Send us a text It's Thanksgiving week (whatever that means to you) and we're Basic Bitching about how 2020 keeps being 2020. We get into wreath making, East Bay BBQ, super quarantining , cancelling Rick(y) Schroeder, and how one of us is trying to pop their dislocated knee back in to place (WTF!?) We couldn't make this shit up. Enjoy. Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. -- Buy us a cup of coffee ! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the sce...
Nov 23, 2020•39 min•Ep. 509
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). With the holiday season right around the corner, we figured it was the perfect time to revisit one of our most fun interviews! Ike Barinholz 's new film, The Oath , is about a family with different political beliefs trying to survive Thanksgiving dinner. Ange and Ike discuss staying informed yet sane in the age of 24-hour...
Nov 20, 2020•31 min
Send us a text Thanks to the work of MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini, we have further evidence that artificial intelligence programs (that are used in advertising, hiring, policing, etc) are as oppressive as the people that create them. We sat down with Shalini Kantayya, director of the documentary Coded Bias, which follows Joy on her quest for civil rights by creating the Algorithmic Justice League (now THAT's a superhero movie that needs to be made!). We discuss how and why Shalini made this fil...
Nov 18, 2020•15 min•Ep. 508
Send us a text We had such a great time welcoming back to the show, Alexis Pence and new friend of the show, Hunter Pence! The last time Alexis was on and in studio was waaaaaay back in late 2015 right before she and her (now husband) Hunter Pence got engaged. We talk to the couple about how 2020 has treated them, Hunter's retirement from the SF Giants, their favorite fall holiday, travelling (in the before times), and more. Since Hunter retired from Major League Baseball, the Pence's have been ...
Nov 16, 2020•30 min•Ep. 507
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). Captain Party sits down with show-runner and members of the cast of Tales of the City . Based on a novel by Armistead Maupin , this miniseries is a revival of a show that centers around LGBTQ residents of an iconic apartment building, set in San Francisco. Zosia Mamet talks about why she picked this role, and the differen...
Nov 13, 2020•50 min
Send us a text What's up y'all? Tired from the election trauma/elation yet? We sat down and decompressed about it all in this episode as well as caught up on some other topics including the show PEN15. Have you seen it? If you haven't, holy crap you should.....like NOW. It's on Hulu. If you don't have Hulu ask your friend/Mom/co-worker for their login asap. And in terms of this election. Of course we're happy about the outcome that happened this past Saturday, but also fearful of what could happ...
Nov 11, 2020•27 min•Ep. 506
Send us a text Chef Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen and Top Chef fame is owning 2020. Through a pandemic causing financial unrest for (not only) her business but the entire hospitality business at large, a call for social justice and police reform, and a political year fraught with ups and downs - Chef Holland has taken this time to expand her brand footprint to TV, a new Oakland cafe, + more. When we spoke with Tanya in September we weren't sure what the political climate would be or who w...
Nov 09, 2020•26 min•Ep. 505
Send us a text We hope you're all hanging in there. We are trying to stay hopeful and patient in the wake of the election, but if you'd like an escape from the anxiety, we suggest checking out Charm City Kings , streaming now on HBO Max. Not only is it co-written by one of our favorite past guests, Barry Jenkins , but it's an entertaining film that will bring you all the feels. It was a packed house as Ange sat down with Director Angel Manuel Soto , Producer Caleeb Pinkett, and the film's three ...
Nov 04, 2020•17 min•Ep. 504
Send us a text We're so grateful to be Bitch Talking with Dale Ho, Director of the ACLU 's Voting Rights Project , just in time for the election! We follow up on the status of his cases across the country, how he's preparing for potential problems on election day, and resources for people who want to know their rights as a voter. He also shares a new case he's arguing in the Supreme Court in defense of immigrants being represented in the census. While we might not know the results on Election Da...
Nov 02, 2020•29 min•Ep. 503
Send us a text Election day is Tuesday November 3rd! If you haven't already voted, be sure to drop off your ballot at the nearest dropbox, or in person at your polling place. Click here for more information. 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). Friend of the show Steph Walton is running for Oakland City Council and we couldn't be happier that she's running for elected offi...
