Escape From Plan A

Part 1 of 2 Mike, Steve, and Teen have a discussion about buying real assets in a world dominated b

John Pang joins Jess and Teen from Hangzhou, China to talk about the need to study America as it rea

Hen Zee (aka Dr. Z) joins Teen to talk about the recent sentencing and imprisonment of John Ong foll

Part 1 of 2 Mike H. joins Teen to talk about Boeing's shocking failures, financialization, and how

Part 1 of 2 John Pang joins Jess and Teen to discuss what Teen saw in person at the Columbia campus

Jess and Teen record a long pod about nostalgia for retro tech, only to hang up, continue the conver

Part 1 of 2 Jess and Teen talk about how time and experience allows a more mercenary and disillusio

Jess and Teen discuss Wim Wenders' 2023 film 'Perfect Days' and what it says about aging and interna

Jess is back after a long hiatus to catch up with Teen on important life matters: the importance of

Part 1 of 2 Mike, Steve and Teen find a timezone compromise between LA, NYC, and HK to talk about m

Part 1 of 2 John Pang joins Teen to talk about the meaning and the reality behind Aaron Bushnell's

Mike and Teen shoot the bull on generative AI, whether Sora + Vision Pro = Holodeck, and general mus

Peter and Teen talk about Peter's newborn baby, the encroachment of the state into the private domai

Shan and Teen talk about middle age, how American culture does not prepare people for getting older,

Shan and Teen talk about a very minor episode of losing one's temper at the Costco, why it's importa

Part 1 of 2 Steve talks with Mike and Teen about the experience so far of emigrating from the West

Part 1 of 3 John and Mike join Teen for a marathon weekend shitshoot about the likely trajectory of

Part 1 of 2 Back home in Bali after an extended trip back to the United States, Carl Zha joins Teen

Teen is joined by Chris as they reminiscence about the early motivations they'd had for starting Pla

After a long interlude, Escape From Plan A is back in production! Teen and Shan recount their first