Moana Nui Podcast

The Moana Nui Podcast and the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) presents our monthly talent and personal development series, "Developing Your Talent with Sue Ann!" On the 3rd Thursday of every month at 8:30pm Eastern, you will get tips and advice on various professional, talent and personal development topics. In this episode, Sue Ann Hong hosts a panel of professionals to discuss th...

  The month of May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. During the month of May, the Moana Nui Podcast will host four panels to discuss various topics. Hula is the heartbeat of the people of Hawaii. On this panel, we will approach this conversation from different angles and perspectives, from multiple generations and diverse teaching experiences both in and outs...

In this episode, we discuss Representing Koko on the continent, moderated by Latoya Simmons. Koko is blood, more specifically blood quantum, which is an important topic to our community. The term Hawaiian often gets confused. Some use the term as to refer to a person who is from Hawaii, but not everybody is actually is ethnic Hawaiian. Interact, comment, and engage with our panelists: • Bree Kalim...

The month of May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. During the month of May, the Moana Nui Podcast will host four panels to discuss various topics. The first panel is Priced Out of Paradise - How Hawaiians are Forced Off Their Homeland moderated by Moana. Hollywood and mainstream media puts out beautiful side of Hawaiʻi as an island paradise. While Hawaiʻi is...

The Moana Nui Podcast was invited to MomoCon to interview their guests and capture last year's con experience! We teamed up with a few guest co-hosts, Alan Z and The Oppai Princess, to interview these amazing guests! Our first guest is an actor and voice actor best known for his voice role of the DC Comics character Cyborg across various films, cartoons, and video games. Khary Payton is also known...

In this episode, you will learn: What is Cultural Competency The four components of Cultural Competency, How to assess Cultural Competency and Why Cultural Competency is important Our panelists: • Leona Enright - Business Recruitment Specialist for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation's (CTUIR) Department of Economic and Community Development • Tiessa R. Leggett - Principal C...

Join the Moana Nui Podcast for Geek Speak On Sports. Our panel of fans talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly in sporting news and games! Our special panelists: • James Herndon - Gamer, Black Nerd, and Sports Enthusiast • Candaysee - Founder of Candiconnections, Socialite, Black Nerd, Cigar Enthusiast • Joy Stephens - Culture Coach, Gamer, Recovering Engineer, and Boss • Furious Jenkins - Engi...

The Moana Nui Podcast was invited to BlerDCon where we interviewed the talented Mr. Orlando Jones who is known for his amazing work as the African god Anansi aka Mr. Nancy in Starzʻs "American Gods," Dr. Lee in "Drumline," and so much more! In this episode, Orlando shares his thoughts on the future of Afrofuturism, Black speculative fiction, and what it takes to get true, authentic diversity in st...

In a world which you are expected to fit in a box, many people of color, African Diasporan, and indigenous people have consciously and subconsciously relied on cod-switching to survive in a colonized culture. Some code-switch inadvertently that they will slip into a different language or accent without even realizing it or intending to do it. Most code-switch to survive in corporate and commercial...

We all hear about burnout but do we know how it affects us both physically and mentally? In this episode with licensed therapist Shae Reigns, you will learn: How to know if you or someone you care about are suffering from burnout;  The signs of burnout; The stages of burnout, and much more. With the craziness of the last 4 years and the pandemic, more and more people are realizing that therapy and...

Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action and CGI retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the woodcarver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his real son. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his "con...

The Moana Nui Podcast and the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) presents our monthly talent and personal development series, "Developing Your Talent with Sue Ann!" On the 3rd Thursday of every month at 8:30pm Eastern, you will get tips and advice on various professional, talent and personal development topics that our audience voted for! On October 20th at 8:30pm Eastern, Sue Ann Hon...

Moana Nui Podcast is proud to present Pele, Goddess of Fire in her very own comic series! In this episode, we talk to Chris Koanui the founder and CEO of Mana Comics who is the creator of Hawaiiʻs popular comic book imprint. Pelehonuamea is one of the most feared and respected gods of Hawai'i. Pele is the mother of the red earth, goddess of volcanoes, and is also known as she who devours and shape...

