This week on Long Story Short, Leslie Wilcox talks with Claire Ku'uleilani Hughes, who has spent more than three decades raising public awareness of Hawaiian health needs. Dr. Hughes became the first Native Hawaiian registered dietitian in 1959 and became the chief of the nutrition branch for the State Department of Health. She was recently named one of 2011's Living Treasures of Hawaii by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in recognition of her groundbreaking work in drawing attention to the benefits of returning to a more traditional Hawaiian diet and for her advocacy for health programs on behalf of the Hawaiian community.
In part two of a two-part, good-fun, talk story session. Robert shares stories about his hula halau, the all-male Halau Na Kamalei.
Robert Cazimero, award-winning singer, songwriter and kumu hula, joins Leslie Wilcox for a good-fun, talk story session in which the two share laughter, tears and touching stories of living and loving – including stories about The Brothers Cazimero (Robert and his brother Roland) who’ve led a resurgence of Hawaiian music, language, dance and culture since the 1970s.
In an instant, Lieutenant Jerry Coffee went from flying his plane over North Vietnam to being a prisoner of war. What followed was seven years of torture and isolation in a Communist prison. But he never gave up hope. Jerry Coffee tells his story of imprisonment, survival and faith.
Leslie Wilcox talks with Honolulu born and raised slam poet Kealoha. He has represented Hawaii seven times at the National Poetry Slam and is the founder of local events like First Thursdays - the largest registered slam poetry competition in the world with an average attendance of 600+. In 2009, Kealoha was featured on HBO's Brave New Voices series.
In Washington, D.C., Leslie talks with Ron Edmonds, a photojournalist who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt in 1981. This episode traces Ron's prolific career, starting with his first job at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in the 1970s.
The first Hawaiian-language news segment on a network affiliate aired for the first time in March 2008. Special correspondent Amy Kalili seems like a career broadcast journalist who just happens to be fluent in Hawaiian. However, Amy's journey to becoming the first Hawaiian-language news anchor was a long one, with many twists and turns along the way.
Nanette Napoleon is considered Hawaii's leading expert on graveyards. A trustee of O'ahu Cemetery in Nu'uanu, she's the author and photographer of a book on Hawaii's oldest public graveyard. She gives walking tours of the site and she supervised documentation of more than 300 graveyards and 30,000 tombstone inscriptions throughout the state.
Leslie Wilcox talks story with Maui-raised and based entrepreneur Leona Rocha Wilson, a one-time national spokesperson for the home sewing industry and inventor of the "fashion rule", a tool still in use today. Leona is also a passionate advocate for education, and uses her Maui-based cable show, Go School, No Come Like Me, to inspire people through stories of lives transformed by family support of education. Her colorful life, which included a stint in the military and writing a book, is a shining example of how to constantly reinvent oneself.
Leslie Wilcox talks with Rachel Haili and Lorraine Haili Alo, the second generation of the family behind Haili's Hawaiian Foods. Growing up, their mother encouraged her six children to take pride in their Hawaiian and Chinese heritage. Rachel and Lorraine recall childhood memories of gathering and preparing food with their parents. The sisters say their family's teamwork, along with business savvy and determination, have contributed to the success of Haili's Hawaiian Foods, now in the hands of younger sister Lorraine.
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