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Time To Say Goodbye

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Tammy and Mai’s last hurrah! from 2023-12-06T12:00

Hello from the “White Projects”! 

For Tammy’s final ep as co-host, we answer questions from our beloved subscribers. Thank you for asking us to ponder: 

* Vice, Jezebel, and the loss...

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BOOK TIME with Jillian Tamaki from 2023-12-03T12:00

For Tammy’s last TTSG book club as pod host (!), we welcome Jillian Tamaki, award-winning author and a key member of our early-COVID Discord crew. Jillian’s new graphic novel, Listen

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“Everything is collapsing around the world,” with Andy Liu from 2023-11-29T12:00

Hello from Philly! 

This week, Andy joins us for one of Tammy’s last eps as a host of TTSG. 🥲 After catching up on do...

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A crackdown on campus from 2023-11-22T12:00

Hello! 

This week, Jay talks to a student organizer for Colu...

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Free speech and contingent labor, with Jamie Lauren Keiles from 2023-11-15T14:11:01

This week, we’re joined by our friend Jamie Lauren Keiles, a former contributing writer at the New York Times Magazi...

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What can be questioned within Israel, with Tania Hary from 2023-11-08T12:00

This week, we are joined by Tania Hary, the executive director of Gisha (“access”), an Israeli legal organization that fights for the freedom ...

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Responding to the responses to Gaza, with Rozina Ali from 2023-10-25T14:00

Hello! 

This week, New York Times Magazine contributing writer and repeat guest Rozina Ali talks with us about media coverage of the war in Israel and Gaza as well as the challeng...

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The siege in Gaza and Israel’s end game, with Amjad Iraqi from 2023-10-18T11:00

This week, we’re joined by Amjad Iraqi, a senior editor at +972 Magazine and a policy analyst at the think tank Listen

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Judging Laphonza Butler and the Democrats’ record on labor from 2023-10-11T11:00

Hello from yet another devastating news week! 

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Ozempic and body positivity, with Samhita Mukhopadhyay from 2023-10-04T11:36

Hello from the Condé cafeteria! 

This week, our guest is Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a writer and editor and the former executive editor at Teen Vogue. [5:30] Samhita’s Listen

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More labor power—and the Biden of it all from 2023-09-27T11:00

Hello from the negotiating table! 

This week, it’s just us, talking more hot labor summer and a bit about poetry (Tammy recommends the work of Listen

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Olivia Rodrigo + Pinay pop, with Karen Tongson from 2023-09-20T12:39:52

Hello from karaoke! 

This week, we bring you more Olivia Rodrigo content–with Karen Tongson, U...

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Testing our politics through K-fine dining and “The Retrievals” from 2023-09-06T11:00

Hello from British Columbia! 

This week, [4:15] we start with the latest concerning video of Mitch McConnell and w...

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Wake us up when Trump goes to jail, with Vinson Cunningham from 2023-08-30T11:00

Hello from three far-flung cities! 

This week, we’re joined by our pal Vinson Cunningham, staff writer and theatre critic for The New Yorker

After briefly interrogating Ja...

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Notes from Martha’s Vineyard, North Korea, and K-reality TV from 2023-08-23T11:00

Hello from a Cessna! 

This week, it’s just us, on a grab-bag anthropological journey. [2:55] First, Jay unpacks his recent trip to Martha’s Vineyard and what he learned about the academic ...

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The Maui fires were inevitable, with Kaniela Ing from 2023-08-16T11:00

Hello again from the ongoing climate crisis! 

Kaniela Ing is a Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) organizer and former state legislator who now works as the national director of the Listen

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’90s nostalgia, Ninja Turtles, and a red-baiting revival from 2023-08-09T11:00

Hello from an East Bay movie theatre! 

This week, it’s just us, trying to dodge yet another COVID surge. (A note from our producer, Mai: Lots of people are Listen

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Embracing U.F.O.s and rejecting Zionism, with Arielle Angel from 2023-08-02T11:00

Hello from a freezer full of “non-human biologics”! 

This week, we speak with Arielle Angel, editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents and known alien stan. (3:30) We get her thoughts on...

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Listener Qs: Barbenheimer, hot labor summer, & white-Asian relationships in film from 2023-07-26T11:01:42

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Modi’s India, with Anjali Kamat from 2023-07-19T11:00

Hello from the diasporic battleground! 

This week, we’re joined by investigative journalist and filmmaker Anjali Kamat to discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s red-carpet Listen

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Fukushima’s toxic tail and Ramaswamy’s media blitz from 2023-07-12T13:38:44

Hello from Honolulu! 

It’s just us this week, trading places: Tammy is home in humid Brooklyn, and Jay is on the road, visiting family in Hawaii! (6:00) First, we discuss the planned relea...

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K-content spectacular, with Jenny Wang Medina from 2023-07-05T11:00

Hello from the South Korean Ministry of Culture’s Brooklyn satellite office! 

This week, Tammy welcomes back Jenny Wang Medina, our resident scholar of Korean cultural exports and semiotic...

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Seeking clarity in Cali’s homelessness crisis, with Darrell Owens from 2023-06-28T13:10

Hello from the East Bay! 

It’s just Jay this week, chatting with friend of the pod Darrell Owens, a Berkeley-based housing ...

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How NYC delivery workers won a minimum wage, with Ligia Guallpa from 2023-06-21T11:00

Hello from the Hill! 

This week, we’re joined by Ligia Guallpa, executive director of Workers Justice Project (WJP), a group th...

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Final thoughts on affirmative action from 2023-06-14T12:55

Hello from clear-skied Brooklyn! 

Thank you to everyone who attended our (first) third-anniversary TTSG summer picnic! And thanks to all who subscribe, listen, spread the word, and otherwi...

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A.I. scab-bot$, with Max Read from 2023-06-07T11:00

Hello from Montréal! 

🥳 Reminder: Join us THIS SATURDAY, June 10th, in Brooklyn, for our subscriber picnic! Subscribe on Listen

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“Succession,” edibles, and immigrant stories, with Hua Hsu from 2023-05-31T11:00

Hello from Jay’s dried-out basement (finally)! 

