July 4, 2025 • 39 mins
What happens when life knocks the wind out of a local boy comedian? Augusto "Augie T" Tulba's journey from the comedy stage to the Honolulu City Council chambers reveals a man whose toughest battle wasn't fought in either arena, but in coming to terms with his brother's unexpected death.
Growing up extremely poor in Kam IV Housing, Augie learned resilience early. But when he ran for City Council, life threw an unexpected punch – he & his wife were fired from their radio jobs the very day he filed his candidacy.
And it was WHO stood by him in this challenging time that spoke loudest: No one... except his brother & a cousin – both ex-convicts. This hit harder when Augie's brother passed unexpectedly.
Now juggling roles as comic, MC, councilman & radio personality, Augie approaches life with renewed passion. "It's finding the strong, not the wrong," he smiles. His story reminds us that sometimes our greatest growth comes through our deepest pain. Take a moment, take a listen, take a WIN!
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Aloha mai kakou Mr Augie Tauba.
Augustus Tauba, it has so muchmana, when I say Augustus.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, it's Augusto, but a lot of my friends call him
Augustus.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Well it's.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Augusto, but a lot of my friends call me Augustus.
Okay, thank you for grace.
Augusto is my Filipino grandpa,and then my middle name is
Emery Salamatpo Augusto.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Which is the?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Howdy side, oh, emery .
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So yeah, it's Augusto .
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Emery Toba.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Welcome, Mr Toba.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I use Augie because Augusto is too sexy.
Can you imagine?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Augusto.
Yes, I hope we got it on cameraand we're right here in front
of the whole public.
Thank you so much.
Now you've done comedy as youare doing now, right now live.
You've done radio andtelevision.
I was listening to you on theradio this morning.
County Council for HonoluluCity and County.
You're a multi-talented,hard-working celebrity.
(01:07):
You've also won two NahokuHanohano Awards for Comedy Album
of the Year.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
And maybe little-known fact, is 16 years
old.
He won Golden Gloves.
Now, back in the day, I'm akiddie of the 70s, a lady of the
80s.
My daddy used to make me watchmuhammad ali frazier the rumble
in the jungle, like we knowboxing it was uh an event
everybody sat around watched tv,right?
yes, sir you know, muhammad alibeat joe frazier yes you know,
(01:38):
george foreman, sorry georgeforeman, the foreman grill, but
now passed.
But yes, we were very much intoboxing, so kudos.
But what I want to nail downinto quite quickly here is that
what many people, many of us,don't know is that recently you
were in a round in the ring thatbrought you to your knees and
this was the passing of yourbrother.
Yeah, can you share on that?
(01:58):
Would that be okay?
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, so you know my brother and my cousin like one
of my biggest supporters as faras coming out to help whole
signs campaigning for yourpolitical run, yeah and I, and
both of them were ex-convicts.
So you know, when I took thepicture, when I signed the paper
that I was gonna run, postedthe picture on social media and
(02:21):
people went hey bro, half theguys in your pictures was in
jail.
Yeah, it's my family.
Sorry, you know.
Cam 4, what's up, you know.
You know, what's nice about thewhole thing is that during that
whole process I saw who myfriends were yes, sir, and the
people that was important in mylife.
You know, my cousins and myfamily.
(02:41):
They knew like, wow, no one'shelping.
And I say this not to be mean,but I had performed for maybe
every union business and when Iran for office, people were like
, let me stay far away fromAugie, he's the comedian.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And I never thought about that, augie, because I
have known you.
I love comedians, love yourshows.
You're right, you've beenperforming for over 30 years.
Back in the day you were theonly comedian to sell out the
Blaisdell in your Aloha Oe show.
Right Then Tumua came.
Love you, tumua, but you're theman, augie.
Well, it was crazy because andno one came to be there with you
(03:27):
or stand with you, and you'reright, because in local style
it's either at weddings or atluau.
You find out who your friendsreally are.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, when you run for office, you do.
You find out real quick.
You know who supports you, whodon't, and I saw all the mean
comments which gave me reallyfire.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Is this a joke?
Yeah, is he for real?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Which gave me fire.
Because everything I've done inmy life, Don, from boxing to
comedy to running for office,has always been a calling, and I
think that's the reason whypeople ask me how come your
show's still $15?
Because it was never a job.
Wow, I never looked at doingcomedy.
Was I blessed to do all thosegreat shows?
(04:09):
Yeah, yeah, but I never saw itas a job.
Like you know, this is kind ofcool, I get to talk and get paid
right.
And then you know, my radio jobsame thing.
It's the same thing, Like whenI don't feel like I'm needed
there or I feel like it's cometo the trail is gone.
I'm done right.
I leave because I always feellike god will always provide or
(04:35):
find one way.
Wow for you to like.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
So I've never been and even your councilman job.
You were the one who wentaccording.
According to the newspaper said, a 64% pay raise is absurd and
that's no joke.
That was your quote You'll workfor free for the people I know
you are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, I knew coming in to the council that that was
my pay and it's not part-time orfull-time.
The qualification to be a citycouncil member is you have to
live in a district and you haveto graduate from high school.
That's it.
That's it, wow, right.
And then I have a staff that Ipay well to help me understand
(05:15):
what I'm reading, because Ialways feel like, the way our
founding fathers did, it was thecorrect way.
You go in, you're a businessman, you a farmer, you an
entrepreneur, you, okay, right.
I like know why certain thingsin government operates the way
it does, and you go and youlearn, and you do your term, and
then you right, leave, you'renot there to make a living
(05:38):
correct, become a billionaire somy fear is they're saying stuff
like well, if you give us moremoney, you know we can work
longer, we'll work harder.
We do that already.
Right, you're supposed to beworking hard.
Or the other was like you know,we could attract more new
candidates.
But then they started talkingabout, like you know, education,
(06:01):
and, mind you, I'm the only onein the city council that don't
have a college.
Education Doesn't mean that youare a governor, though.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Farrington High School.
The thing is like.
The thing is like hey, I wentto Hill High.
It's the worst high school inthe state of Hawaii.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You know there are challenges for me getting to
college, but not like Really youdon't have a college degree?
Speaker 1 (06:21):
no, yeah, I don't have no college degree, but
you're working for the people,is the point?
You would do it for free, andwhen you ran for office just to
hook us back into this yourbrother, an ex-con was one of
the few guys standing next toyou.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, and I thought that was kind of cool.
You know, every morning theseguys would wake me up like where
you at, they'll be there on thecorner before yeah, we're
coming.
Jeez, wow, what you running foroffice or we running for.
But what's kind of cool?
Because when I looked across,you know, I saw my, my brothers,
and I saw my cousin and I knowwhat their past was like, and in
(06:58):
my head I was like maybe thisis just this small way of saying
sorry, but also like, wow,somebody from our family come on
right, yeah, doing something.
So out of the box, you know,because we live my family.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
We're not the richest , we live a very simple life
right in fact you've saidextremely poor and you were at
Kamehameha for housing, which ishere in Kalihi.
Yes, highest crime rate in thestate in our district.
Yeah, and a pretty hardcore.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I mean we have gangs running in some of our
elementary schools and that'swhere you grew up yeah, and you
know I was like, and that wasthe best time of my life because
I got to spend time with them.
You know, because you know you,as kids you grow up, you do all
the crazy things together andthen you know, life takes you in
different directions.
To have my brothers and myfamily around me spending time
(07:51):
holding signs was a good timefor, like, talk story.
Yeah, how you doing a lot oftime, right, man, so excited
that you're running and you knowit's pretty.
You know winning a small teamof people that you know had your
back no matter what.
And then when I say you seeyour friends, there are a lot of
people that I did stuff fornever responded to my emails,
(08:15):
wow, never came out to help.
And I'm going to get madbecause I knew the landscape.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yeah Right, I knew like You're entering the
political arena landscape.
Yeah Right, I knew like you'reentering the political arena and
if we think about Rome and thearenas with the lions and the
bears and the animals, this isworse than Rome.
I feel.
Now let me add to that and alot of people may not know who
are watching on the very day youdeclared your run your
candidacy for councilman withyour wife yeah, you were let go.
(08:42):
Both of you were partners onthe radio.
Let go from radio that same day.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And that's happening in the back of your head.
You both have zero jobs, zerolivelihood in the state of
Hawaii, which, by the way,highest cost of living, highest
taxes in the nation.
