Meaningful Asian Representation with Phil Yu
Star Trek: The Pod Directive
Star Trek
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Creator of “All the Asians On Star Trek” and the “Angry Asian Man” blog, Phil Yu, discusses Asian representation in Star Trek and beyond. He speaks to his own experiences from watching Rosalind Chao as a kid to making it a mission to interview every Asian actor who has appeared on Star Trek. Throughout the years diversity has developed, but we’re also asking: What is meaningful representation? How is Asian representation doing in Star Trek and beyond? This episode originally aired on April 26, 2021.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Being a marketer is no sweat. |
| 0:02.1 | You just have to manage dozens of channels, launch hundreds of campaigns, score thousands of leads and... |
| 0:06.0 | Okay, fine. |
| 0:06.8 | It's a lot of sweat. |
| 0:08.1 | Unless you have HubSpot's AI-powered marketing tools to help you do all that and more. |
| 0:12.4 | Get started at HubSpot.com slash marketers. |
| 0:15.2 | Do we really need another computer? |
| 0:17.1 | One that's faster. |
| 0:18.3 | More powerful. |
| 0:19.3 | Not everyone does. But to reinvent music using a neural processor, |
| 0:23.1 | work off the grid with all-day battery, or bring your vision to life with AI-powered co-creator, |
| 0:27.8 | then a co-pilot plus PC can make a difference. A powerful AI computer is not for everyone. |
| 0:33.4 | But if you're trying to change the world, even if just your own, we built one for you. |
| 0:37.4 | Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs powered by Snapchat, the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever. |
| 0:43.3 | Bachelor life varies with you switching settings. |
| 0:49.5 | Hey, welcome back to Star Trek, the pod directive, the official Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:58.0 | My name is Paul F. Tompkins. |
| 1:00.2 | That's right. That's his name. My name is Tawny Newsome. |
| 1:03.4 | She got it in one. |
| 1:05.0 | Got it in one. Man. It's a real bummer when I mess up my name. |
| 1:09.8 | That's the first thing you learn. |
| 1:12.5 | What else am I going to mess up if I don't know that? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Star Trek, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Star Trek and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.