History for the Reckoning

Legal scholars Lorraine Bannai and Peggy Nagae join us to explain the follow up to the disastrous Supreme Court cases related to Japanese Incarceration, and how a scrap of justice was finally found through an obscure legal procedure known as Coram Nobis. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support the show

John Tateishi, author and activist who was integral to the struggle for Redress and Reparations by Japanese Americans after WWII, comes on to tell us the whole history of the movement, that ended in incredible success as the US Government acknowledged fault, apologized, and even paid monetary reparations to those harmed. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show...

Legal scholar Lorraine Bannai comes on the show to discuss the four cases related to the Concentration Camps and the events the kicked off the Incarceration of Japanese Americans that ended up before the United States Supreme Court. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support...

Historian Eric Muller joins us to tell us the nuts and bolts of HOW the Incarceration happened. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support the show

Frank Abe told us from a high level about the various ways Japanese Americans resisted the government's unconstitutional acts, and this week we'll zoom in on one story of resistance, that of Frank Emi, courtesy of Densho. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support t...

Filmmaker, author and activist Frank Abe tells us the varied ways in which Japanese Americans resisted the US government's unconstitutional acts committed against Japanese Americans during WWII. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support the show

This week we take a breather, step back, and let our friends at History Daily describe the Incarceration in its entirety in under twenty minutes. They do an amazing job, and I hope the zoomed out perspective will help us keep in mind the beginning from the end before we dive into more of the in-depth work we've been doing. Support the show

As Claudia Katayanagi shared in her interview, thousands of Japanese Latinos were plucked from their homes and countries to be shipped to the United States during WWII, where they remained in concentration camps often until several years after the war had ended. In this addenda, we'll hear one of those who survived the experience tell her story. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram...

Filmmaker and activist Claudia Katayanagi tells us about the other camps where Japanese and Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII, run by the DOJ, which were much more secretive and also held the Japanese Latinos America bought from our southern neighbors. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us w...

The JACL, or Japanese American Citizens League, was probably the most prominent and influential JA organization during WWII, who had a policy of cooperation with the government's acts against Japanese and Japanese Americans. In this addenda, we go through the history of the JACL (especially in regards to the War) and talk through exactly what the evidence shows they did: how close were they t...

Activist and filmmaker Chizu Omori (speaking for personal experience as someone who was incarcerated in Arizona during the War) talks about life in the WRA concentration camps where most Japanese Americans spent WWII. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support the show

Thank you to Emily Inouye Huey for walking us through the Japanese American experience between Pearl Harbor and Forced Removal to the camps. In this addenda episode, we give an overview of the concentration camps: where they were, and what made each of them unique. Support the show

Author Emily Inouye Huey takes us from the shock of Americans nationwide heard about Pearl Harbor to the heartbreak of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans being forced from their homes and into concentration camps. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes (plus behind-the-scenes) and to reach out to us with questions or comments. Support the show

Huge thanks to Susan Kamei for her interview explaining the Japanese and Japanese experience Pre-WWII. In this addenda episode, we go over some of the terms (Japanese and English) you'll hear throughout this season that you're probably unfamiliar with. Support the show

Susan Kamei -lawyer, author and professor- shares the context of the Incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans in WWII by sharing the Japanese experience in the mainland US before Pearl Harbor: the successes they had, the racism they faced, and the government policies that backed up that racism, long before the war began. Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find o...

Addenda episodes are released between our main interviews, where we'll answer questions and share bonus content cut for time.  Follow us @HistoryForTheReckoning on Instagram and Substack to find our show notes and to reach out to us with questions or comments. This episode, we share two stories cut for time from the interview with George Takei. Support the show

Famed actor, author, speaker, and activist George Takei takes us through his family's story of being incarcerated during WWII, simply for being Japanese. Support the show

Season 1: “American Concentration Camps: The Story of WWII Japanese Incarceration” launches February 19th. Support the show