They Call Us Bruce

Jeff Yang & Phil Yu
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Mar 21, 2019 • 58min

Episode 61: They Call Us Austin Asians (Live From SXSW)

Recorded live at SXSW! In partnership with the Austin Asian American Film Festival, Jeff and Phil host an Asian American trivia quiz show, with special guests Simu Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jonny Sun, Nancy Wang Yuen, Chloe Dao and PJ Raval.
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Mar 8, 2019 • 1h 20min

Episode 60: They Call Us Canadians

Jeff and Phil welcome Canadian actors Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim's Convenience) and Samantha Wan (Second Jen). They discuss the unique flavor and challenges of telling stories north of the border, and The Good, The Bad and The WTF of being Asian Canadian.
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Feb 26, 2019 • 1h 32min

Episode 59: They Call Us Fairy Princess Diaries

Jeff and Phil welcome performer and blogger Erin Quill, the fierce, hilarious voice behind Fairy Princess Diaries. They discuss objectionable details about BBC's upcoming Asian-themed children's series, Living With the Lams.
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Feb 16, 2019 • 42min

Episode 58: We Call Us Lunar New Year

Jeff and Phil ring in the Lunar New Year by welcoming a new member to the They Call Us Bruce team, Nick Song. Testing out a new format, they discuss The Good, The Bad and WTF of the week in Asian America.
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Feb 8, 2019 • 1h 19min

Episode 57: They Call Us Tze Chun

Jeff and Phil welcome writer/filmmaker Tze Chun, who talks about his journey from directing independent film to writing for network television, to his latest venture, co-creating the new comic book publisher TKO Studios.
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Jan 3, 2019 • 1h 3min

Episode 56: They Call Us 2018

Jeff and Phil welcome Traci Lee of NBC Asian America to discuss the "13 moments in Asian America that moved us in 2018" and take one last look back at The Good, The Bad and The WTF of the year that was.
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Nov 28, 2018 • 1h 16min

Episode 55: They Call Us Cartoon Creators

Recorded live at Asian American Culture Con @ Pacific Media Expo! Jeff and Phil welcome animation storytellers Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears), Victor Cook (Stretch Armstrong), Dan Santat (The Replacements) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (Ralph Breaks the Internet).
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Nov 26, 2018 • 56min

Episode 54: They Call Us Primetime Asians

Recorded live at Asian American Culture Con @ Pacific Media Expo! Jeff and Phil welcome actors Keiko Agena (The First), Jake Choi (Single Parents) and Ryan Potter (Titans) to talk about The Good, The Bad and the WTF of being Asians on TV.
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Nov 8, 2018 • 60min

Episode 53: They Call Us Not Quite Not White

Recorded live at the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance Summit, Jeff -- flying solo without Phil -- talks to Sharmila Sen, author of the book Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America.
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Oct 24, 2018 • 1h 40min

Episode 52: They Call Us Vietgone

Jeff and Phil welcome playwright Qui Nguyen, who talks about the true life origins of his acclaimed play VIETGONE, the small town video store pop culture that defined him, and the super secret material he's been working on for Marvel.

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