Episode 941 - Jimmy O. Yang

WTF with Marc Maron : Episode 941 - Jimmy O. Yang Image
WTF with Marc Maron : Episode 941 - Jimmy O. Yang Image

Episode 941 - Jimmy O. Yang

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Jimmy O. Yang felt like an outsider growing up in Hong Kong and then felt like he didn’t fit in studying economics in America. It was only once he starting paying five bucks to do an open mic night in Hollywood that he found a community. Jimmy tells Marc how the immigrant story was different for everyone in his family, how he got his first real lessons in American life from watching BET, and how his performances in Silicon Valley and Crazy Rich Asians are so different when it comes to the pressures of representation. This episode is sponsored by Spotify and Casper.