Meshi

After a hiatus, Meshi is back with our first guest! Friend of the pod Mayanne joins us for what starts as a conversation about Marie Kondo but ends up going deep on capitalism and coalition-building.

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Links

Note: Rian Phin’s video we reference in the episode is no longer available online, but we’ve linked to their YouTube channel below.

• Marie Kondo and the Privilege of Clutter - The Atlantic
• Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
• Get Off the Grid: Instagram and Environmentalism - The Skinny
• The Myth of the Ethical Shopper - Highline
• Rian Phin’s YouTube channel
• The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka
• Marx’s alienation of labor explained

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In light of the recent tragedy on the set of the film Rust and developments in IATSE’s negotiations with Hollywood production companies, Keno (a production assistant), Mizuki (an editor), and Stephanie (a Letterboxd user) discuss worker’s rights in the entertainment industry.

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Links

• Everything We Know About the New IATSE Contract - Variety
• Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed woman on movie set, sheriff says - The Los Angeles Times
• Alec Baldwin 'Rust' camera crew walked off before shooting - The Los Angeles Times
• IATSE Stories Instagram

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In this edition, we discuss the history and meaning of fusion food. Stephanie expresses her deep love for spam while Mizuki and Keno explain how Japanese fast food became bougie abroad.

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Food pics!

• Spam
• Samyang Buldak Bokkeum Myeon
• Budae jigae
• Korean fried chicken
• Chinese dandanmian
• Japanese tantanmen
• Kimchi
• Castella
• Tempura
• Dragon roll
• Yoshinoya
• Ichiran
• Ootoya
• Tamago sando
• Bulgogi bake

Links

• Run BTS promoting K-ham
• Priya Krishna’s “Indian-ish” cookbook
• Korea vs Japan Kimchi dispute - The New York Times
• Chinese People Try Panda Express For The First Time - Buzzfeed
• What did "Authenticity" in Food Mean in 2019? - Eater
• Asian Fusion Cuisine and the Tug and Pull of Foreign Identity - Brown Political Review

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This week, a former stan, a current stan, and a K-pop newbie discuss the global phenomenon that is BTS. Mizuki explains why she retired from the ARMY, Stephanie reveals her BTS bias, and Keno gets too excited about McDonald’s.

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Links

• BTS English interview
• Run BTS Avatar Chef Pt. 1
• Run BTS Avatar Chef Pt. 2
• We Are Bulletproof Pt.2
• Baepsae (Silver Spoon)
• I NEED U
• MIC Drop 
• Boy With Luv
• Dynamite
• Butter
• BTS collaboration with McDonald’s
• BTS collaboration with Hyundai
• RM promotes Fila
• Albums and photocards
• Tabekko doubutsu (rock paper scissors animal crackers)
• Pokemon bread & stickers
• K-pop popularity rankings
• IN THE SOOP
• BTS at the United Nations

Special thanks to Dhania K. for her help with this episode!

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Join us for Meshi’s first episode where we watch the 2001 animated classic Spirited Away. Stephanie, Mizuki, and Keno contemplate if river spirits have a gender, whether the bathhouse staff should start a union, and if Chihiro is a true #girlboss. Stephanie argues for her right to watch movies at double the speed.

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Links

• Nekomeshi
• The Mike Wazowski communism meme that no one remembers
• Onsen
• Konpeito
• Rokurokubi
• The low wage problem in the anime industry - Animator Dormitory

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