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It’s Tuesday, December 4 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Fair trade fish trade trade off? 

Matthew Ross is a full time aquarium industry fisherman. He's also part of a group in the tropical fish industry working with the Dept of Land and Natural Resources to introduce regulations for the aquarium fishery on Oahu.  He studied Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii and worked as diver and technician on research projects. 

The ten string twenty finger orchestra comes to the Atherton.

Duane Padilla, violinist, and Shoji Ledward, guitarist, will present a guided tour of the world of jazz this Saturday at 7:30 at HPR’s Atherton Performing Arts Studio.

Students caught between the rules and the workplace.

Dan McLaughlin teaches special education at  Roosevelt High School and is the school's teacher union rep. He's working on getting teachers and other supporters out for a bit of  sign waving  for this Thursday. He says the union is riding the coat tails of a grassroots campaign where the real strength to fix Hawaii's education system really lies.

15 million voices, one moment of song to heal the Earth.

Shyla Nelson is a classical singer who is on a 99-day journey around the world to promote a “global moment of song” on December 21. Her goal: to rally 15 million people worldwide to learn and sing a Nigerian song, “Ise Oluwa,” at the same moment on that date.  The campaign is called “One Earth, One Voice.”

And the usual assortment of everyday treats: the reality check, the backyard quiz and today, the world report from Al Jazeera… next the news… from NPR.