Is “Sellout” Even a Thing Anymore?, Gen X and Boomer Failures, Apocalypse Prep, That Hallmark Mahjong Movie - Patton Oswalt (S2 E9)

Lying To Your Parents, Burnout, Interracial Relationships, I Thought Blowjob Was Blow Pop - Tawny Platis, Paul Elia (S2 E15)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 15! It is Monday, June 1st, 2026 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (I’m kicking off my GOOD EGG immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour! GET TICKETS: jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv]) What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang 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 [http://jennyyang.substack.com/]. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. Hit follow and give us a rating and review wherever you pod. Become an OnlyPaid via Substack, I will read your reviews and messages on the pod! My first guest today is someone that I’ve admired from afar for her incredible voice acting and super informative videos about the art of voice acting. She’s a fantastic maker of stuff on the internet and I recently was a guest on her podcast STRING AND TELL, Tawny Platis! My next guest is recurring character on the animated sitcom #1 Happy Family U.S.A, AND on this upcoming season of Diarra from Detroit, on BET+. He’s got a new special out NOW called “Good Son” on YouTube and Watermelon+, let’s welcome Paul Elia! And on the final mic, heard but not seen, co-founder of the marketing and branding company “Let’s Brand!”, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/). Check this week’s ”LINKS we should talk about [https://open.substack.com/pub/jennyyang/p/links-nihilism-and-grief-anti-blackness?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web]” for some of the sources behind today’s episode. On today’s agenda: * Jenny’s Updates * Good Egg! My immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour and video series is HAPPENING! MY KICK OFF GROCERY STORE SHOW WILL BE IN LOS ANGELES ON JUNE 5TH! LIMITED TICKETS! You want tickets to my summer shows? Join my email list at jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv/] for tour announcements and OnlyPaids behind the paywall will hear it FIRST first. AND THEY WILL SELL OUT. Gonna be so so fun. * Lying to Your Immigrant Parents About Who You Are FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE. FULL EPISODE FOR MY ONLYPAIDS! * Have you seen the video of the sable who plays dead when he gets lightly scolded? He doesn’t make any sound but it looks like he goes “BLAAAGGGHHHH!!!!” when he dramatically throws his head back * Cooking is Sooooo Important * Finally Hanging Out With Rich People And Realizing They Suuuuuck * Interracial Relationships * I’m Burnt Out As Hell * 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 at jennyyang.substack.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] 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.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] Hit 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: @jennyyangtv [https://www.instagram.com/jennyyangtv/] * TT: @jennyyangtv [https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyyangtv] * YT: JennyYangTV [https://youtube.com/@jennyyangtv?feature=shared] Email: contact@jennyyang.tv Jenny 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 [https://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 [https://jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

That Time I Confronted My Dad, Fundraising Makes Me Cry, Massages For Everyone (S2 E14)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 14! It is Friday, May 29th, 2026 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! A SOLOSODE at the bar of an airport lounge somewhere in New England! (FYI: Los Angeles come see my final May Work-In-Progress Standup Comedy Shows At A Reasonable Hour before I head out for my summer tour! GET TICKETS: jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv]) What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang 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 [http://jennyyang.substack.com/]. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. Hit follow and give us a rating and review wherever you pod. Become an OnlyPaid via Substack, I will read your reviews and messages on the pod. Check this week’s ”LINKS we should talk about.” [https://open.substack.com/pub/jennyyang/p/links-i-reviewed-that-hallmark-mahjong?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] On today’s agenda: * Jenny’s Updates * Every Person Deserves A Weekly Massage and Free Heating Pad * Why Does Asking For Money Make Me Feel Weird? * Decentering Men Is Making Them Freak Out: That Time I Confronted My Dad * Good Egg Tour and Video Series Update! sign up for my email list jennyyang.tv for first dibs on your tickets! (OnlyPaids also get first dibs) 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 at jennyyang.substack.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] 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.