The Conversation: Audio Archive

Friday, May 17 2013

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It’s Friday, May 17 – From HPR2, It’s The Conversation

Bookish babies with glad intent

Robert Titzer, Ph.D. researches infant learning. He has taught in public schools in Guam and in California. He’s the creator of Your Baby Can Read. The program is still in litigation with the federal Trade Commission. Meanwhile he’s in Honolulu this week to speak at the  United Health Care Baby Expo.

Saying hello to “The Goodbye Girl”

John Rampage is the director of the Diamond Head Theatre production of “The Goodbye Girl,” which opens next Friday and runs through June 9th.

Hacking the hacktivists down to size

Jason Martin is president and CEO of Hawaii based Secure DNA. He has been working in IT security, auditing and governance for 15 years and has advised the Hawaii state Legislature on emerging cyber security risks. He is a founder of the Shakacon Security Conference.

What's worth twisting yourself into a pretzel

Neel Kulkarni will teach tonight and Saturday at the Still and Moving Center in Honolulu.

Thursday, May 16 2013

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It’s Thursday, May 16 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Profiling justice in Hawaii’s prisons

Senate Majority Floor Leader Will Espero represents the 19th Senate District and is the Chair of the Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee, and is a member of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs, and Ways and Means. Senator Espero was recently appointed to  the Steering Committee of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative.

Twenty First Century research on dwindling Neolithic societies

Ken Longenecker has worked with the Bishop Museum at its Kamiali field station in Papua, New Guinea.

It’s a matter of life and breast

Dr. Daryl Kurozawa is Associate Medical Director in charge of care delivery for the Neighbor Islands with the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group based in his hometown of Kailua-Kona. He's also board president of the American Cancer Society Hawaii Pacific. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C.

It’s Raga time

Pandit Nayan Ghosh and his son Ishaan Ghosh will perform tonight at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theater.

Wednesday, May 15 2013

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It’s Wednesday, May 15 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

From beach to breach: An ex-teacher graduates law school to change public policy

Zach DiIonno is a former special education teacher. He came to Hawaii through Teach for America and worked for three years at Ilima Middle School in Ewa Beach. When he lost his job, he went to law school to study education policy. He graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law last weekend and is quite happy to be haole in Hawaii.

Dance to this: Iona in the Tarot patch

Cheryl Flaharty is the artistic director of Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre. Its E-Season kicks off online this month with the Living Tarot.

An Emancipation Proclamation to take on 21st century slavery

Kathryn Xian is the Executive Director of the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery. Since 1999, she has been raising awareness of the trafficking of women and children for sex. In 2011, she successfully advocated for the introduction and passage of Hawaii's first labor-trafficking state law.  The 2013 session was her coalition's most successful to date and already she's at work on bills for next year.

An object lesson on “The Life of Objects”

Susanna Moore was born and raised in Hawaii; she’s the author of “The Life of Objects;” she’ll be speaking at this weekend’s Book and Music festival.

Tuesday, May 14 2013

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It’s Tuesday, May 14– From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.  

Why Waimea is for families

Sydney Wiecking has lived in Hawaii since the 60's and in Waimea since the 80's as a parent, teacher, counselor and now a life coach.  She has seen Waimea evolve from a town of cow pastures and no street lights to an eclectic village that attracts people from all over the world and now families looking for a family friendly beach vacation—at least as defined by Parents Magazine.

Turn right at the Star of Gladness—you can’t miss it!

Sam Low is the author of Hawaiki Rising.  He has made three separate voyages aboard the Hokule’a; his book comes out this month.

Get in touch with your feminine side: lead!

Tracey Wilen-Daugenti PhD leads national conversations on the impact of technology on society, work and education. She’s a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Media X program. She’s also a former Silicon Valley executive who has held leadership positions at Apple, HP, Cisco Systems, and the Apollo Group. Her latest book is Women Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders.

All roads lead to trails? Well, the good ones do

Guy Archer is the president of the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club.

