What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang

Moving out of America: are we gentrifying even if we’re not white?, Netflix’s Too Much, Dump wants to lock up Beyonce?! - Maori Karmael Holmes, Nicole Phoenix (S1E15)

Nicole could be the next Mayor of Philly, Maori wants to pay Jenny for making the pod her therapy, and Jenny needs to figure out her vacation name…Janessa?

It is Thursday, July 31st, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! This 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! From pop culture to the personal and political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty!

Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear about that whole weird Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad campaign, how Trump wants to lock up Obama and Beyonce, and more on Gaza.) You get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. jennyyang.substack.com.

This week, I am on-location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 14th Annual BlackStar Film Festival - a one-of-a-kind celebration of Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmaking, “cinema for liberation,” in Philly and online worldwide, July 31st to August 3rd. Head to blackstarfest.org to fest with us online!

My first guest today is a curator, filmmaker, and cultural worker, founder of BlackStar Projects (http://blackstarfest.org). She is originally from Los Angeles but has been trapped in Philly on and off for the past two decades. Her words not mine. She is a Taurus, Libra rising, Pisces moon and not-so-secret hipster, let’s welcome my friend MAORI KARMAEL HOLMES!

And finally, she is a stand up comedian, a Philadelphia fave, and coming to a town near you. Check out her live show Two Locals Comedy in Philly (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two-locals-comedy-open-mic-tickets-1200270504389), please welcome, NICOLE PHOENIX (https://www.instagram.com/sooo_xtra/)!

And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my sweetie and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs (http://okletsbrand.com/).

On today’s agenda:

1. PODCAST UPDATES

2. Moving out of the United States

3. Trying to get into the Netflix series “Too Much,” but it might be too much for me? Can I say this out loud? 

4. Philly needs a figure like Zohran Mamdani

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5. Dump wants to lock up Barack Obama and Beyonce

6. Reading books in public as a radical act

7. I'm pissed about Gaza

8. Sydney Sweeney’s new American Eagle ad campaign

9. ACTION ITEMS

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A pod guest bailed last-minute because the pod is "too political," In-N-Out sucks, Creating The Daily Show, Jubilee debate video - Chani Nicholas, Lizz Winstead (S1E14)

Chani needs all dating reality shows to be queer, Lizz is leading the c*nty sisterhood, and Jenny doesn't like poutine either.

SEASON 1, EPISODE 14! LIVE AT UNION HALL, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!

“I have nothing to lose because they've given me nothing. And that actually makes me more powerful.” Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator of The Daily Show atWhat Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang, Live in New York

It is Saturday, July 26th, 2025, and this is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang! LIVE FROM BROOKLYN! This 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! From the personal and pop culture to the political. Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! What should we talk about?: Leave a voicemail or text at 323-250-3589. Become a subscriber at our podcast home: jennyyang.substack.com.

Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. (This week, paid subscribers hear a frank discussion about Gaza and our inability to see our own American villainy, and that Medhi Hassan J*bilee Media “debate” video with a fascist that went viral, and Jenny’s phone call with Jubilee’s Founder and CEO) Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.

My first guest today is the co-creator of The Daily Show and Founder of Abortion Access Front (https://www.aafront.org/). AAF is a reproductive rights non-profit that travels the country doing comedy and providing aid and comfort to independent clinics in hostile states. I’ve been to South Dakota with them. Trust me, these local warriors need to laugh. Please welcome my friend and inspiration, LIZZ WINSTEAD (https://www.instagram.com/lizzwinstead/)!

And finally, she is a New York Times best-selling author (https://chanishop.com/products/you-were-born-for-this-astrology-for-radical-self-acceptance), creator of the viral CHANI app (https://www.chani.com/app), and host of the #1 astrology podcast in the U.S. and Canada, The Astrology of the Week Ahead (https://www.chani.com/podcasts/the-week-ahead), my dear friend CHANI NICHOLAS (https://www.chani.com/)!

And as always on the final mic, heard but not seen, my guy and co-producer of life, Corey Higgs. On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATES aka why are we missing a guest who was on the flyer?

