Just Do It

No Turnin' Back

We dedicate this episode to the unforgettable and loving memory of Flo Anoa'i Niko!

This One's For You, Flo!

Rest in Power Joseph "Jungle" Taeotui. #itsajungleouthere #justiceforjungle

#itsajungleouthere

When we say "Poly" or "Polynesian" but we mean "Pacific Islander" - we are excluding our Melanesian and Micronesian brothers and sisters. We'll let the academics break down how problematic all these terms are ;)

Polynesian Privilege

It is up to us to normalize discussions and actions regarding mental health, healing, and wellness among our Pacific Islander families and communities. 

Uputaua by Dr. Byron Seiuli https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/9971/Seiuli%20Uputaua%20approach.pdf?sequence=8&isAllowed=y

Thank you for hosting with us, Fa'afetai Fa'aleava.

Normalizing Mental Health w/ Tai Fa'aleava

Happy Womxn's Herstory Month! We are dedicating each episode this month to PI womxn in creation stories, legends, and herstory. 

Brief Bio of her late majesty, Queen Sālote Tupou III, written by HRH Hon. Frederica Tuita-Filipe 🇹🇴
The Royal Tour to Tonga 🇹🇴: https://youtu.be/VB7j71xSqvc

Womxn's Herstory Month: Queen Sālote Tupou III 🇹🇴

Happy Womxn's Herstory Month! We are dedicating each episode this month to PI womxn in creation stories, legends, and herstory. 

"Our culture can just be ornamental and recreational. That's what Waikiki is! Our culture has to be the core of our resistance, the core of our anger, the core of our mana - that's what culture is for." - Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask.

Womxn's Herstory Month: Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask

In honor of Alcohol Awareness Month, we're choppin' it up about Alcoholism and our experiences with it. 

For National Poetry Month, The South Auckland Poetry Collective, WE SEE Y'ALL! Caramel by Malia: https://youtu.be/5voYuvIy_Nc

Israel "Izzy" Folau, you are the FUAM of the year. UFA!
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/14/sport/israel-folau-rugby-unrepentant-spt-intl/index.html

Drink Responsibly

The Wayfinders Scholarship is a collaboration of The Wayfinders brand and scholars, Levalasi Loi-On & Andrew Vai. As Pacific Islander students in higher education, you have accepted your identity as a Wayfinder in pursuit of a college degree. As former students in higher education, they founded the Wayfinders Scholarship to recognize your work and support you in this journey.

REQUIREMENTS: current full-time undergraduate college student in California x Pacific Islander descent (Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian) x Cumulative 2.0 GPA or Higher x Open to Community College and University students.

Submit application, transcripts, and video submission by August 31, 2019

TO SUPPORT: Purchase gear online or send Venmo donations to @jordan-fihaki to support one of two $1000 scholarship! www.fearlesswayfinders.com

QUESTIONS: wayfindersscholarship@gmail.com or IG @fearlesswayfinders

Fearless Wayfinders w/ Las & Drew

Dear Jean, 
You have been accepted to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Lights, Camera, Action, we're so proud of you!

USC School of Cinematic Arts w/ Jean Melesaine

The Tongan ILL NANA slid through the podcast to slay this episode. We chop it up with her about her Chiefdom as a Leiti. 

Tap in and subscribe to her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GSTaufa

Tap in to Giosifa & Eni's comedy videos: 
Melenaite: The Live-In Nurse: https://youtu.be/myBSZ_xzM_4
Gangsters & Leitis/Faafafine: https://youtu.be/2XEOoEUZP8w
Shit Tongan Parents Say: https://youtu.be/LgCgMPrRwKw
Shit Tongan Girls Say: https://youtu.be/yTyQDF4ek7c

Jidenna interview on The Breakfast Club talking about his inspiration for his tattoo (12:05-13:35): https://youtu.be/J1so1OswmY4?t=725

HER Chiefdom w/ Giosifa the WorldCitizen

⚠️TRIGGER WARNING⚠️ 
Our "Would You Rather" deals with sexual violence. Be advised!

