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The Conversation
The Conversation: Skyline; Falls of Clyde laid to rest

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 54:00


Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen talks about opportunities around the new Skyline service to Honolulu International Airport; Community members and state officials say goodbye to the historic vessel Falls of Clyde, which is set to be scuttled 25 miles off Oʻahu's south shore

The Conversation
The Conversation: Bus driver contract talks; Skyline

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 51:52


Oʻahu Transit Services is working to reach an agreement with the Teamsters, who represent Oʻahu bus drivers, ahead of the opening of the second segment of Honolulu's rail

The Conversation
The Conversation: Air traffic controllers; Federal workers' pay

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 53:50


U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda meets with Hawaiʻi's air traffic controllers, who are working without pay during the shutdown; Labor leader Randy Perreira responds to comments from the Trump administration that federal workers may not receive back pay

The Conversation
The Conversation: Israel-Hamas peace deal; Genetic study in American Samoa

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 54:02


Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a ceasefire deal; Research suggests a gene variant carried by people from American Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaiʻi may be linked to obesity

The Conversation
The Conversation: Honolulu rail; The history of ʻulu

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 53:48


Another segment of the Honolulu Skyline opens to the public next week; Author Russell Fielding traces the global history of breadfruit

The Conversation
The Conversation: UH enrollment; North Shore Oʻahu lifeguard

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 54:18


Debora Halbert with the University of Hawaiʻi says enrollment is at its highest level in eight years; Oʻahu lifeguard Kerry Atwood offers an inside look at a day's work at Waimea Bay

The Conversation
The Conversation: Gov. shutdown; Deep-sea mining

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 51:47


U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono talks about efforts to reopen the federal government as the shutdown drags into its second week; Researchers raise alarms about the impact of deep-sea mining on marine life

The Conversation
The Conversation hana hou: The voices of 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 51:54


Today, the Conversation is sharing interviews with the host and panelists of the popular NPR news quiz show 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' ahead of their Honolulu live event.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Day 2 of gov. shutdown; Pearl Harbor National Memorial is open

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 53:49


HPR's Ashley Mizuo speaks to Hawaiʻi's congressional delegation about the government shutdown; Jim McCoy with Pacific Historic Parks discusses how the shutdown is impacting federal parks and historical sites on Oʻahu

The Conversation
The Conversation: Federal shutdown; New UH fisheries program

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 49:47


U.S. Rep. Ed Case reacts to the government shutdown, the first since 2019; The University of Hawaiʻi has hired eight new faculty to lead a sustainable fisheries graduate program

The Conversation
The Conversation: State Supreme Court chief justice retires; Hawaiian Council

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 51:43


Mark Recktenwald, chief justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, reflects on his time on the bench as he prepares to step down; Hawaiian Council CEO Kūhiō Lewis explains the organization's decision to rebrand

The Conversation
The Conversation: Native Hawaiian political history; Overthrow walking tours return

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 53:46


Honolulu Councilmember Esther Kiaʻāina talks Native Hawaiian political history and current federal funding threats; The "Mai Poina: The Overthrow Walking Tours" return after a pandemic hiatus

The Conversation
The Conversation hana hou: Spotlighting the harp

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 51:57


Today on the program, we're revisiting a few of our interviews with accomplished and creative harpists.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Hawaiʻi timeshares; Keiki author tells story of internment

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 35:19


Jason Gamel, president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association, gives a snapshot of the timeshare landscape; Author and illustrator Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson tells her family's story of internment during World War II in her new children's book "Shell Song"

The Conversation
The Conversation: HMSA lawsuit; AI-generated podcast

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 37:19


Attorney Ted Hong discusses a recent ruling in his lawsuit against HMSA; Hawaiʻi State Auditor Les Kondo talks about the launch of an AI-generated podcast

The Conversation
The Conversation: Damien Memorial School lawsuit; Hawaiʻi's Volcano Circus

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 34:47


Former Damien Memorial School president wins a wrongful termination lawsuit; Hawaiʻi's Volcano Circus Executive Director Morgan Langham discusses the charter school's expansion

The Conversation
The Conversation: UH funding cuts; Honolulu Century Ride

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 36:15


University of Hawaiʻi leadership is meeting with federal Department of Education officials to discuss funding cuts; More than 2,000 cyclists are expected to take part in the Honolulu Century Ride

The Conversation
The Conversation: Gov. Josh Green; E.A.R.L. Hawaiʻi sandwich shop

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 35:11


Gov. Josh Green extends an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit Kalaupapa; E.A.R.L. Hawaiʻi sandwich shop owner Justin Parvizimotlagh goes viral with a video series describing how his business got its start