This week, writer Hua Hsu joins us for a record fourth appearance on the pod as part of our neverending anniversary celebration. In...

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America’s war on the poor from 2023-05-17T11:00

Hello from Mai’s COVID den! 

It’s just Jay and Tammy this week. (3:25) First, we chat about a mini-generation of Listen

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Three years of bad takes, with Andy Liu from 2023-05-10T11:00

Hello from the vault! 

In the first of a series of episodes commemorating TTSG’s third anniversary, OG Andy Liu returns. 🎉

We look back at the first episode we ever released, Listen

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Karaoke soft power + left media cowardice from 2023-05-03T11:00

Hello from the start of AANHPIXYZ Heritage Month!

It’s just Jay and Tammy this week, going long on two of our favorite topics: U.S.-Korea relations and progressive media. [3:15] Fi...

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Wellness frauds and James Harden, with Jennifer Wilson from 2023-04-26T11:00

Hello from a cruise ship! 

This week, we welcome book critic and Philly basketball devotee Jennifer Wilson back to the show. We discuss [1:00] the epidemic of belligerent airline passenger...

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What Chicago can teach us, with Alex Han from 2023-04-19T11:00

Hello from a 90-degree day in New York!

This week, we’re joined by Alex Han, executive director of In These Times and a longtime organizer based in Chicago. Alex previously worked...

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“The border itself is the crisis,” with Silky Shah from 2023-04-12T11:00

Hello from Jay’s COVID den!

Mai would like you to know that she begged Jay to skip recording and rest after he tested positive for COVID, and did the same with Tammy ...

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Palo Alto’s ghosts, with Malcolm Harris from 2023-04-05T11:00

Hello from the Bay Area! 

This week, it’s just Jay speaking with Malcolm Harris, the author of the recently published Palo AltoListen

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The kids (and parents) aren’t all right, with Bryce Covert from 2023-03-29T11:00

Hello from Jay’s flooded basement! (Apologies for our less-than-ideal audio.) 

This week, our guest is Bryce Covert, a writer who covers the culture and work of child care (and its increas...

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Ten long years of socialist politicking, with Kshama Sawant from 2023-03-22T11:00

Hello from Tammy’s COVID bunker! 

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The Asian Oscars, tradwives, and Korean feminists from 2023-03-15T11:00

Hello from Jay’s tradlife mancave! 

It’s just us this week, dissecting all the ways our culture has gone too far. We begin with [0:20] a debrief of the most Asian (American?) Oscars ever. ...

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‘100% authentic fake:’ Corky Lee’s Asian America, with Ken Chen from 2023-03-08T12:59:09

Hello from a D.C. hotel! 

This week, our guest is Ken Chen, writer, professor, and former director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW). We discuss [6:45] Ken’s recent piece for ...

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When the right wing co-opts identity politics from 2023-03-01T04:51:57

Hello from our normal, boring lives! 

Tammy returns from her reporting trip out West, and Jay is back at work after taking half his parental leave. It’s just us this week, talking t...

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What can’t A.I. replace, with Ben Recht from 2023-02-22T12:00

Hello from a sci-fi future!

Tammy’s on a reporting trip this week, so it’s just Jay talking to our guest Ben Recht, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at UC Berkele...

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Another train derails, with freight conductor Nick Wurst from 2023-02-15T12:00

Hello from an ongoing ecological disaster! 

Our guest this week is Nick Wurst, a freight-rail conductor and a member of the SMART-TD union, who joined Tammy and Jay after an overnight shif...

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“Tár,” a film for the chattering class, with Vinson Cunningham from 2023-02-08T12:00

Hello from Juilliard! 

This week, our friend Vinson Cunningham, award-winning critic a...

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How many cops is enough? from 2023-02-01T12:00

Hello from our culture of violence! 

This week, Tammy and Jay talk through some painful questions following the fatal beating of Listen

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Health is not possible, with Beatrice Adler-Bolton from 2023-01-25T12:00

Hello from Tammy’s dark apartment! 

This week, Jay and Tammy are joined by Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-host of the podcast Death Panel Listen

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Capital vs. capital in today’s housing crisis, with Ritti Singh and Navneet Grewal from 2023-01-18T15:00:40

Hello from rental hell! 

This week, Tammy is joined by two friends of the pod who work in housing: Ritti Singh, a tenant organizer in Rochester for Listen

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Jay’s back! + GOP dysfunction and Biden on immigration from 2023-01-11T12:00

Hello from a Berkeley basement! 

This week, Jay takes a break from being his daughter’s personal helper to catch up with Tammy. 

[5:25] We start by discussing right-wing obsession wi...

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The OG podsquad reflects on 2022 from 2022-12-21T12:00

Hello from what feels like the distant past! 

This week, erstwhile co-host Andy Liu joins Jay and Tammy to look back on 2022. (A note from Mai, our producer: Paid subscribers can get Listen

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LIVE with Hua Hsu: Writing in grief’s minor key from 2022-12-14T12:01

Hello from somewhere other than Jay’s basement! 

This week, we’re excited to release the episode we recorded in New York with Hua Hsu, as part of Tammy’s Listen

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A reckoning and sparkle of hope in China, with Ting Guo from 2022-12-08T12:00

Hello from South Korea’s sad World Cup cheering section! 

This week, we talk about the unrest in China with Dr. Ting Guo, a scholar at the University of Toronto who studies religion, polit...

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Is it finally Strikevember?! from 2022-11-23T12:00

Hello from the picket lines! 

This week, Jay and Tammy report on labor actions on the streets of Berkeley and Seoul. 

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Crypto fraudsters with Max Read from 2022-11-16T12:00

Hello from the Matt Levine fan club! 

This week, the writer and editor Max Read returns<...

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Fast fashion and racialized labor with Minh-Ha T. Pham from 2022-11-09T12:00

Hello from the decline of the West! 

This week’s episode features a wonderful conversation with Minh-Ha T. Pham, a professor at Pratt who researches fashion labor under global capitalism a...

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Mike Davis’s hopeful rage and grief in Itaewon from 2022-11-02T12:48:58

Hello from Jay’s trick-or-treating route! 

This week, Jay l...

