Moana Nui Podcast

The truth about the aftermath of the Maui fires has disappeared from the national news cycle, but the Moana Nui Podcast and Hoʻakā Mana are committed to ensuring that our moʻolelo (stories) live on through those of us who are strong enough to uplift them when our loved ones are struggling.

Hear from our guests:

Aaron Kahoʻonei - Kanaka Firefighter

Hoʻakā Mana Alakaʻi Jazzy Vanover - Photographer, Creative Director

Hosted by Moana McAdams - Founder of the Moana Nui Podcast, Author, NHPI Champion, Cultural Consultant (https://linktr.ee/thereallifemoana)

This episode is brought to you with sponsorship from Papa Ola Lōkahi. https://www.papaolalokahi.org/

Donations to help Maui families through Hoʻakā Mana can be made at http://www.hoakamana.org.

All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the funding goes toward supporting community programs.

Follow the Moana Nui Podcast:

http://www.moananuipodcast.com.

Information Contact: [email protected]

About Moana Nui Podcast:Moana Nui Podcast is a storytelling podcast to celebrate and honor the history, culture, & perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, POC, indigenous, and African Diasporan peoples. #MauiFires #MalamaMaui #MoanaNuiPodcast #PapaOlaLokahi #NaMakawai #Community #Partnerships #Laulima #Kulana #Kuleana #lahui #PodcastersOfInstagram #Podcast #BIPOCVoices #AgentsOfGeekdom #AANHPI #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslanders #AANHPIPanels #Kauai #Hawaii

The Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NHPI) Alliance is dedicated to improving and increasing access to resources for NHPI community-based organizations in the United States and the U.S. Territories to ensure the well-being of our communities. https://www.nhpialliance.org/

In this episode, weʻll learn more about the NHPI Alliance and their upcoming CURRENTS conference in Washington DC which will be held Oct 19 - 21st at the Royal Sonesta, 2121 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. NHPI leaders from the continental U.S., Hawai'i, the U.S. Territories, and the Freely Associated States will convene to share priorities, foster relationships, and develop unified strategies for engaging federal agencies to advance the interests of NHPI communities.

REGISTER for the Currents Conference

https://allevents.in/mobile/amp-event.php?event_id=10000702454128207

Hear from our guests: 

ʻAlisi Tulua - NHPI Alliance Board Chair

Charlene Lui – NHPI Board Member, Executive Director National Association for Multicultural Education

Hosted by Moana McAdams - Founder of the Moana Nui Podcast, Author, NHPI Champion, Cultural Consultant

http://www.moananuipodcast.com/

This episode is brought to you with sponsorship from Papa Ola Lōkahi. https://www.papaolalokahi.org/ 

Follow the Moana Nui Podcast:

http://www.moananuipodcast.com

http://bit.ly/MoanaNuiTube

http://www.facebook.com/moananuipodcast

Booking Information

Contact: [email protected] 

About Moana Nui Podcast:

Moana Nui Podcast is a storytelling podcast to celebrate and honor the history, culture, & perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, POC, indigenous, and African Diasporan peoples.

#NHPIAlliance #HealthEquity #NativeHawaiianPacificIslanderAlliance #NAME #MulticulturalEducation #CurrentsConference #MoanaNuiPodcast #PapaOlaLokahi #NaMakawai #Community #Partnerships #Laulima #Kulana #Kuleana #lahui #PodcastersOfInstagram #Podcast #BIPOCVoices #AgentsOfGeekdom #AANHPI #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslanders #AANHPIPanels #Kauai #Hawaii

Itʻs been less than 2 months since fires destroyed the historical town of Lahaina. On Aug 8, thousands of Maui residents lost their homes and everything they own. Many are living out of cars or hopping from temporary hotel rooms - if theyʻre fortunate enough to have either of those at all. Suicide rates are up - along with disaster tourism where many tourists are more concerned about taking pictures of the aftermath than helping those in need. Organizations such as Red Cross and FEMA continue to fall short in their efforts to deploy aid to Lahaina. And yet, plans to reopen Lahaina to tourism on Sunday Oct 8 reinforces the viewpoint that those in power care about money over people, no matter the cost.

In this episode, weʻll talk about what’s REALLY going on in Maui and why our community continues to suffer even though the events have disappeared from the national news cycle.