2. Jenny’s 2022 “Going Through It” podcast interview with Zohran Mamdani (https://mailchimp.com/presents/podcast/going-through-it/an-intervention-in-the-middle-of-kenya-with-zohran-mamdani/)

3. Colbert got fired and silencing political comics is not new: Lizz’s Rolling Stone opinion piece: “I Worked With Stephen Colbert. Here’s Why His Cancellation Should Scare You” https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/stephen-colbert-canceled-lizz-winstead-1235393208/

4 .Leftists get depressed when they don’t engage in political actions or organizing of any kind. VIDEO by @sarahsteinlubrano

5. A woman was denied prenatal care because she is NOT MARRIED.

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6. (AUDIENCE PICK) Why is there not more outrage about Dump's personal lawyer talking to Ghislaine Maxwell and why are we NOT talking to THE CHILDREN WHO WERE GRAPED, who have said they want to tell their stories?

7. That Jubilee Media video platforming the fascist and Jenny’s phone call with the Founder and CEO to give him feedback.

8. The world is currently ruled by conspiracy theories because most of us can’t sit with the crushing reality that racial capitalism is a death machine.

9. ACTION ITEMS

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.

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Labubus: why?, Caught cheating at Coldplay concert, If you want a village be a better villager - Andrea Jin, Danielle Perez (S1E13)

Andrea falls easy for an office romance, TSA pulls Danielle for her suspicious glass dildo, and Jenny is tired of making the flow for go-with-the-flow people.

It is Friday, July 18th, 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

Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.

My first guest today is one of my fave stand-up comedians. She’s an actor, and writer born in Shanghai. You can hear her Juno Award winning comedy album 'Grandma's Girl' streaming online NOW. Let’s welcome ANDREA JIN! (instagram)

My second guest is one of my first friends in standup comedy who’s also a writer, actor and disability rights activist. A queer Afro-Latina who can be seen in EVERYTHING. You might also know her lore as the woman in a wheelchair, with no feet, who won a treadmill on The Price Is Right. Let’s welcome DANIELLE PEREZ! (instagram)

TWO BI-CONS ON THE POD TODAY. Blessed.

On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATESTHIS 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 guests will be THEE Astrologer Chani Nicholas and Pooja Tripathi the brilliant creator and star of satirical comedy series BKCOFFESHOP! GET TICKETS AND BRING FRENZ

2. That dude who got caught cheating because of a Coldplay concert jumbotron

3. Key lime pie and smoothies

4. Stephen Colbert getting cancelled should worry all of us

5. “Everyone Wants A Village But No One Wants To Be A Villager”

PAID SUBSCRIBERS GET THE REST OF THE AGENDA BELOW6. Huda from Love Island and what’s the right way to apologize to Asians?

7. Infamous Asian of the week: Benjamin Hanil Song – Ex-Marine accused of ambushing a Texas ICE facility.

8. ACTION ITEMS

9. (SURPRISE UNBOXING! Danielle gives Jenny a little gift!)

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.

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Black x KDrama culture, cozy TV recs, The Gilded Age and Train Daddy - Dulce Sloan (S1E12)

Dulce cures loneliness with mahjong, and Jenny demands you follow The Gilded Age’s “Railroad Daddy."

It is Saturday, July 12th, 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

Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing.

My guest today is my friend from The Daily Show, Voice of Honeybee Shaw on the fantastic animated Fox sitcom “The Great North” (watch it I voice Carissa, Nick Offerman’s girlfriend), she is currently on tour get your tickets to see her live, and has a new podcast out called "Chasing Kdramas” this season, they are watching the show “Marry My Husband,” let’s welcome DULCE SLOAN!

On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATESSATURDAY, 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

2. The connection (and tension?) between Korean and Black American pop culture

3. Pour your economic and class angst into the world of “The Gilded Age” on HBO

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4. Cozy TV and films to soothe our dark souls

5. “Everyone Wants A Village But No One Wants To Be A Villager”

6. Trying to be outside for delight and merriment so I don’t stay a miserable fuck

7. Anti-Asian racism got someone kicked off Love Island

8. ACTION ITEMS

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.

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A bummer July 4th, Jurassic World, Love Island saves Gen Z - jenny’s sweetie Corey Higgs (S1E11)

Corey wants California to secede and Jenny is más Mexican every day.

