Send us a text Welcome to our Sundance 2022 narrative features episode with three films that take you all around the world! Leonor Will Never Die is a Filipino film that follows a retired filmmaker as she becomes the action hero of her unfinished screenplay. The film's director, Martika Ramirez Escobar , explains her 8 year journey in creating the first grandma action hero in the Philippines, and how she blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Babysitter is a French Canadian film that exp...
Feb 02, 2022•58 min•Ep. 640
Send us a text Our first batch of interviews from Sundance 2022 celebrates two returning guests, director of TikTok, Boom , Shalini Kantayya , and director of Fire of Love , Sara Dosa . The subjects of these documentaries couldn't be any more different, but their stories are equally powerful. With Shalini Kantayya's TikTok, Boom , we get a deep dive into the impact (both good and bad) of the world's most downloaded social media app, and the lives of some of its most successful influencers. In Sa...
Jan 31, 2022•38 min•Ep. 639
Send us a text Welcome to virtual Sundance 2022 ! We're kicking off our coverage with friend of the show and returning guest W. Kamau Bell to discuss his four part docu-series, We Need to Tak About Cosby . To say this is a heavy topic is putting it lightly, but Kamau proves to be the right person for the job, as he dives in to the life and legacy of Bill Cosby with thoughtful insight, and brutal honesty. We discuss Kamau's personal need to make this documentary series, and his emotional journey ...
Jan 28, 2022•24 min•Ep. 638
Send us a text Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd we're back at virtual Sundance 2022 sifting through, reading, and watching all things Sundance Film Festival. We will be kicking off our coverage this Friday with friend of the pod - W. Kamau Bell discussing his new Showtime documentary episodic We Need to Talk About Cosby but first we must check-in with our Sundance co-pilot John Wildman from Films Gone Wild . The four of us basic bitch about the second year of virtual Sundance, a favorite moment from a recent in...
Jan 26, 2022•33 min•Ep. 637
Send us a text We have a special treat for you today! It's a never before heard "lost" episode from Sundance 2020 , recorded by Ange and Producer Char in the wee hours of the night (after many cocktails). To set the scene - it was our final night in Park City, Utah, and after 6 days and 60 interviews, we decided to celebrate. A lot. After a High West whiskey tasting, a Lisa Loeb concert, a dance party, and a snow angel, Ange and Char decided to record their "thoughts". Enjoy! -- Thanks for liste...
Jan 21, 2022•24 min•Ep. 636
Send us a text We're fresh off the heels of a great interview with SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler (dropping next month!), sharing some behind the scenes details on how we made it happen, and how we bonded over hip hop music. Erin shares how she survived the West CoastTsunami while on a trip to Mendocino, and we learn that Producer Char goes crabbing on the regular. Like, she owns a crab trap...who knew!? And then we cap it off, as usual, with our moments of pleasure. Be on the lookout for our cov...
Jan 19, 2022•37 min•Ep. 635
Send us a text This conversation was a real treat! Mica welcomed us into her beautiful, bright, and cozy restaurant, Pomella (on Piedmont Ave in Oakland), and quickly offered us Baileys and coffee. You can say it was love at first site. The conversation flowed as smoothly as our coffees as we got into why she moved to the Bay from Israel, starting her career in catering, the essence of Israeli food, the ups and downs of owning a business with her now ex-husband, bankruptcy, opening a second rest...
Jan 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 634
Send us a text This is our first Basic Bitch of 2022, and unfortunately it's been a rough ass week. Listen as Erin and Ange process two completely different experiences that surprisingly end with the same lessons learned. And of course, we cap the episode off with our moment of pleasure, and we continue to be grateful for your support. Cheers to a steady climb to joy and happiness in 2022! We're running a little fundraiser in honor of Ange's (and her sister Ant's) dog Bailey who crossed the rain...
Jan 12, 2022•45 min•Ep. 633
Send us a text We're saying goodbye to 2021 (goodbye and good riddance!) with a bang, as we break down behind the scenes stories and facts on our favorite and most memorable interviews. Pop open a beverage of your choice and enjoy as we break down which guests we loved so much we had them on twice, which guests were almost too attractive to interview, which interviews left us speechless, and how our country's racial reckoning gave birth to some of our most powerful interviews yet. It's been an e...
