Escape From Plan A

By Escape From Plan A

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Escape From Plan A is an ongoing discussion of life and politics in America from the perspective of Asian people living here.


Episode Date
Ep. 634: American vs Asian vs European Cities (ft. Scott)
Oct 13, 2025
Ep. 632: NYC-HK Express (ft. Steve)
Oct 03, 2025
Ep. 630: Careerism after Harvard Business School (ft. @fredsoda)
Sep 20, 2025
Ep. 628: Book Discussion of "The Abolition of Man" (ft. Chong and Fred)
Sep 03, 2025
Ep. 626: Taiwan Inc. vs America (ft. Angelica Oung)
Aug 27, 2025
Ep. 624: A Southeast Asian Centered World (ft. John Pang)
Aug 17, 2025
Ep. 621: Meet the Parents (ft. Kyle)
Aug 04, 2025
Ep. 619: The Utter Hypocrisy of the West's Human Rights Project (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Jul 27, 2025
Ep. 617: The Anti-Modernity of the Young and the Old (ft. Jess)
Jul 19, 2025
Ep. 615:The Human Zoo (ft. Jess)
Jul 09, 2025
Ep. 613: Set the World on FIRE (ft. Jess)
Jun 28, 2025
Ep. 611: Why This Is Not Iraq Redux
Jun 22, 2025
Ep. 609: What If We Just Fade Away? (ft. Steve)
Jun 14, 2025
Ep. 606: Asia's Utopian Tech Futurism (ft. John Pang)
Jun 05, 2025
Ep. 604: Taiwan's Rootless Cosmopolitans (ft. Angelica Oung)
May 18, 2025
Ep. 602: Father-Mothers (ft. Shan)
May 11, 2025
Ep. 600: So How Did Moving To China Go? (ft Q Anthony Ali)
May 06, 2025
Ep. 597: The Dog-Eat-Dog World (ft. CS Taniguchi)
Apr 25, 2025
Ep. 595: The Asian American-ness of Jewish Movies (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Apr 15, 2025
Ep. 593: L-Day Has Cometh (ft. Mike)
Apr 08, 2025
Ep. 591: People Are Just Bugging Out (ft. Mike)
Mar 29, 2025
Ep. 590: Is China Switching to Offense? (ft. John Pang)
Mar 18, 2025
Ep. 588: Privatization and the Collapse of Higher Education (ft. Chong and Prof Fred)
Mar 10, 2025
Ep. 586: 90s Media Culture and the Jewish POV (ft. Treavor Beaulieu)
Mar 02, 2025
Ep. 584: Degen Saturday Morning Global Catchup
Feb 23, 2025
Ep. 582: Stop Attacking Asian Diaspora Women FFS (ft. Lei Gong)
Feb 20, 2025
Ep. 580: Trumpachev and the Last Days of Empire (ft. MeowMeow Mike)
Feb 10, 2025
Ep. 578: Tell Me About DeepSeek In the Style of 3 Asian Dudes Bullshitting (ft. Mike and Filip)
Feb 02, 2025
Ep. 576: Trump II: The Reign of Errors (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Jan 23, 2025
Ep. 574: United States of Malaysia? (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Jan 14, 2025
Ep. 572: No Bullshit Discussion on China and Economics (ft. Han Feizi) Pt. 1
Jan 05, 2025
Ep. 570: Calling A Wrap on Asian American Liberalism Pt. 1
Dec 30, 2024
Ep. 568: Taiwanese Identity Dualism (ft. Xiangyu) Pt. 1
Dec 23, 2024
Ep. 566: Midlife Morass: Money or Metaphysics? (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Dec 16, 2024
Ep. 564: Virtue Hoarders (ft. Prof. Fred)
Dec 06, 2024
Ep. 562: Post-Trump Asset Pump (ft. Mike)
Nov 13, 2024
Ep. 560: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 1)
Nov 04, 2024
Ep. 561: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 2)
Nov 04, 2024
Ep. 557: Why Do Kids Seem So Much Younger Than Before? (ft. Jess)
Oct 22, 2024
Ep. 555: An Imminent War That Never Comes (Pt. 1)
Oct 15, 2024
Ep. 553: One Year Into Reverse-Immigrating to Asia w/ Kids (ft. Steve)
Oct 08, 2024
Ep. 549: Asset-Lite Life Pt. 1
Sep 18, 2024
Ep. 547: Saturday Morning Degen Catchup (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Sep 03, 2024
Ep. 546: Also Known As (ft. Adam Goodman)
Aug 27, 2024
Ep. 544: American Default Culture (ft. John Pang)
Aug 06, 2024
Ep. 543: A Short Rant About the Paris Opening Ceremony
Jul 27, 2024
Ep. 541: Post-Assassination Attempt Politics (ft. Carl Zha and John Pang)
Jul 22, 2024
Ep. 539: Burnout Society (ft. Prof. Fred Lee)
Jul 17, 2024
Ep. 537: Married Single Mom
Jul 07, 2024
Ep. 535: WW3 Is No Longer Purely Hypothetical (ft. Mike) Pt. 1
Jul 02, 2024
Ep. 533: Suburban Hellscapes (ft. Mike and Chong) Pt. 1
