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HIFF 2007
Click here to listenThe Hawaii International Film Festival is celebrating its 27th year this month...so how did a small project of the East-West Center begun in 1981 grow to be one of the largest and respected international film festivals in America? Join us this week for our annual HIFF preview with Executive Director, Chuck Boller and programmer Anderson Le.
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"Getting a Grip " with Frances Moore Lappe
Click here to listenJoin us for a Celebration 2007 edition of Town Square with guest Frances Moore Lappe. Perhaps best know for her 1971 book, Diet for a Small Planet, Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet with daughter, Anna Lappe (2003) and Democracy's Edge (2005), Lappe has released Getting a Grip, a practical approach to creating a "living democracy" by changing our expectations of government and ourselves. As we are in fund drive mode, phone lines will be available for pledges...
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Loving Living Rooms
Click here to listenAs the saying goes, "charity begins at home." So does how we teach, love and help our children to develop into loving and independent adults - and how we model loving adult relationships for our children. Creating "loving living rooms" is the subject of tonight's Town Square with Bobbie Sandoz Merrill, MSW, author of More Parachutes for Parents, and her husband, Dr Tom Merrill. Together they wrote Settle for More and are now touring the country leading workshops and...
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What the Superferry controversy has dredged up
Click here to listenTonight Kauai journalist Joan Conrow, Sen. Gary Hooser and Big Island journalist Hunter Bishop join me as we look at the ugly underbelly of the Superferry controversy - what the island-to-island opinions of the issue and the way they have been expressed have revealed in our character.
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Teacher Drug Testing
Click here to listenStudents at UH Manoa say there isn't enough security to keep them and their belongings safe. After a spate of burglaries at UH earlier this year plus violent episodes on a few college campuses nationwide - and despite the Hawaii state auditor's report and a proposal to the Honolulu Police Department to have off-duty officers patrol the campus - the question remains how campus security will protect UH Manoa, its students and faculty. Tonight students from the UH Manoa...
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Security at UH Manoa
Click here to listenStudents at UH Manoa say there isn't enough security to keep them and their belongings safe. After a spate of burglaries at UH earlier this year plus violent episodes on a few college campuses nationwide - and despite the Hawaii state auditor's report and a proposal to the Honolulu Police Department to have off-duty officers patrol the campus - the question remains how campus security will protect UH Manoa, its students and faculty. Tonight students from the UH Manoa...
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Can Hawaii become the "Geneva of the Pacific?"
Click here to listenIn April, the Hawaii Legislature adopted a resolution asking the Matsunaga Institute for Peace to convene a working group to determine how Hawaii might become the "Geneva of the Pacific." Is this realistic? Hawaii State Senator Gary Hooser and Jon Van Dyke, UH Professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law believe it's possible.We'll also check in with noted peace researcher, Professor Johan Galtung, who will join us from Norway. He'll update us on peacemaking...
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Dennis Kucinich -- issues for the 2008 election
Click here to listenOur guest on September 13 will be Dennis Kucinich, visiting Hawaii as part of his 2008 campaign for President. Rep. Kucinich is expected to cover some of the main issues that he sees facing America today and in the future.This is your chance to ask Rep. Kucinich your burning questions. Call early since the lines will fill up rapidly.
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Sustainability for Business
Click here to listenTonight we'll continue our conversation on sustainability in Hawaii. We'll discuss, among other issues, what responsibility business has to create a sustainable Hawaii and what consumers expect from the businesses they patronize.Guests:Austin Imamura, Chairman CEO of Pacific Rim BankBarbra Pleadwell, Partner, Hastings and PleadwellJosh Stanbro, Head of Creative Commons, an enviromental consulting firmKevin Vaccarello, Founder and co-facilitator of Sustain Hawaii and VP...
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Mass Transit Alternatives for Honolulu
Click here to listenGuests:Is a train really the transit solution for Honolulu? Is it a done deal or are there other possibilities, for example a high-tech bus that is in use in Europe?
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Lt. Watada and the Iraq War
Click here to listenGuests:1st Lt. Ehren Watada, father Bob Watada, Jon Van Dyke, Professor of International Law and Constitutional Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lynette Cruz, Assistant Professor of anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University and Chair of the Hawaiian Issues Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Col. Ann Wright, author Peter Laufer ("Mission Rejected").Tags: Lt. Ehren Watada, Iraq, Iraq War, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Principals,...
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The debate and protests over military research at the...
Click here to listenA group of about 50 people is protesting a proposed Navy research center at the University of Hawaii by occupying the university president's office. The students, faculty and community members oppose the university's plans to conduct classified research on weapons systems on the Manoa campus. All research would be secret, including the outcomes. At the state legislature, the House Committee on Higher Education passed a resolution on March 29 "urging the University of...
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April 14: Homeless in Paradise
Click here to listenAct 50, passed by last year's legislature and signed into law by the governor, effectively criminalized homelessness in Hawaii. This law is now under attack by advocates and may be repealed. At the same time, Hawaii has been designated one of the "meanest" states due to Act 50 and actions against the homeless including police sweeps of parks and beaches. There is insufficient shelter space, and programs for the homeless cannot cope with the need.Find out what is being...
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April 7: Clean Elections
Click here to listenWhat is the status of the clean elections bill moving through the Hawaii legislature?Guests: Jessica Wineski, Field Coordinator, The Hawaii Elections Project and Clean Elections Hawaii, and Colin Yost, a Honolulu attorney.
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March 31: Nanny reality shows and parenting
Click here to listenContinuing our media theme this month, we look at the effect of the nanny reality shows, the parenting models they present, and whether this benefiting or hindering families. Our panel of parenting experts includes Kathy Bentley, Program Director and Parent Educator from PARENTS, Inc. Ms. Bentley was selected as one of the Outstanding Parent Educators in North America by Parenting Press. Also joining us, Momi Durand, Executive Director of Keiki O Ka `Aina Family Learning...
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March 24: Do you iPod?
Click here to listenPodcasting is yet another permutation of broadcasting when you want it. We'll visit with members of the Hawaii Association of Podcasters about personal internet broadcasting, how it's creating more alternatives, and why listeners should research their choices.Guests (with links to their podcasts): Ryan Ozawa (HawaiiUP), Burt Lum (Rough Take) and Todd Cochran (Geek News Central).
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March 17: Lapdog versus watchdog?
Click here to listenAccording to television producer, independent filmmaker and writer, Danny Schechter, there is no doubt about commercial media's current function. In celebration of Freedom of Information Day and Sunshine Week, Mr. Schechter discusses his new film, Weapons of Mass Deception screening this Friday as part of Honolulu's FOI festivities.
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