The Conversation
The Conversation: Hawaiʻi Pacific University and Chaminade funding cuts; Women's Court

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 52:01


Chaminade Provost Lance Askildson and Hawaiʻi Pacific University Acting Provost Brenda Jenson discuss the latest effects of federal funding cuts; First Circuit District Court judges Mark Browning and Trish Morikawa share the importance of the Women's Court.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Hawaiʻi Girls Court; Capt. James Cook

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 49:26


Retired Judge Karen Radius, Judge Dyan Medeiros and supervisor Valerie Lazo share the successes of Hawaiʻi's Girls Court; Author Hampton Sides revisits the story of James Cook in the New York Times bestseller "The Wide Wide Sea"

The Conversation
The Conversation: Judiciary; Hawaiʻi guitarist develops unique sound

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 53:53


Legal experts discuss how specialty courts have shaped Hawaiʻi's judicial system; A Hawaiʻi guitarist showcases her unique sound on the national classical program "From the Top"

The Conversation
The Conversation Hana Hou: Hawaiʻi immigration stories

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 51:55


On today's program, we're revisiting stories of those who left their homelands to start new lives in Hawaiʻi.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Hawaiʻi dairy business; Maui transplant story

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 51:37


Farm Link Hawaiʻi's Claire Sullivan on the recent announcement that it will be carrying fresh milk from Hawaiʻi's last dairy farm, Cloverleaf Dairy, on Hawaiʻi Island; Bahman Sadeghi, who bought the Meadow Gold processing plant on Hawaiʻi Island five years ago, discusses the history of Hawaiʻi's dairy business.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Immigration policies; Kalaupapa National Historical Park tours

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 53:45


Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, talks about how President Donald Trump's immigration policies are being felt across the country and in Hawaiʻi; Nancy Holman, Kalaupapa National Historical Park superintendent, discusses what to expect as the park reopens for public tours this week

The Conversation
The Conversation: Friends of the East-West Center; Okinawan summer picnic

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 53:51


Maura Okamoto, of the Friends of the East-West Center, discusses why community relationships are important as the center marks its 65th year; HPR's Laura Dux reports on the annual tradition of the Okinawan summer picnic

The Conversation
The Conversation: Natural disaster planning; Hawaiian feather cape revival

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 53:49


Karl Kim, head of the Pacific Urban Resilience Lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, shares how past threats inform the future of natural disaster planning; HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the resurgence of the ‘ahu 'ula, or Hawaiian feather cape

The Conversation
The Conversation: Marine debris recycling; Stem cell transplant

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 53:47


Mafalda de Freitas, megaplastics program director at the Center for Marine Debris Research at Hawaiʻi Pacific University, talks about Hawaiʻi's only marine debris recycling center; Donor Mariel Tadena, stem cell recipient Nicole Fabela, and Erika Sevilla, spokesperson for the National Marrow Donor Program, share their stem cell story

The Conversation
The Conversation: Honolulu Marathon; Kauaʻi election accusations

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 53:51


HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how the Office of Elections is pushing back after being accused of overcounting hundreds of ballots received in Kauaʻi County during the 2024 election; Honolulu Marathon President Jim Barahal shares that there's been an increase in runner signups in all categories

The Conversation
The Conversation: Aloha Stadium; Niʻihau landowners

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 53:49


Steve Wood, president of the Aiea Community Board, discusses concerns he's heard from the community about the development of the new Aloha Stadium; Freelance investigative reporter Guthrie Scrimgeour reports on the Robinson family's ownership of 100,000 acres of Hawaiʻi land, including the island of Niʻihau

The Conversation
The Conversation call-in: What's next for Aloha Stadium?

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 49:49


We're hosting a call-in about the redevelopment process for Aloha Stadium, which is now set to open in 2029. Call 808-941-3689 during the live show or email talkback@hawaiipublicradio.org. You can also leave a voicemail before the show starts on our Talkback Line at 808-792-8217.

The Conversation
The Conversation hana hou: Summer reads

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 49:38


Today on the program, we're revisiting interviews with local authors to help you find your next favorite read.

