All Episodes

EP 75 Waikōloa Dry Forest biologists Jen Lawson and Rob Yagi on the interface between people and the rarest of the rare forests

EP 74 Biologist Jim Jacobi on mapping and surveying Hawaii’s unique ecosystems across time and space

EP 73 Pilot David Okita on the evolution of helicopters as an essential tool for conservation land management

EP 72 Wildlife biologists Colleen and Ian Cole on making lasting alliances across diverse communities and geographies

EP 71 Hawaiian storyteller and conservationist Hannah Kihalani Springer on how land care begins with aloha for one another

EP 70 Kekuhi Keali’ikanaka’ole on how we find family in `āina

EP 69 Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh on how seeking knowledge of the land is a mind and heart endeavor

EP 68 Restoring the land is a family affair: researchers Pat Hart, Susan Cordell and Colin Hart on the secret world of plants, birds and cacao

EP 67 Land stewards Cheyenne Hiapo Perry and Lisa Hadway Spain on the leadership challenges of forest protection on Hawai’i Island

EP 66 Land manager Bill Stormont on bringing aloha to the hardships and controversies in stewardship

EP 65 DLNR forester Ed Pettys and Na Ala Hele program manager Debbie Chang on the value of connecting people to places through trails and land stewardship

EP 64 Contemporary art professor Jaimey Faris and fire scientist Clay Trauernicht on how story telling and land care can help us envision a world beyond capitalism

EP 63 Museum studies director Noelle Kahanu on repairing the human connection between land and people through the arts

EP 62 Ethnic studies professor Ty Tengan on re-membering Hawaiian identity in place and cultural practice

EP 61 Part II: Archaeologist and ethnohistorian Ross Cordy on the rise of Hawaiian kingdoms in ancient Hawai‘i

EP 60 Part I: Archaeologist and ethnohistorian Ross Cordy on Polynesian voyaging and ancient Hawaiian settlements

EP 59 Pacific Islands anthropologist Patrick Kirch on the millennia of human adaptation and environmental change across island archipelagos

EP 58 Co-hosts Melissa and Clay reflect on Season 3 and lessons learned after the 2023 wildfires

EP 57 Kauaʻi land steward and advocate Billy Kinney on how the land is our first teacher

EP 56 Bird biologist Justin Hite on the joys and sorrows of working with Kaua‘i’s rarest forest birds

EP 55 Special Edition: Professor of Art Jaimey Faris interviews co-host Melissa Chimera on the intersection of art and activism

EP 54 Expert hunter and Nature Conservancy field coordinator Nic Barca on fencing and hunting in Kauai`i’s most rugged and remote terrain

EP 53 Former Nature Conservancy Kaua`i program director Trae Menard on protecting the heart of the watershed through landscape-level fence building

EP 52 Former Hawai`i Division of Forestry and Wildlife administrator Lisa Hadway Spain on paving new paths as a woman in conservation leadership

EP 51 Keith Robinson on the complexities of the Robinson family and going at it alone

EP 50 Kaua`i kupuna Sabra Kauka on beauty and importance of Nu`alolo Kai

EP 49 Kaua`i firefighter and land steward Jeremie Makepa on restoring and nurturing once abandoned places

EP 48 Pacific island botanist Steve Perlman talks about putting your life on the line for the love of nature

EP 47 Willy Kostka on preserving and protecting the land and sea of Pohnpei and across Micronesia

EP 46 Palauan stewardship educator Ann Singeo on connecting generations of islanders across space and time

EP 45 Poet Craig Santos Perez on reclaiming and suturing Micronesian language, place and storytelling

EP 44 Part II Jermy Uowolo of Fais, Micronesia on how preserving the past is they key to thriving into the future

EP 43 Part I Jermy Uowolo of Fais, Micronesia on the history, struggle and heritage of the Western Pacific atols and islands

EP 42 Legendary waterman and Lahaina leader Archie Kalepa on steering the canoe towards the right path

EP 41 Artist Abigail Romanchak on uncovering the unseen Hawaiian environment through the visual language of printmaking

EP 40 Special Edition HI Conservation Conference: Water and land advocates Kapua`ala Sproat and Kekai Keahi on water as life

EP 39 'Ōlelo Hawai`i translator, artist and conservationist Hina Kneubuhl on unlocking the past as the key to the future

Here comes Season 3!

