Asian Not Asian

Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses writing journey, midwest sandwiches, diaspora stories. Conversations include pee habits, workshop feedback, duality in characters, book reviews. Delve into Vietnamese social dynamics, roasting culture, language struggles, family expectations. Nostalgia, patriotism among Vietnamese Americans, community criticism, and more.

This is a HOT ONE Folx! Our friend Jared Goldstein joined us this week to talk about his Japanese-Long Island identity, being a child actor, and the recent uptick in anti-Asian sentiment!Check out Jared’s upcoming ZOOM comedy show:SATURDAY 3/13 between 6-8p PT / 9-11p ETAll ticket sales will go to The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.aaldef.org)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fk-zm-a-comedy-fundraiser-mourning-a-year-of-working-on-zm-tickets-143218790257SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod 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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Just the boys this week! Fumi and Mic discuss if being single in your 30s is Asian or Not Asian.Follow us on IG:www.instagram.com/asiannotasianpodwww.instagram.com/thefumiabewww.instagram.com/nicepantsbroSUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod 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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you’ve seen the Benihana episode of The Office, you definitely remember KULAP VILAYSACK! Kulap joined us this week to talk about her documentary “Origin Story” (available on Amazon) where she embarks on a journey to find her real family after finding out that the man who raised her was not her biological father at age 14. This one’s RAW EMOTIONS Folx!Check out Kulap’s podcast “Add to Cart” wherever you get your podcast!SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you grew up watching music videos on MTV before catching the school bus, you definitely remember SUCHIN PAK! Suchin joined us this week to talk about her MTV News days and what it was like to work in entertainment before social media. We also so another MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING segment about how to talk to your mixed babies about race. Check out Suchin’s podcast “Add to Cart” wherever you get your podcast!SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we got Andrew Ti from “Yo Is This Racist?” and Mixed-ish. We talk about the first week of the post-Trump world, Bling Empire on Netflix, and the new editor for a magazine at Howard University who is apparently Asian!SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod 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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

THIS WEEK WE GOT SABLE YONG! Fumi had a kinky experience on ZOOM. Mic smells like a wet puddle. Sable fires shots at the New York Times. And we discuss how hard it must be to represent Mia Ponsetto as an attorney! Find it all on this week’s Asian Not Asian!SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

THIS WEEK WE GOT JOEL KIM BOOSTER AND WE’RE SO EXCITED. We talk about Joel’s experience as a queer comedian of color, why Viets love coups, and the Mahjong Line. Plus Fumi gets a new nickname. SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian - THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

First episode of 2021 baby! Fumi was told by a girl that she doesn’t f*ck Asian guys on the last day of 2020! Mic depends on Amazon packages to provide him with a reason to keep living! We talk backlash on Andrew Shulz's Netflix special! And we conclude on a mismanagement consulting segment about how you cannot trust men who have yet to c*m.! SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asianTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fumi is BACK. This week, comedian and writer Ismael Loutfi gives us the rundown on teen marriage, writing for Patriot Act, and comedy roommates. Then on Mismanagement Consulting, we talk about how to date a white woman in a chill way. SUBMIT YOUR PROBLEM TO OUR NEW SEGMENT ‘MISMANAGEMENT CONSULTING”  https://forms.gle/ZtNB5VFKQfq6Z64R8  U P C O M I N G E V E N T S ! - RSVP https://linktr.ee/asiannotasianpod  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”  - Go to magicspoon.com/ASIAN to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code ASIAN at checkout to get free shipping. - TUSHY Bidets: Go to hellotushy.com/ANA for 10% off! - BOKKSU: Go to www.bokksu.com for $5 off and FREE SHIPPING! - BETTER HELP: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/asian - THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: www.joinallofus.org/asiannotasian See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.