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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

By: Rachel Maddow MS NOW
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"Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order" is the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history: the executive order to target and round up innocent citizens, Japanese Americans, at the outbreak of World War II. This six-episode narrative podcast will examine and shed new light on how that policy came to be, who was behind it, who attempted to stop it, and the heroism needed to end the policy for good. Brazen lies and stereotypes about a minority group being pushed by senior government officials. Desperate efforts to prevent the policy from going into place. A community terrorized on the streets by the U.S. military, grabbed from their homes and sent to faraway, hastily built detention camps. Government reports gathered up and set on fire to suppress the truth behind the policy. And a bombshell discovery in the unlikeliest of places that would ultimately expose it all. This is the story of the American government's decision to pursue and carry out an extreme and unconstitutional policy against its own citizens, and it's the story of what it finally took to stop it. Rachel Maddow's previous narrative podcasts -- "Bag Man," "Ultra," and "Ultra: Season 2" -- all reached #1 on the Apple podcast charts and have received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award, a Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism, and most recently, a 2025 national Edward R. Murrow Award. Her new series, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order," premieres December 1, 2025.MS NOW Political Science Politics & Government World
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  • Introducing “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”

    Introducing “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”
    Nov 20 2025

    "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order" is the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history: the executive order to target and round up innocent citizens, Japanese Americans, at the outbreak of World War II. This six-episode narrative podcast will examine and shed new light on how that policy came to be, who was behind it, who attempted to stop it, and the heroism needed to end the policy for good.

    Listen to the trailer here and follow the show.

    The first two episodes drop December 1st.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 1: Safecracker

    Episode 1: Safecracker
    Dec 1 2025

    The bombshell discovery of a report that U.S. government officials had ordered burned has the potential to expose the truth about one of the most radical policy decisions in all of American history. A policy that one young Naval intelligence officer desperately tried to warn his superiors was unwarranted and unnecessary.

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    35 mins
  • Episode 2: The Jitters

    Episode 2: The Jitters
    Dec 1 2025

    In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, the man in charge of defending the American west coast has a serious case of the jitters... and also a bright, young aide who is busy drawing up plans to target a racial group in America en masse. With the clock running out, lawyers inside the Justice Department mount a furious effort to stop the policy from going into effect.

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    49 mins
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I love all Rachel's material. I learn so much and find hope for the future.

Rachel helps us understand our current politics but looking at history

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Interesting podcast. A very large number of commercials. This is black eye on the US and rarely discussed. Perhaps that why these terrible things happen again.

Incarceration of Japanese Americans

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I was aware of the internment, but this presentation provided much more important detail on the subject.

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Rachel once again tells us the history with reverence and depth unmatched! The portrait of such outstanding true American Heroes is told with such clarity and respect.

I love the heroes in this story!

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well research, beautifully told story that will open your eyes to what our government is capable of, and how scapegoating is happening right now.

enlightening and scary

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