What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang

Getting fired for speaking out against Cheeto-in-Chief, Gen Z hates cringe - Amber Ruffin (S1 E21)Amber is learning to relax, and Jenny cries YET AGAIN but this time for Stevie Wonder.SEASON 1 and EPISODE 21! (a very special episode recorded back in August that is our final episode of Season 1! Bonus episodes will pop up between now and when Season 2 starts in January though!)It is Wednesday, August 6th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! On-location in the great state of New York. We left the city for that upstate country air. Mmmm. Smells like Republicans. This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! From pop culture to the personal and political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty!Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our special one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My guest today is a Tony and Emmy award nominated, American comedian, writer and actress who voices the Purple M&M and is a New York Times bestselling author. She became the FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WRITE FOR A NETWORK LATE NIGHT SHOW IN THE US EVER? WTF THIS WAS ONLY 2014 on Late Night with Seth Myers. And then she hosted her OWN late night talk show on Peacock. You can watch her be funny, commenting on the news of the day on CNN’s “Have I Got News for You.” Let’s welcome to the pod, AMBER RUFFIN!!And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. When people say "what do you do to relax?" and having no clue what they even mean3. Ocean Vuong: It’s unsettling how “cringe culture” holds back Gen Z4. Every new Stevie Wonder song is the best little giftTHE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk.5. Getting un-hired to host the White House Correspondents dinner6. No one warns us about perimenopause7. ACTION ITEMSBecause you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE HEAR THE ENTIRE EPISODE PAST THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Terrible service means great food, how we resist 🧊, that wild Netflix catfishing doc - Memo Torres, Cindy Trinh (S1E20)Memo judges ketchup on egg eaters, Cindy thinks we all need side hustles, and Jenny is obsessed with Japanese Italian food.It is Friday, September 5th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (jennyyang.substack.com) This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! From pop culture to the personal and political.Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about that wild catfishing documentary and our fantasy of the Western American states breaking off to form our own country.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My first guest today is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco (I need to renew my membership!). He is the host of the Daily Memo, a roundup of the day's news on ICE kidnappings, and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix’s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker and occasionally hear him on KCRW’s iconic food show,  ‘Good Food.” He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and is a former third-generation landscaper, let’s welcome MEMO TORRES! (https://www.instagram.com/el_tragon_de_los_angeles/)And finally, they are a photographer, visual artist, community organizer and activist based in Brooklyn, New York, but born and raised in Orange County, California to Vietnamese refugee parents. Their work has been published and featured in all of the top art and popular media you can think of. They are also the creator of “Activist NYC,” a documentary photo project about activism and social justice movements in the streets of New York City. Please welcome my friend, CINDY TRINH! (https://instagram.com/cindytrinh.photo) Chôm’s Nước Chấm (https://www.instagram.com/vietfishsaucenyc/)And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. What’s the best way to document ICE raids?3, Fusion cuisines like Korean Uzbek and Japanese Italian4. Western States are forming an anti-Dump Alliance babyyyyyyyTHE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk.5. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish documentary on Netflix6. Should more restaurants and businesses speak up about what’s happening in the world?7. ACTION ITEMSFollow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Rewatching KPop Demon Hunters, Turning 40, más Bi guys? - Jonnie Park, Nik Dodani (S1E19)Jonnie and Corey bro out over being Aquarius, Nik loves driverless cars for bad drivers, and Jenny finally decided that Huda is too tóxica.SEASON 1, EPISODE 19! (only three? more episodes to go this season!)It is Friday, August 29th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (jennyyang.substack.com) This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! From pop culture to the personal and political. Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT and bonus episodes, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about the first time Jenny had a dream about her late dad, and how we need to complicate the definition of non-violent vs violent resistance.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My first guest today is an actor and producer of the upcoming film ‘K-Pops!’ which is the directorial debut of eight-time Grammy winner Anderson Paak, plays the villain in the movie Quiz Lady, and a season 2 writer of the Netflix series ‘Beef’, let’s welcome musician and infamous battle rapper, Los Angeles Ktown’s own JONNIE PARK! https://www.instagram.com/dumbfoundead/And finally, you might know this actor and filmmaker as Zahid on Netflix’s Atypical, and Praveen the movie Twisters who once directed me in a Moveon.org video a very long time ago, please welcome my friend, please welcome NIK DODANI! https://www.instagram.com/nikdodani/And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. Turning 40 and settling down2. More men identify as Bisexual, what’s happening?3. Asians, ICE is kidnapping us too!THE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk.4. K-Pop Demon Hunters Sing-Along5. North Carolina election official arrested for spiking his granddaughters’ ice cream with cocaine and MDMA pills6. What should we do during an Alien invasion?Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Gen Z audacity, Matcha shortage, Mixed Asian pride, Bad Bunny’s new album, James Dobson - Tatyana Guchi, Elise Joshi (S1E18)Guchi is sick of hot honey, Elise talks too much sh*t about LA for Jenny’s taste, and Jenny misses her high school Japanese exchange program.SEASON 1, EPISODE 18!It is Friday, August 22nd, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (jennyyang.substack.com) This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! From pop culture to the personal and political. Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT and bonus episodes, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear the group react to Bad Bunny’s sorta new album and chat about why we are so disgusted by America right now…you know why) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My first guest today is a stand up comedian and improvisor and is on the cast of Nick Cannon's The Daily Cannon, please welcome TATYANA GUCHI! (https://tatyanaguchi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tatyanaguchi https://www.tiktok.com/@trapyanaali)And finally, she is a climate and labor organizer, producer at More Perfect Union (https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/), a Grist 50 Climate Leaders to Watch (https://grist.org/fix/grist-50/2024/), lover of buses, trains, and bikes, please welcome ELISE JOSHI! (https://www.instagram.com/elisejoshi/)And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. I need everyone to hop off of matcha's dick, it's going extinct2. Build your own bus benches 3. James Dobson ruined Millennial and GenX lives: Rest in PissTHE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk. 4. Bad Bunny’s new album5. Being disgusted by America6. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Kink & Conservatives: Netflix's The Hunting Wives, Who’s on your apocalypse team? - Sam Sanders, Nathan Ramos Park (S1E17)Get Sam a lesbian with a clipboard, Nathan needs Kpop to deal with their anti-Blackness, and Jenny’s late dad finally visited her in a dream.It is Friday, August 15th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (jennyyang.substack.com) This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! From pop culture to the personal and political. Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT and bonus episodes, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about the first time Jenny had a dream about her late dad, and how we need to complicate the definition of non-violent vs violent resistance.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My first guest today is an award-winning reporter, radio host and podcaster. Created and hosted NPR's It’s Been a Minute and NPR Politics. Now co-hosting Vibe Check on SiriusXM (https://www.vibecheckpod.com/), and host of The Sam Sanders Show on KCRW Los Angeles (https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-sam-sanders-show). Hailing from San Antonio, he currently lives in Los Angeles with his two pitbulls named Zora and Wesley. SAM SANDERS!And finally, he is a half-Filipino, half-Korean gaysian writer, performer, and former competitive jump roper from Ohio. As a TV/feature writer He has developed and staffed at a bunch of networks, and is a former actress and award-winning NYC bartender. He’s also gained 130k followers in the last 4 months on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanramospark) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nathanramospark/) for his sociopolitical and cultural content @nathanramospark! NATHAN RAMOS-PARK!And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. Feds tried to takeover LA, now DC, and YOUR CITY next3. Conservative-friendly TV is on the rise4. K-Pop needs to pack it up and stop culture vulturing5. That Hateful Ho Kim Davis trying to take down Gay Marriage but also what if you just need 5-7 ride-or-dies?THE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk.6. Resisting this fascist takeover: the role of “violence”?7. The existential pain of not knowing our ancestors8. ACTION ITEMSFollow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Being socialist while playing a ruthless capitalist w The Gilded Age star, no spoilers allowed - Morgan Spector (S1E16)Morgan watches Love Island gasp and Jenny makes George Russell say modern pickup lines to her.It is Thursday, August 7th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! On-location in the great state of New York. We left the city for that upstate country air. Mmmm. Smells like God’s Country. This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! From pop culture to the personal and political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty!Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about Jenny’s “socialist past,” how Morgan became so politically aware, why it’s so hard for people to support the humanity of Palestinians, and who we think SHOULD be running for elected office. And if Jenny gets it together the part of this convo when Morgan and Jenny talk Love Island USA lol.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.My guest today is an actor and producer, graduate of Reed College and the prestigious American Conservatory Theater who is based in New York with his wife and daughter. He produced the 2020 documentary “The Big Scary S-Word”(https://www.socialismmovie.com/) about how socialism is actually deeply American. Upcoming on television, he will be seen in BLACK RABBIT for Netflix. He received critical acclaim, including a Critics Choice Nomination, for his work in David Simon’s "The Plot Against America.” (https://www.hbomax.com/shows/plot-against-america/7bc1933f-edc9-4c6c-b669-3c8894804536) He is best known as George Russell, the turn of the century Railroad Capitalist slash Robber Baron on the HBO award winning series “The Gilded Age” (https://www.hbomax.com/shows/gilded-age/2537da31-ff99-4195-a53e-e0e1ddb1d67e) from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Let’s welcome to the pod, the internet’s Railroad Daddy, MORGAN SPECTOR!And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. What does it mean to be a Railroad Daddy?3. A scene from the movie “Marriage Story” is being used by the government to scare away wolves.4. How can we live beautiful lives while human rights atrocities are happening?THE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - My ONLYPAIDS get the rest of the episode for real talk.5. What happened to make us so “political”?6. Superman saved Palestine?7. Should we even care about American electoral politics anymore?8. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE HEAR THE ENTIRE EPISODE PAST THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Moving out of America: are we gentrifying even if we’re not white?, Netflix’s Too Much, Dump wants to lock up Beyonce?! - Maori Karmael Holmes, Nicole Phoenix (S1E15)Nicole could be the next Mayor of Philly, Maori wants to pay Jenny for making the pod her therapy, and Jenny needs to figure out her vacation name…Janessa?It is Thursday, July 31st, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! From pop culture to the personal and political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about that whole weird Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad campaign, how Trump wants to lock up Obama and Beyonce, and more on Gaza.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.This week, I am on-location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 14th Annual BlackStar Film Festival - a one-of-a-kind celebration of Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmaking, “cinema for liberation,” in Philly and online worldwide, July 31st to August 3rd. Head to blackstarfest.org to fest with us online! My first guest today is a curator, filmmaker, and cultural worker, founder of BlackStar Projects (http://blackstarfest.org). She is originally from Los Angeles but has been trapped in Philly on and off for the past two decades. Her words not mine. She is a Taurus, Libra rising, Pisces moon and not-so-secret hipster, let’s welcome my friend MAORI KARMAEL HOLMES! And finally, she is a stand up comedian, a Philadelphia fave, and coming to a town near you. Check out her live show Two Locals Comedy in Philly (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two-locals-comedy-open-mic-tickets-1200270504389), please welcome, NICOLE PHOENIX (https://www.instagram.com/sooo_xtra/)! And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).On today’s agenda:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. Moving out of the United States3. Trying to get into the Netflix series “Too Much,” but it might be too much for me? Can I say this out loud? 4. Philly needs a figure like Zohran MamdaniTHE FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE - Paid Subscribers get the rest of the episode5. Dump wants to lock up Barack Obama and Beyonce6. Reading books in public as a radical act7. I'm pissed about Gaza8. Sydney Sweeney’s new American Eagle ad campaign9. ACTION ITEMSFollow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

A pod guest bailed last-minute because the pod is "too political," In-N-Out sucks, Creating The Daily Show, Jubilee debate video - Chani Nicholas, Lizz Winstead (S1E14)Chani needs all dating reality shows to be queer, Lizz is leading the c*nty sisterhood, and Jenny doesn't like poutine either.SEASON 1, EPISODE 14! LIVE AT UNION HALL, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!“I have nothing to lose because they've given me nothing. And that actually makes me more powerful.” Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator of The Daily Show atWhat Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang, Live in New YorkIt is Saturday, July 26th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! LIVE FROM BROOKLYN! This is your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! From the personal and pop culture to the political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589. Become a subscriber at our podcast home: jennyyang.substack.com.Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear a frank discussion about Gaza and our inability to see our own American villainy, and that Medhi Hassan J*bilee Media “debate” video with a fascist that went viral, and Jenny’s phone call with Jubilee’s Founder and CEO) Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.My first guest today is the co-creator of The Daily Show and Founder of Abortion Access Front (https://www.aafront.org/). AAF is a reproductive rights non-profit that travels the country doing comedy and providing aid and comfort to independent clinics in hostile states. I’ve been to South Dakota with them. Trust me, these local warriors need to laugh. Please welcome my friend and inspiration, LIZZ WINSTEAD (https://www.instagram.com/lizzwinstead/)!And finally, she is a New York Times best-selling author (https://chanishop.com/products/you-were-born-for-this-astrology-for-radical-self-acceptance), creator of the viral CHANI app (https://www.chani.com/app), and host of the #1 astrology podcast in the U.S. and Canada, The Astrology of the Week Ahead (https://www.chani.com/podcasts/the-week-ahead), my dear friend CHANI NICHOLAS (https://www.chani.com/)!And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my guy and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs. On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATES aka why are we missing a guest who was on the flyer?2. Jenny’s 2022 “Going Through It” podcast interview with Zohran Mamdani (https://mailchimp.com/presents/podcast/going-through-it/an-intervention-in-the-middle-of-kenya-with-zohran-mamdani/)3. Colbert got fired and silencing political comics is not new: Lizz’s Rolling Stone opinion piece: “I Worked With Stephen Colbert. Here’s Why His Cancellation Should Scare You” https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/stephen-colbert-canceled-lizz-winstead-1235393208/4 .Leftists get depressed when they don’t engage in political actions or organizing of any kind. VIDEO by @sarahsteinlubrano5. A woman was denied prenatal care because she is NOT MARRIED.PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW6. (AUDIENCE PICK) Why is there not more outrage about Dump's personal lawyer talking to Ghislaine Maxwell and why are we NOT talking to THE CHILDREN WHO WERE GRAPED, who have said they want to tell their stories?7. That Jubilee Media video platforming the fascist and Jenny’s phone call with the Founder and CEO to give him feedback.8. The world is currently ruled by conspiracy theories because most of us can’t sit with the crushing reality that racial capitalism is a death machine.9. ACTION ITEMSBecause you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE HEAR THE ENTIRE EPISODE PAST THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Labubus: why?, Caught cheating at Coldplay concert, If you want a village be a better villager - Andrea Jin, Danielle Perez (S1E13)Andrea falls easy for an office romance, TSA pulls Danielle for her suspicious glass dildo, and Jenny is tired of making the flow for go-with-the-flow people.It is Friday, July 18th, 2025 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world.  We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.My first guest today is one of my fave stand-up comedians. She’s an actor, and writer born in Shanghai. You can hear her Juno Award winning comedy album 'Grandma's Girl' streaming online NOW. Let’s welcome ANDREA JIN! (instagram)My second guest is one of my first friends in standup comedy who’s also a writer, actor and disability rights activist. A queer Afro-Latina who can be seen in EVERYTHING. You might also know her lore as the woman in a wheelchair, with no feet, who won a treadmill on The Price Is Right. Let’s welcome DANIELLE PEREZ! (instagram)TWO BI-CONS ON THE POD TODAY. Blessed.On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATESTHIS SATURDAY, JULY 26TH NEW YORK! I shall be at Union Hall in Brooklyn to record a LIVE episode of What Should We Talk About? My guests will be THEE Astrologer Chani Nicholas and Pooja Tripathi the brilliant creator and star of satirical comedy series BKCOFFESHOP! GET TICKETS AND BRING FRENZ2. That dude who got caught cheating because of a Coldplay concert jumbotron3. Key lime pie and smoothies4. Stephen Colbert getting cancelled should worry all of us5. “Everyone Wants A Village But No One Wants To Be A Villager”PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW6. Huda from Love Island and what’s the right way to apologize to Asians?7. Infamous Asian of the week: Benjamin Hanil Song – Ex-Marine accused of ambushing a Texas ICE facility.8. ACTION ITEMS9. (SURPRISE UNBOXING! Danielle gives Jenny a little gift!)Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE HEAR THE ENTIRE EPISODE PAST THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Black x KDrama culture, cozy TV recs, The Gilded Age and Train Daddy - Dulce Sloan (S1E12)Dulce cures loneliness with mahjong, and Jenny demands you follow The Gilded Age’s “Railroad Daddy."It is Saturday, July 12th, 2025 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world.  We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.My guest today is my friend from The Daily Show, Voice of Honeybee Shaw on the fantastic animated Fox sitcom “The Great North” (watch it I voice Carissa, Nick Offerman’s girlfriend), she is currently on tour get your tickets to see her live, and has a new podcast out called "Chasing Kdramas” this season, they are watching the show “Marry My Husband,” let’s welcome DULCE SLOAN!On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATESSATURDAY, JULY 26TH NEW YORK! I shall be at Union Hall in Brooklyn to record a LIVE episode of What Should We Talk About? My guest will be THEE Astrologer Chani Nicholas and more to be announced! GET TICKETS AND BRING FRENZ2. The connection (and tension?) between Korean and Black American pop culture3. Pour your economic and class angst into the world of “The Gilded Age” on HBOPAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW4. Cozy TV and films to soothe our dark souls5. “Everyone Wants A Village But No One Wants To Be A Villager”6. Trying to be outside for delight and merriment so I don’t stay a miserable fuck7. Anti-Asian racism got someone kicked off Love Island 8. ACTION ITEMSBecause you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE HEAR THE ENTIRE EPISODE PAST THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

A bummer July 4th, Jurassic World, Love Island saves Gen Z - jenny’s sweetie Corey Higgs (S1E11)Corey wants California to secede and Jenny is más Mexican every day.SEASON 1, EPISODE 11! Chinga La Migra!SUNDAY, JULY 13TH LOS ANGELES! Come see me, Margaret Cho and so many incredible Asian American comedians at THE BELLY LAUGHS food and comedy festival! JULY 12 and 13! FEST PASSES OUT NOW! https://www.lalive.com/belly-laughs-festivalSATURDAY, JULY 26TH NEW YORK! I shall be at Union Hall in Brooklyn to record a LIVE episode of What Should We Talk About? My guest will be THEE Astrologer Chani Nicholas and more to be announced! GET TICKETS AND BRING FRENZIt is Sunday, July 6th, 2025 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world.  