Dec 29, 2021•48 min•Ep. 632
Send us a text The gang's all here, and we've got a lot to catch up on! We get into free porn in all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, a San Diego beach house getaway, how a belligerent SantaCon attendee ended up on Erin's families doorstep, and the good karma that is giving us hope in humanity. This is our last official #BasicBitch of 2021, and we thank you for spending this difficult year with us. Be sure to tune in next week for our 2021 year in review. See you on the flip side! -- Thanks for list...
Dec 22, 2021•51 min•Ep. 631
Send us a text Sometimes the stars align and we interview someone we were meant to be friends with! Erica Eng was born and raised in Oakland, California , and sat down with us to talk about her short film, Americanized , a story about growing up in Oakland's hip-hop culture, playing basketball, and struggling with her Chinese-American identity. She shares what it was like to direct her real life aunt as one of the cutest characters in the film, and why it was so important to share her story. We ...
Dec 15, 2021•16 min•Ep. 630
Send us a text This conversation was a real treat! For anyone who has ever listened to Bitch Talk, you know how much we loved Anthony Bourdain . So you can imagine our excitement at getting the chance to speak with his co-author, assistant, and "lieutenant" for almost 10 years, Laurie Woolever . Her newest book, "Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography" , is full of stories compiled by almost 100 of his closest friends, family, and co-workers. She shares with us the details of her first encounte...
Dec 10, 2021•30 min•Ep. 629
Send us a text Over here at Bitch Talk, we were very happy to welcome San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin onto the podcast. If you're not familiar with him, here's the basics. In 2019, Chesa Boudin ran for the open seat of District Attorney of SF and won by a narrow margin . Chesa ran on a progressive platform talking about the elimination of cash bail, ending mass incarceration, and eliminating racial bias in the criminal justice system. While he was running for office as well as after...
Dec 08, 2021•27 min•Ep. 628
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ 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 the Sundance Film Festival of 2021, where we discussed a local story directed by San Franciscan Debbie Lum. Her film, Try Harder! focuses on Lowell High School - a public school that kids have to test into - and a handful of students that are (and sometimes their parents) obsessed with getting i...
Dec 03, 2021•26 min
Send us a text The gang's all together for our first in-studio Basic Bitch since June! We get into how Erin going to a Katie Pruitt concert led to her taking an at-home Covid test, our thoughts on the film Red Rocket ( starring Simon Rex 's penis), how Bay Area comedian (and prior guest ) Irene Tu is opening for Patton Oswalt and at the top of her game, tips on how to make the most of your trip to Disneyland, and how Ange's flight home from Florida led to her shitting a ball of salt the next mor...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 627
Send us a text Kate Slater is a white, anti-racist scholar and educator in a time where America's racial reckoning and call for justice has been heard across the nation and the world. She leads facilitation's and training's for both students as well as private organizations, and her passion for this work is palpable. We've rarely spoken to someone so fired up, and we jump right into how she got into this field of work, and when she first realized the depths of systemic racism (and her role withi...
Nov 24, 2021•48 min•Ep. 626
Send us a text Julie Cohen and Betsy West are back with a documentary about another integral woman in our nation's history, Julia Child ! Their latest documentary, Julia , chronicles the life of the famous cookbook author and TV personality, from her youth, to her work in Secret Intelligence, to studying in Paris, and ultimately her monumental rise to success. We get into her impact on the feminist movement, her beautiful love story, how she changed the way we think about food and television, he...
Nov 19, 2021•18 min•Ep. 625
Send us a text A Place to Breathe is a documentary that "explores the universality of trauma and resilience through the eyes of immigrant and refugee healthcare practitioners and patients". It provides an important glimpse into the heinous crimes that have happened (and continue to happen) around the world that have led people to escape their homes and seek refuge, and the people that run the organizations and clinics created to help them heal. We sat down with director/producer Michelle Grace S...
Nov 17, 2021•28 min•Ep. 624
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). This week , on the heels of having him on almost 400 episodes later, we're revisiting our conversation with director/actor Danny Strong , when he was doing press for his directorial film debut, Rebel in the Rye . Our talk took a turn (a fun one!) and we're pretty sure Danny Strong is in our top 5 interviews. Danny's new p...
Nov 12, 2021•22 min
Send us a text Danny Strong is back! We spoke with him in 2017 for his film Rebel in the Rye , and it's still one of our most fun interviews ever (you can listen here ). We had a lot to catch up on, and we were especially excited to discuss his newest show, Dopesick . He gets into the serendipitous way he landed this project, and how he safely managed an intense filming schedule in the middle of a pandemic. Take a listen and hear his thoughts on the sudden series finale of Empire , why he prefer...
