Known as the Golden Voice of Hawaiʻi, Emma Veary shares that as she has aged, she’s learned not to let the bumps in the road get to her.
Pacific Islands Business Educator Failautusi “Tusi” Avegalio, Ph.D says that when conditions change, adjust your sails.
Business and Nonprofit Leader Corbett Kalama shares that you can be bold, assertive and decisive and still be humble at the same time.
Nona Beamer, the late kumu hula, teacher, song composer, musician and all-around Hawaiian cultural icon who exemplified courage, shares how life has so much beauty.
Poet and community mediator, Puanani Burgess says we are being called by our answers to behave as ʻohana.
Leader in Hawaiʻi higher education, Maenette Ah Nee-Benham shares that ʻohana does not always mean we are of the same blood.
Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with Kepa Maly, Executive Director of Lanai Culture and Heritage Center. Throughout his years as an ethnographer, Kepa gathered stories from kupuna. Here, he passes on local legends and stories behind place names that capture the essence of Lanai.
In "Laughing With You, Not At You," Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with popular comedian Frank De Lima. With his hit comedic song, "Lucille," Frank soared to local stardom. He talks about his distinctive ethnic humor and the resulting criticism he's received for it. Frank also talks about bringing his humor into schools as part of his student enrichment program, encouraging children to read, study, love… and laugh.
At a young age, Pono learned the deeper meanings of aloha from none other than Aunty Pilahi Paki - the woman who shared her prophecy of aloha for life in the 21st century. In Aloha Moments, Leslie Wilcox sits down with Pono as he explains aloha and other values from his kupuna that guide him today.
In "Creation and Change" Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with Lee Cataluna, columnist and writer of local plays like Da Mayah and Folks You Meet in Longs. In this episode, she talks about her recently published first novel, Three Years on Doreen's Sofa, written from a troubled Maui man's point of view. And for the first time publicly, Lee opens up about her brush with death.
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