Deep Dive: An Interview with Sara Kehaulani Goo

Deep Dive: An Interview with Sara Kehaulani Goo

From Deep Dive Into Water Safety by Kauaʻi Community Radio - KKCR

July 3, 2026 · 39 min · Season 1

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Sara Kehaulani Goo discusses the concept of kuleana and its significance in Hawaiian culture and identity.

Episode Notes **What's Your Kuleana?The Question Hawaiʻi Asks the World What does kuleana really mean? In this thought provoking conversation, award winning journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo , President of Creator Content at The Washington Post and author of Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaiʻi, shares the story behind her family's effort to protect ancestral land on Maui and the deeper journey that followed into history, identity, culture, and the responsibilities we inherit from those who came before us. Sara explains that kuleana is often translated as responsibility, but in the Hawaiian understanding it means much more. It is an honor, a stewardship, and a commitment to something larger than ourselves. It connects us to family, community, place, and future generations. The conversation explores the legacy of the Māhele, the Hawaiian Renaissance, the experiences of Native Hawaiians living throughout the diaspora, and what visitors should understand when they come to Hawaiʻi. Sara encourages visitors to approach Hawaiʻi with curiosity, humility, and a desire to learn. She reminds us that Hawaiʻi is not simply a vacation destination, but a living culture, a…

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Guest: Sara Kehaulani Goo

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Organizations: The Washington Post

Books & works: Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaiʻi

Places: Hawaiʻi, Maui, Hawaiian Renaissance

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