Hi, welcome to unemployment.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Right and I just told everybody I was done doing
comedy.
I shot my last special at theBlaisdell.
That was the sellout at the.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Blaisdell Correct.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
And I was like, okay, I'm going to focus on this new
path.
Right, but I also knew likefrom conversations that I had
with the station, I was going tobe okay, right, and now no more
.
Especially if you're makingmoney for somebody, right, so
I'm going to be okay.
So like had no, never beenfired in my life.
Can you imagine you walk intoone room and you just know like
(09:29):
something is wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
And that's radio.
You can get fired on a dime andthe general manager was crying
before even, and I knew it.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Oh, you guys going to fire me.
And, mind you, the night beforeI wrote all these amazing
letters to people who I feltlike made a difference in my
life.
I had no idea, right.
So I remember just walking inthe rain and my wife was at
Honolulu Hale and all the newswere there.
They're going to interview meon why I'm running, and I had to
tell her guess what?
(09:57):
I lost my job, oh boy.
So if you watch that interview,it was like all over the place,
because I was worried, you were, not you In my mind.
I was like maybe I shouldn't run.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
But then I just Maybe I should go back to comedy.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
You were thinking of every way that you're going to
make it, but I also knew that ifI did that, then people would
think that I, because a lot ofpeople thought that I was doing
that as a gimmick.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
You know like a political yeah, you know like a
political Right, Like a stunt.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
That this is going to be like some reality TV game.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
I wanted to learn.
I was mad at the way thingswere running and I just wanted
to sit at the table and listen.
And I want to learn.
Is that why you?
Speaker 1 (10:35):
ran?
Yeah, because I saw aninterview you were doing with
your family, with Howley Girl,his wife Kim, and you said you
were inspired by Governor Lingleto make a difference.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
I was Long time ago.
She asked me to run for officea long time ago.
I became a Republican duringthe Lingle administration, Then
I left the party and then I waslike I'm not going to run as a
Democrat or Republican because Isaw both sides being very crazy
.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
And I went okay.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I'm going to run as a nonpartpartisan.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Wow, right, but everyone knew you wanted to make
a difference, but not do all ofthe crazy shenanigans of
political and non-partisan isreally.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You're working for people, right, moderate, yeah,
and you know it was very umeye-opening because, no matter
what, people just kind ofidentified you as, in fact, some
union I'm gonna say all of them.
I mean, we want to say becausethe letter that was attached to
(11:32):
the name and I was like but thisis sitting county, is
non-partisan, right, it'ssupposed to be so you, you get
to learn a lot of the reality.
Yeah and again I don't holdgrudges because, no, if I lost
then I gotta go look forsomething else and find another
(11:52):
interest, but the quietconfidence I always had from a
little kid, a little boy orpeople telling me that if you
work the hardest, no matter what, there's victory right.
So inside I knew like I had achance to win because I was
(12:13):
working harder than anybody else.
And then I was listening towhat people were saying at the
door and I still you know, wasit hurtful hearing some of the
things that I saw.
Yeah, because people don't knowme right, they just kind of
assume what you see, and that'sokay, because you get an
opportunity in life daily toprove them wrong by your works,
(12:37):
the success in your life resultsspeak for them.
Yeah, you know, and I've alwaysbeen that kind of person.
If I'm wrong, I just admitsorry.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
You're good at that, have to move on.
I've seen you make publicapologies for certain topics you
did in comedy, and you had noproblem owning it and saying
sorry to these groups of people.
But, augie, may I just pause,okay, and this isn't even
planned or part of the show, butthank you Because you do work
hard.
You'll break yourself for thepeople and you do it every day,
(13:07):
even when people make certainassumptions, even when and we
started scratching that icebergof a topic, the tip of the
iceberg about unions andpolitics and we're in the most
corrupt state in the union.
But all of that aside, augie,as a man of God and as a local
boy, I am so proud of you.
Oh, thank you, super proud ofyou, thank you, and I do cheer
you on just as a sister inChrist, because you live, you
(13:29):
fall forward to the best thatyou know how.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Do my best, I try.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And that's where, when I saw you talking about
your brother passing and he wasone of the few who stood with
you right he met my cousin Joel,you know a couple other family
members.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Uh, I was I you know, normally I don't get depressed,
you know what I mean like, butlike it's not your nature, yeah,
but I was like really depressedand I I was telling my wife
which, and my kids, like why,and then you know, you talk with
them, you get back on the horse, okay, good.
And then my brother passed awayand then I'm wondering, like
(14:09):
did he make it to heaven?
That was my question.
It's a real question yeah, and Iwas like, because that's
eternity correct, and you know,my parents love them to death,
but they never do a good job atlike teaching us how to be
affectionate, like tell yourbrother you love him, tell your
brother you love him.
You know, it wasn't like that.
(14:30):
I couldn't even tell my dadLike it was hard Only towards
the ending of his life, you know, with the dementia, that we
would have conversation and hewould know that I love him,
which was like good for me, alot of healing from the
challenges of growing up.
But with my older brother, Isaw the abuse, I saw the neglect
(14:50):
, I saw the abandonment and butthen it was still my brother,
the guy that taught me how tosurf, taught me how to ride the
bike, and yet we had a hard timesaying we love you to each
other.
You know what I mean.
Like even our conversationslike would get there, but they,
you could tell that we were bothlike nah, better not, you know.
So when he died unexpectedly, Iwas like, did he make it?
(15:13):
Did I do enough as a brother tolet him know that I love him,
even to my brothers that's stillliving?
Like, are we doing enough?
Yeah, and I remember Kimtelling, telling me maybe you
should go to, to, to queens andgo pray, wow, right, yeah, ask
god, yeah to maybe intercede,right, because I don't know
(15:36):
right and now, and that broke mein the, in the, in the hospital
, and it just happened that week, um, um, and Pastor Mike at
Inspire was doing like prayerfor candidates, wow.
So I went, good for you, prayfor candidates, right.
And then there's like a men'sdevotional and I wasn't going to
(15:59):
go and I called my wife.
She said you should go, likethere's a lot of people, and I
went and I remember sitting inthe front row and Rex Crane was
preaching and I was like holy,holy, smoke, you know what I
mean.
Like he was talking directly tothe some of the challenges that
I always felt as an entertainer, like it's a very lonely place.
(16:21):
People think like I'm very youknow, I say hi to everybody
you're very approachable.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
right, you are Mr Aloha man, you know, but it't.
But it is an isolated, lonelyspot that you sit in.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
And the people that you hurt are the closest to you
because you know they get thescraps, which is sad, because
you know that's one of thethings that I neglect as a dad
and as a husband that by thetime I get home I give my family
You've grown out the best ofyou.
Yeah, now we're just gettingthe jerk jobs, yeah, and you
(16:54):
know, sometimes Kim goes.
I'm going to write a book.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I heard her say that on your podcast.
I'm going to write a book andexpose who you are.
The tell-all from Kim Toba.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know, I don't know if you're going to sell a
lot I think I did a good job atmasking Augie but but in all
seriousness, that's the realityand you know, my children have.
You know, I'm not apologizingbecause I've apologized enough
as a as a father and as ahusband, you said you apologize
(17:24):
every day yeah, you just tryyour best to be the best person
you can be, but it's's hardbecause, man, you know, there's
so much that people don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
You know the it is isolation and it's lonely.
But then, when you're in thatplace, after a lifetime of
choices, your brother passesaway, as you said, unexpectedly.
And now you're faced with howdo I move forward?
Because when out from theoutside, looking in my humble
forgive me, please you look likethe wind got knocked out of you
, you know when you get punchedin the gut and I, we used to
(17:57):
practice boxing as a kid.
My daddy was Irish.
We walked, watched the show.
Now you guys are practicing.
Dad, did you forget I'm a girl?
No, I didn't go at it.
Right, you know, when you getsocked in the stomach and you
get the wind knocked out of you,you have the wind knocked out
of you.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
A little bit Did it change you.
Well, you know, we all think weknow God right.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
You've always been a man of faith, augie, but this
was like a catalytic moment.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Well, I never get to ever talk about God with him.
And I did with my dad, you,brother, and I did with my dad.
You know, I did with my otherbrothers, like, but you know,
and that's the guy that I sawget neglected, you know, is the
guy below him and I knew therewas a lot of anger and I knew
there was a lot of like I did Ido my best.
