Aloha Alive: The Dawn O'Brien Podcast

About Aloha Alive: The Dawn O'Brien Podcast

Why Aloha? the whole world knows what aloha is--love in Hawai'i--but better to ask WHY ALOHA? the answer is as essential as breath & as fun as whistling, so LET'S GO!

Publisher

Dawn O'Brien

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2025

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Who’s Really Running Hawaii? | Tara Malia Gregory

   Honolulu City Council controls a massive amount of tax money with only nine seats, so District 4 is not a small race. We sit down with Tara Malia Gregory for a fast, candid talk story that starts with her surprising past dancing professionally in Hollywood while preparing for law school, then turns sharply into what she is fighting for back home in East Oahu. We dig into election integrity in Hawaii through the term limits dispute that reached the courts and ultimately the Hawaii Supreme Cou...

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Hawaii’s Young Leaders Are Sounding the Alarm | Hunter Harris

   Hawaii doesn’t feel like “paradise” when you can’t afford to live here and you’re watching friends and family move away. We’re talking with Hunter Harris, a 23-year-old Native Hawaiian who went from student government to the State Capitol, about what Gen Z is facing right now: crushing Hawaii cost of living, housing prices that make independence feel impossible, and the quiet mental health fallout from the 2020 to 2021 shutdown years. Hunter shares what it was like representing roughly 180,0...

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Why My Vote Counts...Double! | Sheila Medeiros Republican Candidate, HD 43

   A tied election is rare. A tied election decided by drawing lots in a lauhala box is even rarer. But the real twist comes after that: District 43’s result gets overturned in court, and now voters in Makakilo and Kapolei are heading into a court-ordered revote that could reshape how Hawaii handles razor-thin races going forward. We sit down with Sheila Medeiros, candidate for Hawaii House District 43, to unpack what happened, why two voters receiving the wrong ballots triggered a zero-margin ...

Who has been a guest on Aloha Alive: The Dawn O'Brien Podcast

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• Brad McDaniel
• Esther McDaniel
• Samantha DeCorte
• Kelly Boy DeLima

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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