March 27, 2018 at 5:07 pm
· Filed under Hawaii, In-Depth Interview, community, conversation
Fred Hemmings has lived life as a waterman, an entrepreneur and a lawmaker – but he says he’s most proud of being a “local boy.” He shares his experience growing up in Honolulu in the ’50s and ’60s surfing alongside Duke Kahanamoku in Waikīkī, and how his time as an amateur surfer led him to a career that championed professional surfing.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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February 12, 2018 at 4:10 pm
· Filed under Culture, Dance, Health, community, conversation
Kanoe Miller felt drawn to the spotlight at an early age, fantasizing about becoming a Broadway chorus girl or a ballerina. The young Kanoe began taking hula lessons, and her goal shifted to performing hula in Waikīkī. For more than 40 years, Kanoe has been living that dream. You’ll often find her biggest cheerleader in the audience: her husband John Miller, a former Aloha Airlines pilot. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kanoe and John tell the story of their love and reflect on the life they’ve built together.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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January 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm
· Filed under Education, business, community
Throughout his career, Paul Turnbull has helped create learning environments that encourage students to thrive. As President of Mid-Pacific Institute, he champions project-based learning and embraces innovation and technology in education – values that he brought with him from his experience at California public schools.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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January 9, 2018 at 4:42 pm
· Filed under Hawaii, Health, business, community, conversation, public affairs
This special features three previous “Long Story Short” guests whose personal values and passion for community have informed their career paths: Dr. Elliot Kalauawa, Chief Medical Officer at Waikiki Health; Dr. Kent Keith, President of the Pacific Rim Christian University; and Connie Mitchell, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Services.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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December 12, 2017 at 12:05 pm
· Filed under Artist, Fashion Design, Hawaii, Hula, business, community, conversation, entrepreneur
Kohala native Manaola Yap grew up processing dyes from native roots and plants, while helping his mother, kumu hula Nani Lim Yap, create elaborate hula costumes for performances. These early experiences now inform his brand of Hawaiian luxury clothing, Manaola Hawai‘i, which made its New York Fashion Week debut in September 2017.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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November 10, 2017 at 6:55 pm
· Filed under Education, Government, Hawaii, community, conversation
Livingston “Jack” Wong is Chief Executive Officer of Kamehameha Schools, overseeing its significant endowment and educational mission. Kamehameha Schools serves more than 48,000 students across three K-12 campuses, 30 preschools and many community education and scholarship programs. Wong is a graduate of Punahou School – the Kamehameha CEO has said he sometimes gets teased about this. He goes by “Jack” to distinguish himself from his father, a pioneering transplant surgeon in the Islands. Though both of his parents were in medicine, Wong pursued law instead. He joined Kamehameha Schools as its senior legal counsel in 1997.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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November 6, 2017 at 4:21 pm
· Filed under Education, Hawaii, Teacher, community
As a child who played a lot of baseball in rural Virginia, Ted Dintersmith wanted to be a Major League Baseball pitcher. By serendipity, he says, life took him on a completely different path, when he got a job at a high-tech startup. For 25 years, he made a name for himself in the venture capital realm, before leading the charge in America as an advocate for transforming education. He is Executive Producer of the documentary Most Likely to Succeed and a co-author of the book by the same name. In the 2015-16 school year, Dintersmith visited all 50 states to meet with parents, students, educators and politicians, and encouraged communities to work collectively to re-imagine school and its purpose.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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October 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm
· Filed under Artist, Author, Education, In-Depth Interview, community, conversation, public affairs
This special edition of LONG STORY SHORT is a compilation of Leslie’s past conversations with several of Hawai‘i’s storytellers. We feature the playwright and author Victoria Kneubuhl, whose rich stories aim to amplify Hawai‘i voices and perspectives; Florence “Johnny” Frisbie, who, at 15 years old, documented her childhood adventures on the remote Cook Islands in her autobiography Miss Ulysses from Puka-Puka; and Phil Arnone, who built a long career on telling Hawai‘i’s stories as a television director and producer.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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September 22, 2017 at 5:21 pm
· Filed under History, community, conversation
Rita Palafox left her sheltered plantation upbringing on Maui to join the Army straight after high school, and serve her country in the Vietnam War. Her 20-year career took her places beyond Hawai‘i – to Guam to recruit, and to the Deep American South, in the heart of Klan country.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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September 15, 2017 at 5:38 pm
· Filed under Government, Hawaii, In-Depth Interview, community, conversation, interview
Billie Gabriel’s life was forever changed when her brother James “Kimo” Gabriel Jr. was killed in the Vietnam War. She was only 11 when he died, and the tragedy left its mark. She has dedicated much of her adult life helping to preserve the legacies of the more than 270 Hawai‘i servicemen who lost their lives in the Vietnam War.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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