Hawaii's Place at the Crossroads of Empire
Angry Planet
Matthew Gault
4.3 • 882 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Hawaii. America’s latest state is a tropical paradise, a vacation hotspot, and an important strategic military asset. If you’ve never been to Hawaii you might be shocked at how much of a presence the Pentagon has on the islands.
It’s America’s gateway to the Pacific and an important part of its Naval might. Something we’re going to learn the broader importance of in an upcoming episode. Here with us today to talk about Hawaii is someone who has spent the last few years there covering the military. It’s Angry Planet producer Kevin Knodell.
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| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Angry Planet. |
| 0:34.0 | I am Matthew. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and |
| 0:37.0 | and and welcome to Angry Planet. I am Matthew Galt. And I am Jason Fields. |
| 0:48.0 | Hawaii, America's latest state is a tropical paradise. A vacation hotspot and an important strategic military asset. |
| 0:56.0 | If you've never been to Hawaii, you might be shocked at how much of a presence the Pentagon has on the islands. |
| 1:01.0 | It's America's gateway to the Pacific and an important part of its |
| 1:04.6 | naval might, something we're going to learn the broader importance of in an upcoming |
| 1:08.8 | episode. But here with us today to talk about Hawaii specifically, He is someone who has spent the last few years there covering the military. |
| 1:16.5 | It's Angry Planet producer Kevin Nodel. Kevin, how are you doing? |
| 1:21.1 | They're doing great. Aloha. Aloha. So where are you working these days? |
| 1:26.0 | Starting next month I will be taking up a position at the Honolulu Star |
| 1:32.0 | Advertiser. |
| 1:33.2 | There's so many military stories there. |
| 1:35.2 | So much stuff I had no idea about. |
| 1:37.4 | I had no idea how important it was. |
| 1:39.3 | It's been kind of wild to learn from you. |
| 1:41.2 | And that's what this episode is all about. |
| 1:43.0 | And I would like to start off if we can with some history. |
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