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It’s Monday, September 17 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Their GMO motto? Get Monsanto Out

Dr. Hector Valenzuela is a Vegetable Crops Extension Specialist at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He leads statewide educational programs and field research on small and organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Raising questions about the science behind crop biotechnology and the potential health, socioeconomic  and environmental risks, he says is part of the job.

Indie and proud: Johnny takes the helm.

Johnny Helm is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His new 7-song EP is Banyan Tree.

Taxation with a presentation.

Lowell Kalapa is the executive director and President of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. The private, nonprofit, non-partisan, and educational organization researches public finance, taxation, and public administration issues.

The elephant walk into new digs.

Malia Mattoch-McManus is a member of the Honolulu Zoological Society. The celebration of the new elephant habitat happens Friday. 

Plus a backyard quiz, today’s reality check and the world view from Al Jazeera…first the news… from NPR