By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Jong, Tang, Al, and Teen debate Frank Chin and Jeffrey Paul Chan's seminal essay, "Racist Love," and its relevance in Trump's America. The essay can be found here: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/Hist33/chin%20Racist%20Love.pdf. We also plug Frank Chin's "lost novel," edited for publication by Calvin McMillin and available here: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9342-9780824838928.aspx. This was one…
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TMFL Episode 58: Man Enough
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Al, Teen, and Adam follow up on the last podcast about whether Asian Americans should serve a bridging role in the new America. Teen talks about the America he saw in Florida of private gun clubs and Bass Pro Shops. Al knocks down the concept of reconciliation and champions…
TMFL Episode 57: All The Things To All The People
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Matt Goodman, a law and philosophy student at Washington University in St. Louis, joins his brother Adam to discuss the potential for Asian Americans to play a bridging role between the social chasm that has opened up across racial and class lines in the United States. Teen worries. Matt…
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TMFL Episode 56: Motormouth
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Al and Teen catch up after Thanksgiving to talk about increasingly probing questions from white people, bottle service in Vegas, why Asian guys have to drop the TRP/PUA tip, and dad stories.
TMFL Episode 55 – Office Hours: Racial Identity and Psychological Well-Being
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Tang and Jong explain to Teen an academic study of the impact of the level of racial and ethnic identification among Asian Americans and their psychological well being. The study done was done by Derek Iwamoto and William Liu, and can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854415/
TMFL Episode 54: The Missing Asian Intellectualism in the American Ethnostate
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Al, Teen, and to some extent a variety of shouting Lambdabros argue for a culture of intellectualism among Asian Americans as a way of navigating and surviving the coming era of the White American Ethnostate. To Teen, this is all potentially way, way worse than the progressive media is…
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TMFL Episode 53: Before Hell Froze Over, A Discussion About Art
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng We of TFML need to take a brief chill pill. From the archives! A discussion by the over 30 crowd -- Al, Adam, and Teen -- talk about art, its meaning, its purpose, and why we need a hell of a lot more of it.
TMFL Episode 52.5: The Sound of Protest
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Adam, Jack, and Teen join the protest march in Manhattan. 5 minutes of what talking to a random non-Asian dude in solidarity sounds like.
TMFL Episode 52: The Reformation
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Varun, Adam, and Teen huddle together on day 2 of the new world order. The dust has begun to clear, and the inevitable horror of harassment and hate crimes has begun. As we all prepare to resist, we discuss the broken Democratic machine that failed us all, and the…
TMFL Episode 51: The Day After
By Albert Hur and Teen Sheng Al and Teen discuss, freak out, dissect, and eventually find common ground on what the fuck just happened.