(18:46):
You know he would call me whenhe was stressing out, you know,
and I was like, dude, just takea deep breath.
So what was nice about thatwhole thing?
I did the prayer, like maybetwo weeks there to mana, you
know mana right.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yes, yes, god loves bad boys and bad girls right, so
he invites me to share that.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Sorry, my, so I go and I share it at a midweek
service to a guy who's running achurch at midweek service that
some 20 years ago I go to hishouse invite him to go to church
.
I was going to church.
I was leading Bible studies inWaianae.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Oh, that's a nice turnaround.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I went there to pick up his nephew and uncle's
drinking and now he leads alittle church in Waipawa.
He told that story.
That's awesome.
And when I was sharing about mynew awakening because you know,
god does things to wake you up,shake the tree a little bit my
(19:45):
brother's friend was there andtold me he got saved.
So I was like, oh awesome, yes,really, my brother gave his
life up to Christ.
Really Wow.
At the funeral they wereshowing pictures and his
grandchildren was talking aboutgoing to church.
I was like I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
That's the thing, how crazy, I did not know this.
This is awesome.
This is really good news.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
His friend that was in jail with him said Augs, I'll
let you know your brother gavehis life to Christ.
Praise Jesus.
I was like, oh right on cool,wow Right.
So now more appreciation to you.
Know, read my Bible, share andjust try to be the best human I
(20:33):
can be daily.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
This is massive.
I did not know the end to thatstory with your brother, that he
had given his life and thateven to the third generation, as
the Bible promises us we willbe blessed, even to your
children's children are going tochurch.
Now here's the next question Ihave for you how do you sustain
the change?
Because you always have been aman of God.
You have this catalytic momentthat switched you back onto a
right track with God.
I've noticed a tremendouschange in you.
(21:00):
Are you in the Word of Goddaily?
Are you praying daily?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
What's the trick, brother?
I just read my Bible daily andthen, you know, as much as I can
, if I have time, I go on and doa video what I learned, what I
read, and part of it isaccountability, you know.
So I like that people arecommenting, I like that I get to
do this because it keeps me incheck and then, because of that,
(21:25):
every Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday I speak with my
father-in-law Kim's dad, who Idon't relate.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
This is on Holly guy from the Navy right Retired, he
lives on the mainland.
Yeah, and you guys connectevery morning, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Before I jump on air.
From like 5.30 to 6 o'clock wehave our daily Bible.
Talk about everything that Iread that morning.
Because he's a theologian.
The guy has like so muchdegrees right, so like Augie,
what was the intent?
Who wrote the Bible?
Speaker 1 (22:02):
What are you learning from it?
You know and this is the guylike let's curse the word and
the etymology of revelation.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I love it.
The first time he met me, thefirst question he asked was what
was my credit score?
I was like what?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
To marry his daughter , yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
And then I slept in another room.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Well, I hope so, if he's a good man of God and an 80
guy.
He married us in a small littlechurch.
He was the officiant.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Yeah, it was nice, so I get to.
He married us in a small littlechurch and he was the officiant
yeah, it was a nice, you know.
And so I get to spend some timewith my father-in-law.
We get to, you know, and youknow I think it helps my wife
knowing that.
You know I'm talking to her dadand big time she knows that.
You know, marriage ischallenging, you know, and you
know I spend myself thin andsometimes I don't listen to my
(22:50):
wife, sometimes I don't payattention, sometimes I don't
take her on a date, you know Iaccountability and the
accountabilities with her dadand if we can swap on to that,
because that was my nextquestion coming up.
OK.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
I love your wife.
I mean you love your wife, butI really love your wife.
I watched a podcast with thetwo of you and it was really
quite um intimate, as an honesty.
There was a lot of transparency.
I'm all about truth andtransparency, and so my next
question was going to say youknow, kim Holly girl, which I I
used to always listen to youguys on the radio.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I did not know Holly girl was your wife.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
And and then it turns out she is.
But you folks were talking andI I'm going to ask you what's
the key to a successful marriageteam?
Cause you guys are, and she's ahuge part of your marriage uh,
success.
But here's the other thing isyou said on that podcast I
apologize every single day,multiple times.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Even when I walked in here I was like hey, sorry.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, you did.
You're good at it.
I can tell you've beensuccessfully married to a good
woman of God.
And then she said yeah, and hesays yes all the time.
So I have to remind him Augie,can you write it down?
Because you say yes toso-and-so, so-and-so.
That's why you work so hard.
But if I don't write it down,we're going to forget.
So she's what's the key tosuccessful marriage?
(24:07):
Because I just heard a greatquote that says marriage is two
sinners who come together as one.
So how do we operate as asuccessful team for Jesus?
How do you do that?
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I just think in all honesty, like not giving up.
Wow, just, no matter how bad itgets, don't give up, because if
you're people in faith, youknow that God can turn this
around.
You know what I mean.
And then, at the same time, at56, who wants to try to have
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another relationship.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
You're going to have to train up a whole new one.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
And then follow with a wagon around Ross and and
walmart you know, on tuesdaysand wednesdays kupuna shopping
days.
As much as there are a lot ofbad moments, there are good
moments too.
Right, huge, so it's never,ever like amazing.
So when I look at movies andyou see that, that magic, I'm
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like the birds.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Make a real movie.
The sun is saying make a realmovie about us like man, we lie
every day.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Like I remember, I met my wife in the 1900s guys,
camera guys done in the 1900s,you know when lying was easy, I
was lying from day one, becausethere was no tracking, there was
no social media yeah, shecannot discover who you are
where's your location?
Right now.
Who are?
Speaker 1 (25:32):
you talking to on dms .
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Now it's you know I track your every move no, the
other day I was like where youat hoggy, I'm at the gym and she
was like, oh, I never know.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Popeyes has a gym, it's like gosh there it goes,
run through, not a drive.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Yeah, so now I know I go to the gym, leave my phone
in a locker, then I go toPopeye's.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
God man, I be smart but like yeah, not giving up,
not giving up because, no matterhow hard, because every
marriage I firmly believe hashard times.
It has bad moments, a lot of it, and you're saying don't walk
away.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
A.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
It's two sinners coming together as one big ball
of sin.
It's not easy.
Yeah, think about that.
So that's another question foryou.
Augie, thank you for that.
How do you keep laughing, evenwhen times get tough or
desperate?
Oh gosh, because there's a lotof hard times hitting.
We've noticed since COVIDlockdowns, et cetera.
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Oops, I said the word.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Edit that out, charlie Victor.
No, leave it this, etc.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Oops, I said the word Edit that out.
Charlie Victor Nah leave it.
This is truth transparency andtrusting yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Yeah, no, I decided to jump back on stage more
because I just felt like Ineeded.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
We need the joy of Augie T.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I needed to disconnect from you, know
sitting in council.
So, like I've learned how toreally manage the radio hat.
You do great and then take offthe radio hat and then go to
council, put on the council hat,work hard at the council and
then on the weekends take themoff right.
Yeah, your job as a councilmember never stops.
(27:06):
Yeah, but I think in the lastfour years years I've done a
good job at letting people knowthat you can do all these things
and still serve your community.
Wow, like I love getting onstage and and making people
laugh.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
That's my little like that's my little therapy, but
it's your strength.
The joy of the lord is hisstrength, but it's yours.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
And I love sitting in council listening to
discussions on how to eithermake people's lives better or
worse.
Right, yeah, that's what itcomes down to worried that you
know a lot of the common sensein politics are not there
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because the people… Aredisconnected.
Well, no, I think it's so hardto get a seat at the table.
I was talking to this… I wastalking about this.
I was a speaker at the KauaiRepublican Party, thank you, and
I walked up on stage and I kindof went is this the demographic
(28:14):
of hawaii?
because it doesn't look likekawaii yes, well, but like I
think, overall, yeah, right it'schanging and for me, you know,
for me it's like if, when I goto events, I always look at it
like church, the welcoming right, the first reason why you like
(28:36):
that church, is because the guythat met you at the door, hey,
thank you for coming.
You're going to have anexciting time.
And you just already feel like,okay, this is getting out.
So when I go to differentevents and I don't get greeted
or I kind of go, hmm, right, andI've learned a lot in the four
years.
And when I went out and helpedcertain candidates and I would
(28:58):
have conversation and we'd hiton like amazing, like we were
talking about all the thingsthat matter to people.
