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Escape From Plan A — 489 episodes · page 1 of 5
Ep. 698: Is China Too Cheap? (ft. Han Feizi)
Ep. 695: Back in Canada, Back in the Old World (ft. Steve)
Ep. 690: The Lou Pai Appreciation Society Meeting #2 (ft. the Lou Pai Appreciation Society)
Ep. 689: Trump's "MOU"
Ep. 686: China and Iran Update (ft. Dalian Mike)
Ep. 384: Look at What the Raccoon Dragged In (ft. Mike and RVC)
Ep. 382: The Chinamaxxing World (ft. John Pang)
Ep. 380: Stories of our Lives (ft. Jess)
Ep. 378: Biography of a Business From Start to PE Exit (ft. Mike)
Ep. 376: Maybe the End of Corporate Careerism is Good (ft. Jess)
Ep. 374: The Vibecoding Life (ft. Steve) Pt. 1
Ep. 672: Is 'Slanted' a Great Asian American Film (ft. Chris Jesu Lee)
Ep. 670: Is America a Low Desire Society? (ft. Jess)
Ep. 669: The Alysa Liu Moment (ft. Chong and Chris) (unlocked)
Ep. 667: How To Thrive In Dystopia (ft, Fred Lee)
Ep. 665: The Era of American Conspiracy (ft. the Degens)
Ep. 663: Epstein and the Fall of America (ft. Angelica Oung)
Ep. 661: AI Singularity, Bubble Pop, or Both? (ft. Mike)
Ep. 659: Old Parents Are Not Fine Wines (ft. Jess)
Ep. 657: Asian American Perspective on the Killing of Renee Good (ft. Chris Jesu Lee)
Ep. 655: China Is 1980s America Redux (ft. Dalian Mike)
Ep. 651: Canned For Christmas (ft. Jess)
Ep. 647: Mortal Muffin (ft. Jess)
Ep. 644: Rejection (ft. Chris Jesu Lee and The Professors)
Ep. 642: Post Work (ft. Mike)
Ep. 640: Talking to an AI About Investing (ft. DeepSeek v3.2)
Ep. 638: The Fancy Hobbies of Asian People (ft. Jess)
Ep. 636: The Risk of Ruin (ft. DeepSeek)
Ep. 634: American vs Asian vs European Cities (ft. Scott)
Ep. 632: NYC-HK Express (ft. Steve)
Ep. 630: Careerism after Harvard Business School (ft. @fredsoda)
Ep. 628: Book Discussion of "The Abolition of Man" (ft. Chong and Fred)
Ep. 626: Taiwan Inc. vs America (ft. Angelica Oung)
Ep. 624: A Southeast Asian Centered World (ft. John Pang)
Ep. 621: Meet the Parents (ft. Kyle)
Ep. 619: The Utter Hypocrisy of the West's Human Rights Project (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Ep. 617: The Anti-Modernity of the Young and the Old (ft. Jess)
Ep. 615:The Human Zoo (ft. Jess)
Ep. 613: Set the World on FIRE (ft. Jess)
Ep. 611: Why This Is Not Iraq Redux
Ep. 609: What If We Just Fade Away? (ft. Steve)
Ep. 606: Asia's Utopian Tech Futurism (ft. John Pang)
Ep. 604: Taiwan's Rootless Cosmopolitans (ft. Angelica Oung)
Ep. 602: Father-Mothers (ft. Shan)
Ep. 600: So How Did Moving To China Go? (ft Q Anthony Ali)
Ep. 597: The Dog-Eat-Dog World (ft. CS Taniguchi)
Ep. 595: The Asian American-ness of Jewish Movies (ft. Trevor Beaulieu)
Ep. 593: L-Day Has Cometh (ft. Mike)
Ep. 591: People Are Just Bugging Out (ft. Mike)
Ep. 590: Is China Switching to Offense? (ft. John Pang)
Ep. 588: Privatization and the Collapse of Higher Education (ft. Chong and Prof Fred)
Ep. 586: 90s Media Culture and the Jewish POV (ft. Treavor Beaulieu)
Ep. 584: Degen Saturday Morning Global Catchup
Ep. 582: Stop Attacking Asian Diaspora Women FFS (ft. Lei Gong)
Ep. 580: Trumpachev and the Last Days of Empire (ft. MeowMeow Mike)
Ep. 578: Tell Me About DeepSeek In the Style of 3 Asian Dudes Bullshitting (ft. Mike and Filip)
Ep. 576: Trump II: The Reign of Errors (ft. Q. Anthony Ali)
Ep. 574: United States of Malaysia? (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Ep. 572: No Bullshit Discussion on China and Economics (ft. Han Feizi) Pt. 1
Ep. 570: Calling A Wrap on Asian American Liberalism Pt. 1
Ep. 568: Taiwanese Identity Dualism (ft. Xiangyu) Pt. 1
Ep. 566: Midlife Morass: Money or Metaphysics? (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Ep. 564: Virtue Hoarders (ft. Prof. Fred)
Ep. 562: Post-Trump Asset Pump (ft. Mike)
Ep. 561: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 2)
Ep. 560: Election Eve Mega-Discussion (Part 1)
Ep. 557: Why Do Kids Seem So Much Younger Than Before? (ft. Jess)
Ep. 555: An Imminent War That Never Comes (Pt. 1)
Ep. 553: One Year Into Reverse-Immigrating to Asia w/ Kids (ft. Steve)
Ep. 549: Asset-Lite Life Pt. 1
Ep. 547: Saturday Morning Degen Catchup (ft. Mike and Steve) Pt. 1
Ep. 546: Also Known As (ft. Adam Goodman)
Ep. 544: American Default Culture (ft. John Pang)
Ep. 543: A Short Rant About the Paris Opening Ceremony
Ep. 541: Post-Assassination Attempt Politics (ft. Carl Zha and John Pang)
Ep. 539: Burnout Society (ft. Prof. Fred Lee)
Ep. 537: Married Single Mom
Ep. 535: WW3 Is No Longer Purely Hypothetical (ft. Mike) Pt. 1
Ep. 533: Suburban Hellscapes (ft. Mike and Chong) Pt. 1
Ep. 532: How to Be a Proper Asshole (ft. Shan)
Ep. 530: Real Assets (Pt. 1)
Ep. 528: The Department of American Studies
Ep. 526: Forget About Justice: The Ong Brothers Attack (ft. Dr. Z)
Ep. 523: Boeing and the Origins of the Fake Economy (Part 1)
Ep. 521: Columbia Protests and the Elite Schism (Part 1)
Ep. 520: Nostalgia for Retro Tech that Soothed the Soul
Ep. 518: Disillusioned Careerism is the Best Careerism (pt. 1)
Ep. 517: "Perfect Days" and Artful Aging
Ep. 516: Springtime, a Wild Jess Appears
Ep. 514: Mad World Investing (ft. Mike and Steve) Part 1
Ep. 512: American Self-Immolation (ft. John Pang) Pt. 1
Ep. 508: How Long Before the Holodeck Arrives? (ft. Mike)
Ep. 506: Raising Kids in a Zombie Apocalypse Movie (Pt. 1)
Ep. 505: Being Old Feels Like Being a Kid Again (ft. Shan)
Ep. 504: Flipping Out Mildly at the Costco (ft. Shan)
Ep. 502: Fleeing The West (ft. Steve And Mike) (Pt. 1)
Ep. 499 Where Is Life in America Heading From Here? (Part 1)
Ep. 497: America From the Outside (ft. Carl Zha) Pt. 1
Ep. 495: The Return of Oxford Kondo and 78FiveAlive (Pt. 1)
Ep. 494: Great Art Is Trash