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It’s Tuesday, May 29 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Summertime and the job hunt ain't easy.

Dwight Takamine heads the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. He served in the state legislature for 26 years, representing Hilo, Honokaa and Waimea. He was chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, House Labor and Public Employment Committee, House Finance Committee and House Water and Land Committee. Dwight spent 30 years practicing law in Hawaii with a general focus on labor related cases.

Teaching America to sing... again.

Keith Haugen and pakini master Frank Uehara are coming to HPR’s Atherton Studio on Saturday, June 9 in a tribute to the late Burl Ives and the folk music tradition.

Separatng the trees from the forest... reserve.

Dr. Robert Shallenberger is a conservation biologist with a long history in Hawaii. He  the former Hawaii Island Director for the Nature Conservancy and was the manager of more than a dozen Pacific Island National Wildlife Refuges, including Midway Atoll.

A coffee, a connection and a nudge in the right direction...

Curtis Kropar is the Executive Director of Hawaiian Hope, which is opening a 50-computer Internet Café in Waianae.   

Plus a supernatural backyard, today’s reality check and the world view from Aljazeera… now the NPR  news…