Aloha Shorts
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsBamboo Ridge Press and Hawaii Public Radio's Aloha Shorts hosted by Cedric Yamanaka.
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Aloha Shorts - October 30, 2012
October 31, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBRE-BROADCAST: Language-ing #2 �How I Learned to Write My Name� by Brandy Nalani McDougall, read by Donalyn Dela Cruz Bamboo Ridge 87 (Spring 2005): 222-223 Also published in Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing, Pacific Rim, 2009, edited by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Cambridge, UK: Salt Publishing, Ltd., 2009) 69-70 �The Micronesian Question� by Emelihter Kihleng, read by Cynthia See Bamboo Ridge 87 (Spring 2005): 149-154 Also published online at Tin Fish Net, vol. 2...
Aloha Shorts - Tuesday July 17, 2012
July 18, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBRE-BROADCAST: Honolulu: Living in the City 3 Tuesday, July 17, 2012 �Wordsworth and Dr. Wang� by Peter Van Dyke, read by Dion Donahue The Best of Honolulu Fiction (Bamboo Ridge 74, 1999): 294-306
Aloha Shorts - July 10, 2012
July 11, 2012 05:00 - 9.97 MBRE_BROADCAST - Honolulu: Livin' in the City 1 - Featuring the neighborhoods of Kaimuki and Moili'ili
Aloha Shorts - June 26, 2012
June 27, 2012 05:00 - 9.97 MBDa Body 3 - Women writers, women's bodies. Previously aired 2/15/11.
Aloha Shorts - April 24, 2012
April 25, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBAnimals: Pets, Predators, and People #2 (NEW) "ma ket stenlei" ("My Cat Stanley") by bradajo, read by Darryl Tsutsui Growing Up Local: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Hawai�i (Bamboo Ridge 72, 1998): 19-26 Online at Classroom Without Walls. Accessed March 28, 2011. http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/04/10/ma-ket-stenlei/ "Waiting for Henry" by Gail N. Harada, read by Jamie Simpson Steele Bamboo Ridge 13 (Winter 1981): 45-50 Republished: The Best of Bamboo Ridge (Bamboo Ridge 31/32, 1...
Aloha Shorts - May 8, 2012
April 25, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBAnimals: Pets, Predators, and People 3 (NEW) "Brazilian Cardinals" by Joseph Stanton, read by David Farmer Bamboo Ridge 52 (Fall 1991): 107-109 Also published in A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O�ahu (St. Louis, Missouri: Time Being Books, 2006): 57-58 "Turtles" by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, read by Monica Cho Bamboo Ridge 52 (Fall 1991): 158-159 Republished: Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre (Bamboo Ridge 58/59, 1993): 99-101 Also published in Island Fire: An Anthology of Litera...
Aloha Shorts - April 10, 2012
April 11, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB"Columbia Livia/With People in Urban Setting" by Albert Saijo, read by David Farmer Bamboo Ridge 52 (Fall 1991): 105-106 Republished: Outspeaks: A Rhapsody (Bamboo Ridge 71, 1997): 131-134 "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers" by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, read by Karen Loebl Kaulana In Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996): 78-83 "Hajimeru" by Pat Matsueda, read by Paris Priore-Kim bamboo shoots: stories and poems for kids (Bamboo Ridge 14, Spring 1982): 30-31
Aloha Shorts - April 3, 2012
April 04, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBLiquid Words: Ocean, Sea, and Stream #1 (NEW) "Surf Journal" by Mark Thiel, read by No�ukahau�oli Revilla Bamboo Ridge 98 (Fall 2010): 204-205 "Over the Falls" by John Clark, read by Aito Simpson Steele Bamboo Ridge 84 (25th Anniversary Issue, Fall 2003): 162-165 "Sharks in Shapes of 8" by Norman Hindley, read by Bill Ogilvie From Winter Eel by Norman Hindley (Honolulu: Petronium Press, 1984) "Kahuna Dave" by Lee Cataluna, read by Tracy Yamamoto (with Esther Izuo) Folks You Meet in Lo...
Aloha Shorts - March 27, 2012
March 28, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�Good Fo� Be One Hapa Kid� by Carrie Y. Takahata, read by Breanna Paikai Growing Up Local: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Hawai�i (Bamboo Ridge 72, 1998): 335 �Grandpa� by Mavis Hara, read by Austen Taylor Matro Bamboo Ridge 33 (Spring 1987): 39 �Allowance� by Eric Chock, read by Kyle Kurihara Last Days Here (Bamboo Ridge 45/46, Winter 1989/Spring 1990) Reprinted: Growing Up Local: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Hawai�i (Bamboo Ridge 72, 1998): 27 �Punishm...