Jun 21, 2024
Ep. 532: How to Be a Proper Asshole (ft. Shan)
Jun 08, 2024
Ep. 530: Real Assets (Pt. 1)
May 30, 2024
Ep. 528: The Department of American Studies
May 21, 2024
Ep. 526: Forget About Justice: The Ong Brothers Attack (ft. Dr. Z)
May 06, 2024
Ep. 523: Boeing and the Origins of the Fake Economy (Part 1)
Apr 30, 2024
Ep. 521: Columbia Protests and the Elite Schism (Part 1)
Apr 22, 2024
Ep. 520: Nostalgia for Retro Tech that Soothed the Soul
Apr 14, 2024
Ep. 518: Disillusioned Careerism is the Best Careerism (pt. 1)
Apr 04, 2024
Ep. 517: "Perfect Days" and Artful Aging
Mar 27, 2024
Ep. 516: Springtime, a Wild Jess Appears
Mar 18, 2024
Ep. 514: Mad World Investing (ft. Mike and Steve) Part 1
Mar 08, 2024
Ep. 512: American Self-Immolation (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Feb 28, 2024
Ep. 508: How Long Before the Holodeck Arrives? (ft. Mike)
Feb 22, 2024
Ep. 506: Raising Kids in a Zombie Apocalypse Movie (Pt. 1)
Feb 12, 2024
Ep. 505: Being Old Feels Like Being a Kid Again (ft. Shan)
Feb 07, 2024
Ep. 504: Flipping Out Mildly at the Costco (ft. Shan)
Jan 27, 2024
Ep. 502: Fleeing The West (ft. Steve And Mike) (Pt. 1)
Jan 20, 2024
Ep. 499 Where Is Life in America Heading From Here? (Part 1)
Jan 09, 2024
Ep. 497: America From the Outside (ft. Carl Zha) Pt. 1
Jan 01, 2024
Ep. 495: The Return of Oxford Kondo and 78FiveAlive (Pt. 1)
Dec 27, 2023
Ep. 494: Great Art Is Trash
Dec 18, 2023
Ep. 493: We Are the Moderators Now
Nov 27, 2023
Ep. 491: Toxic Therapy Culture (ft. Alice) Pt. 1
Nov 22, 2023
Ep. 489: SaveMoar (ft. Shan)
Nov 13, 2023
Ep. 487: You Got To Know When To Fold 'Em (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Nov 07, 2023
Ep. 485: Living In a Fallen World (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Oct 30, 2023
Ep. 483: The Diaspora Has No Future (ft. Q. Anthony Ali) Pt. 1
Oct 23, 2023
Ep. 482: Taking a Hard Stand Against Israel (ft. Mike and Samlang)
Oct 16, 2023
Ep. 481: Adolescent Dating Culture (ft. Shan)
Oct 09, 2023
Ep. 479: Losing Faith In The Market God (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Oct 05, 2023
Ep. 477: The Builders, the Inheritors, and the Squanderers Pt. 1
Sep 25, 2023
Ep. 475: The Diaspora's Myth of Being 'Between Two Worlds' (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Sep 16, 2023
Ep. 474: How I Learned To Start Worrying Again
Sep 12, 2023
Ep. 472: There Will Be Pain Free (Part 1)
Sep 07, 2023
Ep. 470: America's Favorite Pasttime: Real Estate
Aug 28, 2023
Ep. 469: "Leftists" Who Want Violence Against Asian Business Owners
Aug 21, 2023
Ep. 468: The Menswear Guy and Self-Flagellating Asians (ft. Chong, Katrina, and Hen Z)
Aug 14, 2023
Ep 467: "I'm Not An Activist" (ft. Dan Chen and Ien Chi)
Jul 31, 2023
Ep. 465: Asian American Republican Conservatism (ft. Kenny Xu) Pt. 1
Jul 24, 2023
Ep. 463: The Sheining (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Jul 11, 2023
Ep. 461: A Non-Vibes, Legally-Based Discussion of Affirmative Action's End (Pt. 1)
Jul 04, 2023
Ep. 459: Real Estate and Wealthy People Mindsets (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Jun 22, 2023
Ep. 458: The Little Mermaid and Box Office Politics (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Jun 13, 2023
Ep. 456: Should Asian Americans Leave America For Asia? (Part 1)
Jun 08, 2023
Ep. 454: UFOs, Prehistoric Civilizations, and Fringe Beliefs
May 29, 2023
Ep. 453: Filip Has A Baby
May 22, 2023
Ep. 451: Writing and Friendship in Post-Twitter Age, Pt. 1 (ft. Yasmin Nair)
May 16, 2023
Ep. 450: This Is Not Human
May 09, 2023
Ep. 448: The America Watcher's Club (ft. John Pang and Carl Zha) Pt. 1
May 05, 2023
Ep. 447: David Choe and Dirtbag Cults
Apr 22, 2023
Ep. 446: Beef
Apr 18, 2023
Ep. 444: De-Dollarization / AI Future Is Now (Part 1)
Apr 10, 2023
Ep. 442: Peak Sinophobia Pt. 1
Apr 03, 2023
Ep. 441: Debit Suisse (ft. the Degens)
Mar 27, 2023
Ep. 440: Do Asians Run Hollywood?