And then I go, oh, can youplease support this candidate?
And they look at you and theygo you're Republican.
And I go, wow, I never knewyou're Republican too, because
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in Hawaii what we're concernedabout public safety can my
family live here?
Can I really live here, live,work and play here and, believe
it or not, the kind of values Ihave is the same kind of values
democrats have, republicans have.
Thank you, like, how can we getto the table when everyone
(29:41):
thinks that the party is justthis way?
Right, there's more people herein the middle we gotta go talk
to.
Thank you.
That concern about, like thehigh cost of living Can mom and
dad live here Are my kids goingto college and going away for
life, or are they going to come?
home.
That's where we got to go to.
We got to start talking aboutthat.
That's really good, aghi, andelecting people with common
(30:03):
sense.
So getting more people to thetable who can appeal to more
people, and I think theRepublican Party is the party
with common sense, because for along time, we saw this party
take us to where we're at rightnow.
Well, since they could, I meanif you like it continue to go
that way.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
How's that working out?
Speaker 2 (30:21):
for you.
I cannot tell you what to do,right, and I would never, ever
tell you what to do, but youknow if we see the reality of
Hawaii today and this works foryou, then that's great, right.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
But if it's not working for you, then let's vote
different.
But here's a little monkeywrench in our in our statement
right now that less than 10percent of the Hawaii population
is voting anymore Because the,the, if we compare it to a woman
, the woman is backed off of thetable.
Right, she's not having thisnonsense anymore.
Both sides, it is both sides,but I'm going to swing off of
(30:55):
this just because I love you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no worry, andthis is such a quality thing.
Can we have you back, augie?
I?
Know, you're a busy man, but ifI ask him on camera he won't
feel any pressure whatsoever andI apologize.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
This is supposed to go in an hour, but the mayor of
the city and county of Honoluluand I'm out you he was like I'm
sorry, I thought it was terrible, I was there and nine.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
He's going to throw the mayor of the city and county
of Honolulu under the bus.
Absolutely Wait, I'm backing mybus up right now 9-15.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
I was there already.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
And you did radio this morning.
I and you did radio thismorning.
I heard you.
You went to city and county atanother meeting and then you had
us.
I was on busing and I was likehuh you late.
So to put a cap on ourpolitical discussion, aloha is
the key to bring more people tothe table.
Here's the last question I hadfor you.
Because I grew up super,extremely poor.
Like you did, we both try ourbest to keep going forward, emua
(31:48):
forward, falling forward,whatever it takes, keep going
forward.
But we both have a compassionand a passion for youth.
Today, you know, I go up toright by Ka'evae Elementary is
the police department, it's thepool.
I'm always there.
We have Camp 4.
I'm up at Kalihi Elementary.
I love our neighborhood brother.
What would you say to youthtoday?
Because there's too manytemptations, too many criminal
(32:10):
interests where they can make afast buck.
But what would you speak intothat young man who's growing up
in Camp 4 today?
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You know, I believe every kid is a dreamer, right?
They don't want to be a part ofbad situations or bad
environment.
So let me talk to the parent.
Wow, because a lot of the stuffthat we're seeing right now is
(32:36):
because of, I think, just badexamples.
You know what I mean.
Like we have become a lawlesssociety.
Like I get, oh, put speed humps, do this, do that Right.
And I tell people with speedhumps, you know, go slow down.
Emergency medical services.
(32:56):
There, it is Right, right.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
How about if we just follow the law.
Right, just drive, slow Drive.
25.
In a residential schooldistrict Right In a residential
school district.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So when I look at children coming from the
background, I had you can makegood and bad choices, right.
But like I also saw my mom anddad work hard Weren't the
smartest you know, but I sawboth of them doing what they're
(33:27):
supposed to do as parents, right.
Like you saw this e-bikesituation Huge Right.
Another child just died.
So I said how come parentsdon't know where their kids are,
thank you.
So for me, right.
Like my dad knew I had crazyfriends.
It's not like they never know,like that boy right there, augie
(33:51):
, right.
No, dad, he's good.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
No, this is true Back in the day.
They knew who we were hangingout with and when I would ride
my bike and I want kids to ridetheir bike.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Have fun, yes, but be careful, be safe.
That's the reason why I calledwith the new, the bill, yeah,
with tyler dos santos, I thankyou introduced it, because for
me, I want you guys to ride, buthave be, be safe, be
responsible if you're riding avehicle, they can go faster than
right.
So, like per hour, if I was withmy crazy friends, I judged
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everything based on gettinglickets from my dad Right, it
was in the back of our minds, orlike maybe getting like, ah, I
would rather not get licketsfrom my dad, yeah, and you know,
my friends did some bad things.
I just went that way, right,and in life, in life, that's it
right.
You can either take the paththat's easy or the path that's
(34:50):
hard, and God always gave me theharder path.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Well, you had good parents.
I mean they, we all haveparents who have their faults
but you had a mom who cared, adad who cared, so that we did
get dirty lickings If we actedup.
I knew I was going to get thebutt whooping of my life and I
just had one the other day, butI'm going to get a new one of my
life if my dad saw what I wasdoing.
So you and I had a moralcompass, so to speak, and that
seems to be what's missing.
(35:17):
So you're addressing parentsright now.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah, Be the unpopular parent, your kids are
dreaming like.
Give them that platform todream.
And the only way you can givethem that platform to dream is
to see like tomorrow gonna look.
Okay, yes, if I'm lookingaround.
Yes, you know, uh, and thingsare tough.
Mom and dad are fighting umhomelessness.
(35:42):
How can you dream that my lifegonna be better?
Come on, you know what I mean.
So that's good, augie.
Give them a home that they candream.
I was poor, but I never feltpoor Does that make sense.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
The house was our sanctuary.
I'm going home, right.
Yeah, home is home-basedbecause it's my sanctuary.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
I didn't know, I was poor until I got the token and I
was like why come.
My coin is different fromeverybody else's and ours would
float on water.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
I was like why?
Speaker 2 (36:11):
one of my classmates looked at me and said because
you're poor, augie.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Really I don't know it was a fake quarter and a fake
dime.
You're a little bit older thanme, but mine was a quarter and a
dime fake like.
And parents give them theplatform to dream yeah, give
them the platform to dive intotheir.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
They already know like life is tough, uh man, it's
so complex because I think wegot to fix our schools, I think
we got to fix our oh, familyfirst and I think we got to fix
our our.
You know, I remember being inclass and they would have a
guest speaker come and they allsaid the same thing Right,
inspirational speakers, you aretomorrow's future.
(36:52):
And he sat there and he wentyes, I'm tomorrow's future.
And only had one homelessperson in the neighborhood that
you all knew yes, yes, right.
And you become an adult and youlook around and now there's 300
.
Did the future get better Right,who are you talking?
Speaker 1 (37:09):
to.
I'm only laughing because thisis so true.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
No, when I talk to kids, I don't even say that.
Yeah, I don't say that becauseI'm on this thing where, like,
find the strong and not thewrong, wow.
Right, it's so easy, though, tofind all the wrong, find the
strong and not the wrong right.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
like it's so easy, though, to find all the wrong,
find the strong and not thewrong, and we're gonna bring
this in on a landing rightthere's so many people that are
so strong in our communities.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
Let's go help them.
Yes, right, because we havedreamers, kids that ticking like
I don't want to be here.
Children, yeah, who want toperpetuate and all he's seeing
right now is the wrongs, that'sgood, you know.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
I mean, especially because of media.
How do we show them the strong?
We can spotlight the strong andhow do we do?
Speaker 2 (37:54):
that the strong.
How do we inspire them thatthere's people in our community
that doing amazing things?
You know what I mean, becauseit's so easy.
You wake up every day and yougo right, there's a lot that's
going wrong.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, it's tough time to dream, hard to dream when
you see, hard to dream, but wecan still make.
I can't look.
As one of my guests saidearlier, we can't blame the
white house, we can't blame thegovernor's house or the mayor's
house no, I can't even blameaugie t.
But I can take responsibilityfor my house because I can't
change all of those necessarily.
But today I'm going to changemine.
(38:28):
So spot um, highlight thestrong, not the wrong.
Yeah, can we?
Speaker 2 (38:32):
hana ho you, augie t of course this is our brother mr
mayor, be on time, so you knowwe can actually do a full
interview and put a filter on myboom busting laugh and I was
like don you know, I'm running15 minutes.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
He even answered a phone call.