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Listener Qs: Affirmative Action, “Better Call Saul,” & TTSG nostalgia from 2022-10-28T11:00:23

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Climate protests and the curse of the “activist beat,” with Kendra Pierre-Louis from 2022-10-26T11:00

Hi from the science desk! 

Jay and Tammy chat this week with a very special guest, eco-apocalypse reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis. Her work has appeared on the Listen

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Wars in East Asia and Los Angeles from 2022-10-19T11:00

Hello from Tammy’s surfing hagwon! 

This week, we’re celebrating 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS! Sounds fake, we know, but Substack doesn’t lie. Thanks for tuning in to our ramblings for the past two...

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Grievance politics, why we love “Mo,” and the YYYs’ return from 2022-10-12T11:00

Hello from a U.S. neocolony! 

It’s just Tammy and Jay this week, trying not to obsess over surfing and wallpaper. 

We talk about the new Netflix show, “Listen

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Liberation and elective hijab in Iran, with Kiana Karimi from 2022-10-05T13:10

Hello from Mexico City! 

This week, we talk about the Iranian uprising with Kiana Karimi, a sc...

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What Would Gramsci Do (plus NBA drama) with book critic Jennifer Wilson from 2022-09-28T11:00

Hello from a Korean sublet! 

This week, our friend Jennifer Wilson joins us to discuss the art of cultural criticism and test out some takes on James Harden, Gramsci, and Russia. 

Fi...

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GOP cruelty gone wild, a potential train strike, and Jay’s surfing tips from 2022-09-21T11:00

Hello from a beach in Busan! 

It’s just us this week, talking through the good, bad, and ugly of this week’s news cycle. 

Just before we recorded, the news dropped that Adnan Syed, t...

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BOOK TIME with Lisa Hsiao Chen from 2022-09-17T11:00:46

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Hello from Tammy’...

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​​​​Fantasies of progress on K-TV with Jenny Wang Medina from 2022-09-14T11:00

Hello from Seoul (both real and fictional)!

This week, we welcome our friend and K-drama expert Jenny Wang Medina back to the pod to discuss the new Netflix hit “Listen

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How we won on student debt, with Ann Larson and Eleni Schirmer of the Debt Collective from 2022-09-07T11:00

Hello from three time zones! 

This week, Tammy is joined by Debt Collective organizers Ann Larson and Eleni Schirmer to reflect on...

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Immigration’s “catalyst moments” with Silky Shah from 2022-08-31T11:00

Hello from Washington state! 

This week, we’re joined by Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network and repeat...

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Pelosi in Taipei and Twitterstorians with Andy Liu from 2022-08-24T12:40

Hello from Philly! 

We’re lucky to be joined this week by former podsquad member Andy Liu, for an in-depth chat about his three favorite things: sports, history, and Taiwan. 

First, ...

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A messy Asian American story with filmmaker Julie Ha from 2022-08-17T11:00

Hello from Mai's high-speed European train! 

This week, Tammy and Jay watch “Free Chol Soo Lee” and speak with Julie Ha, who co-dir...

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“The inherent violence of all of it” with Jia Tolentino from 2022-08-10T12:03:46

Hello from the miserable gap between episodes of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”!

This week, Jay and Tammy are joined by the great Jia Tolentino, a writer at The New Yorker and Listen

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Executions in Myanmar with Ali Fowle from 2022-08-03T11:00

Hello from Tammy’s undisclosed location! 

The hosts start with a brief discussion of Leanna Louie, a law-and-order Democrat Listen

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Fake boba, fake pork with Wei Tchou from 2022-07-27T11:00

Hello from a walk-up apartment! 

This week, Tammy and Jay invite food-and-culture writer Wei Tchou to discuss trends in plant-based meat and beverages. Wei has written beautifully about Listen

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More Dem failings + a shifting drug culture from 2022-07-20T11:00

Hello from mild SF and summerpocalypse NYC! 

This week, Jay and Tammy discuss what’s been on their minds this week: the state of the Democratic party and the shifting culture around drug u...

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Why "social housing" with Paul Williams from 2022-07-13T11:00

Hello! 

This week, Tammy and Jay remember John Bennet, a former New Yorker editor and Columbia journalism professor who passed away this week: 

They are then joined by polic...

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The end of the American Century with Danny Bessner from 2022-07-06T13:34:30

Resending because of a tech glitch. Thanks for your patience.

Hello from Cleveland! 

This week, we speak with friend of the pod Danny Bessner, an historian of U.S. foreign r...

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A feminist(?) K-drama about abortion from 2022-06-28T10:24:42

Hello from Jeju-do!

This (harrowing news) week, the podsquad welcomes repeat guest <...

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Inflaaaation, cool unions, and "We Own This City" from 2022-06-21T11:50:34

Hi from Chicago!

This week, Jay and Tammy talk about a rising tide of worker organizing, rising gas prices (ugh), and a new, very timely TV show.

Tammy reports back from her...

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Battle hymn of a second-gen tiger + Andy's last ep :( from 2022-06-14T11:14:46

Hello from Andy’s couch!

We take a break from the NBA finals to record Andy’s last ep as co-host : (

Per his request, the podsquad talks Listen

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Uvalde aftermath, police, and guns from 2022-06-07T11:54

Hello from a 24-hour layover!

Tammy returns from her travels and tells us about hanging out with cool Asians at the International Federation ...

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Interviewing, Uvalde, and NBA finals with Isaac Chotiner from 2022-05-31T12:00

Tammy’s off for the week!

Jay and Andy are joined by The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner to talk a...

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"Everything Everywhere All At Once" deep dive from 2022-05-24T10:55

Hello from the Betaverse!

This week, we briefly touch on headline news from Asia: that a jet-lagged Biden pledged military support for Taiwan against China—a comment Listen

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American psychos, maternal supply chains, and a new-old leader in the Philippines from 2022-05-17T12:00

Hello from Prague!

Tammy tells us about her travels through Czech Republic, and Jay describes his favorite Listen

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Judging the judges on abortion, with Kate Redburn from 2022-05-10T11:00

Hello from a million-person protest!

We wish…

This week, we speak with a brilliant friend of the pod, Kate Redburn, a lawyer a...

