Send us a text Lingua Franca is a hauntingly beautiful film that will (hopefully) stay with you long after the credits start to roll. A conversation with the film's writer/director/producer/editor/star, Isabel Sandoval , proved to be just as satisfying! We discuss the evolution of the script after the 2016 election, the importance of marginalized artists lifting each other up, what makes the film's sex scene so unique, and the importance of representation in the trans community. She also shares ...
Sep 02, 2020•23 min•Ep. 491
Send us a text Ange, aka Captain Party, had the chance to go glamping with her friend and twin girls up in the Mendocino redwoods. During our catch-up, Ange's story was a good reminder for our team that even though we love the children in our lives, we also love our freedom and taking a nap anytime we want to is pretty spectacular. We also get in to our upcoming 500th episode event that's coming together for early October and a special shout out to our Ko-fi supporters! If you haven't yet, you c...
Aug 31, 2020•25 min•Ep. 490
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). This time we're taking you to April 2019, when Ange sits down with 80s icon Emilio Estevez. His film, The Public , takes place in a public library in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the state of our public services ( such as the Postal Service ) under attack, we thought it was important to remember that these resources are a lifel...
Aug 29, 2020•19 min
Send us a text Friend of the show (and IRL) Kimi Moon recently Zoomed with us to talk about starting a new career during the COVID pandemic. Kimi opened up about her personal trauma as a young person and after years of self medicating, not talking about the violence she endured, and pursuing dreams that weren't necessarily hers - she listened to the Universe and started the journey to get in touch with herself and her destiny. We thank Kimi for her honesty and for being forthcoming about her pas...
Aug 26, 2020•31 min•Ep. 489
Send us a text Well, 2020 can't be anymore 2020 without the onslaught of California wildfires. Your Bitch Talk bitches talk about how we've been impacted by the hundreds of fires burning up the state and how a couple of our favorite documentary filmmakers were a part of the Democratic National Convention. Let's do some Basic Bitching and have a giggle - with an adult beverage maybe? Thanks for listening and for your support! We appreciate YOU! Be well, stay safe, and thank you for wearing a mask...
Aug 25, 2020•15 min•Ep. 488
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). We chose this episode because it's timely for a couple of reasons. The biggest election of our lifetime is just around the corner, and our future next president is most likely going to nominate AT LEAST one new judge to the Supreme Court . And secondly, if you've been watching the Democratic National Convention , these ta...
Aug 21, 2020•30 min
Send us a text We're taking you back to Sundance 2020 where we chatted with Michael Almereyda, director of the biographical drama, Tesla . This film chronicles the life of a young Nikola Tesla , through the eyes of Anne Morgan (the daughter of J.P. Morgan ). He gets into how the screenplay evolved through the years, why now is the perfect time for this film to come out, what it was like working with powerhouse actors like Ethan Hawke, and why he chose to write it from the perspective of Anne Mor...
Aug 19, 2020•16 min•Ep. 487
Send us a text What's up listeners?! How you hangin'? We got on a Zoom and chatted about WAP, the weird Northern California weather (is the apocalypse near?), Kamala Harris, Reimagine, the Clit, and more in this Basic Bitch. We hope you're well and taking care of yourself. Now let's get into it and giggle. Be well, stay safe, and thank you for wearing a mask . -- Buy us a cup of coffee ! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to ...
Aug 18, 2020•28 min•Ep. 486
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! We're taking you back to July of 2018 when we interviewed director Kimberly Reed of the documentary Dark Money. With arguably the most important election of our lifetime looming in the near future, this topic remains relevant AF. FOLLOW THE MONEY. A term coined by the film All The President's Men back in 1976 and that has even more weight now. We sat down with filmmaker Kimberly Reed who's new film Dark Money will leave you thankful for filmmakers lik...
Aug 14, 2020•29 min
Send us a text The new A24 film, Boys State is physically jarring and hopeful all at once. It's a story of youth, how teenage boys talk about politics, how most of these boys are influenced by their parents politics, future change makers, and speaking from the heart. It's a glimpse into our collective future, and as hard as it is to hear some of the boys talk about politics that are completely out of their lane, it's necessary for us to listen and digest. We get into the making of this film and ...
