OFFSHORE

Miss it. Hope more get made! Great show. Great listening over the years.

Offshore is a wonderful bridge between old and new, between where we want to be and where we find ourselves.

I loved the Maunakea season and grew up partially in Marshall Islands so that season hit my heart. Living on mainland most of my life with a dad from the lost generation, I’m so excited to hear this season about Hawaiian diaspora. Thank you for recognizing us who long for home but for so many reasons cannot return to live there. Edit: I just finished this season and cannot stop crying. I will forever be filling the Hawai’i shaped hole in my heart and though I hate this is such a common pain, I’m glad I’m not alone. Mahalo mahalo mahalo.

My Mom (from Nanakuli) joined the navy and settled in NC where she and my Dad (a Black man) raised my sisters and I. I felt and connected to this season because I question what it means to be Hawaiian when you’re not raised on the islands nor look Hawaiian. I now live in CA now, and have visited the ancestral lands of the Miwak in present Day Santa Rosa. So fascinating to hear about the history of Native Hawaiians in these areas! Thank you for this season. Looking forward to new episodes.