Escape From Plan A

Part 1 of 2 Friend of the pod Alice joins Teen to talk about the peculiar soullessness of Washington D.C.'s bureaucratic legion, and how modern therapy culture has a rotten core. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Shan and Teen talk about one of their favorite topics as a couple: money and finances. The American financial environment is shifting into asset deflation mode, so a lot of 'common sense' about household finances -- buying a house is always good, renting is throwing away money, and 'cash is trash' -- need to be re-examined. And what cultural prohibitions need to be overcome in order to reform our thinking about money. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag This week's bonus pod: audio from a live Twitter Space hosted by John Pang and Teen talking about how the Gaza crisis is tearing American society apart by killing the decades'-long liberal consensus. EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 On the eve of Steve leaving for HK and Mike turning 40, the degenerate threesome pour some drinks and have a good 'ol shit talk about growing up in Can-Merica, how to make work work, and when it's time to fold 'em and leave for good. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 John Pang returns to talk about Teen's dark visions of the world, why our juvenile capitalist culture's embargo on such dark visions is itself maddening, and how recent events are lifting the shroud off of realities we would rather not see. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Pt. 1 of 2 Q. Anthony Ali joins Teen to talk about diaspora media people who habitually engage in gratuitous racism against their own people, the double-consciousness of diaspora and how to avoid it, and what the future of assimilation might be in a post-liberal world. LINKS: Q's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NobleQAli That Viet Thanh Nguyen video: https://x.com/Mont_Jiang/status/1715096061167960537?s=20 Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Mike (@Meow_Meow_2020) and Samlang (@SClemmt) joins Teen in a long form podcast discussion about the proposed razing of Gaza (and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians). This could be one of the major genocides in modern world history, and the three of us counsel that Asian people should take an independent perspective that is not colored by American pro-Israel propaganda. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

"I'm just dating casually," "I'm not sure what I want," "I'm looking for my needs to be met." Teen and his wife Shan record a podcast about relationships, marriage, and moving past the perpetual adolescence of 'modernity.' Seeking to give love, not to receive. Fear as a sign of unreadiness. And the joys of recording while in bed. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 John Pang returns to talk to Jess and Teen (on the eve of his 45th bday) to talk about how so many people based their lives around what amounts to a religion-like faith in financial markets, interpreting price signals as if they were the commands of a Higher Being. What happens when we discover this and lose faith in the Market God? What replaces it? Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 Mike, Steve and Teen chat on a Saturday evening about the state of AmeriCanada, and how national prosperity could be limited to the third generation out from the one that built it. There is the generation that built everything, the one that inherited it, and then the one that squanders it. They also talk about hyper-financialization and how the white collar clueless believe in market price signals while the men with power making decisions believe in vibes. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 John Pang returns to talk with Jess and Teen about the buzzy term "liminal space" and the popular diaspora narrative of being "caught between cultures", "neither Asian enough or American enough", and the deep internal fallacies of this thinking about culture and identity. Get access to bonus pods and Discord chat by joining our patreon: patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)