Escape From Plan A

(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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Mike, Steve and Teen spend a Friday evening discussing whether Peak Sinophobia has arrived. Can Congress get any frothier, any more insane, after Ted Cruz said China is waging a "thousand year war" on America? Will Tim Apple and the other money men have to sit Congress down and give them the shekels speech? 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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Mike and Steve return to drink some hard liquor and talk about getting jobs, whether one can fully relax upon retirement, Credit Suisse and the slow-motion banking meltdown, and the shambolic TikTok hearings. 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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Chris, Adam and Teen talk about the recent explosion of Asian visibility in Hollywood at the Oscars, and whether the optics of white Hollywood "finally seeing" Asian people is real, or whether in fact Asians have strived and embedded ourselves into the entertainment business no different than any other professional industry, and are in fact insiders to the Hollywood firmament. Also, Teen explains his love of Ken Leung's Pierpoint Managing Director of Cross Product Sales, Eric Tao, and how it opens up the mind to what is possible in a narrative future that includes realistic Asian American men. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ "Why Vietnam doesn't want to claim Ke Huy Quan" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64963161 EFPA Theme:
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Mike and Steve are back to talk with Teen about whether the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is a bellwether for another financial collapse. The news, we believe, is not good. 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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Resigned to a likely triumphant night for Everything Everywhere All At Once at next week's Oscars, Liza and Chris discuss that movie along with Tár because of each film's competing ideologies on separation of art and artist, as well as the meaning of art. Plus, some Oscars predictions. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: “Tár,” Reviewed: Regressive Ideas to Match Regressive Aesthetics by Richard Brody | The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/tar-reviewed-regressive-ideas-to-match-regressive-aesthetics Hollywood’s hot new trend: Parents who say they’re sorry by Emily St. James | Vox: https://www.vox.com/culture/23025832/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-parental-apology-fantasy-turning-red EFPA Theme:
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This podcast sort of has two parts. First, Jess, Adam and Teen talk about the news of the day, the growing urgency of anti-Asian racism as official government policy, and the utter disinterest that politicians have in anything but career advancement. Next, they talk about Asian enclaves as a sanctuary against nosebleed inducing rents and home prices in the fashionable neighborhoods of big cities. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: Making it on $400k/yr: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/biden-defines-400000-a-year-as-wealthy-how-far-it-goes-in-a-city-.html The Fleishman Effect: https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/the-fleishman-is-in-trouble-effect.html EFPA Theme:
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