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The Conversation: Public beach access; Rare eye condition on Hawaiʻi Island

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Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1.

  • Attorney David Frankel responds to a recent court ruling over public beach access at the Kahala Hotel & Resort on Oʻahu
  • Amanda Pump, CEO of Child & Family Service, discusses navigating the uncertainty around the status of federal grant funding
  • Dr. Neda Nikpoor talks about an uptick in cases of keratoconus, a rare eye condition, on Hawaiʻi Island | Full Story
  • Kaimuki native Vickie Kennedy, former president of the Northern California affiliate of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, shares wisdoms of living with vision loss for almost 5-decades | Full Story
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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Lillian Tsang is the senior producer of The Conversation. She has been part of the talk show team since it first aired in 2011. Contact her at ltsang@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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