Send us a text Welcome to Bitch Talk's official 2022 year in review! We go over our favorite interviews, interesting things we learned about each other while Basic Bitching, and the return guests that make our year complete. We also share which episode "some people" call Erin's best interview, which guest was almost too hot to handle, and the magic of "perm talk". Thank you for hanging with us through the highs and lows of a truly crazy year, we'll see you on the flip side. Cheers! Thanks for li...
Dec 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 712
Send us a text Jeff Hiller plays one of our favorite characters (Joel) on one of our favorite shows (HBO's Somebody Somewhere ), so this interview is something of a love fest! We discuss the significance of his character, the complicated nature of religion, and how he deals with the pressure of singing alongside co-star and icon Bridget Everett . He also teaches us the secret to acting in an episode of Law and Order , and gives us some things to look forward to for season 2 of Somebody Somewhere...
Dec 21, 2022•34 min•Ep. 711
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! We're flashing not too far back to episode 700 when we sat down IN PERSON with actor Luke MacFarlane and co-writer/actor Billy Eichner of the film BROS. It was such a great interview and we really loved this movie and now that it's streaming on Peacock (and other streaming services!) we wanted to get the word out that you can watch it from the comfort of where...
Dec 17, 2022•18 min
Send us a text We're finally reunited in the studio for a #BasicBitch just in time to hear a recap of Ange's trip to Mexico! And then we catch up on life in the Bay and try not to cry during Producer Char's moment of pleasure. Spoiler: we failed. -- Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 700 episodes without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- SUPPORT US HERE ! Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for beh...
Dec 15, 2022•47 min•Ep. 710
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! This week, we are flashing back to EP686, when we brought back a couple of our favorite filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West, as they discuss their latest documentary Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down . The film recently premiered on CNN, and can be found on demand on various cable channels and the CNN apps. Original Show Notes Notes It's our fourth time speakin...
Dec 09, 2022•20 min
Send us a text Who knew we needed a Cat Daddies documentary? Director Mye Hoang did and she uncovered stories of men across the U.S. who love their cats - like, A LOT. Of course we know that cats are a thing (we're dog people over here, mostly because of allergies *s neeze! *) and we know so many folks who love them, but this film is actually a conversation about masculinity, love, bonding, and friendship. Pets are the best, and as we found out in this documentary cats can have a special power o...
Dec 07, 2022•23 min•Ep. 709
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! In this flashback we are talking with directors Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome who's documentary short - Long Line of Ladies debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival. We're rolling this interview back out to you because the film is streaming now at the New York Times Op-Docs . Original episode description is below and thank you for supporting independ...
Dec 04, 2022•16 min
Send us a text This episode is all about The Sports Bra ! Jenny Nguyen joins us to talk about why she wanted to open the first bar that focused on women's sports, and how her business' success is proving that she is filling a major gap in the industry. People love women's sports, they just never had real access to it, and this bar is a major step in the right direction! We get into Jenny's past as a basketball player, her training as a chef, how the bar's menu is a blend of both her Vietnamese a...
Nov 30, 2022•34 min•Ep. 708
Send us a text Welcome to our Basic Bitch about different trips we've taken far away, at home, and in our minds. Ange catches us up on her adventures in Mexico (and explains the origin of a "Kiefer Sutherland Hat"), Erin reflects on her work staycation at the Intercontinental in SF, and Char shares all the free stuff she gets at her new favorite casino. Then Ange explains how a medicinal mushroom trip helped her deal with her grief, and we cap it off by celebrating our moments of pleasure. This ...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 707
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! We are so proud re-share with you our SXSW conversation with director David Siev. David's film, Bad Axe is out today in select theaters and streaming on Google Play Movies and Amazon Prime Video and we hope that you will seek it out while you're making your weekend plans. Our original episode description is below: Welcome to day 4 of our SXSW Film Festival cov...
Nov 18, 2022•18 min
Send us a text Well it's about time we have on director and podcaster Jordon Briggs on our show. Jordon has been a fan of Bitch Talk for a few years and has supported us in many ways. Now it's our turn to support him. Jordon has a short documentary screening now during the SmartFone Flick Fest called Her Hair. We talk with Jordon about this film that he shot in 2017 which features his mom (who owns her own hair salon) and a few of her fellow stylists and clients. It's a conversation around safe ...