We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. SEE THE FULL EPIODE HERE.My guest today in this special holiday weekend edition of the pod is co-founder of the marketing company Let’s Brand!, producer of Self Help Me and this podcast, who is (fun fact) a former reggae and dancehall DJ who grew up half his childhood in Jamaica, my sweetie, COREY HIGGS! How can we follow and support you?On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. The soothing rhythms of Love Island USA3. Being sad and mad during 4th of July4. What It Feels Like For A Girl BBC TV SeriesPAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW5. Jurassic World: Rebirth6. Mailbox Messages!7. From an Ohio Area Code: “White People's inability to sit with discomfort”8. ACTION ITEMSBecause you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.If you are as obsessed with the intersection of pop culture, politics, and personal growth as I am, please consider becoming a paid member of my Substack for $8 a month or $80 a year ($6.67 a month). You will get:Weekly newsletters of the podcast with access to the EXTENDED CUT OF EACH EPISODE (only available on Substack).Complete access to all chats and comments, exclusively for my Substack subscribers.Access to all breaking news analysis and personal essays.jennyyang.substack.comFollow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtv TT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Squid Game+Love Island in the same universe?, Kpop Demon Hunters, Dating in your 20s - Phil Yu, Milky Tran (S1E10)Milky Tran struggles to find mature dudes, Phil got imposter syndrome when asked to host the official Squid Game podcast, and Jenny blames it all on the Boomers.It is Friday, June 27TH, 2025 and this week, just like the crust of an exquisite croissant, I am…falling apart.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589Today we have one of my oldest co-workers. He is a long-time blogger at the iconic Angry Asian Man, Podcaster of They Call Us Bruce & Squid Game: The Official Podcast, Author of RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now AND frequently impersonated person on the internet, my friend PHIL YU!My next guest, a future-friend, is a writer/director/filmmaker turned content creator who started their professional career as a director for Jubilee Media, got discovered and signed to her management company when she got laid off at the age of 25 and gained 200k+ followers online in the past 6 months because of her unique voice and storytelling, MILKY TRAN! (Milky’s Instagram)ME? Ryan Coogler’s new Marvel series IRONHEART (I attended the LA premiere!) and the premiere of my dear brilliant writer-director friend FAWZIA MIRZA’s funny, touching, gorgeous film THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (where to watch).On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. K-Pop Demon Hunters3. Squid Game Season 3 + Love Island USA Season 7 – are they in the same universe?4. Is the world in a flop era?PAID SUBSCRIBERS AT JENNYYANG.SUBSTACK.COMGET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW5. The (Male?) Loneliness Epidemic6. Film industry to creator economy -- more online creators getting traditional opportunities7. The power of someone believing in you8. Zohran Mamdani: Nepo Baby? Or Nah.9. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE THE CONTINUED AGENDA TOPICS, LINKS TO SOURCES + TIMESTAMPS BELOW THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

I.C.E. is for coffee, How white ladies can help, Being productive when the world falls apart - Maria Bamford (S1E9)This shorter PREVIEW for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE. IN THE FULL EPISODE FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: you will see Maria reflect on how it felt to be low-key famous as “That Target Lady” in the commercials, “cancelled” comedians, including Louis CK and the one quality that really stood out about him, and her life after recovering in a psychiatric ward.It is Friday, June 20th, 2025 and this week, just like the crust of an exquisite croissant, I am…falling apart. Maria loves buying Costco pants and Jenny offers next steps for Karens who wanna do good.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny YangToday we have one of my inspirations: comedian, actor and best selling author Maria Bamford! By the way, Maria’s memoir, “Sure I’ll Join Your Cult: A memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere” is now available in paperback. Love a big back. Love a paperback. Also, another one of my comedy inspirations, Stephen Colbert has called her his “favorite comedian on earth,” while Judd Apatow said she is “the funniest woman in the world” and I, Jenny Yang - while NOT a white guy comedy kingmaker - calls Maria, “Pretty dang cool.”On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATE: White women are sharing the clip, chiming in, PUT ME IN COACH! I’m ready for this! Just tell me what to do! I was built for this. So okay. I know we said that mostly as a joke but what does this mean SERIOUSLY.2. GUT CHECK3. Fear4. Feeling left out of any group – while protesting - I wish I could make puppets5. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: the domestic terrorist white supremacist who assassinated Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.'6. Midwest culture7. Maria Bamford as a Caren por La Causa - Letting Jenny open for her TWICE.PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW8. Productivity when everything falls apart (content warning: mentions of suicide and mental health)9. True of False: When you are more healed, your art is less good.10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Margaret Cho is Chinese?, why some Asians love 🧊, our own Joe Rogan? - Margaret Cho (S1E8)This shorter PREVIEW for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE.It is Friday, June 13th, 2025 and this week, you better put me in a Thunderdome with Max because I am FURIOSA.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Today we have a comedy legend and mother to us all, a she/her AND THEM Fatale, comedian MARGARET CHO. LOS ANGELES: Come see me, Margaret and so many incredible Asian American comedians at THE BELLY LAUGHS food and comedy festival! JULY 12 and 13! FEST PASSES OUT NOW! https://www.lalive.com/belly-laughs-festivalBecause you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny YangOn today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATE: You heard it here first. I’m doing a LIVE NEW YORK SHOW at UNION HALL in Brooklyn, Saturday, July 26th! Get tickets here and tell your NYC friends!2. GUT CHECK3. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: ICE staying at a Pasadena Hotel4. What can the witches do to fix this?5. Where are the Dodgers at?6. How being model citizens won’t save us.PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW7. They say we need a lefty Joe Rogan. Margaret reveals her reaction to comedian friends who shifted their politics recently. Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Whitney Cummings and more.8. How comedians can support the resistance? Examples around the country of the funny ways we can all resist9. TASTE TEST10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