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] Hit 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: @jennyyangtv [https://www.instagram.com/jennyyangtv/] * TT: @jennyyangtv [https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyyangtv] * YT: JennyYangTV [https://youtube.com/@jennyyangtv?feature=shared] Email: contact@jennyyang.tv Jenny 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 [https://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 [https://jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Black & Third Culture, “Wasian" & East Asian Privilege, The Nature of Consciousness - Reggie Watts (S2 E13)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 13! It is Monday, May 18th, 2026 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (FYI: Los Angeles come see my May Work-In-Progress Standup Comedy Shows At A Reasonable Hour! GET TICKETS: jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv]) New Feature for OnlyPaids! The OnlyPaids Sweet Little Treat. This week? How being vocal about politics has affected your relationships in comedy and relationship to comedy. What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang 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 [http://jennyyang.substack.com/]. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. Hit follow and give us a rating and review wherever you pod. Become an OnlyPaid via Substack, I will read your reviews and messages on the pod! Like this one from mamabirdie06: "You're genuine and funny and POLITICAL----we need more of it. Thank you for giving us your work." Thank you! And here’s one more short one from meruz who said: "i wanted to listen to the podcast ep." Delightful. Send me your messages and reviews! My guest today is one of my comedy inspirations, a comedian and musician from the town of Great Falls, Montana. He’s half French, half American born in Germany. You’ve seen him lead a late night talk show band, you’ve heard him on numerous fun song collabs, you’ve seen him on Comedy Bang Bang! You’ve read his memoir Great Falls, MT, Reggie Watts! Delight yourself and watch this improvised music set: And on the final mic, heard but not seen, co-founder of the marketing and branding company “Let’s Brand!”, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/ [http://okletsbrand.com/]). Check this week’s ”LINKS we should talk about [https://open.substack.com/pub/jennyyang/p/links-donating-to-the-islamic-center?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web]” for some of the sources behind today’s episode. On today’s agenda: * Jenny’s Updates * Good Egg! My immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour and video series is HAPPENING! MY KICK OFF GROCERY STORE SHOW WILL BE IN LOS ANGELES ON JUNE 5TH! LIMITED TICKETS! You want tickets to my summer shows? Join my email list at jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv/] for tour announcements and OnlyPaids behind the paywall will hear it FIRST first. AND THEY WILL SELL OUT. Gonna be so so fun. * Our Favorite Non-Sugar Sweetener ALSO Our Favorite Sweet Things and What Do They Sound Like? One of the rare times I bought a ticket for standup comedy was just for Reggie’s May 20212 Fonda Theater shows in Los Angeles. I was just after I started doing standup comedy. Found this obscure grainy Youtube video of the end of that live show! * The Future of Technology * College graduates are booing AI at their graduation ceremonies and it’s soooo satisfying to watch. * How Did You Realize You Cared About “The World”? * Self-Love * The Nature of Consciousness FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE. FULL EPISODE FOR MY ONLYPAIDS! * Language and Accents and What It Does To Your Sense of Self * Sweet Little Treat for OnlyPaids: How being vocal about politics has affected your relationships in comedy and relationship to comedy? * 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 at jennyyang.substack.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] 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.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] Hit 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: @jennyyangtv [https://www.instagram.com/jennyyangtv/] * TT: @jennyyangtv [https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyyangtv] * YT: JennyYangTV [https://youtube.com/@jennyyangtv?feature=shared] Email: contact@jennyyang.tv Jenny 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 [https://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 [https://jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Decolonized Tea Party x Good Egg Summer Tour - Mama Yang, Kim Chi, Curly Velasquez, Charlene Kaye, Chef Wendy Z, Shantira Jackson (S2 E12)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 12! (NOTE: Please pardon the sound! We were all eating and there were so many guests! Thank you for forgiving the sound quality) It is Sunday, May 10th, 2026, this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! Mama Yang is here! Happy Mother’s Day to my Mama, Mothers Everywhere and EVEN the Mothers without children (LIKE ME) who mothered our mediocre ex-boyfriends every - single - day. WHERE ARE *OUR* FLOWERS. (FYI: Los Angeles come see my May Work-In-Progress Standup Comedy Shows At A Reasonable Hour! GET TICKETS: jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv]) What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang 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 [http://jennyyang.substack.com/]. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. Hit follow and give us a rating and review wherever you pod. Become an OnlyPaid via Substack, I will read your reviews and messages on the pod! Like this one from Colleen Kenny: "I found a video of Juliet Liu on Threads that blew my mind. She said "tech bros are failed artists." it is true, it is profound, and it is part of a long history of people who aren't honest about what they really want and how it relates to hollywood. financialists buying studios and media companies so they can be creativity adjacent because they didn't have the stones to be an artist." Thank you! Send me your messages and reviews! My first guest today is a sickening drag queen, fierce business mogul [https://kimchichicbeauty.com/], and lifelong culinary connoisseur who has authored an INCREDIBLE cookbook Kim Chi Eats the World and the children’s book Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers. He is also a super fun and sweet friend who shares my love of food and togetherness. Please welcome SAENG aka KIM CHI! (https://kimchithequeen.com/ [https://kimchithequeen.com/]) My next guest is expanding palates & minds through cooking, urban gardening, advancing culture & building community through Drizzle Catering and the Mogu Magu project. You’ve seen her on Beat Bobby Flay and as a winner of the Chopped 420 cooking competition and she’s one of my best buds, CHEF WENDY Z! (https://www.instagram.com/chefwendyz/ [https://www.instagram.com/chefwendyz/]) My next guest was born and raised in Los Ángeles, one of my favorite Salvadoreños, former BuzzFeed editor and the creator of its digital series “Pero Like,” and is currently LatiNation Media’s vice president of development. He also co-hosts the iHeart/Sonoro podcast “The Super Secret Bestie Club” with his longtime collaborator Maya Murillo, and we first met a long time ago when he ran the Buzzfeed offices and I was a regular contributor to early Buzzfeed comedy videos! Let’s welcome CURLY VELASQUEZ! (https://www.instagram.com/thecurlyvshow/) [https://www.instagram.com/thecurlyvshow/] My next guest is an Emmy nominated writer and comedian whose credits include Big Mouth and The Saved By The Bell reboot. You can listen to her as a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait...Wait... Don’t Tell Me, and we met when we were writers and performers for a late night talk show and subsequently went to Little India to buy matching 22 Karat gold chains to celebrate the job! Let’s welcome, SHANTIRA JACKSON! (https://www.shantira.com/ [https://www.shantira.com/]) My next guest is a musician and comedian based in New York that Rolling Stone has recently called a “breakout comedy star.” You might know her from her wildly viral “Every Taylor Swift Song” and JUST premiered her new solo comedy show, Diversity Shredder, at Netflix is a Joke Fest this past week, last December while I was hanging out with Atsuko Okatsuka in Japan, an Asian American fan stopped us to get a photo with Atsuko and then said “I know you too” to me and I was like oh really? That’s nice. And she said, “Of course! You’re Charlene Kaye!” Please welcome, CHARLENE KAYE! (https://kayeofficial.com/ [https://kayeofficial.com/]) And on the final mic, heard but kinda seen today? He’s the co-founder of the marketing and branding company “Let’s Brand!”, my sweetie and co-producer of life, and today’s White Man who is going to serve us today at the Decolonized Afternoon Tea, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/ [http://okletsbrand.com/]). Check Monday’s ”LINKS we should talk about” [https://open.substack.com/pub/jennyyang/p/links-mama-yang-voting-rights-act?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] for some of the sources behind today’s episode. On today’s agenda (more of a free-flowing conversation) * Jenny’s Updates * Good Egg has been kicked off on TikTok and Instagram! Join my email list at jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv/] for tour announcements. * More LA work-in-progress shows at a reasonable hour last three Saturdays in MAY. Tickets at jennyyang,tv. It’s where I’m prepping my show for the summer tour and eventually my first ever one-hour standup special! * Why a Decolonized Tea? What’s on the menu? * What are we wearing and how does it represent what we wanted to be growing up if we were more “decolonized”? FREE PREVIEW ENDS AROUND 44 MINUTES. FULL EPISODE FOR MY ONLYPAIDS! * How can we “Decolonize” our lives? Our minds? * SWEET LITTLE TREAT FOR THE ONLYPAIDS: Jenny shares a very personal frustration with the Comedy world and Hollywood industry while caring about the world and independently-producing her Good Egg project (a summer standup comedy tour inside of immigrant grocery stores + video series to fundraiser for organizations supporting immigrant communities across the country.) As always, my ONLYPAIDS on Substack get the entire episode on for real talk. 