Escape From Plan A

Part One of Two Jess and Teen sit down with returning guest Kenny Xu ("An Inconvenient Minority") to talk about SFFA's victory in the Supreme Court against Harvard, the state of education in America, and being an Asian American Republican. Please join us on Patreon to access Part 2: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Kenny (@kennymxu) THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Teen talk with guest John Pang about the Western tendency to devalue Asian labor -- not just the laborer, but also Asian labor itself and its presumed lack of human qualities -- through the lens of Shein. Shein has pushed selection to a maximum, and price to a new rock bottom, inviting criticisms of labor exploitation in the name of profit. But is that really the whole story? Please join us on Patreon to access Part 2: www.patreon.com/planamag REFERENCED RESOURCES "How the US Lost Out on iPhone Work" https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html "A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged the SEC to crack down on Chinese e-commerce giant Shein" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/shein-china-congress-forced-labor-inquiry.html "Being Like Them: Cultural Exchange As Theft and Honor" https://planamag.com/being-like-them-cultural-exchange-as-theft-and-honor/ "The Wonderful World of Chinese Hi Fi" https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20943377/chinese-hi-fi-audio-chifi-fiio-hifiman-tin-audio "Made In China, So What?" https://youtu.be/b4c9NbwUz5Q?t=104 THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Part 1 of 2 Jess, Chris and Teen discuss the Supreme Court opinions on the SFFA lawsuits over race-conscious admissions systems, and provide commentary on the reactions from the Professional Asian Person industrial complex. Please join us on Patreon to access Part 2: www.patreon.com/planamag REFERENCED RESOURCES "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College" https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_l6gn.pdf (By Tyler Austin Harper) "I Teach at an Elite College. Here’s a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/opinion/college-admissions-affirmative-action.html?searchResultPosition=36 (By Sarah Mervosh and Troy Closson) "The ‘Unseen’ Students in the Affirmative Action Debate" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/affirmative-action-students.html?searchResultPosition=18 (By Jay Caspian Kang) "Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-the-champions-of-affirmative-action-had-to-leave-asian-americans-behind (By Jeanne Suk-Gersen) "The Secret Joke at the Heart of the Harvard Affirmative-Action Case" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-secret-joke-at-the-heart-of-the-harvard-affirmative-action-case (By Janelle Wong and Viet Thanh Nguyen) "Affirmative action isn’t hurting Asian Americans. Here’s why that myth survives" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-14/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-case-asian-americans (By Bertrand Cooper) "The Failure of Affirmative Action" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/failure-affirmative-action/674439/ (by Chris Jesu Lee) "Don't Trust An Asian American Who Went To Harvard Who Defends Harvard" https://salieriredemption.substack.com/p/dont-trust-an-asian-american-who THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
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Part 1 of 2 Mike, Steve and Teen unwind after a busy-ish summer Wednesday to talk about rich guys stuck in an ocean capsule, real estate prices, and the mindsets people have around money, status and privilege. Please join us on Patreon to access Part 2: www.patreon.com/planamag THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Chris are joined by Trevor Beaulieu (from Champagne Sharks) to talk about all the drama surrounding The Little Mermaid's box office, including blaming Asians as racists for not seeing the movie enough, the "woke" power struggle going on in Hollywood, and why corporations make us believe we need to support their movies to feel good about ourselves. Please join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag REFERENCED RESOURCES: The Man Reimagining Disney Classics for Today’s World | NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/business/media/disney-sean-bailey-live-action.html THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Teen talk about the growing phenomenon of Asian Americans saying goodbye to America and expatriating to Asia due to a number of factors in America all pointing to general social decline. How serious is this decline and is leaving America a good idea at this point? Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ EFPA Theme:
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Adam, Mike and Teen spend the Friday before the Memorial Day long weekend talking about their fringe beliefs and why it's important to have some. 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:40 Prehistoric civilizations 00:11:08 Tic-Tac UFO 00:18:55 Phoenix Lights 00:28:00 Direct contact events 00:41:35 Panspermia origin of life 00:52:50 Prevalence of pyramids 01:21:48 Belief vs Proof 01:36:10 Appreciating kooks 01:39:35 Avi Loeb and Oumuamua 02:00:40 Government recovery of crashed UFOs 02:22:56 A.I. weirdness and Geoffrey Hinton 02:44:50 Conscious v. unconscious intelligence 02:47:40 Psychedelic drugs Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

In this episode, Filip talks about being a dad to a newborn baby, and Adam and Teen shoot the shit and ask him questions. It's a good time. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

As much as we like to rag on Twitter, it's a fact that Plan A was largely built off of it. So with Twitter on a decline (even pre-Musk takeover), what's an alternative way to share our writings and meet like-minded people? Returning guest Yasmin Nair (writer, activist, academic,) joins Chris to discuss her piece, Twitter Is Not Your Writing Life, and get into a larger discussion about how and why we should write in these times. To listen to part 2, please join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Chris' Substack: https://salieriredemption.substack.com/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: Twitter Is Not Your Writing Life by Yasmin Nair: https://yasminnair.com/on-writing-part-1-twitter-is-not-your-writing-life/ The Party's Over by Freddie deBoer: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-partys-over LINKS TO YASMIN'S WORK: The Writer as Magazine: https://yasminnair.com/the-writer-as-magazine/ The Publishing World Is Like Fyre Fest: https://yasminnair.com/the-publishing-world-is-like-fyre-fest/ A Manifesto: https://evergreenreview.com/read/a-manifesto/ What Really Happened at Current Affairs? https://yasminnair.com/march-what-really-happened-at-current-affairs/ THEME MUSIC: EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Teen go deep on the latest public massacre in Texas. What the fuck even is this? What. The. Fuck. Is. Happening? Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)