The Rick Hamada Program

Ask the Mayor is back for another episode. Join Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Rick Hamada as they answer your questions.

February is American Heart Month, a time when we’re all reminded to pause and focus on our cardiovascular health. In this episode of Sustaining Hawai’i, presented by Bayer, Rick Hamada welcomes back the Heart Association and will talk with Jim Polk, chair of the upcoming Heart Ball and Dr. Tanoue, cardiologist at Queen’s Heart Institute. We’ll also hear from Ben Morgan, a congenital heart defect s...

Ask The Doctor is back with another episode. Join Rick Hamada, Chris Faulkner and Dr. Alan Faulkner right now!

The HART HOUR is back! Let's catch up and talk all things RAIL. Listen now!

Rick Hamada and Chad Blair are together once again for another episode. Listen now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Mike Lambert! Listen now!

Episode 72 (14 February 2026): Today’s Freedom Hour – Restoring Righteousness: Faith’s Role in Good Governance. This episode explores a question many people are quietly asking: where do the principles that guide government come from — and what happens when moral clarity is lost? As public policy drifts away from values that sustain family, justice, and integrity, we examine the moral tensions shap...

Rick Hamada is joined by John and Noel from Starkey's Auto Repair. Listen now!

On this addition of "Ask The Mayor" Mayor Rick Blangiardi is out on assignment but Rick Hamada is joined by Director of the Honolulu Department of Community Services Anton Krucky. Listen now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Ray Shefska in studio today. Listen now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Pastor Lisa Kai. Listen now!

Ask The Doctor is back for another episode. Listen now!

A new segment called "Let's Golf" has just been added. Listen to the first episode now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Ira from FAIR for another episode. Listen now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Ta’imua to talk all about his short film Jane Austen’s Period Drama which has been nominated for an Oscar. Listen now!

Episode 71 (7 February 2026): Today’s Freedom Hour – Hawaii: Managed by Conflict or Governed by Consent. Immigration has become one of the most divisive issues in Hawaiʻi—but what if the conflict itself is the problem? On today’s Freedom Hour, we step back from red-vs-blue talking points to ask whether we’re being governed by consent or managed through division. We explore scarcity, civil libertie...

Let's talk all things Aloha Stadium. Listen now!

Rick Hamada is joined by Joe Kent with Grassroots Institute of Hawaii. Listen now and stay informed.

On this week's episode of Community Matters, Rick Hamada speaks with Andrew Pereira of the Pacific Resource Partnership about the organization's recent polling about issues that affect people and families in Hawaii. The issues that you think about often are probably discussed in this conversation--hear how the community is currently thinking about different political, social, and economic issues f...

Rick Hamada is back with Mayor Rick Blangiardi for another episode of "Ask The Mayor". Listen now!

February is American Heart Month, a time when we’re all reminded to pause and focus on our cardiovascular health. In this episode of Sustaining Hawai’i, presented by Bayer, Rick Hamada interviews Brandt Farias, board chair, American Heart Association Hawai’i and Dr. Debleena Dutt, cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente. We’ll also hear from a sudden cardiac arrest survivor sharing her story.

Rick Hamada is joined by David Fischer talking all things money, gold and more!

Rick Hamada is joined by NexGenesis Healthcare as they talk all things health, self improvement, their upcoming seminar tonight 2/2 and more!

Episode 70 (31 January 2026): Today’s Freedom Hour - From Vision to Verification: Hawai‘i’s State of the State. This episode takes a measured look at Hawai‘i’s State of the State — crediting real progress where the facts support it, while also examining what’s been normalized through years of emergency-style governance. From affordability and housing to accountability and livability, we ask a simp...

On this week's edition of Community Matters, Rick Hamada talks with Chad Blair of Honolulu Civil Beat (civilbeat.org) about the opening of the 2026 legislative session at the state capitol. What can we expect--new legislation, bills that were defeated last year coming back, and money priorities are all in focus. Plus...Governor Josh Green has been wavering on tax cuts passed by the legislature las...