The Lim family Luau has been performing at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel since Laurance Rockefeller opened the resort back in the mid-1960s. Today the luau is the oldest, continuously operating show on the Big Island of Hawaii. Lorna Lim talks story about her family’s passion for performing authentic song, hula dance, and tales of old Hawaii.

Executive Sous Chef Rio Miceli and Wendle Lesher Director of Food & Beverage at the Mauna Kea Resort ’s Manta Restaurant talk story about honoring and showcasing Hawaii’s multi-ethnic cuisine.

KQED 's California Report host John Sepulvado shares his passion for building relationships with NPR affiliate stations across the state.

Hawaiian culture and history teacher Rolinda Bean talks story about her personal journey of teaching Hawaiian history and cultural mores that have been passed along generation after generation through genetic imprinting and story. Ms. Bean teaches Hawaiian culture and history on the Big Island of Hawaii and works at the Sheraton Kona Resort .

Travel correspondent Tom Wilmer visits Healdsburg California and talks with local business owners about the economic recovery of their community following the devastating fires earlier this year.

George Gomes, the Executive Chef at the Sheraton Kona Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii has been a passionate chef since he was a teenager. His first big break was a stint as a chef at the legendary Mauna Kea Resort on the Kona Coast. Gomes shares his culinary passions and lessons learned from stints around the world and close to home.

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at Shellbank Selects Oyster Farm on the waterfront in Fort Morgan, Alabama for a chat with partners, Jarrett Daniel Frith and Lew Childre as they share their story and passion for raising delectable Gulf Coast Oysters.

The 10 th annual Hangout Oyster Cook-Off Gulf Shores Alabama, the first weekend in November 2017 revisited. Join Kay Morgan with Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism for a walkabout visit with some of America’s top oyster producers.

Elizabeth Jones had no clue that baking a batch of rum cakes to serve at her family aviation business would lead to a new career that’s been going viral. Everyone loved Jones’s gourmet alcohol infused rum cakes so much they clattered for more, which led her to open award-winning Rum Sisters with online sales and a brick-and-mortar in Gulf Shores, Alabama .

The Annual Oyster Cook Off at the Hangout held every November in Gulf Shores, Alabama is just one of the many events that draw thousands of visitors to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.