A PBS Hawai‘i podcast that explores Hawaiʻi's local cultures, communities and relationships – that help shape our identity. PBS Hawaiʻi President and CEO Ron Mizutani hosts a weekly conversation with unique and colorful individuals from across the state. From rubbah slippahs to unsolved local mysteries, Ron and guests examine and shed light on the real deal of what makes Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi.
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The What School You Went? podcast is a delightful and informative gem that keeps listeners informed and entertained, no matter where they are in the world. As someone who is far away from home, this podcast has become a welcomed source of connection to my Hawaiian roots. With its engaging content and wonderful host, Ron Mizutani, it feels like I am talking to friends every time I tune in. The mix of old school reminiscing, island lore, and cultural knowledge makes each episode a delight to listen to.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the exploration of the paranormal side of Hawaii. As someone who is interested in different cultures, I was initially drawn to this podcast while searching for information on night marchers. However, I quickly found myself captivated by the variety of topics covered. The episodes on Hawaiian lore and the paranormal are particularly fascinating and leave me wanting more. It would be great if the podcast could delve even deeper into these subjects.
A minor downside to this podcast is that it assumes some familiarity with Hawaiian terms and culture. While it does provide some explanations along the way, a more thorough explanation of certain terms or concepts would be appreciated for those who are not familiar with Hawaiian culture. However, this issue does not detract significantly from the overall enjoyment of the podcast.
In conclusion, The What School You Went? podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in Hawaiian culture or simply looking for an engaging and informative show. Ron Mizutani's hosting skills create an atmosphere that feels like you're sitting in on a casual talk story with friends. Whether you're hailing from Hawaii or California, this podcast will make you feel right at home as you learn about island lore and reminisce about old school days. I eagerly look forward to future episodes and hope that Ron continues to explore more intriguing aspects of Hawaiian history and folklore. Mahalo for creating such an excellent podcast!
Enjoy this last episode of What School You Went? as we take a walk down memory lane with radio legend Kamasami Kong.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published May 8, 2024.Coen Cadinha is not an entrepreneurial dreamer, he's an experienced businessman with an inspirational success story… and he's only 16.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published May 1, 2024.From beef stew to zosui, our soups and stews are windows into the lives of our ancestors, and to this day, the recipes remain a family affair. Chef Mark Noguchi explains.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published April 24, 2024.His students call him Mr. Bulatao, but you may know him as Kutmaster Spaz. We'll meet the man behind the microphone.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published April 17, 2024.A Kalihi boy's relentless work ethic earns him a professional football contract, but he chose instead to walk away from the game he loved.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published April 10, 2024.Chef Mark Noguchi returns to the show to discuss Hawaiʻi's favorite plate lunch side, macaroni salad.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published April 3, 2024.A young man has spent his entire life confirming his name is real. Join us for an inspirational story of understanding one's responsibility.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published December 6, 2023.As Shaka Santa and Tutu Mele take their yearly seats in front of Honolulu Hale, sculptor Alex Ching reveals the process of getting the icons ready for the holidays.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
She started telling stories through the lens of her camera when she was eight. Today, Megan Tasaki is using her craft and passion for people to develop tomorrow's leaders.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Chaz Mihara is chasing his dream of being a local sportscaster. Why he believes serving as a mentor will help him achieve his professional goals.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
They're ruthless, merciless and seem to enjoy scaring the bejesus out of people. The flying B-52 is also a fierce baby maker – but is no match for this exterminator.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Insults, threats and physical abuse, a few of the sad risks sports officials face. Hawai‘i Sports Official Hall-of-Famer Tom Yoshida tells us why the rewards outweigh the risks.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
The search is over for an organization that economically empowers culturally driven, ethically conscious, women-led businesses. How Darien Siguenza helps Hawai‘i FoundHer.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Sterling Higa is young man with a purpose who has a clear vision of Hawai‘i's future – and like EF Hutton, when he talks, people listen.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Meet the creative minds behind a moving musical, a true story of 12-year-old Hiroshima atomic bomb victim who folded 1,000 paper cranes for peace before passing away.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Eight years ago, Cassidy Crowley captured the attention of a land shark when she was only 7-years-old. How that experience turned her into an extremely successful business owner.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Since 1958, 780,000 young women have competed in this prestigious program but only a few have won this “Distinguished Award.” We'll meet a local girl who owns that title in 2024.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Without freshwater, there are no rivers, streams and underground aquifers, and without freshwater, there is no life. Jeremy Kimura refuses to let that happen in Hawaiʻi.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
You can catch this Geek on morning radio alongside Michael W. Perry, at midday with a couple of other Poor Sports or on Spectrum OC16…catch him if you can.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Eleven-year-old Ella Wong found her groove in the music world and now has a beat on the local DJ scene. She also happens to have one of the coolest stage names in town…Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