Hear from our guests: 

Pauahi Souza - Kanaka Researcher, Activist, Organizer

Jazzy Vanover - Photographer, Creative Director

Aaron Kahoʻonei - Kanaka Firefighter and Alakaʻi for Hoʻakā Mana

Hosted by Moana McAdams - Founder of the Moana Nui Podcast, Author, NHPI Champion, Cultural Consultant

This episode is brought to you with sponsorship from Papa Ola Lōkahi.https://www.papaolalokahi.org/

Donations to help Maui families through Hoʻakā Mana can be made at http://www.hoakamana.org. All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the funding goes toward supporting community programs. 

Follow the Moana Nui Podcast:

http://www.moananuipodcast.com

Information Contact: [email protected]

About Moana Nui Podcast:

Moana Nui Podcast is a storytelling podcast to celebrate and honor the history, culture, & perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, POC, indigenous, and African Diasporan peoples.

#MauiFires #MalamaMaui #MoanaNuiPodcast #PapaOlaLokahi #NaMakawai #Community #Partnerships #Laulima #Kulana #Kuleana #lahui #PodcastersOfInstagram #Podcast #BIPOCVoices #AgentsOfGeekdom #AANHPI #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslanders #AANHPIPanels #Kauai #Hawaii

Moʻolelo (stories) are central to Native Hawaiian culture and identity. Moʻolelo connects Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiians) to their genealogy, to place, to one another, to community, and to the natural and spiritual world.

Drawing upon ancestral knowledge, culture, and history of Kanaka ʻŌiwi, the Moana Nui Podcast invited three talented storytellers and cultural practitioners to share their personal moʻolelo of how they became storytellers and why itʻs important to keep our indigenous stories alive.

Hear from our panelists:

AJ Paki Perkins – Author of “Mahalo Does Not Mean Trash”, Speaker, Sustainability CEO

Lopaka Kapanui – Storyteller, “Mysteries of Hawaii”, “The Ghost Guy”, Author of “Hawaiiʻs Night Marchers”

David Wallace - Author of “Journey of Our Souls”, Reiki Master, Psychic

Moderated by Latoya Simmons

This episode is brought to you with sponsorship from Papa Ola Lōkahi. https://www.papaolalokahi.org/

Follow the Moana Nui Podcast:

http://www.moananuipodcast.com

http://bit.ly/MoanaNuiTube

http://www.facebook.com/moananuipodcast http://www.twitch.tv/moananuipodcast

Booking Information Contact:

[email protected]

About Moana Nui Podcast: Moana Nui Podcast is a storytelling podcast to celebrate and honor the history, culture, & perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, POC, indigenous, and African Diasporan peoples.

#KanakaMaoliAuthors #GlobalLāhui #MoanaNuiPodcast #PapaOlaLokahi #NaMakawai #Community #Partnerships #Laulima #Kulana #Kuleana #lahui #PodcastersOfInstagram #Podcast #BIPOCVoices #AgentsOfGeekdom #AANHPI #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslanders #AANHPIPanels #Hawaii #PakiPerkins #LopakaKapanui #MysteriesOfHawaii #TheGhostGuy #Nightmarchers #DavidWallace #Kahu #Storytellers #CulturalPractitioners #AncestralKnowledge #Wisdom #Legacy

Hoʻakāʻ Mana is a Native Hawaiian organization with a mission is to inspire healthier families by connecting ‘ohana (families) to Native Hawaiian practices focusing on emotional and mental well-being by establishing indigenous identity foundations through experience and education.

In this episode, weʻll share the important work Hoʻakā Mana is doing, starting with the #MalamaMaui project which is focused on the mental health & well being for those directly effected by the Maui Fires by building self-identity, self-confidence, and self-sufficiency through emotional, mental and spiritual resilience.

Hear from our guest: 

Hosted by Jazzy Vanover - Creative Director, Photographer, Momma

Donations to help Maui families through Hoʻakā Mana can be made at http://www.hoakamana.org. All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the funding goes toward supporting community programs.

This episode is brought to you with sponsorship from Papa Ola Lōkahi.

The Moana Nui Podcast was invited to BlerDCon to interview their guests and capture this year's con experience! We teamed up with a few guest co-hosts, Alan Z and Jei Kea, to interview these amazing guests and capture some of what happened at BlerDCon!

Our first guest is amazingly multi-talented Cree Summer, best known for her role in Freddie Brooks (A Different World) and her numerous voice acting roles such as Numbr 5 (Code Name Kids Next Door), Princess Kida (Atlantis), Susie Carmichael (Rugrats) and Elmyra Duff (Tiny Toon Adventures).

