I Am The Main Character Now (feat. Jenny Arimoto, Comedian)
Feeling Asian
Youngmi Mayer & Brian Park
4.9 • 941 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jenny Arimoto is a comedian, writer and creator of your favorite viral videos this year. Jenny describes what it’s like to have “the conversation” with your White friends and subsequently becoming the main character. We also discuss the inspiration behind her viral videos and question people’s allegiance to Gwyneth Paltrow lol. Follow her on socials at @jennyarimoto! Also like, subscribe and support us on Patreon.
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| 0:00.0 | How are you feeling? |
| 0:04.0 | I'm feeling Asian. Welcome to Feeling Asian, a |
| 0:15.0 | to Feeling Asian, a podcast where two Asians talk about their feelings. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm Young Me Mayor. |
| 0:20.3 | And I'm Brian Park. |
| 0:21.8 | And we have such a hilarious amazing guest today and they're also Asian as always |
| 0:27.5 | But before we introduce her we're gonna do our Patreon shout-outs. Yeah |
| 0:31.0 | So for our listeners out there, if you like the podcast, please support us on |
| 0:37.1 | Patreon at patreon.com slash feeling Asian. Youngme and I offer a lot of cool stuff, check it out, but any donation amount gets you a shout |
| 0:48.1 | out on the podcast. And let's just jump right into it because we have an amazing guest this week. |
| 0:55.0 | So our first shout out for this episode young me goes out to Noye Kim. |
| 1:00.0 | Noye Kim is loves to hike. I see those Merrill boots. Oh my God. I see the I see those like mountain climbing pants this is their passion to hike. |
| 1:17.2 | Whoa this is a yeah you usually see hair but you have the entire archetype down to a tee. |
| 1:23.2 | Hiking. I mean I'm assuming this person's Korean because their last name is Kim. |
| 1:26.4 | Do you ever meet those like random Korean people that are like from Alaska? |
| 1:31.1 | And they like live in like live like they like are one of those like bear grillas |
| 1:35.9 | people I feel like there's a lot of random Korean people that do that it's like a |
| 1:41.0 | Korean thing I feel like noia is one of those people. Do you know what I mean? |
| 1:45.0 | Like they live in Colorado. I dig it. I dig it. |
| 1:48.0 | Honestly, it's a matter. It's a timing thing because inevitably all Koreans after the age of 55 you become |
| 1:57.1 | full-on hiking bro like hiking bro. Every old Asian person just suddenly gets really into hiking poles, hiking |
| 2:08.0 | Merrill boots, Patagonia down vests, and you're just hiking and walking with your hands behind your back. |
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