0:00 15 minutes ish. Oh, this has a there's a breaking point on this. What do you mean? If it gets too low if it gets Sorry buff guy. Jesus. No, just don't break it. Don't break it. You break every mic you go on and no one else has any You like insecurely sit there and the mic the whole This is the only place I come to and get yelled at. Hold on, let's talk about that real quick. That's true. It is, right? All every All your mics get And no one mic has any problems. Any problems. He keeps doing this, that's why. What is it that you're doing differently? I think it's his nervous energy. Cuz whenever your thing came off the last time. I was just talk It's a talk show. And then now ████ just leave it. And then now this thing that's Taika, just leave it, Taika. Yeah. Now this is Triggered. Twist it down. It like stays up, remember? look at this. We just got new stands. Now we got to get new knobs. We need to get you a like a fidget spinner or
0:50 something. We had like 12. Yeah, they're gone. I don't know where they are. Well, they were We were using them on camera. I feel like the the ████ neighbor in Home Improvement, you know what I mean? Like This ████ was crazy. Yeah, it was so loud. Am I blocking his face? Of course it's blocking my face. What are you talking about? it down then? I would That's what I was trying to do. Don't ████ with it. Let it go down on its own. Relax. Relax. Relax. Don't touch it. Aw, it's going to rest on its own. I already tightened it. I already did it. not going to move at all. I literally just did that. That's not because you did that. move anymore. You don't touch it. If you need to change it, YOU TOUCH ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. HE'S GOING TO TOUCH IT. EDITOR, THIS IS ONE of those rare ones where you just leave it in. He will touch it. Welcome back to another episode of Careful Boys. We have a special guest today. Joe said he was going to bring in his friend from Hawaii, but he didn't
1:40 say that it's a dude with the number one podcast in Hawaii. Guys, say hello to Kamaka Dias. Hey. How's it Where am I looking? I don't know. Aloha. Yeah, thanks for having Aloha pod. Keep it Aloha. Yep. So, how the heck do you guys know each other? I mean, I know you were on his show, you did an episode, right? Yeah, he was one of my first guest when I rebranded to keep it Aloha. >> I forgot I forgot how we met. >> Daniel probably. No, no, no. I was just Instagram. >> Oh, we slid into each other's DMs. >> You were You were following the podcast. >> Yes, I like your podcast. >> comment and then after I I recognized you from YouTube. >> Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Yeah. >> the podcast. >> That's right. >> And we need some Asian representation, too. >> BRO, EVERYBODY'S ASIAN ON THE WHY DON'T WE NEED NO ASIAN REPRESENTATION? >> HEY, HEY, let's not >> Howlie You need Howlie representation, dude. >> Those episodes don't do as well.
2:30 >> Oh, for real? Damn, that's sad. >> They're okay with the racism over there. >> I actually think like some of my fans are kind of racist. Like the We would have like somebody with a million followers who's white and that episode doesn't do as well as like somebody >> Maybe they're just not They're not entertaining. They're just boring. >> know. I don't know. You titled it like ████ too. >> Yeah. White guy in Hawaii. >> What if you had a separate playlist and it's just called Howlie Cast? >> Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> All the Howlies. >> Well, we we were were talking >> That sounds like Holocaust, by the way. I think you could redo it. >> Holocaust. >> He said Howlie Cast. Um No, we want to have an event where we have food vendors and one section we bring in people from outside Hawaii and name it Hollywood. >> Hollywood Oh, Hollywood. That's good. >> That's that's better, definitely. We might do that. I'm bringing in for that. >> No, you get some famous ass people, though. I'll just be like, "How the hell did you get the governor of the state?"
3:20 And like >> Is he famous? >> Yeah, you had like Kelly Hu on there, too. >> That's right. Reason is >> Wait, wait, wait. You should have led with Kelly Hu. >> Okay. I don't know if I don't know if that's famous. >> I feel like getting a politician is way harder than a ████ A-list celebrity. >> But they got a reason to like come on. Like celebrities that are like Kelly Hu, she don't need to do nothing for nobody. >> The governor of one of the smallest states. >> That's like the That's like the Justin Bieber comparison again. >> I get the governor of Maine to come on, I think. >> It's like if we had Joe Lombardo on in here, it'd be, it'd be pretty strange, I think. >> Yeah. >> No, I mean it is hard to get to get the governor, but um I would say yeah, some of like the like the low on the spectrum people. >> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They were fun. >> yeah, that was hard to get. >> Yeah. What type of people would you call them? >> On the spectrum. Autistic.
