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$6.99 Live episode #06! This week we talk about the Jessica Krug scandal, The Whitney canceling an exhibit after Black Artist called out their underhanded dealings, the future of unemployment, what is next after you take down a racist statue, and Michael says goodbye one last time.
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News round-up:
Jessica Krug, self-proclaimed unrepentant and unreformed child of the hood, gets exposed as a white woman from Kansas aka Rachel Dolezal 2.0?
Whitney Cancels Exhibition after Black artists calls out the museum for underhanded dealings in acquiring art from featured artists.
Host Segments:
Jaeki’s Pocket Watch - Jaeki leads the team in a discussion about the changing nature of work and the struggles employees in service jobs face as technology is introduced in the workplace at an accelerated rate. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/business/economy/service-economy-workers.html
Guest Segment: Monuments & Public Spaces - Our guest Tricia Kim discusses the national reckoning with our public spaces and how statues of figures associated with racism have been taken down. As people celebrate, what comes next? How do we use public spaces and monuments? https://calderamag.com/editorial/unmaking-monuments-moving-towards-justice
Who the F is Michael - Michael talks about how he joined the podcast after meeting Jaeki. Now two years later he is sadly leaving the show. We like to thank him for all the work he has done to build the podcast to what it is today.
Shouts of the Week
Michael - Send Chinatown Love Food Crawl & 46 Mott https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/food-crawl.html
Jaeki - Our producer Michael Ken Stewart
Tricia - A Place to Visit https://www.artwithjip.com/
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Hosted by Jaeki Cho, Michael Stewart, Tricia Kim
Produced by Michael Stewart & Wynton Wong
Audio Editing/Mixing by Marcus Hahm
About Us: Paying homage to Korean-owned hot food delis of New York City, we treat listeners to a buffet of HOT takes on career, culture and community.
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$6.99 Live episode #05! This week we talk about the passing of Chadwick Boseman and his legacy, DNC vs. RNC, NBA players on strike, decline of GAP and casual wear, importance of Community College, and the documentary, Boys State.
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News round-up:
Chadwick Boseman and John Thompson passing away, RIP Kings https://twitter.com/chadwickboseman/status/1299530165463199747/photo/1
DNC vs RNC, which was more entertaining and effective?
NBA on strike, Did the players make the right decision to come back to play out the playoffs?
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/28/nba-to-turn-arenas-into-polling-places-404457
Host Segments:
Jaeki’s Pocket Watch - GAP INC. sales drop 18% while its E-commerce sales doubled during the second quarter. The team discusses the accelerated change in the “casual” wear clothing retail segment. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/gap-gps-reports-q2-2020-loss-per-share-sales-drop-18percent.html
Who the F is Michael - Michael shares his journey going to a community college and how it led him to think differently about the college system. https://www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/community-college
Guest Segment w/ Donnie Kwok - Boys State is an American Legion summer program that brings 1000 boys together to create their own government. What does it tell us about the state of American politics as a whole? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Kh_T5ZBIM
Shouts of the Week
Michael - Donnie Chin, founder of International District Emergency Center https://nbcnews.to/3lMBIJ9
Jaeki - Brad’s Organic Rice Cakes https://www.bradsorganic.com/Product/chips-snacks/brads-org-rice-cakes-no-salt-46oz-1-case12-bags
Donnie Kwok - Time to Say Goodbye Podcast https://goodbye.substack.com/
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Hosted by Jaeki Cho, Michael Stewart, Donnie Kwok
Produced by Michael Stewart & Wynton Wong
Audio Editing/Mixing by Marcus Hahm
About Us: Paying homage to Korean-owned hot food delis of New York City, the inquisitive trio Joann Park, Jaeki Cho, Michael Ken Stewart treat listeners to a buffet of HOT takes on career, culture and community.
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$6.99 Live episode #04! This week we talk about ... the shooting of Jacob Blake, the inmates fighting the wildfires in California, Flint residents reaching a $600 million settlement with the state of Michigan, Kobe Bryant’s birthday, battle between Uber and Lyft and California about independent contractors, and the legacy of Ichiro in the MLB.
