ThinkTech Hawaii

ThinkTech Hawaii

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ThinkTech Hawaii episodes

  • Polynesian Hawaii Macaronesian Hawaii vol 4 (Humane Architecture)

    lessons learning from Europe’s Hawaii.  The hosts for this episode are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown.  


    Hawaii is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after holiday / hospitality destinations in the world. Climate and Culture are like one does not find it anywhere else in the world. Really? Less known half around the world it has a sibling which gets close to seeming like a twin. It is the island of Madeira geographically off the African continent, politically part of Portugal. Sharing geological and climatic conditions people from Madeira have historically reached out to and made their home the tropical exotic counterpart in the Pacific and left their traces. This sequence of shows is investigating if there are lessons to learn from each other also contemporarily.

    30 min
  • Teaching Young People Globally, Part 1 (The Middle Way)

    The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guests for this episode are Chang Wang and Alexander H.E. Morawa.


    The Future Belongs to Young People.  As law professors, Alexander H.E. Morawa and Chang Wang have been teaching Millennials (Generation Y) and Zoomers (Generation Z) in the US, China, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. The younger generations are generally more open-minded and digitally literate. Are newer generations of students indeed more globalized? Are young people more politically progressive？Did the general political climate cause the pendulum to swing back to more national/inward-looking? How do they view the decline of the Western liberal democracy? How did they view the United States in the past four years? What are the differences and similarities between young people in different countries? And what the differences can tell us about the future of these countries?  Join The Middle Way to hear from Morawa and Wang talking about their observations on teaching young students worldwide, and their reflections on legal education in the bigger context of K-12, college and post-graduate education.

    41 min
  • The EU and India could partner on vaccines (Global Connections)

    Could that ameliorate vaccine nationalism.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Gauri Khandekar.


    Gauri Khandekar, a researcher at the Brussels School of Governance, will help us understand vaccine nationalism, covid and vaccine sharing between the EU and India, how life in the EU has changed in the time of Trump, covid and Brexit.

    31 min
  • Trans* 101 with Skyler (they / them) (Out And About)

    Out & About Gender Diversity.  The host for this episode is Winston Welch.  The guest for this episode is Skyler Smela.  Join us as we explore the past, present and future of our (trans)gendered world with Skyler, founder of drag king troupe Kings of Tokyo, HI Rainbow Chamber of Commerce board member and transgender scholar. We’ll test the waters of trans* 101 and deep dive into what it means to have lived experience as different genders, why it matters for all of us, and how to be an ally in the fight against gender oppression.  ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, then we stream our earlier shows all night long.  Check us out any time for great content and great community.  Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawaii as the foundation for future generations. Our mission is to be the leading digital media platform raising public awareness and promoting civic engagement in Hawaii.

    35 min
  • Figments to fruition (Figments: The Power Of Imagination)

    I dreamt I could fly.  The host for this episode is Dan 'Fig' Leaf.    This first episode introduces the premise of the show that all great achievements such as advances in peace-making, technological advances, and personal accomplishment begin as figments, mere ideas. Mere figments that somehow, usually through hard work and persistence, become reality. A story that changed the host’s life makes the case. Host Dan “Fig” Leaf spent over 36 years in the Air Force as a fighter pilot, but that should never has happened as he is color-blind. With the help of an optometrist and a lackluster sergeant, he serendipitously slipped through the system and fulfilled his figment. After the Air Force he became a business executive, an educator, and a thought-leader on the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region, but none of that would have been possible if he had not held on to his fanciful notion that he could fly.

    31 min
  • Update from the PUC (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)

    Talking with Commissioner Jennie Potter.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guests for this episode are Marco Mangelsdorf and Jennie Potter.   With important dockets before the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Jennie Potter updates us on some of the most juicy matters before our regulators.

    32 min
  • Super Sportsman Peter Hershorn (Beyond The Lines)

    Beyond Paralysis.  The host for this episode is Rusty Komori.  The guest for this episode is Peter Hershorn.  We talk with Peter about his devastating ski accident leaving him paralyzed from the waist down with a broken back and why he has a positive outlook on life enjoying a variety of sports.

    29 min
  • How will Biden deal with China? (The Middle Way)

    The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guests for this episode are Russell Leu and Chang Wang.


    Biden's China policy- which way is up?.  China is no longer the China President Biden had dealt with four years ago when he was the Vice President in the Obama administration. The U.S.-China relationship is a priority for President Biden and perhaps the most important task of his tenure.

    Is there a bipartisan consensus challenging China?  As far as the U.S.-China trade deal, Biden is under pressure not to depart from Trump's approach, at least in the short-term rolling back the tariffs.  The recent inking of the EU-China investment deal and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RECEP) involving China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations, including Japan, douses Biden's proposed development of a multilateral approach to China.

    The discussion will also focus on how Biden expects to deal with other contentious issues –intellectual property protection, “China Initiative” and the China travel ban put in place by previous administration.

    35 min

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ThinkTech Hawaii is a non-profit streaming network based in Honolulu. Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawaii as the foundation for future generations. Our mission is to be the leading digital media platform raising public awareness and promoting civic engagement in Hawaii.

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