Best Cherish Conference Podcasts (2024)

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EP 42 Legendary waterman and Lahaina leader Archie Kalepa on steering the canoe towards the right path 1:27:42

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Archie Kalepa Is a retired ocean safety officer who served the County of Maui for 32 years. Archie is not only a world renowned ocean safety expert and dedicated advocate for Hawaiian culture with decades of experience in rescue operations, cultural preservation and team leadership. He is a pivotal leader in West Maui, as one of the first responder…

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EP 41 Artist Abigail Romanchak on uncovering the unseen Hawaiian environment through the visual language of printmaking 1:12:00

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Abigail Romanchak was born and raised on Maui and is a native Hawaiian printmaker who conveys the Hawaiian environment–the sounds, bird songs, human footprints across Haleakalā–through the medium of printmaking. She has both a Bachelors and Masters in Fine Art with a specialty in printmaking from the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa and her work has be…

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The Good News Of The Gospel - Jock James 42:31

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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EP 40 Special Edition HI Conservation Conference: Water and land advocates Kapua`ala Sproat and Kekai Keahi on water as life 55:53

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In this live recording for the 2024 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference, co-hosts Melissa Chimera and Clay Trauernicht interview keynote speakers Kapuaʻala Sproat, professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law and Kekai Keahi, Maui Komohana community leader in the opening session “What Water Rights in West Maui Can Teach Us About Fire & C…

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His Yoke Is Easy - Shirley James 34:51

1M ago34:51

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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Community Calls - Chris Sayburn 29:16

2M ago29:16

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This weeks message is by Chris Sayburn.

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EP 39 'Ōlelo Hawai`i translator, artist and conservationist Hina Kneubuhl on unlocking the past as the key to the future 1:39:27

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Born and raised on Maui, Hina Puamohala Kneubuhl is an artist, co-founder of Kealapiko clothing, rare plant botanist, Hawaiian translator and scholar. Her knowledge base spans both conservation and the humanities, as her lineage of healers and musicians includes her great-grandmother Nana Veary and her grandmother, renowned Hawai`i singer Emma Vear…

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The Holy Spirit - Jock James 36:42

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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Here comes Season 3! 4:27

2M ago4:27

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Co-hosts Melissa Chimera and Clay Trauernicht give you a *sneak peak* of Season 3 coming up very soon!By Melissa Chimera

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Good News - Aaron Baxter 44:19

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This weeks message is by Aaron Baxter.

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Living Water - Chris Sayburn 38:21

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This weeks message is by Chris Sayburn.

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EP 38 Ethnic studies professor Davianna McGregor on how caring for land is all of our kuleana 1:10:35

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Scholar and historian Dr. Davianna Pōmaika`i McGregor is a founding member of the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa's Ethnic Studies Department and a pivotal force in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement beginning in the 1970s. Now retired, she taught oral history, environmental and cultural review and assessment to many students for 49 years. She speaks…

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The Price of Discipleship - Matt Harrison 30:08

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This weeks message is by Matt Harrison.

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Fear Not - Jock James 29:10

3M ago29:10

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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I Know What I Want - Joshua Minton 26:16

3M ago26:16

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This weeks message is from Joshua Minton.

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Sit or Settle Part 2 - Shirley James 33:12

3M ago33:12

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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Sit or Settle - Shirley James 30:52

4M ago30:52

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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How To Navigate A Season Of Change - Rich Martin 32:18

4M ago32:18

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This weeks message is by Rich Martin.

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EP 37 Botanist Gerry Carr on the evolution and wonder of the Hawaiian silversword alliance 1:03:58

4M ago1:03:58

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Dr. Gerry Carr, Emeritus Professor of Botany at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa has studied and taught the evolution of plants in the silversword alliance, a unique group of Hawaiian plants encompassing an extraordinary diversity of forms and habitats. In this episode, we talk about the importance of plant taxonomy in understanding the interrela…

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The Rest Is Up To God - Jock James 30:28

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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Stones of Remembrance - Aaron Baxter 37:32

4M ago37:32

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This weeks message is by Aaron Baxter.

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Beyond Measure Part 4 - Jock James 22:00

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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Beyond Measure Part 3 - Jock James 37:18

5M ago37:18

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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EP 36 Entomologist Ken Kaneshiro on the courtship, beauty and fragility of Hawaiian picture-wing flies 1:00:58

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Entomologist Dr. Ken Kaneshiro at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa has studied and taught Hawaiian evolution and biology to countless generations of students through the story of the 1,000+ species of Hawaiian drosophila, picture-wing fruit flies descended from a single ancestor. His passion for conservation biology began as a dishwasher on the d…

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Beyond Measure Part 2 - Jock James 33:49

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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We Are A Covenant People - Shirley James 28:05

5M ago28:05

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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The Desperate Dad - David Campbell 30:05

6M ago30:05

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This weeks message is from David Campbell.