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News round-up:
06:00 - California Firefighters raging with Inmate Firefighters fighting the blaze only getting paid $2 - $5 an hour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37LpBFEN9J0
11:50 - Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin and the role of police in America. https://bit.ly/3b4XwKV
25:56 - Flint residents reach $600 million settlement with State of Michigan https://bit.ly/3gDjwh9
30:26 - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee buys ads on Asian cable TV channel to target Vietnamese American voters in California. https://bit.ly/2YuMA3Z
33:06 - Happy Birthday Kobe and Rest and Peace
Host Segments:
40:16 - Jaeki’s Pocketwatch - Jaeki and Michael discuss the stand off between Uber / Lyft and the State of California about complying with AB5 (passed last year) reclassifying gig economy workers from independent contractors to full-time employees. https://n.pr/2EG2qC6
01:02:28 - Who the F is Michael? - Michael talks about how Ichiro made a big impact in this life as a Japanese American in Seattle who played baseball. Also, get into the legendary high school baseball tournament in Japan called Koshien. https://bit.ly/2Qy3Tgn
01:20:43 - Shouts of the Week
Michael - Corky Lee - Photographer http://chineseamerican.nyhistory.org/corky-lee/
Jaeki - C Marty’s Jerk Sauce https://www.cmartymar.com/product-page/cmarty-jerk-seasoning
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Hosts Jaeki Cho, Michael Stewart
Produced by Michael Stewart & Wynton Wong
Audio Editing/Mixing by Marcus Hahm
About Us: Paying homage to Korean-owned hot food delis of New York City, the inquisitive trio Joann Park, Jaeki Cho, Michael Ken Stewart treat listeners to a buffet of HOT takes on career, culture and community.
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#699perpound #699perpoundlive #asianpodcast #fortheculture #asianamerican #Twitch #livestream
$6.99 Live episode #03! This week we talk about the record number of people leaving from New York, Kamala Harris’s VP Nomination, saving the Post Office, Intermittent Reinforcement and dating, the Alibaba empire, and growing up listening to Weird Al.
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News round-up:
04:06 - Escape for New York. The pandemic has resulted in many people leaving NYC. Right now there are 13,000 empty apartments in Manhattan and are offering an average of 1.7 months rent-free now. https://secretnyc.co/manhattan-apartment-vacancies/
11:23 - Is Kamala Harris Black and Asian Enough? After Kamala Harris was named the VP nominee for the Biden campaign, questions about her Indo-Jamaican American identity has been a topic of great discussion. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-was-shaped-by-Berkeley-and-a-mother-15485359.php
20:16 Post Office services delayed. Trump came out and said part of the reason he is not interested in funding the post office is that it allows Mail-in voting. This has lead to increased pressure from public officials and everyday people for the federal government to provide the needed funding ASAP. https://tcrn.ch/2Y2uaby
Host Segments:
30:30 Jojo's Glow up Report - Intermittent Reinforcement during dating is when a guy or girl you are texting seems HOT then cold. This seems to draw people in more and more. Why do we go for people who are so unpredictable? https://bit.ly/2CNnCWc
51:41 Jaeki's Pocket Watch Report - What is Alibaba? One of the world’s largest online retail platforms in the world is more than you think it is. They are a multinational conglomerate that only started in 1999 with funding from Goldman Sachs and Softbank. This company transcends national boundaries. https://www.alibabagroup.com/en/about/overview
01:14:20 Who the F is Michael - Reminiscing about listening to Weird Al. Growing up Michael’s dad listened to Weird Al CD’s on their drives around town. This led him to know the parodies before hearing the original hits. The team also talks about their first CDs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic
01:31:34 Shouts of the Week
Jojo - Slant’d Issue 04 Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slantdmag/slantd-issue-04-revolution
Michael - His little brother for working hard on himself.
Jaeki - Balconi MIX MAX Snack
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Hosts Jaeki Cho, Joann Park, Michael Stewart
Produced by Michael Stewart & Wynton Wong
Audio Editing/Mixing by Marcus Hahm
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