Here in Hawaii

Dayton Asato, 3rd generation owner of KC Drive Inn, shares his family's story in running one of the iconic restaurants on Oahu since 1934. In addition to the stuff that made it into the episode, we also talked about cleaning grease traps, making waffle dog batter and extra thick ono ono shakes by hand, and all the places KC Waffle Dogs have gone around the world.

Here in Hawaiʻi is now on TV – catch it Sundays at 5pm on KHON2! If you forgot to set your DVR (or if you're not in Hawaiʻi) you can find the TV episodes here on this channel.

🌺 KC Waffle Dogs are available for parties and fundraisers! Follow them to see where they're popping up next! https://www.instagram.com/kcwaffledog/

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Find episodes on our youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@HereinHawaiiTV 

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In Episode 3, we spent the day at Thompson Ranch on Maui with 2nd generation rancher, Jerry Thompson. Jerry took us all over his land, sharing about caring for their animals, their work to restore native trees, his family history (his dad put up the first telegraph poles on Maui 🤯) and issues they deal with like wild deer.

We didn't intend for the tour portion of our visit with Jerry to be the podcast for this episode, but it was so cool we had to share it. Please excuse the camera-work, we were riding around rocky terrain and my wife was flipping the camera between Jerry and me, the animals and the amazing view.

It was a truly fascinating, even life-changing day for us. If you're planning a trip to Maui, we encourage you to book a tour at Thompson Ranch – http://www.thompsonranchmaui.com/

Catch new episodes of Here in Hawaiʻi Sundays at 5pm on KHON2! If you forgot to set your DVR (or if you're not in Hawaiʻi) you can find the TV episodes on our youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@HereinHawaiiTV

🌺 Please join us in supporting our partners

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🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/citymill

🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/alohacarehawaii

🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/eliteparkinghawaii

🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/uhahealth

👕 https://www.instagram.com/hilifer

Come join us in our facebook group, Here in Hawaiʻi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/hereinhawaii

Here in Hawaiʻi is now on TV – catch it Sundays at 5pm on KHON2! If you forgot to set your DVR (or if you're not in Hawaiʻi) you can find the TV episodes on our website – https://hereinhawaiitv.com/

Homegrown superstar Kelly Hu was our main guest for Episode 2. We had an amazing conversation and could only fit a tiny bit of it in the edit for TV, so we hope you enjoy hearing the extended cut here.

We mentioned how we talked about getting bullied before, you can find that conversation in my other podcast "Hanging Out with Nolan Hong" – https://youtu.be/VLY53A_K2KU?si=-WaJcW1IHo1oGdr8

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🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/eliteparkinghawaii

🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/uhahealth

👕 https://www.instagram.com/hilifer

Come join us in our facebook group, Here in Hawaiʻi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/hereinhawaii

Here in Hawaiʻi is now on TV – catch it Sundays at 5pm on KHON2! If you forgot to set your DVR (or if you're not in Hawaiʻi) you can find the TV episodes on our website, https://hereinhawaiitv.com/category/tv-show/

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner Chardonnay was our main guest for Episode 1. We had an amazing conversation and could only fit a tiny bit of it in the edit for TV, so we hope you enjoy hearing the extended cut here.

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🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/eliteparkinghawaii

🫰🏼 https://www.instagram.com/uhahealth

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Miki is the founder and CEO of Education Incubator. She began her career in biosystems engineering, then moved into education where she spent 20 years in teaching, administration and curriculum development. She reflects on the positive changes she's seen in the classroom, and shares lessons from growing up in a tight-knit community on Maui, the importance of creating safe spaces, and how the Foundations of Aloha program allows her to continue to share the teachings of Uncle Pono Shim.

Learn more about Education Incubator and Foundations of Aloha: https://eduincubator.org/

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Melanie is a media producer, a James Beard award-winner for Best National Cooking Series, and winner of an Emmy Award for best historical, cultural, religious documentary. She shares stories from her career in media production, starting on the mainland working on music videos, coming home and working at PBS, and what she's up to now.

Follow Melanie's current project Small Batch: http://smbatch.co/

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Since high school, Ryan has been drawn to helping address the homelessness crisis in our state. Today he serves as Executive Director at Family Promise of Hawaiʻi, an organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness for families with children. Ryan shares about his family history of his grandparents fleeing their home country and starting from scratch in America, and how that shaped his values. He also shares his insight and knowledge about the houseless situation in here in Hawaiʻi and what can be done to help our families.

Check out Family Promise's website to see how you can support their work, including their Amazon wishlist for much needed items for families experiencing houselessness: https://www.familypromisehawaii.org/

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Andrew is the co-founder and creative director of Redefined Media, and one of the hosts of UNCUT Hawaiʻi. His parents and grandparents immigrated to the US from Vietnam, and instilled in him a sense of gratitude for the opportunities and blessings he has today. We talk about the decision to stay in Hawaiʻi, the challenges of navigating family dynamics as a new dad, growing pains of building a business, and the importance of self-care and mental health.

Find Andrew at:

https://www.uncuthawaii.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_andrewtran/

https://redefinedweddings.com/

https://www.redefined.media/

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Brandon has always been self-motivated, so his parents weren't worried when he switched from medicine to business. He served as COO of Wahiawa General Hospital before becoming Executive Director of Aloha Harvest. He shares some career and leadership lessons, and through his stories (including self-inflicted fitness challenges like doing 45,000 push-ups in one year) we get to see the passion that he funnels into this 25-year-old nonprofit.

Learn more about Aloha Harvest at: https://alohaharvest.org/

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Allan is a public school teacher, a founding member of 24-VII Danceforce, and Program Coordinator for The I’m A Bright Kid Foundation (IABKF). He shares lessons learned working with Castle High School theater teacher Ronald E. Bright and his incredible wife Aunty Mo, his experience helping people find their spiritual gifts while serving as an Assistant Pastor, and how he continues to carry on that work in the roles he plays today.

Unfortunately IABKF's summer program has filled up since we recorded this interview, but please check out their website and 24-VII Danceforce to learn more about these amazing opportunities for kids:

https://imabrightkid.org/

https://247dance.org/

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