He's's like Don, what's up?
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Oh, did you get us lunch.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
Oh no, sorry, I'm in a lunch, I'm in a meeting, but
he's coming back Every day it'slike that with my wife.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
You take your call.
I love it Every day it's likethat.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Tell all the girls she's coming.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for what you're doingto fight for the spirit of
aloha in the state of aloha.
Speaker 2 (39:08):
You are the people's hero.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
And we'll have you back soon.
Thank you.
Aloha mai kakou Mr Augie Tauba.
Augustus Tauba, it has so muchmana, when I say Augustus.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, it's Augusto, but a lot of my friends call him
Augustus.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Well it's.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Augusto, but a lot of my friends call me Augustus.
Okay, thank you for grace.
Augusto is my Filipino grandpa,and then my middle name is
Emery Salamatpo Augusto.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Which is the?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Howdy side, oh, emery .
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So yeah, it's Augusto .
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Emery Toba.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Welcome, Mr Toba.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I use Augie because Augusto is too sexy.
Can you imagine?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Augusto.
Yes, I hope we got it on cameraand we're right here in front
of the whole public.
Thank you so much.
Now you've done comedy as youare doing now, right now live.
You've done radio andtelevision.
I was listening to you on theradio this morning.
County Council for HonoluluCity and County.
You're a multi-talented,hard-working celebrity.
(01:07):
You've also won two NahokuHanohano Awards for Comedy Album
of the Year.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
And maybe little-known fact, is 16 years
old.
He won Golden Gloves.
Now, back in the day, I'm akiddie of the 70s, a lady of the
80s.
My daddy used to make me watchmuhammad ali frazier the rumble
in the jungle, like we knowboxing it was uh an event
everybody sat around watched tv,right?
yes, sir you know, muhammad alibeat joe frazier yes you know,
(01:38):
george foreman, sorry georgeforeman, the foreman grill, but
now passed.
But yes, we were very much intoboxing, so kudos.
But what I want to nail downinto quite quickly here is that
what many people, many of us,don't know is that recently you
were in a round in the ring thatbrought you to your knees and
this was the passing of yourbrother.
Yeah, can you share on that?
(01:58):
Would that be okay?
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, so you know my brother and my cousin like one
of my biggest supporters as faras coming out to help whole
signs campaigning for yourpolitical run, yeah and I, and
both of them were ex-convicts.
So you know, when I took thepicture, when I signed the paper
that I was gonna run, postedthe picture on social media and
(02:21):
people went hey bro, half theguys in your pictures was in
jail.
Yeah, it's my family.
Sorry, you know.
Cam 4, what's up, you know.
You know, what's nice about thewhole thing is that during that
whole process I saw who myfriends were yes, sir, and the
people that was important in mylife.
You know, my cousins and myfamily.
(02:41):
They knew like, wow, no one'shelping.
And I say this not to be mean,but I had performed for maybe
every union business and when Iran for office, people were like
, let me stay far away fromAugie, he's the comedian.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And I never thought about that, augie, because I
have known you.
I love comedians, love yourshows.
You're right, you've beenperforming for over 30 years.
Back in the day you were theonly comedian to sell out the
Blaisdell in your Aloha Oe show.
Right Then Tumua came.
Love you, tumua, but you're theman, augie.
Well, it was crazy because andno one came to be there with you
(03:27):
or stand with you, and you'reright, because in local style
it's either at weddings or atluau.
You find out who your friendsreally are.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, when you run for office, you do.
You find out real quick.
You know who supports you, whodon't, and I saw all the mean
comments which gave me reallyfire.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Is this a joke?
Yeah, is he for real?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Which gave me fire.
Because everything I've done inmy life, Don, from boxing to
comedy to running for office,has always been a calling, and I
think that's the reason whypeople ask me how come your
show's still $15?
Because it was never a job.
Wow, I never looked at doingcomedy.
Was I blessed to do all thosegreat shows?
(04:09):
Yeah, yeah, but I never saw itas a job.
Like you know, this is kind ofcool, I get to talk and get paid
right.
And then you know, my radio jobsame thing.
It's the same thing, Like whenI don't feel like I'm needed
there or I feel like it's cometo the trail is gone.
I'm done right.
I leave because I always feellike god will always provide or
(04:35):
find one way.
Wow for you to like.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
So I've never been and even your councilman job.
You were the one who wentaccording.
According to the newspaper said, a 64% pay raise is absurd and
that's no joke.
That was your quote You'll workfor free for the people I know
you are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, I knew coming in to the council that that was
my pay and it's not part-time orfull-time.
The qualification to be a citycouncil member is you have to
live in a district and you haveto graduate from high school.
That's it.
That's it, wow, right.
And then I have a staff that Ipay well to help me understand
(05:15):
what I'm reading, because Ialways feel like, the way our
founding fathers did, it was thecorrect way.
You go in, you're a businessman, you a farmer, you an
entrepreneur, you, okay, right.
I like know why certain thingsin government operates the way
it does, and you go and youlearn, and you do your term, and
then you right, leave, you'renot there to make a living
(05:38):
correct, become a billionaire somy fear is they're saying stuff
like well, if you give us moremoney, you know we can work
longer, we'll work harder.
We do that already.
Right, you're supposed to beworking hard.
Or the other was like you know,we could attract more new
candidates.
But then they started talkingabout, like you know, education,
(06:01):
and, mind you, I'm the only onein the city council that don't
have a college.
Education Doesn't mean that youare a governor, though.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Farrington High School.
The thing is like.
The thing is like hey, I wentto Hill High.
It's the worst high school inthe state of Hawaii.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You know there are challenges for me getting to
college, but not like Really youdon't have a college degree?
Speaker 1 (06:21):
no, yeah, I don't have no college degree, but
you're working for the people,is the point?
You would do it for free, andwhen you ran for office just to
hook us back into this yourbrother, an ex-con was one of
the few guys standing next toyou.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, and I thought that was kind of cool.
You know, every morning theseguys would wake me up like where
you at, they'll be there on thecorner before yeah, we're
coming.
Jeez, wow, what you running foroffice or we running for.
But what's kind of cool?
Because when I looked across,you know, I saw my, my brothers,
and I saw my cousin and I knowwhat their past was like, and in
(06:58):
my head I was like maybe thisis just this small way of saying
sorry, but also like, wow,somebody from our family come on
right, yeah, doing something.
So out of the box, you know,because we live my family.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
We're not the richest , we live a very simple life
right in fact you've saidextremely poor and you were at
Kamehameha for housing, which ishere in Kalihi.
Yes, highest crime rate in thestate in our district.
Yeah, and a pretty hardcore.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I mean we have gangs running in some of our
elementary schools and that'swhere you grew up yeah, and you
know I was like, and that wasthe best time of my life because
I got to spend time with them.
You know, because you know you,as kids you grow up, you do all
the crazy things together andthen you know, life takes you in
different directions.
To have my brothers and myfamily around me spending time
(07:51):
holding signs was a good timefor, like, talk story.
Yeah, how you doing a lot oftime, right, man, so excited
that you're running and you knowit's pretty.
You know winning a small teamof people that you know had your
back no matter what.
And then when I say you seeyour friends, there are a lot of
people that I did stuff fornever responded to my emails,
(08:15):
wow, never came out to help.
And I'm going to get madbecause I knew the landscape.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yeah Right, I knew like You're entering the
political arena landscape.
Yeah Right, I knew like you'reentering the political arena and
if we think about Rome and thearenas with the lions and the
bears and the animals, this isworse than Rome.
I feel.
Now let me add to that and alot of people may not know who
are watching on the very day youdeclared your run your
candidacy for councilman withyour wife yeah, you were let go.
(08:42):
Both of you were partners onthe radio.
Let go from radio that same day.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And that's happening in the back of your head.
You both have zero jobs, zerolivelihood in the state of
Hawaii, which, by the way,highest cost of living, highest
taxes in the nation.
Hi, welcome to unemployment.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Right and I just told everybody I was done doing
comedy.
I shot my last special at theBlaisdell.
That was the sellout at the.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Blaisdell Correct.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
And I was like, okay, I'm going to focus on this new
path.
Right, but I also knew likefrom conversations that I had
with the station, I was going tobe okay, right, and now no more
.