Mar 20, 2023
Ep. 439: Is This The End Again? (ft. the Degens)
Mar 11, 2023
Ep. 438: Everything Everywhere Will Be Tár-rible on Oscars Night
Mar 06, 2023
Ep. 437: Don't Go Back To Rockville
Feb 28, 2023
Ep. 435: Self-Interest in the Time of Sinophobic Insanity
Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 433: 2G Asian Parent Stories is just PMC Parenting Pt. 1
Feb 13, 2023
Ep. 431: Dharma of the Hamster Wheel (ft. The Degens) Pt. 1
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 429: Will The World Run Out Of Asians?? Pt. 1 (ft. Kyle)
Jan 30, 2023
Ep. 427: Real Culture Can't Be Stolen, Pt. 1
Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 425: No More Velmas, Pt. 1 (ft. Dan Chen)
Jan 17, 2023
Ep. 423: De-Digitizing Life, Pt. 1
Jan 09, 2023
Ep. 421: The Plan A Film Project (ft. Millie, Philips and Dan)
Jan 03, 2023
Ep. 419: Plan A's Writing Comeback 2023, Pt. 1
Dec 28, 2022
Ep. 418: How to Writemax with ChadGPT
Dec 20, 2022
Ep. 415: COVID Time Bubble and Aging Parents, Pt. 1
Dec 12, 2022
Ep. 414: The Best World Cup Ever (So Far)
Dec 04, 2022
Ep. 412: The Strivers vs. The Obsessives, Pt. 1
Dec 02, 2022
Ep. 411: Materialism Is Not Consumerism
Nov 22, 2022
Ep. 410: FTX and the Age of Virtuous Oppression
Nov 17, 2022
Ep. 408: Wife Guys Talk About Kids, Pt. 1 (ft. Kyle)
Nov 09, 2022
Ep. 407: The End Of Affirmative Action, Pt. 1
Nov 03, 2022
Ep. 405: We All Must Go Back To The Future
Oct 26, 2022
Ep. 403: No Let Up In The Ivy League Admissions Sweepstakes
Oct 18, 2022
Ep. 401: It's All About Da Family
Oct 12, 2022
Ep. 400: NY Gag
Oct 03, 2022
Ep. 398: Qwitter
Sep 26, 2022
Ep. 396: The Little Mermaid Contradiction
Sep 20, 2022
Ep. 395: Wife Guys Part Deux (ft. Kyle)
Sep 13, 2022
Ep. 347: Us vs Them [UNLOCKED]
Sep 05, 2022
Ep: 392: Jess Is Teen's Therapist Today
Sep 01, 2022
Ep 391: Decoding Asian American Bluechecks
Aug 25, 2022
Ep. 390: Asian America Joins The Disinformation Party ft. Pix (@dotorii_muk), Pt. 2
Aug 20, 2022
Ep. 389: Asian America Joins The Disinformation Party ft. Pix (@dotorii_muk), Pt. 1
Aug 20, 2022
Ep. 387: Glamorization of Female Mental Illness, Pt. 1
Aug 15, 2022
Ep. 385: Paychecks and Purpose, Pt. 1
Aug 08, 2022
Ep. 384: Aznmandias, Look Upon My Works!
Aug 01, 2022
Ep. 382: Time To Crack Heads Open, Feast On Goo Inside, Pt. 1
Jul 26, 2022
Ep. 380: Immigration and Indoctrination (ft. Left Flank Vets)
Jul 18, 2022
Ep. 378: Is Japan Actually Bad? Pt. 1
Jul 13, 2022
Ep. 376: Why Asian Americans Feel Alienated From The Left
Jul 05, 2022
Ep. 374: 2nd-Gen Asian Men and 1.5-Gen Asian Women, Pt. 1
Jun 27, 2022
Ep. 372: Tech gets Rekt (ft. Mike and Arnav)
Jun 20, 2022
Ep. 370: Newbie Finance Questions For Degenerates (ft. The Degens)
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 368: OMG All My Friends Are Asian, Pt. 1
Jun 07, 2022
Ep. 366: LA & NYC Are The Same Damn Thing! Asian American Regionalism (ft. Mike)
May 30, 2022
Ep. 364: Wife Guys (ft. Kyle)
May 23, 2022
Ep. 362: How To Be Hot, Pt. 1
May 17, 2022
Ep. 360: Devaluation of Skill
May 09, 2022
Ep. 358: Limb Lengthening and Ass Implants
May 02, 2022
Ep. 356: They Can't Burn Us All (ft. Fulton Hou)
Apr 25, 2022
Ep. 354: Sad Teens and Musk-y Twitter
Apr 19, 2022
Ep. 352: Do Progressive Criminal Justice Systems Care About Asians? (ft. Kasie Lee)
Apr 11, 2022
Ep. 350: How The State Sold Us All Out(ft. Ron T. Kim)
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 348: #OscarsSoWhite Men Say In Our Absence
Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 346: Liberal Bloodthirstiness (ft. Josh C.)
Mar 22, 2022
Ep. 344: Turning Red — My MenstruAzn Neighbor Toronto
Mar 14, 2022
Ep. 339: Urban Self Defense with Dragon Combat Club (ft. Katrina and Henry Z.)
