Send us a text Warning: this episode is delirious AF. Your bitches kicked March off with a trip to NOLA for Erin's bday/Mardis Gras, and then drove ten hours to Austin to cover the SXSW festival! Erin and Ange sit down at a bar in Austin, Texas, to catch you up on why New Orleans continues to be their favorite city in the world, and what exciting things they have in store for you coming out of SXSW in the coming weeks. Fasten your seatbelts and hold on to your buttholes, you're in for a treat! S...
Mar 17, 2025•31 min•Ep. 847
Send us a text We're concluding our coverage of Slamdance 2025 with two very timely documentaries that reiterate the need for empathy and activism. Silent Trees follows 16 year-old Runa after the death of her mother on the Polish-Belarusian border as she has to become a mother for her 4 younger brothers. Director Agnieszka Zweifka shares how starting as an activist in the refugee camp led her to direct this film, her immediate connection with Runa and her family, and how Runa's art became a majo...
Mar 10, 2025•34 min•Ep. 846
Send us a text This episode of Slamdance 2025 celebrates films that bring thrills and horror! Portal to Hell follows a debt collector as his routine is turned upside down after finding a portal to hell in a laundromat. Director/writer Woody Bess and star Trey Holland discuss making a horror film on a budget, working with acting greats like Keith David and Richard Kind, and the best burgers in LA. In the Mouth is the story of what happens when Merl, who lives a life of recluse, is running low on ...
Mar 08, 2025•30 min•Ep. 845
Send us a text We're highlighting Slamdance 2025 with two films that explore the different ways in which people process life. The narrative feature Confessions Chin Chin spends the evening at a bar with a cast of misfits as they navigate love, art, secrets, and self-discovery. Director Carolina Perelman shares her thoughts on bar conversations with strangers, sex, and a memorable scene involving an egg yolk. Bloqué is a short film about a drummer with creative block as he follows his memories to...
Mar 05, 2025•31 min•Ep. 844
Send us a text We're at Slamdance 2025 celebrating two films that center around family issues. BANR is a narrative feature about a couple who has been together for forty years struggling with how to cope with the onset of Alzheimer's as the disease takes its toll. We were joined by director Erica Xia-Hou (夏侯云姗), who explains why she wrote the film during the pandemic as her grandmother was struggling with Alzheimer's, how a last minute dog adoption turned into a star of the film, and the everlas...
Mar 03, 2025•26 min•Ep. 843
Send us a text Welcome to Slamdance 2025, where today we're bringing you two powerful documentaries. Larry (They/Them) follows non binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène during their transitional journey, as they piece together a photographic autobiography and art exhibit entitled "Puberty". Director Catherine Legault explains how she became friends with Laurence, bringing a new perspective to their art, and why it's important to show that everyone's journey is different. Complicated share...
Feb 28, 2025•31 min•Ep. 842
Send us a text Welcome to Slamdance 2025! In honor of Slamdance's first time being held in LA, we're kicking things off with two documentaries that are LA as fuuuck. Coroner to the Stars chronicles the life and career of Dr. Thomas Noguchi , head medical examiner and coroner from the late 60s-early 80s in Los Angeles. Director Ben Hethcoat shares the ten year journey it took to get this film made, how growing up as the son of a coroner helped him prepare for this film, and why Dr. Noguchi's care...
Feb 24, 2025•38 min•Ep. 841
Send us a text Girls Will Be Girls follows 16 year-old Mira as she first discovers sexual desire while attending a strict boarding school in the Himalayas, but her coming-of-age is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. Director/writer Shuchi Talati shares how she was delicately able to portray teenage sexuality, why certain crew members had a lot of tips for a certain stuffed animal scene, and their emotional experience screening the film in India for the first time. Watc...
Feb 20, 2025•25 min•Ep. 840
Send us a text Hot damn, this is a fun one! Our friends at the Standard Deviant Brewing Co invited us to record on location at their 7th annual chili cook off, and as regular patrons, we can say without a doubt it’s one of the most fun events of the year. You’ll meet all ten of the competing teams, learn about their secret recipes, and the inspiration behind their costumes (true to SF, we saw everything from ass cheeks to #FreeLuigi). Plus Erin and Ange catch you up on their January shenanigans,...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 839
Send us a text Welcome to our third and final episode for Sundance 2025, featuring two very timely feature length documentaries. Third Act is a documentary that follows the life of Asian American artist and activist Robert A. Nakamura (aka the godfather of Asian American media), while grappling with his recent Parkinson's diagnosis. We were joined by filmmaker (and Robert's son) Tadashi Nakamura and one of the subjects of the film/his mother, Karen Ishizuka , to discuss making this film as a fam...
Feb 12, 2025•38 min•Ep. 838
Send us a text Welcome to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival ! This week we're going international with two films that are an homage to their homeland. Vox Humana is a beautifully stylized short film about an eccentric zoologist that gets hired to communicate with a naked man found wandering in the woods after a major earthquake. Director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan and producer Hannah Schierbeek share the importance of indigenous Filipino stories being represented in cinema, the disconnect betwee...
Feb 06, 2025•33 min•Ep. 837
Send us a text It's Sundance 2025 , and we are kicking the festival off with two of our favorites! Remember Me is a short film that shows what happens when a woman who jut got dumped, turned 40, and returned home to take care of her dying father decides she's ready to go on a date. We are joined by director/writer/star Claire Titelman who shares how she found inspiration from the incredible dress she wears in the film (and also where to buy it!), and the story behind the hilarious karaoke scene ...
Jan 31, 2025•44 min•Ep. 836
Send us a text Cassie Workman is a comedian from Australia who will be performing her one-person show, Aberdeen, at SF Sketchfest on Thursday, January 30th. The show is an epic poem inspired by the death of Kurt Cobain. Cassie shares with us how a visit to Cobain's hometown, Aberdeen, inspired her to write this show during the pandemic, the difference between comedy in Australia versus the states, and how a chance encounter with Phoebe Waller-Bridge helped elevate the show. Click here to get tic...
Jan 27, 2025•15 min•Ep. 835
Send us a text We love LA and are heartbroken for the devastation in the wake of the wildfires. See below for links on how you can help. Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory ARC Firefighter Funder Samantha Curley is an activist and producer whose most recent film, Union , documents a group of Amazon workers that embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York. She shares how the film found its origins in trolling Jeff Bezos's mansion in Beverly ...
Jan 23, 2025•27 min•Ep. 834
Send us a text We have been following Jharrel Jerome 's acting career since Moonlight , and couldn't wait to have him on the show! Ange sits down with Jharrel to discuss his newest project, Unstoppable , based on the true story of wrestler Anthony Robles , who was born with one leg and became a national wrestling champion in 2011. He shares how he trained himself to use one leg, the emotional aspect of the story, and acting alongside some powerhouse stars. Unstoppable is streaming on Amazon Prim...
Jan 17, 2025•12 min•Ep. 833
Send us a text Lane Moore is all the hyphenates- writer/actor/comedian/musician/all around bad-bitch. We had so much fun diving into the origin of her Tinder Live show that is celebrating its 10th anniversary at SF Sketchfest with guest hosts Busy Philipps and Paul F. Tompkins at Cobb's Comedy Club on January 24th ! She explains how she's been an all around artist since childhood, the comedy and sometimes horror of app dating, how her Ted Talk and books will reflect her legacy, and her band's ( ...
Jan 10, 2025•29 min•Ep. 832
Send us a text Nickel Boys is based on a novel (which is based on a true story ) that follows two African-American boys who form a close friendship while enduring the the horrors of a reform school in Florida. