Hi, this is Joe, and before we begin today's episode, I have a special message.

As you may know, just over a month ago, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National

Endowment for the Arts canceled existing grants for organizations around the country,

including us here at Radio Diaries. For the past decade, NEH and NEA have been our primary funders.

The administration's order, which is titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,

includes a clause to remove content that, quote, inappropriately disparages Americans' past or living

and instead focuses on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.

In Radio Diaries, we believe that progress doesn't come from denying, erasing, or whitewashing the past,

but from deeply understanding our history, even when it's painful.

We try to create stories that don't just tell you what happened, but help you feel it.

And we believe in stories that look at hidden, buried,

rarely told chapters of history from a personal lens.

If you believe in what we believe, we hope you'll support us.

Your donation is more important than ever,

and right now we have a $50,000 match,

so every dollar you send us will be doubled.

We're a nonprofit organization so your donation is tax deductible.

Go to RadioDiaries.org to find out how you can support our work.

A good example is our most recent episode about the last time the Alien Enemies Act was used in this country in World War II.

So if you like it, please consider showing your support after you listen. That's radio diaries.org. Thanks. We want to recommend a fellow show in the

Radiotopia family. It's called This Day, hosted by Jody Avergan, alongside historians Nicole

Hemmer and Kelly Carter Jackson. Each episode is a short, fun glimpse of that day in American history.

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