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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.

Ep. 305: An Inconvenient Minority (ft. Kenny Xu)

113 hours 59 mins; October 24, 2021

Ep. 303: How White Guys Treat Asian Guys (ft. Kyle)

105 hours 6 mins; October 17, 2021

Ep. 302: Blue Bayou and Narrative Ownership

70 hours 10 mins; October 14, 2021

Ep. 301: K-Drama Kure-All

79 hours 6 mins; October 12, 2021

Ep. 299: Reddit Walls and 4Chan-ement Halls

59 mins; October 04, 2021

Ep. 297: We're Back In 2021 Again

64 hours 47 mins; September 26, 2021

Ep. 295: Simu "Scandal" and Sibling Rivalries Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)

68 hours 42 mins; September 19, 2021

Ep. 294: WTF Is An "MRAsian" Anyway?

109 hours 3 mins; September 15, 2021

Ep. 293: Shang-Chi and the End of Media Rep Discourse

80 hours 57 mins; September 09, 2021

Ep. 292: The Gen Z College Experience (ft. amandamaryanna)

71 hours 43 mins; September 05, 2021

Ep. 290: Asian vs. Asian American Politics (ft. Xiangyu and Rob Kajiwara)

79 hours 51 mins; August 29, 2021

Ep. 288: Cultural Appropriation Is Assimilation

78 hours 35 mins; August 22, 2021

Ep. 286: The Tiresome Cultural Appropriation War Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)

65 hours 53 mins; August 18, 2021

Ep. 285: The Time's Up Protection Racket

70 hours 53 mins; August 15, 2021

Ep. 283: Making Friends As You Get Older

71 hours 14 mins; August 08, 2021

Ep. 281: Activision Blizzard and the Sexist Video Game Industry (ft. Connie Griffin)

99 hours 44 mins; August 01, 2021

Ep. 279: The Unexplored Shadow Side of Asian American Stories

65 hours 42 mins; July 26, 2021

Ep. 277: Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Collapse

76 hours 5 mins; July 19, 2021

Ep. 275: Late 90s Office Movies

73 hours 41 mins; July 13, 2021

Ep. 272: Renters vs. Homeowners

64 hours 34 mins; June 28, 2021

Ep. 271 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: ACCEPTED - Gaming College Admissions (ft. Dan Chen)

84 hours 56 mins; June 24, 2021

Ep. 270: Kinky Pride, Chimamanda, and Spineless Cultural Critics (ft. Yasmin Nair)

78 hours 45 mins; June 20, 2021

Ep. 268: Making Sense of Crypto-Degeneracy

115 hours 25 mins; June 14, 2021

Ep 266: Modern Indian Cinema and Politics

73 hours 18 mins; June 07, 2021

Ep. 265 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: Fighting for NYC’s Working-Class Asian Americans

64 hours 33 mins; June 01, 2021

Ep. 264: John Cenaphobia

75 hours 56 mins; May 31, 2021

Ep. 262: #StopAsianHate and Opportunism

78 hours 40 mins; May 23, 2021

Ep. 261: Celebrity, Adoption, and Power (ft. Yasmin Nair)

92 hours 19 mins; May 16, 2021

Ep. 259: Boba Liberalism, Properly Defined

73 hours 17 mins; May 09, 2021

Ep. 257: Sanity Check 2021 (ft. Amanda and Gina)

121 hours 18 mins; May 03, 2021

Ep. 255: What Does A CEO Do, Anyway?

