Keep it Aloha

Kamaka Dias
  • 4.9 (289)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
  • UPDATED WEEKLY

Your favorite Hawai'i podcast hosted by Kamaka Dias talking stories with influential figures in Hawai'i and beyond about their lives and our culture. Join us as we get to know our guests a little deeper and talk about what keeping it aloha truly means.

  1. Bringing Hawaiian History to Hollywood | Paʻa Sibbett (Chief of War) Keeps It Aloha in Washington (Ep. 221)

    5D AGO

    Bringing Hawaiian History to Hollywood | Paʻa Sibbett (Chief of War) Keeps It Aloha in Washington (Ep. 221)

    Pa'a Sibbett is a Kanaka Maoli writer, filmmaker, and storyteller from Seattle Washington. He is the co-creator of Chief of War, a series centered around the unification of the Hawaiian Islands and the stories of our kūpuna. Working alongside Jason Momoa and a Native Hawaiian-led team, this husband and father has helped bring one of the first large-scale productions rooted in Hawaiian history, language, and culture to an international audience. With years of experience in film and television, he has worked on multiple projects at the highest level while continuing to advocate for authentic Native Hawaiian representation and ensuring that ʻike Hawaiʻi, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, and cultural protocol are honored on screen.In this special Keep it Aloha on the Road episode sponsored by @HawaiianAirlines we talk about growing up in Washington, life as a Hawaiian outside of Hawai’i, moving to Hawai’i, writing his first script, the idea behind Chief of War, making Chief of War, working with Apple TV, identity as a Hawaiian, future plans, and so much more. Enjoy!Filmed at Totem Star:https://totemstar.org/Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    2h 31m
  2. The Artist Bringing Hawaiian History to Life | Brook & Drena Parker Keep it Aloha (Ep. 220)

    MAR 19

    The Artist Bringing Hawaiian History to Life | Brook & Drena Parker Keep it Aloha (Ep. 220)

    Brook and Drena Parker are Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs from the island of O’ahu. Brook is a multidisciplinary artist, historian, and genealogist , whose work brings Hawaiian history and ancestral stories to life through powerful visual art. His paintings often portray aliʻi and figures from Hawaiian history with deep research and cultural respect, honoring the moʻolelo and legacy of our kūpuna. He comes from a long line of storytellers and historians and is even a descendant of John Palmer Parker of Parker Ranch and Rachael Keliʻikipikanekaolohaka Ohiaku, a great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I. Most recently, he was hired to create promotional art for Jason Momoa’s epic series “Chief of War”. Alongside him is Drena, his wife, mother of their beautiful children, biggest supporter, and business partner who helps bring his work to the world and support the mission behind the art. In this episode we talk about their childhoods in Hawaiʻi and beyond, how Brook got into art, how they met, building their art into a business, the spiritual side of their work, working on Chief of War, their family, and more. Enjoy! Full episodes:🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@KeepitAlohaPod/videos Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/ Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadias Follow us: 📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/ 🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod 📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    2h 40m
  3. Why Lewa Left High Watah | Keep it Aloha Talk Story with Lewa (Ep. 219)

    MAR 12

    Why Lewa Left High Watah | Keep it Aloha Talk Story with Lewa (Ep. 219)

    Lewa is a musician from the island of Moloka'i. He is best known for his time as a member of the band High Watah. During the band’s rise in Hawaiʻi’s music scene, their blend of island reggae and local sound helped build a loyal following across the islands and beyond. After years performing with the group, Lewa eventually made the difficult decision to step away from the band and begin a new chapter in his life and musical journey. We welcome him back to the podcast to spill all the tea. In this episode, Lewa shares what he’s been up to since his last appearance on the podcast, why he decided to step away from High Watah, answers social media questions, addresses some of the rumors, opens up about what’s next for him, and so much more. Enjoy! Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    1h 51m
  4. From England to Hawaiian Language Educator | Kaliko Beamer-Trapp Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 218)

    MAR 5

    From England to Hawaiian Language Educator | Kaliko Beamer-Trapp Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 218)

    Kaliko Beamer-Trapp is a Hawaiian language educator and cultural practitioner originally from England. He is also the hānai son of the late Aunty Nona Beamer. For decades, he has dedicated his life to the teaching and revitalization of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiian immersion schools to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, where he continues his work today. He has served on the Hawaiian Language Lexicon Committee, helped develop modern Hawaiian curriculum, and has been a longtime leader at Aloha Music Camp. Kaliko is also the creator of ʻŌlelo Online, an innovative platform helping students around the world learn Hawaiian language. As a husband and father, he carries forward the legacy of his kūpuna with humility, humor, and aloha. In this episode we talk about growing up in England, moving to the United States, discovering Polynesian culture, eventually moving to Hawaiʻi, learning ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, being adopted into the Beamer ʻohana, teaching Hawaiian language, and the importance of carrying culture forward for the next generation. Enjoy! Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    2h 29m
  5. From ER Doctor to Governor of Hawai'i | Josh Green Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 217)

    FEB 26

    From ER Doctor to Governor of Hawai'i | Josh Green Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 217)

