Hawaii's Poet Laureate, Kealoha Wong: The Making of "A Poem for Mauna Kea"

Kealoha Wong is the perfect guy to talk to about TMT and Mauna Kea right now. Wong graduated from M.I.T. with a degree in Nuclear Engineering and is currently Hawaii's first and only Poet Laureate who just performed a "work in progress" poem at his monthly slam poetry event (First Thursdays) at Hawaiian Brian's a few weeks ago tentatively called "A Poem for Mauna Kea"-- well, we break it the fuck down in this episode of #RatedHR. Wong's mind for science and his jenga-like skills for word placement make this epic new poem a perfect gateway drug into a really short hour and a half deep dive conversation, discussing the hot hot hot topic of the Thirty Meter Telescope and Mauna Kea, which then obviously forced us to discuss Lakers vs. Clippers and Public School vs. Private School vs. Home school and whether or not we will ever see a Chinese in the White House, hashtag Big Yang theory. Sit down. Relax. Put your feet up. Enjoy. Wake up. STAY WOKE. Find your Happy Ending. Go to hawaiianryan.com for more episodes of #RatedHR