Feb 27, 2022
Ep. 337: Old Maher Yells At Cloud
Feb 22, 2022
Ep. 336: Get Mad About Christina Yuna Lee
Feb 17, 2022
Ep. 335: 2G Asians Riding The Chinese Tech Gold Rush
Feb 14, 2022
Ep. 333: Eileen Gu and the Splinter Olympics
Feb 07, 2022
Ep. 331: Anti-Work It
Jan 31, 2022
Ep. 329: Go West Elm, Young Man
Jan 24, 2022
Ep. 328: RIP Michelle Go
Jan 20, 2022
Ep. 327: Entrepreneurship Mythbusted
Jan 17, 2022
Ep. 325: Remembering the GameStop Insurrection
Jan 10, 2022
Ep. 323: Trump Should Get On Tik Tok
Jan 03, 2022
Ep. 321: Chinese Skull Island
Dec 27, 2021
Ep. 319: Trim Your Memory Bush
Dec 20, 2021
Ep. 317: Peng Shuai, Diplomatic Boycotts, and Copium
Dec 12, 2021
Ep. 316: Arirang Grande
Dec 07, 2021
Ep 314: When Asians Fight Back (Or Don't)
Nov 29, 2021
Ep. 313: The Gaslighting Of Asian American Anger
Nov 24, 2021
Ep: 310: [UNLOCKED] We Love Hard, We Play Hard
Nov 22, 2021
Ep. 311: Billionaire Gods
Nov 16, 2021
Ep. 309: The Loneliest Americans
Nov 08, 2021
Ep. 307: Fake Generational Wars Between Millennials and Gen Z
Nov 01, 2021
Ep. 305: An Inconvenient Minority (ft. Kenny Xu)
Oct 25, 2021
Ep. 303: How White Guys Treat Asian Guys (ft. Kyle)
Oct 18, 2021
Ep. 302: Blue Bayou and Narrative Ownership
Oct 14, 2021
Ep. 301: K-Drama Kure-All
Oct 12, 2021
Ep. 299: Reddit Walls and 4Chan-ement Halls
Oct 04, 2021
Ep. 297: We're Back In 2021 Again
Sep 27, 2021
Ep. 295: Simu "Scandal" and Sibling Rivalries Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Sep 20, 2021
Ep. 294: WTF Is An "MRAsian" Anyway?
Sep 16, 2021
Ep. 293: Shang-Chi and the End of Media Rep Discourse
Sep 10, 2021
Ep. 292: The Gen Z College Experience (ft. amandamaryanna)
Sep 06, 2021
Ep. 290: Asian vs. Asian American Politics (ft. Xiangyu and Rob Kajiwara)
Aug 30, 2021
Ep. 288: Cultural Appropriation Is Assimilation
Aug 23, 2021
Ep. 286: The Tiresome Cultural Appropriation War Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Aug 19, 2021
Ep. 285: The Time's Up Protection Racket
Aug 16, 2021
Ep. 283: Making Friends As You Get Older
Aug 08, 2021
Ep. 281: Activision Blizzard and the Sexist Video Game Industry (ft. Connie Griffin)
Aug 02, 2021
Ep. 279: The Unexplored Shadow Side of Asian American Stories
Jul 27, 2021
Ep. 277: Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Collapse
Jul 20, 2021
Ep. 275: Late 90s Office Movies
Jul 13, 2021
Ep. 272: Renters vs. Homeowners
Jun 28, 2021
Ep. 271 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: ACCEPTED - Gaming College Admissions (ft. Dan Chen)
Jun 24, 2021
Ep. 270: Kinky Pride, Chimamanda, and Spineless Cultural Critics (ft. Yasmin Nair)
Jun 21, 2021
Ep. 268: Making Sense of Crypto-Degeneracy
Jun 14, 2021
Ep 266: Modern Indian Cinema and Politics
Jun 07, 2021
Ep. 265 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: Fighting for NYC’s Working-Class Asian Americans
Jun 02, 2021
Ep. 264: John Cenaphobia
May 31, 2021
Ep. 262: #StopAsianHate and Opportunism
May 24, 2021
Ep. 261: Celebrity, Adoption, and Power (ft. Yasmin Nair)
May 17, 2021
Ep. 259: Boba Liberalism, Properly Defined
May 09, 2021
Ep. 257: Sanity Check 2021 (ft. Amanda and Gina)
May 04, 2021
Ep. 255: What Does A CEO Do, Anyway?
Apr 25, 2021
Ep. 253: The Weaponization of Passion - Video Game Edition (ft. Connie Griffith)
Apr 18, 2021
Ep. 251: War and Peace and War
Apr 13, 2021
Ep. 249: Eileen Gu As The Anti-Chloe Kim
Apr 05, 2021
Ep. 247: The Link Between Anti-Asian Racism and US-China Policy (ft. Kaiser Kuo)
Mar 29, 2021
Ep. 245: America's Next Top Model Minority, Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Mar 22, 2021
Ep. 244: The Atlanta Asian Murders
Mar 19, 2021
Ep. 243: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship, Part 3
Mar 15, 2021
Ep. 241: Your Daily Mao (ft. TheDailyMao)
Mar 08, 2021
Ep. 239: Sunday Afternoon Lo-Fi Hot Takes To Study To
Feb 28, 2021
Ep. 238: The Side Hustle Economy
Feb 22, 2021
Ep. 237: An All-Out Assault on Asian Americans (ft. Austin Koh aka Ayekay)
Feb 15, 2021
Ep. 236: A Full Frontal Attack On Your White Collar Dreams
Feb 08, 2021
Ep. 235 (Preview): Taking eSports Seriously
Feb 04, 2021
Ep. 234: Is America the Tech Backwater?(ft. Ben Sin)
Feb 01, 2021
Ep. 233: Stonk Market Fundamentals With Plan A
Jan 28, 2021
Ep 232: Capitol Hill Riots Pt. 2 (by Patreon Request)
Jan 25, 2021
Ep. 232: Capitol Hill Riots - A Glimpse Into A Chaotic New Year? Pt. 1
Jan 18, 2021
Ep. 231: Quitting Your Startup To Play Cyberpunk
Jan 13, 2021
EFPA Book Club ep. 1: The Curious Parallels Between Trump’s “Coup” and Bacon’s Rebellion
Jan 11, 2021
Ep. 230: The Simpathizer
Jan 04, 2021
Ep. 229: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship, Part 2
Dec 28, 2020
Ep. 228: Beyond Stinky Lunch Stories (ft. John)
Dec 21, 2020
Ep. 227: Lies Detected in Western Media About China, Part 1 (ft. Josh C.)
