ROADTRIP NATION Setting Course in Hawai‘I Three College Students Go on the Road, Seeking Wisdom to Help Shape Their Future
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3 - CEO Message 6 - TV Listings 18 - Partner Profile 4 - Cover Story 10 - Evening Grid 17 - Daytime Grid PROGRAM GUIDE JANUARY 2018 VOL. 37 NO. 1 ROADTRIP NATION Setting Course in Hawai‘i Three college students go on the road, seeking wisdom to help shape their future. Page 4 PLUS Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Premieres Sunday, January 14 Page 7 Courtesy of Roadtrip Nation | JANUARY 2018 VICTORIA SEASON 2 SNEAK PEEK Last month, over 100 guests attended PBS Hawai‘i’s free community screening of the first hour of Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece at Consolidated Theatres Kahala Mall. Before the screening, guests took pictures with “Queen Victoria” and participated in a quick round of trivia. Trivia prizes included books about Queen Victoria and several other Masterpiece programs. Receive notifications on our upcoming community events, as well as weekly programming highlights, by signing up for our free email newsletter! Visit pbshawaii.org/newsletter-signup to subscribe. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GUIDE Chair Vice Chair President and CEO Editor Jason Fujimoto Joanne Grimes Leslie Wilcox Liberty Peralta Secretary Treasurer Senior Vice President/CFO Graphic Artist Bettina Mehnert Kent Tsukamoto Karen Yamamoto Randall Choo Muriel Anderson Joy Miura Koerte VP Content Communications Susan Bendon Kamani Kuala‘au Linda Brock Assistant Jodi Endo Chai Mary Ann Manahan Emily Bodfish James E. Duffy Jr. Aaron Salā VP Integrated Media Matthew Emerson Julie Shimonishi Production Contributing Writer Jake Fergus Ka‘iulani Sodaro Jason Suapaia Emilie Howlett Jason Haruki Candy Suiso Noelani Kalipi Huy Vo VP Advancement Program Listings Ian Kitajima Bruce Voss Mariko Miho Emily Bodfish John Kovacich VP Communications Liberty Peralta Director, Learning Initiatives Robert Pennybacker Chief Engineer pbshawaii.org John Nakahira 2 CEO MESSAGE Fact-Based Reporting, Leslie Wilcox PBS Hawai‘i Without Fear or Favor President and CEO I first took note of war correspondent “I’ve lived in a completely multi-cultural, Christiane Amanpour back in the early 1990s multi-ethnic, multi-religious environment, in when I saw her on cable channel CNN, running some of the most difficult places in the world,” across a crowded street in Bosnia with sniper Amanpour has said. fire ringing out. “I’ve seen firsthand that you It wasn’t only her risk-taking can bridge differences, you can that arrested me; it was her have tolerance between groups. unflinching reports on a different The trick is to minimize the kind of war. This wasn’t an army extremes, whether it’s in politics versus an army. It was a war Courtesy of CNN International or in religion or in any kind of against civilians. relationship, and to stick to the More than two decades later, sensible center, which is where she would say: “I learned...when I the vast majority, not only of was covering genocide and ethnic this country but the world, lies,” cleansing in Bosnia, never to she says. equate victim and aggressor, Amanpour also has a knack never to create a false moral or for bridging between television factual equivalence.” networks and countries. She will “Because then, if you do, “When lies become remain with CNN in Britain while particularly in situations like that,” sharing her interviews with PBS she said, “you are party and mixed up with the in America. accomplice to the most truth, it’s a very She urges all journalists to unspeakable crimes and re-commit to robust, fact-based dangerous world.” consequences.” reporting on the issues – without “So,” she concluded, “I believe Christiane Amanpour fear and without favor. in being truthful, not neutral.” “When lies become mixed up Amanpour, who is now CNN’s with the truth,” she said, “it’s a Chief International Correspondent, interviews very dangerous world.” global leaders and decision-makers on PBS Almost three decades after Christiane dodged every weeknight at 11:00. Her program, bullets in the Balkans, she’s sitting down in Amanpour on PBS, joined the programming the studio with world power players. I still find line-up after PBS stopped distributing programs her coverage arresting. And the truth is worth with Charlie Rose, following multiple women’s staying up for. See you at 11:00 weeknights, allegations of sexual harassment. “Amanpour on PBS.” Amanpour, who turns 59 this month, is a British citizen who spent her early years in Aloha nui, Tehran. She is the product of a Muslim father from Iran and a Christian mother from England – and she’s married to a Jewish American, former U.S. diplomat Jamie Rubin. They live in London with their teenage son, Darius. 