Maluhia Kinimaka is a Native-Hawaiian professional surfer from the island of Kaua’i. This Roxy girl is not just a force of nature on some of the worldʻs most iconic waves, but is also a valedictorian, Stanford graduate, structural engineer and architect, an environmental activist, model and most recently starred in Surf Girls Hawaiʻi, which is a documentary series on Prime Video featuring five of the best young native-Hawaiian surfers who are inspiring a new generation of women to jump into the ...
Oct 12, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Kolby Moser and Nainoa Langer are two Hawai'i filmmakers from the Big Island of Hawai’i and Moloka’i. Kolby is a commercial and documentary filmmaker, podcast host of Uncut Podcast Hawaii, and the founder of ARIA studios. She is also a wifey and momma to Hayley, Kaci and Ollie. Nainoa Langer is a Moloka’i boy who found his way around the world as a filmmaker, music producer, storyteller and traveler. His distinctive style of storytelling has brought him to work with some of the biggest brands, a...
Oct 05, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Award-winning singer-songwriter and 2022 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards Female Vocalist of The Year Paula Fuga joins us once again to talk story with Kamaka. They catch up on life, answer questions live on Instagram, and talk about having an abundant mindset. Enjoy! Find Paula here: https://www.instagram.com/pfunklove/ Buy our merch on: https://keepitaloha.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kamakadias Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeepitAlohaPod/ Follow us on Instagram: ht...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Welcome to your favorite Hawai'i podcast hosted by Kamaka Dias talking stories with influential figures in Hawai'i and beyond about their lives and our culture. Join us as we get to know our guests a little deeper and talk about what keeping it aloha truly means. We have new episodes every Thursday and new social media clips every single day! Mahalo for listening :) Buy our merch on: https://keepitaloha.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kamakadias Watch on YouTube: https://www....
Sep 24, 2023•46 sec
Keao NeSmith is a Native-Hawaiian linguist from the island of Kaua’i. He holds a PhD in applied linguistics and is an educator and translator who has taught at various universities in Hawai’i, Tahiti and New Zealand. His work on “Neo Hawaiian” as a separate variety of Hawaiian has informed debate in Hawaiian language studies, as well as broader issues in language revitalization. He has translated a number of books into Hawaiian, including The Hobbit, The Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wond...
Sep 21, 2023•2 hr 47 min
Kuana Torres Kahele is a Native-Hawaiian award-winning musician from the Big Island of Hawai’i. He is a vocalist, songwriter, record producer, hula dancer and educator most known for his original acoustic compositions in the Hawaiian language. In 1995 he co-founded Nā Palapalai, a legendary Hawaiian music group that has released numerous albums which have charted in the top five of the Billboard top world album charts. Nā Palapalai also won many Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards including Group of the yea...
Sep 14, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Markian Benhamou is a content creator from all over the world. This popular influencer found success on YouTube and Facebook where he uses his platform, and smile to create positive, happy and healthy spaces around us. He founded Smile Squad with the mission to make the world better, one smile at a time. His hard work and dedication to his craft has garnered him millions of followers and over billions of views throughout his social media channels. Most recently he traveled around the US for a ye...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Jack Soren is a wave-surfing, graffiti spraying, mural-painting Native-Hawaiian artist from the island of O’ahu. He has produced several solo exhibitions as well as contributed works to numerous groups and collective shows. Having developed an extremely applicable style, his work has been commissioned for major branding and marketing campaigns by organizations like Vans Triple Crown and companies like Hawaiian Airlines. This prolific mural artist also produced massive work for clients like the I...
Aug 31, 2023•2 hr 9 min
Zion Thompson, Ikaika Antone, and Jordan Espinoza are 3 of the 5 current band members from the popular Reggae band called The Green. Zion, the guitarist, and Ikaika, the keyboardist, are former band members of a group called stir crazy. Jordan is the band’s drummer who joined the team in 2011. Together with their two other band members Caleb Keolanui and our past podcast guest Brad Watanabe they make the super team of music called The Green. With four distinct voices, the ability of four separat...
Aug 24, 2023•2 hr 18 min
Just a quick update for your loyal podcast supporters. This video was intended to be seen on social media, but I am sharing it here for the people who listen on Apple Podcast and Spotify. Quick summary for those who don’t want to watch the whole/listen video: - No new podcast episode or clips this week, all the focus will be on Maui 🫶🏽💖 - Let us know how we can help the community. Keep tagging us! - Working on more ways to fundraise for Maui. Stay tuned for updates. - Mahalo to everyone helpi...
