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Dr. Leonard Sax; "In Dulci Jubilo"; Dr. Abraham Verghese; Teen Poetry Slam

It’s Monday, November 18 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, Girl’s on the Edge: Dr. Leonard Sax

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Dr. Leonard Sax

Dr. Leonard Sax is the  author of Girls on the Edge and Boys Adrift. He provided both primary and urgent care services to children and adults in suburban Maryland for more than 19 years. His sabbatical will end soon; he’ll return to his full-time clinical practice in January. Tonight he’ll talk about girls and tomorrow night about boys- both lectures are at Tenney Theatre. 

Intro Music: We Take Care of Our Own by Bruce Springsteen

Outro Music: Only For You by Heartless Bastards

HPU Director of Bands: Joseph Ruszkowski

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Joseph Ruszkowski

Joe Ruszkowski is the director of the Hawaii Pacific University Band, which will combine with HPU’s international vocal ensemble and chorale and its symphony orchestra for a free winter concert this Friday called “In Dulci Jubilo,” or Joy to the World.

Intro Music: HPU International Vocal Ensemble

Outro Music: HPU International Vocal Ensemble

Hawaii Healthcare Summit Keynote: Dr. Abraham Verghese

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Dr. Abraham Verghese

Dr. Abraham Verghese is a bestselling author and prominent voice in medicine with a uniquely humanistic view of the future of healthcare.  He’s the senior associate chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University medical school, and his most recent novel, Cutting for Stone, spent over two years on the New York Times Bestseller list.  He's in town to keynote at tomorrow’s Hawaii Healthcare Summit,where he'll deliver the keynote speech entitled "Marrying Technology with the Human Touch."

Intro Music: The Body Show Theme Music

Outro Music: Don’t Look Away by The Helio Sequence

Teen Poetry Slam Contest: Jason Mateo

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Jason Mateo

Jason Mateo is one of the organizers of the Pacific Tongues' Interscholastic Teen Grand Slam Competition, now in its 7th year.  It’s Saturday night at Honolulu’s Doris Duke Theater.

Intro Sounds: Love Will Save Your Soul by Grouplove

Outro Music: Amsterdam by Peter, Bjorn, and John

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