii streams from […]
Shidler Business School Addresses Community Issues (Community Matters)
Faculty and Students Share Their Work with us. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Constancio Paranal, Kent Le, Crystal Valtiera and Melanie Yang. Professor Constancio Paranal is the Normandy Chair for Peace and Island Innovation, organizations that address community issues, working with small businesses and organizations that deliver campaigns that […]
Looking Forward with Senator Sharon Moriwaki (Community Matters)
Her Concerns and Platform for Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Sharon Moriwaki. A discussion with State Senator Sharon Moriwaki to discuss the state of the state, the problems we face and the solutions we and the state legislature should consider. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is […]