Summary
A middle school podcast created by Ameya Desai won NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. The podcast tells the story of Japanese American internment during World War II through the experiences of Linda Horikawa, who was sent to an internment camp as a child.
Key Facts
- Ameya Desai created a podcast about Japanese American internment as part of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
- The podcast features the story of Linda Horikawa, who was 2 years old when her family was forced into an internment camp.
- The internment occurred after the Pearl Harbor attack, with about 120,000 Japanese Americans affected.
- Horikawa's family lived in harsh conditions at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming.
- They lived in a single-room shack without running water, using shared facilities.
- After three years, they returned to California but faced prejudice in their community.
- Ameya is a returning champion in the NPR Student Podcast Challenge, having previously won for another podcast about migration.
- Horikawa shared historical documents from her family's experience, including artifacts from their internment.
