Hanging Out with Nolan Hong

Bip and Nino are two of Nolan’s oldest, closest friends. It’s a “unique” friendship centered on professional wrestling. This episode isn’t an interview as much as it is just hanging out with three old friends rehashing their kooky history together.

Nino interviewing “Jay Mysterio” during one of the Funateer’s wrestling home videos.

The Funateers unite to create Captain Fun at Nino’s son’s 1st birthday!

Jamie, Nolan, Bip and Nino front row at a WWE House Show in Honolulu.

The Funateers united to create Captain Fun at Evan “Heart” Kimoto’s wedding.

Bip meeting Nolan at the airport during one of their epic summer trips. (“Grolan Mong” is an inside joke that pertains to an old Muppets children’s book)

Not uncommon to see Bip and Nolan laughing about something that makes no sense to anyone but them…

Jay “Water” Tanaka and Nolan shining the spotlight on Bip. His favorite place to be…

Grant is a singing comedian and YouTuber. We talk about making money on YouTube, live streaming, Tanacon – a YouTuber conference that became a huge controversy last month, optimism and relentless pursuit of your passion.

Kaulana started performing magic in Waikiki at 14. We talk about bullying, finding your passion, and running Torch Hawaii which he started at age 16. We also get into collecting Funko Pops and geek out on Game of Thrones.

Links

https://vimeo.com/38306171

It’s our first teenager! Kailen is 19. His mom is Zan (Ep 52) and his step-dad is Charles (Ep 47). We talk about his summer job, growing up with two sets of parents and siblings, and get recommendations on paying for college and parenting.

Jill is Jamie’s parenting guru. We talk about how she turned a Christmas tree into a volcano, her family tradition of pranking, and how creative she is with disciplining her kids, including the story of the tattletale bear, which changed Jamie’s life.

Get your tickets to see Jill and several of our previous guests in Manoa Valley Theatre’s production of The Princess and the Iso Peanut!

Nara is a performer and Jamie’s friend from small kid time. We talk about going to Priory and Kamehameha, class reunions, driving Lyft, parenting as a performer, and we get a corndog-cooking lesson from Nara’s daughter.

Jude spent 19 yrs working at the historic Hawaii Theatre and shares stories from his time there including things you may not know about the structure and history of the building, great backstage stories about famous performers, and ghost stories!

Nancy is a high school teacher and a photographer. We get the details on her recent eye surgery, her royal roots, being a tomboy in a pageant, getting bullied, and the ups and downs of being a teacher in a public high school.

Follow Nancy’s company, Shoots! Photography on facebook & instagram

Princess Nancy!

with Dr. Faulkner

Myrtle was the Dir of Student Employment at UH. We talk about moving from Hong Kong to Hawaii, and life lessons learned at the pineapple cannery. This is the only pod where you’ll hear about Chiang Kai-shek and Miley Cyrus in the same conversation

The women’s group Myrtle talks about: American Business Women’s Association

Advanced Learning with Hannah Montana?!?!?! It’s real!!!

Chad is a local podcaster and stand-up comedian. We learn a lot about ducks, what it takes to be a stand-up comic, singing Journey with a porn star, and jumping off the roof to tackle a bully. Check out Chad’s podcast, What’s Up With That Bro.

Don’t miss Chad’s birthday show at O’Toole’s, 5/18/18!

Chad’s dad with Poopie the duck

with Tera Patrick

at the Blue Note