OFFSHORE

Honolulu Civil Beat

Offshore, from Honolulu Civil Beat, is a new immersive storytelling podcast about a Hawaii most tourists never see.

  1. 14/11/2020

    Offshore Postcard: The Queen’s Quarantine

    In 1881 — less than a week after King David Kalakaua left Hawaii for a yearlong tour around the world — a ship arrived in Honolulu carrying laborers sick with smallpox. The decisions that Hawaii’s future queen made to keep people safe – and the pushback she received from angry citizens and frustrated business owners […]

    16 min

  2. 18/06/2020

    S4 Episode 6: Homecoming

    How do you practice Hawaiian culture when you’re thousands of miles from Hawaii? And what happens when Hawaiians abroad finally get a chance to go home?

    24 min

  3. 11/06/2020

    S4 Episode 5: Leaving Home

    Nearly half of all Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii. And while many have cited Hawaii’s high cost of living as the main reason for leaving, it’s really just a piece of a much larger story.

    28 min

  4. 04/06/2020

    S4 Episode 4: On The Road

    After the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, hundreds of disenfranchised Hawaiian musicians would journey to the continental U.S. in search of fame, fortune, or just a chance to make a decent living. Some would die in poverty and obscurity. Others would change American music forever.

    26 min

  5. 28/05/2020

    S4 Episode 3: Hawaii’s Sons Of The Civil War

    Two decades after Hawaiians helped build a fort for John Sutter in California, another group of Hawaiians would find themselves stranded in Massachusetts. And take up arms in America’s bloodiest war.

    25 min

  6. 21/05/2020

    S4 Episode 2: The Tribe

    This is the story of a group of Hawaiians who ended up in California more than 160 years ago — back when Hawaii was an independent nation. And how their descendents are still connected to the islands in unexpected ways.

    24 min

  7. 14/05/2020

    S4 Episode 1: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    Nearly half of all Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii. It’s a staggering number that raises questions about what Hawaii will be like in coming years, and how Native Hawaiians will carry their islands with them to far flung places.

    18 min

  8. 10/05/2020

    Offshore: “Far From Home” — coming soon

    This season, Offshore is taking a deep dive into the Hawaiian diaspora. Join journalist Kuʻu Kauanoe, as she digs into what is driving Hawaiians from the islands today. And tells some amazing stories about Hawaiians who left long ago.

    2 min
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About

Offshore, from Honolulu Civil Beat, is a new immersive storytelling podcast about a Hawaii most tourists never see.

Information

  • Creator
    Honolulu Civil Beat
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2020
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2016-2021, All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    OFFSHORE

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