Aloha Shorts - March 20, 2012
March 21, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�Substitute for the Odd Number� by M. Suzuki, read by Maya Jennings Bamboo Ridge 47 (Summer 1990): 64-65 �A Distant World� by Joy Mitsui Au, read by Caitlin Hatakeyama Bamboo Ridge 11 (Summer 1981: 21-25 �After Hours at the Convent School� by Bonnie Kwong, read by Rachel Kanai �O Kawena Morgan Bamboo Ridge 81 (Spring 2002): 119-120 �The Forgotten Flea Powder� by Philip K. Ige, read by Dave Lancaster Bamboo Ridge 1 (Winter 1978): 56-59
Aloha Shorts - March 13, 2012
March 14, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�Substitute for the Odd Number� by M. Suzuki, read by Maya Jennings Bamboo Ridge 47 (Summer 1990): 64-65 �A Distant World� by Joy Mitsui Au, read by Caitlin Hatakeyama Bamboo Ridge 11 (Summer 1981: 21-25 �After Hours at the Convent School� by Bonnie Kwong, read by Rachel Kanai �O Kawena Morgan Bamboo Ridge 81 (Spring 2002): 119-120 �The Forgotten Flea Powder� by Philip K. Ige, read by Dave Lancaster Bamboo Ridge 1 (Winter 1978): 56-59
Aloha Shorts - March 6, 2012
March 07, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�pijin wawrz� by Lee A. Tonouchi, read by Devon Nekoba Da Word (Bamboo Ridge 78, 2001): 130-139
Aloha Shorts - February 28, 2012
February 29, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�New Recruits� by Wing Tek Lum, read by Chance Gusukuma Bamboo Ridge 98 (Fall 2010): 64-65 �A Soldier Returns� by Wing Tek Lum, read by Chance Gusukuma Bamboo Ridge 98 (Fall 2010): 72-73 �Visiting Hickam Air Force Base, 1956� by Mavis Hara, read by Christine Yano Bamboo Ridge 41 (Winter 1989): 9-10 �The Shell Gatherer� by Violet Harada, read by Kat Koshi Bamboo shoots: stories and poems for kids (Bamboo Ridge 14, Spring 1982): 43-46 Republished: The Best of Bamboo Ridge (Ba...
Aloha Shorts - February 21, 2012
February 22, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MBWar: What Is It Good For? #1 (NEW) �My Record of Camp Tanforan� (�Tanforan shuyosho ni oite shitatamu�) by Maida Kane, translated by Robert N. Huey, read by Shiro Kawai and Christine Yano Bamboo Ridge 84 (25th Anniversary Issue, Fall 2003): 268-269 �Twenty-Five Feet by Twenty� (�Nijugoshaku ni nijushaku�) by Maida Kane, translated by Robert N. Huey, read by Shiro Kawai and Christine Yano Bamboo Ridge 84 (25th Anniversary Issue, Fall 2003): 270-271 �War Child: Elisabeth� ...
Aloha Shorts - January 31, 2012
February 01, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�RE-BROADCAST: Da Body #1 "My Breathing" by Sue Cowing, read by Walter Eccles Sister Stew: Fiction and Poetry by Women (Bamboo Ridge 50/51, Spring/Summer 1991): 192-193 Also published on audiocassette: Sister Stew: Fiction and Poetry by Women (Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 2001) "At the Gynecologist's Office" by Jody Helfand, read by Norman Mu�oz Bamboo Ridge 87 (Spring 2005): 127 "Double Eyes" by Bill Miyasato, read by Devon Nekoba Bamboo Ridge 13 (Winter 1981): 21-24 "Garbage"...
