History for the Reckoning is a new podcast that launched on February 19th, 2026. The show defines itself as "a podcast exploring uncomfortable, overlooked, or erased American history through expert interviews."
The word "reckoning" is an interesting choice because it is defined as, "the action or process of calculating or estimating something." I think it's a perfect choice as a title because history is always about revisiting the past with the present in mind. Too often, what's happened in our past has a direct result on what's transpiring in our present. This series explores hidden or misremembered history, featuring historians, scholars, and firsthand accounts.
History for the Reckoning in season one focuses on American Concentration Camps: The Story of WWII Japanese Incarceration.
Host Spencer Ford explains: "Each
season we'll dig into a history that we've misremembered, tried not to
think hard about, or even tried to erase. Through interviews with
historians, scholars, artists, and people who lived the history
firsthand, we'll learn with the depth each topic deserves."
The podcast is sponsored by the JACL Mt Olympus Chapter, the Takahashi Family Foundation, and the JA Community Foundation.
Host Spencer Ford is a writer and theater maker based in Utah. He’s been involved in a range of media, writing stage musicals, screenplays, and children’s books. In fact, it was research for the series of children’s books he co-wrote (The Little-Known Heroes Series) that first ignited his understanding of and interest in the Incarceration, when he learned the story of Frank Emi. When he’s not hosting or writing or performing, he spends time with his perfect wife and baby, and their labradoodle.
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