How much longer does America have? Southeast Asians LFGOOO!, Insecure co-creator on why certain TV shows get made - Larry Wilmore, Kulap Vilaysack (S1E7)Larry has a daughter who teaches Chinese, Kulap is obsessed with American mahjong, and Jenny is apologizing to Kulap about all the Taiwanese Yangs in Hollywood.This shorter PREVIEW is for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE.It is Friday, June 6th, 2025 and this week, like that one Louisiana Plantation, I am FIRED UP.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people to find joy in an unjust world. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Today we have a comedic writer, director, actor, producer and podcaster. She created, directed and was the showrunner of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ on Seeso. She was also the showrunner and Co-Executive Producer of the NBC Christmas special, A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy. And co-hosts the award winning weekly podcast, Add to Cart with SuChin Pak. Kulap Vilaysack! (Instagram)Our next guest is an Emmy award-winning writer, comedian, producer, actor and political commentator who created The Bernie Mac Show, and co-created The PJ's with Eddie Murphy, and Insecure with Issa Rae. He was the Senior Black Correspondent on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, hosted his own show The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and hosted Obama's last White House correspondents dinner. He currently he hosts his very own podcast, Black on the Air. Larry Wilmore! (Instagram)On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATE: You heard it here first. I’m doing a LIVE NEW YORK SHOW at UNION HALL in Brooklyn, Saturday, July 26th! Get tickets here and tell your NYC friends!2. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: That Iowa Senator who responded to concerns that the GOP Budget bill will kill people with “well we are all going to die.”3. Where are the Southeast Asian stories: new study is out, Rewriting the script: A new era for API voices in Hollywood. The Geena Davis Institute.4. Give your best conspiracy theory and Larry will debunk it5. How much longer does the US have?: That massive New Yorker profile on that troll who is influencing the current regime to dismantle a Democracy to implement techno-fascism, “Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America.”PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW6. Black Americans leaving America for a softer life7. I've become obsessed with American Mahjong. I play with the homies about once a week.8. (if we have time) Does God exist?9. TASTE TEST. Jenny couldn’t find Coke Zero for Larry at the natural foods story so we are trying this weird “diet cola” called NIXIE.10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Life as a private investigator, Are they cheating or just need alone time?, Pride virgin, Doritos+cottage cheese - YourFavInvestigator (S1E6)Friday, May 30th, 2025 -- Steph believes everyone deserves eye masks and snacks, and Jenny might get plastic surgery?This week: like the Yang Family’s first time at a Costco – I’ve been OVERSTIMULATED.Today we have STEPH, aka Yourfavinvestigator on TikTok and Instagram. A private investigator who does infidelity cases, surveillance, foodie adventures and self-care.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny YangThis shorter PREVIEW for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE.ON THE AGENDA:1. Podcast Update: I had a pizza party potluck with my new double-wide pizza oven.2. P.I. Trend: People aren’t cheating, they want alone time3. Pride month is coming up!: Jenny is a Pride virgin4. Orange County police charged with stealing $600,000 in workers compensation: Steph’s main bread and butter is workers comp cases so THIS was interesting.5. Coffee Shops are throwing 10AM DJ dance parties: spoiler alert — we love this.PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOWSubscribe now6. Getting “Work Done”: We talk our position on plastic surgery and what Jenny MIGHT get done while in Taiwan.7. Losing weight as a big foodie8. ACTION ITEMS9. SHOW ME LOVE10. TASTE TEST: Yes. Doritos and Cottage Cheese.Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Can gentrifiers respect local culture?, Breaking family expectations, Growing up SoCal - Todo Chido Podcast’s Julyssa, Brandon, Stevie (S1E5)This shorter PREVIEW for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE.Friday, May 23rd, 2025 --Brandon is undercover Chinese?, Julyssa might disappoint her parents, Stevie humbled. by podcast love, and Jenny will never give up her SoCal hoodie-shorts-slippers uniformIt is Friday, MAY 23RD, 2025 and spring has sprung in Los Angeles. How am I this week? (IN A TERRIBLE BRITISH ACCENT) Like a fit Essex bird gettin’ absolutely wankered after she was slagged off in Love Island UK, I’ve been PISSED.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny YangToday we have ALL THREE of the TODO CHIDO PODCAST based out here in Los Angeles. Welcome Julyssa, Stevie, and Brandon! Follow the TODO CHIDO Podcast. They’re doing fun and important things.(All Pod Links, Spotify, Apple, YouTube)On today’s agenda we have:1. Podcast Updates2. Being first generation and breaking the cycle3. 