Keep it Aloha

Kamaka Dias•anchor.fm

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.

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Episodes

7. Kalei Mau: Becoming a professional volleyball player, music, and Kaleihulu Health.

Kalei Mau is a Native-Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino professional volleyball player from the island of O'ahu. This local girl is an absolute star on and off the court as she is also a very talented singer-songwriter, fitness expert, social media influencer, and entrepreneur. Some might remember her singing on YouTube many years ago with Kolohe Kai singer, Roman de Peralta, as she came to the spotlight at an early age, but she is so much more than a YouTube singer. Fresh off an undefeated championsh...

Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 20 min

6. Keoni Payton: Farmers Market Hawai'i, turning his life around, and NFTs.

Keoni Payton, also known as Painkillers, is a talented artist, surfer, Hawaiian activist, and owner of the very popular Farmers Market Hawai'i clothing brand. After a troubled childhood and eventually getting incarcerated for selling drugs, he turned his life around and took what he once learned from hustling drugs, to selling tees. His lifestyle brand is now one of the most reputable streetwear in the islands with his items reselling online for hundreds up to thousands of dollars. In this episo...

Dec 02, 2021•2 hr 2 min

5. Kamalani Pico: Growing up in Moloka'i, starting her own business, and endless determination.

Kamalani Pico is a small-town girl from the island of Moloka'i. She is a signed actress, model, fashion designer and business owner of her own clothing company called SSAVVY. She is also the first Native-Hawaiian ring girl for Bellator MMA, an American mixed-martial arts promotion. But, don't let her resume and fierce looks on her Instagram fool you, because this local girl is not afraid to get her hands dirty as she enjoys hobbies such as hunting, fishing, diving, and gardening -- which she say...

Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 35 min

4. Kamakakēhau Fernandez: From Little Rock to a bigger rock called Hawai'i.

Kamakakēhau Fernandez is an African-American Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning singer who was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but adopted by a family on Maui, Hawaiʻi when he was just six weeks old. He is a graduate of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program and has been featured in the Hawaiian Language version of The Disney Animation Film “Moana”, in which he plays the role of Tamatoa, the shiny crab. He has performed on numerous stages within the state of Hawai’i as well as stages in the continen...

Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 12 min

3. Kimi Werner: Humble beginnings, controlling your fear, and becoming a national spearfishing champion.

Kimi Werner is a United States National Spearfishing Champion, a certified culinary chef, an award-winning artist and a sought after motivational speaker. She is able to dive up to 150 ft. underwater and can hold her breath for almost five minutes. Crazy right? Growing up away from modern society in an isolated part of coastal Maui, she floated behind her father as he freedove for her family's primary food source. Only later as an adult on O'ahu did she understand the central role the ocean was ...

Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min

2. Augie Tulba: From comedy to politics

Augusto E. Tulba, better known as Augie T., is a professional comedian, actor and radio personality from Hawai'i. He sits down with host Kamaka Dias for our second episode! 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: https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tikt...

Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min

1. Marissa Eveland and Melissa Jasniy: Issa de' Mar, what is the Hawaiiverse Podcast, and business advice.

Popular bikini company Issa de' Mar's owners and designers Marissa Eveland and Melissa Jasniy are best friends who surf and live on the North Shore of O'ahu. They began hand sewing each suit and eventually turned the downstairs of their beach bungalow into their sewing studio and creative lair. Marissa has been sewing since she was 11 and has been creating bathing suit patterns and bikinis for herself while growing up on the North Shore and surfing competitively. Melissa grew up surfing the coas...

Oct 27, 2021•46 min

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