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He lives in Brooklyn.

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This week, Nguyen talked with me about podcasts, Scantrons, and jokes about science.

Im not that old, but for a creative person at my level, Im ancient.

But with age comes wisdom and an appreciation for legal instruments for obfuscating your identity and intentions.

Something about going down to a government office to fill out paperwork with a lawyer gets me going.

You co-host a podcast withFumi Abe, who we previously interviewed for this column.

Tell us more about it!Asian, Not Asianis a comedy podcast about the Asian-American experience.

Fumi and I are still trying to just define what the Asian-American experience really is.

What did everyone get for number four?

I put Treaty of Versailles.

I love that voting is done via Scantron, because Scantrons suggest that there is a right answer.

What do you get out of being on Twitter?I hated Twitter for a long time.

It takes me at least three sentences to be funny.

You havent laughed until … now.

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*I like to talk about comedy like chess organizations talk about chess players.

Hey, Im here to help white people out.

It makes me sad and confused.

Start from there, and everything is funny.

And kind of scary.

If i have any, Im going to refer to my children as my DNA retweets.

This tweet combines some of my strengths: social media and high-school honors biology.

Do you realize how amazing DNA replication is?

Everyone should go read about it right now.

Im not a scientist, but apparently neither is anyone else on Twitter.

Im very smug about my science knowledge despite getting a C- in Introduction to Integrated Biology in college.

What does your newsfeed look like?Its a lot of other funny people, but not all comedians.

There are tons of amazing, talented writers out there with like 50 followers.

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