This was a fabulous one-hour special we did with former governor John Waihee, Star-Advertiser political columnist Richard Borreca and political pundit Chuck Freedman, moderated by Colin Moore, who chairs the political science department at UH Manoa. They appeared on Talk Story with John Waihee on Tuesday, May 31st. This show gave us a valuable insight into Hawaii's rich contemporary history about those who were there, from those who knew them.
The panelists worked hard to do this right, and it showed. The show got rave reviews, and the consensus was that it was no less than wonderful for anyone interested in or familiar with the Heroes, Rascals and Duds involved. Those Heroes, Rascals and Duds of Hawaii’s past were very well selected, and the discussion was interspersed with sea stories and personal experiences from the panelists about the “characters” they covered in this discussion.
The panel covered people who helped create our contemporary Hawaii, positively and sometimes negatively. While politics was the primary topic, the panel also discussed a number of individuals associated with business, labor, and the community at large. They told us about the relationships they had had with those individuals. The objective was not only to mention these individuals but also say why they were worthy of mention. Given the affable celebrity of the speakers themselves, the conversation was predictably fascinating.
We’re hoping that John Waihee, Richard Borreca, Chuck Freedman and Colin Moore will do a followup - there are so many other stories to tell about the characters of Hawaii’s past in politics, business, real estate, education, and much more, thus giving us a treasure trove of Who has been Who in contemporary Hawaii, and a series that explains how we got here, and that reminds us of the memorable books from before, like Hawaii Pono and Land and Power.
Watch this special show on ThinkTech. Here’s the on-demand link: https://youtu.be/CkJF1RaXQOQ
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