Tears, giggles, and music with the amazing soulstress, Lady Saane. www.soundcloud.com/ladysaane

Register to get your free tickets to the screening of Moananuiakea: One Ocean, One People. One Canoe. playing in San Francisco on Tuesday, 9/24 and in Oakland on Wednesday, 9/25 bit.ly/ftqmoananuiakea

TedTalk: Re-thinking the Fijian Man by Jope Tarai https://youtu.be/qh_ClbaSVTs

Being Me Is My Ministry w/ Lady Saane

We are humbled and honored to chop it up with Director, Na'alehu Anthony, about the new film, Moananuiakea, and his kuleana (one's personal sense of responsibility) as a filmmaker. 

"Mālama Honua" is simply translated as "to care for our island earth" but the Hawaiian language is beautiful and complex. Mālama Honua means to take care of and protect everything that makes up our world: land, oceans, living beings, our cultures, and our communities. It means learning from the lessons of islanders to take care of your limited resources, as though you were living on a canoe in the open ocean or an island in the middle of the sea. On a canoe, water, food, plants, and other basic needs are in limited supply and are tended to with great care; so too we must tend to our resources on islands, and for all of Island Earth.

Moananuiakea celebrates the historic Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage aboard the Hokule'a that connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. This voyage also represented the fulfillment of the vision of Nainoa Thompson and his contemporaries, the passing of the mantle of celestial navigation to the next generation of Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) who will retain the skills of their ancestors and perpetuate this tradition for generations to come.

Check out more about the film at https://www.moananuiakea.film
Check out more about the Polynesian Voyage Society and the Hokule'a at http://www.hokulea.com/

Required Viewing
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
https://oiwi.tv/hokulea/papa-mau-the-wayfinder/

More about "Kuleana:" http://www.managingwithaloha.com/19-values-of-aloha/kuleana/

Malama Honua w/ Na'alehu Anthony (Moananuiakea)

We sit down with the Brown Skin Lady w/ the Brown Skin Baby, Rocky Rivera, to chop it up about Rocky's Revenge and more. 

Peep her latest video "Best Shot" directed by @been.milky: https://youtu.be/7h3_mkorQV4

Tap in with all things Rocky Rivera: 
https://rockyrivera.bigcartel.com
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/rockys-revenge/1437848066
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GYpVuQKY90oIhLSA07G18
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5rJs2d8gXoeS8gw6H_5kw

Rocky's Revenge w/ Rocky Rivera

"The only real revolution happens right inside of you." - J. Cole

We chop it about Black culture, appropriation vs. acculturation, anti-Blackness in our Pasifika communities, and how we can do/be better in solidarity with the Black community! 

Tap in w/ AfroTeine's podcast: The Real Tautala https://soundcloud.com/user-753101404

Appropriating Black Culture w/ AfroTeine & AskFee

O le ala i le pule o le tautua (The path to leadership is through service) - Samoan Proverb. Epi & Faga speak about their tautua to the Samoan community in the Bay Area and how their servant hearts have been providing solutions for the past 12 years. 

Tap in with all things Samoan Solutions: https://linktr.ee/samoansolutions

Sāmoan Solutions w/ Epi & Faga

Long Live The Fupa! lol. We choppin it up with Lupe Katoa about her live video, how life has been after going viral, and what it's been like to have a hefty size of humble pie. 

Lupe recently went live at the Donna Marie concert and was talking hella shit. She claimed to have wasted her outfit and called a group of women who were living their best lives ugly, pathetic, grenades. Her video was then leaked and went viral. The internet was relentless and tore her up, called her all kinds of names, made hella memes about her, and called her out threatening her with violence. After a week of being put through the wringer, one of the women who was in the video, Kaveinga, reached out to Lupe to address the issue like adults. They sat down, reconciled, and Lupe issued out an apology. The situation took an unexpected turn for the better that changed the momentum of the whole ordeal.

Throw Glitter Not Grenades w/ Lupe & Jona Katoa

IKUNA means victory, to overcome, to achieve in Tongan.  
Elevating culture, For the qultures! The Lauti brothers, Jay, Tai, and Feke are 3 dedicated men who founded IKUNA, an organization that advocates for successful outcomes for the Pacific Islander community. Rooted in Oakland, C.A., The Lauti Brothers talanoa with us about their victorious work! 

