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Un-history
by Koji Steven Sakai
Un-History is just me—Koji Steven Sakai, a writer and producer from South Pasadena—sitting in my garage with a weird piece of analog hardware that somehow picks up the "Dead Air." It turns out the legends of history are stuck on a dead frequency waiting for their final edit, and I figured it was time someone actually audited their scripts. Armed with a few microphones and actual historical receipts, I pull people like Thomas Jefferson and Mother Teresa onto the hot seat to ask them about the massive, hypocritical plot holes their biographers conveniently left out. It’s not a history lesson; it’s just a guy who is tired of bad writing cross-examining the people who spent their whole lives faking it for the textbooks.
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Un-History Ep 1 | Thomas Jefferson: The 600-Person Plot Hole
Koji Steven Sakai drags Thomas Jefferson into a South Pasadena garage for a long-overdue audit. Using the “Dead Air” signal, Koji cross-examines the Founding Father on the massive plot holes in his legacy—from his 600-person forced labor camp to the massive debts that kept his own children in the service entrance. It’s a deep dive into the man who wrote the script for freedom but couldn't afford to live it.The Audit Trail (References)Slavery & Labor:The Nailery: Monticello's "Nail Boys"Sally Hemings: Life at Monticello | PBS NewsHour1800 Election: The Three-Fifths ClauseFinancials & Gadgets:Jefferson Bible: The "Razor and Glue" GospelsThe Mammoth Cheese: 1,200lbs of SymbolismThe Polygraph: The 18th Century CC MachineWeather Logs: 50 Years of Daily DataSound CreditsPixabay: freesound_community, Vicki Hamilton, Hasin AmandaFreesound.org: Gravel Footsteps by Sassaby (CC0)
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Koji Steven Sakai drags the Sage of Monticello into a South Pasadena garage for a long-overdue audit of the American mission statement. In this premiere episode, Koji uses the “Dead Air” signal to cross-examine Thomas Jefferson on the massive plot holes in his legacy—from squaring “all men are created equal” with a 600-person forced labor camp to the $2,000 wine habit that kept him in debt and his own children in the service entrance. It’s a deep dive into the macaroni-obsessed, weather-tracking Founding Father who gave us the vocabulary for freedom but couldn’t afford to live the script.
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Un-History is just me—Koji Steven Sakai, a writer and producer from South Pasadena—sitting in my garage with a weird piece of analog hardware that somehow picks up the "Dead Air." It turns out the legends of history are stuck on a dead frequency waiting for their final edit, and I figured it was time someone actually audited their scripts. Armed with a few microphones and actual historical receipts, I pull people like Thomas Jefferson and Mother Teresa onto the hot seat to ask them about the massive, hypocritical plot holes their biographers conveniently left out. It’s not a history lesson; it’s just a guy who is tired of bad writing cross-examining the people who spent their whole lives faking it for the textbooks.
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