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Maui County Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura and Haleakala Ranch Vice President and Land Manager Jordan Jokiel on the drought conditions in the Upcountry area of the Valley Isle; archivist Cha Smith on an upcoming art exhibit at the Downtown Art Center focused on hula; and Afro-Brazilian musician Dendê Macêdo on making music out of unwanted materials.

Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we'll get a behind the scenes insight into the development of the SMART Health Card. We'll also learn about the Commons Project and why Hawaii and many other states have adopted this platform as the backend verifier.

Today we are going to highlight the latest in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer with Dr. David Chou of Hawaii Pacific Health and hear from the Prostate Cancer Coalition with Paul Mizue.

City Council Chair Tommy Waters discusses the hotel room tax hike, the pending vacation rental bill, and efforts to manage peer-to-peer rental car businesses on Oahu; the Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association details what it's like to own an electric car and its upcoming webinar; and UH architecture students win top honors in a recent Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture program.

Hilo Medical Center talks about the aftershocks of the Delta variant as COVID case counts trend downward; a Hawaiʻi County Councilmember gives an update on the status of emergency repairs on Kolekole Bridge on the Big Island; we learn more about the Koa'e Kea, the white-tailed tropicbird in Manu Minute; and we catch up with a former Peace Corps volunteer now recruiting for the corps at the University of Hawaiʻi

On today's show, we're looking at the economic costs of invasive species, learning how to recognize signs of a crisis for Suicide Awareness Month, and enriching ourselves with the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra.

The head of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii shares how two local oxygen producers helped the state avert a crisis; an Oʻahu farmer and farming instructor provides insight into the increase in ʻulu theft around the state, and ways to increase community agricultural efforts; and the Honolulu Museum of Art discusses the new exhibit it hopes will stimulate conversations around community issues

Could Hawaiʻi be a leader in transformative healing? Can psychedelics be used to treat depression? Can movement elevate consciousness? On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we explore altered states of mind.

We round out the week on The Conversation with a look at our relationship to the ocean. A plan to modernize the Honolulu Harbor could make us more resilient against natural disasters while citizen science organizations are partnering with the state to collect better data on our water quality. And what really happened to our native monk seal Mele?

Vanessa Chong, ACLU Executive Director; Prof. Carole Petersen, Director of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution; and Gov…