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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.

APM Reports & The Smithsonian

  • Jul 2, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 22m AVG DURATION
  • 14 EPISODES


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Chapter 8: Seeking Redress

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 34:49


Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War Two demand that the federal government take account of their suffering and make reparations.

Chapter 7: Leaving Camp

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 32:31


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 lives. Some found that leaving camp was even harder than being sent there.

Childhood at Heart Mountain

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 15:05


Two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.

Chapter 6: Resistance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 36:22


The Japanese Americans who protested their incarceration and defied the pressure to prove their patriotism.

Objects of Incarceration

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 10:01


A handmade pin tells an improbable love story from camp.

Chapter 5: Fighting for Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 34:09


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.

Chapter 4: Gaman - Making Do

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 29:40


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.

Music on Heart Mountain

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 12:37


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 Bashi climb the mountain and perform a song that is part of his "songfilm" project, Omoiyari.

Chapter 3: Prison Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 25:44


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 centers" were prisoners, but the first summer in these camps proved otherwise.

Songs of Incarceration

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2018 17:15


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.

Chapter 2: The Order

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 23:29


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 Americans recall the painful process of leaving their lives and belongings -- and even their family pets -- behind.

Sab Shimono Remembers 'Camp'

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2018 15:49


Order 9066 co-host Sab Shimono's family was incarcerated during WWII. He shares childhood memories of living behind barbed wire.

Chapter 1: The Roundup

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 21:11


Japanese warplanes bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hours later, the FBI began rounding up people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. This episode explores the history of anti-Asian prejudice in the United States that laid the groundwork for an assault on Japanese American communities after Pearl Harbor. Narrated by veteran actor Sab Shimono.

Preview: Order 9066

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 3:36


First episode: Monday, Feb. 19.

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