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As originally posted on Nuclear Hotseat: https://www.nuclearhotseat.com/podcast/hiroshima-nagasaki-80-hibakusha/

This Week's SPECIAL Featured Interview:

On the anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a look at what this meant for further generations' health and psychology. Yuki Miyamoto is Nisei Hibakusha, second generation daughter of an atomic bomb survivor, and brings a personal perspective to her powerful work. She is a Professor in the department of Religious Studies and Director / Humanities Center at DePaul University in Chicago.

Since earning her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, she has been teaching nuclear ethics and environmental justice at DePaul. In addition to leading a biannual study abroad program bringing DePaul students to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for two weeks, her team project, TEAACH Nuclear History — is an initiative focused on teaching nuclear issues to inner-city middle school students.

We spoke on July 11, 2025.

LINKS from interview:

• Monograph by Yuki Miyamoto: Unbearable light/ness of the bombing: normalizing violence and banalizing the horror of the atomic bomb experience
• The very "graphic” graphic novel, Barefoot Gen in English. A harrowing story of Hiroshima that was one of the original Japanese manga series. This all-new translation of the author's first-person experiences of Hiroshima and its aftermath is a reminder of the suffering war brings to innocent people. Its emotions and experiences speak to children and adults everywhere. Volume one of a ten-part series.
• TEAACH nuclear history project homepage with the curriculum Prof. Miramoto has developed to teach about atomic Here's a LINK to the NH #589 interview on the curriculum: "Cool” Nuclear History Education for Kids – Prof. Yuki Miyamoto, Aiko Kojima Hibino

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