Oct 30, 2020•45 min
Send us a text Bad Hair may be one of the best horror films of our time. Like, seriously. Erin got to see the film at Bitch Talk's first night at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the first public screening of the film and it was packed with folks like Lena Waithe. It was bonkers. Why is this one of our new favorite horror films? Justin Simien wrote/directed Laverne Cox New Jack Swing /R&B soundtrack throughout the movie Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams. Blair Underwood ...
Oct 28, 2020•19 min•Ep. 502
Send us a text Whoa. We made it to episode 501! Thanks to the listeners, followers, family, and friends who made our 500th virtual episode a success! Shout out to our special guests - Frangela, Frankie Quinones, Ruby Ibarra, Aireene Espiritu, Marina Stankov-Hodge, Laura Kirkeby, and Tony Tabora for showing out and to the incredible all women production team who brought the show together - videographer/editor Evelyn Obamos and show producer Dara Kosberg. In episode 501, we also talk a bit about t...
Oct 26, 2020•33 min•Ep. 501
Send us a text Welcome to our 500th episode! We're thrilled to celebrate the occasion with Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, aka comedy duo FRANGELA . We get into the unsettling events of this year, the upcoming election , and our theories on the future of our country. We were dealing with heavy topics, but these ladies have a way of channeling our anger and anxiety into laughter, something we all can use a little more of these days. They're smart, thoughtful, unforgiving in their beliefs, ...
Oct 21, 2020•52 min•Ep. 500
Send us a text We are days away from our virtual 500 episode event! Did you get your tickets yet?! We're doing a little bonus bitching in this episode - saying hi, recounting our week, and reminding y'all to get your tickets to our extra FUN 500th virtual event this Wednesday, October 21! Join us plus special guests comedian Frankie Quinones, comedy duo Frangela, hip-hop artist/activist Ruby Ibarra, Bay Area folk singer Aireeene Espiritu, pop + hip-hop freestyle dancers Marina Stankov- Hodge &am...
Oct 19, 2020•9 min
Send us a text Happy 400th episode to us! We've got Producer Char, Erin, and Captain Party back in the studio and on the mic. This is an extended Basic Bitch as we reminisce over the interviews and opportunities we've been given since episode 300. We end the celebration with Ange's thoughts on the erotic Hump Film Festival , and trying Senorita Bread for the first time. Settle in for this one, and thanks again for your continued support. We heart you. Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and ...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Send us a text Let's head back to the summer of 2018 when we first met comedian, United Shades of America host, and Bay Area resident W. Kamau Bell. He said yes to an interview over Twitter and it was just in time for our 300th episode. It's one of our favorite interviews because after our 30 minutes was up with him, he asked us if we could go to 45 minutes. Why, yes of course we could, Mr. Bell! To celebrate our 300th we also decided to throw a brunch party at one of our favorite San Francisco ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Send us a text The gang all road tripped up to the magical land of Reno for our 200th episode. The good news is that all survived the weekend and even got some good pool time in. The better news is that Captain Party (Angela) recorded some late night gems deep in the casino right as the sun was coming up. Enjoy this throwback to a simpler time when we all could hang out up in Reno, by pools, and inside casinos. Enjoy. Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. GET ...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text We're throwin' it back to 2015 and our first official live event celebrating out 100th episode. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 21 for our 500th Zoom episode event! In this episode, we're live from the Hemlock Tavern (RIP) in San Francisco in 2015 with special guests comedian Reggie Steele, Broke-Ass Gourmet Gabi Moskowitz, Deadline editor Dino-Ray Ramos, and documentary film Director Angela Tabora (who is now Bitch Talk's official co-host!) You'll hear Karyn Paige who ...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Send us a text The gang gets together for a little Friday fun to catch up after dropping our 499th episode, and to fill everyone in on what we've got planned in the coming weeks--let's just say planning our 500th event has been peak 2020. We also drop a few nuggets of info for our upcoming milestone episode event happening later in the month, so stay tuned for more announcements! Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. -- Buy us a cup of coffee ! Subscribe to ou...
Oct 02, 2020•11 min
Send us a text We all need to be as fired up as Julie Taymor right now! From the passing of RBG , to the upcoming election , this is the perfect moment for a biopic on Gloria Steinam 's life (based on Gloria's NY Times bestselling book, My Life on the Road ). We get into the power of this moment, how to channel our inner Gloria Steinam, the importance of travel, and why there is more to women than just children and marriage. We discuss the fact that a movement is much more than one person, and h...
