Gavin is back on the podcast and we talk about the coronavirus pandemic in Toronto versus Vancouver. To change things up a bit we also review the Spanish sci-fi film “The Platform”. Topic timestamps: Are we in black mirror? (2:50), Toronto lockdown (3:45), Vancouver is chilling (4:55), hero pay (9:00), panic buying toilet paper (11:00), work from home life (18:05), 7pm cheer for emergency workers (29:10), citizens policing citizens (31:30), DIY medical equipment, are we in black mirror? (33:00), only rich kids can play (35:30), the platform movie (37:40), quarantine life (1:01:50), creative drain during coronavirus (1:03:45) and more. You can find Gavin at diupod.com. Check his podcast DIU Podcast out on Spotify.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fed up with us frequenting beaches, going on hikes and doing normal spring things. Enough is enough, go home and stay home. I'm in self isolation so my brothers are my guests this week. We talk about people losing jobs (00:38), state of emergency (2:13), teachers (4:20), how long is this quarantine gonna last (6:50), results of this pandemic (8:55), everyone is wearing masks (11:10), gun sales are going up (17:19), workers taking leave (19:10), starting a garden (20:40), Animal Crossing (21:55) and more.

Vi is a Vietnamese Canadian girl that lived in France. In this episode, she talks about her cryptic Viet mom (00:45), learning French (2:00), living in France (3:05), Vancouver has dope Feng shui (4:40), push back from being Asian in France teaching English (6:00), French little kisses (7:40), where are you from? (11:05), go back to where you came from (16:00), relationship between students and teachers in France (19:00), Viet Kieus (23:00), Viet Kieus have intergenerational trauma as a result of the Vietnam war (24:40), central Vietnam (25:30), is there a Viet Kieu walk (30:30), Vietnam is overwhelming (34:00), parents divorce (39:00), divorce because they didn’t have a son (45:00), queer identity (51:20), perceptions of Asian men versus Asian women (54:15), parasite (1:01:30) and more.

Albert is an aspiring Asian actor in Vancouver and he talks about the industry, immigrating back to Taiwan (1:08), Taiwanese identity (2:50), Canadian privilege in Taiwan (5:40), extroverted introverted (8:10), studying theatre (10:45), parents reaction to studying arts (14:00), need another job to support creative career (19:05), doing open mics (21:00), Robin Williams (22:20), how the industry is for Asian actors (24:45), self growth (28:00), street dance in Vancouver (33:20), cultural appropriation (37:00), Asians love to appropriate Black culture (41:00) and more.

Malcolm moved to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests. We get a little tipsy and he reminds me that he’s straight AF. We talk about HK losing its identity (1:50), traditional Hong Kong men’s roles (2:52), being a feminine guy (3:45), moving to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests (4:18), Wearing certain colours in HK can get you beat up (8:30), Hong Kong “Angels” aka sex volunteers for the protestors? (10:40), sex volunteers feel used (13:45), Japanese tourist attacked in HK (17:20), coronavirus in Vietnam and Canada (20:18), Hand sanitizer sold out everywhere (23:07), factories in Asia making fake masks (24:35), Vancouver lets you be whatever you want (28:30), strong independent woman (30:30), wtf is an ABG?? (32:00), Malcolm is a player in HK (34:10), do more feminine men attract more masculine women? (34:50), attractive qualities in women are different from attractive qualities in men? (36:45), are women single by choice? (40:20), lang lui / pretty girl (42:30), getting called gay (45:05), ABGs are a culture shock to HK guy (50:40), what’s a FOB (52:10), English names for Asian kids is lazy (54:10), CBC versus Chinese international students (57:50) and more.

This whole episode is about dating and marriage in Korea. Kevin, a Korean guy from Seoul and user of a dating app made for men with money seeking women with looks, shares his experience. In this episode he talks about the coronavirus in Korea (00:40), blind dates 소개팅 (2:10), Korea’s got a valentines day every month (6:25), white day (7:10), pressure to date (7:35), Korean dating app Amanda (7:55), importance of looks and status (9:15), Korean matchmaking agencies (9:50), Sugar Baby app? (16:15), Gold Spoon users complain (19:15), where do rich guys and beautiful women hang out offline (21:25), Cheongdam (22:30), trophy wife (28:20), Parasite (30:00), marriages are business deals (31:50), problems within rich and poor couples (32:40), money makes men sexy (34:00), men can pick their number (35:28), importance of looks and status in Korean society (37:04), Korea’s dating future (37:52) and more.