Escape From Plan A

Jess, Chris, and Teen talk about the public's shifting attitudes towards wealth, billionaires, and power-by-inheritance, starting from the 1990s to contemporary times. References are made to The West Wing, Succession, Gossip Girl, Crazy Rich Asians, Silicon Valley, and more.

Chris, Filip, and Adam form a makeshift book club after reading Jay Caspian Kang's "The Loneliest Americans." They particularly focus on the chapter on Asian American male online spaces, especially since it actually features Adam in one of its narrative arcs. Other points of discussion include what it would mean to listen more to working-class Asian Americans and why there was some Twitter controversy over this book by those who hadn't even read it. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Adam (@snbatman) Filip (@filipgwriting) REFERENCED RESOURCES: American Accomplice by Matthew Shen Goodman | n+1: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-39/essays/american-accomplice/ SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu

Teen and Chris discuss a recent New York Times article about Millennial bosses facing culture clashes with Gen Z employees. Also, they talk about the continuing critical backlash against Eternals and why nobody discusses the lofty station Chloe Zhao comes from in China. TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: The 37-Year Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year Olds Who Work For Them | NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/business/gen-z-workplace-culture.html SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Kenny Xu's "An Inconvenient Minority" cuts against the grain of the current Asian American literary vogue of Ivy League MFA writing. Instead of inner emotional turmoil and racial confusion, Kenny's writing cuts to the heart of Asian American material interests. In particular, a fair shake at a top-flight education, long seen by many Asian Americans as the key to American life. Kenny joins Eliza and Teen (at the 30:00 mark) to talk about his book, and how the liberal progressive agenda does not serve the majority of Asian Americans or represent their preferences. Of course, this wouldn't be an Escape From Plan A episode without digging into differences in thinking and opinion. But overall there is much to "An Inconvenient Minority" that simply is missing altogether in the race writing of the Bluecheck literary establishment. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Kenny Xu (@kennymxu) Eliza (@aesthdistance1) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Asians love to talk about 'WMAF' (guilty) online. But we rarely talk about WMAM -- the complex and often toxic relationship that white men seek to enter with Asian men, often for self-serving reasons. Kyle joins Jong and Teen to talk about this through his ten-year friendship with Bloomberg opinion writer Noah Smith. Teen compares notes with his brief online acquaintance with Noah. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Kyle (@beefhoagie) Jong (@calicoarse) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

(Warning: Spoilers! Time stamps will be provided during podcast) Chris, Adam, and returning guest John Bai sit down to review and discuss the recent movie 'Blue Bayou' written, direct, and starred in by Justin Chong. 'Blue Bayou' follows the events in the life of Korean-American adoptee Antonio LeBlanc (Justin Chon), his pregnant wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and her daughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske) after they learn that Antonio is not an American citizen as they always believed and is faced with deportation to South Korea. The three then discuss the controversy surrounding the movie which centers on accusations that Chon did not get the permission of Adam Crapser and other deported and at risk of deportation adoptees to use details of their lives in the making of 'Blue Bayou'. This discussion leads into a conversation of the idea of Narrative Ownership since Justin Chon is not an adoptee himself. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Adam (@snbatman) John (@BohnJai) Plan A Podcast series on Adoptees Without Citizenship: https://soundcloud.com/plan-a-magazine/sets/the-manufactured-crisis SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu

Teen, Jong, and Chris discuss THAT Salon article (about the Asian American woman who didn't find Asian men attractive until she started watching Korean dramas), and the increasingly gloves-off Twitter spats between Asian American bluechecks that suggests a convergence of high-class and dirtbag Asian Twitter mentalities. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) Jong (@calicoarse) REFERENCED RESOURCES: K-Dramas Cured My Prejudice Against Asian Men | Salon: https://www.salon.com/2021/10/10/k-dramas-asian-men-tv-crash-landing-on-you/ Jay Caspian Kang's reaction to Jenn Fang's subtweet: https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang/status/1447641759010283523?s=20 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Teen, Liza, and Chris talk about Wesley Yang's latest Substack piece reflecting on his "Paper Tigers" essay and Andrew Yang's Politico piece on how mentally warped you can get running for president. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Teen (@Mont_Jiang) Chris (@JesuInToast) Eliza (@aesthdistance1) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Personal Note by Wesley Yang | Year Zero Substack: https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/personal-note When I Ran For President, It Messed With My Head by Andrew Yang | Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yang-book-excerpt-campaigning-514967 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Chris and Liza emerge from the weird past couple of weeks of Asian Twitter (where everyone momentarily went back to the gender wars of 2018) to talk about the latest dumb Asian American-related article in The New York Times, upcoming movies they're excited about (like Dune), what people often really mean when they say "social justice," and why straight women hate it when guys take selfies. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Eliza (@aesthdistance1) REFERENCED RESOURCES: How It Feels To Be Asian In Today's America | NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/25/us/asian-americans.html Salma Hayek Says Those Intimidated By Her Marriage To A Billionaire Are "Showing Racism" | InStyle: https://www.instyle.com/news/salma-hayek-billionaire-husband-racism SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Teen, Chris, and Trevor (from Champagne Sharks) get together to talk about the wild last couple of days on Twitter regarding Simu Liu's supposedly controversial Reddit posts and the rerun of 2018-style Asian American gender wars, and how and why the dynamics of intense sibling rivalries are operating behind all this. NOTE: Part 2 of this episode can be accessed by becoming our Patreon subscriber at www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Trevor (@champagnesharks) Teen (@mont_jiang) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: @NoTotally's anti-Simu tweet storm from 2019: https://imgur.com/a/QLfv1We Simu Liu's Reddit posts in context: https://twitter.com/Katie_Bee__/status/1438785677492035584?s=20 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)