Especially if you're makingmoney for somebody, right, so
I'm going to be okay.
So like had no, never beenfired in my life.
Can you imagine you walk intoone room and you just know like
(09:29):
something is wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
And that's radio.
You can get fired on a dime andthe general manager was crying
before even, and I knew it.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Oh, you guys going to fire me.
And, mind you, the night beforeI wrote all these amazing
letters to people who I feltlike made a difference in my
life.
I had no idea, right.
So I remember just walking inthe rain and my wife was at
Honolulu Hale and all the newswere there.
They're going to interview meon why I'm running, and I had to
tell her guess what?
(09:57):
I lost my job, oh boy.
So if you watch that interview,it was like all over the place,
because I was worried, you were, not you In my mind.
I was like maybe I shouldn't run.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
But then I just Maybe I should go back to comedy.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
You were thinking of every way that you're going to
make it, but I also knew that ifI did that, then people would
think that I, because a lot ofpeople thought that I was doing
that as a gimmick.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
You know like a political yeah, you know like a
political Right, Like a stunt.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
That this is going to be like some reality TV game.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
I wanted to learn.
I was mad at the way thingswere running and I just wanted
to sit at the table and listen.
And I want to learn.
Is that why you?
Speaker 1 (10:35):
ran?
Yeah, because I saw aninterview you were doing with
your family, with Howley Girl,his wife Kim, and you said you
were inspired by Governor Lingleto make a difference.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
I was Long time ago.
She asked me to run for officea long time ago.
I became a Republican duringthe Lingle administration, Then
I left the party and then I waslike I'm not going to run as a
Democrat or Republican because Isaw both sides being very crazy
.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
And I went okay.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I'm going to run as a nonpartpartisan.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Wow, right, but everyone knew you wanted to make
a difference, but not do all ofthe crazy shenanigans of
political and non-partisan isreally.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You're working for people, right, moderate, yeah,
and you know it was very umeye-opening because, no matter
what, people just kind ofidentified you as, in fact, some
union I'm gonna say all of them.
I mean, we want to say becausethe letter that was attached to
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the name and I was like but thisis sitting county, is
non-partisan, right, it'ssupposed to be so you, you get
to learn a lot of the reality.
Yeah and again I don't holdgrudges because, no, if I lost
then I gotta go look forsomething else and find another
(11:52):
interest, but the quietconfidence I always had from a
little kid, a little boy orpeople telling me that if you
work the hardest, no matter what, there's victory right.
So inside I knew like I had achance to win because I was
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working harder than anybody else.
And then I was listening towhat people were saying at the
door and I still you know, wasit hurtful hearing some of the
things that I saw.
Yeah, because people don't knowme right, they just kind of
assume what you see, and that'sokay, because you get an
opportunity in life daily toprove them wrong by your works,
(12:37):
the success in your life resultsspeak for them.
Yeah, you know, and I've alwaysbeen that kind of person.
If I'm wrong, I just admitsorry.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
You're good at that, have to move on.
I've seen you make publicapologies for certain topics you
did in comedy, and you had noproblem owning it and saying
sorry to these groups of people.
But, augie, may I just pause,okay, and this isn't even
planned or part of the show, butthank you Because you do work
hard.
You'll break yourself for thepeople and you do it every day,
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even when people make certainassumptions, even when and we
started scratching that icebergof a topic, the tip of the
iceberg about unions andpolitics and we're in the most
corrupt state in the union.
But all of that aside, augie,as a man of God and as a local
boy, I am so proud of you.
Oh, thank you, super proud ofyou, thank you, and I do cheer
you on just as a sister inChrist, because you live, you
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fall forward to the best thatyou know how.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Do my best, I try.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And that's where, when I saw you talking about
your brother passing and he wasone of the few who stood with
you right he met my cousin Joel,you know a couple other family
members.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Uh, I was I you know, normally I don't get depressed,
you know what I mean like, butlike it's not your nature, yeah,
but I was like really depressedand I I was telling my wife
which, and my kids, like why,and then you know, you talk with
them, you get back on the horse, okay, good.
And then my brother passed awayand then I'm wondering, like
(14:09):
did he make it to heaven?
That was my question.
It's a real question yeah, and Iwas like, because that's
eternity correct, and you know,my parents love them to death,
but they never do a good job atlike teaching us how to be
affectionate, like tell yourbrother you love him, tell your
brother you love him.
You know, it wasn't like that.
(14:30):
I couldn't even tell my dadLike it was hard Only towards
the ending of his life, you know, with the dementia, that we
would have conversation and hewould know that I love him,
which was like good for me, alot of healing from the
challenges of growing up.
But with my older brother, Isaw the abuse, I saw the neglect
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, I saw the abandonment and butthen it was still my brother,
the guy that taught me how tosurf, taught me how to ride the
bike, and yet we had a hard timesaying we love you to each
other.
You know what I mean.
Like even our conversationslike would get there, but they,
you could tell that we were bothlike nah, better not, you know.
So when he died unexpectedly, Iwas like, did he make it?
(15:13):
Did I do enough as a brother tolet him know that I love him,
even to my brothers that's stillliving?
Like, are we doing enough?
Yeah, and I remember Kimtelling, telling me maybe you
should go to, to, to queens andgo pray, wow, right, yeah, ask
god, yeah to maybe intercede,right, because I don't know
(15:36):
right and now, and that broke mein the, in the, in the hospital
, and it just happened that week, um, um, and Pastor Mike at
Inspire was doing like prayerfor candidates, wow.
So I went, good for you, prayfor candidates, right.
And then there's like a men'sdevotional and I wasn't going to
(15:59):
go and I called my wife.
She said you should go, likethere's a lot of people, and I
went and I remember sitting inthe front row and Rex Crane was
preaching and I was like holy,holy, smoke, you know what I
mean.
Like he was talking directly tothe some of the challenges that
I always felt as an entertainer, like it's a very lonely place.
(16:21):
People think like I'm very youknow, I say hi to everybody
you're very approachable.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
right, you are Mr Aloha man, you know, but it't.
But it is an isolated, lonelyspot that you sit in.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
And the people that you hurt are the closest to you
because you know they get thescraps, which is sad, because
you know that's one of thethings that I neglect as a dad
and as a husband that by thetime I get home I give my family
You've grown out the best ofyou.
Yeah, now we're just gettingthe jerk jobs, yeah, and you
(16:54):
know, sometimes Kim goes.
I'm going to write a book.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I heard her say that on your podcast.
I'm going to write a book andexpose who you are.
The tell-all from Kim Toba.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know, I don't know if you're going to sell a
lot I think I did a good job atmasking Augie but but in all
seriousness, that's the realityand you know, my children have.
You know, I'm not apologizingbecause I've apologized enough
as a as a father and as ahusband, you said you apologize
(17:24):
every day yeah, you just tryyour best to be the best person
you can be, but it's's hardbecause, man, you know, there's
so much that people don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
You know the it is isolation and it's lonely.
But then, when you're in thatplace, after a lifetime of
choices, your brother passesaway, as you said, unexpectedly.
And now you're faced with howdo I move forward?
Because when out from theoutside, looking in my humble
forgive me, please you look likethe wind got knocked out of you
, you know when you get punchedin the gut and I, we used to
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practice boxing as a kid.
My daddy was Irish.
We walked, watched the show.
Now you guys are practicing.
Dad, did you forget I'm a girl?
No, I didn't go at it.
Right, you know, when you getsocked in the stomach and you
get the wind knocked out of you,you have the wind knocked out
of you.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
A little bit Did it change you.
Well, you know, we all think weknow God right.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
You've always been a man of faith, augie, but this
was like a catalytic moment.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Well, I never get to ever talk about God with him.
And I did with my dad, you,brother, and I did with my dad.
You know, I did with my otherbrothers, like, but you know,
and that's the guy that I sawget neglected, you know, is the
guy below him and I knew therewas a lot of anger and I knew
there was a lot of like I did Ido my best.
(18:46):
You know he would call me whenhe was stressing out, you know,
and I was like, dude, just takea deep breath.
So what was nice about thatwhole thing?
I did the prayer, like maybetwo weeks there to mana, you
know mana right.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yes, yes, god loves bad boys and bad girls right, so
he invites me to share that.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Sorry, my, so I go and I share it at a midweek
service to a guy who's running achurch at midweek service that
some 20 years ago I go to hishouse invite him to go to church
.
