Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
Officials at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park are bracing for crowds eager to get a glimpse of lava fountaining from an eruption. The eruption began last month in a crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano and has paused periodically.
In this year of our community forests, HPR has been highlighting programs in place to help engage people across the state. In honor of that, The Conversation spoke to former National Tropical Botanical Garden President and CEO Chipper Wichman about its 60 years of work.