Tap in with IKUNA on Instragram @ikunaed or by email jlauti@theikunagroup.org; tlauti@theikunagroup.org; flauti@theikunagroup.org  Also tap in with IKUNA Apparel ikunaapparel.com proceeds fund IKUNA programs.

IKUNA w/ the Lauti Brothers

Hairstylist & make-up artist, barber, and manicurist, Keke Vasquez-Tamali'i, joins us on set of the podcast to chop it up about her career in the film & television industry and about her experiences working in Hollywood. Keke has worked on a myriad of film sets such as The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Talbot, 2019), Us (Peele, 2019), Sorry To Bother You (Riley, 2018), 13 Reasons Why (Yorkey, 2017), and All Day & A Night (Cole, 2020) to name a few.

Making It In Hollywood w/ Keke Vasquez-Tamali'i

Comin' outta Frisco, music artist Cazey Volks pulls up on us to chop it up about her new album, LIVING OUT MY DREAMS, dropping 12.12.19 - Be sure and cop that! Cazey chops it up about havin too much at stake not to grind and live out her dreams. Campaign that Cazey Volks y'all!

Haters - Cazey Volks: https://youtu.be/y-EqcwIv2dg
Before It All Started - Cazey Volks ft. AZ https://youtu.be/QaCOBClAZ-4
Somebody - Mico Cocky ft. Cazey Volks https://youtu.be/C05SPJ7HOv8
No. 2 - Cazey Volks: https://youtu.be/SSnNCReBmTI
Anytime - Ayo Luciano ft. Cazey Volks: https://youtu.be/MSDD612STEM

Too Much At Stake w/ Cazey Volks

As 2019 and this whole ass decade closes out, Jordan Fihaki of the Wayfinders brand pulls up on us to reflect on the lessons learned from this decade, manifest intentions for the new decade, and put us on about his brand. 

"Thank you all so much for rocking with us this year! We hope you all will reflect on the lessons of the past decade and manifest your intentions for the new decade ahead." - Bexx Bumble & DBoy

Tap in with Wayfinders https://www.fearlesswayfinders.com/

We mentioned this book, Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend: https://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-When-Take-Control-Your/dp/0310247454

Wayfinders: Only Us Stop Us w/ Jordan Fihaki

Poppin' a bottle of bubbly as we enter our first episode of 2020 with our guest, Sam Jimenez, a bay area father, husband, bartender, and hospitality manager. We chop it about the travesty that is Tiki Culture. We get into the controversy about Saweetie's hula girl costume, Sammy J defending her, and how it relates to tiki culture that is rooted in colonialism.

Tiki Culture Travesty w/ Sam Jimenez

The new decade marks the age old tradition of The Census, the population count that determines the distribution of political power and money from the federal government to our communities. 'Alisi Tulua pulls up to the podcast to drop some science on how the Census works, why it's important for our Pasifika communities, and why it is important for us to fill out our Census on April 1, 2020! 

For more information about The 2020 Census, tap in with: 
NHPI resources: www.countusin2020.org/nhpi
Census Bureau: www.census.gov
San Mateo County: https://cmo.smcgov.org/census-2020-san-mateo-county

It All Makes Census w/ 'Alisi Tulua

Hey FTQ Fam! We're on a break this week and are featuring an episode highlighting our one of our fellow Pasifika Podcasters. Tap in w/ QUEER COCO hosted by Pele Vaimoso. 

This episode “My Complicated Relationship w/ Straight Men” explores Pele’s relationship with straight men and masculinity. 

Pele, a fellow Sāmoan queer podcaster says, "The idea of this podcast came about after I started sharing personal stories about my journey as a Young Queer Sāmoan person on my instagram. I received a lot of feedback from friends and family, some of whom I didn't expect to even engage in the conversations that I was having. Through my podcast, I hope to elaborate more on the stories I've told, share new ones and talk to others from community." 

Like and Follow @queercoco
Subscribe to Queer Coco on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pejIzQjm8LYy7MivbiMi3

Feature Episode: Queer Coco by Pele Vaimoso

Recording artist, Tenelle, pulled up on us to chop it up about her journey in music, new records she's dropping this year, and future projects she got coming soon. She gifted us with a sneak peek of some of her new music as well as her personal experiences that have shaped her to be the love and the light that she is. Tap in! THIS IS TEN! 

