Overview
- The investigative project focuses on the U.S. government's unlawful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, featuring first-hand accounts from those affected.
- Episodes explore how senior officials advanced the policy using racial stereotypes and how internal resistance sought to block it.
- The series examines the clandestine burning of government records and highlights a consequential archival discovery that exposed the scheme.
- The first two episodes release Dec. 1, with new installments each Monday and early ad-free access for MS NOW Premium subscribers via Apple beginning the prior Friday.
- This is Maddow’s first podcast under the MS NOW banner since the rebrand and her first since Ultra’s second season in 2024, joining a slate featuring Nicolle Wallace, Chris Hayes, Jen Psaki and others.