Send us a text Did you know that in the past 6 years, 33 states (including California) have passed laws to silence boycotts against Israel on its human rights record? This blatant attack on our freedom of speech has happened with very little coverage or knowledge on the part of the average constituent, which is what makes this documentary so very important. Boycott follows the stories of three court cases of individuals across the country who are putting their livelihoods on the line to protect ...
May 04, 2022•17 min•Ep. 670
Send us a text Well, we met a new best friend - her name is Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and she has a new book out called Sex and the Single Panda : The Revolting Pursuit of Love in the Animal Kingdom . The illustrated book was an idea that came to the cartoonist during the pandemic and explores the bizarre, intriguing, and often *disgusting* mating rituals of the animal kingdom. The book brilliantly sets itself up like a dating app in which the animal (male or female) writes up their "profile" first ...
Apr 29, 2022•20 min•Ep. 669
Send us a text Welcome to the Santa Barbara Film Festival! We were unable to join in person, but we still got to cover two very different yet captivating films, A Place in the Field and Fresh to Frightening: The Sharon Green Story . The feature film A Place in the Field follows veteran Gio Scuderi as he receives a package in the mail that sends him on a road trip to fulfill a promise, but ends up fulfilling so much more. We were honored to be joined by director Nicole Mejia , co-writer and star ...
Apr 27, 2022•31 min•Ep. 668
Send us a text In honor of the theatrical release of Marvelous and the Black Hole on April 22, 2022, we're flashing back to Sundance 2021 in partnership with honorary Bitch and Sundance partner-in-crime John Wildman of FilmsGoneWild.com. In Marvelous and the Black Hole , we meet a troubled teen who befriends a surly magician who helps her deal with life's problems with the sleight hand of magic. We had a great time in this conversation with director Kate Tsang , and the stars Miya Cech , and the...
Apr 22, 2022•19 min•Ep. 667
Send us a text To celebrate the theatrical release of the drama/horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair , we're bringing you back to our interview with them from Sundance 2021 where we were (virtually) joined by our honorary Bitch and Sundance Partner-In-Crime John Wildman of FilmsGoneWild.com. We're All Going to the World's Fair documents a teenage girl who is alone in her attic bedroom as she becomes obsessed with an online horror game. Director Jane Schoenbrun and the film's star Anna...
Apr 20, 2022•19 min•Ep. 666
Send us a text Welcome back to Reno, ya'll! And we're on location at a place that's very near and dear to our hearts, the Reno Public House where we recorded our 200th episode back in 2017! We share our thoughts after going to The Go Go's concert (spoiler: they still kick ass), the joys of people watching in Reno, and our collective love for the very troublesome yet extremely entertaining 80s film Revenge of the Nerds . Plus we break down our final thoughts after our second time covering the SXS...
Apr 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 665
Send us a text Welcome back Irene Tu! We haven't had you on since early 2018 (a million and a half years ago!) and we're so happy of all of the things you're doing which includes releasing your first comedy album "We're Done Now." Irene has been on a streak - opening for Patton Oswalt, making friends with comedian Taylor Tomlinson, making the most of the pandemic, and lamenting the J&J vaccination (but hey, she hasn't gotten Covid sooooooo....) Download Irene's album now and please check her...
Apr 13, 2022•19 min•Ep. 664
Send us a text We had a grand ol' time with former San Franciscan, cartoonist and creator of the Hulu show Woke - Keith Knight as well as the lead actor Lamorne Morris and actor/comedian Sasheer Zamata . In this episode Erin talks with Keith about what he misses after leaving San Francisco after a 17 year stint, how he's similar to the lead character Keef, and how important it is to showcase San Francisco artists on the show. Actors Sasheer and Lamorne give little hints to what we can expect fro...
Apr 08, 2022•17 min•Ep. 663
Send us a text The Daniels Everything Everywhere All At Once is 2022's best film. Go see it and tell us it is not. This is the most excited we've been about a major action/sci-fi release in a long time (maybe ever) and we were ecstatic to welcome the lead cast to the mic - Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. With the Daniels, we get to hear how they met, how they're process was writing this script before and during the Trump presidency, they...
Apr 04, 2022•36 min•Ep. 662
Send us a text Pixar 's Turning Red follows Mei Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian who starts turning into a giant red panda when she gets too excited- a metaphor for "magical puberty". Mei Lee and her friends are also obsessed with a boy band called 4 Town, and with that, the ladies at Bitch Talk have never felt more represented by an animated film. Director Domee Shi shares her origin story and how she ended up at Pixar, how being the first of many things as a woman of color gave her the conf...
