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.
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with Senate President Ron Kouchi and House Speaker Nadine Nakamura as the latest UHERO economic forecast was released on May 9.
The unexpected selection of Pope Leo XIV from the heartland of America will be celebrated tonight by Bishop Larry Silva, bishop of the Honolulu Diocese, in a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in Kalihi. Long-time journalist Mary Adamski worked for 50 years at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and for the last decade there, she covered religion.