Ready for battle! Clashing blades is another day in the park for the members of the Oahu Company of Historical Swordsmanship (OCHS).

Just like any other pro sport, competitive video games have commentators to give the audience the play-by-play. In esports, they are called shoutcasters. Bobby Kuraya and Justin Bishay have been at the forefront of the rapidly growing esports community in Hawaiʻi. Hear how they tell stories through shoutcasting.

The music and its influences with Nathan Aweau.

We pay a visit to the Japanese Sword Society of Hawaii (JSSH), where the club perpetuates the art and culture of Japanese swords. Al Furuto, longtime member and president of the JSSH, shares how the club has fostered a community for sword owners and enthusiasts to learn and teach about the blade.

Returning to the coastal South Carolina land that his family purchased after emancipation, filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff's desire to explore his Gullah/Geechee roots transforms into a poetic investigation of Black inheritance, trauma, and generational wisdom, amidst the violent tensions that define America's collective history.

How a group of Fitted Hawaii superfans fostered a community of buying, selling, trading and collecting merch.

Skin Stories is an anthology of stories and stunning images gathered from the hot spots of Pacific tattoo: from the steaming landscape of Rotorua in New Zealand to the vibrant gathering of the first international tattoo convention in Apia, Samoa; from the terraced, lush taro fields of Maui to the golden beaches of Oʻahu and California.

Four boulders in Waikīkī pay tribute to healers who brought their arts from Tahiti to Hawai‘i hundreds of years ago. A plaque commemorates the healers’ contributions, but fails to mention that they were mahu – people of dual male and female spirit. The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu tells the story of these healers and explores what happened to mahu as colonialism swept across the Pacific.

An intimate profile of Vietnamese-American chef Tu David Phu and the evolution of his culinary aesthetic. Join Tu as he returns home to Oakland, California after competing on the cooking series Top Chef. From the son of refugees growing up in West Oakland to a professional chef, Tu’s acclaimed culinary creations are heralded as the next wave of Asian fusion representing Vietnamese culture.

Until his death at the age of 106, Tyrus Wong was America’s oldest living Chinese American artist and one of the last remaining artists from the golden age of Disney animation. The quiet beauty of his Eastern-influenced paintings had a pioneering impact on American art and popular culture.