SEASON 1, EPISODE 8!
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-festival
IN THIS FULL EPISODE FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: you will see Margaret talk about the idea that there needs to be a liberal or lefty Joe Rogan AND her reactions to some of her long-time comedian friends who have shifted RIGHT or LEFT in their politics.
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It is Friday, June 13th, 2025 and this week, you better put me in a Thunderdome with Max because I am FURIOSA.
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Bringing Jenny joy this week is Chrissa Sparkles’ “FCK ICE” CLUB BANGER and Atsuko Okatsuka’s new standup comedy special FATHER is out NOW on HULU!
ON THE AGENDA:
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!
GUT CHECK
BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: ICE staying at a Pasadena Hotel
What can the witches do to fix this?
Where are the Dodgers at?
How being model citizens won’t save us.
PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW
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.
How comedians can support the resistance?
Examples around the country of the funny ways we can all resist
TASTE TESTACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)
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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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