George Takei on 'My Lost Freedom'
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
George Takei, actor, activist and writer, discusses his debut picture book, My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024).
My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024)EVENT: George Takei and BD Wong will be in conversation at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St. in Manhattan) TONIGHT (April 16, 2024) at 8 p.m. Details and ticketing information here.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Layer Show on WNYC. |
| 0:12.8 | Good morning again everyone. |
| 0:14.6 | George decay is with us now. |
| 0:16.2 | George decay, you don't have to be a Star Trek super fan |
| 0:19.9 | to appreciate his work and his activism. |
| 0:22.6 | He has a new book that provides a personal account |
| 0:25.8 | of a dark chapter in American history. |
| 0:28.1 | To Kay was a four-year-old California kid |
| 0:31.2 | when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service struck Pearl Harbor. |
| 0:35.9 | Just a couple of months later, his family and many thousands of other Americans of Japanese |
| 0:40.5 | descent were forcibly sent to incarceration camps. |
| 0:44.2 | You may be more familiar with the term internment camp, but the preferred term is incarceration |
| 0:49.1 | camp. |
| 0:50.1 | To Kay's new book, My Lost Freedom, a Japanese-American World War II story, is also his debut |
| 0:57.2 | picture book and it tells this story in a manner that is appropriate for readers ages |
| 1:02.3 | six through nine. |
| 1:04.2 | So George decay, welcome to WNYC today. |
| 1:06.5 | So great to have you on with us. |
| 1:08.0 | Good morning. |
| 1:08.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:09.6 | It's great to being on with you. |
| 1:11.9 | The book's title, My Lost Friedman, Freedom, Powerful and Evocative |
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