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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #2 — Looting, Alexandra Wallace & the White-Washing of Akira

By Xxxtine | Monday, April 4, 2011 | 11 Comments

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the a word 8Asians’ The A Word: Episode #2 — Looting, Alexandra Wallace & the White Washing of Akira

  • “a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation
  • “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’

8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode — recorded March 27, 2011 — are the editors for 8Asians: Ernie Hsiung, Moye Ishimoto and Joz Wang (@ErnieAtLYD, @moye and @Jozjozjoz, respectively) where we talk about subjects such as looting during the Japanese earthquake, Alexandra Wallace and the rumored casting wish list for the Akira remake. (EDITORS NOTE: We also talk about Lakers fans, German tourists and My Sassy Girl, but that’s neither here or there.)

Also, if you figure out who the heckler is — or where the hecklers in our podcast are from — you’ll win something from us!

We’re still working out kinks, so any comments, feedback and suggestions are welcomed. You can also contact us and send any messages to us there.

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  • min

    moye and joz’s bad audio quality makes this really hard to listen to

    can it be fixed?

  • http://www.erniehsiung.com ErnieHsiung

    @min At this point, probably not — but it’s feedback if and when a next episode is recorded. Thanks!

  • min

    @ErnieHsiung great job guys!!!

  • http://www.merchantsmirror.com darkmoon

    Audio has to be normalized. But pretty cool. Sounds like doing something like Spill, eh? ;)

  • http://www.merchantsmirror.com darkmoon

    CNN chose the anchor because that lady was an anchor from CNN International. I think she might have been from Hong Kong or somewhere. I know that CNBC night coverage is done usually from HK, and most of them speak British English. I was up that night since I work nights. :)

  • DanyellMitchell

    I really enjoyed this. Thanks for putting it up. How often do they do podcasts? And where can I find the first one?

    One a side note, Americanized Akira makes me die a little on the inside.

  • http://www.merchantsmirror.com darkmoon

    Haha…. nice job… finished the whole thing. Next movie to talk about…. Death Note. ;) Of which, I have no clue who could pull off the L character in a remake. The guy they got for the live-action films was spot on.

    A lot of people have said Zac Efron could totally pull off Light Yagami, but who knows.

  • http://www.erniehsiung.com/ Ernie H.

    @DanyellMitchell Thanks, Danyell! You can find the first episode here: http://www.8asians.com/2011/03/07/8asians-the-a-word-episode-1-the-banana-2-conference/

  • moye

    @min That’s actually how my voice sounds all the time. I am a robot.

  • Xxxtine

    Is anyone trying to guess who the heckler is or where they’re from?

  • Krantzstone

    @moye @min

    When they said Asians make the best robots, I thought they were talking about technical manufacturing. ;)

 
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