The Conversation: Economic impacts of pandemic on Kahoʻolawe; Bullfrogs in Hawaiʻi

By Catherine Cruz,

Russell Subiono

Published February 14, 2022 at 1:41 PM HST

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Mike Naho'opi'i, the executive director of the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, shares how the economic fallout from the pandemic impacted their work | Submit testimony on SB3013 here | Full Segment
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Christina Jedra discusses the questions raised about the fire suppression system at the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in today's Reality Check | Full Article
Heidi Beswick, a Hawaiʻi Pacific University researcher, talks about the invasive bullfrog and why they were brought here | Full Article
Author Tom Coffman and Barbara Tanabe talk about Coffman's new book "Inclusion: How Hawaii protected Japanese-Americans from Mass Internment, Transformed Itself and Changed America." | Full Segment

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Catherine Cruz

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Russell Subiono

Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of "The Conversation" and host of HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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