DIALOG

Dialog was a live, public affairs television series produced by KHET (now PBS Hawaiʻi) that originally launched in the early 1970s and aired into the 1990s. The show served as a community-focused panel program where local experts, policymakers, and public figures discussed relevant community issues. It was notable for being one of the only live, call-in programs at the time, allowing residents across the Hawaiian islands to directly phone in and ask questions to the panelists.

Hosted by Leslie Wilcox and occasional guest moderators, the program was also notable for being among the first to hold meaningful discussions on issues of importance to the LGBTQ+ community.

Digitized and preserved by the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi, the following episodes can be streamed online:

Photos and Captions Below Provided by Kimo

August 1991 - AIDS Update with David McEwan, Tommy Aguilar, Margo Heath-Chiozzie, Margaret Nielsen.

August 1991 - AIDS Update with David McEwan, Tommy Aguilar, Margo Heath-Chiozzie, Margaret Nielsen.

Banner image: Kimo at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in 2025, pictured with Kanaloa kahoolawensis, an endemic member of the pea family, a relative of koa, wiliwili, and māmane, as well as invasive ēkoa.

Oral history interview with Kimo conducted by Lei Pua ‘Ala Queer Histories of Hawai’i director Joe Wilson on September 24, 2026.