I was going to church.
I was leading Bible studies inWaianae.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Oh, that's a nice turnaround.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I went there to pick up his nephew and uncle's
drinking and now he leads alittle church in Waipawa.
He told that story.
That's awesome.
And when I was sharing about mynew awakening because you know,
god does things to wake you up,shake the tree a little bit my
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brother's friend was there andtold me he got saved.
So I was like, oh awesome, yes,really, my brother gave his
life up to Christ.
Really Wow.
At the funeral they wereshowing pictures and his
grandchildren was talking aboutgoing to church.
I was like I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
That's the thing, how crazy, I did not know this.
This is awesome.
This is really good news.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
His friend that was in jail with him said Augs, I'll
let you know your brother gavehis life to Christ.
Praise Jesus.
I was like, oh right on cool,wow Right.
So now more appreciation to you.
Know, read my Bible, share andjust try to be the best human I
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can be daily.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
This is massive.
I did not know the end to thatstory with your brother, that he
had given his life and thateven to the third generation, as
the Bible promises us we willbe blessed, even to your
children's children are going tochurch.
Now here's the next question Ihave for you how do you sustain
the change?
Because you always have been aman of God.
You have this catalytic momentthat switched you back onto a
right track with God.
I've noticed a tremendouschange in you.
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Are you in the Word of Goddaily?
Are you praying daily?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
What's the trick, brother?
I just read my Bible daily andthen, you know, as much as I can
, if I have time, I go on and doa video what I learned, what I
read, and part of it isaccountability, you know.
So I like that people arecommenting, I like that I get to
do this because it keeps me incheck and then, because of that,
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every Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday I speak with my
father-in-law Kim's dad, who Idon't relate.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
This is on Holly guy from the Navy right Retired, he
lives on the mainland.
Yeah, and you guys connectevery morning, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Before I jump on air.
From like 5.30 to 6 o'clock wehave our daily Bible.
Talk about everything that Iread that morning.
Because he's a theologian.
The guy has like so muchdegrees right, so like Augie,
what was the intent?
Who wrote the Bible?
Speaker 1 (22:02):
What are you learning from it?
You know and this is the guylike let's curse the word and
the etymology of revelation.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I love it.
The first time he met me, thefirst question he asked was what
was my credit score?
I was like what?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
To marry his daughter , yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
And then I slept in another room.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Well, I hope so, if he's a good man of God and an 80
guy.
He married us in a small littlechurch.
He was the officiant.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Yeah, it was nice, so I get to.
He married us in a small littlechurch and he was the officiant
yeah, it was a nice, you know.
And so I get to spend some timewith my father-in-law.
We get to, you know, and youknow I think it helps my wife
knowing that.
You know I'm talking to her dadand big time she knows that.
You know, marriage ischallenging, you know, and you
know I spend myself thin andsometimes I don't listen to my
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wife, sometimes I don't payattention, sometimes I don't
take her on a date, you know Iaccountability and the
accountabilities with her dadand if we can swap on to that,
because that was my nextquestion coming up.
OK.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
I love your wife.
I mean you love your wife, butI really love your wife.
I watched a podcast with thetwo of you and it was really
quite um intimate, as an honesty.
There was a lot of transparency.
I'm all about truth andtransparency, and so my next
question was going to say youknow, kim Holly girl, which I I
used to always listen to youguys on the radio.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I did not know Holly girl was your wife.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
And and then it turns out she is.
But you folks were talking andI I'm going to ask you what's
the key to a successful marriageteam?
Cause you guys are, and she's ahuge part of your marriage uh,
success.
But here's the other thing isyou said on that podcast I
apologize every single day,multiple times.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Even when I walked in here I was like hey, sorry.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, you did.
You're good at it.
I can tell you've beensuccessfully married to a good
woman of God.
And then she said yeah, and hesays yes all the time.
So I have to remind him Augie,can you write it down?
Because you say yes toso-and-so, so-and-so.
That's why you work so hard.
But if I don't write it down,we're going to forget.
So she's what's the key tosuccessful marriage?
(24:07):
Because I just heard a greatquote that says marriage is two
sinners who come together as one.
So how do we operate as asuccessful team for Jesus?
How do you do that?
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I just think in all honesty, like not giving up.
Wow, just, no matter how bad itgets, don't give up, because if
you're people in faith, youknow that God can turn this
around.
You know what I mean.
And then, at the same time, at56, who wants to try to have
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another relationship.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
You're going to have to train up a whole new one.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
And then follow with a wagon around Ross and and
walmart you know, on tuesdaysand wednesdays kupuna shopping
days.
As much as there are a lot ofbad moments, there are good
moments too.
Right, huge, so it's never,ever like amazing.
So when I look at movies andyou see that, that magic, I'm
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like the birds.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Make a real movie.
The sun is saying make a realmovie about us like man, we lie
every day.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Like I remember, I met my wife in the 1900s guys,
camera guys done in the 1900s,you know when lying was easy, I
was lying from day one, becausethere was no tracking, there was
no social media yeah, shecannot discover who you are
where's your location?
Right now.
Who are?
Speaker 1 (25:32):
you talking to on dms .
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Now it's you know I track your every move no, the
other day I was like where youat hoggy, I'm at the gym and she
was like, oh, I never know.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Popeyes has a gym, it's like gosh there it goes,
run through, not a drive.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Yeah, so now I know I go to the gym, leave my phone
in a locker, then I go toPopeye's.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
God man, I be smart but like yeah, not giving up,
not giving up because, no matterhow hard, because every
marriage I firmly believe hashard times.
It has bad moments, a lot of it, and you're saying don't walk
away.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
A.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
It's two sinners coming together as one big ball
of sin.
It's not easy.
Yeah, think about that.
So that's another question foryou.
Augie, thank you for that.
How do you keep laughing, evenwhen times get tough or
desperate?
Oh gosh, because there's a lotof hard times hitting.
We've noticed since COVIDlockdowns, et cetera.
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Oops, I said the word.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Edit that out, charlie Victor.
No, leave it this, etc.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Oops, I said the word Edit that out.
Charlie Victor Nah leave it.
This is truth transparency andtrusting yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Yeah, no, I decided to jump back on stage more
because I just felt like Ineeded.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
We need the joy of Augie T.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I needed to disconnect from you, know
sitting in council.
So, like I've learned how toreally manage the radio hat.
You do great and then take offthe radio hat and then go to
council, put on the council hat,work hard at the council and
then on the weekends take themoff right.
Yeah, your job as a councilmember never stops.
(27:06):
Yeah, but I think in the lastfour years years I've done a
good job at letting people knowthat you can do all these things
and still serve your community.
Wow, like I love getting onstage and and making people
laugh.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
That's my little like that's my little therapy, but
it's your strength.
The joy of the lord is hisstrength, but it's yours.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
And I love sitting in council listening to
discussions on how to eithermake people's lives better or
worse.
Right, yeah, that's what itcomes down to worried that you
know a lot of the common sensein politics are not there
(27:54):
because the people… Aredisconnected.
Well, no, I think it's so hardto get a seat at the table.
I was talking to this… I wastalking about this.
I was a speaker at the KauaiRepublican Party, thank you, and
I walked up on stage and I kindof went is this the demographic
(28:14):
of hawaii?
because it doesn't look likekawaii yes, well, but like I
think, overall, yeah, right it'schanging and for me, you know,
for me it's like if, when I goto events, I always look at it
like church, the welcoming right, the first reason why you like
(28:36):
that church, is because the guythat met you at the door, hey,
thank you for coming.
You're going to have anexciting time.
And you just already feel like,okay, this is getting out.
So when I go to differentevents and I don't get greeted
or I kind of go, hmm, right, andI've learned a lot in the four
years.
And when I went out and helpedcertain candidates and I would
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have conversation and we'd hiton like amazing, like we were
talking about all the thingsthat matter to people.
And then I go, oh, can youplease support this candidate?
And they look at you and theygo you're Republican.
And I go, wow, I never knewyou're Republican too, because
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in Hawaii what we're concernedabout public safety can my
family live here?
Can I really live here, live,work and play here and, believe
it or not, the kind of values Ihave is the same kind of values
democrats have, republicans have.
Thank you, like, how can we getto the table when everyone
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thinks that the party is justthis way?
Right, there's more people herein the middle we gotta go talk
to.
Thank you.