Monday, May 13 2013

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It’s Monday, May 13 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Permit us to discuss revoking revocable permits

Blossom Feiteira is the President of the Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands. For 20 years she has helped to build communities with affordable housing and economic development for low-income families, especially for native Hawaiians.

Perhaps it’s time to think outside the notes  

Ian O’Sullivan, guitarist, will perform at HPR’s Atherton Performing Arts studio this coming Saturday, May 18, at 7:30PM.

A confusing PSA on PSA

Dr. Stephen Chinn is a board certified urologist specializing in urologic trauma, urologic oncology, infertility and impotence. He joined Straub in 1989 and since then there have been differing opinions about PSA screenings.

And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell

Kristiana Kahakauwila is the author of “This is Paradise,” a volume of short stories to be published by Hogarth Press this summer.

It’s Monday, May 13 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Permit us to discuss revoking revocable permits

Blossom Feiteira (GET PRONUNCIATION) is the President of the Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands. For 20 years she has helped to build communities with affordable housing and economic development for low-income families, especially for native Hawaiians.

Perhaps it’s time to think outside the notes  

Ian O’Sullivan, guitarist, will perform at HPR’s Atherton Performing Arts studio this coming Saturday, May 18, at 7:30.

A confusing PSA on PSA

Dr. Stephen Chinn is a board certified urologist specializing in urologic trauma, urologic oncology, infertility and impotence. He joined Straub in 1989 and since then there have been differing opinions about PSA screenings.

And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell

Kristiana Kahakauwila is the author of “This is Paradise,” a volume of short stories to be published by Hogarth Press this summer.

Friday, May 10 2013

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It’s Friday, May 10 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Can a community organizer better organize this community?

Jun Yang is three months into his job as the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing. He worked as a community organizer for a California grassroots group on affordable housing and low-income development. In 2008, Jun Yang moved to Honolulu to become the lead organizer for the Faith Action for Community Equity.

Honolulu and vicinity can expect RAIN with scattered hair

Mark Lewis is the founder and original keyboardist of RAIN, the Beatles tribute show. It will run at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall from May 14th to 19th.

Corralling support for degraded coral

Thierry Work, DVM is a wildlife disease specialist and project leader of the USGS Honolulu Field Station. He completed a residency in wildlife medicine at U C Davis and worked for California Department of Fish and Game as a wildlife veterinarian before coming to Hawaii in 1992.

Sun, lemme tell you about the new moon

Heather Salmon is the High Priestess at the Black Swan Temple in Haiku, Maui.

Thursday, May 9 2013

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It’s Thursday, May 9 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Teaching new meanings for mobile home

Teacher David Gardner, speaking with me earlier this week with an end of the year update about his choice of homelessness over debt. 

Escaping the fourth wall: a mouthy mystery talks back

Elitei Tatufu Junior is the director of “Bloody Murder,” which runs until May 19th at Manoa Valley Theater.

A school's godmother of invention: a foundation

Jennifer Oberg is the President of the new Haiku Elementary School Foundation on Maui.  She also works at the school's Parent-Community Networking Center when she's not making custom wedding gowns. Both of her children have attended Haiku School.

Unearthing secrets one volunteer at a time

Lida Pigott Burney is the manager of the Makauwahi Cave Reserve.

Wednesday, May 8 2013

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It’s Wednesday, May 8 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

The “War To End All Wars” War Memorial war continues

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell was born in Waipahu and raised in Hilo before leaving Hawaii to study Urban Planning and Economics at Tufts University. He came home to attend the UH Law school, was Managing Partner at Ashford and Wriston and since 2002 has been in public service. How to serve a public divided over the future of the Natatorium is the issue no mayor has been able to answer in 45 years

He’s dealt with how Celts Felt

Hamish Burgess is a Maui-based artist and musician. His art show, the Celtic Art of Hamish Burgess, will be on display during the  month of May at Hawaiian Village Coffee in the Kahana Gateway Center.

