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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.

The continuation of the Coronavirus pandemic hasn't stopped Blue Startups from convening the next cohort of companies. We'll talk to a couple of the companies in Cohort 13, learn what business they are starting and how they're adjusting to the virtual mentoring and on-line coaching.

We check in with the head of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii about how hospitals and treatment facilities are preparing for a possible overflow of patients. And a new book on West Maui's water rights highlights accomplishments in the face of adversity.

Take a breath, now before you breathe out, take another one... and another one.... that's what it's like to have COPD. For people with this condition, getting infections like covid and the flu - it can be deadly. What's the best way to prevent this? Val Chang of the COPD Coalition is on the show, sharing her research on the best face masks, the best way to protect your lungs, and more.

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.

Today we'll find out about the US Department of Education, Governors Emergency Education Relief Fund. We'll learn how a couple of GEER program recipients in Hawaii created projects to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on students and families.

Hawaiʻi mayors express their thoughts on the state collecting hotel room tax for their counties; Civil Beat Reality Check discusses another side effect of the pandemic impacting students - a school bus driver shortage; Hawaiʻi County's health district officer talks potential additional restrictions and the approval of the Pfizer vaccine; HPR reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi gives a debrief on increasing COVID cases on Hawaiʻi Island; Maui County health district head Dr. Lorrin Pang discusses the Delta variant and his participation in the Pono Coalition for Informed Consent; and the songs of two different Hawaiʻi cardinals is the subject of our Manu Minute.

On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we check in on Chinatown with Honolulu City Prosecutor Steven Alm, Councilmember Carol Fukunaga, and poet Wing Tek Lum Planning a weekend in? We've got the perfect detective novel for you to curl up with from local writer Scott Kikkawa. And Chef Brian Hirata makes all of our mouths water with his foraged fine dining.

Adventures ahead on this Aloha Friday Conversation! We learn about a groundbreaking hula agreement crafted on Maui; we’ll make friends over a picnic lunch on the sun-drenched Wai’anae coast and get updates on the Pu’uhonua o Wai’anae houseless encampment; and Oct. 11 was National Coming Out Day in this LGBTQ History Month. We have a very human coming out story ahead.

Hospitals mandate medical worker vaccinations; The Bus looks at the public transportation landscape; Assisting the disabled community attain vaccine access; and a Waimea designer scores a prestigious invite to New York Fashion Week.