Sep 30, 2020•24 min•Ep. 499
Send us a text We're taking you back to Sundance 2020 where we got to talk about the documentary Softie with the film's director, Sam Soko , and subjects Boniface Mwangi , and his wife Njeri Mwangi . Along with being a very powerful film about an underdog activist running for political office, it's also the first film from Kenya to ever premiere at Sundance! We get into the corruption and misinformation in Kenyan politics, Boni's journey from photojournalist to political candidate, and how they ...
Sep 28, 2020•15 min•Ep. 498
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). It's been a particularly hard week (month, year, etc). So we decided to go back to an episode that gave us a lot of laughs. We were honored to present a comedy show at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, and this episode is us chillin' in the green room with some of the events comedians - Sandy Stec , Natasha Muse , Anic...
Sep 26, 2020•41 min
Send us a text Much like its title, this is a movie that stays with you. On its surface, it's a film about a man coming home to his childhood neighborhood that he no longer recognizes. But in the context of a social uprising in support of black lives, this film is a cautionary tale. Director/producer/writer Merawi Gerima is here to make sure his community in DC not only has a voice, but does not get erased. We sit down with him to discuss why he felt a sense of urgency to tell this story, and ho...
Sep 23, 2020•23 min•Ep. 497
Send us a text We got on the mics right after a pretty full day of filming for our upcoming 500th episode. We're a little tired, sun drunk, and maybe even a little boozy - but we get into talking about the passing of one of our favorite supreme's, RBG, Ange's conversation with her dad about what and who DoorDash is (wtf is a dash?!), taking care of our aging parents, dirty Haight street hippies, the largest of large pizzas, filming around San Francisco, and a shout out to our videographer (and f...
Sep 22, 2020•40 min•Ep. 496
Send us a text Chef Pierre Thiam is a gift to the food industry and he is working hard to give farmers in West Africa a platform and pathway to the food that they grow. What a treat it was for us to talk with the chef, cookbook author, and social justice activist. We had a wonderful conversation about his story — moving from the Senegalese capital city Dakar to New York City. We also chat about what's bringing him joy right now, how his restaurant Taranga is changing with the needs of the NYC co...
Sep 16, 2020•41 min•Ep. 495
Send us a text It may have been the weirdest week of our lives. Some thought the apocalypse was upon us. It wasn't as if the smoke and the record heat was enough, but then throw in a day that never saw the sun - it got funky, folks. We caught up to talk about the day that was orange, plus a bunch of other topics like, who's your celebrity #1, walking in on your parents having sex more than once (is that a thing!?), booger walls (barf), and more. This might be the most random of our recent Basic'...
Sep 14, 2020•33 min•Ep. 494
Send us a text We're flashing back to 2018 and the 38th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival with the director of the documentary Satan & Adam V. Scott Balcerek and one of the subjects Adam Gussow. (If it sounds like Erin interviewed them alone, your ears are right. Captain Party and Producer Char were out there living their best lives travelling around California for a bit.) Satan and Adam is the story of an unlikely friendship, the blues, and social commentary that spans 20 years. It'...
Sep 11, 2020•13 min
Send us a text We had so much fun chatting with comedian Nicole Tersigni, author of " Men to Avoid in Art and Life ". She explains how a joke that started as a twitter thread became a book in just a year's time, and how she came up with the different types of men to avoid (the mansplainer , the concern troll, the comedian, the sexpert, and the patronizer). We discuss men's surprising reaction to this book, and how it has benefited the education of her 9 year old daughter. Thank you to Nicole, fo...
Sep 09, 2020•24 min•Ep. 493
Send us a text It's time for another basic bitch! We discuss the pros and cons of being trapped on an island in the middle of a pandemic (shout out to friend of the show, Stephanie, who's currently trapped in New Caledonia ), and our thoughts on San Francisco's annual concert, Outside Lands, going virtual this year with Inside Lands . Finally, we come up with an idea for a new music festival, OLF 2022! For details, you're just gonna have to listen...as a side note, we're willing to sell this ide...
Sep 07, 2020•38 min•Ep. 492
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 taking you back to Sundance where we spoke with director Maite Alberdi, of The Mole Agent . This was one of our favorite films of Sundance ! Based in Chile, this documentary is about a man in his 80s who is hired to be a mole in a retirement community. What starts out as a funny spy movie, becomes the most heartfelt...
Sep 04, 2020•20 min
