Eliza and Teen theorize about the 2018 Academy Awards, whether the frontrunners Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Shape of Water, and Dunkirk are the only viable winners, or whether revised voting procedures give Get Out and others an outside chance.

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Teen (@mont_jiang)

Jen Kim joins the podcast to compare the Asian adoptee experience versus growing up as the second-generation of an Asian immigrant family. Jen is the vice president of AKA (Also Known As), an association of international adoptees.

Intro/Outro Music: "Clean" by Incubus

Intro Voice Track: "The Chinese Woman" from Seinfeld

Asian guys often pride ourselves on standing by Asian women, but is that more out of choice or necessity? And if it’s by choice, do we do enough to make them feel that they’re our first choice? In this second entry of the Asian male sub-series, Oxford, Filip, and Mark explore their past, present, and future to reflect on the state of relationships between Asian men and women, and where it needs to go.

Intro/Outro Song: "gold" by OFFONOFF ft. Dean

Intro Voice Track: David Choe interview from Koreatown episode of "Parts Unknown"

Twitter:

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

Mark (@snbatman)

As Asian Americans become a larger portion of the American population, our political influence has an opportunity to grow. Can Asian Americans overcome ethnic divisions, unfavorable population distributions, and neglect from the Democratic Party? Teen and Mark chat with guest podcaster Varun Nikore, President of the AAPI Victory Fund.

Intro/Outro Song: Theme from Chrono Trigger

Intro/Outro Voice Track: Trump's Oprah Interview in 1988

These times have seen an unprecedented social upheaval in gender relations, and Asian women's voices must be heard. In the first entry of the Asian women's sub-series, Eliza, Jess, and Christina offer fresh takes on feminism's treatment of female sexuality, the unbearable whiteness of the Women's March and #MeToo, and where Asian feminism needs to go.

Intro/Outro Song: "Spiral" by Nujabes

Intro/Outro Voice Track: Yuri Kochiyama on Japanese Internment (Interview on June 16, 2003 by Karen Ishizuka and Akira Boch)

Twitter:

Eliza (@aestheticdistance1)

Jess (@whatsupjess)

These times have seen an unprecedented social upheaval in gender relations, and Asian women's voices must be heard. In the first entry of the Asian women's sub-series, Eliza, Jess, and Christina offer fresh takes on feminism's treatment of female sexuality, the unbearable whiteness of the Women's March and #MeToo, and where Asian feminism needs to go.

Intro/Outro Song: "Spiral" by Nujabes

Intro/Outro Voice Track: Yuri Kochiyama on Japanese Internment (Interview on June 16, 2003 by Karen Ishizuka and Akira Boch)

Twitter:

Eliza (@aestheticdistance1)

Jess (@whatsupjess)

Teen and Oxford out themselves as male fans of HBO’s Girls. They also talk about how differently Asian men and women seem to be portrayed in not only this show, but other young women-led shows and movies like Ingrid Goes West, Insecure, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Intro/Outro Song: "Girl" by FLiP

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Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Does Lena Dunham Have Yellow Fever?: https://planamag.com/does-lena-dunham-have-yellow-fever-8b6a8f8dd4fd

Eliza and Teen drop all the uppity talk as best they can to overanalyze "The Last Jedi" and what it is about this installment that seems to be dividing audiences.

Intro music: Bill Murray.

Outro music: Albert and Tiffany Chang (http://www.youtube.com/rainbowpig2).

Eliza and Teen drop all the uppity talk as best they can to overanalyze "The Last Jedi" and what it is about this installment that seems to be dividing audiences. Intro music: Bill Murray. Outro music: Albert and Tiffany Chang (http://www.youtube.com/rainbowpig2).

Mark and Oxford team up to start off this sub-series of talking about what it's like to be Asian, male, and out there dating. No douchey advice. Just thoughts and stories from the older Asian brothers you maybe never had.

Twitter:

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

Mark (@snbatman)