The Conversation
The Conversation: New state economist; Cannabis poisoning cases in kids

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 53:44


Seth Colby steps into the role of Hawaiʻi's chief economist; The Hawaiʻi Department of Health addresses concerns over a rise in national cases of cannabis poisoning among children

The Conversation
The Conversation: UH AI research tool; Student club cultivates green thumbs

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 51:50


University of Hawaiʻi climate scientist Matthew Widlansky develops a new AI tool to help researchers explore complex data; Kaimuki High School teacher Chu Hong shares what her students are cultivating in WORMS club

The Conversation
The Conversation: Coconut rhinoceros beetle; Land ownership and legacy

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 53:44


Residents of Molokaʻi are pushing for new agricultural regulations in an effort to keep out invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles; Sara Kehaulani Goo charts the history of land ownership in Hawaiʻi through the lens of her own lineage in her new book "Kuleana"

The Conversation
The Conversation: U.S.-South Korea alliance; 'Chief of War' podcast

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 53:50


Jean Lee, presidential chair at the East-West Center, discusses President Donald Trump's first meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung; Listen to HPR's "Chief of War" companion podcast

The Conversation
The Conversation hana hou: The rule of law

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 50:47


Today, The Conversation reairs recent interview with Hawaiʻi leaders and experts on the rule of law.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Gov. Josh Green; East-West Center budget

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 53:43


Gov. Josh Green discusses the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority's new board and the latest on military leases; East-West Center President Celeste Connors talks about the Center's budget uncertainty

The Conversation
The Conversation: Sen. Brian Schatz; Myths about WWII-era internment in Hawaiʻi

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 52:23


U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz shares what he's hearing from his constituents across the islands; Historian Alan Rosenfeld discusses myths about WWII-era internment in Hawaiʻi to mark 10 years since Honouliuli Interment Camp was named a national historic site

The Conversation
The Conversation: State elections; Organ transplants in the Pacific

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 53:52


Hawaiʻi Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago responds to President Donald Trump's calls to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines; New research investigates the low number of solid organ transplants in the U.S. Pacific territories

The Conversation
The Conversation: Waikīkī flooding; Longtime driver for TheBus talks story

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 53:38


Researchers brief officials on the increasing risk of flooding in Waikīkī due to sea level rise; Uilani Souza shares her experience driving for TheBus for over 40 years

The Conversation
The Conversation: Whooping cough cases on the rise; Local dance residency

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 54:12


Ron Balajadia with the Hawaiʻi Department of Health shares what parents need to know about the uptick in whooping cough cases across the state; Adaptations Dance Theater on Maui cultivates homegrown talent through a new summer residency

The Conversation
The Conversation: Commercial fishing; Divorce law in Hawaiʻi

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 53:56


A judge has ruled against allowing commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument; A free seminar helps couples navigate divorce

The Conversation
The Conversation: Pacific power; Vacant office space in Honolulu

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 53:48


A new policy paper says the Trump administration's actions may be weakening the country's position in the Pacific; Colliers has the latest findings on Honolulu's empty office space

The Conversation
The Conversation: Live from Fort Street Mall; Revitalizing downtown Honolulu

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 53:48


Today on The Conversation, we broadcast live from Fort Street Mall and explore plans to revitalize downtown Honolulu through the creation of a business improvement district.

The Conversation
The Conversation: Lahaina; Health of Maui residents post-fire

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 53:53


HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol speaks with Maui residents as they commemorate two years since the Maui fires; Dr. Alika Maunakea shares insights on the mental and physical health of people exposed to the Maui fires

The Conversation
The Conversation: Lahaina Jodo Mission; Renewable energy

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 53:50


Maya Hara, Executive Director of the Lahaina Jodo Mission, shares how she and her fellow congregants are honoring those who lost their lives in the Lahaina fire; California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild discusses the rollback of federal programs to support renewable energy

The Conversation
The Conversation: Lahaina Sacred Hearts School; Feral animals

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 53:45


Sacred Hearts School principal Tonato Lolesio talks about plans to set up classrooms in temporary facilities while rebuilding their campus, which was destroyed in the Lahaina fire; Hawaiʻi County Council Member Matt Kanealiʻi-Kleinfelder and Elaine Parlow from Action 4 Animals discuss a divisive measure that would prohibit the feeding of stray or feral animals on county property

The Conversation
The Conversation: Maui tourism; A very long walk around Hawaiʻi Island

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 51:51


Leadership with the Hawaiʻi Visitors & Convention Bureau discuss efforts to boost Maui's tourism economy; Kumu Paul Neves walks 300 miles across Hawaiʻi Island in support of caretakers

The Conversation
The Conversation: Lahaina's banyan; Domestic Violence Action Center

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 51:57


Theo Morrison with the Lahaina Restoration Foundation shares plans for a park under Lahaina's historical banyan tree; David Tumilowicz with the Domestic Violence Action Center discusses federal funding cuts and staff departures

The Conversation
The Conversation: Hawaiʻi's film industry; NPR Short Wave

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 53:59


Local film industry professionals form the Hawaiʻi Film Alliance; NPR "Short Wave" co-hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber dive into the ocean in a new series called "Sea Camp"