Mar 30, 2022•22 min•Ep. 661
Send us a text Well, this wasn't the episode that we planned to put out for today, but due to unforseen circumstances (ie: normalized violence, mental health, and toxic masculinity), we threw out the bat signal and got together to rush this conversation while it was still fresh on our minds. There was reason to be excited about the 94th Academy Awards, and there were plenty of moments that brought us great joy. But unfortunately that all got overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on live...
Mar 28, 2022•46 min•Ep. 660
Send us a text It's our 5th and final day of the SXSW Film Festival coverage, and we're ending it with 3 narrative films that we really loved! Roommates is a short film that follows 2 college roommates who were paired together because they're disabled, as things get personal and the vodka starts flowing. We were joined by writer/director Ashley Eakin and the film's stars Kelsey Johnson and Kiera Allen , who explain their bonding session in preparation for the film, the importance of representati...
Mar 25, 2022•48 min•Ep. 659
Send us a text Welcome to day 4 of our SXSW Film Festival coverage! We're excited to bring you a group of beautifully made, deeply impactful documentaries, and equally satisfying conversations. Bad Axe is a documentary shot in 2020 as an Asian-American family struggles to keep their restaurant alive in the midst of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and Trump's rural America. Director David Siev explains the complications of switching between being a member of the family versus the director of this film, an...
Mar 23, 2022•48 min•Ep. 658
Send us a text Welcome to day three of our SXSW Film Festival coverage, and we've got four films that are certain to spark a greater conversation about the state of our country, government, and world as a whole. The feature documentary Shouting Down Midnight follows then Texas Senator Wendy Davis ' filibuster of SB5 in 2013 that sparked a whole new generation of activists in the fight for women's reproductive freedom. We spoke with director Gretchen Stoeltje about why she felt compelled to tell ...
Mar 21, 2022•50 min•Ep. 657
Send us a text In this episode of our coverage for the SXSW Film Festival , we're bringing you the short films and episodic series that (in our opinion) have the best titles! Considering these names include the words slut, dicks, and gay, that should tell you a lot about us. In the short film Aspirational Slut , we meet Rosemary, who has just gotten her heart broken, and decides she needs to forget about love and focus on having random sex for the first time in her life. We speak to director Car...
Mar 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 656
Send us a text Our first episode of the SXSW Film Festival features all return guests to the show! We love seeing familiar faces, and it's especially impressive that these filmmakers are all regulars on the film festival circuit. Pussy Mask is a music video for Peaches ' new song (of the same name), directed by Leah Shore , who we had on at last year's SXSW for her short film Puss . We're sensing a trend in the titles of her projects...anyway, this is an animated music video that features dancin...
Mar 17, 2022•42 min•Ep. 655
Send us a text Welcome to the 2022 SXSW Film Festival (taking place March 11th-20th)! We're kicking off our coverage with a Basic Bitch of what's to come. From comedies and dark short films to documentaries about women's reproductive rights and the Christian mothers of LGBTQ+ children, we have a wide array of conversations coming up in the next two weeks that will (hopefully) make you laugh, help you empathize, and encourage you to take action. We will also have some returning guests to the show...
Mar 14, 2022•12 min•Ep. 654
Send us a text We're joined by Bay Area comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan , whose new album, Dhayatribe , is hilarious, relatable, and available right now! Everyone could use a laugh in this moment, and this conversation is full of them. She dives into her multiple MIT degrees (and her nerd pride), how comedy kept her sane while working as a venture capitalist, and her expert ability to shut down a heckler. Check out Dhayatribe , available right now on Blonde Medicine . You can follow comedian Dha...
Mar 11, 2022•24 min•Ep. 653
Send us a text The Bitch Talk gang is finally all together in studio and we have a lot to catch up on! Erin discusses her recent trip to Maui, Char explains how she ended up at a church to see a magician and with a free room in Vegas (but not on the same night), and Ange shares how she managed to surprise Erin for her birthday (but almost froze to death in the process). Then we dive deep into our weekend in Mendocino, including the location of the most delicious fish and chips , why The Andiron ...
Mar 09, 2022•55 min•Ep. 652
Send us a text Welcome to SF IndieFest ! We’re happy to participate in this festival that celebrates stories told by people from the Bay, and shot in the Bay. We covered two films, one short, and one feature, that share an intimate look at two different sides of city life. In the short film Sammy & Quinn , we follow Sammy as he tries to convince his older brother, Quinn, who has been missing for five years and is suffering from mental illness, to join the family for Thanksgiving dinner. Dire...
