Julia is the founder and director of Reach for the Stars, the first and only student-led dance program for special needs students in Hawaiʻi. She shares what she saw lacking in opportunities for students with special needs like her sister Lilia, and how Reach for the Stars is addressing those needs. 🌟 Learn more about…
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Dr. Theresa Wee is a pediatric obesity health and wellness expert who has been practicing in Waipahu for over 40 years. She shares about deciding to become a doctor at 8 years old even though she didn’t know of any women doctors, her struggles with adversity including the grief of losing her husband, and her…
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We learned so much from Chardonnay! Along with meeting her retired hogs, we also learned about dragon fruit and warrior flies, soursop, Spanish plum, noni and more. Such a cool experience for us townies. Here in Hawaiʻi is now on TV – catch it Sundays at 5pm on KHON2! If you forgot to set your…
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Lopaka Kapanui, the master storyteller behind Mysteries of Hawaiʻi, shares about his family history and how he was able to process and heal so that he could become the loving and devoted family man he his today. 🌺 Lopaka’s company, Mysteries of Hawaiʻi, was voted the #1 Ghost Tour in the Nation last year! Follow…
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Dayton Asato, 3rd generation owner of KC Drive Inn, shares his family’s story in running one of the iconic restaurants on Oahu since 1934. In addition to the stuff that made it into the episode, we also talked about cleaning grease traps, making waffle dog batter and extra thick ono ono shakes by hand, and…
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In Episode 3, we spent the day at Thompson Ranch on Maui with 2nd generation rancher, Jerry Thompson. Jerry took us all over his land, sharing about caring for their animals, their work to restore native trees, his family history (his dad put up the first telegraph poles on Maui 🤯) and issues they deal…
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Homegrown superstar Kelly Hu was our main guest for Episode 2. We had an amazing conversation and could only fit a tiny bit of it in the edit for TV, so we hope you enjoy hearing the extended cut here. We mentioned how we talked about getting bullied before, you can find that conversation in…
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Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner Chardonnay was our main guest for Episode 1! We had an amazing conversation and could only fit a tiny bit of it in the edit for TV, so we hope you enjoy hearing the extended cut here. 🥳 Join the FACEBOOK GROUP 📺 Watch on YOUTUBE 🎧 Listen on SPOTIFY,…
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Miki is the founder and CEO of Education Incubator. She began her career in biosystems engineering, then moved into education where she spent 20 years in teaching, administration and curriculum development. She reflects on the positive changes she’s seen in the classroom, and shares lessons from growing up in a tight-knit community on Maui, the…
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Melanie is a media producer, a James Beard award-winner for Best National Cooking Series, and winner of an Emmy Award for best historical, cultural, religious documentary. She shares stories from her career in media production, starting on the mainland working on music videos, coming home and working at PBS, and what she’s up to now….
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