Doc Skala's Old-Time Variety Hour, episode 5

In glorious mono from Roncesvalles, Toronto, and Hilo, Hawaii, it's Episode 5 of Doc Skala's Old-Time Variety Hour, brought to you by Grace Kola Champagne and by ILOG CPLEX. In this episode I play the last of the Hawaiian tape, covering my tour of the volcanic landscape.

• Welcome to episode 5
• Tape from Hawaii: on the lanai at the Hilo Hawaiian
  • Free cultural movies!
  • The Western lens
  • Honour or worship?
  • ありがとう, Mr. Japanese Tour Guide
  • The tsunami and the building moratorium
  • Macadamia-nut plantation and Pahoa the hippie town
  • Kalapana black sand beach
  • Nonstandard liquids
  • You don't hedge your bets when you're dealing with a goddess
  • Volcano House
  • Thurston lava tube
  • 1-900-Volcano
  • Another note on Kamehameha
  • 'Ohi'a lehua
  • The Creation Science thing, and not getting thereinto
• Brought to you by Grace Kola Champagne
• Brought to you by ILOG CPLEX, the Brussels sprout of combinatorial optimization
• Not brought to you by iTunes

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