REPLAY: Asian+Black SINNERS deep dive, teaching Ryan Coogler about Mississippi Chinese, Need a Hot Pope, Immigrant farm-to-table, THE STUDIO on AppleTV - Blakely Thornton, Dolly Li (S2E23)

**REPLAY: Asian+Black SINNERS deep dive, teaching Ryan Coogler about Mississippi Chinese, Need a Hot Pope, Immigrant farm-to-table, THE STUDIO on AppleTV - Blakely Thornton, Dolly Li (S2E23)** **THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 IS ALSO NOW SEASON 2 EPISODE 23!** My first REPLAY from the What’s Should We Talk About ARCHIVES! This was so nice I had to share it twice. THIS TIME FULL AND UNCUT FOR ALLLL!!!!! **I’m writing this on Friday, July 31st and I’m traveling this week for Phoenix and San Diego GOOD EGG immigrant grocery store standup comedy shows (tickets always up at** jennyyang.tv**)** I thought WHY NOT REPLAY our very FIRST pod episode when we premiered in 2025. This is one our most watched and loved - featuring THE Chinese Cultural Consultant who advised Director Ryan Coogler on the Chinese Mississippi cultural experience for the movie SINNERS, my friend DOLLY LI, AND your fave cultural commentator BLAKELY THORTON. Next week we will be BACK in the cut with fresh episodes featuring our Midwest interviews with local activists and grocery store owners! **LET ME KNOW WHAT EPISODE HAS BEEN YOUR FAVE? AND WHAT YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK!** **\*\*\*** **Thursday, April 24th, 2025** -- Blakely Thornton is ready to create some Met Gala red carpet moments, Dolly Li taught Ryan Coogler about the Chinese of the American South, and Jenny Yang has strong ideas for a hot Pope. **It is THURSDAY, April 24th, 2025 on another weirdly chilly day here in Los Angeles, and like a Freaky Friday Michael B Jordan in Sinners, I AM BESIDES MYSELF.** 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*** In the studio we have DOLLY LI! Documentary filmmaker & journalist. Now we can add cultural consultant on Sinners to that list! Host & producer of "Untold Story of the Mississippi Delta Chinese" on AJ+ (inspo for Sinners Chinese characters), Director of "Ghosts of Chinatown" on Hulu, Brooklyn native in LA; lived in Texas, Hong Kong, Oakland. We also have BLAKELY THORNTON**!** (TikTok) Pop Culture Anthropologist and Podcast Host, Yestergays with Justin Sylvester debuting May 27th with Podcast One. They’ll be discussing the queer pop culture moments that happened PRE-internet! There’s not even a website to link yet! On today’s agenda we have: 1\. PODCAST UPDATES 2\. Sinners! (SPOILERS AHEAD) 3\. Can we get a hot pope? 4\. Lack of Critical Thinking 5\. The Studio on Apple TV 6\. $5000 for women to have babies 🙄  7\. ACTION ITEMS 8\. SHOW ME SOME LOVE **Follow Jenny Yang on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube!** IG: @jennyyangtv TT: @jennyyangtv YT: JennyYangTV **Email**: contact@jennyyang.tv 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