Jun 10, 2021
In 1941, Government agents seized Ewan Yoshida's father. He was never seen again. In this final part of our three part episode on FDR and the decision to intern the Japanese in WWII, we review the consequences of the internment decision for the people sent to the camps, and why Roosevelt made the decision in the...
Apr 10, 2021
What happens when a strong person makes a weak decision and a weak person makes a strong one? In part two of our episode on FDR and the internment of the Japanese in WWII, we look at the anti-Japanese hysteria that seized the West Coast in the wake of Pearl Harbor and the bureaucratic infighting that resulted in...
Apr 2, 2021
This is the story of one of the gravest injustices in American history, where over 120,000 people of Japanese descent were uprooted from their homes and placed into concentration camps without due process and in violation of their civil rights. Most lost everything; after the Second World World ended, they returned to...
Feb 15, 2021
Executive Decision is a podcast that looks at some of the most significant presidential decisions in American history: Why they happened; how they happened; and what they ultimately tell us about the process of decision making. This is Part Three, Episode Three: FDR and the Lend Lease Decision. It reviews how FDR moved the...
Feb 15, 2021
Executive Decision is a podcast that looks at some of the most significant presidential decisions in American history: Why they happened; how they happened; and what they ultimately tell us about the process of decision making. This is Part Two, Episode Three: Lend Lease and the Decision to Intervene in WWII. It reviews...