75 hours 46 mins; April 25, 2021

Ep. 253: The Weaponization of Passion - Video Game Edition (ft. Connie Griffith)

80 hours 32 mins; April 18, 2021

Ep. 251: War and Peace and War

85 hours 37 mins; April 13, 2021

Ep. 249: Eileen Gu As The Anti-Chloe Kim

70 hours 9 mins; April 04, 2021

Ep. 247: The Link Between Anti-Asian Racism and US-China Policy (ft. Kaiser Kuo)

101 hours 41 mins; March 28, 2021

Ep. 245: America's Next Top Model Minority, Pt. 1 (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)

59 mins; March 22, 2021

Ep. 244: The Atlanta Asian Murders

99 hours 26 mins; March 18, 2021

Ep. 243: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship, Part 3

45 mins; March 14, 2021

Ep. 241: Your Daily Mao (ft. TheDailyMao)

95 hours 11 mins; March 08, 2021

Ep. 239: Sunday Afternoon Lo-Fi Hot Takes To Study To

70 hours 21 mins; February 28, 2021

Ep. 238: The Side Hustle Economy

63 hours 18 mins; February 21, 2021

Ep. 237: An All-Out Assault on Asian Americans (ft. Austin Koh aka Ayekay)

102 hours 14 mins; February 14, 2021

Ep. 236: A Full Frontal Attack On Your White Collar Dreams

84 hours 8 mins; February 08, 2021

Ep. 235 (Preview): Taking eSports Seriously

10 mins; February 04, 2021

Ep. 234: Is America the Tech Backwater?(ft. Ben Sin)

48 mins; February 01, 2021

Ep. 233: Stonk Market Fundamentals With Plan A

91 hours 40 mins; January 27, 2021

Ep 232: Capitol Hill Riots Pt. 2 (by Patreon Request)

99 hours 41 mins; January 25, 2021

Ep. 232: Capitol Hill Riots - A Glimpse Into A Chaotic New Year? Pt. 1

62 hours 45 mins; January 17, 2021

Ep. 231: Quitting Your Startup To Play Cyberpunk

116 hours 28 mins; January 13, 2021

EFPA Book Club ep. 1: The Curious Parallels Between Trump’s “Coup” and Bacon’s Rebellion

80 hours 14 mins; January 11, 2021

Ep. 230: The Simpathizer

148 hours 4 mins; January 03, 2021

Ep. 229: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship, Part 2

71 hours 40 mins; December 27, 2020

Ep. 228: Beyond Stinky Lunch Stories (ft. John)

112 hours 45 mins; December 21, 2020

Ep. 227: Lies Detected in Western Media About China, Part 1 (ft. Josh C.)

65 hours 31 mins; December 13, 2020

Ep. 226: Finding Yingying (ft. Jenny Shi)

116 hours 23 mins; December 07, 2020

Ep. 225: V for Vaccine, Part 1

61 hours 38 mins; November 29, 2020

Ep. 224: Sipping Tea on TDoR (ft. Tee Fansofa)

63 hours 28 mins; November 22, 2020

[Unlocked] Ep. 175: Psychedelics and Psilocybin (ft. Seibo Shen)

71 hours 30 mins; November 19, 2020

Ep. 223: Borat as a Product of Liberal Racism (ft. Katya Kazbek)

68 hours 53 mins; November 16, 2020

Ep. 222: Go East Young Man! (ft. Carl Zha and Xiangyu)

91 hours 33 mins; November 08, 2020

Ep. 221: Dealing With Woke White Liberals (ft. Adam Hudson)

76 hours 4 mins; November 02, 2020

Ep. 220: How Doctors Do Harm (ft. Xiaoyun and Sarah)

95 hours 9 mins; October 26, 2020

Ep. 219: Uber Drivers Unite (ft. Hailing Chen)

86 hours 46 mins; October 20, 2020

Ep. 218 (Preview): The Snack Review

10 mins; October 15, 2020

Ep. 217: Is Affirmative Action Legitimate Activism?

115 hours 4 mins; October 12, 2020

Ep. 216 (Preview): Reading Discussion, Ho Chi Minh and Huey P. Newton (ft. Mike Nguyen)

12 mins; October 10, 2020

Ep. 215: Black Zebra Speaks (ft. Kajah and Jeoffrey)

91 hours 6 mins; October 04, 2020

Ep. 214 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: Chinese Scientists, American Fascism, American Decline

99 hours 10 mins; September 30, 2020

Ep. 213: Failing Your Way To Freedom (ft. Diamond Yao)

87 hours 15 mins; September 28, 2020

Ep. 212 [UNLOCKED BONUS]: The Fight For WeChat Is A Fight For American Civil Rights

84 hours 9 mins; September 24, 2020

Ep. 211: The Manufactured Crisis - Adopted Without Citizenship

29 mins; September 21, 2020

Ep. 210 (Preview): Racism Isn't a Ladder. Racism Is a Stool.

