What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang

About What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang

ENTER THE CHAT. What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang is a weekly podcast hosted by comedian Jenny Yang. It's your weekly catch-up time with smart and funny friends 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! 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. Leave a voicemail or text 323-250-3589. http://jennyyang.substack.com VISIT THE HOME OF "WHAT SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT?" ON SUBSTACK! BECOME A FREE SUBSTACK SUSCRIBER TO NEVER MISS AN UPDATE OR BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER AND GET FULL EXTENDED EPISODES PLUS BONUS EPISODES. jennyyang.substack.com (https://jennyyang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Jenny Yang

Category

comedy · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Jan 2025

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 55 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   F*ck #StopAsianHate?, Sharing Ostrich Jerky w a Chinatown Auntie at Oakland Farmer’s Market - Oakland, CA & AAPI Women Lead, Pt 1 (S2 E31)

   SEASON 2 EPISODE 31! FULL EPISODE FOR ALL! NO PAYWALL! It is Thursday, October 8th, 2026 and this is the GOOD EGG immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour takeover of What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang. jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) or wherever you pod! ALSO HELLO, NEW FOLLOWER! Thank you for joining my Substack. Excited to hear what you think about my podcast AND my Monday links. I will be ending SEASON 2 of the pod in the winter time but I will continue writing links, essays, and doing pre-sale ticket drops just for you! (With a special Joy Luck Club Self Help Me video just for the OnlyPaids heheh. COMMENT BELOW AND LET ME KNOW WHY YOU SUBSCRIBED AND WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT! Today’s episode was recorded in Oakland, California on a gorgeous sunny Friday, August 21st, 2026 where I chat with my dear friend Dr. Connie Wun (https://www.instagram.com/seewun/), co-founder and Executive Director of AAPI Women Lead (https://aapiwl.org/), a national organization that is headquartered in Oakland, Oakland Chinatown, with a mission to end violence against Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, women, girls, gender non-conforming, gender expansive communities. They do this work through community driven research, education, and wellness and healing programs. LOS ANGELES! Every Wednesday morning 9 AM until end of October! New material shows in Highland Park from me and Maria Bamford AND a free donut for you. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=209310) and support the non-profit theater Outside In (co-founded by Tamlyn Tomita of the Joy Luck Club!) Stay tuned for FEB 27TH special taping presale tickets. Sign up here jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) to get first dibs on tickets. Ticket links always up at jennyyang.tv (http://jennyyang.tv) If you believe in these kinds of stories and conversations, considering becoming a FREE SUBSCRIBER or UPGRADE to be one of my super hot and sexy ONLYPAIDS. 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://jennyyang.substack.com/p/links-cornellmy-high-school-scandal?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)” for what I’ve been enjoying and thinking about this week. In today’s pod we chat: * How did the Oakland Chinatown GOOD EGG show go? * Southeast Asian farmers and their role in farmers markets. * Corey’s mission to make a DEVILED Ostrich Egg! Trying Ostrich jerky from California Ostrich Valley (https://www.caostrichvalley.com/home) with a Chinatown auntie with bad teeth. Woops. * #StopAsianHate vs. the systemic violence of our elders living in poverty * Entering GUM KUO restaurant (https://www.yelp.com/biz/gum-kuo-restaurant-oakland) for a meal but see part 2 of this conversation next week! 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)

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   If you don’t know Filipinos you don’t know America, Meet 21 year-old Jenny - Daly City, CA & Filipino Community Center of SF (S2 E30)

