One of the best observatories on O’ahu eight hundred years ago was the famed Kūkaniloko, or Birthing Stones. The site is now a State Monument not far from Wahiawa on O’ahu. Kaui Lucas, host of Hawai’i is My Main Land, interviews Martha Noyes, who has been studying the site, and its astronomical functions in particular, […]
Lovely Hula Hands Across Time – Puanani Alama and Puanani Jung
Kumu Hula Puanani Alama of Kaimuki and Kumu Hula Puanani Jung of Hālau Hula Lani Ola in Laguna Hills, California reflect on the powerful beauty of the hula connecting generations across time. This week Hawai’i is My MainLand host Kaui Lucas interviews Ms. Alama, the last judge living of the first Merrie Monarch Festival in […]
Native Futures with Charles Valoroso
Charles Valoroso returns to Honolulu for CONTACT 3017 Hawai’i in a thousand years – An exhibition of artwork that investigates possible and improbable futures in the Islands. CONTACT is an annual juried exhibition of contemporary art exploring the notion of contact as it relates to the Hawaiian Islands, its people and their experiences. Kaui Lucas […]
Global Telecom Comes to PTC 2017
Elise Anderson and Kaui Lucas highlight the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s 2017 meeting in Honolulu. They cover the trip that ThinkTech took down to the conference on Sunday, where they talked to the attendees, some of the people that help the conference happen and some of the speakers. The interviews included Mike Rieger, of TE SubCom, […]
ThinkTech Goes On the Street
Kauai Lucas and Raya Salter highlight one of the newest productions at ThinkTech, the man on the street, or Think Tech on the Street. This is due in part to LiveU wireless transmission technology. This show features clips from Raya Salter, Marsha Joyner and Jay Fidell out in the community talking to people. Episode 312. […]
Brett Finlay Says “Let Them Eat Dirt”
Elise Anderson and Kaui Lucas highlight a talk from author Brett Finlay, a Canadian microbiologist who wrote the book “Let Them Eat Dirt”, about child micro biome development. Finlay also came down to the studio and spoke with Jay Fidell about his book and the science behind it. Episode 310. Original Air Date Sunday, Februrary […]
The Fight for Death With Dignity
Kaui Lucas and Raya Salter highlight SB 1129, the Medical Aid in Dying Bill, or Death with Dignity, a bill pending in the 2017 legislature. They give a history of the bill and the status of similar bills around the nation. Blake Oshiro, of Capitol Consultants of Hawaii, John Radcliffe, of Capitol Consultants of Hawaii, […]
The 13th Legislative Briefing by the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum
Elise Anderson and Kaui Lucas cover The 13th legislative briefing by the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. Some of the speakers included; Sharon Moriwaki, the co-chair of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Chris Lee, the chair of the House Committee on Energy, Carl Freedman, of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Tom Gorak, the Commissioner of the […]
Fixing the Fight To Ban Coral Killing Sunscreen with Robert H. Richmond, Ph.D.
Currently Senate Bill 1150 is alive, the bill would ban sunscreen containing coral killing agents in Hawaii. Some lawmakers have expressed reservations about how good the science is, whether such a ban is really needed, or enforceable. How bad is oxybenzone? What do we know about the effects here in Hawai’i? Tune in for Hawaii […]
Living the Waimanalo Blues – Surviving #BoycottHawaii with Matt Love’s Music
#BoycottHawaii has been trending on Twitter in reaction to Hawaii’s swift actions to block another unconstitutional travel ban. Through music, we hear how an endemic Hawaiian surfs the waves of change. Coming of age in post-World-War II Hawai’i, Matt Love has lived though Hawai’i’s population growth from 400,000 to over 1,400,000. Kaui Lucas, host of […]