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The Wobblies and the end of Covid? from 2022-05-03T11:00

Happy belated May Day!

We celebrate international workers’ day by discussing a newly remastered version of the 1979 documentary The Wobblies (directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah ...

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Our warring cultures + Elon / Shanghai lockdown from 2022-04-26T14:25:45

Hello from a reunited podsquad, each back in their natural habitat!

This week, taking off from an essay by Listen

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A strike against capital at Amazon from 2022-04-12T11:00

Hello from the Staten Island Ferry!

This week, the podsquad reunites for all kinds of $$ talk. We begin with a chat —occasioned by a book prize Andy received — about how to balance leftist...

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Adolph Reed Jr: Jim Crow + race/class debates from 2022-04-05T11:00

Hi everyone:

Today it’s just me, Andy, talking with guest Adolph Reed, Prof. Emeritus at University of Pennsylvania, about his new book The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives Listen

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SCOTUS cringe and "Turning Red" from 2022-03-29T11:00

Hi from multi-culti Toronto! (We wish.)

This week, Jay and Tammy discuss the urban housing crisis, the weird and embarrassing SCOTUS confirmation hearings of (Future Justice) Ketanj...

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TTSG disinformation campaign w/ Max Read from 2022-03-22T12:00

Hello!

This week just Jay and Andy and with guest Max Read. We talk about all things “disinformation.”

First up is Andy’s...

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The (queer?) (Asian?) plays of Hansol Jung from 2022-03-15T11:00:42

Hello from New York!

This week, Tammy interviews the playwright and TV writer Hansol Jung. They talk about Hansol’s childhood in South Africa and South Korea, the feeling of being ...

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Hope in a time of war, with Neta Crawford from 2022-03-08T13:00:39

Hello from a South Korean ballot box! (Tammy wishes.)

This week, Andy and Tammy talk to the political scientis...

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Ukraine with Sophie Pinkham from 2022-03-01T12:00:40

Hello from our doomscroll…

Today we talk about—what else?—the events in Ukraine this past week :-(

We chat with Sophie Pinkham, an essayist, reporter, and expert on the region. In 20...

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RIP Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go + San Francisco school board recall from 2022-02-22T13:00:36

Hi from the United States of empire!

The podsquad reunites in Amurica. This week, we talk about the murders of two women in New York City and the recall of school board members in San Fra...

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BOOK TIME with Eugene Lim from 2022-02-15T17:38:20

Today’s episode is a conversation with Eugene Lim, the author of the novel Search History. Eugene’s one of o...

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Beijing Olympics and Linsanity from 2022-02-08T12:00:48

Hi from Seoul!

The podsquad returns for a wide-ranging chat on all things, sort of, broadly, sometimes diasporically China.

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'Ascension' and the Chinese Dream, with Jessica Kingdon and Kira Simon-Kennedy from 2022-02-01T13:00:47

Hello from a crypto farm in rural China!

This week Andy talks with the director (Jessica Kingdon) and producer ( Listen

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Inflated burritos and SCOTUS race quotas from 2022-01-25T11:48:39

Hi from a Listen

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Racism, speech, and tenure + "we Americans" on China from 2022-01-18T12:00:58

Greetings from the Philly planetarium!

This week, we discuss academic tenure, “disgusting” ideas, and left foreign policy.

0:00 – A troll-y tenured law prof at UPenn is back on her ...

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Blaming teachers' unions for Covid from 2022-01-11T11:54:38

Hello from pandemic year 3!

There seems to be a panic over school closures—and a backlash against teachers and their unions. But how many US public schools have had to “go remote” because ...

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RIP 2021 and "Don't Look Up" from 2022-01-04T12:30:40

New year, new pod!

“Same pod, though…”

0:00 – We discuss various New Year’s Day soups and East Asian Listen

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Gary Shteyngart, our country friend from 2021-12-21T12:00:36

Hello from a pandemic bungalow!

This week, we are joined by Gary Shteyngart, creator of the brilliant new novel, Our Country Friends. We talk about immigrant fict...

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Democrat dilemmas with Brian Stryker from 2021-12-14T12:30:37

Hello from the Quiz Bowl room!

Today we’re talking with Democratic pollster and Andy’s high school friend Brian Stryker of Listen

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Crypto leftism? With Alex Rivera from 2021-12-07T12:40:36

Hello from a blockchain!

This week, Jay and Tammy talk with Alex Rivera, a filmmaker, media artist, immigrant rights activist, ...

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'History is not a straight line': on the Chinese Question with Prof. Mae Ngai from 2021-11-30T13:01:38

Hello from the 19th century!

Today’s episode features Andy in conversation with Prof. Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professo...

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Nothing to lose but your supply chains from 2021-11-23T14:07:06

Hello from both sides of the Pacific!

This week, a reunited, international podsquad talks K-quarantine, Enes Kanter’s Sinopportunism, and how the left should think about the “suppl...

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"Taiwan?" with New Bloom: Brian Hioe and Wen Liu from 2021-11-16T12:27:50

Hello!

Guest episode this week with Andy talking to Brian Hioe and Wen L...

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Another election, another culture war from 2021-11-09T12:54:46

Hello from our election hangover!

This week, we talk about last week’s mid-mid-mid-midterm results.

* Did the very rich Republican win Virginia’s gubernatorial race on accoun...

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Kori Graves on Black Korean adoptees from 2021-11-02T15:07:58

Hello from HISTORY!

This week, Tammy interviews Professor Kori A. Graves, a historian of adoption and the famil...

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Ultimate Kangbook episode from 2021-10-26T14:43:07

Tammy and Andy grill Jay about his new book, The Loneliest Americans!

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Ultimate Kangbook episode from 2021-10-26T14:43:07

Note: Apologies for resending + reposting; some technical errors earlier.

Hi from TMZ studio!

Like all of Asian American Twitter, we’ve been talking about The Lon...

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Kangbook, "umami," Striketober from 2021-10-19T10:22:18

Hello from the John Deere picket line!

This week is, um, eclectic and slightly technologically challenged. Thanks for bearing with us.

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"The Loneliest": Jay's book + Kidneygate from 2021-10-12T10:20:16

Hello from a spicy group chat!

