Episodes

In this second episode of If Only, we turn to the story of Harry R. Truman—the man who lived in the shadow of Mount St. Helens and refused to leave when the mountain began to stir.As a boy, he grew up in the rugged hills of Appalachia.As a young man, he hustled through Prohibition, running liquor and scraping a living on his own terms.He built a lodge on the edge of Spirit Lake and carved out a life defined by stubborn independence.And in May 1980, when scientists warned of an impending ...

In this first episode of If Only, we follow the life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi—an ordinary draftsman whose story was shaped by extraordinary loss and survival.As a child, he lost his mother.As a teenager, he watched his father’s business collapse in the Great Depression.As a young man, he endured hunger, poverty, and the weight of war.And in August 1945, he survived what no one else survived—both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.His life was marked by unanswered if onlys: if only ...