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The Conversation's hana hou show discusses how a Big Island Fentanyl Task Force notes high rate of fentanyl abuse and the need to warn youth; a grieving parent of a 14-year-old who died from fentanyl resolves to help others; an executive director of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area reveals threat of fentanyl; how Drug Enforcement Agency emphasizes public education on fentanyl; Kauaʻi foundation director's take on substance abuse

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strong efforts to save Hawaiʻi's endangered birds; UH Hilo explores solutions to help native bird species; Peace Summit Medal winner hopes for peace on the Korean peninsula; Hana hou interview of singer-songwriter Ron Artis II who returns home for 2023 show

A local mixologist reflects on the career of Blue Hawaii inventor Harry Yee and gives tips on holiday cocktails; Islander Sake Brewery reflects on its first two years in business and making it through the pandemic; A Kaimukī fishmonger promotes community and food security; and a local entrepreneur brings new snacks to a new generation

Hilo Medical Center's CEO discusses how it would use the state's proposed $50 million investment; HPR reporter Savannah Harriman-Pote shares how far some people will go to save native species; Homesharing Hawaiʻi's director talks about homesharing; and a UH botanist discusses how coastal cesspools impacts limu growth

Health care company staffing crisis leads to displaced kūpuna; The Long View talks about the idea of home; A future doctor develops a heart health app; Hawaiʻi Island musician expresses her identity and musical truth

The widow of one of the 9/11 victims remembers her husband and shares her journey of healing; the business manager for the hotel workers union talks about the uneasiness its members are feeling as the visitor industry enters its slow season; Honolulu Civil Beat's editor Chad Blair joins us to look closer at efforts by one woman to help a homeless campsite find a better way forward in today's Reality Check; and the State Archivist shares more about the new digital access to Queen Lili'uokalani's personal papers.

As case counts of COVID-19 climb in public schools, we're joined by State Department of Education Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi. And we send you off into your weekend with a story on the origins of the shaka.

The Waikiki Improvement Association discusses a new proposal to manage vacation rentals on Oahu; the Big Island Invasive Species Committee talks how a budget shortfall impacts their efforts; HPU attempts to grow the number of psychologists in the islands; and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director shares his experience making a summer tent pole movie.

The State Office of the Public Defender has filed a third extraordinary writ with the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court to address overcrowding in prisons and jails; we pause to remember those who died following the outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo. And we learn about an effort to make less gassy cattle — why red seaweed means greener cows.

A University of Hawaiʻi economics professor explores factors impacting product shortages materializing on store shelves; a doctor at The Queen's Medical Center talks recovery therapy and the use of ECMO machines; Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Stewart Yerton discusses the State's Safe Access Program during our Reality Check segment; Hulopoe Beach Park Council members share the impacts of increased visitors felt by residents; and the Pacific Gateway Center talks about the process for Afghan refugees to seek asylum in the U.S.