This week, we begin by celebrating the release of Jay’s book, The Loneliest Americans, which was just Listen

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"Squid Game:" Some of us are not horses. from 2021-10-05T10:34:48

Hello from Capitalist Playground of Death!

This week, we talk 100% “Squid Game.”

Warning: Don’t listen until you’ve watched it all.

Does the show const...

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Abolish ICE! And keep going. With Silky Shah of Detention Watch Network. from 2021-09-28T10:46:24

Hello from Stuart’s Coffee in Bellingham!

This week, we welcome a special guest to talk about the immigrant rights movement and immigration policy. Plus, Andy and Tammy channel Jay ...

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Happy 10th birthday, Occupy Wall Street! from 2021-09-21T12:00:07

Hello from Zuccotti Park!

Lots of leftist nostalgia and reminiscence about Occupy Wall Street this week — and the podsquad joins in! Then we talk Vietnamese American Republicans in ...

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The Great Unvaccinated from 2021-09-14T11:03:12

Pod squad assemble!

0:00 – Tammy catches us up on the latest in Asian Americana aka “Shang-Chi.” Jay and Andy remain skeptical of all things MCU. 

12:30 – We talk ab...

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Environmental justice, Amazon logistics, and immigrant workers: Andrea Vidaurre from 2021-09-07T11:00:01

(Audio fixed and updated Sept. 7 afternoon. Thanks for your patience!)Hola from the Inland Empire!

This week, we bring you Tammy’s IRL interview with Andrea Vidaurr...

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SCOTUS evictions, mixed-race Census, a new silent majority, and the D'Amelios from 2021-08-31T12:13:11

Hello from the West Coast!

It’s just Jay and Tammy this week, on everything from backyard farming to Barbara Ehrenreich.

* Jay advises Tammy on late-season tomato growing. 🍅...

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Gig work, Afghanistan, "The Chair" from 2021-08-24T12:01:47

Hello from a reunited pod squad!

This week, we gab about a welcome court ruling on California’s Proposition 22 gig-work law, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Sandra Oh’s new ...

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Neoliberalism's end + "China": Jake Werner from 2021-08-17T12:00:37

Hello from a Chinese ghost city!

It’s just Andy this week, speaking with my friend academic-activist Jake...

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Live music and a "good hang" with No-No Boy's Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen from 2021-08-10T11:57:04

Hello from back in July, when Tammy recorded this special live episode in Portland, Oregon! The occasion was the new album, Listen

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Shooting arrows at an archer + landlord politics from 2021-08-03T12:02:23

Hello from Tammy’s DIY SUV camper!

This week, we bring you talk of Korean archery, feminism, ...

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The Young Congee Marx from 2021-07-27T18:30:59

Hello from Philly, Berkeley, and Pasadena!

This week, we talk about the Tokyo Olympics, food appropriation in Oregon, and Raoul Peck’s film The Young Karl Marx (2017).

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Haiti and Cuba, COVID Delta, and Listener Qs from 2021-07-20T12:05:04

Hello!

This week: two pressing topics from the news and listener questions.

First, we talk about the political crises in Haiti and Cuba and questions of U.S. empire and intervention....

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Steel, Care, PMCs: historian Gabe Winant from 2021-07-13T12:00:03

Hello!

A guest episode today: Andy talks with U Chicago historian Gabriel Winant Listen

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Sports talk radio: NO-lympics + diversity "pressure" at ESPN from 2021-07-06T12:19:51

Hello, and welcome to Asian American Sports Talk radio—from the site of the 2032 Olympics!

Three topics today:

First, the Chinese Communist Party held a massive centennial celebratio...

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The Fight to End Single Family Zoning and the YIMBY/NIMBY/PHIMBY War with Darrell Owens from 2021-07-02T16:01:52

Hello!

Today’s episode is about housing, the fight to end single-family zoning, YIMBYs, NIMBYs and PHIMBYs. Our guest today was Darrell Owens, a housing activist and policy analyst. We we...

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Click, buy, suffer? Plus listener questions from 2021-06-29T12:17:05

Hello from Tammy’s 104-degree podcast studio!

This week, we talk about the nightmare of piled-up Listen

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Recasting history and sports workers at SCOTUS from 2021-06-22T12:01:43

Hello from I-5!

Today: another round in our long-simmering, passive-aggressive professional feud (journalists vs. historians), occasioned by two new pieces on how we talk about and ...

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[Unlocked] Iyko Day: on Asians as capital from 2021-06-18T12:11:28

Note: The following is an unlocked episode originally released on May 7 for our Patreon and Substack subscribers. Enjoy!

Hi everyone,

Today, a more scholarly episode: Andy s...

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Lab leak theory and "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" from 2021-06-15T13:07:04

Hello from Tammy’s fantasy vacation house! It’s just the three of us today, with two important topics.

First, the renewed media and political interest in the Wuhan “lab leak theory,” whic...

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Chelsea Schieder on Comfort Women denialism, the Japanese Right, the Asia-Pacific, and Coed Revolution from 2021-06-11T12:08:05

Hi all:

Today’s episode is a conversation with Andy’s friend and classmate Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Listen

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6/4 no more? And CRT McCarthyism from 2021-06-08T14:01:49

Hello!

It’s just us three this week, talking recent news (and some hot goss).

First, we discuss the suppressed vigil for the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre (6.4.1...

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Buddhism, writing, and mixed martial arts with Ocean Vuong from 2021-06-01T13:56:38

Hello!

Special guest this week. Ocean Vuong, a poet, novelist, essayist, and the author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Ocean has won the Whiting Award, the T.S. Eliot Prize, a...

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"Mare of Easttown" special impromptu episode! from 2021-05-28T11:00:54

Andy talks with Vinson Cunningham (New Yorker) and Jane Hu (UC-Berkeley English and Film) about the HBO show Mare of Easttown -- Listen

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Vinson Cunningham on the NBA, Yang, and IRL theatre from 2021-05-25T15:14:55

Hey, sports fans!

A break from the news cycle with our friend, Vinson Cunningham, a theatre critic at The New Yorker, playwright, novelist, and all-around lovely guy. Listen

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Loving Palestine with Esmat Elhalaby from 2021-05-21T13:51:10

Hello!

