Send us a text The gang is back in studio (social distancing of course!) and basic bitching. We got lots to talk about including Juneteenth , Ruby Ibarra , the docs LA 92 and Untouchable , When They See Us, and Disclosure , strip clubs (EWWWWW!), and secret spots that are open right now in SF without a crowd (SHHHH). We even get into the Gary Chambers, Jr. speech in front of the Baton Rouge school board. Have YOU seen it!? It's spectacular. Enjoy and black lives fucking matter. Be well, stay saf...
Jun 25, 2020•32 min•Ep. 470
Send us a text Well, hello there. We've got Captain Party, Producer Char, and Erin basic bitching again from quarantine. The gang catches up and talks about that awesome 48Hills feature we got back in May by journalist and friend of the show Josh Rotter. We also get into the topic of hearing from old friends discussing how the BLM uprising is impacting our old relationships and how the topic is bringing up new conversations. And finally we gush about our newest fans of Bitch Talk -Academy Award ...
Jun 22, 2020•34 min•Ep. 469
Send us a text Your girls are basic bitching about New Kids On The Block, "Crawl in Place" pub crawl, seeing family in person after months in SIP, and more... It's been a minute since the three of us have had a basic bitch session. We got to catch up on Ange's visitor from L.A.(Richard "The Curse") and their "Crawl in Place" pub crawl, Char getting out into the world and seeing her nephews for the first time since SIP started, and Erin's online escape to the live New Kids on The Block Step by St...
Jun 20, 2020•51 min•Ep. 468
Send us a text Welcome to part 2 of our conversation with nurse/dancer/musician/activist Marina Stankov-Hodge. We originally did not plan on having a 2 part episode, but our "post" conversation talk provided to be so good, we decided to share it anyway! We talk about Black Trans deaths, the phobia in Black culture with the queer community, and the problem with hypermasculinity . We discuss different aspects of street dance that originated in gay clubs like Waacking and battles, and the street da...
Jun 17, 2020•20 min•Ep. 467
Send us a text This is nurse/dancer/musician/activist Marina Stankov-Hodge's third time joining us on Bitch Talk! She's one of our favorite guests, and her episodes reflect her uniqueness and diversity as a person. Her first episode centered around her origin story leading up to becoming a nurse and her work in Brazil (which ends with an original song performance!), and her second episode was recorded in April, about her experience as a frontline worker during a pandemic. It's only been 2 months...
Jun 15, 2020•43 min•Ep. 466
Send us a text Welcome to Part 2 of our international Basic Bitch with Anna Mangelsdorf, an artist in Germany, and Lizi Nachum, a teacher in Israel. We dive deeper into the topic of racism, and Lizi shares a traumatizing story that explains why she will NEVER return to the US. We discuss wether or not the US is still considered a leading country in the world, and wether that's a good thing in the first place. And then Lizi shares her first time meeting a Palestinian woman as a volunteer with Mus...
Jun 13, 2020•34 min•Ep. 465
Send us a text Welcome to our international Basic Bitch with Anna Mangelsdorf, an artist in Germany, and Lizi Nachum, a teacher in Israel. With all of the issues going on in our country, it's easy to be stuck inside our bubbles. We wanted to get some different perspectives from people just like us, only on the other side of the world. We discuss the difference in our country's response to Covid-19, and their country's protests in support of Black Lives Matter . Anna shares how Germany has dealt ...
Jun 10, 2020•25 min•Ep. 464
Send us a text Industrial designer Ti Chang had an idea. She wanted to change the way women experienced self-pleasure. In 2008, Ti took all of her savings and her idea of designer/wearable vibrators to China for production -- at that time the idea was called Incoqnito. While she was shopping her product around, she met entrepreneur Michael Topolovac who owned CRAVE and acquired Ti's company. Since teaming up with CRAVE, Ti has designed a line of luxury sex toys for women. She is passionate about...
Jun 09, 2020•34 min•Ep. 463
Send us a text We're taking you back to Sundance 2020 with a conversation about Be Water , a documentary on the life of Bruce Lee . Director Bao Nguyen and producer Julia Nottingham discuss Bruce Lee's experiences in San Francisco, sifting through the incredible amounts of archival footage, and America's treatment of Asians. This is a wonderful documentary that digs deeper into the life of a man who represents so much more than just martial arts. Be Water premieres on June 7th on ESPN Be safe. S...
Jun 06, 2020•15 min•Ep. 462
Send us a text We are in a collective grief around the world and wanted to chat with a couple of our friends of the show - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist Lindsay Repko and Director of Programming for Reimagine End of Life, Dara Kosberg. We've had an unbelievable ride of guests during SIP but we wanted to take a pause and address the collective loss and grief the world is going through right now. We welcomed back to the show San Francisco Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist Lindsay Repko and Director ...