    Josh Green is a medical doctor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi. Before stepping into public office, he spent more than 20 years as a family physician and emergency room doctor, and even while serving in government, he continued caring for patients in rural and underserved communities across Hawaiʻi. He’s one of the few governors in the country to keep practicing medicine while in office and has been recognized twice as Hawaiʻi Physician of the Year by the Hawai’i Medical Association, most recently in 2022 for his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond Hawaiʻi, he also led a medical team to Samoa during the 2019 measles outbreak, helping vaccinate tens of thousands of people in just days. This husband and father of two has delivered the largest tax cut for the middle class in Hawai’i State history and has made the largest investment in reducing homelessness in Hawai’i State history, and granted over 2,500 Hawaiian Homestead Land leases in 2025 — the most awarded in a single year in DHHL’s 100 year history.In this episode we talk about growing up in Pittsburgh, his education, how he ended up in Hawai’i, living in Kaʻū, working in healthcare, running for office, becoming governor of Hawai’i, his hobbies outside of work, and so much more. Enjoy! Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    1h 28m
  6. Mauna Kea, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian Identity | Kaho'okahi Kanuha Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 216)

    FEB 19

    Mauna Kea, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian Identity | Kaho'okahi Kanuha Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 216)

    Kahoʻokahi Kanuha is a prominent Native Hawaiian educator from Moku o Keawe and a respected cultural practitioner dedicated to ʻike Hawaiʻi and cultural revitalization. Many first came to know him during the movement to protect Mauna Kea, where he became one of the key leaders helping guide and organize the kiaʻi. He has served as a Hawaiian language advisor for Apple TV’s Chief of War and as Jason Momoa’s personal ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi teacher. He also hosts the fully Hawaiian-language podcast Mai Ka Pūnana Mai. Beyond advocacy, he is a father, mentor, and youth soccer coach committed to passing culture to the next generation. In this episode we talk about going to Hawaiian immersion schools, learning Hawaiian language, the usage of diacritical marks, the protests on Mauna Kea, aloha ʻāina, working with Jason Momoa on Chief of War, our future as a lāhui, and so much more. Enjoy! Find Kaho'okahi here:https://www.instagram.com/kahookahi/ Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    3h 32m
  7. Revitalizing the Hawaiian Language in Hawai'i | Michael Sonoda Dias Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 215)

    FEB 13

    Revitalizing the Hawaiian Language in Hawai'i | Michael Sonoda Dias Keeps It Aloha (Ep. 215)

    Michael Sonoda Dias is a Hawaiian Language speaker from the island of Oʻahu. He is the father of podcast host Kamaka Dias and the man who brought the Hawaiian language into their ʻohana. Through his work at ALU LIKE, he’s dedicated his life to serving Hawai'i and uplifting Native Hawaiian and indigenous families through education, culture, and opportunity. In this episode we talk about Uncle Mike’s upbringing on O’ahu, lots of memories from the 70s, how he learned Hawaiian, why he taught it to his kids, his love for God, the legacy he wants to leave behind, and so much more. Enjoy! Find Mike here: https://www.instagram.com/mikelehalelu33/Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    3h 19m
  8. How a Foreigner From Hawai'i Changed Sumo Forever | Konishiki Keeps It Aloha in Japan (Ep. 214)

    FEB 5

    How a Foreigner From Hawai'i Changed Sumo Forever | Konishiki Keeps It Aloha in Japan (Ep. 214)

    Konishiki Yasokichi (Saleva'a Fuauli Atisanoe) is a cultural ambassador and sumo legend from the island of Oʻahu. He became the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach Ozeki, the second highest possible rank in the sport. During his career, he won the top division championship on three occasions and came very close to becoming the first foreign-born grand champion, or Yokozuna. At his peak weight of 287 kilograms or 633 pounds, he was also at the time the heaviest wrestler ever in sumo earning him the nicknames “Meat Bomb” and most famously, “The Dump Truck”. After retiring from sumo in 1997, he transitioned to a successful post-sumo career in entertainment, music, and philanthropy.In this special Keep it Aloha on the Road episode sponsored by @HawaiianAirlines  we talk about growing up in Hawai’i, getting scouted for sumo, moving to Japan with nothing, his legendary sumo career, life lessons, career after sumo, his sumo tours, and and so much more. Enjoy!Find Konishiki here: https://www.instagram.com/konishikiyasokichi/ Buy our merch:🛍️ https://keepitaloha.com/Support us:🤙 https://www.patreon.com/kamakadiasFollow us:📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/🎵 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod📘 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod

    1h 52m
See All (226)

Trailer

4.9
out of 5
289 Ratings

About

Your favorite Hawai'i podcast hosted by Kamaka Dias talking stories with influential figures in Hawai'i and beyond about their lives and our culture. Join us as we get to know our guests a little deeper and talk about what keeping it aloha truly means.

Information

  • Creator
    Kamaka Dias
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    226
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kamaka Dias
  • Show Website
    Keep it Aloha

You Might Also Like