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Gov. Josh Green gives his third State of the State address; A new hula performance celebrating queer histories in Hawaiʻi premieres as Trump issues an executive order recognizing only two biological sexes

HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence welcomes back gifted storyteller and rock legend Billy Gibbons! The guitar and voice of ZZ Top returns to the Blue Note Hawaii Friday through Sunday with his Billy Gibbons and the BFGs, and returns today to the show with Dave for more incredible storytelling. It comes from a chat quite a bit beyond a half hour, which we've also included for your listening enjoyment. Topics? Did you know Billy once lived in the islands? Hear how he got hooked up with Jimi Hendrix? Willie Dixon? Stevie Ray Vaughan? It's all in here!

HPR reports from the state Capitol on the opening day of the legislative session; Artist and filmmaker Etienne Aurelius talks about the new exhibit "Aliʻi Atlas" that uses tech to present the Hawaiian monarchy to new audiences

Office of Hawaiian Affairs board chair Kai Kahele discusses the agency's legislative priorities; Castle High School teacher Maya Sullivan and student Hali’a Tom-Jardine share their experience on a star-studded panel tasked with naming a new quasi-moon

Gov. Josh Green lays out the plan to deal with illegal fireworks; Neal Uno and Julia Ávila with the National Tropical Botanical Garden's Breadfruit Institute share tips on cultivating ʻulu and its ties to Brazil

Today, The Conversation of broadcasts live from Kula, Maui and takes a look at how small businesses are faring since the August 2023 fires

A former FBI agent Arnold Laanui reacts to the intense manhunt that took place to find Luigi Mangione; The director of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services responds to concerns the chosen site for Oʻahu's new landfill may be prime agricultural land

What health care reforms could lawmakers pursue in 2025?; The grandson of Henrietta Lacks discusses her legacy and the role of consent in medicine

Gov. Josh Green on his proposed budget; Filmmaker shares impact a Maui wildfire film has had outside of Hawaiʻi; and Maui-based writer discusses new book about community members who helped following the Maui wildfires

A new team takes the lead at Honolulu's Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency; a new exhibit of Hawaiian cultural artifacts opens in England; a recent study looks at the effect of plastic in Maui's wedge-tailed shearwaters; and a luthier in Kula shares the song he wrote weeks after the 2023 Maui wildfires