"I want you to care when people are still alive"
Yves Tong Nguyen (
@yvesandthemoon
) of
@RedCanarySong
guiding us through the big Qs after the Atlanta shooting.
Demystifying the massage industry, talking about race, sex, gender, labor, and migration.
🎂 Happy 1st birthday to us! 🎂
Thank you for your ears and support! Catch up on our first year of episodes, show notes, and newsletter essays here:
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@jaycaspiankang
@andybliu
@etammykim
NEW EPISODE: a lengthy conversation between
@jaycaspiankang
and
@tamaranopper
about the history of the phrase "Black Korean relations," 1992, and scholarship. We also talk about myths around Korean businesses and much more!
New ep: just us
@etammykim
,
@jaycaspiankang
, and
@andybliu
this time, talking about what we talk about when we talk about Atlanta.
Empire? Fetishization and misogyny? The Korean War? Chinese exclusion?
Some group pod-therapy after a bad week.
new ep!
andy talks with wen liu
@wenliunyc
and brian hioe
@brianhioe
from new bloom
@newbloommag
about everything taiwan:
geopolitics + fears of chinese invasion +
tw + diaspora identity +
tw's place in the western left +
asian + asian am politics
One of Yves's big takeaways was that efforts to distinguish and differentiate the kinds of work performed in the massage industry are counterproductive and miss the point.
“Whether or not they are sex workers, they were harmed by the criminalization of sex work”
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are launching a Patreon. We recently hit episode 50 of TTSG. We love doing the show and interacting w all of you listeners but would love some support so we can do the show more often and at a higher level. Link here:
New Episode! A lengthy talk with poet, essayist and novelist Ocean Vuong! Topics discussed: Buddhism, mixed martial arts and how to write without thinking too much about it.
New episode! A dive into the history of Filipino mobile DJ crews in the Bay Area with
@oliverswang
. If you ever wanted to know why it seemed like every DJ in the 90s and 00s was Filipino and from the Bay, this answers all those questions.
New episode! A longform discussion of two essays on the last year -- "Magic Actions" by
@TobiHaslett
and "When the Party's Over" by Brendan O'Connor
@_grendan
The Floyd protests 1 yr later +
Bernie 2020 1 yr later +
OWS/BLM retrospective +
what now?
Bonus ep!
@etammykim
and
@andybliu
talk to
@dtbyler
about the history and current situation with Uyghur people in Xinjiang, China.
How should the global left think about this? How to move beyond simplistic cultural explanations? How can we learn more?
We have a newsletter extra for you today:
@etammykim
's interview with Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey, an anti-militarist activist and member of the 1970s Black feminist Combahee River Collective.
Guys, it's our six-month anniversary!! 🌈🎂
We started with pangolins on April 13. Oh, how far we've come.
Here's this week's ep. We talk SCOTUS and the left, what we share with poor and working-class white people, and the Taiwan-US-China military mess.
new ep!
andy talks with prof. Adolph Reed about his new book *The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives*
a wide-ranging convo about jim crow and slavery histories, race/class debates, generalizability of white/black racism, a shot at tarantino, and nba!
new ep! andy talks with gabe winant
@gabrielwinant
about his book "The Next Shift," on Pittsburgh and the transition from a steel to care economy.
also: histories of capitalism and neoliberalism, the U.S. left, and revisiting the "PMC" thing (!)
Hello! This week's usually scheduled podcast, a big collaboration with
@thedigradio
, will be released in a couple days. Promise it's worth the wait and will be double sized.
Today's episode is an interview with
@viet_t_nguyen
about Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front, and ways to think about history in terms of radical politics.
We also discuss:
the calls for "hate crime" and "terrorist" prosecution;
why efforts to pin this on Trump's Covid rhetoric risk becoming a distraction from the systemic violence in the industry;
and her fear that people will stop caring only until the next attack.
Today's episode is a conversation between
@andybliu
and Mae Ngai, a professor of history at Columbia. Lot of talk about Mae's new book "THE CHINESE QUESTION" and about history, generally.
New episode with
@huahsu
! We talk about the Asian vote, the possibilities of ‘immigrant’ solidarity and if that might be a better lens than ‘Asian American’ identity, and Hua’s years in policy debate. Also Tammy’s thing you should know about re: Vietnam.
Pod tomorrow will be about THE CHAIR (among other topics) so please catch up if you don’t want spoilers or whatever, although spoilers are usually fine. Not sure why everyone gets so upset about them it’s just a tv show. What could be so surprising
We have extended shownotes detailing our conversation. Yves was an incredibly powerful and clear-headed speaker.
