Frank Chow: Asian- American Political Pundit

Paddy K and I just recorded episode 8 of the Trans-Atlantic Throwdown . I'll hopefully have it up this week for your listening ears. Thanks for your patience as I've adjusted to moving and getting settled in here. We promise it'll be more frequent in the future! Rock on. I am Frank Chow and I approved this message

Heading off to Santa Monica today. It's a bright and early flight, like super duper early. Pray for a safe journey, if you do that sort of thing, it's appreciated. The latest episode of the Trans-Atlantic Throwdown is up! Take a listen as Paddy and I chat it up about all things Libya, beer, whiskey and metal. We played a ton of tracks that I'm super excited to share with everyone. So kick back on the train, in the car, on your couch and listen to our latest episode! And as always thanks for listening! Chow!

It's here! Episode 6 of the Trans-Atlantic Throwdown . As you can see, we've gone with new branding; we have a nice new logo (that I worked on for days on end), a new podcast blog layout and header as well as buttons...okay we don't have buttons yet, but we will be releasing some soon, promise. We hope you like this latest episode as it is back to the normal format and full of awesomeness. Synopsis: This is Episode 6 a.k.a. Fizzbitch a.k.a. Miracle Baby, because we have so many technical problems and interruptions that this one almost didn't happen! Please bear with us, we do apologize! Today Paddy is sipping on some Harviestoun (Scotland) beers while Frank gets excited about North Shore Distillery and the DMK Burger Bar in Chicago. On the political front, Paddy explains the Irish election system (ranked preferences, not binary choices) and then Frank discusses Wisconsin. Somewhere in the middle we discuss civil rights, democracy and the relationship between them. ...

Trans-Atlantic Throwdown is on its way folks. I know, I know. I should have had it out yesterday, but we recorded some really solid stuff and the editing slash schedule has had me taking longer than I had hoped. So tomorrow will be the release of episode four and we're excited to share. As for the next episode, we're going to forego our normal format and have a "Top Things" episode for 2010. Whether it's movies, music, political achievements, comics we're going to chat about the bestest and our favorites of the past year. So we're asking you for your suggestions, let us know via Twitter, Blogs or email us at tatpodcast @ gmail.com with your tops and lists of 2010. We're planning on recording episode five in the upcoming week and it will be our last episode of the year! Thanks again for tuning in, we appreciate it more than you know. Here are your highlights: Bring them all home, Afghan violence kills 18 What Hitch Said... Notre Dame should hold its h...

Special Dunkin today as we mark the release of the third episode of the Trans-Atlantic Throwdown ! Listen, enjoy, rate and review us on ITunes and don't forget to send us an email. We love responding to emails on air, no really we do, we quite enjoy it. Episode 3 - Paddy and Frank talk Porterhouse Brewing, Hendricks Gin, Maddow-Stewart, Mid-Term Elections, Converge, Colombian Necktie, Twin Shadow and the Secret Check out Paddy's latest rants at his site . Follow us on Facebook and teh Twitter . Okay that's all I got, I'm exhausted from a long night of rehearsal. Franky needs some rest, this Dunkin in my hand might not be enough to keep my eyelids open! Chow!

I am psyched to share with you the project I have been hyping up for a month or so...finally. The Trans-Atlantic Throwdown podcast with Paddy K and Frank Chow . A little bit of the back story : Paddy K and Frank Chow are two friends who go way back. About fifteen years ago, in the sprawling Virginia suburbs south of Washington, DC, a teenaged fanboy Paddy drew comic-book-inspired campaign posters for aspiring class representative Frank. What do superheroes have to do with student government? Absolutely nothing, but a strong friendship was born that day. Things have changed a lot since then: Frank studied theater and psychology in college and ended up on the stand-up comedy circuit in Chicago; Paddy studied economics, did some time in the Army, married an Irish girl and now lives in Dublin. Working as cubicle monkeys in 9 to 5 jobs, Paddy and Frank found themselves ranting at each other via Gchat on a daily basis and finally decided that rather than just typing about it, why not r...