Escape From Plan A

Steve joints Teen from Hong Kong to catch upon buying Chinese EVs, the surreal political landscape of the US, and using real cameras again.Part 1 of 2For access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Fred (@fredsoda on X) joins Teen to talk about starting out his career after just graduating from the famed HBS, and what life and work looks like at the beginning of the high arc track. What do these people actually want? What are they willing to do to get it?Part 1 of 2For access to part 2: patreon.com/planamag

Two humanities professors -- Fred (poli sci) and Chong (literature) -- join Teen to discuss C.S. Lewis's "The Abolition of Man", a short book from 1943 that has found renewed currency in America in the wokeness debate and 'trad' values. Pt. 1 of 2 For Part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Angelica Oung (https://taipology.substack.com/) talks with Teen about recent changes in Taiwanese political consciousness and its attitudes towards China vs. America. Also, Angelica talks about going to fancy private schools, and the great Chinese real estate develeraging.] Part 1 of 2 For access to Part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

John Pang joins Teen from Kuala Lumpur to catch up on world affairs, especially the growing importance of Southeast Asia and the way ASEAN is becoming the hub of a new world order. Part 1 of 2 For Part 2 and bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Kyle returns to talk with Teen about getting ready to have the first child, and traveling to Korea to meet his birth parents and siblings for the very first time. Part 1 of 2 For access to bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Q joins Teen from Tianjin, China to catch up briefly about the first few months of living in China, the hypocrisy of the West's human rights rhetoric for China vs Israel -- including the recent genocide denialism of Bret Stephens -- and an extended talk in the bonus about the potential dangers for Jewish people in the West presented by Israel's atrocities. Part 1 of 2 For access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Jess and Teen rail against modernity, a tendency it seems of the young and the old, but not of those stuck in the fat middle slog of life. The retreat of culture from physical real estate, the Hobbesian all-against-all ethic of the social media era, and how none of this is new, it's just getting worse. And an extended discussion in the bonus around pro-/anti-natalism against the backdrop of a society spiraling out. Part 1 of 2 For bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Jess joins Teen to reflect on 8 years of friendship through working on Plan A, the endless treadmill of careerism, and how we all live in a Human Zoo. Made by and for humans. Part 1 of 2 For bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Jess and Teen talk about a long running theme on this podcast: the trap of professional managerial class careerism, the cognitive traps built into it, and potential ways to get out of playing the squid game. Part 1 of 2 Bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag