Hawaiʻi Public Radio

Stories for Hawaiʻi Public Radio‘s The Conversation.

Listen to my segments below:

November

• New Zealand-based author shares Indigenous vision of science fiction storytelling
• College student from Maui contemplates her family’s future in Lāhainā

October

• UH ethnic studies professor walks us through the history of Gaza
• Pianist previews Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival fundraising concert
• The cost of being ‘Flawless’ in the Korean beauty industry
• Author revisits memoir highlighting women of color and mental health
• HIFF film explores Korean American identity and Asian hate in Wyoming

September

• Korean Shamans Dohee Lee Puri Arts and Jennifer Kim Mudang Jenn
• Tree Canopies Crucial for HI Urban Planning and Maui Fires
• Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

August

• Musician ‘Uncle George’ Kahumoku Jr. and Maui Fires
• HI Conservatory of the Performing Arts Founder Taurie Kinoshita Actress Thomalin Sirivattha
• TV Producer Monica Medellin
• Kumu Hula Maelia Lobenstein Carter Ka Pā Hula o Kauanoe o Waʻahila
• Musician Sule Gordon and Maui Fires
• Dress for Success CEO Michele Meyer-Shipp
• Grant McCartney American Ninja Warrior

July

• Korea Peace Now, Washington DC Christine Ahn, Sally Jones, Iris Kim, General Daniel Leaf, Jun Shin, Col. Ann Wright
• Korean Legation Washington DC
• Scholar and Sex Educator Dr. Sara Vogel
• Jazz Vocalist Sarah Moyers

June

• Historian Philip Snow China and Russia: 400 Years of Conflict and Concord
• Windward CC Commencement Speaker Sophia Kaʻawa-Aweau
• Buffy Cashman-Patz Founder of Seeqs Middle School
• Maui Home Chef Relle Lum
• Hawaiian Earth Recycling Marvin Min

May

• Astronomer Devin Chu
• Kaimuki Compost Collective follower Nate Hogsten
• Author Ishle Yi (Lani)Park on Eco Friendly Retreat
• Author Mindy Pennybacker
• AAPI Month Prajwal
• AAPI Month Betsy Kim

April

• Author Amitav Ghosh
• Local resources for those who have been sexually abused
• Playwright Lee Cataluna
• Forage Hawai’i Premium Local Meats Jessica Rohr

March

• Poet Laureate Brandi Nālani McDougall

• Women of The Eddie: Makani Adric, Paige Alms, Emily Erickson, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller

• Hawai’i Women in Filmmaking Founder Vera Zambonelli

• Dress for Success Honolulu Stephanie Hamano

• East-West Center Suzanne Vares-Lum

February

• Gregory Nobles The Education of Betsy Stockton: An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

• Bridget Morgan-Bickerton Black Women’s Leadership in HI

• Professor Allison Gough on WW2 Black Soldiers in HI

• Korean traditional instrumentalists Jiyoung Yi, Yoonjeong Heo, Donald Reid Womack

January

• Women’s Leadership Workshop Ku’ikahi Mediation Center

• Author Darien Hsu Gee

• Korean Immigration to Hawai’i 120th anniversary Marie Ann Yoo

• Council of Korean Americans Abraham Kim

• Dr. Akiemi Glenn Popolo Project Honolulu African American Film Festival

December

• Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation Lanihuli Kanahele on Maunaloa

• I’a Seafood Ashley Watts

• Homesharing Hawai’i Martha Ross

• Christine Ahn Nobel Peace Summit Prize Winner

November

• Coalition Against Domestic Violence Executive Director Angelina Mercado
• Assets School Principal Sungalina Lee Girls and ADHD
• Dropping into Power Sheila Gallien and Curvy Surfer Girl Elizabeth Sneed