Ilima-Lei Macfarlane sits down with us to discuss her history with MMA, being able to headline a card in Hawaii, cutting weight and her upcoming fight on December 10th. We explore fighting with a crowd vs. no crowd and the crazy schedule leading up to the fight due to Covid.

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Mark Yamanaka is on Zoom with us today to discuss his work in car sales, getting into music, having his family in music, and the controversial Jordan vs. Lebron debate.

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After talking about tourists and eating in Waikiki, Jasper Wong joins the boys to talk art. Specifically, POW WOW! and it's influence on modern art in Hawaii. Jasper is an amazing artist and organizer and his vision for the art world is very inspiring. He tells the story of starting a gallery in Hong Kong, then moving back to Oahu.

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The episode starts with Devon and Kyle talking about BTS for like 20 minutes. I'm serious guys. We thankfully get Aldrine on the line and start our discussion about `Ukulele Underground. UU is one of the world's largest online instructional sites for the `Ukulele. Aldrine is the site's head teacher. He and his cohorts have taught over 25,000 students through the site. We get into how the lessons work, and Aldrine's `ukulele history.

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In this episode we're joined by the Lieutenant Governor Josh Green to talk mostly about Covid and Homelessness. We do stray into topics like the video game Gauntlet, and having an abscess on ones buttocks. It was an informative discussion and it was nice to have the LG stop by to chat.

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This is about as animated a podcast as we've had in recent months. We begin the show talking about an old movie theater in Kaimuki. Jon then interviews Reggae artist HIRIE about her new single "Bonfire." It is a really good song and easy to chill to. Tommy Silva from T&T Tinting comes on the pod to really educate the boys about the struggles Hawaii businesses are facing right now. Kyle joins in with his frustrations.

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In the studio this week is Peter Kay. Before Peter joins us we talk about tuning instruments 1/2 step down. Once Peter joins we get into Peter's business background, "going last, not first," engagement on You Tube, Starting a business and gaming.

You can find info about Peter at livinginhawaii.com

Big Koa drops by to talk a bit about music. The guy has a wealth of knowledge about the reggae music scene, local music scene, and everything performing. We also get into a bit of Covid talk as Devon explains his experience with the radio station. We touch on IZ, Elvis, and getting into radio. It was a fun time.You can follow Big Koa @bigkoa

We will be releasing podcasts on Wednesday/Thursday from here on out as we record these on Tuesdays and it will make the information that much more relevent.

Today we had Christian Yrizarry on the Zoom. Because of his schedule he came in toward the back end so Devon, Jon and Kyle started off the show. They talked about 2 more weeks of lock down, whether or not the shut down is even working, and Jon brought back his segment called "What's Wrong With You?"

Once Christian came on they discussed his new band, songwriting, tips in Waikiki, the early days of Ho`onu`a and Christian's hobby of shoe collecting.

You can find Christian at @christianhoonua

Taimane sits in with us to discuss life in lock down, being discovered in Waikiki, Social Media, Dancing while playing, Tiny Desk, and Learning `Ukulele from Jake Shimabukuro. Taimane is always a breath of fresh air when you spend time with her and just a tremendous talent. We're so happy she had time to do the podcast.