“Science Friday,” a weekly public radio science program, selected three scientists to appear in conversation with the program’s host, Ira Flatow, during a live taping at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea.
The event, called “First Take with Science Friday,” is presented by Hawaii Public Radio.
Appearing onstage with Flatow, a veteran science correspondent, are:
• Greg Asner, a Stanford University professor and staff scientist with the Carnegie Institution for Science, who is applying the technology of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to mapping Hawaii’s ‘ohi‘a forests.
• Alison Greggor, whose work at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center is focused on reintroducing the ‘alala (Hawaiian crow) to the wild.
• Lisa Keith, the lead researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service on rapid ‘ohi‘a death.
In addition to the onstage conversation between Flatow and the scientists, audiences will be able to participate with questions of their own. The interviews and Q&A’s will be taped for possible future national broadcast on “Science Friday.”
The event also will include musical interludes from local jazz ensemble Red Water Trio.
Reserved seats for “First Take with Science Friday” are available online at bit.ly/scifrihi. The purchase of a ticket also includes a one-year Hawaii Public Radio membership.
For the past 25 years, “Science Friday” has introduced top scientists and entertaining stories about science to public radio listeners. Independently produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s access to science and scientific information, it is distributed by Public Radio International to 374 stations throughout the U.S.