New state runways for Hawaii? Not airports - Think “Vogue vogue vogue”

Melissa May White has loved fashion since childhood.  A onetime designer and fashion writer, her current passion is bringing the community together around great style.  Today the Hawaii Fashion Incubator and the state announced it will do the same next October for the first ever Fashion Month.

All that Big Island Jazz and Blues

Kenneth Burgmaier is the director of the 2nd Annual Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival 2013, set for the weekend of May 30th.

Tuesday, May 7 2013

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It’s Tuesday, May 7 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

A visit from Jerry the Green Giant

Jerry Yudelson is often called the "Godfather of Green," He’s one of the world's first green building consultants, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design trainers - and writers about sustainable development. He advocates for the transformation of buildings and cities into more sustainable urban places, with fewer adverse impacts on the natural world...which is why he's in Honolulu this week to speak at the Build and Buy Green Conference on Friday.

In Aiea, we Hyde and go Spring

The 7th annual spring dance concert is the next two weekends.

How do you get to be a really good nurse? Practicioner, practicioner, practicioner

Deborah Gardner is a PhD, RN, FNAP and FAAN Those last two you may not know are Forum of Nurses in Advanced Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She's the  Hawaii State Center for Nursing executive director and was the chief of planning at  National Institutes of Health. She’s also on the Editorial Board of Nursing Economic$ and is the lead columnist for the Health Policy Column.

It ain’t Jungle rocket science but it rocks

Larry McElheny plays guitar and bass in Jungle Rocket, the North Shore band that’s playing at our Atherton Studio  this Saturday

Plus Al Jazeera with the global report, fast eats in the backyard, and no fast Kumbaya over a monument 's fate in the reality check. First, the news from NPR.

Monday, May 6 2013

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It’s Monday, May 6 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

A highly inappropriate gift for Mother's Day

Peter Whiticar has been chief of the STD/AIDS Prevention Branch of DOH since 1994.  He serves on the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Executive Committee. The organization administrates HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis healthcare, prevention, education, and supportive service programs funded by state and federal governments.

The novel behind the shoji screen

Perle Besserman is the author of Kabuki Boy. She’ll be speaking at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival Sunday, May 19 at 3PM.

Mary Jane you don't wear or smoke

Jenna is a young mother who opted to keep her child and took up residence at The Mary Jane Home.  is a residential program in a group home setting for pregnant women 18 years and older. The home provides a safe, supportive environment where women can prepare for their child and work toward accomplishing their life goals.

An artist’s not-so-secret garden

Phan Nguyen Barker’s art exhibit, “The Garden Within,” is on view at Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus.

The BBC has today's global report, we’ve got a million dollar backyard quiz, what happens when a senator’s private reserve for charities dries up. First, the news from NPR.

Friday, May 3 2013

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It’s Friday, May 3 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Healthcare workers making a point with the presence of the absence

Donald Yonomine is a member of UNITE HERE Local 5 and has worked within Kaiser Permanente for 21 years, now in the engineering department. His wife is also a Local 5 member and worker at Kaiser.  Local 5 represents about 1,900 workers employed by the HMO at 21 facilities on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island.  Donald has participated in both stop work and take action teams – the first staged last month and the second one yesterday, which Kaiser administrators continue to say will have no impact on their reorganization plan for the Honolulu urgent care clinic.

Where there's hope, there's life...somewhere, out there

Dr. Jill Tarter is the Chair of the SETI Institute. SETI is an acronym for “Search for Extraterrestrial  Intelligence." She’s speaking tonight at U.H. Manoa’s Kennedy Theater

He enlightened me with science!

Joe Palca has been a science correspondent with NPR since 1993. He has covered nearly every aspect of science, from stem cells to supernovas. He's occasionally the back-up host for Science Friday. Before becoming a journalist, he was planning to be a scientist, and even went so far as to complete a PhD in physiological psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz where he studied sleep. This weekend, he's in Hawaii reporting  on the immunology conference.

