The 4 Best OFFSHORE Podcast Episodes
1) S3 Episode 1: The Adoptions
International adoptions were a rarity in the Marshall Islands until the mid-'90s. Then came an adoption boom of such intensity that the remote island nation suddenly had one of the highest per-capita ...Show More
2) S2 Episode 1: Mauna Kea
The battle for Mauna Kea — the first of several standoffs between construction crews and Native Hawaiians — took place in April of 2015, just a few dozen yards from where astronomers gathered in 1964 ...Show More
3) Offshore: “The Sacred Mountain” — coming soon
The story of Mauna Kea is a story about science and culture, yes. But it’s also about land and power. About who gets to say what's sacred and what's not. About the way Hawaiians, scientists, and human...Show More
4) Offshore Postcard: The Tiki Bar
A trip to a neighborhood bar in California leads Offshore to some unexpected places, as reporter Paola Mardo dives into the history of America’s fascination with all things Tiki. Offshore looks at th...Show More
5) Offshore Postcard: The Queen’s Quarantine
In 1881 — less than a week after King David Kalakaua left Hawaii for a yearlong tour around the world — a ship arrived in Honolulu carrying laborers sick with smallpox. The decisions that Hawaii’s fut...Show More
6) S4 Episode 6: Homecoming
How do you practice Hawaiian culture when you’re thousands of miles from Hawaii? And what happens when Hawaiians abroad finally get a chance to go home?
7) S4 Episode 5: Leaving Home
Nearly half of all Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii. And while many have cited Hawaii’s high cost of living as the main reason for leaving, it’s really just a piece of a much larger story.
8) S4 Episode 4: On The Road
After the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, hundreds of disenfranchised Hawaiian musicians would journey to the continental U.S. in search of fame, fortune, or just a chance to make a decent ...Show More
9) S4 Episode 3: Hawaii’s Sons Of The Civil War
Two decades after Hawaiians helped build a fort for John Sutter in California, another group of Hawaiians would find themselves stranded in Massachusetts. And take up arms in America’s bloodiest war.
10) S4 Episode 2: The Tribe
In the mid-1800s, hundreds of Hawaiians lived in what is now Canada and California. In 1847, Hawaiians made up 10 percent of San Francisco’s tiny but growing population.