Dec 14, 2020
Ep. 226: Finding Yingying (ft. Jenny Shi)
Dec 07, 2020
Ep. 225: V for Vaccine, Part 1
Nov 30, 2020
Ep. 224: Sipping Tea on TDoR (ft. Tee Fansofa)
Nov 23, 2020
[Unlocked] Ep. 175: Psychedelics and Psilocybin (ft. Seibo Shen)
Nov 19, 2020
Ep. 223: Borat as a Product of Liberal Racism (ft. Katya Kazbek)
Nov 16, 2020
Ep. 222: Go East Young Man! (ft. Carl Zha and Xiangyu)
Nov 09, 2020
Ep. 221: Dealing With Woke White Liberals (ft. Adam Hudson)
Nov 02, 2020
Ep. 220: How Doctors Do Harm (ft. Xiaoyun and Sarah)
Oct 26, 2020
Ep. 219: Uber Drivers Unite (ft. Hailing Chen)
Oct 21, 2020
Ep. 218 (Preview): The Snack Review
Oct 16, 2020
Ep. 217: Is Affirmative Action Legitimate Activism?
Oct 13, 2020
Ep. 216 (Preview): Reading Discussion, Ho Chi Minh and Huey P. Newton (ft. Mike Nguyen)
Oct 10, 2020
Ep. 215: Black Zebra Speaks (ft. Kajah and Jeoffrey)
Oct 05, 2020
Ep. 214 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: Chinese Scientists, American Fascism, American Decline
Oct 01, 2020
Ep. 213: Failing Your Way To Freedom (ft. Diamond Yao)
Sep 28, 2020
Ep. 212 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: The Fight For WeChat Is A Fight For American Civil Rights
Sep 24, 2020
Ep. 211: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship
Sep 22, 2020
Ep. 210 (Preview): Racism Isn't a Ladder. Racism Is a Stool.
Sep 16, 2020
Ep. 209: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chinese in America (ft. Emily Dong)
Sep 13, 2020
Ep. 208 (Preview): Inventing Reality: The Politics of New Media
Sep 10, 2020
Ep. 207: Mixed-White/Asian Perspectives on Mental Health (ft. Dr. Joshua Blum)
Sep 07, 2020
Ep. 206: Racist Invaders From The Porn Dimension (Extended Preview)
Sep 03, 2020
Ep. 205: Race Realism and the Pet Arguments of Right Wing Chuds (ft. Kang)
Aug 31, 2020
Ep. 204: Everyone Was Falling (ft. JS Lee)
Aug 24, 2020
Ep. 203 (Preview): Dealing in Desire
Aug 20, 2020
Ep. 202: Looking Back on 200 Episodes
Aug 17, 2020
Ep. 201 [UNLOCKED]: A Critique of Ultra-Leftism, Dogmatism and Sectarianism
Aug 13, 2020
Ep. 199 [UNLOCKED]: Ditching the Profit Motive and Independent Non-White Media (ft. David Nole)
Aug 13, 2020
Ep. 200: Letting Go Of Immigrant Guilt
Aug 10, 2020
Ep. 198: Rooftop Koreans Are Not Your Daddy (ft. Pix)
Aug 03, 2020
Ep. 197 (Preview): An Asian Women's Guide to Surviving COVID
Jul 31, 2020
Ep. 196: What Is The Purpose of the Asian American In These Times? (ft. Emily Dong)
Jul 27, 2020
Ep. 195 (Preview): What is Mental Health in America?
Jul 22, 2020
Ep. 194: Da 5 Bloods is American Imperialism in Blackface
Jul 19, 2020
Ep. 193 (Preview): Remote Control — Who Does the "Work From Home" Trend Actually Serve?
Jul 16, 2020
Ep. 192: How to Get Shot 8 Times by Sacramento PD (ft. Tee Fansofa)
Jul 13, 2020
Ep. 191 (Preview): Heroes From Nowhere (Orphan Hero Myth, Part 1)
Jul 10, 2020
Ep. 190: Why do American Heroes Never Have Parents? (ft. Mtume)
Jul 06, 2020
Ep. 189: Assault on Liberty in the Philippines - Duterte’s Anti Terror Bill
Jul 03, 2020
Ep. 188: The Path Which Led Me To Leninism (ft. Mike Nguyen)
Jun 29, 2020
Ep. 187: An Asian American Guide To Getting Very, Very Upset (ft. Ayekay aka Austin Koh)
Jun 25, 2020
Ep. 186: How An Abusive Cop Co-opted #AsiansForBlackLives
Jun 22, 2020
Ep. 185: Comparing Notes On Race and Class (ft. Adam Hudson and Andray Domise)
Jun 19, 2020
Ep. 184: Serving a City on Fire (ft. Ron Kim)
Jun 15, 2020
Ep. 183: International Aspects of Asian American Radical Politics (ft. Danny Haiphong)
Jun 11, 2020
Ep. 182: Honor, Visibility & Recognition
Jun 07, 2020
Ep. 181: Protest Report - Trapped in a House on Swann St. in D.C.
Jun 04, 2020
Ep. 179 [UNLOCKED]: Asian Bluechecks Confessing "Anti-Blackness In The Asian Community"
Jun 02, 2020
Ep. 180: Adoptee Mental Health, A Better Way for a Better World with the Gide Foundation
Jun 01, 2020
Ep. 179 (Preview): Asian Bluechecks Confessing "Anti-Blackness In The Asian Community"
May 29, 2020
Ep. 178: Human Trafficking from the Philippines (ft. Rob Cheng of Katarungan)
May 24, 2020
Ep. 177 (Preview): Why Do Asian Americans Spend So Much Money?