And we'll pick a little, play a little on an Aloha Friday

Michael Tanenbaum, Stephen Fox, and friends will kick off the Summer 2013 concert series this Saturday at 7:30 with a program of Celtic-infused soundscapes played on guitar, saxophone, cimbalom, and piano. 

Al Jazeera has today’s international report, plus a bleak backyard, and one last look at the lege in today’s reality check. First, the news from NPR.

Thursday, May 2 2013

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It’s Thursday, May 2 –From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

City feet meet complete streets

Dan Burden is the director of innovation and inspiration, of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, the organization he cofounded. He has spent the better part of 40 years advocating, teaching and designing sustainable communities. In 2008, Time magazine called him one of the six most important civic innovators in the world -and he's back in Honolulu this week for a series of community meetings.

Octogenarians in the Blue Zone

Dan Buettner is the author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.

A bell curve for the legislature?

Senator Jill Tokuda represents Hawaii's 24th Senatorial District and has served in the Hawaii State Senate since 2007. She’s currently the Majority Whip and chairs the Education committee. She also sits on the Higher Education, Technology and the Arts, and Ways and Means committees.

There is nothing like a train—nothing in the world

Scott Johnson drives and maintains the steam-powered trains at Grove Farm Plantation in Lihu’e. The museum offers free train rides on the second Thursday of each month.

Deutsche Welle has today’s global view, in the backyard we’ve got 100 safe little birds within walls, and a reality check on a bad backlog. First the news from NPR.

Wednesday, May 1 2013

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It’s Wednesday, May 1st - From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

A more transparent shade of opaque

Carmille Lim became Common Cause Hawaii’s new executive director just six days before the start of the 2013 legislative session. She's also a board member for the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and a commissioner on the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women. In 2012, she was recognized by Pacific Business News as one of Hawaii’s Forty Under 40, and as an “Outstanding Young Filipino” by the Filipino Junior Chamber. She is already planning the next round of super PAC transparency legislation for next session.

May Day is Lei Day

Jeff Gere works with the City and County of Honolulu to promote the 86th Annual Lei Day Celebration, which starts at 9 am at Kapiolani Park and runs all day.

An immigrant's garden of national identities

Liav Orgad is a Fulbright post doctoral student at NY University law school and an Assistant Professor of Law at Israel's Interdisciplinary Center. He researches constitutional theory, comparative constitutional and immigration law, citizenship theory, and multiculturalism. He's also working on a book: "Cultural Defense of Nations: A Liberal Theory of Majority Rights" but is taking a little time off to speak at the UH law school tonight.

A little fish finds a bigger ocean

Cathey Tarleton is the author of the short story “The Fishing Club,” soon to be a movie by Redhead Productions.

Plus the BBC world report, a couple of backyard sweet ideas, and and a reality fades away into the sunset. First, the news from NPR.

Tuesday, April 30 2013

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It’s Tuesday, April 30 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Moving beyond the lesson from Solomon

Sharon Y. Moriwaki is the associate director of the Social Sciences Public Policy Center at UH Manoa. She’s also the facilitator of the legal interventions in the family court working group. The Working Group represents over 20 public and non-profit organizations and individuals helping the court to advance the interests of families and kids needing child custody evaluations. The Working Group says HB 1137 does that - we'll see what the legislature does with it at today's floor vote.

Clueless and free: students sending more than pheromones

Chris Sanders is one of the presenters of “Sex Signals” which will be performed twice today for U-H students.  

Coral  AIDS on Kauai

Terry Lilley is a biologist, diver and videographer. He’s  documented the spread of Montipora white syndrome since he found it in Kauai coral a year ago. Researchers from the UH, the US Geological Survey and  NOAA are working to find ways to curtail the growth of the disease.

Magic words for musicians

Susan Yim is the editor of “We Go Jam” a new anthology of essays, memoirs, poetry, lyrics, fiction, and oral history about Hawaii’s music.

Plus the world view from Deutsche Welle, belonging in the backyard, and second term Neil's reality check. First, the news from NPR.

Monday, April 29 2013

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It’s Monday, April 29– From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Former inmates take door  number two.

