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.

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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 UPDATES

2. What’s the best way to document ICE raids?

3, Fusion cuisines like Korean Uzbek and Japanese Italian

4. Western States are forming an anti-Dump Alliance babyyyyyyy

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5. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish documentary on Netflix

6. Should more restaurants and businesses speak up about what’s happening in the world?

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