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-festival
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 guest will be THEE Astrologer Chani Nicholas and more to be announced! GET TICKETS AND BRING FRENZ
It 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 323-250-3589
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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?
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The soothing rhythms of Love Island USA
Being sad and mad during 4th of July
What It Feels Like For A Girl BBC TV Series
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Jurassic World: Rebirth
Mailbox Messages!
From an Ohio Area Code: “White People's inability to sit with discomfort”
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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.
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