EP 38 Ethnic studies professor Davianna McGregor on how caring for land is all of our kuleana

EP 37 Botanist Gerry Carr on the evolution and wonder of the Hawaiian silversword alliance

EP 36 Entomologist Ken Kaneshiro on the courtship, beauty and fragility of Hawaiian picture-wing flies

EP 35 Geologist Scott Rowland on understanding Hawaiian volcanoes, archipelagos and geologic time

EP 34 Land steward Scott Fisher on restoring and understanding the deep history of Hawaiian coastlines

EP 33 Native Nursery’s Ethan Romanchak on making Maui productive in agriculture once again

EP 32 Hawaiian scholar and educator Kalehua Krug on language and thought as worldview

EP 31 Landscape designer and naturalist Leland Miyano on loving a place through science and art

EP 30 Hawaiian storyteller and conservationist Hannah Kihalani Springer on how land care begins with aloha for one another

EP 29 Marine experts Emily and Ann Fielding on how the beauty, spirit and nourishment of the sea sustains us

EP 28 Aquatic biologist Skippy Hau on the secret lives of creatures in Hawaiian streams

EP 27 A tribute to the father of invasive species management in Hawai`i: Dr. Lloyd Loope

EP 26 Rare Hawaiian snail expert Keahi Bustamente on how caring for the smallest of creatures makes your heart strong

EP 25 Wahine noho mauna: Maui land steward Kerri Fay and Moloka`i rare plant coordinator Ane Bakutis on women in the field

EP 24 Ke`eaumoku Kapu of West Maui on leading people by caring for land, water and each other

EP 23 Maui Nui botanist Hank Oppenheimer on the after fire road to recovery for plants, people and place

EP 22 Hydrologist Chris Schuler on how how we impact fresh water especially after wildfires

Ep 21 Water expert Jonathan Scheuer on how the history of land use in Hawai`i is the story of water

EP 20 Climatologist Tom Giambelluca on how the changing Hawaiian weather and climate affects fire and water

EP 19 Hawai`i ethnoecologist Katie Kamelamela on how restoring a place is reciprocity for the giver and the receiver

EP 18 Mark Merlin on how native Pacific Island plants, people and environments can sustain us

EP 17 Season 1 Bonus: Kekuhi Keali`ikanaka`ole on how we find family in `āina

EP 16 Season 1 recap: Melissa & Clay on what they learned, surprises & what’s next

EP 15 Waipi`o Valley’s Mock Chew family on how multi-generational kalo farming is love for the land & each other

EP 14 Botanical curator Mike Demotta on how native ecosystems perpetuate Hawaiian culture

EP 13 Lani Cran Petrie on the role of ranching in Hawai’i for holistic land management

EP 12 Ted Rodrigues retired Haleakalā ranger on community hunting & love of place through deep observation

EP 11 Suzanne Case former Chair of the Dept. of Land & Natural Resources on the complexities of water, land and tenure

EP 10 Former Molokai Nature Conservancy director Ed Misaki on seeing watershed protection through hard times

EP 9 Brian Naeole on the value of hunting while keeping the native forest free from introduced animals

EP 8 Penny Rawlins Martin on the stewardship lessons that voyaging on the 1976 Hōkūle‘a sailing canoe can teach us

EP 7 Insect biologist and ecosystems advocate Steven Montgomery brings us the beauty & fragility of Hawai`i’s smallest creatures

EP 6 Hawai`i educator Pauline Sato talks about creating a better world by learning about and loving where you live

EP 5 Nan Ku`ulei Akau Cabatbat on honoring the land of her ancestors by caring for people

EP 4 Hawaiian bird biologist Sheila Conant speaks to the joys and heartache of working with the rarest of the rare

EP 3 Pacific island botanist Steve Perlman talks about putting your life on the line for the love of nature

EP 2 Bob Hobdy, retired Maui Island District forester talks about the early days of plant discovery

EP 1 Hosts Dr. Clay Trauernicht and Melissa Chimera talk about the critical need for understanding ourselves in relation to the land