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Legendary guest and tiktok star Youngmi Mayer discusses racist Korean Halloween ghosts, drama with Doogie Howser casting, and the 'Is Simu Liu hot?' debate. They talk about if Asians from Asia can influence Asian-American representation in the US.

Fumi grew pubes on 9/11 while Mic was skipping O-Chem. Tien Tran returns on Asian Not Asian this week to talk about her new role in the upcoming show “How I Met Your Father” (a spin off of the hit show “How I Met Your Mother”), having real money for the first time as children of immigrants and splurging on nice toilet paper, and the Chinese government banning content showing “effeminate” men!It’s all right here on ASIAN NOT ASIAN. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! HACK CITY COMEDY (Fumi will be there!) 10/14 @ Union Hall https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-158019672093 M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/Asian- Quip: GetQuip.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fumi didn’t stand up for a girl who was being picked on. Mic is the richest person among his comedy peers. JR De Guzman talks us through his journey of self acceptance, misguided asian masculinity, and getting off on self-affirmation YouTube videos. It’s all right here on ASIAN NOT ASIAN. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Asian Not Asian Live 9/15 @ Canal Street Markethttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/asian-not-asian-podcasts-live-lab-series-asian-american-studies-3000-tickets-169640600603?aff=ebdssbdestsearchHACK CITY COMEDY (Fumi will be there!) 10/14 @ Union Hall https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-158019672093 M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/Asian- Quip: GetQuip.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mic dropped the ball and forgot to book a guest so we did what we do best — gossip about capitalism. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 9/9 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-166710598889?aff=erelexpmlt M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/Asian- Quip: GetQuip.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Incredibly funny comedian, writer, and honorary midwestern Asian Nori Reed joined the boys this week to deconstruct the meaning of “toxicity” in the cultural zeitgeist today and how it can sometimes maybe be a good thing! U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 9/9 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-166710598889?aff=erelexpmlt M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/Asian- Quip: GetQuip.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Fumi and Mic welcome their first straight white guy guest, Peter Revello. Peter is an old friend from comedy and has had a tremendous amount of influence on Fumi and Mic’s development as comedians and straight guys. We talk about the number of white entertainers going alt-right to get more followers and try to cancel Pete so that he’ll be more successful. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 9/9 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-166710598889?aff=erelexpmlt M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo..om and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fumi rants about his first week in LA and how he keeps meeting hot young white women who listen to Joe Rogan. Mic got plastered at a birthday party and forgot his speech. Then Peter Kim joins the boys to talk all about hot white boys from the midwest and Korean spa culture! U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 8/21 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-162930793389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo..om and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We get DEEP this week with just the boys!Fumi rants about his second introspective journey to Hawaii and how he gets most of his history knowledge from racist Uber drivers. Mic went on a research trip to a variety show for young hot white girls and was labeled a creep! Fumi and Mic also get into the secret of CAPITALISM and how paying to go to NYU and USC might be better than studying your ass off to get into UC Berkley.  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 8/21 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-162930793389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

That’s not a typo folks! Randall Park as in… the actual Randall Park joined the boys this week to give them a pep talk. Randall has done many podcasts but they always ask him the same things, so we wanted to switch it up and ask about things that have nothing to do with his career like his experience with Korean clubbing, doing drugs in Vegas, and Randall’s short stint as an aspiring architect. Don’t sleep on this one! U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! Get tickets to Hack City Comedy Show 8/21 @ Union Hall in Brooklyn NYChttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-fumi-abe-and-mic-nguyen-tickets-162930793389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Renowned film critic and Mic’s childhood friend Justin Chang from LA Times/Vulture/Variety joined the boys this week for a wild wild episode! The boys talk about the ever-lasting tension between creators and critics, if critics’ opinions matter at all, and the appropriate ways to consume criticism over the internet so that you don’t get hurt and feel like jumping off a bridge! Yay! U P C O M I N G E V E N T S !  M E R C H- WE ARE SELLING ANA MERCH NOW https://www.asiannotasianpod.com/merch ---  P A R T N E R S  - Helix Sleep Mattress: $125 off ALL mattress orders for ANALs at helixsleep.com/asian  - Hawthorne.co is offering 10% off of your first purchase! Visit hawthorne.co and use PROMO CODE “NOTASIAN”  - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off!- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian- HBO MAX: http://hbom.ax/ana2- BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- EXPRESS VPN: 3 Months free at expressvpn.com/asian- FUNDRISE: Fundrise.com/asian- SANZO: DrinkSanzo.com and use promo code “ASIANNOTASIAN”- TruBill: Truebill.com/AsianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.