Best-Selling Hawaii Author
Gavan Daws, the best-selling author of Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, Land and Power in Hawaii, Holy Man: Father Damien of Moloka‘i and many other books, plays, songs and documentary films, has just collaborated on an 1,120-page anthology, Honolulu Stories: Two Centuries of Writing. Join Leslie Wilcox as she sits down to share stories that reveal this Australian transplant’s deep interest in, knowledge of and love for Hawai‘i, Asia and the Pacific.
In "The Road Not Taken," popular local comedian Frank De Lima talks story with Leslie Wilcox. Although he had the knack to entertain early in life, Frank talks about how his strong Catholic faith initially led him on the path toward priesthood. Frank shares how he eventually found his true calling in show business in the first of a two-part conversation.
Jon de Mello is the creative mastermind behind the phenomenally successful Mountain Apple Company. Jon’s many talents and non-stop creative energy seem perfectly suited to the high-powered world of entertainment.
Walter Dods, Jr. is a local boy who made good. Retired now as CEO of First Hawaiian and BancWest, Dods remains a business and political insider and an active community leader. In this first of a two-part conversation, Dods begins at the beginning.
Leslie Wilcox talks story with Hawaiian Renaissance man Solomon Enos. The muralist, painter, book illustrator, comic strip creator, educator, and futuristic storyteller is also the groundskeeper for the forest preserve in the back of Kalihi Valley - the site of Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services. Enos draws inspiration from the land and considers it a "sentient" that must nurtured the way one nurtures a family member. Enos also talks about developing his Honolulu Advertiser comic strip Polyfantastica into a graphic novel.
Leslie Wilcox talks with Warren Nishimoto, director of the UH Manoa Center for Oral History. As an oral historian, Warren has recorded other peoples' stories for over three decades. Now he shares his own stories about the indirect path to becoming an oral historian, including working at his family's store, the historic Iida's. He also explains how he documents the lives of everyday people to preserve Hawaii's history.
He's entertained English royalty, Presidents of the United States and countless local residents. But this son of a City and County refuse worker and a cocktail waitress always goes back to his roots with everything he does and everyone he meets. "Aloha ke kahi I ke kahi," he always says. "Love is everywhere, love is where you find it, love comes from the heart." Find out how Danny Kaleikini went from Papakolea to Kahala, when Leslie Wilcox talks story with Hawaii's Ambassador of Aloha.
A year out of high school, Marvin Nogelmeier arrived in Hawaii on his way to Japan and stayed on a whim. Whether by happenstance or destiny, over thirty years later he has become Puakea Nogelmeier, Hoku-award winning songwriter, Kumu Hula, and Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii. He tells Leslie about some of the choices he made, how they led to a career advocating and promoting the Hawaiian language, and how he got his name.
In this episode of Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox, Leslie sits down with Kealiʻi Reichel - composer, performer, teacher and an icon in the Hawaiian music and culture scene.
James Scott is a Waimanalo-born Native Hawaiian who has been president of Punahou School since 1994. Scott is the first Punahou graduate to serve as its president. While Punahou has often been stereotyped as the school for Hawaii's privileged class, Scott came from modest beginnings with parents who scraped and sacrificed so that he could attend. He also augmented his tuition by working in the school cafeteria.
In Part One of the conversation, Scott talks with Leslie Wilcox about his memories of Punahou as a student, his vision of the school as its president, his management style, and his thoughts on the changing face of education.
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