May 22, 2020
Ep. 176: Meanwhile… in Vietnam (ft. Luna)
May 18, 2020
Ep. 175 (Preview): Psychedelics and Psilocybin (ft. Seibo Shen)
May 14, 2020
Ep. 174: The Legacy of Vincent Chin (ft. Paula Yoo)
May 10, 2020
Ep. 173 (Preview): Tigertail, The Half of It, and Never Have I Ever
May 08, 2020
Ep. 172: How Dangerous Is The New Cold War With China? (ft. Ajit Singh)
May 04, 2020
Ep. 171 (Preview): The Top Tenth
Apr 30, 2020
Ep. 170: The Millennial and Gen Z Mindset After COVID-19
Apr 27, 2020
Ep. 169 (Preview): 'Sleeping Dogs,' the Great Game About Being Asian American
Apr 23, 2020
Ep. 168: When Pessimism Is Justified
Apr 19, 2020
Ep. 167: Asian American YA Books Round-Up (ft. Aesthetic Distance)
Apr 17, 2020
Ep. 166: A YangGang Post-Mortem (ft. Andray Domise)
Apr 13, 2020
Ep. 165: The Coronavirus Bailout Failout
Apr 09, 2020
Ep. 164: The Politics of the Korean American Left (ft. Shin)
Apr 04, 2020
Ep. 163: A Pandemic Update
Apr 01, 2020
Ep. 162: Should Asian Americans Care About China's Media Image? (ft. Kaiser Kuo)
Mar 26, 2020
Ep. 161: Blaming China For COVID-19, How Should Asian Americans React?
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 160: Love Lockdown
Mar 20, 2020
Ep. 159: A Podcast For All You Asian Americans In Line At Costco
Mar 15, 2020
Ep. 158: Coronavirus and Attacks on Asians
Mar 09, 2020
Ep. 157 (Preview): Bernie, Biden, and the Neverending Campaign
Mar 06, 2020
Ep. 156: Revisiting The Trumpquake
Mar 02, 2020
Ep. 155 (Preview): The Hollywood Emperors Have No Clothes
Feb 28, 2020
Ep. 154: Blaming Coronavirus on Confucius ft. Amanda (@catcontentonly)
Feb 24, 2020
Ep. 153 (Preview): Munchausen By Proxy Over Stockholm Syndrome
Feb 20, 2020
Ep. 152: Lazy Sunday Pod Brunch
Feb 17, 2020
Ep. 151 (Preview): 'Parasite's' Historic Win and Mango Poetry (ft. Yasmin Nair)
Feb 14, 2020
Ep. 149 [UNLOCKED]: Coronavirus is the New Red Scare
Feb 06, 2020
Ep. 148: Go Bernie! On the Eve of Iowa (ft. Trevor Beaulieu and Phan)
Feb 03, 2020
Ep. 147 (Preview): Do Asian American Narratives Have A Low Ceiling?
Jan 30, 2020
Ep. 146: It's All About Immigration
Jan 28, 2020
Ep. 145: America's Hidden History of Military Prostitution in South Korea (ft. Tim Shorrock)
Jan 20, 2020
Ep. 144 (Preview): Why Are Kids Performing 'Miss Saigon'??
Jan 16, 2020
Ep. 143: The Social Value Of Asian American Comedy (ft. Joe Wong)
Jan 13, 2020
Ep. 142 (Preview): Opting Out
Jan 09, 2020
Ep. 141: Break In Case of War: A Case for Grief and Hope
Jan 06, 2020
Ep. 140 (Preview): A 2020 Wishlist for Asian America
Jan 02, 2020
Ep. 139: Life As You Turn 30
Dec 30, 2019
Ep. 95 [UNLOCKED]: Shit White Women Do
Dec 23, 2019
Ep. 138: Male Feminists, Cat People, and Society's Obsession With Dating
Dec 16, 2019
Ep. 137 (Preview): 'Frankly In Love' Has A Refreshing Asian American Narrative
Dec 12, 2019
Ep. 136: How Sinophobia Affects Non-Chinese Asians
Dec 09, 2019
Ep. 135 (Preview): Academia Is The Dark Side (ft. You Peng)
Dec 06, 2019
Ep. 134: The New York Times Screws The Pooch With Drake And 'Parasite'
Dec 02, 2019
Ep. 93 [UNLOCKED]: And They Called It Yellow Love
Nov 26, 2019
Ep. 133 (Preview): All About That Enclave Life
Nov 22, 2019
Ep. 132: Sinophobia and the Coping American Psyche (ft. Rich)
Nov 19, 2019
Ep. 131 (Preview): How Asian Men View American Masculinity
Nov 13, 2019
Ep. 129 (Preview): Straight Yellow Men in Creative Spaces (ft. Jon Truei)
Nov 07, 2019
Ep. 128: Why Asian Americans Should Give A Shit About The Techlash (ft. Jimmy Wu and R.K. Upadhya)
Nov 04, 2019
Ep. 127 (Preview): Plan A Eats Special Gummies In A Cabin
Nov 01, 2019
Ep. 126: What 'Hustlers' Gets Wrong About Sex Work (ft. Red Canary Song)
Oct 28, 2019
Ep. 125 (Preview): Dafuq Is Up With USMNT and Tottenham?
Oct 24, 2019
Ep. 124: Next Steps For Plan A?
Oct 21, 2019
Ep. 123 (Preview): Diana's Journey Into Comedy
Oct 17, 2019
Ep. 122: The Dead-Ends of Intersectionality
Oct 14, 2019
Ep. 121 (Preview): Bad Movies We Love
Oct 10, 2019
Ep. 120: Meta Model Minority Myth (ft. Bryant)
Oct 07, 2019
Ep. 119 (Preview): What Is a 'White Person,' Really?