We’re back in a new arrangement (Andy and Tammy this time) for our second of two episodes on what’s happening in Palestine. Our special guest is Listen

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Sheikh Jarrah and What Feels Different This Time about Israel/Palestine with Josh Leifer of Jewish Currents from 2021-05-18T14:24:35

Hello!

This week we talked with Joshua Leifer, an editor at Jewish Currents, about the ongoing military violence aga...

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India's Second Wave: with Meghna Chaudhuri from 2021-05-14T12:00:13

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Hello!

Andy here with a Friday episode in discussion with historian Listen

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"Magic Actions" and "When the Party's Over": the past year in politics from 2021-05-11T11:30:07

Hello! 

A long but focused discussion this week—on two new essays that attempt to write recent history.

First, Listen

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What happened after '92, and "the secret history" of Ethnic Studies with Tamara K. Nopper from 2021-05-04T14:49:34

Hello!

This is Jay. This week, we have my conversation with sociologist, writer, and data artist Tamara K. Nopper. She’s been an invaluable resource for me for years now — if I ever actua...

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Vaccine apartheid part 2 + Asian accent game from 2021-04-27T15:03:34

Hello from the AAPI Oscars!

This week, we begin with a guessing game from George Mason University’s “Speech Accent Arch...

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Michelle Zauner on Crying in H Mart from 2021-04-22T16:44:48

Hello!

We spoke with special guest Michelle Zauner aka Japanese Breakfast about her memoir, Crying in H Mart; her forthcoming album, Jubilee; her life as an artis...

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DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL - Akai Gurley, Peter Liang, and how communities are built with filmmaker Ursula Liang from 2021-04-20T18:48:44

Hello,

A special episode this week with filmmaker Ursula Liang about her new film Down a ...

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Unionizing in an Amazon age from 2021-04-13T10:40:18

Greetings from Substack hell!

It’s just the three of us this week, talking about the union defeat in Bessemer, Alabama, labor history, and the future of organizing in an Amazon econ...

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Depoliticization, Identity Politics and Protest with Asad Haider from 2021-04-09T15:10:51

Hello!

Today’s subscriber episode is a wide-ranging conversation Asad Haider, one of the founding editors of Viewpoint Magazine<...

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How not to think like a cop, with Naomi Murakawa from 2021-04-06T11:14:32

Hello from Jay’s backyard Easter egg hunt!

It’s just Andy and Tammy this week, with special guest Naomi Murakawa, Listen

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CROSSOVER EPISODE with The Dig! from 2021-04-01T23:35:31

Hello!

This week, your intrepid hosts had the pleasure to speak with journalist Daniel Denvir and his podcast “The Dig,” with Jacobin Radio.

Daniel engaged us on a number of topics ...

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Interpreting the Atlanta massacre from 2021-03-23T12:55:11

Hello at the end of a sleepless week.

In this episode, we analyze the many responses to the murders in Atlanta — in a spirit, of course, of solidarity.

Should the murders be ...

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"I want you to care when people are still alive": Yves Tong Nguyen of Red Canary Song from 2021-03-19T17:14:22

In light of the harrowing news out of Atlanta this week, we spoke with Yves Tong Nguyen, an organizer with Listen

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A very good recovery plan and one year since lockdown from 2021-03-16T12:09:37

Happy belated Pi Day (3.14)!*

*Also Stephen Curry’s birthday and the anniversary of Marx’s death! (Guess who’s drafting today’s notes?)<...

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Loving Guam, fighting empire with Julian Aguon from 2021-03-09T12:34:07

Hello from the imperial U.S.A.!

Our special guest this week is the CHamoru activist attorney and writer Julian Aguon. Jul...

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The real history of "comfort women" from 2021-03-02T12:39:04

We discuss the unfolding row over an academic article by Harvard law professor...

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A Russian doll of cancellations, "Minari," and listener questions from 2021-02-23T12:51:31

Hello from a Chinese banquet! (If only…)

0:00 - 주먹만한 얼굴” (tiny face obsession)

2:48 – Reply All

We discuss the story ...

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TikTok fame, Asian hip-hop, and culture "gentrification" with Jaeki Cho from 2021-02-19T17:08:44

Hello!

Special unlocked bonus Patreon episode today with entrepreneur, TikTok cook, and hip-hop head Jaeki Cho. He and Jay talk about Jaeki’s quick rise to TikTok fame via his Korean cook...

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Working women's rage, more on the street violence in Oakland, and East vs. West Coast Asians from 2021-02-16T13:31:46

Hello from the angry depths of our work-from-home souls!

This Valentine’s Day week:

0:00 – Big, hearty thanks for subscribing and supporting us through Listen

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Xinjiang on Clubhouse and listener questions! from 2021-02-09T13:01:50

Hello!

This week, fabulous guest Darren Byler. Plus, three questions from our very smart listeners.

0:00 – Friend of the show Darren Byler returns (don’t miss his earlier episode, fr...

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Casino capitalism and racialized school reopenings. And the new TTSG Patreon! from 2021-02-02T14:56:52

Good snowy morning from Andy and Tammy, while Jay wears shorts!

This week, we talk about cultures of luck, public schools, tankieism, Myanmar, and Corky Lee.

2:15 – Andy explains th...

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Bonus ep: representation politics, at Philly's Asian Arts Initiative with Bakirathi Mani and Anne Ishii from 2021-01-29T12:26:51

Bonus ep!

This past week, the Asian Arts Initiative in Philly (AAI) hosted a short conversation about the question of repres...

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Kimchi nationalism, Biden on immigration and foreign policy, and Desi identities with Rozina Ali from 2021-01-26T11:00:30

Hi from Obama’s third term!

This week, we welcome the wonderful, brainy Rozi Ali, a journo friend who writes a...

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"That identity s**t, that’s old news, man": belated Capitol takes + "Chan is Missing" with Hua Hsu from 2021-01-19T13:11:51

Greetings from the deep state in our heads!

This week, we talk some oldish politics (January is moving so fast…) and welcome back our first repeat guest, Hua Hsu, to dig into classic Asia...