Aug 12, 2020•26 min•Ep. 485
Send us a text We're starting off the week with some Basic Bitching. We're still waiting for Uncle Joe (Biden) to pick his Vice Presidential candidate, stoked on the NRA lawsuit that the NY City Attorney General brought against the organization, the Warner Brothers film Judas and the Black Messiah , the show and podcast Dirty John, and more. Plus, did you know you can buy us a cup of coffee ? It's true! P.S. We know it's been a harrowing 2020 and that times are not normal. We hope that our podca...
Aug 10, 2020•29 min•Ep. 484
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). This week we're taking you back to CAAMFEST 2018 , where we moderated the " Nothing on US: Pinays Rising " Q&A with director/MC Ruby Ibarra , co-director Evelyn Obamos, spoken word artist Faith Santillo, and creative director Dale Keano. It was a powerful conversation about being immigrant women, the power of mothers,...
Aug 07, 2020•30 min
Send us a text We return to Park City for a Sundance Film Festival 2020 conversation with director Ramona Diaz and musician Ruby Ibarra from the documentary A Thousand Cuts. A Thousand Cuts is an important and timely documentary about the trials and tribulations of Maria Ressa , prominent journalist and founder of Rappler , the top online news site in the Philippines. Her criticism of the government, particularly under President Duterte's rule, has led to death threats, time in prison, and in Ju...
Aug 05, 2020•24 min•Ep. 483
Send us a text Hello there! In our last Basic, we neglected to talk about all the news that happened while Erin was road trippin' and the rest of the team took some time off. In this episode, we catch up on AOC's thoughtful retort to Rep. Yoho non-apology (about calling her a fucking bitch!) on the House Floor, John Lewis's death, Emmy nominations, Biden's VP decision - (because who remembers Hillary's VP pick?! )- it's an important decision now more than ever. We also talk about Herman Cain pas...
Aug 03, 2020•42 min•Ep. 482
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). We're bringing you back to Sundance , to an interview with Lulu Wang , the writer and director of one of our favorite films of the festival, The Farewell . We discuss being Chinese-American, showing another side to the film's star Awkwafina , and the love Lulu has for her grandmother. We laughed, we cried, both during the...
Jul 31, 2020•31 min
Send us a text Erin breaks down her California road trip, while Ange and Char discuss the highs and lows of life in quarantine. We end it with our thoughts on the return of baseball (for better or worse) and an exciting turn for women in sports! Be well, stay safe, and thank you for wearing a mask . Subscribe to our NEW channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.com Visit our BRAND NEW webs...
Jul 29, 2020•38 min•Ep. 481
Send us a text We're headed back to the Sundance Film Festival to share our interview with the filmmakers of the upcoming documentary The Fight , Elyese Steinberg and Eli B. Despres, and featured ACLU Voting Rights attorney (and Bay Area native!), Dale Ho. In this interview, we talk with the filmmakers about their incredible access to the ACLU attorneys and their history making cases, how they shot the film in real time, and for Dale, what it was like to have camera's follow you while arguing on...
Jul 27, 2020•15 min•Ep. 480
Send us a text One of the highlights of Sundance 2020 was this chat with Ron Howard , director of the documentary, Rebuilding Paradise . This is a powerful documentary about the fires that raged across the Northern California town of Paradise, California in 2018. As residents of the Bay Area who lived through the effects of this tragedy, we were especially moved by this film. Ron discusses how he picked this story, what he learned about the community in Paradise, and what it was like sifting thr...
Jul 24, 2020•18 min•Ep. 479
Send us a text Welcome back to the Sundance Film Festival 2020, where we were thrilled to be part of the red carpet event for the Go-Go's self titled documentary . We got to speak with all the ladies in the band, as well as the director, Alison Ellwood. We discuss why this was the right time to tell their story, the secret behind the band's staying power, and of course, we get a little political. We love their feisty spirit, and it was an honor to speak to the ladies behind the music we've been ...
Jul 22, 2020•12 min•Ep. 478
Send us a text The documentary The Fight - ( about a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers in an electrifying battle over abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights) comes out later this month. We got to see the film for our initial interview at the Sundance Film Festival with filmmakers Elyse Steinberg, Eli Despres, and ACLU lawyer Dale Ho - and as we'd like to say, we 100% fangirled over Dale. He is truly an American hero - fighting for our voting rights everyday. Also, as...