Jun 01, 2020•51 min•Ep. 461
Send us a text Nisha Ganatra has been an advocate for women in the entertainment industry from the jump. Her feature debut Chutney Popcorn received the Reframe Stamp of approval, and she's currently working with NBC on Female Forward , a female director mentorship program. We discuss the difficulties of hiring a female crew, why we need allies, and the importance of sharing stories about women lifting each other up (ie: Late Night and The High Note ). We also dive into the score for The High Not...
May 29, 2020•14 min•Ep. 460
Send us a text Welcome to part 2 of our conversation with the amazing Evelyn Obamos, Filmmaker & Creator Strategy Operations Manager at Pinterest. One of the upsides to recording from home is the potential for surprise guests! As a Bitch Talk Podcast first, Evelyn's boyfriend, Jeremiah, joins the conversation to discuss how they met at Pinterest , and what makes their relationship unique. Seriously folks, these two are made for each other, and their story is a hilarious and beautiful tale. W...
May 29, 2020•26 min•Ep. 459
Send us a text Welcome to part 1 of our 2 part interview with our dear friend of the show Evelyn Obamos! In this first episode, she shares her most recent adventures filming a trip to the Philippines with hip-hop rising star Ruby Ibarra , meeting the CEO of Rappler (the NPR of the Philippines) and all around badass, Maria Ressa , living in a shipping container with her family in Guam, and her adventures as a (semi) child celebrity. Thank you Evelyn for being open about both the struggles and the...
May 27, 2020•40 min•Ep. 458
Send us a text Oooooo weeeee! We get back to basics in this Basic Bitch with Captain Party, Producer Char, and Erin! We haven't been able to catch our breath and just have a basic bitch in a minute. It's been a really strong month of interviews with our heroes in entertainment, food, politics, and poetry. On this episode we get to talk about the sneeze that made us laugh so hard we cried, Siskel & Ebert, news from one of our favorite films from Sundance, Seed & Spark, Mark Duplass, and R...
May 25, 2020•37 min•Ep. 457
Send us a text You never know what to expect from a conversation with Rafael Casal, you just buckle up and enjoy the ride! We get into his childhood in Berkeley, what sparked his love for poetry , battling Swine Flu at the age of 23, colonialism, politics, and the importance of journaling. He dives into why he shouldn't have to choose between being an actor, writer, and musician, and why he'd love to be defined by his art. To cap it off, he introduces us to the term " Phenomenology " and we may ...
May 22, 2020•52 min•Ep. 456
Send us a text Thea Matthews is a San Francisco native and poet. She's a kind and graceful spirit who has her first book coming out in June titled Unearth [The Flowers] . We chat with Thea about growing up in the City's Excelsior neighborhood, her path to poetry, what keeps her in SF, and finding the beauty during the pandemic. This was our first time speaking with Thea and we hope to have her on the podcast again soon. Be well, stay safe, and thank you for staying home. Subscribe to our NEW cha...
May 20, 2020•30 min•Ep. 455
Send us a text It's been a couple of years since we've had Director and San Francisco native H.P. Mendoza on our show. We catch up with him about his (almost) year living in Tokyo, what it's like to come back to the states during a pandemic, Japanese chicken nuggets, CAAMfest , how he won the internet early during SIP, and his legendary Mission Arcade parties. It's always a comfort to talk and hang with H.P. and we hope to have him back on the show again soon. You can follow H.P. here . Enjoy ou...
May 18, 2020•41 min•Ep. 454
Send us a text This is our third time having Daveed Diggs on the show (first for Blindspotting , and then at an event in support of Moms 4 Housing at the Roxy theatre in SF), but our first time getting to really know him and just shoot the shit. To say this Basic Bitch was fun is the understatement of the year! He digs into his childhood, what it felt like to swim in his own pool for the first time, what it was like to meet and perform for the Obamas, why he could never work for Pixar, and the t...
May 15, 2020•43 min•Ep. 453
Send us a text We're continuing our celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with friend of the show, filmmaker/butcher/jerky girl Anica Wu. She describes her life as a young immigrant from Hong Kong, the origin of her name, and what inspired her to become a butcher and start her own jerky company. Anica gives us the skinny on what it's like to be (one of) the only women in the butcher industry, the struggles of carrying a cow leg, and why her jerky is going to revolutionize the indu...
May 13, 2020•36 min•Ep. 452
Send us a text We're continuing the celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Oakland native Chef Tu David Phu. We had Tu on the show back in December of 2019 for the first time and really connected with his story and his energy. In this episode we talk about the effects on the restaurant industry caused by the pandemic, realities of Xenophobia, something called the "Paris Syndrome", his parents, and Tupac. We love having Tu's voice on our podcast and appreciate his time, thought...