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Vaxx dreams; American decline vs. Chinese ambition; and 2020 favs from 2021-01-05T14:54:44

This week’s theme, courtesy of Tony Soprano: “Is the U.S. over?”

Both Tammy and Listen

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Working-class unity with organizer JoAnn Lum; plus, listener Qs on the diversity labyrinth from 2020-12-28T14:41:57

HNY from the heart of Times Square!

0:00 – This week, we welcome JoAnn ...

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Scenes from the Culture War: Tommy Craggs from 2020-12-21T15:58:52

0:00 — We welcome friend of the show Tommy Craggs, enterprise editor at Mother Jones Listen

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Lux magazine and lockdowns with Sarah Leonard from 2020-12-15T13:37:33

Today, Doctors Liu, Kang, and Kim are joined by Doctor Sarah Leonard, publisher of the soon-to-launch Lux Listen

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Filipino nurses and "Better Luck Tomorrow" from 2020-12-08T14:01:05

Hello from Neera Tanden’s shoe closet!

0:00 – The gang’s back together, with geographic and pandemic updates.

10:00 – Data recently compiled by National Nurses United tell us that <...

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The Asian American voter with Professor Taeku Lee from 2020-12-01T17:56:17

Hello!

This week we have another part of what can now be called a series on the AAPI voter with our guest Taeku Lee, a professor of law and political science at UC Berkeley and the author...

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Vaccine apartheid, tankies redux, and the TTSG manifesto from 2020-11-24T13:41:01

Happy birthday, Jay’s sister!

Tammy checks in from a motel in Listen

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Asians are white again, pandemic rage, what to expect from Biden, and mega free trade from 2020-11-17T17:03:21

Hello from White House transition headquarters!

This week: literal housekeeping, “students ...

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The history of Filipino DJ culture in the Bay Area with Oliver Wang from 2020-11-12T18:22:26

Hello,

Today we have something a bit different for you. TTSG goes a bit Melvyn Bragg with a history episode about Bay Area Filipino DJ culture. Our guest today is Oliver Wang, pro...

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National *phew* and your letters from 2020-11-10T13:03:51

Hello from a USPS mailbag!

This week, before getting into your letters, we reminisce about Saturday’s election news a.k.a the international dopamine-flood event. We “wow just wow” at the D...

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The neverending election from 2020-11-05T03:58:12

Hello from Philly, Berkeley, and Missoula!

In this #2020 special, we share our jaundiced views of the U! S! A! and the election as of Wednesday night, 24 hours after polls closed. 

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The Asian American vote, with Hua Hsu! from 2020-10-27T14:35:09

Hello from Tammy’s snowbank!

This week, we welcome TTSG friend ...

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What's a Bernie person supposed to do now?: A pre-election special with Brooke Adams and Tobita Chow from 2020-10-23T12:21

Bonus pre-election episode!

Two weeks ahead of the last judgment, Andy talks with two organizers about the “existential battle” over the soul of the Democratic Party. Listen

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Korean wig stores, with Jenny Wang Medina; and Hunger Games in Thailand from 2020-10-20T14:55:01

Welcome to the Terrordome!

This week, we have a brilliant guest, TTSG pal and Korean literature Listen

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Abolishing Silicon Valley: Wendy Liu from 2020-10-16T12:20:07

A bonus deep-dive episode into the culture and politics of Big Tech and Silicon Valley!

Today Andy chats with the writer Wendy Liu (no...

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SCOTUS trouble, working-class white people, and Taiwan's military from 2020-10-13T15:08:10

Hello from the National Speech & Debate Tournament!

This week, we unpack the idea of court packing, look for common cause with working-class whites, and ask what’s up with the Taiwanese mi...

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Trump has Covid! Is the virus totally random? And listener questions. from 2020-10-06T16:40:23

Happy belated Mid-Autumn Festival! 

We pried Andy away from doomscrolling 45 to bring you this late-night episode of semi-coherent thoughts on the American regime, post-wet market theories...

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"Itaewon Class" and class politics; and what to make of left-wing utopias from 2020-09-29T16:51:40

Hello from Andy’s Zoom lecture!

This week: the class politics of the Netflix K-drama “Itaewon Class” (이태원 클라쓰), success and failure in leftist utopias, and “slouchy Asian” fashion.

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The 1776 Project, TikTok nationalism, and four listener questions from 2020-09-22T12:11:09

Hello from the TTSG drop-out commune!

This week, a longer-than-we-intended show about the TikTok saga, Chinese/US hegemony, and nationalist traps. We also respond to a few...

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From 9/11 to 45: How Will We Remember Trump, USA? from 2020-09-15T12:10:39

Whither memory: Guantanamo W. Bush paints over his legacy.

Hello from the future!

Inspired (triggered?) by last week’s commemorations of 9/11, we get a bit contemplative. H...

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Race Fakes, Disparity Discourse, and Mulan in Xinjiang from 2020-09-08T16:38:07

Greetings from Jay’s 95-degree basement!

This week, we start, inevitably, with our takes on Jessica Krug, the ...

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Basketball Revolution? Plus Death and Fear in Kenosha and Portland from 2020-09-01T15:24:58

Greetings from our virtual union hall! 

This week, we talk protest and death in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon, and consider what to make of the longstanding, but local, street c...

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'Racial disparity' and 'race vs. class' debates: historian Merlin Chowkwanyun from 2020-08-28T12:04:02

Hi everyone:

Today we’re presenting a conversation between myself (Andy) and my college friend Merlin Chowkwanyun, assistant profess...

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AOC at the DNC, WeChat, and Right-Wing Asians from 2020-08-25T12:22:39

Hello from behind the Great Firewall!

As summer winds down and election season begins to heat up, we reflect on the political prospects of Asian America and the mess that is the Dem...

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Ethnic Studies, Revolutionary Politics, and the Third World Liberation Front with Viet Thanh Nguyen from 2020-08-20T16:25:49

Hello!

We’re very excited to have Pulitzer Prize winner and Macarthur Genius Grant recipient Viet Thanh Nguyen on the show. There was a lot to discuss and a lengthy conversation that I (J...