The Moana Nui Podcast presents She-Hulk, Attorney at Law on our new series, Moana Nui After Dark, where we talk about various Marvel/DC shows and TV series.  "She-Hulk," a new comedy series coming to Disney+, stars Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who specializes in superhuman-oriented legal cases. "She-Hulk" will welcome a host of Marvel characters to the series, including t...

The Moana Nui Podcast and the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) presents our monthly talent and personal development series, "Developing Your Talent with Sue Ann!" On the 3rd Thursday of every month at 8:30pm Eastern, you will get tips and advice on various professional, talent and personal development topics that our audience voted for! Sue Ann Hong hosts a panel of professionals to...

Lashawn Colvin is the editor and creator of Beautiful Soldiers, her comic career started in early 2014. As a graphics illustrator, editor, writer and now comic book store owner. The first black woman to own a comic book store in the south! Lashawn Colvin began her art journey at a very young age, however, there was another gift she found herself having. Writing. Her passion for writing and creatin...

Mog is a world traveler having lived in Australia, Egypt, Africa, Russian when USSR broke down, Japan when the Kobe earthquake hit. She has moved around the US too living in California, Wisconsin, Illinois and then calling Hawaii home. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area. During her traveling she has learned to speak and write in 3 languages.; Korean, Japanese and English. Mog Park is a...

CC the Geek is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cosplayer from Washington, DC. Her activist work extends as far back as 2007 as a volunteer in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.  She subsequently founded the Alternative Spring Break (@BSUASB) program at her alma mater, Bowie State University. CC takes pride in using her platform to create safe spaces for Black and other marginalized cosplayers....

Dana Morgan is an Executive Assistant/Event Planner by day, and a con/cosplay and event photographer by night. Her passion for photography is unchartered and she uses that passion to drive the art of cosplay pass the limits; providing her subjects with eye catching photos that embody their characters and compliments their creativity. Dana has taken pictures for corporate events, orchestras, weddin...

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Roye Okupe is an award-winning filmmaker, author, speaker, and entrepreneur whose passion for comics and animation led him to found YouNeek Studios in 2012, an avenue that would allow him to pursue his dream of creating a diverse library of superheroes. Under that umbrella, Roye wrote, produced, and directed several animated productions including, but not limited to, the aw...

Javier Cruz Winnik began his career selling his drawings at comic cons and landed an opportunity to do sketchcards for UpperDeck! Seeing no stories about Puerto Ricans in the school he worked at, he self-published a book, titled "A Reason to Smile!" which stars a little Puerto Rican girl from NYC, showing the positive side of Puerto Ricans in Pop Culture. He's since created 3 books with 2 on the w...

Christian is an academic, social media guru, event producer, filmmaker and talent manager who has been active in the Asian American community across the U.S. for 17 years. He currently chairs the board of the DC Shorts International Film Festival and is President/Executive Director of the DC Asian Pacific Film Festival. He has produced and directed many award-winning shorts, music videos, commerci...

  Mike Watson is a comic book artist/creator for Freestyle Komics hailing from Cleveland, OH, as well as the host of Chat and Draw. Holding a bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art and Design where he helped to publish CCAD’s first comic. Mike has been working in the comic field since 2005 beginning with his own publishing house Freestyle Komics. He creates the comic series ...

Dedren Snead is the creator/ writer of the Glyph Comics Award-nominated comic book series, Sorghum and Spear, and creator-writer of the upcoming Turnkey comic book series. He is a writer, content creator, and being both a Futurist and Retroist, his mind wanders throughout the space-time continuum, with at 10 year +/- around 1993 as the focal point of his many fandoms. He is the co-host of the New...

Glenn Lawrence was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised all over the US. He brings a unique perspective to comedy. His quick witted style quirky point of view has allowed to grace stages all over the country from California to D.C. in addition to being a seasoned performer Glenn also produces both content via his LevelUp Comedy YouTube channel and various podcasts in the DC area including My Fantas...