That concern about, like thehigh cost of living Can mom and
dad live here Are my kids goingto college and going away for
life, or are they going to come?
home.
That's where we got to go to.
We got to start talking aboutthat.
That's really good, aghi, andelecting people with common
(30:03):
sense.
So getting more people to thetable who can appeal to more
people, and I think theRepublican Party is the party
with common sense, because for along time, we saw this party
take us to where we're at rightnow.
Well, since they could, I meanif you like it continue to go
that way.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
How's that working out?
Speaker 2 (30:21):
for you.
I cannot tell you what to do,right, and I would never, ever
tell you what to do, but youknow if we see the reality of
Hawaii today and this works foryou, then that's great, right.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
But if it's not working for you, then let's vote
different.
But here's a little monkeywrench in our in our statement
right now that less than 10percent of the Hawaii population
is voting anymore Because the,the, if we compare it to a woman
, the woman is backed off of thetable.
Right, she's not having thisnonsense anymore.
Both sides, it is both sides,but I'm going to swing off of
(30:55):
this just because I love you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no worry, andthis is such a quality thing.
Can we have you back, augie?
I?
Know, you're a busy man, but ifI ask him on camera he won't
feel any pressure whatsoever andI apologize.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
This is supposed to go in an hour, but the mayor of
the city and county of Honoluluand I'm out you he was like I'm
sorry, I thought it was terrible, I was there and nine.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
He's going to throw the mayor of the city and county
of Honolulu under the bus.
Absolutely Wait, I'm backing mybus up right now 9-15.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
I was there already.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
And you did radio this morning.
I and you did radio thismorning.
I heard you.
You went to city and county atanother meeting and then you had
us.
I was on busing and I was likehuh you late.
So to put a cap on ourpolitical discussion, aloha is
the key to bring more people tothe table.
Here's the last question I hadfor you.
Because I grew up super,extremely poor.
Like you did, we both try ourbest to keep going forward, emua
(31:48):
forward, falling forward,whatever it takes, keep going
forward.
But we both have a compassionand a passion for youth.
Today, you know, I go up toright by Ka'evae Elementary is
the police department, it's thepool.
I'm always there.
We have Camp 4.
I'm up at Kalihi Elementary.
I love our neighborhood brother.
What would you say to youthtoday?
Because there's too manytemptations, too many criminal
(32:10):
interests where they can make afast buck.
But what would you speak intothat young man who's growing up
in Camp 4 today?
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You know, I believe every kid is a dreamer, right?
They don't want to be a part ofbad situations or bad
environment.
So let me talk to the parent.
Wow, because a lot of the stuffthat we're seeing right now is
(32:36):
because of, I think, just badexamples.
You know what I mean.
Like we have become a lawlesssociety.
Like I get, oh, put speed humps, do this, do that Right.
And I tell people with speedhumps, you know, go slow down.
Emergency medical services.
(32:56):
There, it is Right, right.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
How about if we just follow the law.
Right, just drive, slow Drive.
25.
In a residential schooldistrict Right In a residential
school district.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So when I look at children coming from the
background, I had you can makegood and bad choices, right.
But like I also saw my mom anddad work hard Weren't the
smartest you know, but I sawboth of them doing what they're
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supposed to do as parents, right.
Like you saw this e-bikesituation Huge Right.
Another child just died.
So I said how come parentsdon't know where their kids are,
thank you.
So for me, right.
Like my dad knew I had crazyfriends.
It's not like they never know,like that boy right there, augie
(33:51):
, right.
No, dad, he's good.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
No, this is true Back in the day.
They knew who we were hangingout with and when I would ride
my bike and I want kids to ridetheir bike.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Have fun, yes, but be careful, be safe.
That's the reason why I calledwith the new, the bill, yeah,
with tyler dos santos, I thankyou introduced it, because for
me, I want you guys to ride, buthave be, be safe, be
responsible if you're riding avehicle, they can go faster than
right.
So, like per hour, if I was withmy crazy friends, I judged
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everything based on gettinglickets from my dad Right, it
was in the back of our minds, orlike maybe getting like, ah, I
would rather not get licketsfrom my dad, yeah, and you know,
my friends did some bad things.
I just went that way, right,and in life, in life, that's it
right.
You can either take the paththat's easy or the path that's
(34:50):
hard, and God always gave me theharder path.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Well, you had good parents.
I mean they, we all haveparents who have their faults
but you had a mom who cared, adad who cared, so that we did
get dirty lickings If we actedup.
I knew I was going to get thebutt whooping of my life and I
just had one the other day, butI'm going to get a new one of my
life if my dad saw what I wasdoing.
So you and I had a moralcompass, so to speak, and that
seems to be what's missing.
(35:17):
So you're addressing parentsright now.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah, Be the unpopular parent, your kids are
dreaming like.
Give them that platform todream.
And the only way you can givethem that platform to dream is
to see like tomorrow gonna look.
Okay, yes, if I'm lookingaround.
Yes, you know, uh, and thingsare tough.
Mom and dad are fighting umhomelessness.
(35:42):
How can you dream that my lifegonna be better?
Come on, you know what I mean.
So that's good, augie.
Give them a home that they candream.
I was poor, but I never feltpoor Does that make sense.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
The house was our sanctuary.
I'm going home, right.
Yeah, home is home-basedbecause it's my sanctuary.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
I didn't know, I was poor until I got the token and I
was like why come.
My coin is different fromeverybody else's and ours would
float on water.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
I was like why?
Speaker 2 (36:11):
one of my classmates looked at me and said because
you're poor, augie.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Really I don't know it was a fake quarter and a fake
dime.
You're a little bit older thanme, but mine was a quarter and a
dime fake like.
And parents give them theplatform to dream yeah, give
them the platform to dive intotheir.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
They already know like life is tough, uh man, it's
so complex because I think wegot to fix our schools, I think
we got to fix our oh, familyfirst and I think we got to fix
our our.
You know, I remember being inclass and they would have a
guest speaker come and they allsaid the same thing Right,
inspirational speakers, you aretomorrow's future.
(36:52):
And he sat there and he wentyes, I'm tomorrow's future.
And only had one homelessperson in the neighborhood that
you all knew yes, yes, right.
And you become an adult and youlook around and now there's 300
.
Did the future get better Right,who are you talking?
Speaker 1 (37:09):
to.
I'm only laughing because thisis so true.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
No, when I talk to kids, I don't even say that.
Yeah, I don't say that becauseI'm on this thing where, like,
find the strong and not thewrong, wow.
Right, it's so easy, though, tofind all the wrong, find the
strong and not the wrong right.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
like it's so easy, though, to find all the wrong,
find the strong and not thewrong, and we're gonna bring
this in on a landing rightthere's so many people that are
so strong in our communities.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
Let's go help them.
Yes, right, because we havedreamers, kids that ticking like
I don't want to be here.
Children, yeah, who want toperpetuate and all he's seeing
right now is the wrongs, that'sgood, you know.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
I mean, especially because of media.
How do we show them the strong?
We can spotlight the strong andhow do we do?
Speaker 2 (37:54):
that the strong.
How do we inspire them thatthere's people in our community
that doing amazing things?
You know what I mean, becauseit's so easy.
You wake up every day and yougo right, there's a lot that's
going wrong.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, it's tough time to dream, hard to dream when
you see, hard to dream, but wecan still make.
I can't look.
As one of my guests saidearlier, we can't blame the
white house, we can't blame thegovernor's house or the mayor's
house no, I can't even blameaugie t.
But I can take responsibilityfor my house because I can't
change all of those necessarily.
But today I'm going to changemine.
(38:28):
So spot um, highlight thestrong, not the wrong.
Yeah, can we?
Speaker 2 (38:32):
hana ho you, augie t of course this is our brother mr
mayor, be on time, so you knowwe can actually do a full
interview and put a filter on myboom busting laugh and I was
like don you know, I'm running15 minutes.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
He even answered a phone call.
He's's like Don, what's up?
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Oh, did you get us lunch.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
Oh no, sorry, I'm in a lunch, I'm in a meeting, but
he's coming back Every day it'slike that with my wife.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
You take your call.
I love it Every day it's likethat.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Tell all the girls she's coming.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for what you're doingto fight for the spirit of
aloha in the state of aloha.
Speaker 2 (39:08):
You are the people's hero.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
And we'll have you back soon.
Thank you.
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