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One Year

Slow Burn - One Year: 1955 | 4. Siberia, USA

One Year

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

When Alaskans wanted their own mental-health facility, a rumor took hold all over America. This week, Evan Chung traces the origins of that far-right conspiracy theory: that the government was building a concentration camp where Americans would get imprisoned for their political beliefs. Get ready for a strange tale that involves a brainwashing manual, Scientology, and a vast network of Communist-hunting housewives.


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 Josh Levin, Joel Meyer, and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. 


Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


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0:00.0

We are Brad, makers of the tried and true apple cider vinegar that you've had in your cabinet

0:05.0

for as long as you've had a cabinet.

0:07.0

And you trust that bottle sitting in your cabinet because we were in your mom's cabinet

0:11.0

and her mom's cabinet.

0:13.0

You use us as a wellness drink.

0:15.0

Your mom used us in salad dressing.

0:17.0

Her mom's mom used us as glass cleaner.

0:19.0

And while there are many ways to use us, one thing is always the same, our recipe.

0:24.0

It has never changed since we've been putting cabinets.

0:27.0

Brad, it's not weird if it works.

0:30.0

Hey, this is Josh Levine, the host of one year.

0:33.0

I hope you're enjoying our season on 1955.

0:36.0

This week, we have another story from senior producer Evan Chung.

0:41.0

Growing up in Fairbanks in the 1950s, Karen Produce says every Alaskan kid

0:47.0

learned the same phrase.

0:49.0

There's only three places for you to go.

0:51.0

Inside, outside, or morning side.

0:54.0

Inside, meant they'd keep living at home in Alaska.

0:57.0

Outside, meant they'd move to the continental United States.

1:01.0

And morning side meant morning side hospital, a mental institution,

1:06.0

more than 2,000 miles away in Portland, Oregon.

1:10.0

If you were a child and your mother or father wanted you to do something,

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