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Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox - PBS Hawaii
Newest Episode: Mon March 08, 2010. 07:04 PM
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox features engaging, akamai, one-on-one conversations with some of the most intriguing people in Hawaii.Leslie brings out personal stories revealing experiences and values molding the people who shape our community.Long Story Short is a production of PBS Hawaii.Visit our website at www.pbshawaii.org.
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Pat Saiki, Hilo-born public school teacher, wife and mother of five, became a U.S. Congresswoman and head of the nation’s Small Business Administration.
Not one to let racial discrimination, gender bias, government bureaucracy or social injustice get her down, Pat worked to put them down and was elected, as a Republican, to serve in the State [...]
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Anne Namba is the creator of a fashion line blending vintage Japanese fabrics and contemporary fashion, “kimono couture.” Her brand, Anne Namba Designs, is being picked up nationally by Nordstrom’s and is featured in other select Mainland stores. Anne graduated from Kalani High School and went on to the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology in [...]
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Nora Okja Keller, born to an American father and a Korean mother, has written two critically-acclaimed and important novels, Comfort Woman and Fox Girl, based on the almost unspeakable experiences endured by Korean women during World War II, and the lives of Korean-Americans that came after them.

 
 
 
 
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Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with Walter Dods, Hawaii Banker and Community Leader.

Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawaii.
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Walter Dods, Jr. is a local boy who made good. Retired now as CEO of First Hawaiian and BancWest, Dods remains a business and political insider and an active community leader.

 
 

 
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Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with legendary Hawaii Newsman Bob Sevey.
 
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawaii.
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Legendary Hawaii News Anchor Bob Sevey, fondly remembered as the Walter Cronkite of Hawaii, sits down with Leslie Wilcox to talk about Hawaii television then and now.

 In Part One of this special, two-part Long Story Short – the former KGMB News Director and Anchor begins by sharing what only a close circle of family and friends has known… [...]
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What does it mean to be an artist? For Peter Rockford Espiritu, it’s a lifelong journey of creative expression through dance. Peter is founder, choreographer and artistic director of Tau Dance Theater, a dance company that combines ballet, modern dance, hula and Pacific Island traditions into something completely original.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Mihana Souza grew up in the great old tradition of Hawaiian music-making. Whether it’s a dressy evening party or a lazy afternoon in the backyard, she always knows there’s going to be music and her family will be singing, strumming, dancing, laughing.

Mihana  was born into a family of gifted musicians. Her mother, Aunty Irmgard Farden [...]
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The Keaulana ‘ohana of Makaha is a family of watermen and women who’ve grown up in and around the ocean. It’s infused every cell of who they are. Brian Keaulana is following in the wake of his dad “Buffalo” as a living legend. Brian is carving out an international reputation as a big wave rider, [...]
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Leslie Wilcox sits down to share stories with a delightful woman with a beautiful voice - Honolulu Skylark. 

This popular radio personality, whose real name is Jacqueline Rossetti, reflects on her early influences and what would become pivotal experiences in the Hawaiian cultural renaissance – visiting Kaho‘olawe with George Helm and others, co-founding the Na [...]
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Paula Fuga is not a household name yet. But this local girl, who showed up at the auditions for American Idol wearing a T-shirt reading ‘Big Girls Rock’ and who was named the Na Hoku Hanohano Most Promising Artist of the Year - is making a name for herself.
 

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Mon August 11, 2008. 07:03 PM
Cha Thompson runs a large family and a large, family-run business with her husband of 42 years, Jack Thompson.  Together, they own and operate Tihati Productions, one of the largest entertainment businesses in the state.
 
 
Raised in public housing, Cha tells Leslie Wilcox that she’s most proud of being able to provide an education for her [...]
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Fri August 08, 2008. 06:33 PM
You’ve heard the expression, “Nice guys finish last.” Not true. Not when it comes to U.S. Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka. Except at the very beginning of his political career, he’s been number one in the balloting for every elective office for which he’s run. Political supporters and opponents agree on one thing: he’s full of [...]
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Wed August 06, 2008. 06:30 PM
Last week, ukulele teacher Roy Sakuma shared a secret with Leslie Wilcox, revealing - for the first time publicly - that his late mother and brother suffered from serious mental illness.  Roy, his father and his sister suffered along with them, keeping the family’s secret, its stigma and the guilt.  
This week, Roy Sakuma shares [...]
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When PBS Hawaii President and CEO Leslie Wilcox sat down with ukulele teacher Roy Sakuma recently, she thought she had a pretty good idea how the conversation would go.  Roy would tell her about his family and his school days; and we’d find out how he became a teacher. 

It’s no secret that Roy Sakuma dropped [...]
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If you know the name Mamo, it’s probably because Mamo Howell is one of Hawaii’s most successful fashion designers and retailers. Quite an accomplishment for a woman  - half Hawaiian - who started her business in her 40s.
But that’s not where Mamo’s story began. As a teenager she danced hula in Waikiki to help support [...]
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Neva Rego is known by many as Hawaii’s Voice Coach to the Stars, the wind beneath their wings, with a list of vocal students that includes Robert Cazimero, Tony Conjugacion, Jimmy Borges, Jasmine Trias and Jordan Segundo, and a waiting list with more than a hundred names.
Leslie Wilcox sits down with Neva to discuss how she [...]
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Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with Hawaii Mayor Harry Kim.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawaii.

 
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When you call Harry Kim “Mayor,” he says, “I’m Harry.” And when you learn how humble his beginnings truly were, you can begin to understand his true nature.
Although his early years were defined by poverty and toil, Harry Kim’s love and respect for the beauty and power of nature would lead to a long career [...]
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