S3E34: Drama Asians with Jiji Lee (The New Yorker)

Asian Not Asian

Jenny Arimoto & Mic Nguyen

Comedy Interviews, Asian American, Self-improvement, Brooklyn, Education, Asian Culture, Pop Culture, Bay Area, Alternative Comedy, Japanese Culture, New York, Stand Up Comedy, Comedy, Comedy Podcast

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Writer and performer Jiji Lee stops by the pod to talk about going to a performing arts high school. Jenny gets a surprising phone call. It's Mic's birthday.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, if you guys wanna come hang out, we're gonna be at the New York City's second
0:06.0	annual Mid-Autumn Festival this Saturday, September 30th, and we're bringing a bunch of
0:11.6	friends.
0:12.6	Yummy Mayor's gonna be there, Dan Yang and Lee Allen Lee are gonna join us.
0:16.0	Things might get a little crazy.
0:17.6	Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
0:19.2	If you search under NYC Mid-Autumn Festival 2023, you can also check out the Instagram
0:25.0	account at Mid-Autumn Fest.
0:27.7	Again, that's at Mid-Autumn Fest.
0:29.7	Again, we'll be there, but there'll be a full day of music, dance performances, a self-defense
0:35.2	workshop, a lantern lighting, and a night market.
0:38.1	Our comedy shows are at around 6 o'clock, but come before the whole day and it's a lot
0:42.7	of fun.
0:43.7	It's all AAPI artists and creators.
0:45.4	Again, that's this Saturday, September 30th.
0:48.6	All the ticket proceeds are going to a fundraiser for Choi Commons, an Asian American farming
0:53.3	collective that supplies produce to New York City restaurants and nonprofits like Heart
0:57.4	of Dinner.
0:58.8	If you can't make it, donate to show your support to the community, the links on the Instagram.
1:04.1	Again, that's at Mid-Autumn Fest.
1:06.7	See you there.
1:10.3	As a guy, if I couldn't do something, I would just get more aggressive about it.
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