Aug 17, 2023•4 min
Kini Zamora is an all-star fashion designer from the island of O’ahu. He is a Native-Hawaiian third generation seamstress who represented Hawai’i on the 13th season of Project Runway finishing as the 2nd runner-up and then soon after was selected to compete on the 5th season of Project Runway All Stars, finishing 2nd place. Balancing his cultural soul and flare in high fashion, his work has garnered him a dedicated following which has led him to dress notable celebrities and influencers. His des...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 55 min
Eddie Flores Jr. and daughter Elisia Flores are entrepreneurs from the island of Oʻahu. Eddie is a husband and father of two who had success in the real estate industry before co-founding the popular L&L restaurant which now has over 220 restaurants across the country and in Japan. Elisia, who took over as the CEO and Vice Chair, is a business leader and proud graduate of USC. This mother of one worked for General Electric for more than eight years serving within the company’s finance manage...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Kalehua Krug is a Hawaiian language and culture advocate from the island of Oʻahu. Not only is this father of three an articulate educator with is P.H.D., he is also a traditional tattoo artist as well as a lyricist and musician who wrote Amy Hanaiali’i’s song Pa Aheahe, which was nominated for “Song of the Year” at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards. Currently he is the principal of a Hawaiian Charter School called Ka Waihona O Ka Na’auao. In this episode we talk about all things Hawaiʻi including his...
Jul 28, 2023•2 hr 37 min
Oliver Steele is a singer-songwriter from Tennessee. He is most known for competing in season 21 of American Idol where he finished in the top 8th. Oliver brings soulful and powerful vocals with a hint of soft-spoken honesty and raw emotion to every performance. He captivated the hearts of not only America, but the people of Hawai’i as well, with his display of Aloha towards Hawai’i’s own American Idol winner Iam Tongi. In this episode we talk about growing up with his Filipino grandma, his jour...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 46 min
Moana Jones Wong is a professional surfer from the island of Oʻahu. In 2022 she became the first-ever winner of the first full women’s event on the World Surf League Championship tour where she made surfing history by winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline beating out five-time world champion Carissa Moore. She is also the first graduate of the University of Hawai’i West Oʻahu Bachelor of Applied Science-Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing Program. In this episode we talk about growing up on ...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Taimane Gardner is an ukulele virtuoso from the island of Oʻahu. She is a singer, songwriter and theater producer who has established herself as one of the leading ukulele players in the world, known for her fierce and inventive style of play transcending traditional views of the instrument as a restricted device. In 2019 and most recently in 2023 she won the coveted Nā Hōkū Hanohano award for Favorite Entertainer of The Year. With over 50 million views and 400,000 social media followers on her ...
Jul 06, 2023•2 hr 4 min
Sam Potter is an Emmy Award-Winning executive producer, host and director from the island of Kaua’i. He is a local boy who embodies Hawai’i's Aloha spirit. This surfer, diver, and world traveler perfected his craft in front and behind the camera and has earned himself over a quarter million followers throughout his social media channels. Most recently he was nominated and won 5 Emmy awards for his episode Corral Gardeners which is a part of his series “Back to the Wild'' available now on YouTube...
Jun 29, 2023•2 hr 32 min
Steve Sue is a social venturer and jack-of-all trades from California. He is most known for innovation and entrepreneurship programs including Lemonade Alley, Project Lemon Tree and bizgym.com. He started out as a home builder founding bedrock development, INC. and also serves as the chairman of Bizgenics, a Hawaii-based 501(C)(3) specializing in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs. Most recently he is working on a documentary called Shaka, A story of Aloha about the origin and...
Jun 22, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Daniel Anthony is a passionate food sovereignty leader from the island of Oʻahu. He is an advocate for sustainable agriculture and the driving force behind the movement to bring kalo, also known as taro, back to our classrooms, kitchens and local economies. This father of seven has become a prominent figure in the local farming community and co-founded Mana Ai, a company that produces, distributes and promotes fresh artisan poi and paʻi ‘ai made from the kalo plant. He also spearheaded the state...