Aloha Shorts - January 24, 2012
January 25, 2012 05:00RE-BROADCAST: Sex, Drugs, and RocknRoll #3 ?Salé in Da Fountain? (part 3) by Alexei Melnick, read by Daryl Bonilla Bamboo Ridge 94 (Fall 2008): 99-119 Published in Tweakerville (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2010) ?Remixing America? by R. Zamora Linmark, read by Cheyne Gallarde From Rolling the R?s (New York: Kaya Production, 1995): 26-27 ?Porn? by Bruna Mori, read by Stephanie Kong Bamboo Ridge 77 (Spring 2000): 168
Aloha Shorts - January 24, 2012
January 25, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�RE-BROADCAST: Sex, Drugs, and RocknRoll #3 ?Sal� in Da Fountain? (part 3) by Alexei Melnick, read by Daryl Bonilla Bamboo Ridge 94 (Fall 2008): 99-119 Published in Tweakerville (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2010) ?Remixing America? by R. Zamora Linmark, read by Cheyne Gallarde From Rolling the R?s (New York: Kaya Production, 1995): 26-27 ?Porn? by Bruna Mori, read by Stephanie Kong Bamboo Ridge 77 (Spring 2000): 168
Aloha Shorts - January 17, 2012
January 18, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�RE-BROADCAST: Sex, Drugs, and RocknRoll #3 ?Sal� in Da Fountain? (part 3) by Alexei Melnick, read by Daryl Bonilla Bamboo Ridge 94 (Fall 2008): 99-119 Published in Tweakerville (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2010) ?Remixing America? by R. Zamora Linmark, read by Cheyne Gallarde From Rolling the R?s (New York: Kaya Production, 1995): 26-27 ?Porn? by Bruna Mori, read by Stephanie Kong Bamboo Ridge 77 (Spring 2000): 168
Aloha Shorts - January 10, 2012
January 11, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�RE-BROADCAST: Sex, Drugs, and RocknRoll 2 ?Face? by R. Zamora Linmark, read by Cheyne Gallarde From Rolling the R?s (New York: Kaya Production, 1995): 124 ?A Wife Reminisces? by Wing Tek Lum, read by Lisa Linn Kanae Bamboo Ridge 73 (20th Anniversary Issue, Spring 1998): 237-240 ?Sal� in Da Fountain? (part 2) by Alexei Melnick, read by Daryl Bonilla Bamboo Ridge 94 (Fall 2008): 99-119 Published in Tweakerville (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2010)
Aloha Shorts - January 3, 2012
January 04, 2012 05:00 - 9.96 MB�Rosie�s Buttons� by Susan Nunes, read by Danielle Bishaw A Small Obligation and Other Stories of Hilo (Bamboo Ridge 16, 1982): 57 �Kelcie Camara, Clerk on Break� by Lee Cataluna, read by Stephanie Kong Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories (Bamboo Ridge 86, Fall 2004): 43-44 Also published as a playscript in Folks You Meet in Longs (Honolulu: Kumu Kahua, 2003): 17 �A Filipino Hippie�s Lament� by Noel Abubo Mateo, read by Cheyne Gallarde Bamboo Ridge 75 (Spring 199...
Aloha Shorts - December 20, 2011
December 21, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBWriting on the Edge: SciFi and the Surreal 2 (NEW) - �Troll� by Steven Goldsberry, read by Puakea Nogelmeier Bamboo Ridge 11 (Summer 1981): 3 �Moon People� by Wendy Miyake, read by Stephanie Kong Best of Honolulu Fiction (Bamboo Ridge 74, 1999): 188-193 �Revolution of the Spheres� by Tamara Leiokanoe Moan, read by Jamie Simpson Steele Bamboo Ridge 98 (Fall 2010): 13
Aloha Shorts - December 13, 2011
December 14, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MB�First� by Lisa Asagi, read by Jamie Simpson Steele Bamboo Ridge 91 (Spring 2007): 39 �Life in the Egg� by Kim Seung-Hee, read by Stephanie Kong Bamboo Ridge 63/64 (Summer/Fall 1994): 23-24 �Da Chree Wild Musubi an da Search fo da Great Ume (Or da Makin of One Umessiah)� by Normie R. Salvador, read by Cheyne Gallarde Bamboo Ridge 73 (20th Anniversary issue, Spring 1998): 369-375
Aloha Shorts - December 6, 2011
December 07, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBFathers 3 (NEW) - �Going Bananas� by Wing Tek Lum, read by Daryl Bonilla Expounding the Doubtful Points (Bamboo Ridge 34/35, Summer/Fall 1987): 43 �The Incorrigible Daughter� by Mary Ho, read by Sammie Choy Bamboo Ridge 17 (Winter 1983): 30-33 �Harlan Campos�On Supervised Release� by Lee Cataluna, read by Darryl Tsutsui Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories (Bamboo Ridge 86, Fall 2004): 88-89 Also published as a playscript: Folks You Meet in Longs (Honolulu; Kumu Kahu...
Aloha Shorts - November 29, 2011
November 30, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBFathers 2 (NEW) - �Justice Driving� by Wendy Miyake, read by Daryl Bonilla Bamboo Ridge 73 (20th Anniversary Issue, Spring 1998): 312-321
Aloha Shorts - November 22, 2011
November 23, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBFathers 1 (NEW) ?Late Praise? by Juliet S. Kono, read by Kati Kuroda Tsunami Years (Bamboo Ridge 65/66, 1995): 113-114 Reprinted in Growing Up Local: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Hawai?i (Bamboo Ridge 72, 1998): 311-312 ?Back to Duck Eggs? by Cherylene Lee, read by Paris Priore-Kim Bamboo Ridge 44 (Fall 1989): 76-89
Aloha Shorts - November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBWomen III 3 (NEW) ?Apocalyptic Barbie? by Denise Duhamel, read by Ginger Gohier Bamboo Ridge 60 (Winter 1994): 97 Republished: Kinky (Alexandria, VA: Orchises Press, 1997): 23 ?Big Bones? by Cathy Kanoelani Ikeda, read by Kiana Rivera Bamboo Ridge 77 (Spring 2000): 75-76 ?Eggs? by Juliet S. Kono, read by Caitlin Hatakeyama Bamboo Ridge 36 (Fall 1987): 23-24 Republished: Hilo Rains (Bamboo Ridge 37/38, Winter 1987/Spring 1988): 38-39 ?Grandmother? by Susan Nunes, read by Kiana Rivera ...
