Escape From Plan A
Dettagli canale
Escape From Plan A
Escape From Plan A is an ongoing discussion of life and politics in America from the perspective of Asian people living here.
Episodi recenti
461 episodi
Ep. 634: American vs Asian vs European Cities (ft. Scott)
Back from a 5 month world tour, Twitter moot Scott (@alreadydawn, born in Taipei, raised in SoCal) talks with Teen about his world city rankings. What...
Ep. 632: NYC-HK Express (ft. Steve)
Steve joints Teen from Hong Kong to catch upon buying Chinese EVs, the surreal political landscape of the US, and using real cameras again.
Part...
Ep. 630: Careerism after Harvard Business School (ft. @fredsoda)
Fred (@fredsoda on X) joins Teen to talk about starting out his career after just graduating from the famed HBS, and what life and work looks like at...
Ep. 628: Book Discussion of "The Abolition of Man" (ft. Chong and Fred)
Two humanities professors -- Fred (poli sci) and Chong (literature) -- join Teen to discuss C.S. Lewis's "The Abolition of Man", a short book from 194...
Ep. 626: Taiwan Inc. vs America (ft. Angelica Oung)
Angelica Oung (https://taipology.substack.com/) talks with Teen about recent changes in Taiwanese political consciousness and its attitudes towards Ch...
Ep. 624: A Southeast Asian Centered World (ft. John Pang)
John Pang joins Teen from Kuala Lumpur to catch up on world affairs, especially the growing importance of Southeast Asia and the way ASEAN is becoming...
Ep. 621: Meet the Parents (ft. Kyle)
Kyle returns to talk with Teen about getting ready to have the first child, and traveling to Korea to meet his birth parents and siblings for the very...
Ep. 619: The Utter Hypocrisy of the West's Human Rights Project (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Q joins Teen from Tianjin, China to catch up briefly about the first few months of living in China, the hypocrisy of the West's human rights rhetoric...
Ep. 617: The Anti-Modernity of the Young and the Old (ft. Jess)
Jess and Teen rail against modernity, a tendency it seems of the young and the old, but not of those stuck in the fat middle slog of life. The retreat...
Ep. 615:The Human Zoo (ft. Jess)
Jess joins Teen to reflect on 8 years of friendship through working on Plan A, the endless treadmill of careerism, and how we all live in a Human Zoo....
Ep. 613: Set the World on FIRE (ft. Jess)
Jess and Teen talk about a long running theme on this podcast: the trap of professional managerial class careerism, the cognitive traps built into it,...
Ep. 611: Why This Is Not Iraq Redux
Shorter pod today where Teen gives his thoughts on why we aren't facing Iraq War Redux, and why liberals are engaging in mass self-deception as a form...
Ep. 609: What If We Just Fade Away? (ft. Steve)
Steve joins Teen from HK to talk about soft retirement plans. What if instead of working your ass off like a chimp until you earn the brass ring (FAKE...
Ep. 606: Asia's Utopian Tech Futurism (ft. John Pang)
John Pang joins Teen to discuss the contrast between America's dark vision of tech leading us into a dystopain near-future, while Asia dreams of a tec...
Ep. 604: Taiwan's Rootless Cosmopolitans (ft. Angelica Oung)
Angelica Oung joins Teen from Taipei to talk about perfect bilingualism, wayward Taiwanese politics, and Noah Smith's weaboo fixations.
P...
Ep. 602: Father-Mothers (ft. Shan)
Shan and Teen talk about Evgenia Kovda's epic multi-day Twitter rant against stunted American adults who refuse to grow up, have children, and become...
Ep. 600: So How Did Moving To China Go? (ft Q Anthony Ali)
Q Anthony Ali joins Teen from Tianjin to talk about leaving Toronto, starting a new chapter in life in China, and the small things about adjusting to...
Ep. 597: The Dog-Eat-Dog World (ft. CS Taniguchi)
CS Taniguchi joins Teen to talk about trying to live your best life in an objectively bad era.
Part 1 of 2
To get access to...
Ep. 595: The Asian American-ness of Jewish Movies (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Trevor joins Jess and Teen to follow up on the discussion of Jewish American culture and its under-appreciated impact on American culture overall (see...
Ep. 593: L-Day Has Cometh (ft. Mike)
Mike joins Teen to break down last week's "Liberation Day" against the whole world, the stock market meltdown, and what kind of sense can be made of w...
