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Latest Episodes

Offshore Postcard: The Queen’s Quarantine
November 14, 2020

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 Hawaiis fut

S4 Episode 6: Homecoming
June 18, 2020

How do you practice Hawaiian culture when youre thousands of miles from Hawaii? And what happens when Hawaiians abroad finally get a chance to go home?

S4 Episode 5: Leaving Home
June 11, 2020

Nearly half of all Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii. And while many have cited Hawaiis high cost of living as the main reason for leaving, its really just a piece of a much larger story.

S4 Episode 4: On The Road
June 04, 2020

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 living. Some would die in poverty and obscurity.

S4 Episode 3: Hawaii’s Sons Of The Civil War
May 28, 2020

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 Americas bloodiest war.

S4 Episode 2: The Tribe
May 21, 2020

This is the story of a group of Hawaiians who ended up in California more than 160 years ago back when Hawaii was an independent nation. And how their descendents are still connected to the islands

S4 Episode 1: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
May 14, 2020

Nearly half of all Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii. Its a staggering number that raises questions about what Hawaii will be like in coming years, and how Native Hawaiians will carry their

Offshore: “Far From Home” — coming soon
May 10, 2020

This season, Offshore is taking a deep dive into the Hawaiian diaspora. Join journalist Kuu Kauanoe, as she digs into what is driving Hawaiians from the islands today. And tells some amazing stories

Offshore Postcard: Our Journey to the Last Wild Place
June 11, 2019

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is one of the most remote places on Earth. Now, it’s threatened by climate change, pollution and politics.

S3 Episode 8: Family
May 31, 2018

When we started reporting this season, we expected it to be a story about troubling adoptions that happened in the 1990s. But it quickly became clear that issues with Marshallese adoptions were never fully resolved, they simply moved. To new counties.