Aloha Shorts - November 8, 2011
November 09, 2011 05:00 - 9.96 MBWomen III: Sassy (NEW) - �Sassy� by Lisa Linn Kanae, read by Donalyn Dela Cruz Islands Linked by Ocean (Bamboo Ridge 93, Spring 2008): 26-40
Aloha Shorts - August 9, 2011
August 10, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBWOMEN III: ANSHU (NEW) Chapter 1: ?Child of Fire? and Chapter 18: ?The Firestorm? from Anshu: Dark Sorrow by Juliet S. Kono, read by Stephanie Kong and Kat Koshi; Anshu: Dark Sorrow (Bamboo Ridge 97, Spring 2010): 13-18, 152-159
Aloha Shorts - July 5, 2011
July 06, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBRE-BROADCAST: Language-ing 2 - What's in a name? Everything! Previously aired on 2/9/10.
Aloha Shorts - June 28, 2011
June 29, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBRE-BROADCAST: Language-ing 1 - First show in our series on Language. Previously aired on 2/2/10.
Aloha Shorts - June 21, 2011
June 22, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBExcerpt from "Fox Girl" written and read by Nora Okja Keller Yobo: Korean American Writing in Hawai?i (Bamboo Ridge 82, 2003): 288-290 First published in Fox Girl (New York: Viking, 2002) "Da Papah Fooball [sic] Champion" written and read by Cedric Yamanaka Bamboo Ridge 79b (Spring 2001): 103-108
Aloha Shorts - June 14, 2011
June 15, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MB"Tommy Pinto - Lives at Home" written and read by Lee Cataluna Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories (Bamboo Ridge 86, Fall 2004): 20-21 Also published as a playscript in Folks You Meet in Longs (Honolulu: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 2003): 7-8 "Crazy Aunty Cookie - Used to Be Married into the Family But Still Comes to Parties" written and read by Lee Cataluna Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories (Bamboo Ridge 86, Fall 2004): 34-35 Published as "All Your Favorite Relatives: Crazy Aunty ...
Aloha Shorts - June 7, 2011
June 08, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MB"Guts Up" by Mary Lombard, read by Patrick Fujioka Bamboo Ridge 94 (Winter 2009): 195-202 "Verg�enza" by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhr�n, read by Sami Akuna Bamboo Ridge 94 (Winter 2009): 14
Aloha Shorts - May 31, 2011
June 01, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBMaui No Ka Oi 3 - Taped Live at the Iao Theatre in Wailuku
Aloha Shorts - May 24, 2011
May 25, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBMaui No Ka Oi 2 - Taped Live at the Iao Theatre in Wailuku
Aloha Shorts - May 17, 2011
May 18, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBMaui No Ka Oi 1 - Taped Live at the Iao Theatre in Wailuku
Aloha Shorts - April 26, 2011
April 20, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBSustainability 1 - The 'aina giveth and the 'aina taketh away.
Aloha Shorts - April 19, 2011
April 20, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBLocal Plays 3: The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu - Excerpts from Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl's historical recreation of a time of profound change for Hawai'i.
Aloha Shorts - April 5, 2011
April 06, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBHonolulu: Livin' in the City 3 - Wordsworth and Dr. Wang by Peter Van Dyke, read by Dion Donahue The Best of Honolulu Fiction (Bamboo Ridge 74, 1999): 294-306
Aloha Shorts - March 29, 2011
March 30, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBHonolulu: Livin' in the City 2 - Tales of the city, its highways and parks, canals and condos, homes and homeless.
Aloha Shorts - March 22, 2011
March 23, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBHonolulu: Livin' in the City 1 - Featuring the neighborhoods of Kaimuki and Moili'ili
Aloha Shorts - March 15, 2011
March 16, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBWomen's Stories 2 - More from women writers for Women's History Month. Previously aired on 3/30/10.
Aloha Shorts - March 8, 2011
March 09, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBWomen's Stories 1 - A selections of writings by women for Women's History Month. Previously aired on 3/23/10.
Aloha Shorts - February 15, 2011
February 16, 2011 05:00 - 9.97 MBDa Body 3 - An error occured and this show was re-aired