Lost in Translation: The AAPI expat experience with Deirdre Bosa and Trung Phan

Episode 20: Lost in Translation: The AAPI expat experience with Deirdre Bosa and Trung Phan

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In Episode 17 Trung brings his good friend Deirdre Bosa to revisit Sophia Coppola's Lost in Translation and share our varied AAPI expat experiences across Asia-- from Japan, China, to Vietnam. At (17:57) we reveal what emotions and motivations brought us to move to Asia before lifting the veil and sharing the lonely lows we encountered after all the fun and partying. (28:07) Later, we reveal which of the varied expat stereotypical groups we fell in with (39:52) before finishing with some theories on one of the all-time ambiguous endings. (50:06)

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Trung Phan

Trung Phan

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Sean Niu

Sean Niu

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deirdre bosa

deirdre bosa

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