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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Alphie Garcia and Kawena Komeiji of the University of Hawaiʻi library system spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the Kaʻohipōhaku project. -
Researcher Mikinley Weaver spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about new research into lice found on wedge-tailed shearwaters. -
Oʻahu Transit Services is working to reach an agreement with the Teamsters, who represent Oʻahu bus drivers, ahead of the opening of the second segment of Honolulu's rail -
Archeologist and anthropologist Tim Scheffler spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about a mysterious “pictogram” he found nearly 12 years ago in a cave near Pāhoa Town on Hawaiʻi Island. -
Nicky Hawley, an associate professor of chronic disease epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, is part of an advisory committee for a local initiative called Make American Samoa Healthy Again. -
Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a ceasefire deal; Research suggests a gene variant carried by people from American Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaiʻi may be linked to obesity -
A new artificial intelligence model is making waves for its ability to create realistic videos. ʻIolani School emerging technologies educator Gabriel Yanagihara spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about Sora 2. -
Author and professor Russell Fielding spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about his soon-to-be-released book, “Breadfruit: Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree.” -
Another segment of the Honolulu Skyline opens to the public next week; Author Russell Fielding traces the global history of breadfruit -
Three of the minds behind the Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas, Takuma Itoh, Beth Lenz, and Kalilinoe Detwiler, spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the free musical and visual performance showcasing Hawaiʻi’s oceans later this month.