Jun 15, 2023•2 hr 44 min
Lauren Teruya is the former Miss Hawaiʻi 2022 from the island of Oʻahu. She is also ateacher, journalist, news reporter, freelance writer and performer. With her Miss Hawai’i win last year, she and her sister became the first sisters to win the Miss Hawai’i competition. During her reign she traveled all over spreading her message of Arts for All, a program that brings the arts into the classroom to help kinesthetic learners succeed in school. Most recently she gave up her crown and will be start...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Kulani Watson is a Native-Hawaiian and Māori content creator from the island of O’ahu. He is a comedy writer and actor with over 62 thousand followers on Instagram and 54 thousand followers on TikTok. After going on his LDS mission during his time in college he found his passion in writing and filming comedic sketches for social media. He is one of my favorite accounts to follow and has been bringing the laughs to social media and real life for many years. In this episode we talk about how he gr...
Jun 01, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Kelly Boy Delima is a Native-Hawaiian, Portuguese singer, songwriter, and ukulele superstar from the island of O’ahu. This husband and father of three is most known for being the founder and lead singer of the legendary band Kapena, which he formed with two Tongan brothers. He is a multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner and has over 20 CDS. Today you can see him onstage with his wife who is a wonderful soprano vocalist and hula dancer and their kids who make up the powerhouse core of today’s ver...
May 25, 2023•2 hr 2 min
The Chu sisters are former Miss Hawaiʻi USA sisters and entrepreneurs. The older sister Julie is a former Miss Hawai’i Teen USA and Miss Hawai’i USA. During her reign she wrote and illustrated her first children’s book, Curly the Doxin and has traveled around the world promoting her book which was written to teach the importance of self-love for children. She also dedicates her time serving as a board member for Special Olympics Hawai’i and Women Speak out Hawai’i where she is a spokesperson for...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Joe Jitsukawa is an Asian-American YouTuber and entrepreneur from California. He is a writer, director, actor, comedian, public speaker, investor and is the co-founder of Just Kidding Films and Just Kidding News which are YouTube channels that take on social, contemporary and cultural issues with a comedic edge. His Just Kidding channels as well as his personal accounts have garnered millions of followers on social media, but aside from his social media successes, this Hawai’i resident is also t...
May 11, 2023•2 hr 8 min
Our guest today is a Native-Hawaiian professional MMA fighter from the island of O’ahu. She is the inaugural and former Bellator Women’s Flyweight World Champion. Currently she is the 2nd ranked women’s flyweight fighter in Bellator and the 5th overall pound-for-pound fighter in the women’s rankings. This wrestling state champion received her Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology and her Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a focus on indigenous issues from San Diego State Univ...
May 04, 2023•2 hr 10 min
Jared Kushi is a Japanese local boy from the Big Island of Hawai’i. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hawaiiverse, the largest online local coupon directory which was voted as the HVCA’s 2022 People’s choice of startup paradise. He is also the CEO of Koosh Media, an agency that helps local businesses scale using targeted online ads and an automation capture system used by global high growth companies. This entrepreneur also co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer at LifeDNA, a genetic...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Ed Sugimoto is a 2nd-generation Japanese-American from the island of O’ahu. He is the owner and founder of VH07V, also known as Aloha Revolution which is a rotating collection of shirts, caps and sweaters for men and women. The VH07V logo which spells Aloha upside down, when worn is a subtle reminder to keep aloha in our hearts. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he worked at Spectrum as assistant online editor, online editor and wireless manager for 23 years. In 2011 at the Rice Fest,...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Daniela Stolfi-Tow is a Sinti Gypsy digital marketing manager grown on the island of O’ahu. She is a published photographer, videographer and writer and has over 14 years in the music industry as an executive assistant to legendary rock promoter Barry Fey, as well as production assistant for several national artists such as Prince, Metallica and KISS. Dani currently manages a network of 18 various niche social media channels, websites and groups totaling over 5 million followers worldwide and ov...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Kimié Miner is a Native-Hawaiian, Portuguese Grammy Nominated, producer, singer-songwriter, and recording artist from the Big Island of Hawai’i. She has written and co-produced five award-winning albums including the Grammy Nominated album, “Hawaiian Lullaby,” and most recently produced “Children of the Sea - Na kama Kai” a full length album from her free community mentorship program called MeleCraft BootCamp, dedicated to supporting young artists and honoring the Hawaiian culture and language. ...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Kalani Pe'a is a three-time Native-Hawaiian Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter from the Big Island of Hawai’i. His debut album “E Walea” won him his first grammy award in 2017 for Best Regional Roots Music album and a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for best Hawaiian contemporary Album, making Hawaiian history as the only album to ever win both a Grammy and a Nā Hōkū. He sings everything from classical, musical, ballads, R&B, soul to traditional and original Hawaiian music displaying wide-ranging...
Mar 30, 2023•2 hr 8 min