Jul 20, 2020•21 min•Ep. 477
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). We're bringing you back to March of this year (which may as well have been a lifetime ago), with one of our favorite recurring guests, W. Kamau Bell . He was gracious enough to hop on the phone with us during the beginning of the Coronavirus lock down while he is quarantined with his family and helping to home school his ...
Jul 17, 2020•26 min
Send us a text We're rewinding back to the January 2020 Sundance Film Festival chatting with the director of We Are Freestyle Love Supreme , Andrew Fried. The film is a time capsule featuring the FLS members in the summer of 2005 making their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Andrew followed the group who comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Veneziale, Bill Sherman, Chris Sullivan, Arthur Lewis and the other members up to the one month run in a small M...
Jul 15, 2020•13 min•Ep. 476
Send us a text We're back in studio - socially distancing of course, talking about how to put together a virtual baby shower, Hamilton on Disney+, postponing a wedding, the possibility of a new president, and the new game called "porno or labor". Thanks for listening and hope you get a giggle out of this. ---- Be well, stay safe, and thank you for wearing a mask . Subscribe to our NEW channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Let us kno...
Jul 14, 2020•39 min•Ep. 475
Send us a text We're starting a new series called Flash Back Friday's because we have a lot of content we want to share with our new listeners ( and maybe new to our regular listeners.) In honor of National Dive Bar Day , this week's Flash Back Friday is brought to you from a dive bar in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, recorded in December of 2017. It represents the quintessential dive bar experience: good music, heavy pours of whiskey, and a ridiculous discussion about the locatio...
Jul 10, 2020•34 min
Send us a text We've been wanting Bill and Turner Ross, directors of Bloody Nose Empty Pockets , back on the show since we met them at Sundance earlier this year. It was 100% worth the wait! If you're missing your favorite watering hole, this film is the cure for you. We "dive" into what makes dive bars so special, how they came up with the title, and why they decided to open the film with the first line of the Declaration of Independence . We discuss their unique ability to make the viewer feel...
Jul 08, 2020•41 min•Ep. 474
Send us a text Erin and fellow Festival Daily Buzz co-host John Wildman speak with Mucho Mucho Amor directors Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch. Back at this years Sundance Film Festival we got to speak with the directors of the Netflix film Mucho Mucho Amor which documents the life of legendary psychic Walter Mercado. Erin and fellow Festival Daily Buzz co-host John Wildman were delighted to talk with Cristina and Kareem about their love for Walter, the humor that permeates throughout the d...
Jul 06, 2020•15 min•Ep. 473
Send us a text Flashing back to our July 2018 conversation with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal about their film Blindspotting. Thanks to the brilliant mind of our Producer Char, we're flashing back to our July 2018 conversation with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal when they were promoting their new film Blindspotting. This conversation is hella timely as we talk about police killings, trauma fatigue, and more. If you have HBO you can stream Blindspotting now. We highly suggest it. 2018 Show Notes: ...
Jul 03, 2020•22 min
Send us a text Y'all are so lucky. You haven't seen the film Bloody Nose Empty Pockets - yet. It was one of our favorite movies at this years Sundance Film Festival. We fe lt seen, if you will, when we watched this movie. Not so much in the women of color, gonna change the world kinda seen, but dive bar loving ladies who would rather pony up to a spot named Dave's vs. a place called, ummm, I don't know, Well Craft (or some shit like that.) We don't want to spoil this film for you, so let's just ...
Jul 01, 2020•19 min•Ep. 472
Send us a text We're basic bitching with guest Kimberly Mangarin, a program supervisor for community based programs that deal with under-served children and families. We get into the Defund the Police movement, and Oakland Unified School District's vote to replace the police with mental health workers. Kim shares her thoughts on why social workers are better equipped to deal with situations the police are simply not trained to handle, and how the allocating of police funds can make a real differ...
Jun 29, 2020•29 min•Ep. 471
Send us a text We're starting a new series called Flash Back Friday's because we have a lot of content we want to share with our new listeners ( and maybe new to our regular listeners.) We're starting with Academy Award winning director Barry Jenkins in 2016 since we just mentioned him on episode 469. 2016 Show Notes: Bitch Talk is pleased to have director Barry Jenkins join the podcast this week. His film Moonlight left Angela and Erin speechless, mesmerized and addicted to the song "Hello Stra...
Jun 27, 2020•22 min