Nov 16, 2022•24 min•Ep. 706
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! Since today is Veteran's Day in the United States and we are going through some scary mid-term elections, we thought it would be a good time to bring back our 2021 interview with director Sonia Kennebeck talking about her documentary The U.S. vs Reality Winner. It's a story of whistleblowing, a U.S. Air Force Veteran, and 2016 election fraud. Our original epis...
Nov 11, 2022•17 min
Send us a text In this Basic, the bitches are in a funky mood as Erin shares one last New Orleans travel story that goes a little dark ( no surprise). Then Producer Char shares a story of watching her neighbors getting rained on, and Ange shares a little about her current sabbatical in Mexico. There's an age old argument about what actually constitutes as "early afternoon", and Erin and Ange revisit a lost New Years eve evening they spent together 7 years ago that they are trying to bury, but it...
Nov 09, 2022•49 min•Ep. 705
Send us a text The 2022 Midterm Elections are here, and we're urging our listeners to vote and show your support! Abortion rights are on the line. Voting rights are on the line. LGBTQ and POC lives are on the line. And we are fucken' tired of the bullshit! So we're sharing some key races to follow and support, as well as some tricks of the trade in figuring out how to filter through the barrage of political ads being shoved in your face (spoiler: follow the $$). So show your love for yourself an...
Nov 04, 2022•12 min
Send us a text We love when our return guests ask for us by name and that's exactly what happened when we were pitched this interview with director Shana Feste. We met Shana during her press tour of her film Boundaries back in 2018 and then we were reunited at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It's been two whole years (plus some months) but her film Run Sweetheart Run is out in the universe streaming right now on Amazon Prime. We get to catch up with Shana about using her hometown of Los Angeles...
Nov 02, 2022•27 min•Ep. 704
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! This week we're flashingback to our Sundance coverage and our conversation with the some of the cast and crew of the film Every Day in Kaimuki. Every Day in Kaimuki is streaming on Apple TV now and our original episode description is below. Every Day in Kaimuki is the story of a Hawaiian native who is struggling with the fear and doubt of leaving his small hom...
Oct 28, 2022•23 min
Send us a text Welp, we're back in studio y'all. We may have been able to record in studio a few times during the pandemic but this time was different. Ange is back in SF as her home base and it's so nice to record with her in person. In this episode we get into how Ange is feeling about being back home, more New Orleans stories from Erin's recent trip, and of course our moment's of pleasure. Thanks for riding the roller coaster of life with us during the past couple of years.....we hope to reco...
Oct 26, 2022•44 min•Ep. 703
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! In this episode, along with Sundance co-hort John Wildman,we throw back to our conversation earlier this year with director Margaret Brown of the film Descendant. We were blown away by this documentary and are thrilled to see it finally make a wide release on Netflix starting today, October 21. Our original episode description is below: Descendant follows the...
Oct 22, 2022•17 min
Send us a text Welcome to our Basic Bitch about all things New Orleans and estate sales (they really go together like peas and carrots). We also recap our time at The Ohana Festival a couple weeks ago, where we checked off a bucket list item seeing Stevie Nicks live. Erin has been in New Orleans for almost 2 weeks, and shares her favorite recs for drinks, food, and music- not to mention her new love for NOLA's Bywater neighborhood! And Ange describes her experience hosting her first estate sale....
Oct 19, 2022•59 min•Ep. 702
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! Today we are flashing back to our conversation with author Laurie Woolever. Her book, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral History debuted in December of 2021 and just in the last week, it's come out in paperback. We had such a great conversation with Laurie and happy to re-share with you. Original episode description is below: This conversation was a real treat! Fo...
Oct 14, 2022•31 min
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! This time we're flashing back to our 2021 conversation with director Patricio Ginelsa and actors April Absynth and Katrina Dimaranan from the film Lumpia With a Vengeance. We're picking this episode to flashback to because Lumpia is in Bay Area theaters now as well as Southern California theaters and about they're about to add New York to their list. This fil...