Ep. 591: People Are Just Bugging Out (ft. Mike)
Mike joins Teen to talk about figuring out an alternative to the career-family path, people just cracking under the pressure, and The White Lotus.
Ep. 590: Is China Switching to Offense? (ft. John Pang)
John Pang joins Teen to talk about Trump's escalating trade war with China, and why we in America may have grown complacent with China only playing de...
Ep. 588: Privatization and the Collapse of Higher Education (ft. Chong and Prof Fred)
Prof Fred Lee and Chong join Teen to talk about the state of higher education, why universities are bloated with administrators but short on full time...
Ep. 586: 90s Media Culture and the Jewish POV (ft. Treavor Beaulieu)
Trevor from Champagne Sharks joins after a long hiatus to talk with Jess and Teen about 90s media culture, the context-lite stochastic New York City o...
Ep. 584: Degen Saturday Morning Global Catchup
Mike, Steve, and Teen find the Lagrange Point of LA, HK, and NYC to catch up on all things degenerate: California, stocks, economy, and the first 30 d...
Ep. 582: Stop Attacking Asian Diaspora Women FFS (ft. Lei Gong)
Lei Gong joins Teen to talk about the continuing attacks online against Asian diaspora women as a group, and whether the use of politics is a just a d...
Ep. 580: Trumpachev and the Last Days of Empire (ft. MeowMeow Mike)
Part 1 of 2
Mike (@Meow_Meow_2020) joins Teen to talk about Trump being a Gorbachev figure in American history. The Final Leader, the Emp...
Ep. 578: Tell Me About DeepSeek In the Style of 3 Asian Dudes Bullshitting (ft. Mike and Filip)
Part 1 of 2
Filip joins after a long dad-duty break to chat with Mike and Teen about the DeepSeek drop, their experiences and opinions of...
Ep. 576: Trump II: The Reign of Errors (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Part 1 of 2
Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli on Twitter) joins Teen to talk about Trump's second term, what the new political alignments will l...
Ep. 574: United States of Malaysia? (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Part 1 of 2
Friend of the pod John Pang joins from Hangzhou to discuss his home country of Malaysia with Teen. Why do Malaysians seem so...
Ep. 572: No Bullshit Discussion on China and Economics (ft. Han Feizi) Pt. 1
Pt. 1 of 2
The elusive Han Feizi (aka @DoggyDog1208 on X) joins Teen to discuss how to think about Chinese economics, as well as national...
Ep. 570: Calling A Wrap on Asian American Liberalism Pt. 1
Part 1 of 2
Jess joins Teen to talk about how 2024 appears to be the decisive end point of the multi-decade liberal era. With that comes...
Ep. 568: Taiwanese Identity Dualism (ft. Xiangyu) Pt. 1
Part 1 of 2
Taiwanese political commentator and rapper Xiangyu joins Teen from Taipei to talk Taiwanese politics and cultural identity, p...
Ep. 566: Midlife Morass: Money or Metaphysics? (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Part 1 of 2
Mike (LA) and Steve (HK) join Teen (NYC) to talk about mid-life morass of having all your material needs met, your major life...
Ep. 564: Virtue Hoarders (ft. Prof. Fred)
Pt. 1 of 2
Professor Fred joins Teen to talk about the Catherine Liu's polemical assessment of the professional managerial class (PMC) in...
Ep. 562: Post-Trump Asset Pump (ft. Mike)
Pt. 1 of 2
Mike and Teen talk about the sudden risk-on asset pump after Trump, and the dumping of safe haven assets like Treasuries and g...
Ep. 560: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 1)
The “most important election of our lifetimes” is happening tomorrow, if you live in America. John Pang, Carl Zha and I hosted a two hour space on the...
Ep. 561: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 2)
The “most important election of our lifetimes” is happening tomorrow, if you live in America. John Pang, Carl Zha and I hosted a two hour space on the...
Ep. 557: Why Do Kids Seem So Much Younger Than Before? (ft. Jess)
Jess and Teen talk about why kids growing up now seem so much younger than we were in our day at the same age. Is it a cognitive bias -- we were the s...
Ep. 555: An Imminent War That Never Comes (Pt. 1)
Mike (from Jersey) talks with Teen about whether the various discrete wars raging will merge into something like a world war. Is something actually go...