3 | JANUARY 2018 COVER STORY ROADTRIP NATION Setting Course in Hawai‘i By Emilie Howlett Photos courtesy of Roadtrip Nation Wednesdays, January 3-24, 7:30 pm KEAKEALANI TEHANI TRAVEN PACHECO LOUIS-PERKINS ‘ĀPIKI Hilo, Hawai‘i Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu Hilo, Hawai‘i Roadtrip Nation is a national public television series to use her interests in a way that will both indulge her that features young adults on a road trip, as they explore entrepreneurial spirit and empower her community. different career paths by talking with a range of Traven, a student at University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, is an professionals who do what they love. For the first time, environmental studies major who is anchored by his “Roadtrip Nation” visits Hawai‘i for Setting Course in Hawaiian culture. After moving all across the continent Hawai‘i, a four-part series that follows local college with his family until age 18, Traven is back home in the students Keakealani Pacheco, Tehani Louis-Perkins and Islands, where he wants to be. But as he nears the end of Traven ‘Āpiki as they speak with community members his college experience, he is starting to feel the pressure from all walks of life. of finding a job that he loves. With their enthusiasm for science, technology, And Tehani, a Kamehameha Schools Kapālama engineering, the arts and math (STEAM), coupled with graduate from Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu, is a biology and their deep love of Hawai‘i and its native culture, environmental science student at Whitman College in Keakealani, Tehani and Traven embark across the Big Washington State. Tehani is torn between returning to Island, Maui and O‘ahu, with the hope of getting closer to Hawai‘i after graduation to serve her community through uncovering what it takes to create a life that you love. working at a fishpond, or attending law school elsewhere Typically, participating roadtrippers travel across the in the hopes of affecting change through environmental continental U.S. in a green RV. In this Hawai‘i edition, law. Keakealani, Tehani and Traven drive around each island Keakealani, Tehani and Traven recently reflected upon in a Jeep. The students find mentors from across the their “Roadtrip Nation” experience, a year after the Islands who expose the roadtrippers to some of the most series was taped. innovative breakthroughs in science and environmental conservation – taking place right in their own backyard. PBS Hawai‘i: What advice would you have for Hawai‘i The three students are all driven by their desire to students who want to stay in Hawai‘i but are unsure serve their communities, but are unsure of which roles of the opportunities that are available? they want to pursue, and the paths that could lead Traven: The first thing anyone can do before they can them there. look for opportunities is to identify their passions. It may Keakealani, a Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i graduate take a lot of self-reflection, but unless we identify our with a passion for computer science, is navigating the passions, I feel like we are more susceptible to blindly difficult transition from high school to college. The jumping into any cause that presents itself. Once our Hawai‘i Community College student wants to find a way passions become apparent, often times opportunity will pbshawaii.org 4 Instead of the iconic green “Roadtrip Nation” RV, Keakealani, Tehani The roadtrippers with Leila Hokulani Ka‘aekuahiwi Pousima, Natural and Traven drove around the Big Island, Maui and O‘ahu in Jeeps like Resource Policy Management Specialist at the National Oceanic and this one. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on O‘ahu find us. The best piece of advice I can offer…is to use throughout Hawai‘i and speaking with individuals who your passion as a foundation to seek out and talk to want to help the Hawaiian community and make Hawai‘i people in the community who hold a position or job we a better place for all was really inspiring. I think it gave would like to see ourselves in one day. me hope for my generation who are all starting to blossom as leaders. Talking to professionals made me What was the most surprising thing you learned about realize that they want to help others out, they want our yourself on the trip? Hawai‘i kids to succeed and they want the best for all of Tehani: The most surprising thing that I learned on this us, whether we are interconnected or not. Not to be a trip was how much I wanted to go into policy and law. downer, but after going to school in the continental I always had an interest in law and policy in high school United States for a few years, [I realize] it’s not like and college, but it just seemed more pressing during the Hawai‘i. People are not as uplifting and wanting the best trip. Maybe it was due to the political climate of the for you; it’s more competitive and cutthroat. Going home United States and Hawai‘i. Environmental and Native to Hawai‘i and talking to professionals, especially in my Hawaiian policy and law had a huge tug on my na‘au field, is really refreshing and gives me hope.