Sundays on khon2
Local People, Local Stories, Inspired by ALOHA
Here in Hawaiʻi is a new TV series sharing stories told by kamaʻaina that locals can relate to and connect with. Catch it Sundays at 5PM HST on KHON2!
The show is presented by Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union, with support from ELITE Parking, City Mill, UHA Health Insurance and AlohaCare.
The Latest 🌺
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Actor Kimee Balmilero
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Kimee left Hawaiʻi at 17 to join the national touring company of Miss Saigon, then spent many years performing on the continent before returning home where she started improvhi (Improv Hawaii) and got a recurring role on Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. She shares about her passion for improv comedy, the experience of providing…
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Lanakila Pacific’s Rona Yagi Fukumoto
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From an early age, Rona just knew she wanted to do charity work. Today Rona serves as President and CEO of Lanakila Pacific, which operates Lanakila Meals on Wheels and Lanakila Custom Products. She shares her experiences and some lessons she’s learned through her career in social services, why she attributes a lot of…
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Keep It Aloha Host Kamaka Dias
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Kamaka is the host of the Keep it Aloha Podcast and one of the creators of the Hawaiiverse platform. He grew up speaking Hawaiian as his first language, but didn’t appreciate his culture until after living abroad. He spent three years in Madagascar with the Peace Corps, then came home and started “The Race…
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Ceeds of Peace’s Ashleigh Loa
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Ashleigh grew up wanting to honor her grandparents’ sacrifice and hard work, moving from the Philippines to Hawaiʻi to get their family out of poverty. Her plans were put on hold when she got pregnant right after high school and had to help raise her sisters, but she got her degree 7 years later…
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Actor Dann Seki
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With a decades long career performing in Hawaiʻi, Dann shares how he got into acting, dealing with feeling like a “fake,” and how getting to perform as different characters has impacted his real self. We also talked about family and what being “retired” is like for him. 🥳 Join the FACEBOOK GROUP 📺 Watch…
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Basketball Legend Nani Cockett
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Nani shares how she has found different ways to be of service to others, whether it be from her hall of fame UH women’s basketball career, coaching, teaching, training, and even in real estate. We get to hear her perspectives on success and how to define abundance. 🥳 Join the FACEBOOK GROUP 📺 Watch…
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Ukulele Artist Brittni Paiva
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Brittni won her first Nā Hōkū Hanohano at age 15. Since then her career in music has been filled with multiple awards, millions of downloads, and performances with music legends, but her life has also been filled with challenges. Last year, she found out that she’s on the autism spectrum, which helped explain her…
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VH07V’s Ed Sugimoto
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How does a guy go from working at the cable company to starting a brand that we see EVERYWHERE here in Hawaiʻi? Ed takes us through his journey, from humble beginnings with the idea for VH07V (aka Aloha Revolution) coming up from his blog, how it took getting laid off from his job of…
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Public Defender Minda Yamaga
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Minda shares about visiting the Heart Mountain internment camp where her mother was born, and takes us through her journey from becoming a mother during her senior year of high school, going on to college, working as a chemist after the anthrax scare, then going to law school and becoming a public defender. She…
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Comedian James Mane
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James Mane is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster, and was the first Samoan to do stand-up comedy on American TV. He talks about being mentored by Andy Bumatai, how his parents laid the foundation for his career path, and how his experiences growing up in the 80s shaped his comedy today. Support James…