The United States Census Bureau reports that nearly half of American adults lost employment since mid March, and about a third of Americans are experiencing food insufficiency. On Hawaii Island the need is dire. The demand is...
Island Conversations
Welcome to Island Conversations with Sherry Bracken, where we talk about issues facing our Big Island community. Island Conversations is broadcast on Sunday mornings on KWXX 94.7FM Hilo/101.5FM Kona at 6:30 and on B93 (93.1FM Kona) / B97 (97.1FM Hilo) at 7 a.m. or on demand on kwxx.com, b97hawaii.com or your favorite podcast player.
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Island Conversations #119 (Bonus) -Big Island wastewater, with Dr. Rick Bennett
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Island Conversations #118 (Bonus)--Water quality off the Big Island with Dr. Rick Bennett
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Island Conversations #117--Gratitude, and goodbye
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Island Conversations #116--Dental care for keiki and adults, with Dr. Steven Pine and Dr. John Gawlick
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Island Conversations #115 - Richard Taaffe, West Hawaii Community Health Center
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Island Conversations #114--COVID vaccines with Lt. Gov. Green and more with Mayor Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #113--Mayor Elect Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #112--Tsunami! with Dr. Walter Dudley, former CD chief Darryl Oliveira
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Island Conversations #111--Queen's North Hawaii Community Hospital Pres Cindy Kamikawa
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Island Conversations #110 (Bonus)--Mayor Elect Mitch Roth talks transition
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Island Conversations #109--Hawaiian Volcano update with David Phillips, HVO SIC
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Island Conversations #108 --US Rep Elect Kai Kahele
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Island Conversations #107 (bonus)--Mayor Elect Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #106--Travel, tourism, testing with Ross Birch, HIVB
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Island Conversations #105--Health-related documents, with Dr. Norm Goody and attorney Darl Gleed
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Island Conversations Bonus #104--what is 5G? with Ryan Ozawa
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Island Conversations #103 --Legal and health documents--Attorney Darl Gleed, Dr. Norm Goody (a repeat from 2019)
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Island Conversations #102--Council District 1 candidate Dominic Yagong
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Island Conversations #101 --Council candidate Heather Kimball
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Island Conversations #100–Charter Amendments with League of Women Voters
Island Conversations
Welcome to Island Conversations with Sherry Bracken, where we talk about issues facing our Big Island community. Island Conversations is broadcast on Sunday mornings on KWXX 94.7FM Hilo/101.5FM Kona at 6:30 and on B93 (93.1FM Kona) / B97 (97.1FM Hilo) at 7 a.m. or on demand on kwxx.com, b97hawaii.com or your favorite podcast player.
Hawaii County Council member Ashley Kierkiewicz and Hawaii Island Realtors Association Executive Director Kehau Costa realized once the COVID-19 issues began and businesses shut down and people lost jobs that there could be some serious issues with...
This time of COVID-19 has only reinforced how important it is to support agriculture in the state and on the island. Council member Tim Richards (North and South Kohala) talks with Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken about...
Tina Neal is the Scientist in Charge at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. She gives Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken an update on the island’s (and state’s) two most active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea. They also talk about...
Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor, Josh Green, is a medical doctor who continues to serve in the emergency room at North Kohala Hospital once or twice a month. He’s seen COVID-19 cases in the state, he knows the medical...
If we have to be air evacuated because of a medical condition or trauma…how does it work? What’s it cost? Flight Nurse Lori Cannon and Bonnie Kinzie of Hawaii Life Flight, one of two medical evacuation flight...
The University of Hawaii Public Policy Center has released a report called Crush the Curve, written by lead researcher Dr. Robert Perkinson, PhD; Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH; and Colin Moore, PhD. Dr. Perkinson talked with Island Conversations...
University of Hawaii at Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin stepped into the job on July 1, 2019. Now, she’s facing challenges in helping students have a college experience while dealing with COVID-19. She talks about that and other...
The island’s (and the state’s) prisons and jails are overcrowded, and even under normal circumstances, that’s not good–but with the potential of spreading COVID-19, it could be deadly and also overstress our island’s hospitals. County Prosecutor Mitch...
Dr. Nathan Tomita is the Medical Director of, and a General Surgeon at, Ali’i Health Center, an affiliate of Kona Community Hospital. Dr. Tomita talks with host Sherry Bracken about COVID-19–testing (which Ali’i Health is doing, along...