10 mins; September 16, 2020

Ep. 209: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chinese in America (ft. Emily Dong)

140 hours 39 mins; September 13, 2020

Ep. 208 (Preview): Inventing Reality: The Politics of New Media

11 mins; September 09, 2020

Ep. 207: Mixed-White/Asian Perspectives on Mental Health (ft. Dr. Joshua Blum)

138 hours 17 mins; September 07, 2020

Ep. 206: Racist Invaders From The Porn Dimension (Extended Preview)

45 mins; September 03, 2020

Ep. 205: Race Realism and the Pet Arguments of Right Wing Chuds (ft. Kang)

104 hours 33 mins; August 31, 2020

Ep. 204: Everyone Was Falling (ft. JS Lee)

62 hours 34 mins; August 24, 2020

Ep. 203 (Preview): Dealing in Desire

11 mins; August 20, 2020

Ep. 202: Looking Back on 200 Episodes

110 hours 18 mins; August 16, 2020

Ep. 201 [UNLOCKED]: A Critique of Ultra-Leftism, Dogmatism and Sectarianism

62 hours 37 mins; August 13, 2020

Ep. 199 [UNLOCKED]: Ditching the Profit Motive and Independent Non-White Media (ft. David Nole)

118 hours 40 mins; August 13, 2020

Ep. 200: Letting Go Of Immigrant Guilt

142 hours 2 mins; August 09, 2020

Ep. 198: Rooftop Koreans Are Not Your Daddy (ft. Pix)

88 hours 46 mins; August 02, 2020

Ep. 197 (Preview): An Asian Women's Guide to Surviving COVID

10 mins; July 31, 2020

Ep. 196: What Is The Purpose of the Asian American In These Times? (ft. Emily Dong)

113 hours 10 mins; July 26, 2020

Ep. 195 (Preview): What is Mental Health in America?

11 mins; July 22, 2020

Ep. 194: Da 5 Bloods is American Imperialism in Blackface

53 mins; July 19, 2020

Ep. 193 (Preview): Remote Control — Who Does the "Work From Home" Trend Actually Serve?

10 mins; July 16, 2020

Ep. 192: How to Get Shot 8 Times by Sacramento PD (ft. Tee Fansofa)

40 mins; July 12, 2020

Ep. 191 (Preview): Heroes From Nowhere (Orphan Hero Myth, Part 1)

10 mins; July 09, 2020

Ep. 190: Why do American Heroes Never Have Parents? (ft. Mtume)

89 hours 9 mins; July 05, 2020

Ep. 189: Assault on Liberty in the Philippines - Duterte’s Anti Terror Bill

71 hours 21 mins; July 03, 2020

Ep. 188: The Path Which Led Me To Leninism (ft. Mike Nguyen)

71 hours 41 mins; June 29, 2020

Ep. 187: An Asian American Guide To Getting Very, Very Upset (ft. Ayekay aka Austin Koh)

97 hours 9 mins; June 24, 2020

Ep. 186: How An Abusive Cop Co-opted #AsiansForBlackLives

53 mins; June 21, 2020

Ep. 185: Comparing Notes On Race and Class (ft. Adam Hudson and Andray Domise)

186 hours 14 mins; June 18, 2020

Ep. 184: Serving a City on Fire (ft. Ron Kim)

92 hours 29 mins; June 15, 2020

Ep. 183: International Aspects of Asian American Radical Politics (ft. Danny Haiphong)

88 hours 11 mins; June 10, 2020

Ep. 182: Honor, Visibility & Recognition

44 mins; June 07, 2020

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