10 year-old girls shopping at Sephora4. Google's new A.I. video generator VEO 35. True Crime stories (skipped)6. A reality TV show competition for immigrants to get citizenship?7. House of Reps passes the MAGA Murder Budget8. Graduation speeches about Gaza9. ACTION ITEMS10. SHOW ME SOME LOVEFollow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtv // TT: @jennyyangtv // YT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Mama Yang on the pod, Bon Appetit still trash?, Being woke is a walking nightmare, Fujoshi life - Soleil Ho, Mama Yang (S1E4)Soleil Ho on life after being THE food critic for the SF Chronicle, Mama Yang has a secret Japanese name, and Jenny Yang was taking down Bon Appetit before it was cool.SEASON 1, EPISODE 4! If you’re a FREE SUBSCRIBER, you can watch this shorter 1 hour and 9-minute PREVIEW. It’s the same thing but with it’s own INTRO and OUTRO. You can also head to any podcast platform to listen to the FREE VERSION. But I will always save the FULL, extended cut only for Paid Subscribers here on Substack. http://jennyyang.substack.comPAID SUBSCRIBERS will hear Soleil NAME HER NEMESES and see bonus video of Soleil, my mom and me getting yummy Cantonese Chinese food in Chinatown. Mmmm….crab! (And a dish I had never tried before involving steamed egg and mussels!)It is THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025 and it is a gorgeous day here in San Francisco. And how am I this week? Like the TV channel MAX calling itself HBO MAX again, I’ve been…a messy bitch.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Submit a topic: Leave a voicemail or text 323-250-3589ON THE AGENDA:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. Bon Appetit 2021 Reckoning and Where Are We Now in Food Media?3. The death of alt weeklies and “weird” news4. The politically very confounding Cybertruck in the Bay Area that sports a custom keffiyeh wrap5. White South Africans accepted in America as refugees6. East LA College Asian American / Ethnic Studies Professor Aki Maehara believes he was targeted in a possible hate crime (Professor Maehara’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Victim-of-Hate-Attack-Aki-Maehara-Needs-Our-Help)7. Medicaid funding cut for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy8. Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen among protesters at RFK Jr. Senate hearing9. TASTE TEST10. ACTION ITEMS11. SHOW ME SOME LOVE12. RESTAURANT OUTING: R&G Lounge, San Francisco, ChinatownOut in the wild we have, SOLEIL HO! Soleil Ho is a writer and former restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Subscribe to their NEW media platform COYOTE MEDIA when they launch later this week! https://www.coyotemedia.orgOur next guest is a retired garment and factory worker and mother of three. She loves filling in adult coloring books with fancy colored pencils, the bright colors of fuschia pink and red for her flowers, and I’ve known her since I was born. Please welcome MAMA YANG! She’s got nothing to promote. Just staying healthy and tasting things her daughter buys her while managing her blood sugar.ME? I was prepping for a one-hour keynote speech about comedy and mental health for the Mental Health Association of San Francisco!Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtv TT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Racists too confident now, Not everyone needs to be a mom, Why Met Gala matters, 75 Hard, "Vice Signaling," Conclave IRL! - Jazmyn W, Mike Gauyo (S1E3)SEASON 1, EPISODE 3!Well hello! This is a shorter 49:15-minute FREE PREVIEW with it’s own INTRO and OUTRO. You can also head to any podcast platform to listen to this FREE VERSION. But I will always save the FULL, extended cut only for Paid Subscribers here on Substack. https://jennyyang.substack.com/p/racists-too-confident-now-not-everyone?r=1ngisPAID SUBSCRIBERS will hear about our honest feelings about Met Gala Anne Hathaway and K-Pop Lisa looks and more Tyson Beckford is my new bestie update.Friday May 9th, 2025 -- Jazmyn W is a single mom who's open to dating, Mike Gauyo did double-workouts for 75 days and drinking a gallon of water a day was harder, and Jenny can't cook w her chicken fat anymore :-(It is FRIDAY, MAY 9TH, 2025 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Submit a topic: Leave a voicemail or text 323-250-3589Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny YangON THE AGENDA:PODCAST UPDATESBeing a Single MomThe 75 Hard ChallengeShiloh Hendricks making money off racismAmerican Pope: The Conclave Has ChosenThe Met Gala and why does it matter?ACTION ITEMSSHOW ME SOME LOVEIn the studio we have, JAZMYN W! Jazmyn is a stand-up comedian, actress and host with millions of followers and the ability to make anything funny. Check out her Patreon or Youtube membership to talk about INTIMACY. Jazmyn wants to shout out BAD ASH BAKES in Pasadena. Go check them out!We also have MIKE GAUYO! Mike is a Haitian-American screenwriter whose credits include HBO's critically acclaimed series, INSECURE and Netflix’s record-breaking hit series, GINNY & GEORGIA. He also Co-Created and was the Co-Showrunner of AMC Networks/ALLBLK original dramedy, SEND HELP. Mike is also the founder of Black Boy Writes Media, which is home to the Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative for aspiring Black writers. Mike wants to shout out people who mind their business.ME? Here are my recommendations for the week: I want to feature indie creators because I believe we are at the beginning of a great boom in independent media: Shouting out Caroline Renard’s Short Film UNBRAIDED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnyqHYkjmcWritten and Directed by Caroline. Super funny. Hard jokes. It’s very young women figuring shit out, having a day — it’s giving One of Them Days.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE THE CONTINUED AGENDA TOPICS, LINKS TO SOURCES + TIMESTAMPS BELOW THE PAYWALL! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!If you are as obsessed with the intersection of pop culture, politics, and personal growth as I am, please consider becoming a paid member of my Substack for $8 a month or $80 a year ($6.67 a month). You will get:Weekly newsletters of the podcast with access to the EXTENDED CUT OF EACH EPISODE (only available on Substack).Complete access to all chats and comments, exclusively for my Substack subscribers.Access to all breaking news analysis and personal essays.jennyyang.substack.comSubscribe nowHit that subscribe button if:you care about building a better world filled with joy, love, comedy and cool sh*t.you are tired of doomscrolling on social media and want a way to get a run-down of the week in news and culture without triggering your fight or flight response!you want to get what you need as someone who cares about the world and then go touch grass.you are as obsessed with food, self-care, building community, TV, film, pop culture, AND politics as I am AND you think it should all be in the same conversation.you are freaking out because you hear about the wild news of the day, look around and everyone is just living their life like business-as-usual, so you’re tearing your hair out and think, “WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS?”Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tvJenny Yang is a standup comedian, actor, and tv writer who was named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and has been featured at Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the San Francisco Sketch Festival, and Netflix is a Joke Festival.Jenny is a former labor organizer who was born in Taiwan and raised in Los Angeles, and stars opposite Michelle Yeoh as an assassin in the Netflix action comedy-drama series, The Brothers Sun.Follow her weekly podcast “What Should We Talk About?” on Substack: jennyyang.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Celebrate Asian Americans at Costco, Obsessed with protein, Viral bakery taste test, Sinners update, Be gay for healthcare, Worst people to eat with, Diet culture - Kim Chi, H. Alan Scott (S1E2)(FULL EPISODES available to PAID SUBSCRIBERS at https://jennyyang.substack.com/p/celebrate-asian-americans-at-costco?r=1ngis)Draq queen icon Kim Chi is a savory girl, pop culture expert H. Alan Scott is happy for Prince Harry's DGAF era, and Jenny believes Costco is the immigrant American dream.It is FRIDAY, MAY 2ND, 2025 here in Los Angeles, and this week, like the Sinners IMAX ticketing sites, I am CRASHING OUT.This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.Because you don’t want to feel like you are losing your mind and because we long for a better world filled with fun, love, joy, and cool shit. This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang.Today we are focusing on FOOD AND EATING – what I live for. With a SURPRISE AGENDA ITEM AT THE END: Kim Chi brought us TikTok Viral bakery goodies to taste! On today’s agenda we have:1. PODCAST UPDATES2. For APA Heritage Month: Do Frivolous Things!3. Cooking yummy food on a calorie deficit4. Terrible types of people to eat with5. Everyone freaking out about PROTEIN6. Single people and Costco7. Dump Tariff War8. Self-described “Career Panhandler” Brad Love is going viral for being conventionally attractive and shameless about asking for money on the streets of Palm Springs.9. ACTION ITEMS10. SHOW ME SOME LOVE11. SURPRISE AGENDA ITEM: Unboxing and tasting bakery goodies!In the studio we have H. Alan Scott slash Sadie Pines. Writer, comedian, head pop culture nerd for Newsweek. Host of The Parting Shot podcast and co-host of Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast. Subject of the documentary Latter Day Jew (on Tubi). Aggressively indoorsy.We also have Saeng or KIM CHI. He is a make up mogul, drag queen, soon to be cookbook and young adult novel author. Get Kim Chi’s beauty products! They are soooo good. USE CODE “JENNY” FOR MY DISCOUNT! PRE-ORDER THE COOKBOOK, Kim Chi Eats The World! Get Donutella Hamachi, the young adult novel!ME? Here are my recommendations for the week: George Carlin’s American Dream on Max, and Claim to Fame hosted by Kevin and Frank Jonas on ABC.PAID SUBSCRIBERS SEE THE CONTINUED AGENDA TOPICS + TIMESTAMPS! Everyone gets to join the SUBSCRIBER CHAT!If you are as obsessed with the intersection of pop culture, politics, and personal growth as I am, please consider becoming a paid member of my Substack for $8 a month or $80 a year ($6.67 a month). You will get:Weekly newsletters of the podcast with access to the EXTENDED CUT OF EACH EPISODE (only available on Substack).Complete access to all chats and comments, exclusively for my Substack subscribers.Access to all breaking news analysis and personal essays.jennyyang.substack.comHit that subscribe button if:you care about building a better world filled with joy, love, comedy and cool sh*t.you are tired of doomscrolling on social media and want a way to get a run-down of the week in news and culture without triggering your fight or flight response!you want to get what you need as someone who cares about the world and then go touch grass.you are as obsessed with food, self-care, building community, TV, film, pop culture, AND politics as I am AND you think it should all be in the same conversation.you are freaking out because you hear about the wild news of the day, look around and everyone is just living their life like business-as-usual, so you’re tearing your hair out and think, “WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS?”Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!IG: @jennyyangtvTT: @jennyyangtvYT: JennyYangTVEmail: contact@jennyyang.tvJenny Yang is a standup comedian, actor, and tv writer who was named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and has been featured at Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the San Francisco Sketch Festival, and Netflix is a Joke Festival.Jenny is a former labor organizer who was born in Taiwan and raised in Los Angeles, and stars opposite Michelle Yeoh as an assassin in the Netflix action comedy-drama series, The Brothers Sun.Follow her weekly podcast “What Should We Talk About?” on Substack: jennyyang.substack.comONGOING LIST OF RANDOM RESOURCES TO SURVIVE THESE TIMES:Let me know if there’s another resource you’d like to add to this list!I use DELETEME to scrub my personal info off the internet. Use my referral link before and I get twenty bucks off my monthly bill!https://joindeleteme.com/refer?coupon=RFR-21830-99XXHK This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe