Maddie Bender
Executive Producer, The ConversationMaddie Bender is a science, health, and technology journalist. She has contributed print, digital, and audio stories to outlets including The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Scientific American, Smithsonian and VICE.
She provided production assistance on This Is Our Hawaiʻi, HPR's first narrative podcast, and joined The Conversation in 2024.
She holds a master's degree in epidemiology from the Yale School of Public Health. When not editing out "uhs" and "ums" in interviews, you can find her baking sourdough and teaching group fitness classes.
Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Acting Lt. Gov. Keith Regan and James Kurata of the state Department of Accounting and General Services share plans to restore Hawaiʻi's cemeteries, starting with drone surveys already underway. -
Acting Lt. Gov. Keith Regan and James Kurata of the Department of Accounting and General Services, on a drone survey underway to capture all 8 of the state's cemeteries; UH researcher Yuxin Wang talks about a new model that could help provide early warning ahead of impactful storms -
Keith Regan, who was named acting lieutenant governor for the state, talks about balancing the role with his duty as state comptroller. -
Keith Regan, serving as comptroller and the acting lieutenant governor for the state, talks about balancing the two roles; Karl Banks, of the Environmental Protection Agency, out of the Region 9 office in California, on the aftermath of Super Typhoon Sinlaku in Saipan -
HPR speaks with Holomua Marine Initiative member Maile Shannon and Edward "Luna" Kekoa from the state Division of Aquatic Resources about bringing the program to Hawaiʻi Island. -
Honolulu Star-Advertiser's Dave Reardon reports on the first high school surfing championship in Hawaiʻi; Maile Shannon and Luna Kekoa of the Holomua Marine Initiative on expanding the initiative -
Allie Denburg of Too Good To Go and Daniel Lee, owner of Island Glazed in ʻAiea, talk about working together to fight food waste in Hawai'i. -
Director of Transit Jon Nouchi talks about possibilities the city is looking at for the Skyline rail; Allie Denburg of Too Good To Go and Daniel Lee, owner of Island Glazed Donuts in ʻAiea, on bringing the app Too Good To Go to Hawaiʻi -
At least five federal judges in Hawai'i have been assigned more than 40 immigration cases from three districts in California. Habeas corpus petitions are a growing strategy from immigration lawyers. -
UH Agriculture Dean Parwinder Grewal announces the reopening of a soil testing center to help farmers impacted by the storms.
