The final part of our 3-part episode on the Internment of the Japanese in WWII begins with the testimony of Ewan Yoshida, whose father was escorted by the government from his home and never seen again.
https://t.co/WJwLoPdmN7
Sixty years ago, the US launched the Bay of Pigs invasion. The failure of that operation led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis 18 months later--an event that almost precipitated nuclear war. Here's our podcast on monumental crisis: https://t.co/kLw4Bk9gVr...
Harry Truman spent his first full day as president, 76 years ago today. No one has ever been less prepared to become president. And no one in history had ever controlled the power of the sun. Here's our podcast on what happened: https://t.co/HI2QJUppek...
What happens when a strong person makes a weak decision and a weak person makes a strong one? Part two: FDR and the Decision to Intern the Japanese.
https://t.co/XtKSBx1RdD
@kyrstensinema I was on that balcony 6 hours after @OfficialMLK3 was shot. His blood had barely dried on the concrete. It was the most upsetting story I had covered until Bobby Kennedy was shot a few weeks later. 1968 changed America - for the worse.
@grahamjthorne@MickowskiBob Our next podcast is on Executive Order 9066, because the same man--and group of men--who made the lend lease decision also made that decision, and we need to understand why.
Looking for something to listen to this weekend? We have the story of how FDR steered the country towards a war it didn't want to fight, against and how his decision to support Britain against the Nazis may well have saved the world from fascism.
https://t.co/JWz4113mfV
@GPBGPB7 That is the podcast we are working on right now. Because the same man that made the lend lease decision made that decision, and we need to understand why and how.