Two Asian comedians talking about politics and the Asian American community to get more Asians talking about politics! Join Aaron Yin (he/him) and Gerrie Lim (they/them) for 45 minutes-ish every week as they discuss current topics and events related to Asian Americans through the lenses of history, class, and advocacy.
97. This Week in Asian American Politics: The End of the Podcast
In this final episode of the podcast, we look back at the past 2.5ish years and talk about our feelings, the evolution of Asian America in that time, and producing the pod.
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11 Oct 2023
96. This Week in Asian American Politics: Boba Guys Unionize, AI Has Trouble Detecting Yellow Skin Tone, Whitewashing Boba, Kevin McCarthy Kicked Out of Speaker Position, Bedbug Epidemic
This week in Asian American Politics:
- Boba Guys becomes the first boba store to unionize. Look out for their next flavor, Union Ube!
- Sony researchers find that existing models for skin hue detection have trouble with yellow skin tones. Asians: 1. Terminator: 0.
- Portland white and South Asian couple become the main characters of the internet after creating a "non-GMO, healthy" boba brand called "Better Boba" which gave off the impression original boba is inferior, unhealthy, etc.
- Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the House to get kicked out, and we have 45 days until another potential government shutdown.
- Bedbugs strut the runway during Paris Fashion Week and now they're spreading to all parts of the country, just in time to link up with COVID strains and the flu.
- WHAT'S POLITICALLY ASIAN PODCAST? --
We're two Asian American comedians talking about politics and the Asian American community to get more Asians talking about politics! Join Aaron Yin (he/him) and Gerrie Lim (they/them) for 45 minutes-ish each week as we discuss current topics and events related to Asian Americans through the lenses of history, class, and advocacy.
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27 Sept 2023
95. This Week in Asian American Politics: The New York Times Profile on "Saving" NYC's Chinatown, Auto Workers Strike, Asians Hiding Asianness, Hasan Minhaj Expose
This week in Asian American news:
We cover a NYTimes article that profiling some young Asian Americans in Chinatown. Aaron, an organizer in that same Chinatown, has some thoughts.
One of the country’s oldest unions, United Auto Workers, goes on strike! They get the big 3 manufacturers play whack-a-mole with the plants and boy do GM, Ford, and Stellantis miss every mole.
A new Pew study finds that among Asian Americans, those who are young, 2nd gen, and…Democrat? are more likely to hide their culture and identity. We try to figure out why peopl are still coming up with studies like this.
The New Yorker drops a bombshell of an interview with Hasan Minhaj that has the internet in an uproar: the man exaggerates in his stand-up! As comedians, we discuss the ethics of lying in one’s jokes.
- WHAT'S POLITICALLY ASIAN PODCAST? --
We're two Asian American comedians talking about politics and the Asian American community to get more Asians talking about politics! Join Aaron Yin (he/him) and Gerrie Lim (they/them) for 45 minutes-ish each week as we discuss current topics and events related to Asian Americans through the lenses of history, class, and advocacy.
CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/politicallyasianpodcast/ (https://instagram.com/politicallyasianpodcast/)
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicallyasianpodcast (https://www.tiktok.com/@politicallyasianpodcast)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/politicasianpod (https://twitter.com/politicasianpod)
Website: https://politicallyasianpodcast.com (https://politicallyasianpodcast.com/)
Support us at https://buymeacoffee.com/politicalasian (https://buymeacoffee.com/politicalasian)
COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, HOT TAKES, FEEDBACK: politicallyasianpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:politicallyasianpodcast@gmail.com)
MUSIC by Clueless Kit: https://soundcloud.com/cluelesskit Song title: live now
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