The Hawaiʻi Department of Health talks about its program now underway testing students at public and private schools across the state; Political Analyst Neal Milner discusses whether Democrats can win back the white working class and the theories that attempt to explain the issue; we look to the skies to learn more about Hawaiʻi's endemic hawk, the ʻio in today's Manu Minute; and a coral researcher on Coconut Island takes us on a tour of her lab where they're working to preserve species for the future.

City Council Chair Tommy Waters discusses the hotel room tax hike, the pending vacation rental bill, and efforts to manage peer-to-peer rental car businesses on Oahu; the Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association details what it's like to own an electric car and its upcoming webinar; and UH architecture students win top honors in a recent Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture program.

City Council Chair Tommy Waters discusses the hotel room tax hike, the pending vacation rental bill, and efforts to manage peer-to-peer rental car businesses on Oahu; the Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association details what it's like to own an electric car and its upcoming webinar; and UH architecture students win top honors in a recent Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture program.

On today's show, we're looking at the economic costs of invasive species, learning how to recognize signs of a crisis for Suicide Awareness Month, and enriching ourselves with the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra.

On today's show, we're looking at the economic costs of invasive species, learning how to recognize signs of a crisis for Suicide Awareness Month, and enriching ourselves with the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra.

Could Hawaiʻi be a leader in transformative healing? Can psychedelics be used to treat depression? Can movement elevate consciousness? On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we explore altered states of mind.

Could Hawaiʻi be a leader in transformative healing? Can psychedelics be used to treat depression? Can movement elevate consciousness? On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we explore altered states of mind.

The head of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii shares how two local oxygen producers helped the state avert a crisis; an Oʻahu farmer and farming instructor provides insight into the increase in ʻulu theft around the state, and ways to increase community agricultural efforts; and the Honolulu Museum of Art discusses the new exhibit it hopes will stimulate conversations around community issues

The head of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii shares how two local oxygen producers helped the state avert a crisis; an Oʻahu farmer and farming instructor provides insight into the increase in ʻulu theft around the state, and ways to increase community agricultural efforts; and the Honolulu Museum of Art discusses the new exhibit it hopes will stimulate conversations around community issues

Hilo Medical Center talks about the aftershocks of the Delta variant as COVID case counts trend downward; a Hawaiʻi County Councilmember gives an update on the status of emergency repairs on Kolekole Bridge on the Big Island; we learn more about the Koa'e Kea, the white-tailed tropicbird in Manu Minute; and we catch up with a former Peace Corps volunteer now recruiting for the corps at the University of Hawaiʻi