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Newest Episode: Wed July 27, 2011. 06:58 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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Tue September 02, 2008. 07:26 PM
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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Thu August 28, 2008. 07:41 PM
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.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is [...]
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Mon August 25, 2008. 07:10 PM
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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Thu August 21, 2008. 07:04 PM
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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Mon August 18, 2008. 07:41 PM
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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Thu August 14, 2008. 06:49 PM
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.
Something you should know right off the top [...]
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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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Mon August 04, 2008. 10:20 PM
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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Thu July 17, 2008. 07:42 PM
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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Mon July 14, 2008. 06:55 PM
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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Mon July 07, 2008. 07:31 PM
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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Mon June 30, 2008. 07:03 PM
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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Thu June 26, 2008. 07:45 PM
An entrepreneur with an inspiring story of success. Kent Untermann’s career has included playing football at the University of Hawaii, training at the Dallas Cowboys’ rookie camp - and turning a swap meet business into an operation that generates $15 million dollars a year.
Leslie Wilcox sits down with Kent to hear how he said goodbye [...]
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Mon June 23, 2008. 06:26 PM
How much do you know about limu, seaweed or marine algae? Isabella Aiona Abbott may know more about it than anyone else. She learned about its many uses, varieties and their Hawaiian names from her mother who learned from her mother whose mother lived during the times of the kapu system, when women could gather [...]
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Fri June 20, 2008. 09:00 PM
Passionate, intelligent, talented and truly “Hawaiian” are just a few words that describe Aunty Nona Beamer.
Join Leslie Wilcox as she “talks story” with the woman who coined the term “Hawaiiana” - educator, storyteller, hula choreographer, composer - the irrepressible Nona Beamer.
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Mon June 16, 2008. 07:21 PM
Gavan Daws, the best-selling author of Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, Land and Power in Hawaii, Holy Man: Father Damien of Moloka‘i and many other books, plays, songs and documentary films, has just collaborated on an 1,120-page anthology, Honolulu Stories: Two Centuries of Writing.
Join Leslie Wilcox as she sits down to [...]
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Sat June 14, 2008. 12:29 AM
In the premeire episode of Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox, Leslie sits down with Keali’i Reichel - composer; performer; teacher; and an icon in the Hawaiian music and culture scene.
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Mon June 09, 2008. 06:38 PM
As a 16-year-old, Minnijean Brown faced segregation and white supremacy. So when she and eight other students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957, they changed everything for African-Americans across the country. The Little Rock Nine, as they became known, were escorted into the school by U.S. Army troops sent in by President [...]
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