The Conversation: Stories from the field

By Catherine Cruz,

DW Gibson, Maddie Bender

Published November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM HST

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On today's program, we're sharing stories we reported on the scene and in the field:

Staff and volunteers at The Pantry in Kalihi create more food assistance options for furloughed federal workers | Full Story (November 2025)
National Tropical Botanical Garden's Seana Walsh, Leslie Matsumoto, and Tobias Koehler discuss the race to protect Kauaʻi's palms from invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles | Full Story (November 2024)
HPR takes a look at the late-night music scene in Chinatown | Full Story (October 2025)

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1.

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Catherine Cruz

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

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DW Gibson

DW Gibson is a producer of The Conversation. Contact him at dgibson@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Maddie Bender

Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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