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Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we’ll hear from the Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority about their recent EDA grant. We’ll find out how the grant from the Economic Development Administration will help NELHA fund the next generation of aquaculture startups.

University of Hawai'i Urban and Regional Planning Professor and the Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center Karl Kim on lessons learned from COVID-19 and planning for the next pandemic; the director of the Department of Planning and Permitting Dean Uchida on the first violations against rental car companies operating in neighborhoods; and reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi on the judicial appointment of Ethics Commission Director Daniel Gluck.

Holoholo owner and CEO Cecil Morton on what prompted him to create the Hawai'i ride-sharing business; tutor and parent Karen Gibson on her journey to publishing a book titled, "One Hundred Parenting Tips Inspired by the Pandemic"; Sage Creamery owners Zach Villanueva and Courtney Ro on starting a local business during COVID times; and PIDGINMOJI owner Ka'ohele Carlos on expanding the availability of the PIDGINMOJI Fortune Cookie in our islands.

On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we're exploring the influence of the Peter Moon Band in the '70s and '80s. And we're looking at how another idea from that era, business cooperatives, can meet our 21st century needs.

Hawaiʻi State Department of Health School Advisory Council member Philip Bossert on new COVID-19 guidance as cases among the unvaccinated increase; Hui Manu-o-Kū volunteer Matt Saunter and founder Rich Downs on how to survey the nests of manu-o-Kū (White Terns); former state senator and surfing world champion Fred Hemmings on surfing's journey to the Olympics; and Lāʻie Elementary School sixth grader Keilani Tinkham on her Bon Dance project that won the top prize in a history competition.

Head of ʻIolani School Tim Cottrell on the decision to require COVID-19 vaccines for staff and students; spokesperson for the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Jai Cunningham on preparing for the expected back-to-school traffic jam; and host of HPR's "Latin Beat" Ray Cruz says goodbye to the show after 30 years on the air.

In 1835, the Kōloa Plantation on Kauaʻi became Hawaiʻi's first commercial sugar plantation to open for business. Reflecting on Hawaiʻi's plantation history, The Conversation hosted a call-in show with Ada Koane, who is working on a book about the Kōloa Plantation, and Melissa McFerrin, the coordinator of the Kōloa Plantation Days, an annual festival held every summer.

Join author and psychotherapist Cheryl Krauter on her personal journey of the trauma of the sudden death of her husband, to the healing powers of fly fishing, and the symbolism of honoring the dead in ways that help inspire the living to let go, and live on.This 2 part series was just impossible to fit into one show, you won’t want to miss the story from beginning to end. Her newly published book Odyssey of Ashes details her path forward and shares what she has learned along the way, and uses in her professional career to help others. There are lessons for all of us, and tips on how to help if someone you love has experienced a great loss.

In spite of the pandemic, development of artificial intelligence systems globally has not slowed. Today, we'll explore how one East West Center scholar resolves to forge a new ethical relationship with artificial intelligence in his book Buddhism and Intelligent Technology.

I have been inspired by a listener to do a program entirely on composers who reference, pay homage to and name works after other composers. I'll be…