Thursday, April 2nd – from HPR2, it’s The Conversation
Update on Medical Marijuana Bills: Rafael Kennedy
At the start of the legislative session, there was much hope among supporters of medical marijuana that this could be the year Hawaii finally got a dispensary system. They might get their wish if a bill heard by the finance committee today continues to advance. If dispensaries come into being as a result, it would be 15 years since the legislature made medical marijuana legal. The Drug Policy Forum is a longtime advocate and Executive Director Rafael Kennedy joined the show with an update on the bills.
- Intro Music: Elephant by Tame Impala
- Outro Music: Bright Blue Day Haze by Mystic Braves
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Kennedy Theater’s “One Night Stand”: Justin Fragiao
Justin Fragiao is the coordinator for the world premiere of “One Night Stand.” It’s part of the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa’s Department of Theatre and Dance Late Night Theatre series and it runs the next two weekends at the Earle Ernst Lab Theater.
- Intro Music: Mesmerize by Temples
- Outro Music: One Night Stand by Janis Joplin
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World Autism Awareness Day: Dr. Tim Buie
Dr. Timothy Buie is the Director of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lurie Center for Autism. Dr. Buie is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. He treats children with autism championing the issue of how underlying medical conditions in autism affect behaviors. He was a founder and developer of the Autism Treatment Network, now managed by Autism Speaks. He'll be giving a free talk on Saturday, April 25th from 10am to 12pm at the UH John A. Burns Medical Auditorium on O‘ahu.
- Intro Music: Human – Tin Tin (Out Mix) by Pretenders
- Outro Music: Jubi by Balmorhea
Has America’s two-party system outlived its usefulness? Can its platforms be said to accurately represent the views of the voting public? More than half of voters today describe themselves as independent, yet we are seemingly locked into an arrangement that gives us only two viable choices at any given time. A.G. Roderick is the pseudonym for a Hawaii author whose new book “Two Tyrants” offers a harsh critique of the current system and suggests a way out of the electoral morass.
- Intro Music: Despite What You've Been Told by Two Gallants
- Outro Music: Tyrant by The Bravery