Our second guest is multi-tasking talent Adetokumboh M'Cormack who acts, writes, produces, and directs. He is best known for his acting roles in Blood Diamond, Battle Los Angeles and Heroes along with his voice acting roles such as Isaac (Castlevania) and Kofi (Blood of Zeus).

Follow Cree Summer (IG & Twitter: iamcreesummer) and tokumbo M'Cormack (IG: adetokumboh & germankingseries, Twitter: adetokumboh & _TheGermanKing)/

Make sure to LIKE, FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to our new network, Agents of Geekdom, to watch our episodes and other podcast series!

#MoanaNuiPodcast #BlerDCon #BlerDCon2023 #GuestInterviews #PanelDiscussions #AgentsOfGeekdom #FaeToBlack #CreeSummer #Actress #Singer #Songwriter #BlackGirlMagic #AgelessWonders #MelaninatedAndPowerful #AdetokumbohMCormack #Adetokumboh #GermanKing

The Moana Nui Podcast was invited to BlerDCon to interview their guests and capture this year's con experience! We teamed up with a few guest co-hosts, Alan Z and Jei Kea, to interview these amazing guests and capture some of what happened at BlerDCon!

Our first guest is talented Rachel True, best known for her role in The Craft (Rochelle) and Half Baked (Mary Jane Potman). Our second guest is legendary actress Karan Ashley who best known as her role as Aisha (Yellow Power Ranger) on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Learn more about our guests:

Rachel True (IG: trueracheltrue, FB: OfficialRachelTrue, Twitter: racheltrue) Karan Ashley (IG, FB &Twitter: karanashley)

Make sure to LIKE, FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to our new network, Agents of Geekdom, to watch our episodes and other podcast series!

#MoanaNuiPodcast #BlerDCon #BlerDCon2023 #GuestInterviews #PanelDiscussions #AgentsOfGeekdom #FaeToBlack #RachelTrue #Actress #Author #KaranAshley #YellowPowerRanger #BlackGirlMagic #AgelessWonders #MelaninatedAndPowerful

More than 50% of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) were "priced out of paradise" and are now living outside of Hawaiʻi. This presents momentous challenges for an ʻāina based community forced to separate from their homeland. 

In this episode, weʻll discuss the benefits and challenges of living in the diaspora and how we can better understand and serve the unique needs of our lāhui no matter where we live.

Hear from our panelists: 

Hosted by Moana McAdams

Sponsored by Papa Ola Lōkahi.

Culture is a crtical part of our identities. Isolation from cultural practices causes damaging effects on Kanaka Maoli health and wellness. This panel will feature Kanaka artists who are using their talents to preserve precious history, culture, and moʻolelo.  

Hear from our panelists: 

Hosted by Moana McAdams

(https://www.moanamcadams.com)

Sponsored by Papa Ola Lōkahi.

Moana Nui Podcast is proud to announce a new "KULEANA" series sponsored by Papa Ola Lokahi, the premier organization for improving Native Hawaiian health and well-being. One of the goals of this series is to amplify the work of Papa Ola Lokahiʻs continental partners and the critical resources they create for Kānaka Maoli/Native Hawaiians living across the Continent.  

Today, our featured partner is Kaʻ Aha Lāhui o Olekona Hawaiian Civic Club (aka KALOHCC) of Oregon and SW Washington, located in Oregon. With a mission to actively participate in the promotion, perpetuation and practice of Native Hawaiian culture and values which includes effectively advocating for the educational, civic, health, cultural, economic, and social well-being of our lāhui (Hawaiian nation or people). 

Hear about a new partnership with Papa Ola Lokahiʻs Nā Makawai program and what KALOHCC will be doing for the Kanaka Maoli and Pacific Islander communities in the coming year!  

Connect with E Ala E:

http://www.kalohcc.org

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KALOHCC

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kalohcc/

Follow the Moana Nui Podcast:

http://www.moananuipodcast.com

http://bit.ly/MoanaNuiTube

http://www.facebook.com/moananuipodcast

http://www.twitch.tv/moananuipodcast

Booking Information

Contact: [email protected]

About Moana Nui Podcast:

Moana Nui Podcast is a storytelling podcast to celebrate and honor the history, culture, & perspectives of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, POC, indigenous, and African Diasporan peoples. 

#MoanaNuiPodcast #PapaOlaLokahi #NaMakawai #Community #Partnerships #Laulima #Kulana #Kuleana #KALOHCC #HawaiianCulture #lahui #PodcastersOfInstagram #Podcast #BIPOCVoices #AgentsOfGeekdom #AANHPI #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslanders #AANHPIPanels