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It\u2019s 1972 and Singer Nobuko \u201cJoAnne\u201d Miyamoto and her partner Chris Ijima get \u201cthe call.\u201d It\u2019s Yoko Ono and John Lennon inviting them to sing on national TV. What happens next is musical history. And a young massage therapist in Miami Beach gets the business offer of a lifetime. So he shakes hands with the devil and hopes for the best.

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We Are Not Yellow Pearl

It\u2019s 1972 and Singer Nobuko \u201cJoAnne\u201d Miyamoto and her partner Chris Ijima get \u201cthe call.\u201d It\u2019s Yoko Ono and John Lennon inviting them to sing on national TV. What happens next is musical history.

This story contains strong language and references\xa0to Japanese Internment and racism against Asians and Asian Americans. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.

Thank you, Nobuko, for sharing your story with Snap!

After their first and last TV performance, Nobuko and Chris recorded \u201cYellow Pearl,\u201d \u201cWe Are The Children,\u201d and other songs on their 1973 album A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America. And while Chris, unfortunately, passed away in 2005, Nobuko is still making music to this day.

For more, check out Noboku\u2019s recently released memoir: Not Yo\u2019 Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution. And go to Noboku\u2019s website to see what she\u2019s working on next!

Produced by David Exum\xe9, original score by Daniel Riera

The Accidental Arms Dealer

A young massage therapist in Miami Beach gets the business offer of a lifetime. So he shakes hands with the devil and hopes for the best.

Big thanks to David Packouz for sharing your story. If you want to find out the dirty, dirty, gritty, gritty behind this piece, check out the book written by Guy Lawson; it's called "Arms and the Dudes."

Produced by Anna Sussman & Julia DeWitt in collaboration with Guy Lawson. Original score by Renzo Gorrio.

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 12 - Episode 49