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 at jennyyang.substack.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] 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.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] Hit 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: @jennyyangtv [https://www.instagram.com/jennyyangtv/] * TT: @jennyyangtv [https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyyangtv] * YT: JennyYangTV [https://youtube.com/@jennyyangtv?feature=shared] Email: contact@jennyyang.tv Jenny 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 [https://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 [https://jennyyang.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Immigrant Parent Hoarders, Met Gala, Is it Perimenopause or Just Life? - Laurie Kilmartin, Vanessa Gonzalez (S2 E11)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 11! It is Monday, May 4th, 2026 and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! (FYI: Los Angeles come see my May Work-In-Progress Standup Comedy Shows At A Reasonable Hour! GET TICKETS: jennyyang.tv [http://jennyyang.tv]) New Feature for OnlyPaids! The OnlyPaids Sweet Little Treat. This week? Latest summer tour grocery stores and cities we have already locked in PLUS some comedy industry shit-talking. What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang 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 [http://jennyyang.substack.com/]. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. Hit follow and give us a rating and review wherever you pod. Become an OnlyPaid via Substack, I will read your reviews and messages on the pod! Like this one from LAUREN QM: “Hi! I just became a paid subscriber and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been following you on Instagram for years now and just started listening to the podcast. I love your humor and how you mash up the politics, culture, current events etc into your comedy. As a Chinese Mexican myself, the Blasian episode did it for me and got me to subscribe. Keep it up, Jenny!” Thank you! Send me your messages and reviews! My first guest today is a Late Night writer (long time for Conan O’Brien and now with Jimmy Kimmel), Oscars ceremony writer, standup comedian with a hilarious Hulu special called “Cis Woke Grief Slut.” If you’ve ever laughed hard at a joke at an awards show this past decade she probably wrote it, Catch her this weekend at the Vermont Comedy Club, let’s welcome, one of my comedy heroes, Laurie Kilmartin (https://www.instagram.com/anylaurie16/ [https://www.instagram.com/anylaurie16/])! My next guest is a comedian, writer, and actress. You’ve seen her on HBO Max, Netflix, Comedy Central. And like I just love her comedy vibe, bro. Please welcome, Vanessa Gonzalez (https://www.instagram.com/vanessagcomedy/ [https://www.instagram.com/vanessagcomedy/])! And on the final mic, heard but not seen, co-founder of the marketing and branding company “Let’s Brand!”, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/ [http://okletsbrand.com/]). Check Monday’s ”LINKS we should talk about [https://open.substack.com/pub/jennyyang/p/links-lets-buy-spirit-airlines-decluttering?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web]” for some of the sources behind today’s episode. On today’s agenda: * Jenny’s Updates * Los Angeles Tickets for May Work-In-Progress standup comedy shows: http://outsideintheatre.vbotickets.com/event/happy_hour_saturdays_w_jenny/187143 [http://outsideintheatre.vbotickets.com/event/happy_hour_saturdays_w_jenny/187143] Outside In Theater on York. 5pm bar opens, 6pm show starts 7:30pm show’s over. 8pm in bed. Suggested ticket 20 bucks or pay what you can. I’m talking growing up a good immigrant kid and my wild miscarriage and fertility journey. * Why should ANYONE care about the Met Gala? * Facelifts Are NEXT LEVEL Witchcraft Now. Would You Get One? aka Kris Jenner is mad that her facelift fell haha. * How Do You Declutter Your Parents’ Hoarder House? FREE PREVIEW ENDS HERE. FULL EPISODE FOR MY ONLYPAIDS! * The WILD Variety of the Season 2 Celebrity Traitors Cast is full of CHAOS and DELIGHT * Turning 40 and Already Dealing with Perimenopause and Constantly Full of Rage * I can’t stop listening to four B-52 songs. Please God release me from these songs. * Sweet Little Treat for OnlyPaids: Current status of cities and immigrant grocery stores in the works for the Good Egg Summer Tour! * 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 at jennyyang.substack.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] 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.com [http://jennyyang.substack.com/] Hit 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: @jennyyangtv [https://www.instagram.com/jennyyangtv/] * TT: @jennyyangtv [https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyyangtv] * YT: JennyYangTV [https://youtube.com/@jennyyangtv?feature=shared] Email: contact@jennyyang.tv Jenny 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. 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