Town Square (Talk)
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- Host: Beth-Ann Kozlovich
- Each week people gather to discuss the issues that affect all of them, concerns about civic growth and governance, public education system, what's behind the headlines, life in Honolulu and in our state, and so much more -- topics that may rankle you already and some you may not have even contemplated yet.
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- Genres: Talk, Current Affairs
- Location: Honolulu, HI
- Language: English
- Networks: Hawaii PR
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What the Superferry controversy has dredged up
Fri, Nov 2
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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.
Wed, Oct 31
Tonight 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.
Loving Living Rooms
Thu, Oct 25
As 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 speaking. We'll hear the...
"Getting a Grip " with Frances Moore Lappe
Thu, Oct 18
Join 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 only.
HIFF 2007
Fri, Oct 12
The 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.
Teacher Drug Testing
Thu, Oct 4
They may have voted for it as part of their contract, but some teachers and others, including the ACLU, say the teachers' union was pressured into accepting random drug testing and that it will be costly and not effective. This week we'll speak with Graham Boyd, the national director of the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project and Pam Lichty of Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii - and you.
Security at UH Manoa
Fri, Sep 28
Students 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 newspaper, Ka Leo, have...
Can Hawaii become the "Geneva of the Pacific?"
Thu, Sep 20
In 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 education and the...
Dennis Kucinich -- issues for the 2008 election
Thu, Sep 13
Our 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.
Sustainability for Business
Thu, Sep 6
Tonight 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 and Program Director of...
Mass Transit Alternatives for Honolulu
Fri, Aug 31
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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?
Hawaii State Hospital -- what is being done to protect staff?
Fri, Aug 24
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Click here to listenGuests:Dr. Tom Hester, Chief, Adult Mental Health Division, Hawaii Department of HealthMarion Poirer, Executive Director of NAMI OahuRecent news coverage of patient assaults on staff at the Hawaii State Hospital have raised questions about conditions there. Our guests discuss the background and current conditions at the hospital, as well as what is being done to protect staff.
Lt. Watada and the Iraq War
Mon, Jun 26
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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,...
The Legacy Lands Bill and affordable housing
Fri, Jun 24
The Governor has until June 27 to give notice of an intent to veto, and until July 12 to take action. Guests:Mark Fox, Director of External Affairs, The Nature Conservancy of HawaiiJoshua Stanbro, Project Manager, Hawaii Field Office, The Trust for Public LandBrian Schatz, State Representative, Vice Chair of the Water, Land and Ocean Resources CommitteeLaura Thielen, Director of the Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance
Healing the Killing Fields
Fri, Jun 17
From the killing fields of Cambodia to global school yards: How former Newsweek Tokyo bureau chief and Fortune correspondent, Bernard Krisher, linked the Internet to 60 remote Cambodian rural schools. (See: It Takes the Internet to Raise a Cambodian Village).In a life changing move, Krisher took his retirement to Cambodia, volunteering with World Bank to build 265 solar-paneled, computer-equipped primary schools, 60 of which are linked to the global community by an ingenious wi-fi motorcycle...
Universal Health Care
Fri, Jun 3
The United States remains the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee health care for all of our citizens. Polls have shown that most Americans believe that universal health care is long overdue. Hawaii spends $3,770 per person and nearly $4.5 billion total on health care each year. Despite this, 13% of adults and 9% of children were uninsured for all of 2002, and 32.2% of people under the age of 65 went without insurance for all or part of 2002 – 2003.Guests:Congressman Jim...
The debate and protests over military research at the University of Hawaii
Fri, Apr 29
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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...
Consciousness as a problem in neuroscience
Fri, Apr 22
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Click here to listenGuests:John R. Searle, Mills Professor of Philosophy and Language at UC Berkeley. He will speak this evening at UH-Manoa on the topic "Consciousness as a Problem in Neuroscience." Jeannie Lum, Associate Professor, College of Education.
April 14: Homeless in Paradise
Fri, Apr 15
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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 done...
April 7: Clean Elections
Fri, Apr 8
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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.
March 31: Nanny reality shows and parenting
Fri, Apr 1
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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...
March 24: Do you iPod?
Fri, Mar 25
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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).
March 17: Lapdog versus watchdog?
Fri, Mar 18
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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.
March 10: To usher in Freedom of Information Day
Fri, Mar 11
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Click here to listenWe examine a new study which surveyed American high school to students to find out what they know -- or don't know -- about the First Amendment. Lead researcher, Dr. David Yalof of the University of Connecticut, Patrick Taomae, President of the ACLU Board of Directors, Iyar Martin, student editor of the Farrington High School newspaper.
Crystal methamphetamine in Hawaii
Fri, Jun 27
Click here to listenGuests: Film maker Edgy Lee, Dr. Doug Smith, Associate Professor at UH School of Medicine, Psychiatry Dept.
Fighting media deregulation following the FCC's June 2, 2003 decision
Fri, Jun 20
Click here to listenGuests: Congressman Ed Case, Stirling Morita, President of the Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and Sean McLaughlin.
Hawaii charter schools
Fri, Jun 13
Click here to listenGuests: Dr. Ku Kahakalau, Principal of Kanu O Ka Aina new century public charter school, Dr. Carrie Anne Hewitt of the College of Education at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Juvena Chang of Kamehameha Schools.
High school principals
Fri, Jun 6
Click here to listenGuests: Dr. Randy Hitz, Dean of the UH College of Education, Dr. Lorraine Henderson, Principal of Kailua Intermediate School, Catherine Payne, Principal of Farrington High School.
The "Case Amendment" to HR1350 and IDEA reauthorization
Fri, May 30
Click here to listenGuests: Autism Society-Hawaii Chapter President Naomi Grossman, attorney Chris Parsons, Board of Education member Garrett Toguchi.
War with Iraq: The perspective from Europe and Asia
Wed, May 28
Click here to listenGuests: Dr. Johan Galtung and Dr. Glenn Paige.
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