The Dinner Party Podcast https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com Chiyo Matsutani is a young college student in San Francisco and Hiro Fujimoto has nearly paid off the loan on his Sacramento farm. Both are American citizens when they’re rounded up in 1942 and sent to an incarceration camp where they meet, fall in love, and marry. But when they’re released three years later, Hiro’s farm - like the property of so many Japanese Americans - has been seized. They take the only jobs available to them, as housekeeper and gardener for a wealthy family in Oakland where they face casual racism, harassment, and an unending future of dreary servitude. Based on a true story, this tale of love and resistance is a look behind the curtain at the resilience, humor, and community it took to survive at a time when ”American” didn’t apply to all citizens. More information available at welcometothedinnerparty.com. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:56:29 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Fiction 1440 serial Chiyo Matsutani is a young college student in San Francisco and Hiro Fujimoto has nearly paid off the loan on his Sacramento farm. Both are American citizens when they’re rounded up in 1942 and sent to an incarceration camp where they meet, fall in love, and marry. But when they’re released three years later, Hiro’s farm - like the property of so many Japanese Americans - has been seized. They take the only jobs available to them, as housekeeper and gardener for a wealthy family in Oakland where they face casual racism, harassment, and an unending future of dreary servitude. Based on a true story, this tale of love and resistance is a look behind the curtain at the resilience, humor, and community it took to survive at a time when ”American” didn’t apply to all citizens. James Yaegashi & Kate Forristall James Yaegashi & Kate Forristall No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17260211/DinnerParty-Square-3000x3000_psc8yz.jpg The Dinner Party Podcast https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com 144 144 The Dinner Party - Episode 1 The Dinner Party - Episode 1 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-1/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-1/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:11:43 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/8703bb99-6b75-318a-baaf-58710724a51b Welcome to Chiyo and Hiro Fujimoto's 50th wedding anniversary, an evening to look back and remember their first meeting, at the Tule Lake Incarceration Center in 1942.

]]> Welcome to Chiyo and Hiro Fujimoto's 50th wedding anniversary, an evening to look back and remember their first meeting, at the Tule Lake Incarceration Center in 1942.

]]> Kate Forristall false No 586 1 1 full The Dinner Party - Episode 2 The Dinner Party - Episode 2 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-podcast-episode-2/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-podcast-episode-2/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:13:39 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/b869865d-b9d9-3a36-9b99-bc4ff67a50c2 Chiyo and Hiro settle in to Tule Lake, navigating life behind barbed wire, loyalty oaths, and goodbyes to friends headed to war.

]]> Chiyo and Hiro settle in to Tule Lake, navigating life behind barbed wire, loyalty oaths, and goodbyes to friends headed to war.

]]> Kate Forristall false No 618 1 2 full The Dinner Party - Episode 3 The Dinner Party - Episode 3 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-3/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-3/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:14:12 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/2fe08369-e7f1-3c5f-89e0-3f22db0e217e In April of 1942, no one could have predicted that Japanese-Americans would be away from their lives, homes and businesses for three years of war. Unfortunately, the world to which they returned still saw them as the enemy.

]]> In April of 1942, no one could have predicted that Japanese-Americans would be away from their lives, homes and businesses for three years of war. Unfortunately, the world to which they returned still saw them as the enemy.

]]> Kate Forristall false No 641 1 3 full The Dinner Party - Episode 4 The Dinner Party - Episode 4 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-4/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-4/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:14:28 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/43261e45-0171-365c-8129-610baa2da3c9 What happens when you can't pick up where you left off? You take the only opportunities you can find and start over.

]]> What happens when you can't pick up where you left off? You take the only opportunities you can find and start over.

]]> Kate Forristall false No 654 1 4 full The Dinner Party - Episode 5 The Dinner Party - Episode 5 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-5/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episode-5/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:14:42 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/db9fbd92-8926-3748-ac57-b578e03f3adb Sometimes resistance means taking to the streets and other times it's one small choice after another to fight for the life you deserve.

]]> Sometimes resistance means taking to the streets and other times it's one small choice after another to fight for the life you deserve.

]]> Kate Forristall false No 583 1 5 full The Dinner Party: Episodes 1-5 The Dinner Party: Episodes 1-5 https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episodes-1-5/ https://welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/e/the-dinner-party-episodes-1-5/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:56:29 -0300 welcometothedinnerparty.podbean.com/8c585ab1-2d77-369d-91bf-7c7e7e6fb263 We've stitched all five episodes together, for those of you who'd rather listen all at once.

*Trigger Warning: There is a brief, non-graphic portrayal of sexual assault at the 34:00 mark.

]]> We've stitched all five episodes together, for those of you who'd rather listen all at once.

*Trigger Warning: There is a brief, non-graphic portrayal of sexual assault at the 34:00 mark.

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