Aloha friends! Welcome to Heartbeat Narratives, a podcast about the people, places and passions that we love. Through storytelling, guests from Hawaiʻi and around the world explore what what brings them joy. Host and producer, Molly Mamaril, intends for this podcast to be an uplifting space for listeners to glimpse the inner lives of different people. Her hope is that we will recognize that everyone has a valuable story and that we can cultivating more meaningful relationships by leading with curiosity. Starting with you, what makes your heart beat?  

Episode Highlights

0:23 Welcome to Heartbeat Narratives!

3:37 Molly's backstory between Hawaiʻi and Minnesota

5:40 Studying journalism and environmental science + discovering the Hawaiian worldview grounded in oral history

7:25 Hula: storytelling through movement

9:51 The origins of Heartbeat Narratives: the stories of our neighbors

11:03 Highlighting everyone's experiences

12:13 Podcast love

13:21 Uncle Pono Shim and finding the lōkahi (unity)

14:53 Aloha

15:59 Being an observer to great storytelling

18:07 Deeper conversations and new friendships

19:00 Mahalo for listening

Host and Producer: Molly Mamaril

Guitarist: Amund Gismervik