Chris Miyashiro: Homecomings

About this episode

Chris Miyashiro shares his transformative experiences at sea and the impact of tradition on his identity.

A captain wakes in the night certain he’s wrecked in mangroves—only he’s on his own porch. That jarring reentry from a month under sail becomes our portal into a deeper story about attention, tradition, and becoming a different kind of person at sea with artist-sailor-filmmaker Chris Miyashiro. Chris takes us from his grandfather’s walls—painted with visions of Hōkūleʻa —to a 2,700‑mile, unsupported crossing on a double-hulled canoe that reshaped his senses and his sense of home (more on that...

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Miyashiro

Topics covered

• sailing
• tradition
• identity
• ocean
• art

Keywords

• Hōkūleʻa
• double-hulled canoe
• unsupported crossing

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hōkūleʻa

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