Send us a text Erin, Ange, and Producer Char are back at it Zoom-style, recapping more on Erin and Ange's secret film project up to Portland, sharing misunderstandings with a doctor, recapping what they did over the 4th of July weekend, and of course, their moments of pleasure. -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for getting vaxxed. -- Buy us a cup of coffee ! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever yo...
Jul 12, 2021•42 min•Ep. 590
Send us a text Welcome back Bitch Talkers! We're giving you part 2 of our cross collaboration with the Storied: San Francisco podcast talking with San Francisco's Curtis Family C-Notes . In this episode you'll hear Mamma C talk about how her kids and husband support her, how each kid took to their select instruments, who's their favorite judge(s) on America's Got Talent, and the kids love of physics (what!?!?!) It was a sincere pleasure to sit down with this family and hear their history and lov...
Jul 09, 2021•53 min•Ep. 589
Send us a text Hiya Bitch Talkers! We're very excited about this cross collaboration in this two part episode with the Storied: San Francisco podcast! Today's and Friday's episodes feature San Francisco's Curtis Family C-Notes . They're a family of 7 who all play multiple instruments, sing, and who are currently appearing on this season of America's Got Talent. In this episode you will hear Jeff Hunt from Storied: San Francisco asking origin story questions of the parents. Papa C (raised in SF a...
Jul 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 588
Send us a text We have another basic bitch for your asses, this time on location in Portland, Oregon! We came to film a scene for a (super secret) film, and we give you all the behind the scenes dirt on how the hell this happened (and almost didn't), and our experience on set. We also dive into the crazy details of our trip, including Erin's fiery crotch at the airport, bar hopping during a heatwave, how Ange's dad (who just passed away) kept popping up, and why we may need to move to Portland r...
Jul 05, 2021•23 min•Ep. 587
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 500+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). We're taking you back to early 2021 to the Sundance Film Festival to talk with director Pedro Kos about his incredible documentary Rebel Hearts . Rebel Hearts chronicles a trailblazing group of nuns that fought back against the patriarchal stronghold of the Catholic Church. We end up commiserating with director Pedro Kos ...
Jul 02, 2021•21 min
Send us a text We're at it again. We're Basic Bitching about Erin seeing actual sister wives in the wild, Covid scares and first time testing, mammograms (Ange wants to frame her boob), and getting sick again as California opens up. Plus you'll hear about Erin and Ange getting cast in a secret movie project. WHA!? Thanks for listening! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for getting vaccinated. -- Buy us a cup of coffee ! Subscribe to our channel on YouTub...
Jun 30, 2021•31 min•Ep. 586
Send us a text Honey Parker really knows how to live! We rented her home in Park City, Utah, during our first adventure at Sundance , and the more we learned about her, the more we had to have her on the show. She started her career in advertising, and has since done stand-up comedy , competed in a sailing race (even though she cannot sail), started a podcast with her husband ( CoupleCo: Working With Your Spouse for Fun & Profit ), spends half the year traveling in an RV with her husband, an...
Jun 25, 2021•23 min•Ep. 585
Send us a text It's another Basic Bitch for y'all cause there's a lot going on for us bitches. Ange aka Captain Party catches us up on her fancy red carpet night at the L.A. premiere of the Blindspotting T.V. series at the Hollywood Cemetery. Char headed down to Southern California as well for a grown ass trip to post-pandemic Disneyland - getting there just as California lifted the mask mandate. We also give a shout-out to the first LGBTQ active NFL player and one of the newest Olympian's that ...
Jun 23, 2021•52 min•Ep. 584
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 500+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). Today we're taking you back to 2018 with director Crystal Moselle and the entire cast of the film Skate Kitchen . This film centers around a New York based crew of female skaters, played by the real life members of Skate Kitchen ! Regardless of age, this film will make you want to grab a skateboard and hit the pavement. H...
Jun 18, 2021•29 min
Send us a text Your bitches are back in studio for the first time since October, 2020! There's a lot to catch up on as Erin shares the highs and lows of her road trip across multiple states, and Ange shares her experience coming back to San Francisco for the first time since December. This one's got everything- sadness, joy, fear, adventure, and a whole lotta whiskey. And then we end it with our trademark Moment of Pleasure , aka Happy Ending . Enjoy! Follow Abbey Creek Winery on IG or their web...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 583
Send us a text For his second time on the podcast we welcome back director Bao Nguyen direct from quarantine in Vietnam (cause there's variants, y'all!) We talk with Bao about his involvement in the timely video Stop The Hatred - a song that was written by MC Jin and Wyclef Jean who are also featured in the video. Bao also elaborates on his past involvement in New York's Chinatown which helped him turnaround this big project in the short time he had to concept and shoot the video. It was good to...