4:10 >> Tanner, so tell us how did you get Kelly Hu on? >> Uh just reached out. I don't know. I don't know if I DM'd her. >> timeout. How many of you have busted a Kelly who has a kid? >> on. >> What? You can't deny it. >> Liar. >> I don't No, I haven't. I don't I don't I don't I don't I think I was too young. >> I believe it. I believe it. I believe it. >> OG one? >> Everyone's a liar. Everybody's a liar except for me and me and Anthony. Me and Anthony are honest. >> If you Hey, I feel left out. Do it right now. >> Me and Anthony are honest. >> Oh yeah, you know. Yeah. Do you know Tia Carrere, too? >> Oh, yeah. He had Tia Carrere. Oh, Tia Carrere count? >> I don't think I busted to Tia. >> What? She's way better. >> No, I like Kelly. >> Yeah, way way way way better. Wayne's World. >> I agree. >> Yeah, I would say that's not true. >> I'd be in a JPEG. >> That's That's like a random BTS photo. >> Right now with the the streaks, the the white streaks, it looks really good.
5:00 >> I mean, there's every era she's just like >> So, you had her on the show? >> Yeah, she's beautiful. >> Did you smell her seat after she left? >> We're not allowed to disclose that on the podcast, though. >> Tia feels fun smells fire, bro. Smells like aloha. >> Who are some other great guests that you've had like that you enjoyed personally? >> Uh >> Even if the views like didn't do super well, but like you still you liked them. >> Well, one guest was uh Roman from Cobra Kai. I don't know if you guys are familiar with that. Cobra Kai, he the second time he came on, he he shared a lot about like mental health and stuff and like how somebody DM'd him and he said, "Oh, I was about to um shoot shoot myself." And >> Nobody wants to shoot themselves. >> It happens. >> The funny thing is he's a cute R&B singer. So, he's like about to off himself, but he just does the most
5:51 cutest teeny bopper songs. Cuz he got really famous in high school. So all of his songs are really sad. >> Like island island reggae, but he had a really like good song and then he said, "I heard your song and I put down the gun." So like those those those those stories >> So his music is doesn't reflect that type of >> Hell no. >> No, just that one song that he had. The one song that he had was about was about like keep going and like don't give up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> But when you listen to IT HELL NO. ALL RIGHT, IMAGINE >> THAT ONE. JUST that one. Just that one. >> Imagine if Hanson ba ba ba ba ba ba Talk about blasting themselves. >> Island reggae Well, they did they did get >> What about waves that >> Is he the one that that goes uh Good morning Hawaii? Uh oh ████ >> So you get it, right? Jeez.
6:41 >> Hardcore. >> The Good morning Hawaii guy want to blast >> No, no, no. One of his fans. But one of his fans DM'd him. But he also But he also was depressed at some point and talked about that. >> Wait, like the Good morning Hawaii guy? himself? >> No, no. One of his fans DM'd him saying that. But his song he the song came on and he put down the the gun. >> He wrote a song about telling people to blast themselves? >> No, keep going up. >> That's that's different. That's the >> So you said that you had Joe on after you rebranded? >> Yeah, cuz I started >> And his views take he got less subscri He got negative subscribers. >> We had negative views on that. Um so I I started a business called Hawaii verse, which is an online platform that supports local businesses. So we were doing these videos and eventually it turned into the podcast. So it was mostly just like in with an entrepreneurial mindset, but it got so big that people thought our business was
7:32 just a podcast. So I had to I I switched it up and now it's Keep It Aloha. >> It was pretty cool. So like you imagine like Amazon, but all the products are Hawaii businesses. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. I noticed that. It's really cool. >> Yeah, yeah. >> You you you checked it out? >> Yeah, I looked at it, yeah. >> Oh, ████ >> You already know. >> Yeah, that's No, that's really cool. You A lot of what you do is like very community forward. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all about community. I mean, ohana, you know that word, you know, family. It's That's kind of how we grew up, just trying to take care of everybody. >> Are you You're born and raised in Hawaii? >> Yeah, in Hilo on the Big Island. And then I I grew up going to Hawaiian immersion school, which is you speak Hawaiian, too. >> Can I ask you a question? This thing is I was really curious about it. Cuz you know they call Vegas the ninth island, right? So I'm like, okay, you got all these fools where the price of living is so high that they have to move to Vegas, right? To to start like a new life or whatever. I'm like, why don't they just go to Hilo, where it's still in Hawaii
