S4E12: Layoff Girlies with Yowei Shaw (formerly of NPR's "Invisibilia")

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

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Yowei Shaw DRIVES ALL THE WAY UP FROM PHILLY to hang with the Asian Friends and perform a custom, NPR-style intro to the podcast. Then she discusses her new podcast "Proxy" and her experiences as an layoff girlie.

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0:00.0	Okay, I really, this is a lot of pressure. I really hope it's good enough to make the beginning.
0:04.9	All right. Okay.
0:11.2	It's Saturday morning and my husband Kyle just missed his turn on the New Jersey turnpike.
0:16.0	I'm in the car driving up to Brooklyn from Philadelphia, furiously typing on my computer.
0:21.0	I've been invited to guest on a comedy podcast called Asian not Asian. It's not
0:26.8	my first comedy podcast but it may as well be. Even though I have 15 years of
0:31.7	podcasting under my belt no one in my career has ever said
0:35.3	Yoway Shaw should make a comedy podcast.
0:38.4	So here I am, scrambling to think of anecdotes that might impress Jenny and Mike. But what exactly makes Jenny and Mike laugh?
0:46.7	I only know Jenny Arimoto from her viral video sketches, and I did just make a music video of myself pole dancing in a Kleenexbox costume, but will
0:57.1	she think I'm a try-hard? And I know Mike Nguyen is a menswear, officionado, which is why I wore my custom-made cat
1:05.3	t-shirt referencing the prestige of early 2000s hip-hop, but will he think it's gosh?
1:10.5	As I walk up to the studio, I tell myself no matter what happens, even if I bomb
1:16.7	on this comedy podcast, I'll always have narrative.
1:20.3	There we go.
1:23.0	Yeah!
1:24.0	Oh!
1:25.0	Thank you! Okay, and this is another yet another episode of the world famous Asian not Asian podcast
1:45.8	The podcast with all of your favorite Asian friends. I'm Mike Nguyen. I'm Jenny Arimoto
1:51.6	It is a beautiful beautiful day and we have decided to spite God by going into this soundproof booth with no windows.
2:01.6	Hide out.
2:03.0	But isn't this your dream?
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