Escape From Plan A

Feb 01 2025 434 ep. 69 mins 2.5k

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Ep. 578: Tell Me About DeepSeek In the Style of 3 Asian Dudes Bullshitting (ft. Mike and Filip)

Feb 01 2025 59 mins

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 AI tools, especially whether it's something to fear as a job destroyer or a SuperFriend when we reach are old and lonely. To get access to Part 2 and other bonus pods, support us at: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 576: Trump II: The Reign of Errors (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)

Jan 22 2025 62 mins

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 look like, Elon's sieg heil, and whether the fall of the Empire might truly be upon us. To support the pod and gain access to Part 2 of this episode: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 574: United States of Malaysia? (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1

Jan 13 2025 58 mins

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 familiar to us Asian Americans? And why does the modern history of Malaysia track that of America in surprising ways? The story of Malaysia can radically alter how Asian American diaspora understand our own place in the world. To support the pod

Ep. 572: No Bullshit Discussion on China and Economics (ft. Han Feizi) Pt. 1

Jan 04 2025 61 mins

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 security ideas, without the usual Western media ideological bullshit distortion field. You can read his wry, informative columns at Asia Times: https://asiatimes.com/author/han-feizi/ To join our Patreon and get access to bonus pods: patreon.c

Ep. 570: Calling A Wrap on Asian American Liberalism Pt. 1

Dec 29 2024 64 mins

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 the necessary end of the Asian American liberal identity and its beliefs about culture, race, assimilation, and what the good life means in America. Also, ~~Happy New Year Escape From Plan A listeners!!!~~ To get access to bonus episodes inc. P

Ep. 568: Taiwanese Identity Dualism (ft. Xiangyu) Pt. 1

Dec 22 2024 64 mins

Part 1 of 2 Taiwanese political commentator and rapper Xiangyu joins Teen from Taipei to talk Taiwanese politics and cultural identity, pro-China/pro-Communist diaspora viewpoints, and why people seem to lack soul these days. Xiangyu's podcast 'Strait Talk': https://straittalk.xiangyu.tw/ To get access to Part 2 and the Escape From Plan A Discord: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 566: Midlife Morass: Money or Metaphysics? (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1

Dec 15 2024 62 mins

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 goals satisfied, but then having no idea wtf to do. Is it an issue of money or metaphysics? To get access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 564: Virtue Hoarders (ft. Prof. Fred)

Dec 05 2024 78 mins

Pt. 1 of 2 Professor Fred joins Teen to talk about the Catherine Liu's polemical assessment of the professional managerial class (PMC) in her book "Virtue Hoarders" and what this group of people -- a great many who are Asian -- really face in terms of politics of both the materialist and idealist realm. To get access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 562: Post-Trump Asset Pump (ft. Mike)

Nov 12 2024 65 mins

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 gold. Are there actual changes that need adjusting to, or is this just temporary euphoria to get a tiresome, chaotic election behind us? To get access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Ep. 561: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 2)

Nov 03 2024 61 mins

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 eve of the US election to talk about everything that’s not being said about it in the media. In part 2, @ineedsheet joins to talk about the Asian diaspora experience with liberalism, and why many of us may prefer to ‘obscene