Nov 10, 2021•33 min•Ep. 623
Send us a text Erin's back from her honeymoon and we're diving a little deeper into her post wedding/honeymoon thoughts, and how she managed not to fight with an anti-vaxxer on the plane. Ange shares a story of how she ended up both crying and falling in love at a luau. And you'll find out how Lionel Richie almost ended up as a focal point of Erin and Jeff's wedding. Enjoy! -- Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! -- Be well, stay saf...
Nov 05, 2021•28 min•Ep. 622
Send us a text We're not quite sure how to even describe this episode, other than to say it left us wanting to journal afterwards. Erin has been trying to get adrienne maree brown on the show for quite some time, and after listening, you'll hopefully understand why. Her new novel, Grievers , is based in Detroit, and centers around a mysterious illness, loss, gentrification, loneliness, and ultimately, the importance of community. It is a poignant reflection of her life's work, and we get into he...
Nov 03, 2021•39 min•Ep. 621
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). To cap off Filipino American History Month (October), we're flashing back to some of our favorite interviews with Filipino artists from the past year! We were blown away by not only the amount of Filipino stories, but also the diversity of stories that we've covered in just the past 12 months. We laugh at the quirkiness o...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Send us a text We're bringing you another #BasicBitch, and newlywed Erin is updating us on her honeymoon while in Taos, New Mexico . We talk recovering from an epic wedding, eating good food, and farting on famous people. You know, a typical honeymoon. Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for being vaxxed! -- SUPPORT US HERE ! Subscribe to our channel on YouT...
Oct 27, 2021•28 min•Ep. 620
Send us a text We have been big fans of Liz Garbus for a long time, and we were lucky enough to have her on our show at Sundance 2020 for her narrative film, Lost Girls . This time, she's back with a portrayal of arguably one of the most influential environmental leaders in our history, Jacques Cousteau . Her film, Becoming Cousteau , documents how he first fell in love with the sea (spoiler alert: it was all because of an accident), how he turned from explorer to activist, his complicated famil...
Oct 22, 2021•15 min•Ep. 619
Send us a text Captain Party and Producer Char are recording this #BasicBitch while driving home from Reno after the perfect week! They give you the deets on Erin's epic San Francisco wedding/pub crawl, and their crazy weekend in Reno for the Chili and Beer Festival. Between dancing on the streets of the Mission District to being hungover in a cabana and sleeping our way through a festival, you don't want to miss this one. And also, send Advil! Thanks for listening and for your support! We could...
Oct 20, 2021•43 min•Ep. 618
Send us a text We've got another Basic Bitch for your earholes, recorded on location at the 2am Club , one of our favorite (and maybe only?) dive bars in Mill Valley. The Bitch Talk family has reunited to go to an event for the film Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres , but more importantly, because Erin is getting married this week! We get into our anticipation and excitement for the big day, and then Ange and Erin break down their experiences at the recent Women's March...
Oct 13, 2021•32 min•Ep. 617
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ 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 excited to highlight a film that's streaming and available in select theaters nationwide, Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam . Seyran Ates is a bisexual human rights activist, lawyer, and female imam who is fighting the patriarchy and changing the face of Islam toward a more just and equal world. Sound...
Oct 08, 2021•16 min
Send us a text We're basic bitching about some important life lessons after Ange attempts to go to church, and Producer Char brings Prime Rib leftovers on a plane. Trust us, it's more traumatic (and hilarious!) then it sounds. And then we cap off the episode with an interview from Sundance 2021 with two of our favorite guests, director duo extraordinaire Betsy West and Julie Cohen . Their documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray , is available to stream on Amazon, and to watch in select theaters nea...
Oct 06, 2021•42 min•Ep. 616
Send us a text Last month Erin sat down with a few of her favorite contestants from Top Chef season 18 at the brand new Moxy Oakland Downtown ! Chef Maria Mazon , Chef Dawn Burrell , and Chef Nelson German couldn't have been any nicer and honest about the latest season that was shot during the height of the pandemic in Portland, Oregon. We talk about the restrictions and testing they all had to go through while filming the show, how tight the chefs were through it all, how the show has impacted ...
Oct 01, 2021•28 min•Ep. 615
