# 121: "Forty Years from Sand Island" (S3E18)

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Podcast: [Magnum, podcast - revisiting "Magnum P.I."](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnum-podcast-revisiting-magnum-p-i-121908)
Published: 2026-07-16T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theincomparable.com/magnum/121/
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## Resource

We avoided this episode because we thought it was going to be a sad episode about internment camps. But while the damage done to Japanese-Americans in World War II is definitely discussed, there are also wild car accidents, classic Magnum takes to the camera, optimal Magnum-Higgins bickering, and Macho Taco! Is this a core episode of “Magnum”? Follow the Kool-Aid Man....

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