Jun 14, 2021•18 min•Ep. 582
Send us a text It was our sincere pleasure having the co-creator, showrunner, actor (and East Bay native!) of the Starz TV show Blindspotting - Rafael Casal back on the mic. We got to catch up with him about the season 1 spin off series of the film with the same name, talking about an equitable writers room, shooting in Oakland, filming during a pandemic, power structures on set, and working in choreography into a television dramedy. Plus we talk about the cast which is phenomenal...HELLO, Helen...
Jun 11, 2021•34 min•Ep. 581
Send us a text We're happy to welcome back director and Bay Area native, Crystal Moselle back to the podcast. When we last spoke, Crystal was promoting her film Skate Kitchen - WHICH WE LOVED. And now, we're chatting with her about the second season of Betty , coming back to HBO Friday, June 11 which is a direct spin off of Skate Kitchen. It's been so good to see this cast come back, kick ass, and teach men how to treat women. DUH. Please watch Betty and/or Skate Kitchen and be sure to bring wha...
Jun 09, 2021•13 min•Ep. 580
Send us a text We had an amazing experience covering the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival, and we're bringing you all of the behind the scenes dirt! Find out how we ended up doing not one, but 2 interviews for 2 different films ( The Fabulous Filipino Brothers , and Ricochet ), which film left us pleasantly confused, which interview made one of us so nervous she couldn't focus, and what caused Erin to almost poop her pants (metaphorically...we think). Then we get into the story be...
Jun 04, 2021•30 min•Ep. 579
Send us a text We're wrapping up our coverage of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival with a powerful documentary, Because We Are Girls . Director Baljit Sangra , who also directed a short that preceded the documentary entitled Have You Forgotten Me , explains why it is so important to capture the lives and history of Asian immigrants, and in this case, in the form of a Punjabi family dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault. We get into how she dealt with filming the most int...
Jun 03, 2021•18 min•Ep. 578
Send us a text We're celebrating Asian American history at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival, this time focusing on a documentary called The Race Epidemic . The history of racism against Asian Americans is something that has been hidden and erased from our history books, making a documentary like this more important than ever in this moment. We sat down with filmmakers Tony Shyu and Ron Wong about the evolution of this film, why certain words like "freedom" are triggering to pe...
Jun 02, 2021•15 min•Ep. 577
Send us a text We're virtually covering the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival, featuring the documentary Who Is Lun*na Menoh? and the prolific Japanese artist herself, Lun*na Menoh , who Zooms with us to talk about her art, the question of what is reality, getting lost in the twists and turns of this film, and which art form she considers to bring her the most joy. This is a film that left us pleasantly confused, in the best way possible! And just like her art, she is an enigma, an...
Jun 01, 2021•12 min•Ep. 576
Send us a text We are back at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival and have a packed house this time around with director Patricio Ginelsa and stars April Absynth and Katrina Dimaranan from the long awaited sequel Lumpia with a Vengeance . We get into the creative ways to make lumpia on the go, having badass bitches as the hero and the villain, the importance of diversity and representation in this film, and the struggle to keep a straight face on a set of jokesters. Finally, Katr...
May 31, 2021•18 min•Ep. 575
Send us a text We're full steam ahead at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival, and this time, we're bringing the Aloha spirit to Bitch Talk with the documentary One Voice . This film follows ten Native Hawaiian high schoolers as they prepare for the annual Kamehameha School Song Contest. Director Lisette Flanary talks about the importance of revitalizing the traditional Hawaiian culture, the intensity of the song competition, and how the personal stories of these students are just...
May 27, 2021•15 min•Ep. 574
Send us a text We're at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival covering Legacy and Lineage , a series of shorts that highlights 5 Bay Area Asian American artists. We spoke with director Laura Paule and producer Melanie Elvena about how they chose which artists to cover, why this project is especially personal to both of them, and how the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) is working to keep Asian American stories told. In a time when violence against the AAPI community a...
