Whether you live in our state or far from our shores, you’ll know what’s happening in Hawaii with a daily hour of locally focused discussions of public affairs, ideas, culture and the arts. Guests from around the block and around the world provide perspectives on life in the islands and issues that have not yet reached Hawaii.
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The production team is Savannah Harriman-Pote, Russell Subiono and Lillian Tsang.
*Audio and digital content will be posted daily by 2 pm.
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On the eighth anniversary of a 27,000-gallon spill of jet fuel in the Red Hill area, The Conversation welcomed Ernest "Ernie" Lau from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and Gary Gill, who was with the Department of Health at the time of the leak, for a call-in show. -
Military families impacted by the Red Hill water crisis remain critical of the Navy's response; Life-saving drugs to fight COVID-19 are in limited supply; The poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar hits the main stage
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HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi provides an update on how Hawaiʻi County businesses are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases; Surfing Moms' founder discusses how her group helps new mothers through the postpartum experience; Students at a Kauaʻi charter school share what they're sending to the International Space Station later this year.
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Cruise ship passengers share their experience as they disembark in Honolulu this past weekend; The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation shares what's on the horizon for the cruise ship industry; Kuleana Rum Works gives us a behind the scenes tour
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The International Vaccine Insitute shares strategies used in South Korea to manage the pandemic; HPR reporter Noe Tanigawa discusses using psychedelics as potential new therapies for depression; Kapa'a High School's head football coach discusses the road to winning the Garden Isle's first state championship
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The Healthcare Association of Hawaii discusses how the surge in COVID cases is impacting hospitals and hospital staffing across the state; the chair of the Kailua Neighborhood Board talks resolving the dilemma on how to redraw voting districts; and a descendant of a Kalaupapa resident shares efforts to preserve the memory of those exiled there.
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The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority updates us on 2022 visitor projections and the impact the recent Covid surge is having on visitors arriving in our state; Pūlama Lanaʻi shares its efforts on Lanaʻi to protect the population of the ʻUaʻu, the Hawaiian Petrel, which is also the subject of today's Manu Minute.