8:23 and it's still cheaper? >> It's still It's still expensive, though. >> Hilo's more expensive than Vegas still? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, I think we come here, too, cuz we love gambling. Which is kind of counter product. >> All right, bro. I guess WE HAVE TO MOVE, BRO. >> YOU GUYS Do you guys ever had Pogs over here? >> Yeah, of course. >> I mean, that that just teaches us gambling at an early age. >> Oh. >> The milk caps? >> Started it? >> it did. >> But we They had to ban it in school when we were growing up, because, you know, you'd lose it, you'd complain, you'd cry, you'd fight. Yeah. >> Kid lost his house betting Pogs. >> Bro, I got my first I got conned. Like that was my first con. >> Pogs? >> Yeah, Pogs was my first con. Like I had this sick ass slammer, right? And then um this upper like class kid came up and he said, "Hey, I'll give you 100 Pogs
9:15 for that slammer." And I was like, "That's ████ sick, 100?" And then he gave me a bag of 100 ████ up, beat up, s█████ ass And he goes, "I said 100." AND I WAS LIKE, "F███!" AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO HIM. And then they're like, "Hey, you made a deal." AND I WAS LIKE, "NO!" AND I WAS LIKE, "SEE, THAT'S >> YOUR FIRST MYSTERY BOX. >> That was my first con. >> Blind box, blind box. >> But in my mind I thought I was going to get brand new premium Pogs because I wouldn't done that to someone. I would have gave them something good. >> Yeah, you I I know how good of a businessman you are with Pogs. Tell them about what your idea to buy a bunch of Pogs and sell them at a lower price. >> Dude. >> What? >> So when I was a kid there was a uh Yeah, I wasn't an adult. So so keep this keep this right. Yeah, I wasn't an adult.
10:05 It matters because I don't want people to think I'm this ████ stupid. Okay, so my my um my dad took me to the card store. Like you know where you had the games and all that ████ There was Pogs there. So I was like, all right, I'm going to buy this ████ whole set of Pogs. And then like you know you could get like the whole set like the whole packet like not individually, right? So then I bought it and I was like, I'm going to go to school and I'm going to sell it all. But I got to beat the business that I bought it from. So I sold it cheaper. And my dad was like, what the ████ did you do? >> And he was trying to explain to me profit and I was like, you >> understand ████ They're going to I'm going to undercut their business. >> Have you Have you ever heard of someone undercutting the place they bought it from? >> And he was so mad cuz he was like
10:55 he got I got my ass kicked cuz I ████ wasted money. >> But that's how you steal customers. >> Basically my game plan was I'm going to go out there. I'm going to and I sold it all. I was like, hell yeah, I sold it cheaper than the shop. >> Little did you know you were the genius cuz that's what Costco does now with their chicken. They lose money. >> THE GUYS THEY'RE TRYING TO UNDERCUT. >> THEY ALSO SELL OTHER STUFF. >> But they But they But they lose >> They make their whole money on membership by the way. >> money on the chicken. >> It's a lead loss. I didn't know that. >> You were doing lead losses. >> I was doing lead loss. >> But you weren't selling anything else. >> And I was buying retail. I WAS BUYING IT FROM MY COMPETITOR. >> It's pretty bad. >> So you said it before that you actually have seen Joe and Bart like on JK a lot. >> Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean I grew up with that whole YouTube era. I'm born 93. So, basically just that that whole era was like what what we had like on TV. That
11:46 was the our idols. I mean, in in Hilo, BJ Penn, you know, the fighter was like the only person that I knew from Hawaii that was like really doing things on a bigger stage. So, when Ryan, he's from Hilo, too, Ryan Higa. >> yeah. >> Him and Shawn, they started making the videos. Like they were just like our idols. So, and then, you know, I mean I know you did you um some stuff with them as well. And then ABDC came out and we were we would watch that every single I don't I think it was Thursdays or something. And we were just obsessed with that. That that that was what we had for representation growing up. >> Mhm. >> And then when you had Joe on your podcast, is that the first time you actually had a sit-down like conversation with him? >> Yeah, yeah, other than social media, yeah. >> Yeah, that's right. >> What was your impression? Was he exactly like what you thought or was he smarter? >> Uh smarter? >> Or did you end up learning like a lot of
12:37 things that you >> No, no, I think I I think he's a really good business guy. >> And you know, from kind of what what I see >> See on on social media. >> Cuz he just told box stories. >> No, he's a a silly guy doing accents and stuff like that. And but yeah, I think I think um him as an adult as a kid he he he impressed me. >> Yeah, yeah. >> Cuz as I had the same impression. I was like, this dude's so crazy. Then when I >> ████ ████ RIGHT HERE. >> YEAH, he's off camera talking. >> For the first time I was like, this guy's mad normal. >> Yeah. >> Oh, yeah, true. >> full videos. And I was like, this is the biggest Asian I've ever seen. Like you you you you just don't see like buff Asians back then. >> It made you want to work out? >> Uh >> Not really. >> No, no, I would have I would I would put a cardboard outside of my house and try to just do like windmills and like turtles and stuff. But it always rains