In the meantime, some resources:
Red Canary Song in Flushing, NY
new episode! We talk to Tommy Craggs (
@tcraggs22
) about his recent article in Mother Jones, "What's the Matter with Cultural Politics," the NBA, and the time Kang threw chopsticks at Craggs in a Korean restaurant.
new episode! As promised our mega crossover event with
@thedigradio
and
@DanielDenvir
. Long talk about a ton of stuff -- Georgia, Bernie, the nation-wide attacks, schools, etc.
Bonus episode!
Bit of a change of pace -- Andy talks with Wendy Liu
@dellsystem
about her book "Abolish Silicon Valley" and how she went from a true-believer in the power of tech to an ardent critic of the industry and capitalism writ large.
New episode! Andy in conversation with Chelsea Schieder
@SzendiChelsea
on Comfort Women denialism, the case against Ramseyer, + Japanese education + Asian politics more generally. Plus: her new book "Coed Revolution" on women and the new left in the 60s!
The TTSG discord has been listening to a 1000+ song crowdsourced playlist together for 3+ days now. Come join our community of 500+ ppl and talk about everything from left politics to books to Korean dramas to NBA. All subscribers to our substack or patreon get access.
Short piece by Andy, working through the fascism question, class alliances, and whether it's wise to call for more police presence to weed out 'terrorists' and 'traitors'
If you're a regular listener, you've heard that this week will be
@andybliu
's last on the pod 🙁 ()
@jaycaspiankang
&
@etammykim
will miss him, but we're gonna send him off by discussing the Tiger Mom book. Join in!
And DM/email us with Andy Qs/memories!
new ep!
andy talks with jake werner
@jwdwerner
about the US's new embrace of spending, the end of neoliberalism (?), what this has to do with "china," and how to think about US-China through a different, 'progressive globalization' perspective -- phew!
Aaaaaand we're back.
Check out
@jaycaspiankang
,
@andybliu
,
@etammykim
, and special repeat guest
@huahsu
on weird/scary U.S. politics and the must-see second pick in our occasional film series, "Chan is Missing."
This week, the pod squad talks about Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the great
@sophiepinkhmmm
+ NATO and spheres of influence
+ China–Taiwan
+ online campism
📺💡Bonus episode! 💡📺
@etammykim
talks with
@RadhikaAN
, a historian at Reed College, about "Indian Matchmaking," Stuart Hall, conceptions of race in Britain, whiteness in Portland, and more!
Must-listen new ep!
We're on the Jess Krug race-fake trail + Adolph Reed's racial-disparity critique + accusations of human-rights complicity on the set of the new "Mulan."
Here's what we're reading:
New episode with Prof. Esmat Elhalaby
@thaqafatalhind
! We talk:
the attacks in Gaza +
what US media misses about Palestine +
internationalist solidarity beyond the US +
the late Edward Said, the "orientalism" concept, and the history of pan-Asianism
New episode!
@jaycaspiankang
introduces
@etammykim
and
@andybliu
to Asian American chefs on TikTok; we revisit the debate over race in the Portland protests; and we discuss the Combahee River Collective's prescient critique of deferential ID politics.
New episode! We talk to longtime friend of pod
@vcunningham
about the Knicks, what it means that New Yorkers are faced w a choice between Yang and Adams, and the return of the theater to NYC.
OK! all three of us have now watched *Everything Everywhere All At Once* and will discuss it with spoilers on next week's episode! If you want to watch and think about it with us, check it out this weekend!
NEW EPISODE: We talk with documentary filmmaker
@ursulaliang
about her new film Down a Dark Stairwell, which is about Akai Gurley, Peter Liang and how communities respond.
We're baaacck with a fancy new ep. on racial category error, COVID-19 anxiety, Biden predictions, and SE Asian economics.
Tune in, spread the word, and hit us with your comments and questions!
New Episode: We try to explain what happened over the past week with China, Xinjiang and Clubhouse w guest
@dtbyler
and its possible ramifications. And we answer your questions about Biden, Bay Area attacks, and more.
A few weeks ago, we talked about the problem with how we're talking about the vaccines and drug companies.
@stephenburanyi
out today with a great, well-researched piece breaking down why we should be skeptical that "vaccines = drug companies good"
NEW EPISODE: very excited about this one. A long conversation with MIKE DAVIS, a hero of all three of your hosts. We talk about the need for protest, possibilities for the left, Marxist history, and a bit about Mike's rock collection.
Bonus this week: Tammy's Q&A with a nurse who's organizing a new union at her hospital.
How do you assemble a campaign of 600+ people? How do you keep it going? What does it all mean in the context of corporate healthcare, COVID, and red-state politics?