US District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi serves the District of Hawaii  She was an Obama nominee and from 2010-2011, she was the presiding judge of the pilot program for the District of Hawaii’s Reentry Court.  The program's team  - public defender, prosecutor, probation officer and judge - work with high-risk offenders who are reentering the community from federal prison. The goal is to  reduce recidivism, improve public safety, and help offenders lead productive and law-abiding lives.

The big book of dreams in Shangri-La.

Shangri-La, the fictional setting of James Hilton’s novel “Lost Horizon,” is also the name heiress Doris Duke chose for a sanctuary to celebrate the beauty of Islamic Art. Today her intention survives in an almost impossibly idyllic setting. Its wonders are on display in a new book, Doris Duke's Shangri-La: A House In Paradise. Deborah Pope of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art tells us more.

Shields down for Hawaii media.

Jeff Portnoy is a partner with Cades Schutte and  the Chair of the firm's litigation department. He  has practiced law as a civil litigator at the firm since 1972, is a former president of the Hawaii State Bar Association and recently completed a three year term as Hawaii's representative to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Advisory Board. The media shield law bill is up for a floor vote tomorrow.

5 thousand years in a Chinese minute.

The Shen Yun Chinese show is coming to town May 3 - 5. Hong Jiang, Associate Professor of Chinese at UH-Manoa, has a preview of what we can expect.

And the Al Jazeera world report, the echo of an aria in the backyard, two laws in conflict in the reality check and that’s today’s show. First the NPR news.

Friday, April 26 2013

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It’s Friday, April 26 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.  

An NRA HRA shoot out

Harvey Gerwig is President of the Hawaii Rifle Association. It was established in 1857. Its goals are the preservation of the Second Amendment and the advancement of sports involving shooting. The HRA  is the State Affiliate of the National Rifle Association...and later today we may see which perspective - the NRAs or the HRAs - persuades  lawmakers about the necessity of SB69.

Live in concert! Virtual David Bowie!

Joe Ruszkowski is the HPU director of bands… his symphonic band is performing tomorrow night at Roosevelt High School with the virtual David Bowie, among many others.

Wait, Wait... What's a Cinecast?

For 15 years, Peter Sagal has given overachievers a good reason to pay attention to the week's news..great moments of gloating at all the right answers...even if that doesn’t mean they get Carl Kasell on their outgoing message.  Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, the Saturday quiz show heard on 450 public radio stations, gets the cinematic treatment next Thursday night, May 2. For ticket information about the Hawaii event, call HPR during business hours. 

East Coast Jazz, island style

Gary Washburn is the director of the Honoka’a High school Jazz band, whose spring concert is tonight at 7 p.m. at Honoka'a Peoples Theater.

Plus the world view from Al Jazeera, a merrie in advance of May backyard quiz, and why good government may not be an oxymoron. First the news from NPR.

Thursday, April 25 2013

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It’s Thursday, April 25 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Ag to go or ag to grow food?

Ashley Lukens is the Vice President of the Hawaii Food Policy Council and a PhD candidate studying alternative food systems in the Department of Political Science at UH Manoa. She is also a Sea Grant Graduate Trainee, documenting the impact of shifting land use practices and has been following two potentially game-changing bills that could alter the balance of how Hawaii feeds itself.

Fanged and dangerous: The living legacy of the first sky tiger

Nell Calloway is the granddaughter of General Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the American Volunteer Group, Flying Tigers, during the Second World War.  She’s visiting Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor from April 24 – 30 in support of the museum's project "Past to Present: U.S. - Sino Bridge of Connection.”

A pilot for voter owned elections moves out

Della Au Belatti represents District 24 - Makiki to Manoa - in the Hawaii State House of Representatives. She's a graduate of Princeton University and the UH William S. Richardson School of Law with a certificate from the Environmental Law Program.  She practices in the Law Office of Eric Seitz and is a former State Campaign Spending Commissioner, currently serving on the House Judiciary Committee.

