In honor of Filipino Appreciation Month, my guest today is James Pennington. The world-famous Filipino!

James is a personal chef in San Francisco and taught English in China when the coronavirus broke out. We discuss lockdowns, the rising hate towards Asian Americans, and Jolly Bees fast food.

I'm a little bit late with this particular interview. I wanted this interview in October in honor of Filipino Appreciation Month. However, the editing took a bit longer; those things happened, but my guest is the excellent James Pennington. Yes, you guessed it - he's my favorite Filipino in the world and a talented personal chef who was in China when the coronavirus broke out, which I will talk about later. I met James probably about 15 years ago. Shockingly, we were in a bar, and I first noticed him because he hugged all his friends goodbye when he left the bar. The next time I saw James' I commented on his hugging abilities, and then he hugged me! And we've been friends ever since.