Escape From Plan A

Mike, RVC, and Teen talk about the filthy cost of college, FAANG employee competence, and the pain of trying to sell a house right now. Part 1 of 2 For Pt 2 and bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Teen and Shan talk about Trump's peace deal, why "MOU's" are worthless, and why Trump won't confirm what's even in it. For bonus episodes: patreon.com/p[anamag

Mike (in Daliian) joins Teen to discuss his first year back in China, the Iran War, and why it's the best and worst of times in America. Part 1 of 2 For part 2 and bonus episodes; patreon.com/planamag

Mike and RVC join Teen on a rainy weekend to talk AI, Iran War, the Death of Hollywood, and JP Morgan "Cannons". Part 1 of 2 For bonus pods: patreon.com /planamag

John Pang returns to join Teen to talk about geopolitics: Trump's humiliating trip to China, AI over-investment, whether the Iran War is a much more than just a 'crisis', and the true nature of American Exceptionalism,. Pt. 1 of 2 For bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Jess and Teen talk about the need to live within the confines of a story, how influencers and marketers co-opt our lives by co-opting the stories of our lives, and whether raw-dogging transcontinental flights is a true test of emotional fortitude. Pt. 1 of 2 for bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Mike joins Teen to talk in detail about the realities of starting your own business, growing into 8-digit revenues, hitting the wall of success, and living 'Mo Money Mo Problems'. Pt. 1 of 2 For Part 2 and bonus eps: patreon.com/planamag

The podcast takes a turn towards tech as Teen continues down his vibe-coding project to hardware, and Jess wonders about how to bridge the gap between self-directed work and creativity versus the instilling of work ethic, selflessness, and discipline forced into us through corporate careers. What happens now that corporate careerism is endangered? Pt. 1 of 2 For pt.2 and bonus eps: patreon.com/pla...

Steve joins Teen from HK to talk about life after careerism and what fills the vacuum left by leaving your job. Also, why vibecoding is great for the unemployed and bored. Pt. 1 of 2 For bonus eps: patreon.com/planamag

Chris is back to host Escape From Plan A! Teen joins Chris to talk in-person about Amy Wang's film 'Slanted', about how racial insecurity can become a kind of body dysmorphia. Is this the Asian American 'Get Out'? Is it in fact a better film that that? Pt. 1 of 2 Chris's piece 'Start Asian Hate': https://salieriredemption.substack.com/p/start-asian-hate For access to the part 2: patreon.com/planam...

Jess and Teen discuss Kenichi Ohmae's theory of a 'low desire society' and whether America fits that description. Are younger generations depressed and giving up on life, or is there a better (and more optimistic) interpretation of "the falling fertility rate", waning interest careerism, less promiscuity, less drinking... Louis Zhao's video: https://youtu.be/Koow0Q6EiXU Part 1 of 2 For bonus pods:...

Chong and Chris join Teen to talk about the overwhelmingly positive vibes surrounding Alysa Liu, and of course (it wouldn't be Plan A otherwise) dissecting the chud response around the good Wasian girl vs the traitorous Eileen Gu. Fully unlocked this week b/c everyone needs some good vibes. For access to bonus eps and the Plan A Discord: patreon.com/planamag

Fred joins Teen to discuss how to maintain adherence to a contemporary lifestyle (careerism, consumerism) when the foundational narrative upon which that lifestyle rests has been undermined by 'narrative rupture': real artificial intelligence, real global virus outbreak, real illimunati, and (post-recording) real war. Part 1 of 2 For access to part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Mike and Steve join Teen from LA and HK (respectively) to talk about America in the era of conspiracy, Epstein as the Merovingian, and what the future reboot of the American Matrix will be like in comparison to current release version. Part 1 of 2 For access to Part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Angelica joins Teen from Taipei to discuss America's image from abroad, what the Epstein Files have done to American legitimacy in the eyes of our Asian 'allies', and whether China is an alternative or a replacement for what America once was. Part 1 of 2 For access to Part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag Angelica's Taipology YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaipologyAngelica Angeli...

Right in the middle of a work day, Mike joins Teen to talk about Claude Code, tech and finance jobs, and whether we need to start positioning for a market bubble pop. Part 1 of 2 For access to Pt 2 and all Bonus Episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Jess and Teen discuss the dilemma of caring for older parents and what old people portend for what's coming for the middle-aged. Part 1 of 2 For Pt. 2 and Bonus Episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Chris joins Teen to discuss whether the intra-racial gender and class tensions among Asian Americans as a group - much discussed on this podcast in the past - might shed light on the raging hostility and violence over the killing of Renee Good at the hands of federal agents. Part 1 of 2 For access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Mike (@meow_meow_2020) joins Teen from Dalian to talk about moving to Northeastern China, whether China is liberalizing, is Xi Jinping the Chinese Ronald Reagan, and why China should be compared to the US as it exists today, but back at its Cold War peak in the mid-1980s. Part 1 of 2 For access to pt. 2 and bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Teen talks to Jess about getting canned from a job for the last and final time. Why economic dependency is not the full story about our dependency on careerism. Why status and identity are so intertwined. Pt. 1 of 2 For access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Teen and Jess discuss changing diet and other fundamental aspects of life as a matter of choice rather than 'willpower' and how a Mortal Kombat dance demonstration was mistaken for a bake sale. And more observations about careerism at the mid-lifespan point. Part 1 of 2 For access to bonus pods: patreon.com/planamag

Chris reunites with Plan A, along with resident professors Chong and Fred, to discuss Tony Thulathimutte's short story collection "Rejection", a tour of modern alienation, pathos, and terminal loneliness. Part 1 of 2 For access to bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag Chris's review of 'Rejection' at his Substack: https://salieriredemption.substack.com/p/rejects-r-us (**link to private video of Chr...

*Note, we have migrated off of SoundCloud, our new public webpage for EFPA episodes: https://rss.com/podcasts/escape-from-plan-a/ Mike and Teen spend a Saturday evening looking back on our working decades, life after work, and the investment-over-work mindset. Part 1 of 2 For part 2 and all bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Teen continues his experiment with AI, to try and get a better understanding of what we're all actually talking to. This time, he talks about personal investment strategy, because it's involves both the empirical and subjective domain. Conclusion: You Got To Know When To Fold 'Em. Part 1 of 2 For bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag

Jess and Teen talk about why fancy, high-skilled hobbies become more Asian as you climb higher on the skill and investment level. In the bonus section, they discuss the corollary of the Asian immigrant insistence on suffering and not living well. Part 1 of 2 For bonus episodes: patreon.com/planamag