For 25 years, Stephan Boeker was a popular wedding filmmaker on Maui. Today he is an Emmy Award Winning Director, whose unique approach to storytelling is inspiring others to chase their dreams.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Historian, author and business consultant Bob Sigall never took a single journalism course. In fact, he was psychology major. So how did he become one of Hawai‘i's top newspaper columnists?Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
When Bob Sigall was eight-years-old he sold lost golf balls for a dime to make money. How that entrepreneurial spirit influenced his life and created “The Companies We Keep.”Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Master Storyteller Lopaka Kapanui continues the conversation about Hawai‘i's most haunted schools. In this episode, we travel to Beautiful Kaua‘i, where hair-raising stories abound.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
A bone-breaking conversation with world-renowned Hawaiian Cultural Advisor Ramsay Taum who tells us why those who practice the Hawaiian martial art of Lua have their eyes set on their opponent's joints.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
No glaze, no powdered sugar and no sprinkles! Chef Albert Teruya reveals the secret to the perfect Andagi - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
World-renowned Hawaiian Cultural Advisor Ramsay Taum returns to talk about the healing practice of Ho‘oponopono and explains how reconciliation and forgiveness can break barriers to peace and harmony.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Kumu hula and lomilomi practitioner and trainer Mālia Helelā tells us why she looks to the ‘āina for grounding and inspiration and how hula and lomilomi work hand-in-hand.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Master storyteller Lopaka Kapanui joins Ron as they talk about Kahuna.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Elijah is a devoted Ambassador of Aloha. His mission of sharing The Way of Aloha has reached millions around the world via his social media reach and his work as a speaker, facilitator, and ceremonialist.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Kimo Lee tells us about his dad, who happens to be one of Hawai‘i's greatest singer-songwriters of all time.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Nohea Keaunui-Gould may have one of the coolest jobs in Hawai‘i. In fact, it might be the coolest job EVER. Nohea is the Operations Manager and Wet'n'Wild in Kapolei and the Ultimate Waterslide Tester.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Chizuko Endo is the co-founder of Taiko Center of the Pacific. She has traveled the globe performing & teaching - dedicated to the evolution of modern Taiko as we know it today. Several years ago, she started teaching deaf students about the art of taiko drumming.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
After a 30-year career at HPD, this retired Police Captain knows what others are thinking. He is not a not psychic, but uses his five senses to create an illusion of a sixth sense…Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
With a new documentary and an effort to change our state's license plates, Steve Sue's mission to spread aloha is bringing shaka back.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
The Mālama ʻĀina Foundation looks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture by using its practices in teaching STEAM to the next generation.Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Send us a Text Message.Hobbyist Cameron Datanagan speaks pigeon. He raises them, too. Welcome to the world of pigeon fancying.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Send us a Text Message.What is digital literacy? Ka‘ala Souza reveals his motivation for making Hawai‘i the nation's most digitally literate state.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Send us a Text Message.Are kei trucks just the latest auto trend in Hawai‘i, or are they here to stay? Slater Robinson, the man who helped kickstart the craze, weighs in. Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Send us a Text Message.Are kei trucks just the latest auto trend in Hawaiʻi, or are they here to stay? Slator Robinson, the man who helped kickstart the craze, weighs in.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Coen Cadinha is not an entrepreneurial dreamer, he's an experienced businessman with an inspirational success story… and he's only 16.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
From beef stew to zosui, our soups and stews are windows into the lives of our ancestors, and to this day, the recipes remain a family affair. Chef Mark Noguchi explains.Support the Show.WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
His students call him Mr. Bulatao, but you may know him as Kutmaster Spaz. We'll meet the man behind the microphone.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
A Kalihi boy's relentless work ethic earns him a professional football contract, but he chose instead to walk away from the game he loved.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Chef Mark Noguchi returns to the show to discuss Hawaiʻi's favorite plate lunch side, macaroni salad.WSYW? Episode 113Original Airdate: April 10, 2024Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
A young man has spent his entire life confirming his name is real. Join us for an inspirational story of understanding one's responsibility.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
It's known as "Hawaiian gold", and it's getting harder to find. DJ/comedian/TV personality Lanai Tabura returns to the show once again to talk with Ron about the dangerous art of picking ʻopihi.WSYW? Episode 013Original Airdate: November 3, 2021How UH-Mānoa is Working to Restore ʻOpihiSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published October 27, 2021.Master storyteller Lopaka Kapanui returns to the show to talk about the legend of the Night Marchers... and what to do if you cross their path.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published October 20, 2021.Olena Heu and Ron share their experiences of the day that Hurricane ʻIniki hit Kauaʻi, and discuss why the Garden Island seems to attract so much severe weather.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
Originally published October 13, 2021.Why do people in Hawaiʻi remove their slippers before entering the house? Writer, editor and publicist Mona Wood-Sword returns to the show to discuss this local tradition and its origins.Support the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook
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