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The Conversation: Public Access Room; Whale Spotter system

A whale off the coast of Maui.
Selket Kaufman
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Pacific Whale Foundation
A whale off the coast of Maui.

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

  • HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the latest effort to bring home men from Hawaiʻi who are incarcerated in an Arizona facility
  • Andy Langhurst, head of the Public Access Room at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, sheds light on the legislative process
  • Daniel Zitterbart, co-inventor of the "Whale Spotter" system, talks about how the AI technology can help avoid whale strikes
  • University of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology professor Joshua Madin shares new research into the geometric blueprint of Hawaiʻi's reefs
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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.
Bill Dorman is the executive editor and senior vice president of news. He first joined HPR in 2011.
Kevin Allen is a producer on The Conversation.
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