Shaka Stories
Hear fascinating stories of both history and legend from Hawaii, Utah, and Arizona!
Podcasting since 2022 • 177 episodes
Shaka Stories
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The Father of Modern Dating — Pacific Coast Highway
[Transcript]The Polynesian sport of surfing is thousands of years old. It was introduced to Western audiences here in California in the late 1800s, but the person most responsible for growing surfing culture in California came a bit late...
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How Pismo State Beach Became a Monarch Butterfly Haven — The Pacific Coast Highway
[Transcript]Pismo Beach usually has one of the largest concentrations of butterflies of any of the groves across California. And here's an interesting tidbit. The monarchs that migrate here have never been here before.You see, li...
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Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts - A Beacon Hill Story
[Transcript]By the middle of the American Civil War, in 1863, the Union Army was beginning to run low on soldiers. And so, President Abraham Lincoln called for the creation of black regiments. And one of the first states to do so was Mas...
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