Ballinesian Podcast

The queens and hosts of The Mile High Club podcast join the show to discuss how their journey in podcasting and media began and continues to grow, Poly generational and cultural divides we need to bridge, and how we can all better support Pacific Islander women (Speak good of/uplift PI women, hold other men accountable for their words and actions, exhibit and provide healthy love to your children, encourage PI women to speak their minds). Also, the Unholy Trinity gives their takes on "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist"; Rosey and Dora's most memorable Mile High Club interviews from Season 2; MHC's favorite new (and classic) music artists to add to your playlists and TV shows that we're all watching; and us all trying to find some paid sponsorships for how much podcast/content production and equipment can cost. Find more of the Mile High Club podcast on Instagram at @officialmilehighclub, on YouTube at Mile High Club and on Tik Tok at @milehighclubofficial.

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Put on for the Culture. Catch the Wave. 🌊

Creative director and pop culture analyst Ralph Misa joins the show to discuss Netflix's "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist" and making "Catfish" a household term, Tony Vainuku's ability to show the parallels between Naya and Manti's lives before, during and after their relationship, how LGBTQ+ members have been forced to live outside of their Truth when with family, and the pressures of expectation that our culture and religions can have on those same kids. Also, how Islanders going all-out in protecting their family name can include silencing young testimonies, thereby allowing trauma to continue onto the next generation.

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Lance and Forest speak on SamoanDoughBoi's trip to Auburn, WA for The PolyFest last week and being able to record and photograph Pasefika artists and vendors including Le Vasa Island Apparel, Serena William's "evolution" away from tennis to focus more on projects and growing her family, and how the Dolphins tried to replace Tua Tagovailoa with Tom Brady by illegaly tampering with both the Bucs' QB and the Saints' former (current at the time) coach, Sean Payton. Miami has subsequently been fined their first-round draft pick in 2023 and third-round pick in 2024 while also being fined $2,000,000 and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is suspended from attending anything NFL-related until mid-October. Also, Kevin Durant has requested a trade from the Nets OR for Brooklyn to fire their head coach, Steve Nash, and general manager, Sean Marks.

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Stay Ballin. Love and Light. Peace.

Lance Faletogo and Forest Duldulao discuss @samoandoughboiphotography's capture of our brother's sunset marriage proposal and capturing life's moments through his camera lens, the recent Wave of Le Vasa back into the PNW, and supporting other Polys vs policing Polys' criticisms. Also, Deshaun Watson gets six game suspension, less than recent suspensions handed out for "substances" - ahem - weed - (16 games) and betting (17 games), what's that signify? Also, NFL training camp thoughts on Raiders and Chargers. Also, why do shoes cost $100 and reminiscing on shopping at The Shoe Tree back in American Samoa.

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The panel conferences to discuss Le Vasa's return to the PNW with this week's trip to Vancouver, WA for the Ke KeKuiKui Foundation's "4 Days of Aloha" Festival at Esther Short Park. Also diving into dope new Poly news and recent and upcoming events/concerts, and discussing how USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12 affects the conference and our expectations for regional football conferences. Also, how star NBA player trade requests are bad for the league but emerging new business for the Players.

Started at halftime of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the panel discusses what Golden State's 88-107 win means to the remainder of this title series, looking forward to the NBA's future post-Finals, great ballers (Brandon Roy) vs great scorers (Ray Allen), the motives and spoils of the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV golf invitational, new music and shows we're enjoying, and beating up festival security guards.

Spoken word poet and author Jordan Blue joins the show to talk about his new book "Emotions into Motion", how writing his thoughts through recovery led him to hear God, and steadily working to grow his family's empire. Also, who he's taking to win the NBA Finals between Golden State and Boston.

Hockinson football coach and Buffalo Bills fan Rick McElfresh joins the show to recount his tales of ditching high school in Las Vegas to hang out on The Strip, his 12-year journey of coaching football in Washington and how the Bills labeled as pre-season Super Bowl favorites make him feel queasy. Also, renting a car in American Samoa and driving on every single road.

Seahawks' 12s Luke and Clay and high school football coach and Steelers' fan Tanner Rietmann join the show to discuss what makes a player clutch and who the current Clutchest Player is in the NBA; what we're looking forward to for the 2022 NFL season's opening week that kicks off with Josh Allen's Bills at Super Bowl champion Rams, and includes the Broncos' Russell Wilson returning to #LumenField (MNF), Raiders at Chargers play-in rematch, Kenny Pickett’s Steelers debut? and Brady vs Dak Prescott (SNF); and reaching out to your friends when everything seems hopeless to help find the good through dark times.

Love and Light, Stay Ballin.

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Discussing Domestic Violence and how it's so accepted both in the Pacific Island communities and across America. Trying to root through our Samoan culture and how it became normal to threaten and enact violence against your closest loved ones and what we need to do DAILY to educate those around us that that type of behavior and thinking is unacceptable. Also, village chiefs and church pastors get called out again. 1:15:00 - NCAA basketball championship, Lightning ROUND! [Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Raiders first pick at 86 overall, Sam Darnold told Jets they were making a mistake when trading him, Associated Press' 2010's All-Decade Team, and Lakers' next step after missing playoffs].

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