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Scapegoat Cities
by Eric Muller
Between 1942 and 1945, the US government locked up tens of thousands of Japanese American citizens not because of anything they’d done but because of who they were. Scapegoat Cities is a podcast that helps you know and feel what this episode of mass injustice was. Each episode tells one true and moving human story drawn from historian Eric Muller’s two decades of research, reminding us of the devastating harm that can arise when a frightened nation turns against its own people.
Episodes
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The Desert Was His Home
In the hot spring of 1943, a lonely old Japanese prisoner went missing from the Gila River Relocation Center in southern Arizona. This episode introduces Mr. Otomatsu Wada and tells the story of his disappearance and of the efforts to find him. The story is true in every essential detail.
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And Your Little Dog Too
Episode 9
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Nisei: "No Way"
Episode 8
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We Built This City
Episode 7
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A Day in the Life - August 21, 1943
Episode 6
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Slip Slidin' Away
Episode 4
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The Irrepressible Moe Yonemura
Moe Yonemura was a "big man on campus" at UCLA at a time when there were almost no Nisei on the UCLA campus. Cheerleader, elected student body official, fundraiser, spirit-builder -- Moe did it all. And he kept it up even after he and his family were forced behind barbed wire in the spring of his...
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What Japanese American Imprisonment Was... and This Podcast Is
The removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans in World War II was one of the country's most egregious injustices. This introductory episode of Scapegoat Cities gives a brief overview of the events and explains how the podcast will bring the history to life.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Between 1942 and 1945, the US government locked up tens of thousands of Japanese American citizens not because of anything they’d done but because of who they were. Scapegoat Cities is a podcast that helps you know and feel what this episode of mass injustice was. Each episode tells one true and moving human story drawn from historian Eric Muller’s two decades of research, reminding us of the devastating harm that can arise when a frightened nation turns against its own people.
HOSTED BY
Eric Muller
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Between 1942 and 1945, the US government locked up tens of thousands of Japanese American citizens not because of anything they’d done but because of who they were. Scapegoat Cities is a podcast that helps you know and feel what this episode of mass injustice was. Each episode tells one true and...
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Scapegoat Cities is created and hosted by Eric Muller.
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