Mar 04, 2022•32 min•Ep. 651
Send us a text You don't have to be a San Francisco Giants fan to be a fan of Gabe Kapler . From taking a knee for racial injustice to his non-profit organization Pipeline for Change , he shares that his activist spirit can be traced back to his parents, who were very active in the civil rights movement. Pipeline for Change "was created to provide resources and remove obstacles for BIPOC, women, non-binary people and members of the LGBTQ+community to participate in all aspects of collegiate and ...
Mar 02, 2022•27 min•Ep. 650
Send us a text We're ending our coverage of the Slamdance film festival with two films that take you on an unexpected journey, and leave you asking, "What the fuck?". And we mean that in the best way possible. In the short film Foulmouth , we follow a day in the life of a man who is cursed with the mouth of a sailor. Director Taylor Thompson and actor Brian DeMarco join us for an insightful conversation about the reality of our filthy inner monologues, the creation of this character- both on pap...
Feb 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 649
Send us a text Welcome to Slamdance 2022 ! This film festival typically runs alongside Sundance in Park City, Utah, and proudly states it's made "for filmmakers, by filmmakers". And we're kicking off our coverage with two films that show how family life can be both complicated and rewarding. And the cherry on top is- they're both festival winners ! Hannah Ha Ha won the Grand Jury Award for best narrative feature, and the Acting Award for Hannah Lee Thompson , and Iron Family won the Audience Awa...
Feb 23, 2022•42 min•Ep. 648
Send us a text Holy shit, it's Lisa Ling ! This was a big deal for us, and she lived up to every expectation. Her new show, Take Out with Lisa Ling , is an HBO docu-series that takes a deep dive into the diverse communities behind Asian American take-out, and their contributions to American society. The conversation ranges from how she finally feels connected to her Chinese roots and the importance of traveling the world, to cussing and karaoke. She's worked on The View , CNN , The National Geog...
Feb 18, 2022•24 min•Ep. 647
Send us a text This is a fun one, ya'll! Not only are we reuniting with director Lisa Yadao , but we're also joined by someone we've wanted on the show since watching Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain , Executive Producer Helen Cho . Their newest project, Take Out with Lisa Ling , is an HBO docu-series that dives deeper into the diverse communities behind Asian American take-out, and their contributions to American society. We talk Filipino love, the difference it makes to have represent...
Feb 17, 2022•25 min•Ep. 646
Send us a text We're kicking off our final Sundance 2022 episode with a Basic Bitch wrap up that includes Captain Party's Sundance premiere party extravaganza in LA for the documentary Sirens . Take a listen to find out how she reconnected with prior guest Charlie Barnett and (hopeful) future guest Natasha Lyonne . Following our Basic is our final interview that covers a fun and heartwarming family sci-fi film, Maika: The Girl From Another Planet . Writer/director Ham Tran and producer Jenni Tra...
Feb 14, 2022•46 min•Ep. 645
Send us a text We're knee deep into our virtual coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival , and are excited to bring you our special documentaries episode! Descendant follows the descendants of Clotilda , the last known slave vessel illegally brought to America, before, during, and after finding the first remains of the ship. Director Margaret Brown shares not only the emotional, but the environmental issues in historic Africatown (in Southern Alabama where this film takes place), and her own ...
Feb 12, 2022•48 min•Ep. 644
Send us a text Welcome to our "women are badass" episode from Sundance 2022 ! We've compiled a group of films that highlight the strength, resilience, and power that it takes to be a woman. In Sirens , we follow the rocky rise of Slave to Sirens , the Middle East's first all female thrash metal band. Director Rita Baghdadi explains how she fell in love with the band, and how she managed to complete the film despite the difficulties of filming abroad, including how she was saved from the Beirut e...
Feb 09, 2022•50 min•Ep. 643
Send us a text We're continuing our (virtual) Sundance 2022 coverage with the cast and crew from the short films The Panola Project , Hallelujah , and Fck Em Right Back . This is a particularly fun group of conversations that bring inspiration, heart, and the strength to say "Fuck You"! Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy S. Levine (who wrote, directed, and produced The Panola Project ) share the story of local hero Dorothy Oliver , who sets out to vaccinate her small town of Panola, Alabama (pop. 350) in...
Feb 07, 2022•56 min•Ep. 642
Send us a text It's Black History Month and one of the most memorable documentaries that we saw at last years South by South West (SXSW) is finally making it to the big screen in the Bay Area and beyond. Who We Are: The Chronicle of Racism in America should be required viewing and your girls at Bitch Talk have learned so much from it that we refer to it's teachings often. We revere this documentary so much and have the utmost respect for the work that Jeffery Robinson is doing that we said yes t...
Feb 04, 2022•21 min•Ep. 641
