Keep it Aloha Kamaka Dias

Emma Koa is a Native-Hawaiian femalepreneur from the island of O’ahu. She is the founder, owner, and operator of Moon Kine Tingz which is a business that creates products that appropriately captures the Hawaiian lifestyle, enhances awareness, and sparks joy for ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi to get more people talking about/in ʻōlelo, to mālama our community and ʻāina as they mālama us. This mother and cultural practitioner strives to keep her culture and language alive by being the best steward of this place and cultural resources. In this episode we talk about growing up being kūʻē, her purpose in life, Hawaiian culture, holding people accountable, social media issues, having respectful discourse, answer controversial questions and so much more. Enjoy!


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Drew Honda is an entrepreneur from the island of O’ahu. He is the CEO and founder of Sweet Enemy clothing. We welcome him back to the podcast after 100 episodes to see what he has been up to.

In this episode we talk about what he’s been up to since the last time he was on the podcast, the entrepreneur life, Sweet Enemy Clothing, traveling, his newfound love for pickleball, and so much more. Enjoy!

Find Drew here: https://www.instagram.com/drewhonda/


Find Sweet Enemy Clothing here: https://www.instagram.com/sweetenemyclothing/



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Camile Velasco A.K.A. Eli-Mac is a proud Filipino musician from the island of Maui. She is a singer-songwriter who launched her career at the age of 18 when she landed a spot on American Idol as a top 10 finalist on season 3. From there she went on to record a version of Bob Marley’s Guava Jelly produced by his son Stephen Marley, at Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica. The track earned her the Hawai'i music awards single of the year. Since then, this Roots girl has been touring relentlessly across the US and beyond and have shared the stage with iconic artists like Gwen Stefani, Sublime, Lauryn Hill, Shaggy, Stephen Marley, Iration, SOJA, Collie Buddz, J Boog and Common Kings, just to name a few. In this episode we talk about her journey on American Idol, her long road to success, never giving up, how she found her sound, cannabis, music, and so much more. Enjoy!



Find Eli-Mac here: https://www.instagram.com/eli_mac/



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Roman De Peralta is a musician from the island of O’ahu. He is a singer, songwriter, and frontman of the ultra popular group Kolohe Kai which is a local Hawaiian reggae band. In 2009 they broke out on the music scene with an array of original songs like “Ehu Girl”, “Cool Down”, and “First True Love” which today have over 100 millions streams. Their popularity has been undeniable as they have been one of Hawaii’s #1 most streamed reggae artist of the past decade with over 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. In this episode we talk about his musical inspiration, the start of Kolohe Kai, his mission abroad, mental health, how he met his wife, future goals, and so much more. Enjoy!

Find Roman here: https://www.instagram.com/kolohekaimusic/



Check out his new single here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48Zh0JlESo



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Evan Nagao is a yo-yo prodigy turned musician from the island of O’ahu. He is the 2018 world yo-yo champion and 5 time national yo-yo champion. At the age of 3 he was already proficient in 2A yo-yoing and was invited to various tv shows like Jay Leno and Ellen Degeneres. After a few yoy-o hiatuses he decided to pursue a music career under the artist name Evan from Heaven. He debuted his single “Waves” in June 2019 and used his second single “The Last Stand” as the music for his routine for the 2019 world yoyo contest. In June 2020 he released his third single “Me Entiendes” and in November 2020 he released his debut album titled LOVE which included 10 songs. In this episode we talk about starting yo-yo at an early age, discovering his purpose in life, winning the world yo-yo championship, spirituality, pursuing a new career in music and so much more. Enjoy!



Find Evan here: https://www.instagram.com/evannagao/



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Kamohai and Tristyn Kalama are two house experts from the island of O’ahu. Tristyn is a design expert who is also a licensed mental health counselor by trade and was the CEO of the nonprofit Kokua Support Services, where she continues to serve on its board of directors. She hosts HGTV’s new show, Renovation Aloha with her husband Kamohai. Kamohai is a full-time real estate developer and part time landscape photographer. In their show, he identifies and acquires rundown properties with potential on the island of O’ahu and Tristyn oversees the home renovations and designs. Together they search for the perfect families to move into their new home. They also have a podcast called Deals and Aloha and a YouTube channel where they highlight other investors and business owners, and educate others on how to invest in real estate. In this episode we talk about being the trailblazers in their families, getting into real estate while being in debt, their new show on HGTV, their love story, creating generational wealth, and so much more. Enjoy!

Find Kamohai & Tristyn here: https://www.instagram.com/kamohaiandtristyn/



Buy our merch on: https://keepitaloha.com/



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