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

Catch shorter preview episodes wherever you pod. But if you want FULL episodes UNCUT, become a Paid Subscriber at jennyyang.substack.com. Substack is the thinking human’s social media y’all. Free and Paid Stackers are the FIRST to know when a new weekly episode is out, get access to Substack-only bonus episodes (like our recent one about Zohran Mamdani), and community chats. So if this episode cuts out mid convo – don’t get mad - get subscribing. SEE THE FULL EPIODE HERE.

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?

On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATES

2. The soothing rhythms of Love Island USA

3. Being sad and mad during 4th of July

4. What It Feels Like For A Girl BBC TV Series

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5. Jurassic World: Rebirth

6. Mailbox Messages!

7. From an Ohio Area Code: “White People's inability to sit with discomfort”

8. ACTION ITEMS

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Squid Game+Love Island in the same universe?, Kpop Demon Hunters, Dating in your 20s - Phil Yu, Milky Tran (S1E10)

Milky Tran struggles to find mature dudes, Phil got imposter syndrome when asked to host the official Squid Game podcast, and Jenny blames it all on the Boomers.

It is Friday, June 27TH, 2025 and this week, just like the crust of an exquisite croissant, I am…falling apart.

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

Today we have one of my oldest co-workers. He is a long-time blogger at the iconic Angry Asian Man, Podcaster of They Call Us Bruce & Squid Game: The Official Podcast, Author of RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now AND frequently impersonated person on the internet, my friend PHIL YU!

My next guest, a future-friend, is a writer/director/filmmaker turned content creator who started their professional career as a director for Jubilee Media, got discovered and signed to her management company when she got laid off at the age of 25 and gained 200k+ followers online in the past 6 months because of her unique voice and storytelling, MILKY TRAN! (Milky’s Instagram)

ME? Ryan Coogler’s new Marvel series IRONHEART (I attended the LA premiere!) and the premiere of my dear brilliant writer-director friend FAWZIA MIRZA’s funny, touching, gorgeous film THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (where to watch).

On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATES

2. K-Pop Demon Hunters

3. Squid Game Season 3 + Love Island USA Season 7 – are they in the same universe?

4. Is the world in a flop era?

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5. The (Male?) Loneliness Epidemic

6. Film industry to creator economy -- more online creators getting traditional opportunities

7. The power of someone believing in you

8. Zohran Mamdani: Nepo Baby? Or Nah.

9. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)

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I.C.E. is for coffee, How white ladies can help, Being productive when the world falls apart - Maria Bamford (S1E9)

This shorter PREVIEW for my FREE SUBSCRIBERS! Become a PAID Subscriber at http://jennyyang.substack.com for the FULL EXTENDED EPISODE. IN THE FULL EPISODE FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: you will see Maria reflect on how it felt to be low-key famous as “That Target Lady” in the commercials, “cancelled” comedians, including Louis CK and the one quality that really stood out about him, and her life after recovering in a psychiatric ward.

It is Friday, June 20th, 2025 and this week, just like the crust of an exquisite croissant, I am…falling apart. Maria loves buying Costco pants and Jenny offers next steps for Karens who wanna do good.

This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.

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

Today we have one of my inspirations: comedian, actor and best selling author Maria Bamford! By the way, Maria’s memoir, “Sure I’ll Join Your Cult: A memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere” is now available in paperback. Love a big back. Love a paperback. Also, another one of my comedy inspirations, Stephen Colbert has called her his “favorite comedian on earth,” while Judd Apatow said she is “the funniest woman in the world” and I, Jenny Yang - while NOT a white guy comedy kingmaker - calls Maria, “Pretty dang cool.”

On today’s agenda we have:

1. PODCAST UPDATE: White women are sharing the clip, chiming in, PUT ME IN COACH! I’m ready for this! Just tell me what to do! I was built for this. So okay. I know we said that mostly as a joke but what does this mean SERIOUSLY.

2. GUT CHECK

3. Fear

4. Feeling left out of any group – while protesting - I wish I could make puppets

5. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: the domestic terrorist white supremacist who assassinated Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.'

6. Midwest culture

7. Maria Bamford as a Caren por La Causa - Letting Jenny open for her TWICE.

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8. Productivity when everything falls apart (content warning: mentions of suicide and mental health)

9. True of False: When you are more healed, your art is less good.

10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)

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Margaret Cho is Chinese?, why some Asians love 🧊, our own Joe Rogan? - Margaret Cho (S1E8)

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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.

