Obama Era Rap (w/ Nik Dodani, Dear Evan Hansen)
Asian Not Asian
Jenny Arimoto & Mic Nguyen
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Mic was a social anxiety Asian. Fumi was a Detox Asian. Nik was a Nuanced Asian. What kind of Asian were you?
F O L L O W
https://www.instagram.com/asiannotasianpod
https://www.instagram.com/thefumiabe
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W A T C H
https://www.youtube.com/asiannotasianpodcast
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S !
HACK CITY COMEDY 3/11 7:30pm @ Union Hall Brooklyn
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-city-comedy-with-mic-nguyen-tickets-264430257017?aff=erelexpmlt
M E R C H
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| 0:00.0 | Hax City, our stand-up comedy show is back March 11th at 7pm at Union Hall in Brooklyn. |
| 0:05.6 | I'll be there, looking awesome as usual, Fumi might be there, who knows? |
| 0:09.3 | What does it even mean to be anywhere anymore? |
| 0:11.3 | Either way, it's gonna be a lot of fun. |
| 0:12.8 | We also have great comics and a great time. |
| 0:14.7 | Again, that's March 11th at 7pm at Union Hall. |
| 0:18.1 | Tickets available at asian.asianpod.com. |
| 0:21.4 | By going to the link in our Instagram bio or the link in this episode's description. |
| 0:25.9 | See you there! |
| 0:27.0 | I found out how much less I was getting paid than my white co-stars on all of my projects. |
| 0:37.2 | All of my projects. |
| 0:38.2 | Like, I knew there was gonna be a gap, right? |
| 0:40.0 | Like, I'm not an idiot. |
| 0:41.8 | Like, I wasn't expecting. |
| 0:43.3 | But, like, truly for the same job on the same project with similar experience, like, |
| 0:49.2 | massive difference, which just makes it like the systemic thing. |
| 0:52.6 | We're like, oh, now those actors have more money on their bank, |
| 0:56.1 | which means they can be more selective about role roles, they say. |
| 0:58.4 | Right. |
| 0:58.9 | Whereas, like, we have, I have less money in my bank, |
| 1:02.9 | which means I am much more pressured to take the nerdy best Asian friend again, |
| 1:06.5 | because it's gonna pay my bills for the next six months, right? |
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