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EP 35 Geologist Scott Rowland on understanding Hawaiian volcanoes, archipelagos and geologic time 54:19

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Dr. Scott Rowland has studied and taught geology at the University of Hawai‘i volcanologist for 41 years, having earned teaching distinctions including the Board of Regents and President’s awards. He shares with us his research into remote-sensing volcanology to help determine the ages of different lava flows across the Hawaiian Islands. We also re…

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Are You Ready To Receive? - Jock James 33:28

6M ago33:28

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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An Abiding Life Is An Abundant Life - Mark Kresge 36:03

6M ago36:03

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This weeks message is by Mark Kresge.

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The Power of our Stories - Shirley James 31:47

6M ago31:47

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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EP 34 Land steward Scott Fisher on restoring and understanding the deep history of Hawaiian coastlines 1:01:31

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As the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust's Director of ‘Āina Stewardship, Dr. Scott Fisher has worked for two decades to restore the coastal sand dunes and wetlands of Waihe‘e on Maui. His unusual background is that of an infantryman in Kuwait during the Gulf War where he witnessed unparalleled ecological devastation. In war torn Papua New Guinea he purs…

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Psalms 23 - Matt Harrison 31:48

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This weeks message is by Matt Harrison.

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Jesus Is Life (Easter Sunday) - Jock James 22:02

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This weeks message if by Jock James.

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EP 33 Native Nursery’s Ethan Romanchak on making Maui productive in agriculture once again 1:25:19

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Native Nursery on Maui is one of the largest Hawaiian native plant growers in Hawai`i founded by lifelong friends and partners Ethan Romanchak and Jonathan Keyser. With twenty years of experience in native species horticulture, rare plant propagation and ecosystem restoration, their business now includes growing citrus to help re-claim and make pro…

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Jesus Is a Teacher - Jock James 37:09

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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Jesus Is A Healer - Rich Martin 41:38

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This weeks message is by Rich Martin.

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EP 32 Hawaiian scholar and educator Kalehua Krug on language and thought as worldview 1:01:46

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Dr. Kalehua Krug is a mea kākau (traditional tattooist), musician, activist and school principal at the Hawaiian immersion school Ka Waihona o ka Na`auao in Nānākuli, West O`ahu. His advocacy for land and indigenous philosophy not only stems from his personal journey into Hawaiian identity, but his desire to improve kānaka (Hawaiian) health and edu…

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Jesus Is A Friend - Shirley James 28:27

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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Jesus Is Life - Jock James 30:01

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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EP 31 Landscape designer and naturalist Leland Miyano on loving a place through science and art 1:05:25

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For over five decades landscape designer, sculptor and naturalist Leland Miyano has connected people to Hawaiian native ecosystems through his gardens in Kahulu`u, at the Bishop Museum and at The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu. In 2019, he created an award winning double hulled canoe installation comprised of invasive guava branches which reflects…

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The Three Gates - Shirley James 31:50

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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EP 30 Hawaiian storyteller and conservationist Hannah Kihalani Springer on how land care begins with aloha for one another 1:19:41

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Hannah Kihalani Springer of Hawai`i Island is a storyteller, environmental activist, and scholar of Hawaiian history for many decades. As a former trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and advocate for land and sea conservation, she has headed up the nonprofit `Ahahui o Pu`u Wa`awa`a which advocates for the conservation and management of fores…

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Life Comes In Seed Form - Jock James 30:01

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This weeks message is by Jock James.

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Remain In Me - Jo Willis 39:29

9M ago39:29

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This weeks message is by Jo Willis.

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EP 29 Marine experts Emily and Ann Fielding on how the beauty, spirit and nourishment of the sea sustains us 1:02:47

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Emily and Ann Fielding, the mother-daughter marine duo of Maui have both lived and worked in Hawai`i to help educate and conserve the ocean, its creatures, coral reefs across the Pacific. Ann's experience is as an underwater naturalist where she introduced visitors, kama`aina and students to the abundance of Maui's coral reefs and their creatures. …

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Stand and Face It - Aaron Baxter 35:50

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This weeks message is by Aaron Baxter.

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Fasting - Shirley James 32:29

10M ago32:29

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This weeks message is by Shirley James.

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EP 28 Aquatic biologist Skippy Hau on the secret lives of creatures in Hawaiian streams 1:04:04

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For nearly four decades, Department of Land and Natural Resources aquatic biologist Skippy Hau has been in and out of Maui's oceans, estuaries and streams surveying for Hawaiian fish, shrimp, snails, corals, limu (seeweed) and nearly every living thing he could observe underwater. Growing up as a fisherman's son in Kaneohe, O`ahu, Skippy's love of …