Oct 02, 2019
Ep. 118: 鍾翔宇, American Born Communist (ft. Xiangyu)
Sep 30, 2019
Ep. 117: Andrew Yang, Shane Gillis, and the Politics of Appeasement (ft. Phan)
Sep 23, 2019
Ep. 116 (Preview): Chappelle, Aziz, and Anti-Woke Comedy
Sep 19, 2019
Ep. 114 (Preview): More Asian Americans Need To Write
Sep 12, 2019
Ep 113: Her Name Is Chanel Miller (ft. Bitch Pack)
Sep 09, 2019
Ep. 112 (Preview): Is It Okay To Fail With Your Startup?
Sep 05, 2019
Ep. 111: Why Marvel And Six-Packs Are Not A Cause
Sep 02, 2019
Ep. 110 (Preview): Asians Make Dope Shit And We Talk About Some Of It
Aug 31, 2019
Ep. 109: Racial Trauma and Therapy (ft. Bryant)
Aug 26, 2019
Ep. 108 (Preview): What "Asian American" Means To Us
Aug 22, 2019
Ep 107: Was 'The Farewell' Great or Just Pretty Good?
Aug 19, 2019
Ep. 106 (Preview): Epstein Murder, Quillette vs. DSA, and Sexy Simu
Aug 15, 2019
Ep. 105: A Sex Worker's Worth (ft. Ron T. Kim)
Aug 12, 2019
Ep. 104: Zhang Yingying, American Violence, and Asian Victims
Aug 05, 2019
Ep. 103 (Preview): Nicole Chung's 'All You Can Ever Know' Is the Type of Adoption Memoir We Need
Aug 01, 2019
Ep. 101 (Preview): Do Birthday Parties Suck?
Jul 25, 2019
Ep. 100: Corporate Wokeness (ft. Yasmin Nair)
Jul 22, 2019
Ep. 99 (Preview): Modern [Yellow] Love, Pt. 2 (ft. John "Baiceps" Bai)
Jul 16, 2019
Ep. 98: Modern [Yellow] Love, Pt. 1 (ft. John "Baiceps" Bai)
Jul 15, 2019
Ep. 97 (Preview): Prince Epstein and the Dark Shadow of Disney
Jul 12, 2019
Ep. 96: Fetishization of Mixed-Race Asian Women (ft. Sharon H. Chang and Annabelle Schmitt)
Jul 08, 2019
Ep. 95 (Preview): Shit White Women Do
Jul 04, 2019
Ep. 94: China Realism (ft. Carl Zha)
Jul 01, 2019
Ep. 93 (Preview): And They Called It Yellow Love
Jun 27, 2019
Ep. 92: Boba Liberalism vs. Asian Left Twitter (ft. Creighton and Redmond)
Jun 24, 2019
Ep. 91 (Preview): Happy Father's Day, Asian Ron Swanson Edition
Jun 20, 2019
Ep. 90: Questioning the Easy Appeal of 'Always Be My Maybe' (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Jun 17, 2019
Ep. 89 (Preview): Talking 'Impostor Syndrome' (ft. Minyoung Lee)
Jun 15, 2019
Ep. 88: Critiquing vs. Criticizing American Chad Masculinity
Jun 10, 2019
Ep. 87 (Preview): Growing Up Playing Sports
Jun 07, 2019
Ep. 86: Brown and Yellow Asians... Who's "Asian"?
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 85 (Preview): The Devil Wears Plan A
May 31, 2019
Ep. 84: Asian American Privilege
May 28, 2019
EP. 83 (Preview): Classic vs. Modern Gaming
May 24, 2019
Ep. 82: Mark Went to Korea and All We Got Is This Awesome Podcast
May 20, 2019
Ep. 81 (Preview): Crazy Rich Tea
May 16, 2019
Ep. 80: Come All Ye Asian American Writers, Unpaid and Overlooked
May 13, 2019
Ep. 79: Talking Shit About 'Avengers' and Stan Culture (ft. Mtume Gant)
May 07, 2019
Ep. 78: Conversations With Asian Trans Women
Apr 29, 2019
Ep. 77: The Overselling of the College Experience
Apr 22, 2019
Ep. 76: Andrew Yang, The King Of All Memes (ft. Neighbor Science)
Apr 15, 2019
Ep. 75: Analyzing NPR Invisibilia's Podcast On Racial Attraction
Apr 08, 2019
Ep. 74: Media Exploitation Of Violence Against Asian Women
Apr 01, 2019
Ep. 73: You Can't Escape High School
Mar 24, 2019
Ep. 72: The Anatomy of Asian American Depression
Mar 18, 2019
Ep. 71: Plan A Gets Into Tech
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 70: Ken Jeong Is Too Old For This Shit
Mar 04, 2019
Ep. 69: Feminism and #MeToo in Korea (ft. E. Tammy Kim)
Feb 25, 2019
Ep. 68: Liberal Racism Is Not An Oxymoron
Feb 18, 2019
Ep. 67: Surprise! We're Dirty Commies!
Feb 11, 2019
Ep. 66: Amelie Wen Zhao and WTF Is Up With YA Twitter?
Feb 04, 2019
Ep. 65: Growing Up Mixed-Race Asian (ft. Sharon H. Chang)
Jan 28, 2019
Ep. 64: The Brooklyn Asian Hammer Homicides
Jan 22, 2019
Ep. 63: MAJA - Make America Japanese Again
Jan 14, 2019
Ep. 62: The Straight Asian Male Audit
Jan 07, 2019
Ep. 61: Gender Controversies in 'Subtle Asian Traits'
Dec 31, 2018
Ep. 60: Hey Harvard, Just Be Honest!