13:28 in Hilo, so we got wet cardboard. I guess so I never learned how to break dance. >> Cuz of the weather? I just like the idea of like a bunch of Love on the Spectrum and like Joe on your like podcast. >> him. You met him. >> We were hanging out. >> met him. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Tanner and Connor, we love them. >> between different Love on the Spectrum guests. >> So you don't really >> They just think I'm with them. >> Yeah. He's like, "Oh, so so how are you on the show?" >> Joe likes fresh cut grass. So how many different like we know that you like had a long time in Peace Corps. You did a bunch of traveling. Um what other businesses are you running right now? >> Um so right now it's just my my full I go full-time into the podcast. We have sponsors so I can basically live on off that and then my business Hawaii verse. Um I wrote a book. Um and now I in December I got
14:19 into Pokémon, so I'm super deep into that community. I'm hosting a show and that's going to be like a monthly show that I'm >> Wow, okay. >> You're the first 31-year-old I've ever met that got into Pokémon just now. >> 33. Yeah. >> Wait, you mean you just got into it like recently? You didn't >> And then I grew up with it, but No, so I grew up with it. Um we used to steal Yu-Gi-Oh! cards from Walmart growing up uh cuz our neighbor Jerry he was like he showed us how we'd go to Walmart like after soccer practice. It was the the cards section was right by the bathroom. So we'd go go home and we'd tell our parents, "Oh, can we go can we go shishi?" Shishi is like the pigeon word for for pee. So we go over there. They stop at Walmart. We'd go we we go to the bathroom. We'd get it and in the toy section there wasn't cameras. So we'd go there, stuff our our um compression shorts with it, go out, have all the all the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. So
15:09 eventually we we would do that and we got caught um with my mom and she was it was yeah, it was crazy. And then we we had to give all our cards back. We had to pay a fee and I think our parents after that gave away all our Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. So, ever since then, yeah, I never had cards and I never stole. >> You know what they did? You know what your parents did when they did they did that? They undercut Target. >> They they sold it back. >> No, they gave it away for free. >> They paid them. Destroyed the market. >> What's this popcorn that you have right here? >> Oh, hurricane popcorn. You guys never tried it before? >> No, I never I never shared it. Never heard of it. Is that yours? You own it? >> No, no, it's not. I wish. >> No, but it's popcorn from Costco. >> Yeah. >> Oh, oh, that's just you brought it for us? Dude, that's so that's so kind of you. >> and um other day. Yeah, like a mochi crunch. It's pretty so good. It's so good, yeah. Yeah. All the snacks we have, the food we have back home, I love
15:59 it. It's so good. >> Dude, I really I watched that video of you um I guess you're in the Peace Corps at this time, but you it's like a 2-year >> Oh, yeah, the time lapse, yeah. >> I can't believe that you edited all of that. And there's so much intention behind it. Like all the cuts. This dude did a time lapse of him growing his hair out. But it's not just growing It's not just growing hair out. He's like traveling the world and he like shot it like did you really shot this over 2 years? >> It was just things where it's just No, it was it was um I I joined Peace Corps right after college. I I shaved all my hair off and then I let everything grow out for 2 years. And then every week I would take one video and it was it was all kind of just like I would I You know what actually gave me the idea was um watching Jabbawockeez how they would always end end how they would start how they ended. So, that was kind of what I
16:49 did with the >> Yep. >> Yeah, no, no, I love it. >> They're the best. >> So, so I would basically do a do a video. The next scene would be just kind of based off that one and it would go go go. So, it's basically just me walking, doing stuff, flipping, whatever, high-fiving people. But but my hair is growing. >> That's just one day? >> A 1 week. >> Oh, each of those clips >> Yeah, yeah. >> Woah. >> Yeah. For over 2 years. >> before he started the whole thing. It wasn't like one of those oh, look at this library of videos I have. What can I make?" >> Yeah, I I planned it. Cuz I I I I never had long hair. I never had facial hair before. So, I was like, "I'm going to go in the Peace Corps. If I look like a hippie, it's it matches." So, I That's what I did. Yeah. But it's a Yeah, it's a really cool video. >> Yeah. >> And that's crazy that you stayed committed that whole time when you were making that. >> Yeah, I mean, I think that's one of my strength is just discipline and
17:39 consistency. >> when people are midway through something and they go, "Uh I'll just >> No, when I go into something, I go I go into it full. Yeah. >> All right, guys. Well, learn more about Kamaka in these upcoming episodes. We're going to do one all about pigeon in just a second. So, make sure you guys see it.
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