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We kick off the week on The Conversation looking at how we can better manage our state parks. And, despite overall high rates of vaccination statewide, there's a different picture when you break it down by population.

With a record number of shows and movies being filmed across the state, we host a call-in show with guests Donne Dawson, the State Film Commissioner, and Irish Barber, Business Representative for the Local 665 Chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. How does Hawai'i keep this momentum going? How do you break into the film industry? Those questions and more, today on The Conversation.

The Conversation hears from the Chair of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations Robin Danner about finding solutions to move the homeless into houses, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Hawaiian Airlines Heather Ryland and UH Mānoa student and NASA intern Kelly Hwang about what internships are looking like this summer, and the director of the documentary "Music, Money, Madness … Jimi Hendrix In Maui" about a nearly forgotten Jimi Hendrix concert on the Valley Isle.

Reflecting on the arrival of the missionaries in our islands approximately two centuries ago, we hosted a call-in show with playwright and missionary descendant Marion Lyman Mersereau, "Open Your Hearts Wide" cast member and missionary descendant Brailey Hirose-Hulbert, and PlayBuilders of Hawai'i Theater Company Founder and Executive Director Terri Madden.

Join us for another Aloha Friday Conversation with Noe Tanigawa. This week: building community ties, adapting our artistic spaces, and revisiting a classic!

We talk with State Health Director Libby Char about efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccine availability, University of Hawai'i Entomologist Dan Rubinoff and University of Hawai'i graduate student Brad Reil about examining wildlife on Mauna Kea, and Michelle Barbieri of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program at NOAA about steps we can take to protect our seals.

The Conversation speaks with the Director of the State of Hawai'i Department of Taxation Isaac Choy about individuals needing to pay taxes for renting out cars to avoid penalties, and the father of USA Skateboarding Olympian Heimana Reynolds, Matt Reynolds, on not being able to watch his son live during the games in Tokyo.

NELHA Deputy Director Lawrence Sombardier and Senior VP of Environmental Defense Fund Eric Schwaab discuss aquaculture, HPR reporter Noe Tanigawa shares changes to Oahu's art scene, and Slack key musician Patrick Landeza returns to Hawaii.

Transportation Committee Vice-Chair Senator Lorraine Inouye on Honolulu's rail project, a closer look a court decision on Maui water rights, Samoan journalist Ken Aiono gives his perspective on the standoff in Samoa, and Hawaii County's Disaster Recovery Officer Douglas Le updates the status of Kapoho

Honolulu Councilmember Radiant Cordero on rail, HPR reporter Casey Harlow on vacation rentals, and spotlighting a Memorial Day service for British sailors and citizens in Hawaii.