Stay connected and shop 10x10
https://www.tenellemusic.com
https://www.10x10clothing.com/shop

This Is Ten w/ Tenelle

Pretty Boy Pooks pulls up to chop it up with us about his passion for fashion, his 2hunnit clothing brand, and his pursuit of happiness. Tap in!

Fashion Brings Me Peace w/ Pretty Boy Pooks

Our homie, Mikias Alipate, returns to the podcast to chop it up before he goes on tour with Young LB and Moneybagg Yo. We chop it up about chasing goals, our whys, and what he's gotta do to prepare for a tour. Tap in with him on IG @ali.pate

We premiere our new segment, TALANOA IS HEALING!

Lastly, we introduce our new addition to the team, our lovely intern, Juicy. Welcome to team! Our house is growing.

I'll Die Behind My Why w/ Mikias Alipate

For this special episode we are fortunate to have Vea, Saia, and Robert Mafile'o from the Documentary, My Father's Kingdom (2019), talanoa with us on the podcast. They are kicking off their U.S. Tour here in the Bay Area and will be making stops in Utah, Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawai'i. Tap in!!!

SYNOPSIS
For My Father's Kingdom follows Tongan pensioner Saia Mafile’o and his family as they are stretched to breaking point by the commitment and passion to God that has driven Saia’s life. This debut feature documentary offers a rich view of how contemporary secular families deal with the rigorous of devout Christian tithing, as well as a unique insight into traditional Tongan culture.

Important links to follow, like, and share: 
Trailer: https://youtu.be/8hFtMMdvkzI
Website: https://www.formyfatherskingdom.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/formyfatherskingdom/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/formyfatherskingdom/ @formyfatherskingdom

Screening dates and times are subject to change. Please "Like" their Facebook page to stay updated with the screening schedule.

For My Father's Kingdom w/ Vea, Saia, & Robert Mafile'o

Social distancing has pushed our creativity. We are introducing an extension of our podcast: KEEPIN' IT 💯asking our guests 100 spitfire questions. 

Our first guest is recording artist, A DOUGH, reppin for the East Side of San Jose 🦈. You can also watch the live https://youtu.be/yCIccX9OHzU TAP IN!

TAP IN to our Instagram Live on Sundays @ 6PM PST.

FTQ Instagram Live: KEEPIN' IT 💯 w/ A DOUGH

Our guests, Teyonna and Will, join us to chop it up about navigating their Black and Sāmoan identities in their respective families and in the concrete ocean (Pacific Islander diaspora). The goal of our Virtual Talanoa (conversation) is to listen in love, listen in community, and listen in solidarity. #AllBlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter

Watch via YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/umIq8Yy0jfc

Link to Twitter thread by Vatiseva @fjgoldylocks https://twitter.com/fjgoldylocks/status/1270219668335165441

Virtual Talanoa: Addressing Anti-Blackness In The Concrete Ocean w/ Teyonna Jarman and Will Fanene

Nana & Nikki said, "Lez start a family, Lez Inseminate, and Lez go half on a baby!" We are rooting for y'all! Our guests, Filiaga (Nana) & Nikki, chop it up with us about queer love and acceptance, marriage, and starting a family. 

Watch via YouTube: https://youtu.be/fTupCmGEVfo

Virtual Talanoa: Lez Start A Family w/ Nana & Nikki Soisoi-Scaglione

Our guests, Ama & Sipoga (Simi), share their experiences about contracting COVID-19 and what recovery has been like for them. We also have community leader, 'Alisi, with us to speak about COVID-19 and the work being done to educate and empower the Pacific Islander community. 

Follow @pacificislandercovid19 on Instagram

Watch via YouTube: https://youtu.be/u5KqBdHYQ5A

Virtual Talanoa: Recovering from COVID-19 w/ Ama Tupu & Sipoga Simi feat. 'Alisi Tulua

🎙Unapologetic talanoa from the concrete Ocean. We envision an Oceania uprising through storytelling and fellowship that makes healing a reality. Hosted by BexxBumble & DBoy.

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