Ep. 232: the united states of concentration camps

In dishonor of the grand opening of the U.S. government’s latest concentration camp, Corrigan tells Marko about her country’s long history of displacement and internment.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about Japanese internment and other instances of American concentration camps
[01:10:23] We rave about Pete, Marko asks a question about the end of the world, Marko has swapped vaping for a new vice, CoRri met Joe Pera and Marko met Kris Statlander, Corrigan was on That Other Horror Podcast
[01:33:25] What we watched: Independence Day, Clown in a Cornfield, Copycat, The Surfer, House of Wax, Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, Bring Her Back

Stuff we referenced:

• A Brief History of US Concentration Camps
• Concentration Camps Existed Long Before Auschwitz
• The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps
• An Expert on Concentration Camps Says That’s Exactly What the U.S. Is Running at the Border
• What is Alligator Alcatraz? Here are the details on the new detention facility
• Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just performative cruelty and Trump loyalty
• Could children be detained at “Alligator Alcatraz”? What we know
• Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz
• Hitler’s Inspiration and Guide: The Native American Holocaust
• Interning the Japanese: Gila River Concentration Camp
• The Term “Concentration Camp” in Historical Perspective
• ‘Kids Were Marched Everywhere. This Was a Concentration Camp.’
• Nearly a thousand children died at Indian boarding schools funded by the U.S.
• “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man”: R. H. Pratt on the Education of Native Americans
• Removing Native Americans from their Land
• Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Trail of Tears