The special 90-minute episode of Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi will allow the public to submit questions and hear from the final candidates for chief of one of the largest metropolitan police departments in the United States, with more than 2,000 sworn officers and civilian employees and an annual budget of more than $300 million.

Live from the Empty Palace, a 12-part video series that features nearly 100 performances including singers, musicians, dancers, jugglers, acrobats and others from all over Hawaiʻi Island.

Local comedy icon Andy Bumatai revisits his legendary TV special High School Daze.

Education, conservation and determination are the underlying themes in this month’s episode of Home is Here. We tag along with dogs searching for the invasive devil weed plant; we learn the history of Bess Press; and we talk with a 14-year-old trying to collect and recycle millions of bottles to raise enough money to provide scholarships for other students who have a dream of attending college, but can’t afford it.

How would you grade Hawaiʻi’s legislative session this year? Lawmakers debated key issues including raising the state’s minimum wage, a future management plan for the summit of Mauna Kea, funding for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and more.

Master storyteller Lopaka Kapanui reveals the top five most haunted schools on O‘ahu.

Axis deer have been a problem on the islands of Maui County for a while. But lately, the problem has gotten out of control. With no natural predators, there is nothing to control the growth of the herds. There are thousands of deer. As serious drought conditions grow worse, the deer venture out of the hills and other areas they roam in search of food eating anything in sight, damaging farm crops, gardens and native plants leading to erosion problems.

Rodney Lee, author of the long-time nostalgia blog Midlife Crisis Hawaii, reminisces about growing up with school clothes and play clothes, back-to-school shopping, pencil fights and more. Listen below:

COVID-19 exposed Hawai‘i’s shortfalls in a way no one could ever imagine. But the global pandemic confirmed a problem we’ve known about for decades – the desperate need for a food and resilience strategy for Hawai‘i.

As the saying goes, everything old is new again. This month, PBS Hawaiʻi Classics returns with a month-long of programs.