   SEASON 2 EPISODE 30! FULL EPISODE FOR ALL! NO PAYWALL! It is Thursday, October 1st, 2026 and this is the GOOD EGG immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour takeover of What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang. jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) or wherever you pod! Today’s episode was recorded in Daly City, California on Saturday, August 15th, 2026 where I chat with Dr. Rod Daus-Magbual (Councilmember of Daly City, Professor at Skyline) (https://www.roddausmagbual.com/), Dr. Arlene Daus-Magbual (Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies and Education Professor at San Francisco State University ) (https://aas.sfsu.edu/arlene-daus-magbual), Charles Ramilo (staff member of Filipino Community Center of San Francisco (https://www.filipinocc.org/)). We snack on Ling Nam’s famous Señorita Bread (https://lingnam.us/) (yummmm). LOS ANGELES! Every Wednesday morning 9 AM until end of October! New material shows in Highland Park from me and Maria Bamford AND a free donut for you. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=209310) and support the non-profit theater Outside In (co-founded by Tamlyn Tomita of the Joy Luck Club!) Stay tuned for FEB 27TH special taping presale tickets. Sign up here jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) to get first dibs on tickets. Ticket links always up at jennyyang.tv (http://jennyyang.tv) If you believe in these kinds of stories and conversations, considering becoming a FREE SUBSCRIBER or UPGRADE to be one of my super hot and sexy ONLYPAIDS. 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://jennyyang.substack.com/p/links-watching-others-bloom-and-wondering?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)” for what I’ve been enjoying and thinking about this week. In today’s pod we chat: * Señorita Bread recipes here: https://catchymeals.com/senorita-bread-recipe-soft-filipino-spanish-rolls-with-sweet-buttery-filling/ (https://catchymeals.com/senorita-bread-recipe-soft-filipino-spanish-rolls-with-sweet-buttery-filling/) or https://dwellbymichelle.com/senorita-bread/ (https://dwellbymichelle.com/senorita-bread/). I think Ima try one of these. * Philz Coffee has new ownership and I don’t know if we should be supporting them anymore! * How Arlene and Jenny were former coworkers: Arlene taught 21 yo Jenny how to go clubbing, and Jenny was using the offices for some after hours activities. * How Daly City is the MOST Filipino city in America * The wisdom and heartache of growing older: figuring out how to practice your politics. * How radical can you be as the Mayor of Daly City? 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)

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Being a “good immigrant” will not save us, My new show with THEE Maria Bamford - Portland, OR’s Clear Clinic at Fubonn Supermarket (S2 E29)

   SEASON 2 EPISODE 29! FULL EPISODE FOR ALL! NO PAYWALL! It is Friday, September 25th, 2026 and this is GOOD EGG immigrant grocery store standup comedy tour take over What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang. jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) or wherever you pod! Today’s episode was recorded in Portland, Oregon on August 13th, 2026 where I chatted with Alondra Duran, Immigration Staff Attorney at CLEAR Clinic (https://clear-clinic.org/), and Stefani Davis, Paralegal and Donations Coordinator at CLEAR Clinic. The owner of Fubonn Supermarket (https://shop.fubonn.com/), where we recorded the podcast, Michael Liu also made a cameo at the top. Oregon’s CLEAR Clinic is a “nonprofit collective of legal workers who provide free legal services to Oregonians.” They “aim to tear down legal barriers that stop our community from enjoying each members’ full participation; to find legal, educational, and systemic solutions to racial, social, and economic injustice; and to work toward dismantling oppressive legal systems.” I REALLLY love what they are doing. We chat about life after incarceration, and how immigrant “respectability” and “model minority stereotypes” really harm all of us — especially when it comes to the current inhumane, immigration policies. IN GOOD EGG NEWS: I’m starting a series of 9 AM Wednesday morning standup comedy shows (https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=209310) with THEE Maria Bamford! (https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=209310) Consider this our office hours. You heard it here first. New material! If you are in Los Angeles, come thru and get free donuts! Tickets are pay-what-you-can (https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=209310) and support the non-profit theater Outside In (co-founded by Tamlyn Tomita of the Joy Luck Club!) Stay tuned for FEB 27TH special taping presale tickets. Sign up here jennyyang.substack.com (http://jennyyang.substack.com) to get first dibs on tickets. Ticket links always up at jennyyang.tv (http://jennyyang.tv) If you believe in these kinds of stories and conversations, considering becoming a FREE SUBSCRIBER or UPGRADE to be one of my super hot and sexy ONLYPAIDS. 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://jennyyang.substack.com/p/links-watching-others-bloom-and-wondering?r=1ngis&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)” for what I’ve been enjoying and thinking about this week. 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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Who has been a guest on What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Corey Higgs
• Phil Yu
• Milky Tran
• Maria Bamford
• Margaret Cho

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

150,128

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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Quality

5

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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