May 26, 2021•18 min•Ep. 573
Send us a text We're at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival with part 2 of our coverage on the documentary Ricochet (if you haven't already, check out part 1 with director Chihiro Wimbush !). Matt Gonzalez is someone whose work we have followed (both as a trial lawyer and as a politician) in San Francisco for almost 20 years, and we were so excited to have him on the show to speak about his pivotal role in Ricochet . We get into the need for reform in immigration law, how the ter...
May 25, 2021•35 min•Ep. 572
Send us a text We're at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival discussing Ricochet , a documentary that follows a San Francisco court case that ultimately had an affect on the 2016 election and the state of the entire nation. It's a riveting documentary that not only shows you the complicated nature of court cases, but also how politics and the media often get in the way. Director Chihiro Wimbush discusses his emotional journey to finish the film after the untimely death of SF Publi...
May 24, 2021•18 min•Ep. 571
Send us a text We're covering another amazing documentary at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival, The Donut King ! The doc follows the life of Ted Ngoy , a Cambodian refugee who lived through both the rise and the fall of the American Dream - by way of donut. We chat with director Alice Gu about how the story kept progressing into so much more, why it was important to add historical context about the genocide in Cambodia , and how hard she worked to get Wu Tang Clan to approve th...
May 20, 2021•19 min•Ep. 570
Send us a text We're (virtually) covering the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival, and bringing you a conversation with director/co-writer Iman Zawahry and co-writer/star Aizzah Fatima from the film Americanish . This is the first American Muslim romantic comedy made by an American Muslim director, and it's about damn time! We get into what it took to get this film made, racism (both outside and inside our own communities), the personal decision to wear a hijab, and the true def...
May 19, 2021•17 min•Ep. 569
Send us a text Thank you to CAAMFest, we had the honor of hosting their spotlight panel with dream Bitch Talk guest, Margaret Cho and filmmakers Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum to talk about their horror short - Koreatown Ghost Story . Since this was a live (virtual) panel, you will hear an interview with comedian/actress/activist and SF native Margaret Cho talking about her lengthy career, the MeToo movement and its affect on women comedians, being a germophobe, and so much more. Then you'll he...
May 18, 2021•39 min•Ep. 568
Send us a text The documentary WUHAN WUHAN follows five stories as the Covid-19 epidemic is at its worst in the Wuhan province in China during February and March of 2020. Director Yung Chang was not in Wuhan filming as this part of the pandemic was unfolding, but was fortunate to receive the footage from a team of filmmakers that were in Wuhan by chance at the time. The stories give a snapshot of how some of the citizens of Wuhan were dealing with the lock down in real time and how humanity and ...
May 17, 2021•16 min•Ep. 567
Send us a text If you listened in to our last episode with Dante Basco, you heard us mention his sister, Arianna Basco . She's one of the co-writers of the film The Fabulous Filipino Brothers and in our humble opinion, takes the movie to the next level. Arianna is a spoken word artist, musician, author, producer, and is the founder of the Palms Up Academy . When she's not hustlin' for herself or the community, she's a single mother of two and is the only girl in a family full of Basco boys. Aria...
May 14, 2021•35 min•Ep. 566
Send us a text Bay Area, REP-RE-SENT! We're so excited to bring you our chat with the writer/director/star of The Fabulous Filipino Brothers , Dante Basco . We get into his process of writing the film, starring alongside his real life family, and what it feels like to bring his film back home to the Bay. We discuss our shared love for Hip Hop activist Ruby Ibarra , and he gives us some insight on his 30+ years in the entertainment industry. As kids watching him on shows like Moesha and The Fresh...
May 13, 2021•16 min•Ep. 565
Send us a text We're so excited to be a part of CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) Fest 2021 ! Every year they compile the best in Asian and Asian American stories, and this year they've really outdone themselves. We get into our historic past with CAAMFest (including the one time Captain Party had to wear makeup), and all the great people we've met along the way. We also peel back the curtain and talk about our first two interviews for the film The Fabulous Filipino Brothers , with siblings...
May 12, 2021•10 min•Ep. 564
Send us a text In 2014 comedian Jessica Watkins walked across America as a shtick to get noticed. (You have to have a shtick as a comedian to get a Netflix special, duh.) What Jessica didn't know was that heading out on her own to walk across the U.S. , meeting strangers and relying on gut would completely change her life. We spoke with Jessica about her comedy, her legendary mom, dumb DJ questions, making a documentary, and more in this episode as her film about her 8 month trip, SPECIALish deb...
May 11, 2021•23 min•Ep. 563