Listeners, hi! 💌
We're gonna try something new: audio questions and comments!
Send a voice memo from your phone to timetosaygoodbyepod
@gmail
.com, and you might hear yourself on air.
(Twitter DMs and regular emails still welcome, too, of course.)
Thanks! ✌️🏽
New Episode with
@etammykim
,
@jaycaspiankang
,
@andybliu
!
We talk the "Nice White Parents" podcast +
a conversation about journalists versus historians +
a listener question about Asian Americans going to church
In this week's TTSG episode, with
@cmkshama
, we ask: How might the Dobbs ruling and other failures of Democratic leadership help us envision a new political party?
NEW PATRON EPISODE with guest
@JiayangFan
. We talk about boba liberalism, writing when you don't speak English in the home, and a lot more. If you want access to our patron posts, please subscribe here. Directions for RSS, podcast players on page.
First ep. of 2021! 🥳
It's just the three of us this week,
@andybliu
@jaycaspiankang
and
@etammykim
, asking, "Is America over?"
+ old NPR shows and a few favorite 2020 reads
Don't miss this week's episode:
- Why are so many Filipino/a nurses in the US dying of the coronavirus?
- What kind of "race film" is Justin Lin's classic, "Better Luck Tomorrow"?
New ep! This week, Tammy live-recording music and a chat with
@NoNoBoyMusic
@Folkways
from Portland! On Asian Americana, history, identity, migration, and the West.
New ep! This week, our friend
@vcunningham
, staff writer and theatre critic at
@newyorker
, joins Tammy and Jay to discuss 2022’s wokest(?) film, “Tár.” (Spoiler alert!)
New ep! This week, Jay and Tammy are joined by
@realLandsEnd
, co-host of
@DeathPanel_
. Beatrice takes us through the theory of Health Communism and its promise to save us from our financialized care nightmare.
What a week... Here's a new ep.!
We gab about the TikTok deal/disgrace,
@andybliu
's future dive into right-wing WeChat, the lure of nationalism,
@etammykim
's CLS journey, &
@jaycaspiankang
's obsession w/ Jonestown. Plus, 4 listener Qs. (Keep 'em comin'!)
Friday ep!
Unlocking our 5.7 ep, with Prof. Iyko Day
@iykoday
about her book "Alien Capital," theorizing anti-Asian racism in N. America by examining the association bw Asian migrants and global capitalism.
She also answered listener Qs at the end!
🔊 NEW EP.! 🔊
We chat about 🖥️ "Itaewon Class" and K-drama class politics, the failure and promise of 🌍 abolitionist experiments, and what 70yo women in Berkeley like to wear.
New episode!
@etammykim
and
@andybliu
read
@jaycaspiankang
's book /The Loneliest Americans/ -- aka Kangbook -- and grill him! We talk about genre, writing, Jay's argument and intervention, the MRA chapter, and how his thinking has changed over time.
New episode!
Post-post-election reactions, talking the Democratic Party civil war that recommenced immediately after Saturday's win, then as many listener questions as
@etammykim
,
@jaycaspiankang
, and
@andybliu
could get through!
new ep! talking:
• nyt's "primal scream" + the broader history of women's work, neoliberalism, and thinking about housework as labor +
• update on the anti-asian violence in oakland +
• listener question from the discord about "strains" of asians!
New episode with
@jaycaspiankang
,
@etammykim
, and
@andybliu
! We talk about last week's DNC and AOC's speech; the potential ban on WeChat with its economic and political implications; and the widening appeal of right-wing politics among Asian Americans
this one has all of the
@ttsgpod
hits:
* jay being grumpy
* andy + tammy explaining why jay is grumpy
* jay talking over andy trying to make a point
* tammy saying ppl need to organize
new episode! We talk about Hong Kong, the anniversary of Tiananmen and how worried we all should be about the sweep of "anti-CRT" laws in state legislatures.
ANNOUNCEMENT! We have a new co-host!
@Tyler_A_Harper
will join Kang for the near future (basically for as long as he'll have us). I'm extremely excited about this -- a mix of book thoughts (Tyler's a literary scholar in the environmental studies dept at Bates) and politics.
new bonus episode: Jay talks to
@JaekiCho
about TikTok fame, 90s and 00s Asian hip-hop (shout out to the Mountain Brothers), and the ongoing conversations about cultural appropriation.
Weekend episode! Andy talks with Merlin Chowkwanyun (
@merlinc2
) about how we talk about racial disparity, the never-ending 'race vs. class' debate, collaborations with Adolph Reed Jr., and potential comparative thinking beyond the black-white binary.