Meanwhile, there's music in them thar hills

Andy Char is with Bluegrass Hawaii, which is organizing this weekend’s Bluegrass in the Koolaus event at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden. It’s free and it runs all three days.  

Plus a backyard quiz about a uke to boot, grafting bills in today’s reality check and the BBC world report. First, the news from NPR.

Wednesday, April 24 2013

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It’s Wednesday, April 24 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Misconduct conducts bad cops to the door

Darryl Perry is the Chief of the Kauai Police Department. He previously commanded the Juvenile Division, the Narcotics/Vice Division, and the Criminal Investigations Division, all after retiring from the Honolulu Police Department.  He was born and raised on Kauai.

Sowing sustainable seeds of hope

Danny Miller is a Hawaii Island farmer and the director of “Seeds of Hope.” The film will be shown tonight and Thursday at the Honolulu Museum of Art, with a panel discussion tonight at 7:30 at the Doris Duke Theater.

Clear care for the obviously ill

Connie Mitchell heads the state’s largest social services agency, the Institute for Human Services. IHS provides help for chronically or potentially homeless people, including those with physical and mental disabilities, and former inmates and families at risk of becoming houseless. The bill to create assisted community treatment for obviously mentally ill people as defined by specific criteria will be back in conference Committee this afternoon.  

Hele on to cyclovia

Natalie Iwasa is the President of Cycle On Hawaii, which is putting on its “Hele on Kaka’ako” event on Mother’s Day, May 12th.

Deutsche Welle has today’s international news, there's a backyard ghost of the sweet long ago, and your daily reality check. First, the news from NPR.

Tuesday, April 23 2013

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It’s Tuesday, April 23 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Legally bound: a labor saver sticks new owners with old staff

Matt DiGeronimo is the Senior Managing Director of Smith Floyd Mergers & Acquisitions. He also hosts the firm's weekly  radio show on KGU AM. HB634, the bill to compel a new owner to keep existing employees in businesses with over 100 staffers, is in conference today.

Culture clashing women report conflict

Kim Barker is speaking tonight at U-H Manoa on “From Montana to Afghanistan: Covering Conflict and the Clash of Cultures,” this evening at 6 P.M.

Hard questions about saving other lives as one life ends

Felicia Wells-Williams is a registered nurse and the Family Services director of Legacy of Life Hawaii. She and the program's social workers and chaplain help family members of potential organ and tissue donors make informed decisions about donation. 

Prat-falling into Hollywood Arms

Julianna Scharnhorst plays Carol Burnett in the Maui OnStage production of “Hollywood Arms.” The show runs weekends through May 5, at the Historic Iao Theater. 

Al Jazeera has today's world report, we've got a penguin in the backyard  and bills and budgets in the reality check. First, the news from NPR.

Monday, April 22 2013

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It’s Monday, April 22 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

An Earth Day look at the legislature

Leilei Shih is on the Executive Committees of Surfrider Foundation and Sierra Club O'ahu. She's also the Chair of Capitol Watch Hawaii, a portal into the Hawaii legislative process for  those interested in following environmental bills. Several environmental bills are still moving, including SB15 SDHD 2 is in conference this morning.

Hybrid help for authors footing the bill

Dawn Sakamoto is Director of Sales and Marketing for Watermark Publishing and its new imprint, Legacy Isles Publishing.

Free to be urban Z ...or not

Randal O’Toole is a Cato Institute Senior Fellow. His analysis of urban land-use and transportation issues is detailed in his book The Best-Laid Plans. In it, O’Toole calls for repealing federal, state, and local planning laws and proposes reforms that he says can help solve social and environmental problems without heavy-handed government regulation.  

Bound by time on paper and stage

Christine Altwies plays a photojournalist in the Hawaii Repertory Theatre production of Time Stands Still, which will have its final performance April 28 at 3:30PM at the Kawananakoa Backstage Theatre in Nuuanu.

Plus the international report from Deutsche Welle, making the first million in the backyard, and a minimum for the maximum in the reality check. First up, the news from NPR.