Hawaiʻi Public Radio

Hawaiʻi Public Radio selections

December 2023

• Artist Vaimoana Niumeitolu on her murals in Palestine

November 2023

• Mariah Abdelfattah on Palestinian American identity and the West Bank
• Honolulu Palestinian Ceasefire Rally
• Author Daniel Jaffee
• Author Gina Cole
• Maui Fires and student Keeana Villamar

October 2023

• Professor Ibrahim Aoude: History of Gaza
• Pianist Alpin Hong
• Author Elise Hu
• Author Nana-Amah Danquah
• Film Director Jean Shim

September 2023

• Korean Shamans Dohee Lee; Jennifer Kim Mudang Jenn
• Hawai’i Tree Canopies
• Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto 

August 2023

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

July 2023

• 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 2023

• Historian Philip Snow
• Windward CC Commencement Speaker Sophia Kaʻawa-Aweau
• Seeqs Middle School Founder Buffy Cashman Patz
• Maui Home Chef Relle Lum
• Hawaiian Earth Recycling Marvin Min

May 2023

• Kaimuki Compost Collective Nate Hogsten
• Author Ishle Yi (Lani)Park on Artist Retreat
• Author Mindy Pennybacker
• AAPI Month Reflections Betsy Kim, Prajawl Tirpude

April 2023

• Author Amitav Ghosh
• Playwright Lee Cataluna
• Forage Hawai’i 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 2023

• Historian Gregory Nobles 
• Bridget Morgan-Bickerton Black Women’s Leadership
• Professor Allison Gough  WW2 Black Soldiers in HI
• Korean instrumentalists Jiyoung Yi, Yoonjeong Heo, Donald Reid Womack

January 2023

•  Ku’ikahi Mediation Center and Women’s Leadership
• Author Darien Hsu Gee
• Korean Immigration and photographer Marie Ann Yoo
• Council of Korean Americans Abraham Kim
• Dr. Akiemi Glenn Popolo Project 

December 2022

• Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation Lanihuli Kanahele 
• I’a Seafood Ashley Watts
• Homesharing Hawai’i Martha Ross
• Christine Ahn Nobel Peace Summit Prize Winner

November 2022

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