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Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Resilience: An Interview with George Takei Pt. 2

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.915.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Today on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon continues her conversation with actor George Takei about his childhood experiences with forced removal and incarcerated camp life.

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome, so excited to have you with me today.

0:07.1

This is the second part of our interview with legendary actor George to K. George is

0:11.2

best known for his role in Star Trek, but he's been in dozens of different productions,

0:16.0

and his family was incarcerated when he was a child by the United States government,

0:21.7

and what he has to share will change us.

0:24.8

So let's dive into the second part of my conversation with George to K. I'm Sharon McMillan, and

0:32.1

here's where it gets interesting.

1:02.1

Flexibility with benefits, eligibility criteria apply.

1:32.1

Let's be honest, the folks who get the credit for a lot of innovation these days,

1:41.7

they all kind of look alike.

1:43.8

Don't you want to learn who really did the work?

1:46.3

Well, that's exactly what we're going to do on they did that.

1:49.2

We'll introduce you to the little-known people who changed the world and pushed forward

1:53.2

advancement in technology, science, fashion, and more.

1:56.7

She was the first woman, black woman, to graduate with a master's degree in chemistry from

2:03.1

Hawaii College.

2:04.1

Listen and follow they did that wherever you get your podcasts.

2:12.0

And this I remember how torturous that must have been for them, knowing how dangerous

2:19.6

their situation was already in the camp, and to take that bold stance of answering those

2:26.2

questions, those stupid, illiterate, I mean, and knowing the great risks that they were

2:33.2

taking by answering those questions in the way they did.

2:39.0

And so with those two knows they were categorized as disloyal and we had to be moved again.

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