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Oh, Kamala!: Harris’s Identity in 3 Acts, Affirmative Action, and the Postal Service from 2020-08-17T14:03:32

In a late-Sunday-night mega-recording session, we discuss the big news of the past week: Kamala Harris, the first major vice presidential candidate who’s Black, Asian American, and a woman. Comm...

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"Indian Matchmaking," BAME, and Portland Whiteness with Historian Radhika Natarajan from 2020-08-14T13:46:17

In this episode, Tammy gabs with her old friend Radhika Natarajan, a professor of history at Reed College and low-...

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An Intricate Castle of Good Intentions: ‘Nice White Parents,’ Historians vs. Journalists, and AsAm Christianity from 2020-08-11T12:01:36

Hello from the ledge of cancellation! 

We have some heady stuff for you this week—on school segregation, the perennial struggle between historians and journalists, and religiosity in Asian...

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Trump 'bans' TikTok, the NBA Bubble protests, and teaching during COVID-19 from 2020-08-04T14:35:40

Hello from three time zones! 

This week, we mull the Covid-era classroom (fears of contagion and falling behind), the meaning of Trump’s attack on TikTok, Nike-brand kneeling (and not knee...

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Food and Gender on Asian American TikTok, Portland’s White Protests, and Good Identity Politics from 2020-07-28T12:00:33

你好 from cyberspace! 

This week, Jay scuba dived the depths of Asian American TikTok to engage Andy and Tammy in a critique of Listen

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Lilith Fair, MOMTIFA, Ross Douthat on white fragility, and Tammy's "Transnationally Asian" article from 2020-07-22T13:22:41

Hello from 1997! 

This week, we start by crate-digging our souls, with a Listen

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Darren Byler on the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, China from 2020-07-17T12:26:56

Credit: Carolyn Drake

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Harper's, Boba Bros, Korean Feminism, and the NBA bubble from 2020-07-15T13:12:56

Hello from our galaxy brain!    

This week, we begin with a brief chat about (social) media “cancel culture,” based on Listen

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Trump’s Ban on International Students, Latinx Recognition in Black Lives Matter, and Listener Questions from 2020-07-08T13:07:19

Greetings from our USB microphones!  

In this episode, we discuss ICE’s recent rule prohibiting international students from staying in the U.S. if their colleges go fully online. We also d...

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Immigrant Race Traitors, the International Hotel, and Media Solidarity from 2020-06-30T14:37:47

Greetings from Berkeley, Philadelphia, and Tacoma! 

This week, we chat about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s recent essay ...

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Tankies! with Brian Hioe, New Bloom Magazine from 2020-06-25T15:09:53

Hi, all:

Just Andy this time, with a Thursday edition bonus episode, in which I talk with Brian Hioe of New Bloom, a bilingual online magazine with radical analysis of Taiwan and ...

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BTS Army in Tulsa, Angela Davis in Oakland, and the problem with "diversity and inclusion" from 2020-06-23T15:56:48

Hello from Oakland, Philadelphia, and New York!

It’s just the three of us this week, talking Koreaboos and soft power, protest goals, and, Listen

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BLM Occupation, Tofu, Asian POCs, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Politicians, and Guest Dae Shik Kim, Jr. from 2020-06-16T16:25:07

Hello from the American rebellion!

A packed episode on the BLM protests from our vantage point as cynical Asians and former Seattle residents. (Yes, Mukilteo counts.) We discuss the Listen

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Seattle nostalgia and autonomous zones, the ESPN Bruce Lee documentary, and guest Nikil Saval from 2020-06-09T20:47:30

Hello! This is our freshest recording yet—part one made just hours ago. 

In this episode, we talk about th...

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A cop is still a cop; 'PoC' respectability politics, and how China sees the American Uprising from 2020-06-01T17:09:22

A special welcome to all new subscribers!  

Today’s episode is about the murder of George Floyd and the actions around the country.

A few days ago, Jay Listen

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Asian Americans and the SAT; Labor Struggles in Hong Kong and China, with guest Jenny Chan from 2020-05-26T17:29:11

Hello!

In this episode, we chat about relocating during the pandemic, reading (or, in Jay’s case, not reading) physical books, and the University of California system’s recent decision to ...

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Mike Davis, the Trucker and Meatcutter Turned Marxist Legend from 2020-05-18T15:33:53

Hello!

We’re extremely excited about today’s episode, which includes a lengthy interview with Mike Davis, a friend of the international working class and the author of works such as P...

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EPISODE 6: The Worst Representatives of AAPI Heritage Month and Who’s Using the Anti-China Playbook. from 2020-05-13T15:16:14

Hello from the US lockdown!

It’s just the three of us this episode, chatting about soggy bread and soggier humans—and all things China, America’s best frenemy and the official scapegoat of...

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EPISODE 5: American contact tracing, Nimby scolding, and guest, Tre Kwon. from 2020-05-05T19:44:18

Happy belated May 1st, international workers’ day! 

This episode is about organizing and health care “heroes.”

We talk about cheering for essential workers, Whitmanesque yawps and co...

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EPISODE 4: Rejecting Upwardly Mobile Asian-American Politics, Taiwan and the WHO, and guest Wilfred Chan. from 2020-04-28T20:08:42

Hello!

This episode is about the politics of the Asian diaspora. 

We explain why we named our podcast Time to Say Goodbye and update one another on quarantine pickling (to M...

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EPISODE 3: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Korean Test-and-Trace from 2020-04-24T19:01:10

Welcome to Time To Say Goodbye!

Today, we have a bonus episode for you about Korean coronavirus test-and-trace—with Max Kim, a journalist living...

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EPISODE 2: African Guangzhou and Coronavoting in Korea from 2020-04-22T01:09:24

EPISODE 2: African Guangzhou and Coronavoting in Korea

Hello!

Time to Say Goodbye is a podcast—with your hosts, Jay Caspian Kang, Tammy Kim, and Andy Liu. We l...

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EPISODE 1: Pangolin Panic and Why the West Said "No" to Masks from 2020-04-13T21:02:46

Hello!

Time to Say Goodbye is a podcast—with your hosts, Jay Caspian Kang, Tammy Kim, and Andy Liu. We launched this thing because, like you, we’ve been sheltering in plac...

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