What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang
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. 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]
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