One Year: 1955 - The Hiroshima Maidens

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ten years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 25 women who’d been disfigured by the blast came to the United States. Those Japanese survivors would go to the White House and end up on a bizarre proto reality TV show. They’d also put their lives in the hands of American doctors, hoping that risky, cutting-edge surgeries might repair their injuries and give them a chance for a fresh start. Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung. This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad. It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Holly Allen created the artwork for this season. Join Slate Plus to get a bonus 1955 episode at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do I tell them?
0:01.3	How do I tell them?
0:02.9	How do I be the bills?
0:04.6	How do I pay the bills?
0:07.4	I know what goes through your head when you're living with cancer.
0:10.9	The questions, the fears, they need to know.
0:14.7	How do I know?
0:16.0	Because I'm living with cancer too.
0:18.8	That's why I joined the McMillan Online Community
0:22.1	and we can help people like you.
0:24.5	Whatever you need to ask.
0:26.8	To join us, search McMillan Online Community.
0:30.1	Before we begin, a quick note.
0:32.5	This episode contains descriptions of violence and injuries
0:35.8	that might be disturbing to some listeners.
0:40.4	Hi, Coco. This is Josh.
0:42.2	Thank you for doing this.
0:43.5	Oh, thank you for finding me.
0:47.6	We found Coco Condo at her home outside of Kobe, Japan,
0:51.6	huddled in front of a zoom screen.
0:53.8	Whenever she turned her camera on, the internet went out.
0:57.1	So I got only a brief glimpse of where she lives
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