May 11, 2020•39 min•Ep. 451
Send us a text Being confined in an enclosed space with the same people and no physical contact with the outside world. Sound familiar? It's also the premise of the Hulu Documentary Spaceship Earth , which explores the controversial Biosphere 2 , an experiment started in 1991 to create a self-sustaining ecosystem to both advance space exploration, and to support life in the event that the earth becomes uninhabitable. Listen as Ange and our Daily Buzz co-host John Wildman sit down with director M...
May 08, 2020•18 min•Ep. 450
Send us a text We're headed back to the Sundance Film Festival to hear Erin and The Daily Buzz co-host John Wildman talk with Director Laurent Bouzereau and Producer Natasha Gregson Wagner (Natalie Woods daughter) about their HBO documentary Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind . It was a treat to speak with the daughter of old Hollywood royalty and to hear her talk about the process of putting together a documentary about her mother and family. If you know the story about Natalie Woods death, it's...
May 06, 2020•18 min•Ep. 449
Send us a text We're kicking off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a bang! Dino-Ray Ramos, Associate Editor at Deadline , has been on the show a handful of times, but none more appropriate than now considering he was just awarded one of the A100's Most Impactful Asians of 2020 (with the likes of Awkwafina and The Rock?!?). So, naturally, we start off the interview discussing kimchi and shrimp chips. Dino shares the important question he asks himself when preparing to write an article, h...
May 04, 2020•51 min•Ep. 448
Send us a text Friend of the show Steph Walton is running for Oakland City Council and we couldn't be happier that she's running for elected office. Steph is a former podcaster and comes with a lengthy background in radio sales - so she knows how to give good conversation. We talk with Steph about what sparked her interest in running for local office, the town of Oakland, the homeless pandemic, jobs, and more. Steph is a powerful force, loves people, her family, and Oakland. If you're interested...
May 01, 2020•42 min•Ep. 447
Send us a text It's week 5 of shelter-in-place, and there's a lot going on! We recorded this right after our interview with Daveed Diggs which comes out May 15th (spoiler alert: HE'S THE BEST). We discuss behind the scenes info on our interview with Daveed, the concept of time during a pandemic, the fun of driving on an empty highway (who knew a Prius can go 90mph?), and biological warfare. This one's a classic basic bitch: all over the place. Enjoy, stay safe, and Thank You for staying home! --...
Apr 29, 2020•25 min•Ep. 446
Send us a text It's been more than four years since comedian Rachel McDowell has been on the podcast and we couldn't wait to catch up with her. We talk about how politics have changed since we recorded last, what's it like to be a comedian down in L.A., how does the voice over scene work, and can we like Louis C.K. again? Plug your headphones in and let's do this. For more from Rachel, visit her website: www.RachelMcDowell.com -- Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Let us know ho...
Apr 27, 2020•55 min•Ep. 445
Send us a text We're so excited to have John Wildman and his wife Justina Walford join us from quarantine in Dallas, Texas. Aside from being filmmakers, film festival publicists, movie buffs, and activists, they own enough pets to start a petting zoo! You may recognize John's voice from some of our previous Sundance interviews, as he's been our co-host and honorary Bitch for the past two years. We discuss how film festivals are working to carry on during the pandemic, the future of film, and art...
Apr 24, 2020•46 min•Ep. 444
Send us a text It's week four of sheltering-in-place, and we've got a lot to talk about. While Producer Char teased Erin and Ange by eating senorita bread from Starbread, Erin and Ange talk about ribs, how California has handled business during the pandemic, the film Parasite, and going down a late night Google rabbit hole finding out everything one needs to know about Academy Award winning director Bong Joon-ho. Lets get into it while staying at home. -- Rate and review us wherever you listen t...
Apr 20, 2020•44 min•Ep. 443
Send us a text We first spoke with director Sandi Tan back in 2018 when she was in town to promote her documentary Shirkers . We had a very memorable (and boozy) time with Sandi and thought, in this time of shelter-in-place, we'd take a chance and invite her back on to the show. We had a great chat about what she's been up to, how this time in history is the "time of why not?", inspiring young people, and her new project. You can watch Shirkers on Netflix NOW. Follow Sandi on Instagram and Twitt...
Apr 17, 2020•25 min•Ep. 442
Send us a text Erin, Ange, and Producer Char chat with friend of the show Dayna Keyes, host of the podcast Radio Rehab . She talks about the struggles of being sober during a pandemic, going to AA meetings online, and how she chooses which meetings to join (spoiler: pick the ones with the best accents!) We get into what someone eats when they don't know how to cook, and what it's like to be in quarantine with your partner when you live in a loft with no doors. Big shout out out to Dayna for her ...
Apr 15, 2020•33 min•Ep. 441
