Ethnomads: Ke'ili Mcevilly + Chris Miyashiro

About this episode

Ke'ili Mcevilly and Chris Miyashiro share their experiences and insights shaped by grief, love, and cultural lineage.

Grief, love, and lineage shape a rite of passage as our guests recall learnings from storms, stars, mentors, and manta rays at midnight. Ke'ilii Mcevilly is an environmental scientist with a Masters degree in sustainability. Ke'ili grew up surfing in California, and is now based on the island of Oahu. She is an artist and waterwoman involved in the flourishing of traditional Hawaiian cultural practice, from aloha aina based conservation work, to hula and making kapa under the tutelage of Pūko...

People in this episode

Guests: Ke'ili Mcevilly, Chris Miyashiro

Topics covered

• grief
• love
• lineage
• environmental science
• sustainability
• Hawaiian culture
• conservation

Keywords

• surfing
• Oahu
• traditional practices
• mentorship
• manta rays

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Masters

Places: California, Oahu

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