Allison Izu Song is a local fashion designer and the Owner/CEO/Designer at Allison Izu. She went to University of Hawaii at Manoa and New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. In 2010, she gained national attention when she was featured in Oprah Magazine. She recently celebrated 15 years in business and she says her motivation is empowering women through her brand.

In this episode of UNCUT BTS we talk about emerging from the holiday fog and routines that we're implementing in 2024. We also bring back Chef Mark Noguchi aka "Gooch" to talk about the epic things he's been up to, including sailing on the last leg of Hōkūleʻa's journey home.

Carly Kan is a professional volleyball player from Oahu who recently became Hawai’i’s first AVP Champion. She graduated from Punahou where she earned 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year. She went on to play four years at the University of Missouri, where she was a 3x All-American and left the school as the 2nd All-Time Kills leader. She came back home to play two beach volleyball seasons as a grad student at University of Hawai’i at Manoa. After a year abroad playing professionally in Germany, Carly went back to the sand and won her first AVP Championship in 2022.

In today’s episode, she talks about the hardest part of her journey and what she’s doing to normalize the tougher parts of becoming a professional athlete.We recorded this episode at Central Pacific Bank’s Friendship Floor - a co-working space dedicated for CPB's remote and hybrid employees to work and collaborate from.

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Happy New Year! Andrew and Kolby are introducing a brand new series UNCUT BTS. Every Monday, we will take you behind the scenes of our lives, businesses, and our UNCUT Hawaii podcast. We're excited for this new journey filled with candid conversations, the challenges of our personal and business lives and what's going on BTS of the podcast.

Local boy Kainoa Carlson is an Emmy-award winning journalist and co-host of HI Now Daily on Hawaii News Now. Kainoa was born and raised in Kaneohe, graduated from Punahou School in 2007. He played football at the University of Hawaii and has been working in television for over a decade. In this episode, Kainoa talks about the dedication and grind that it took to finally get his dream job and then giving it up to try something new.

Liam Moleta is a Hawaiian Music Artist and Falsetto singer who gained a following on social media and most recently won the 21st annual Richard Ho‘opi‘i Leo Kiʻekiʻe Falsetto Contest. He grew up in California singing and dancing hula before he moved home to Hawai'i to start his career. He has shared the stage with artists such as Robert Cazimero, Kuana Torres Kahele, Fia and opened for J Boog, The Green, and Rebel Souljahz.

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More than half way through Season 24 of "The Voice" and Hawai'i's own Kaylee Shimizu is a front-runner and fan favorite, most recently winning the three-way Knockout Round on John Legend's team. Kaylee got all four chairs to turn on the Blind Auditions, when she sang "Gold Slumbers" by The Beatles in honor of her late Grandfather. John raved, “You know you could win The Voice, right?”

It's been a couple of months but we're baaaaack!!! Kolby and Andrew catch up on all the things. Stay 'til the end for a big podcast update!

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We are ending Season Four the best way we know how - HAPPY HOUR with the girls!! Three of Kolby's Waimea besties - Ashley, Moani and Tricia - join us to talk mom life, Waimea life, embarrassing stories and things people might not know about Kolby. Pour yourself a glass of wine and hang with us in this BONUS EPISODE.

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Kaua'i-native Mathieu Williams is a teacher, leader and change-maker in the education space. He was named Hawai‘i Teacher of the Year in 2019 and 20 for the Next 20 by Hawai'i Business Magazine in 2023. He spent 11 years at Kealakehe Intermediate School as a Teach For America special education teacher, a technology and digital media instructor, Assistant Principal and is now back in the classroom - where he thrives - at Kealakehe High School. His curiosity in teaching, learning and challenging the status quo is inspiring and it was so cool to get a peek into the minds of our youth. Don't miss this episode!