Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
Inside: Emerald Isle After Dark at Paradise Tango, Western Fanfare at Doris Duke Theatre, Watercolor in Līhuʻe, cycling kkills in Kaimukī, swing dance in Hilo, Hawaiian Soul at The MACC, and a taiko celebration at Moanalua High School. This week, we hear from Kyla Herrmann, HPR's On-Air Campaign & Community Events Producer.
Retired Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares Lum, head of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, talks about the purpose of the center and the state of affairs in the Middle East.