The Conversation
The Conversation is a weekday show on HPR’s news and information program stream, KHPR 88.1FM. For, by, and about the people of Hawaii, The shows host Chris Vandercook will be talking to all sorts of people about all sorts of things, from the state’s budget crisis to huli-huli chicken, and audience involvement and comment is invited.
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Episodes (701)
The Conversation: Local youth org gets Bezos donation; Marine debris
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The Conversation: Agroforestry on Kauaʻi; Marine trash art sculptures
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The Conversation: Local climate leaders; Whale behavior post-wildfire
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The Conversation: Oʻahu water resources; Preserving Maunawili Valley
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The Conversation hana hou: Stories of WWII
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The Conversation: Mālama Mākua film; Tourism
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The Conversation: Wailuku Film Festival; Native snails at the zoo
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The Conversation: Hawaiʻi Island affordable housing; WWII espionage
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The Conversation: A call-in show on the future of golf
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The Conversation: Gov. Josh Green; LA Angels new manager
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The Conversation: Nursing degrees; Long-term care insurance
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The Conversation: Hawaiʻi's media; Chinatown eatery celebrated nationally
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The Conversation: Stories from the field
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The Conversation: Hakalau Forest; Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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The Conversation: Call-in show on Maui water usage
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The Conversation: Call for blood donors; Artificial intelligence
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The Conversation: Avian flu updates; Highway Inn restaurant
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The Conversation: Military exercises; New public school proposed for Maui
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The Conversation: U.S. government reopens; OHA emergency relief
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The Conversation: SNAP benefits; Vintage Baseball
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The Conversation: Tourism; Federal agencies arrest 44 people on Kauaʻi
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The Conversation: A call-in show on SNAP benefits
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The Conversation: Feds order HNL to reduce flights; 442nd Infantry Regiment
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The Conversation: Legislature; Former Miss Hawaiʻi fights for husband in ICE cus...
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The Conversation: Food assistance; Kauaʻi writer pens a poem to tourists
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The Conversation: SNAP cuts; Women's Court in Kona
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The Conversation: Halloween hana hou
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The Conversation: SNAP shutdown; Haka protest in Aotearoa
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The Conversation: SNAP benefits; Moments from the World Series
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The Conversation: C-MORE Lab; Afterschool care programs
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The Conservation: Vacation rental regulations; 'Before the Moon Falls' doc
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The Conversation: Pohoiki Boat Ramp; Chinatown's Pasta Boys
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The Conversation: Health insurance premiums; Billionaire Marc Benioff
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The Conversation: Live from Chinatown
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The Conversation: Kamehameha Schools; Kāhuli Festival
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The Conversation: Honolulu's 'No Kings' protest; Coral reefs
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The Conversation hana hou: Hawaiʻi's specialty courts
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The Conversation: Hawaiʻi's insurance landscape; Gaza ceasefire
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The Conversation: Skyline; Falls of Clyde laid to rest
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The Conversation: Bus driver contract talks; Skyline
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The Conversation: Air traffic controllers; Federal workers' pay
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The Conversation: Israel-Hamas peace deal; Genetic study in American Samoa
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The Conversation: Honolulu rail; The history of ʻulu
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The Conversation: UH enrollment; North Shore Oʻahu lifeguard
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The Conversation: Gov. shutdown; Deep-sea mining
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The Conversation hana hou: The voices of 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'
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The Conversation: Day 2 of gov. shutdown; Pearl Harbor National Memorial is open
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The Conversation: Federal shutdown; New UH fisheries program
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The Conversation: State Supreme Court chief justice retires; Hawaiian Council
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The Conversation: Native Hawaiian political history; Overthrow walking tours ret...
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