Hey, hey hey everybody welcome to fan tie the podcast for all those complex and

complicated conversations about the great areas in our lives. I'm

entertainment journalist Trevelle Anderson. I'm entertainment journalist Trevel Anderson.

And I'm politics and pop culture journalist Jared Hill.

Coming up on the show, we're starting a new series of episodes that we're calling...

An American?

We're going to explain why you just heard that music a little bit later on in the show,

but we're looking into the unique ways that minorities and marginalized groups engage pride, patriotism, and simply existing as American, especially right now.

This week we're talking about the Asian experience of being American.

We'll talk to a co-host of Los Angeles Times's new podcast called Asian

Enough. Her name's Jen Yamato and then a little bit later we're going to talk to the

deputy national editor of the New York Times about her new book called One Mighty

and Irresistible Tide.

Yes, but before we get into all that, again, we're remixing the structure once more and

starting with our dishonorable mentions from the top.

These are the stories, the people the people the places the foolishness

that caught our attention this week that deserve a call out either for their good

or they're stupid. Jarrett get us started. So I mentioned this last week, but I have to stand.

L lifetimes, the Clark Sisters debuted this weekend and we have Michael Chain, who was here on our show.

It was the number one thing on TV, all of Saturday night.

Michael Chin has now produced two of the three biggest movies

on television of the year, and I'm just a proud-ass friend.

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