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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Surfer and scientific diver Katie Mae McConnell talks about her love for the ocean ahead of the “#IfThenSheCan” exhibit in Dallas. -
Peter Young, Chair of the Hawaiʻi America250 Commission, shares some of the festivities planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary; 3D Animator Nick Chang talks about his retro reimaginations of old Hawaiian hot spots. -
Jon Santos, curator of the upcoming contemporary art exhibit “Niu Systems,” talks about highlighting Hawaiian art in New York City. -
Journalist Kim Cross marks the 54th anniversary of Title IX; curator Jon Santos talks about the upcoming New York art exhibit “Niu Systems.” -
Acting Lt. Gov. Keith Regan reacts to the news of an algae bloom in the National Mall and shares updates on renovations to Hawaiʻi’s State Capitol reflecting pool. -
Hawaiʻi-based Asia-Pacific Leadership fellows discuss their experience at the Obama Presidential Center; Acting Lt. Gov. Keith Regan shares plans to renovate the Hawaiʻi State Capitol reflecting pool. -
Keoki Stender is the author and photographer of a book titled “A Pocket Guide to Hawaiʻi's Tide Pools and Reefs." He spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about his hopes for the pocket guide, which explores the marine creatures found in Hawaiʻi. -
Roy Gal, with the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about what to see in the skies this month. -
HPR takes an exclusive preview at the new library in the Obama Presidential Center; University of Hawaiʻi Astronomer Roy Gal shareds upcoming astronomical phenomena, including an upcoming lunar eclipse of Venus. -
Jens Currie is the chief scientist at the Pacific Whale Foundation. He spoke with HPR's Maddie Bender about new research into false killer whales, which number fewer than 150 on the islands.
