Escape From Plan A

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:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

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)

(Part 2 of this podcast is available on our Patreon feed for supporters) This weeks delayed episode (sorry folks) is a recording of a live Twitter Space conversation between Teen, John Pang, and Carl Zha, in which the discourse around US-China conflict is flipped and instead of analyzing Chinese society and politics, we point the camera directly into the heart of America and why we're going down the path we are. 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)

Adam and Teen discuss the controversy around 'Beef' co-star David Choe, Asian American dirtbag culture, and how someone as obscenely misogynistic as Choe could become a social and creative hub for Asian American Hollywood. 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)

Liza and Chris share their thoughts on Beef, which they think is the first truly exciting Asian American creative work to come in a long time, breaking the typical Asian American mold of weepy and timid narratives. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Liza: @aesthdistance1 Chris: @JesuInToast Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ EFPA Theme:
 "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Mike and Teen talk briefly about de-dollarization and whether it's an existential threat or a bit overhyped; then, Mike takes a deep dive into large language model AI and they spend a Friday evening pondering what kind of crazy self-replication anybody can now do with a mid-range laptop. REFERENCED RESOURCE: "ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web" by Ted Chiang (https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web) 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)