Hanging Out with Nolan Hong

Tanna and Alyssa (Ep 39) talk about Eden in Love adopting a village in Sri Lanka for 5 years. Jeff Power and Celeste & Jay Pietersz of Global Hope Network Intl discuss the process of coaching villages to transform themselves out of extreme poverty.

Contact Jeff Power at Global Hope Network if you want to learn more about adopting a village

PS – Sorry the audio quality is sub-par, we didn’t have the equipment to mic so many guests  They’re all amazing though, so we hope it’s audible… Thanks for bearing with us!

Our biggest podcast hangout ever!

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Zan is married to Charles (Ep 47). She shares about her parents’ divorce, her experiences with theater, doing an exchange program in college, and teaching in Taiwan. If your kids are listening, maybe skip from 34-38 min, there’s talk about dorm life…

Junior Prom

West Side Story

YMCA Showtime Express

Dragonfly Bees

It’s the rebuttal episode! Tommy is married to Heather (Ep 46). He gives his side of the story, from the MC Hammer phone call in 5th grade to Myspace and making the first move. He talks about helping bring Uber to Hawaii and figuring out what’s next.

Kyle (Ep 1) and Kevin (Ep 24) interview Nolan about his complicated history with swearing, we hear Carrot Girl: A Story of Redemption, Nolan shares something he never told anyone, and the last hour is therapy. It’s a crazy long one, but we hope you enjoy!

Kyle’s impression of Nolan’s closet

Carrot Girl, a Story of Redemption (by Kyle)

Nolan with his grandparents and cousins

Gospel choir at Furman University

With his mom and step-dad

The actual guy in Godzilla

So much Godzilla!

It’s Nolan’s mom! She shares stories of growing up the only girl with four brothers, her adventures in the Air Force, living in Alabama and Taiwan, and raising Nolan as a single parent while working in the family restaurant.

Elevator at the Blaisdell Hotel

Tony is a professional reseller, making more now than he did when he had a full-time job. He shares how that works and how he jumped into this entrepreneurial life as a new father. We also talk about his background teaching dance and doing choreography.

The shorts!

Charles Kupahu Timtim is possibly the most interesting man in Hawaii. He spent his early years in Maine, setting lobsters free in the parking lot, then moved to Papakolea, and became one of the founding members of CHANT, working with Mackey Feary and Kealiʻi Reichel.

Performing in Raps Hawaii

Charles as a youth after moving to Hawaii.

Snowmobile riding at 5

Performing on stage in “Trial of the Queen”

Honolulu Theater for Youth’s “The Othello”

The musical group “Chant”

Performing on the local theater stage in “Das How Come”.

Album cover for Chant

Charles in a local television ad with former guest Devon Nekoba

Heather is the Director of Behavioral Health at Helping Hands Hawaii. We talk about moving from Chicago to Arizona to Kalihi, tattoos, Myspace, and her career in therapy and case management. Nolan ends with the most real outro ever. Jamie refuses to edit.

Paul is Jamie’s baby cousin, who had a baby and opened a chiropractic practice with his fiancé Kate two months ago. They specialize in correcting posture, which affects everything about the body from migraines to allergies (they explain in the episode).

More about Paul and Kate’s business, Foundation Spine and Posture:

Getting Clinic Honors

Kate with her brother at his graduation from Stanford

Kate and Paul with Baby Bix on her first Girls Day

Analyzing Nolan’s posture

Using the blender gun (not it’s real name)

Traction machine

Demonstrating Nolan’s home care

More stuff to fix Nolan’s posture

Dr. Jill is the Director of Predoctoral Education at the UH med school. We talk about dating in intermediate school, the possibility of a zombie apocalypse, how she ended up becoming a doctor and teaching at the med school, and her work with the homeless.

Click to donate to Hawaii H.O.M.E. Project, the organization founded by Dr. Jill that provides access to health care for homeless populations around Oahu.