Dec 24, 2018
Ep. 59: Asian America's Coasts And Cliques
Dec 17, 2018
Ep. 58: Finding Your Creative Voice (Studio Ghibli's 'Whisper of the Heart')
Dec 13, 2018
Ep. 57: Wesley Yang's 'Game Theory' and Pick Up Artistry As Coercion
Dec 09, 2018
Ep. 56: Kim's Inconvenience (Asian Emotional Labor)
Dec 03, 2018
Ep. 55: Are 2nd-Gen Asians Cursed? (And Why White People Dread Thanksgiving)
Nov 26, 2018
Ep. 54: The Truth About Asian Mental Health
Nov 19, 2018
Ep. 53: What We Mean By 'Internalized Racism'
Nov 12, 2018
Ep. 52: Trying To Make It In Show Business
Nov 05, 2018
Ep. 51: Halloween Spooktacular (Real Ghost Stories)
Oct 29, 2018
Ep. 50: Identity Politics and the Asian American (ft. Kevin Xu)
Oct 22, 2018
Ep. 49: Is 'The Hate U Give' The New 'Crash'?
Oct 15, 2018
Ep. 48: The Immigrant Time Warp (ft. T.K.)
Oct 08, 2018
Ep. 47: The Adventures of Bart O'Kavanaugh and the Tiger Mom
Oct 01, 2018
Ep. 46: Twitter Lunacy (High school cliques, sock puppets, and more!)
Sep 24, 2018
Ep. 45: The A Is For Anger (Jess And Teen Get Pissed)
Sep 17, 2018
Ep. 44: The Curious Parallels in Black and Asian Media (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Sep 10, 2018
Ep. 43: 'Searching' For Representation of Neglected Asian Americans
Sep 04, 2018
Ep. 42: Guys, How To Not Get Stuck In Anger?
Aug 27, 2018
Ep. 41: Can 'Crazy Rich Asians' Soften Plan A's Heart of Stone?
Aug 20, 2018
Ep. 40: Sarah Jeong Is A White Liberal Shield
Aug 13, 2018
Ep. 39: The Depression Of The Yappie
Aug 06, 2018
Ep. 38: Fuck Hollywood, Watch Asian Cinema (ft. Cinema Escapist)
Jul 30, 2018
Ep. 37: Do Asian Men Resent Asian Women's Success?
Jul 23, 2018
Ep. 36: Difficulties In Asian Women-to-Women Dialogues About WMAF
Jul 16, 2018
Ep. 35: The Problem With 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' (ft. Kevin Kreider)
Jul 03, 2018
Ep. 34: Korea Saves The World (Cup) By Knocking Out Germany
Jun 28, 2018
Ep. 33: Fear of Demographic Change and Racist Einstein
Jun 25, 2018
Ep. 32: The Marriage Bubble
Jun 18, 2018
Ep. 31: Goodbye, Anthony Bourdain
Jun 13, 2018
Ep. 30: NYC Specialized High Schools, 'Yappie,' and Asian Baby Names
Jun 11, 2018
Ep. 29: Black Market Adoption
Jun 04, 2018
Ep. 28: BTS and K-Pop's Impact on Asian American Guys
May 28, 2018
Ep. 27: Schneiderman, Trump, and Weinstein are the White Male Centipede
May 20, 2018
Ep. 26: Why Do People Get So Angry About Cultural Appropriation?
May 13, 2018
Ep. 25: A Filipino-American Look at Netflix's 'Amo'
May 07, 2018
Ep. 24: 'Isle of Dogs' Has A White Woman Problem
Apr 29, 2018
Ep. 23: Is Canada the Promised Land?
Apr 25, 2018
Ep. 21: The Poison Ivy League?
Apr 16, 2018
Ep. 20: Asian Twitter vs. Esther Ku
Apr 09, 2018
Ep. 19: The Race To Be White
Apr 02, 2018
Ep. 18: Can We Trust Jordan Peterson?
Mar 25, 2018
Ep. 17: The Fall of White Masculinity
Mar 12, 2018
Ep. 16: David Chang's 'Ugly Delicious'
Mar 07, 2018
Ep. 15: The Plan A Pre-Oscars Party! Our Final Predictions
Feb 27, 2018
Ep. 14: Walking in Adoptees' Shoes (ft. Jen Kim)
Feb 20, 2018
Ep. 13: Guys, Do We Take Asian Women For Granted?
Feb 11, 2018
Ep. 12: Trump Made Local Politics Sexy (ft. Varun Nikore)
Feb 04, 2018
Ep. 11: Asian Feminism vs. White Feminism
Jan 28, 2018
Ep. 10: Shoshanna Loves The Asian Boys
Jan 04, 2018
Ep. 9: Why is 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' So Divisive?
Dec 25, 2017
Ep. 8: Guys, You're Not Crazy
Dec 18, 2017
Ep. 7: Burn, 'Chinese Burn'!
Dec 18, 2017
Ep. 6: The Ideology of the iPhone X
Dec 18, 2017
Ep. 5: Weinstein's Hollywood
Dec 18, 2017
Ep. 4: Shut Up, You Dyed Your Hair Blonde!
Dec 18, 2017
Ep 3: What Is Love? Plan A Knows!
Oct 25, 2017
Ep. 2: What If Asian Guys Go Alt-Right?
Sep 26, 2017
Ep. 1: The Birth of a Notion
Sep 05, 2017