Friday, January 23rd – from HPR2, it’s The Conversation
Affordable Housing, Inclusionary Zoning: Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey is a senior research associate at the Center for Housing Policy in Washington, DC. His research emphasizes inclusionary housing and other strategies to foster inclusive, mixed-income communities. Among his recent publications are Inclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability (2014) and After the Downturn: New Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusionary Housing (2013). His research has been featured in The New York Times, Slate Magazine, CNN.com, The Huffington Post, and The Atlantic.com.
- Intro Music: Party With Children by Ratatat
- Outro Music: A Walk by Tycho
Nia - A sensory-Based Movement Practice: Debbie Rosas
It took long enough, at least in Western cultures, but the sciences of mind and body are finally coming together in contemporary healing practices. Some of their key principles have been part of Eastern healing arts for centuries, and are only now winning acceptance in other parts of the world. An understanding of the mind-body link is at the core of a practice called Nia, which is described as a sensory-based movement practice that draws from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Debbie Rosas is the co-creator and founder of Nia and she’s coming to Hawaii for a series of instructional sessions.
- Intro Music: Bare Feast by Ratatat
- Outro Music: A Calf Born In Winter by Khruangbin
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By now you've likely run into several people who've had or may still have the flu. The elevated levels of flu on the mainland last month are now being felt in Hawaii- last week people with flu coming to many Oahu ERs effectively closed them to ambulances. According to the CDC it's the Influenza A (H3N2) viruses that are most common so far. And they say H3N2-predominant seasons have been associated with more severe illness than other strains - which if you have the flu, you probably already know. We called Dr. Melissa Viray the Deputy State Epidemiologist for a flu update and she joined the show by phone.
- Intro Music: A Week Without Sunlight by Moonlit Sailor
- Outro Music: Vacant Library by Moonlit Sailor
Feline Foundation of Maui: Donya Izbicki
You don’t have to look very hard, in just about any sizable community, to find a feral cat population. Stray cats find ways to survive and reproduce, even in the worst of conditions – and trapping and killing them is not the answer. The Feline Foundation of Maui offers an alternative, humane solution: trapping them, neutering them, and returning them to where they were found… TNR, it’s called, and Donya Izbicki of the Foundation joined the show via phone to tell us why it works.
- Intro Music: Dura by Ratatat
- Outro Music: Stray Cat Strut by Stray Cats
