Hanging Out with Nolan Hong

Paul Kim is a musician/singer from the Bay area. We talk about his ties to Hawaii, competing on American Idol, how he started out as a rapper in high school, getting his first record deal with a label in Korea, and meeting Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men.

Paul’s YouTube channel

Dr. Kealani Cook is a history professor at UH West Oahu and one of Jamie’s oldest friends. We talk about his job at the UH press, how he got his PhD, why history should be the study of power, and his book, “Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania.”

Flop sweat sadness (It’s a real thing!)

Kea, Jamie and friends, a long long time ago at the house on Coyne St

Kea and his wife Robyn

Jamie, Kea and Robyn

Playstation in the Kalihi house with Cho (lying on the ground)

Teaching at West Oahu

The day Jamie realized Kea was an adult (he did a history lecture for her kid’s Cub Scouts den)

Hawaiian-Samoan meeting aboard Kaimiloa 1887

The pic Kea talks about of John Baker

Grant Sumile is an architect and Jamie’s middle brother. We get his view on Nolan’s proposal to Jamie, how went from academic probation at UH to becoming a partner at an architecture firm, and we get a quick history of breakdancing in Hawaii.

Grant & big brother Mark

Grant, Jamie (being annoying) and Mark

Grant with Jamie in a headlock (I probably deserved it)

When you have a much younger sister and she forces you to wake up early on Christmas morning

Seeing Mark off at the airport

Airbrushing cuz 80s

Brothers’ quality time

High school graduation with John Llacuna and James Park

Grant & Julie in San Diego

Butterfly release at Grant & Julie’s wedding. Grant was not expecting butterflies

Grant & Julie and their awesome kids

With business partner Darin Fukunaga and Darin’s wife Andrea

ADM at a 2010 awards gala

Projects by Grant and Darin’s company, ADM Retail Planning & Architecture

Dukes Lane

It’s the directors roundtable with Ryan Kawamoto of Kinetic Productions, and Brad Watanabe of Berad Studio. We talk scrappy filmmaking, marketing in the digital age and building community. Fyi, there’s a kanikapila next door so that’s the music you hear.

Ryan’s links

Brad’s links

Brad and Ryan at a Hawaii Shoots event

The spot Ryan directed for Altres featuring Norm Chow

Berad Studio’s reel

Roslyn Catracchia is a composer, lyricist & musical director. We talk about her adventures in cooking, why she was wandering Waikiki sobbing after a gig, and her new project with Kealiʻi Reichel and Stephen Schwartz, who wrote GODSPELL, PIPPIN & WICKED.

When Roz was 30 years old, doing the first AMC Christmas show with John Bryan

Michael Jackowitz (producer), Keali’i Reichel, Patrick Makuakane, and Roz

The people who went up to New York for the Hi’iaka reading

The first Christmas song Roz wrote for Ala Moana Center – “And We Sing Merry Christmas”

“On Dragonfly Wings” cast pic

In heaven at the piano

Roz and her mom

Manoa Valley Theatre “Once Upon One Time”

Ohia 15th Anniversary

Conducting Punahou graduation

Roz and her mom

Roz and Nolan at rehearsal