Podcasts by Order 9066
Order 9066 chronicles the history of the WWII Japanese American Incarceration through vivid, first-person accounts of those who lived through it. The series explores how this shocking violation of American democracy came to pass, and its legacy in the present.
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Chapter 7: Leaving Camp from 2018-06-25T05:00
At the end of 1944, the U.S. government lifted the order barring people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Many people freed from camp faced racism and poverty as they tried to rebuild their...
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Childhood at Heart Mountain from 2018-06-18T05:00
Two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.
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Chapter 6: Resistance from 2018-06-11T05:00
The Japanese Americans who protested their incarceration and defied the pressure to prove their patriotism.
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Objects of Incarceration from 2018-06-04T05:00
A handmade pin tells an improbable love story from camp.
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Chapter 5: Fighting for Freedom from 2018-05-28T05:00
More than 33,000 Japanese American men and women served in World War II. They fought as soldiers in Europe, and as translators in the Pacific.
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Chapter 4: Gaman - Making Do from 2018-04-03T05:00
It was a time to persevere in the face of the unendurable, and to do so with dignity. The Japanese term for that is Gaman.
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Music on Heart Mountain from 2018-03-26T05:00
Kishi Bashi, the renowned alt-rock musician, has been improvising music in places connected to the Japanese American incarceration. That includes the top of Heart Mountain, in Wyoming. Hear Kishi B...
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Chapter 3: Prison Cities from 2018-03-19T05:00
In the first months of incarceration, Japanese Americans were hit with the humiliating conditions of camp life. The U.S. government denied that people of Japanese ancestry living in the "assembly c...
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Songs of Incarceration from 2018-03-12T05:00
Musicians Julian Saporiti and Erin Aoyama perform songs about the incarceration in a former barrack at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. With a special appearance from Kishi Bashi.
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Chapter 2: The Order from 2018-03-05T06:00
After Pearl Harbor, pressure grew to forcibly relocate all persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific coast. This episode tells the story behind FDR's decision to sign Order 9066, and Japanese A...
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Sab Shimono Remembers 'Camp' from 2018-02-26T06:00
Order 9066 co-host Sab Shimono's family was incarcerated during WWII. He shares childhood memories of living behind barbed wire.
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