This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.

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

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

On today’s agenda we have:

1. 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!

2. GUT CHECK

3. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: ICE staying at a Pasadena Hotel

4. What can the witches do to fix this?

5. Where are the Dodgers at?

6. How being model citizens won’t save us.

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7. 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.

8. How comedians can support the resistance? Examples around the country of the funny ways we can all resist

9. TASTE TEST

10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)

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How much longer does America have? Southeast Asians LFGOOO!, Insecure co-creator on why certain TV shows get made - Larry Wilmore, Kulap Vilaysack (S1E7)

Larry has a daughter who teaches Chinese, Kulap is obsessed with American mahjong, and Jenny is apologizing to Kulap about all the Taiwanese Yangs in Hollywood.

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It is Friday, June 6th, 2025 and this week, like that one Louisiana Plantation, I am FIRED UP.

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! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.

Today we have a comedic writer, director, actor, producer and podcaster. She created, directed and was the showrunner of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ on Seeso. She was also the showrunner and Co-Executive Producer of the NBC Christmas special, A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy. And co-hosts the award winning weekly podcast, Add to Cart with SuChin Pak. Kulap Vilaysack! (Instagram)

Our next guest is an Emmy award-winning writer, comedian, producer, actor and political commentator who created The Bernie Mac Show, and co-created The PJ's with Eddie Murphy, and Insecure with Issa Rae. He was the Senior Black Correspondent on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, hosted his own show The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and hosted Obama's last White House correspondents dinner. He currently he hosts his very own podcast, Black on the Air. Larry Wilmore! (Instagram)

On today’s agenda we have:

1. 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!

2. BUTT NUGGET OF THE WEEK: That Iowa Senator who responded to concerns that the GOP Budget bill will kill people with “well we are all going to die.”

3. Where are the Southeast Asian stories: new study is out, Rewriting the script: A new era for API voices in Hollywood. The Geena Davis Institute.

4. Give your best conspiracy theory and Larry will debunk it

5. How much longer does the US have?: That massive New Yorker profile on that troll who is influencing the current regime to dismantle a Democracy to implement techno-fascism, “Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America.”

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6. Black Americans leaving America for a softer life

7. I've become obsessed with American Mahjong. I play with the homies about once a week.

8. (if we have time) Does God exist?

9. TASTE TEST. Jenny couldn’t find Coke Zero for Larry at the natural foods story so we are trying this weird “diet cola” called NIXIE.

10. ACTION ITEMS (place for you to make note of some things you want to try or do from today’s chat)

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Life as a private investigator, Are they cheating or just need alone time?, Pride virgin, Doritos+cottage cheese - YourFavInvestigator (S1E6)

Friday, May 30th, 2025 -- Steph believes everyone deserves eye masks and snacks, and Jenny might get plastic surgery?

This week: like the Yang Family’s first time at a Costco – I’ve been OVERSTIMULATED.

Today we have STEPH, aka Yourfavinvestigator on TikTok and Instagram. A private investigator who does infidelity cases, surveillance, foodie adventures and self-care.

This is What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang, your weekly catchup time with smart and funny people who give a fck - probably too many fcks. We discuss topics submitted by our guests and you, the listener. Any topic! Current, old! Big, small! Nerdy, petty! Join in on the chat and suggest your burning topics. Leave a voicemail or text at my number: +1-323-250-3589.

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

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ON THE AGENDA:

1. Podcast Update: I had a pizza party potluck with my new double-wide pizza oven.

2. P.I. Trend: People aren’t cheating, they want alone time

3. Pride month is coming up!: Jenny is a Pride virgin

4. Orange County police charged with stealing $600,000 in workers compensation: Steph’s main bread and butter is workers comp cases so THIS was interesting.

5. Coffee Shops are throwing 10AM DJ dance parties: spoiler alert — we love this.

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6. Getting “Work Done”: We talk our position on plastic surgery and what Jenny MIGHT get done while in Taiwan.

7. Losing weight as a big foodie

8. ACTION ITEMS

9. SHOW ME LOVE

10. TASTE TEST: Yes. Doritos and Cottage Cheese.

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