Escape From Plan A

This one is a long deep dive with Adam Hudson (Real Sankara Hours pod) and Andray Domise (Macleans) where we dig deeper into the ways that class operate within racial groups, and that broad similarities exist between Asian and Black experiences. Being Asian or Black is not just about our relative distance to the default standard of White. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Adam Hudson (@adamhudson5) Real Sankara Hours pod (@sankarahours) Andray Domise (@andraydomise) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

NY Assemblyman Ron T. Kim joins us Jess, Diana and Teen to describe being a public servant during a time of multiple crisis. Ron represents NY's 40th District, which includes the Asian American enclave of Flushing. We have heard many Asian Americans express a desire to enter public service and perhaps run for local office. We talk to Ron about the realities of public service, and how he approaches the job. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Ron T. Kim (@rontkim) Jess (@cogitatotomato) Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Danny Haiphong (contributor to the Black Agenda Report) joins Diana and Teen to talk about his work in radical politics and foreign policy, especially as it relates to China. Plan A has focused on the rise in hostilities between the US and China, and Danny shares his insights about the dangers of the US propaganda efforts to stoke fears of a Yellow Peril/Red Scare menace. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Danny Haiphong (@SpiritofHo) Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED SOURCES: Danny's book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (https://www.amazon.com/American-Exceptionalism-Innocence-News_From-Revolutionary/dp/1510742360) Danny's work at the Black Agenda Report (https://blackagendareport.com/author/Danny%20Haiphong) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Charlene Sayo of Vancouver and Cherisse Nadal of AF3IRM's LA chapter join Diana to introduce KANLUNGAN, a digital memorial for the Filipino healthcare workers who have passed in the COVID-19 pandemic. We go into the weeds of the history of transnational migration, the situation for Filipino diaspora in the US and Canada, and take a huge shit on NBC's The Good Place. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Cherisse (@cherisseyanit) AF3IRM (@AF3IRM) REFERENCED SOURCES: https://www.kanlungan.net http://www.af3irm.org/af3irm SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Eric was one of the 70-odd protesters who found refuge in Rahul Dubey's home on Swann St. in DC after the police trapped them and began to arrest for "violating" curfew. He joins Chris to recount what happened during the day, night, and following morning of that extraordinary event that not only showed the lengths to which the police are going to stamp out these protests, but also how united the people are in pushing forward. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag Donate to: Brooklyn Community Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/ Help Oakland Chinatown Recover: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-oakland-chinatown-recover TWITTER: Eric (@eyswrld) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: D.C. Protesters Hail The Hero Of Swann St., Who Sheltered Them From Arrest: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/02/868324634/d-c-protesters-hail-the-hero-of-swann-st-who-sheltered-them-from-arrest SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Tou Thao is one of the four cops involved in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Asian American Twitterati (aka 'Bluechecks', a reference to the check mark indicating their special verified status on Twitter) quickly offered their tweets instructing Asian Americans to "recognize the anti-Blackness in the Asian community." Are such admonitions -- usually by the privileged -- real calls for a cultural moment of re-examination, or cynical virtue signalling for self-preservation in a difficult racial moment? TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: https://timetosaygoodbyepod.substack.com/p/tou-thao-and-the-myths-of-asian-american SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Adam is joined by Korean-American adoptees Jodi Gill and Derek Fisher, founders of the newly formed Gide Foundation, a non-profit focused on adoptee education and mental health. Also on the podcast is Korean-American adoptee Moses Farrow, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and head of the mental health team at the Gide Foundation. They discuss the genesis of the Gide Foundation, their guiding mission to help connect adoptees together, and discuss some of the most pressing issues in the adoptee community that effect mental health. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Adam (@snbatman) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Gide Foundation: https://www.gidefoundation.org/ Gide Foundation Suicide Support: https://www.gidefoundation.org/suicide-support Grow Beyond Words (Trauma and Adoption Counseling): https://www.growbeyondwords.com/ SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com Special EFPA Opening Theme: "Uncharted" by Ferera Swan (https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_vVVFqhrBm/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet)

Tou Thao is one of the four cops involved in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Asian American Twitterati (aka 'Bluechecks', a reference to the check mark indicating their special verified status on Twitter) quickly offered their tweets instructing Asian Americans to "recognize the anti-Blackness in the Asian community." Are such admonitions -- usually by the privileged -- real calls for a cultural moment of re-examination, or cynical virtue signalling for self-preservation in a difficult racial moment? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: https://timetosaygoodbyepod.substack.com/p/tou-thao-and-the-myths-of-asian-american SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

With the issue of human trafficking from the Philippines hitting social media consciousness due to the Jia Tolentino incident, Chris is joined by Liza (repping Malaya Movement) and Robert Cheng (repping Katarungan and also Anakbayan) to further discuss the issues of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the J-1 visa program, the Filipino government's Labor Export Policy, and more. Anakbayan USA: https://www.anakbayanusa.org/ Malaya Movement: https://malayamovement.com/ Migrante International: https://migranteinternational.org/ Sign-up link to support J-1 workers network: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1lMePqx4fWv6xhU3StXvpDnGG6cJalfWKMSR57U4Gu8gN3Q/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3qzC2BBvalnHBDUVF8tDmGAHaw_f2QGcTqz1bNmgWgu4YeyFwpg_mI7Xw Paypal link to directly support J-1 workers: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=OHcB6a7uPaYht_I8wpf8AUF3Aw_dOv-mUJLJEtHWj21TMfPbFWXSlz9ppJgGEK-szTH1Q0&fromUL=true&country.x=US&locale.x=en_US Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Rob: (@smoothposer) Eliza (@aesthdistance1) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: My Family's Slave by Alex Tizon: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ I Am a Survivor of Human Trafficking: Nena's Story: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/human-trafficking-nena/554846/ @eshaLegal's tweet thread on the Tolentino case: https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1263527233018265605?s=20 Trick Mirror: A Reflection on Mass-Deception: https://historicly.substack.com/p/trick-mirror-a-reflection-on-mass SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Ray joins Plan A to weigh in on our attitudes about money. Why do we work so hard just to spend it? What would we do if we spent less and had more time as a result? This is the goal of FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early. Beyond the actual formulas and theories behind FIRE -- all easily accessible online -- we talk about how class attitudes form our spending habits, and how Asian American class aspirations can keep us on the treadmill. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Ray (@raydeng) Jess (@cogitatotomato) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)