Thursday, May 14th – from HPR2, it’s The Conversation
Diagnostic Procedures for TBI & PTSD: Dr. Jim Spira
If you've ever had a serious illness you know how important it was to get the right diagnosis. With many conditions having symptoms that mimic each other, that can be hard to do... and that has been especially true in differentiating PTSD and traumatic brain injury. A recent study may have the key. It used Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography to look at cerebral blood flow and indirectly at the brain activity of a group of veterans. Dr Jim Spira is the Director of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, for the Pacific Islands Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He had a look at the study and joined the show to walk us through it.
- Intro Music: Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Fade Into Dust by Red Sparowes
- Outro Music: Pearl Lakes by U137
Honolulu Exposed Chinatown Tour: Carter Churchfield
If you’re going to give visitors the essence of Honolulu’s Chinatown the way it was back in the day, your story had better be for “adults only.” Thousands of GI’s came here during the second World War in search of the forbidden and it was available to them in ways they never could have imagined. Carter Churchfield offers walking tours of Honolulu’s red-light district for visitors 18 and over because for her, that’s the best way to get to the heart of this part of town.
- Intro Music: Chinatown by Wild Nothing
- Outro Music: Walk on the Wild Side by Jimmy Smith
Neal Conan has added organic macadamia nut farmer to his list of credits. It's far from his life at NPR but he's still a radio guy. He talks about how he combines both lives in our weekly conversation from the farm.
- Intro Music: Human – Tin Tin (Out Mix) by Pretenders
- Outro Music: Lalibela by Caribou
Kauai World Inner Motion Dance Extravaganza: Jennifer Bell-Grey
Jennifer Bell-Grey is the co-founder, with her husband Mel, of the Kauai Dance Center whose World Inner Motion Dance Extravaganza will be performed Saturday May 23rd at Kaua’i’s War Memorial Convention Hall Theater. There are morning and afternoon performances.
- Intro Music: Can You Feel It by The Jacksons
- Outro Music: Red Lights by Holy F**k
