Emiko Tamagawa
Senior Producer, Here & Now
Emiko Tamagawa is a senior producer for Here & Now.
Tamagawa produces arts and culture segments for Here & Now. She studied psychology and drama at Yale and Brandeis, and toured colleges and high schools with her one-woman show about the Japanese-American internment before turning to radio.
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With 'Into Thin Air,' author Jon Krakauer remembers the 1996 Everest disaster
In May 1996, a blizzard struck as multiple climbing teams were attempting to summit Mount Everest.
New music and art from Jewel, decades after she first rose to fame
Jewel's new single is called "Upon Meeting the Goddess of Love."
How to become an 'Everyday Genius'
Six-time USA Memory champion Nelson Dellis has memorized hundreds of digits of pi. He has tips for how to improve your memory.
'The Correspondent': Virginia Evans' best-selling debut is a novel in letters
The novel topped the New York Times' best-seller list for hardcover fiction in February.
'H is for Hawk': Emmy winner Claire Foy on learning falconry, living in the moment for her new film
The film, based on Helen Macdonald's memoir of the same name, is about channeling grief into the training of a goshawk.
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How the 'Wimpy Kid' is changing the face of Plainville, Massachusetts
Author Jeff Kinney and his wife Julie opened a bookstore called An Unlikely Story. Now, a beer garden is scheduled to open this spring, with other projects planned.
'Wake Up Dead Man': Rian and Nathan Johnson on blending mystery and faith in new 'Knives Out' movie
The film dives deep into issues of faith and religion. Both Rian and Nathan Johnson were brought up as evangelical Christians.
Film critic Ty Burr shares his picks for movies to stream as the year winds down
Are you looking to stream something in this time between the holidays and the new year?
Before Beyoncé, there was Esther Phillips: Celebrating the R&B singer's 90th birthday
Esther Phillips was a hugely popular teenage R&B singer who, in 1962, recorded the top-10 hit "Release Me."
Jessie Buckley and Chloe Zhao on the humanity of 'Hamnet'
Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel "Hamnet," about the family life of William Shakespeare and the creation of his play "Hamlet," is now a film.