Oct 07, 2022•18 min
Send us a text We are coming to you poolside from Mission Viejo catching up with Captain Party's hotel/resort life, her family winning big at the game of craps, celebrating Producer Char's birthday, and more. If you didn't catch our 700th episode featuring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane of the film BROS, you can listen here . Go see BROS now out in a theater near you ! -- Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 700 episodes without your help! -- Be well, stay safe,...
Oct 06, 2022•36 min•Ep. 701
Send us a text You are landing on our 700th episode y'all. Did you read that.....700 EPISODES. So, of course we brought fire - writer, comedian, actor Billy Eichner and actor Luke Macfarlane talking about their film Bros . We were lucky to be able to watch the U.S. premiere of the film a few weeks back at the beautiful Castro Theater in San Francisco and it was an experience. The movie is so good! Lots of laugh out loud moments (so many we missed some of the dialogue), sweet and loving moments, ...
Sep 28, 2022•43 min•Ep. 700
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! With nearly 700 episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! Original episode notes below. Coming all the way live from Top Chef's Nelson German's restaurant alaMar Kitchen and Bar in downtown Oakland AND from the season finale premiere of the Blindspotting TV show we are bringing you our 600th episode! The working title was "24 hour, whirlwind 600th episode extravaganza" if you wanted the inside scoop. Ange, aka ...
Sep 23, 2022•51 min
Send us a text Y'all we're about to hit 700 freakin' episodes!! We had to get in one more basic before we hit our 700th with the legendary Billy Eichner and cutie pie Luke Macfarlane talking all things Bros film . Let's jump into our 699th episode - Ange talking about planning the most epic funeral we've ever been to, weird cosmic shit that we've all been a part of over the last few weeks, our sister from another mister - author Samantha Irby , and of course this years Emmy's awards show. Let's ...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 699
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With nearly 700 episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! Back in the fall of 2020 we hit our 500th episode. It was a two pronged event - one being an epic live Zoom event that ended with Ange's dad dressed up in his Elvis costume (rest easy Tony) and an extra fun episode with returning guests, comedy duo Frangela! Details from that episode are below. Enjoy! We're thrilled to celebrate the occasion with France...
Sep 17, 2022•51 min
Send us a text Mija is a documentary that follows Doris Munoz , a young music manager whose undocumented family depends on her ability to find the next big star. We sat down with director Isabel Castro , and discussed the serendipitous way she got connected with Doris, the gold mine of family videos she had access to for the film, and the importance of elevating immigrant stories. She also shares the fine art of funding as an independent filmmaker, and how Disney came on board and picked up the ...
Sep 14, 2022•24 min•Ep. 698
Send us a text Well we finally basic bitched after a few weeks off. Ange shares her personal story of her mom passing away and finding out some stories about her dad from the local bowling alley bartender. Erin talks about getting the gift for the person who has it all, spoiler alert, it's a personalized Cameo video. And Char gets sentimental in her moment of pleasure. If you missed our last episode featuring comedian Sheng Wang, you can find it here . You can find his brand new hour long comedy...
Sep 09, 2022•44 min•Ep. 697
Send us a text Sweet & Juicy . That's the name of comedian Sheng Wang's first ever hour long Netflix special and we're here for it. We hadn't talked with Sheng since 2017 and we needed a catch-up. 2017 Sheng was writing for the ABC television series Fresh Off the Boat and doing stand up. 2022 Sheng has a Netflix special directed by Ali Wong, loves Costco, knows a lot about Jalapeno peppers and Hatch chili's, is an avid botanical garden visitor, and just uses regular brand shampoo and conditi...
Sep 07, 2022•47 min•Ep. 696
Send us a text Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With nearly 700 episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). In this episode, you'll hear 2017 us talking with comedian Sheng Wang. We've known Sheng since the early 00's and are so proud to say that on September 6 his first Netflix special comes out - Sweet & Juicy directed by his homie Ali Wong . Enjoy this conversation and hope you get a few laughs in ov...
Sep 02, 2022•46 min
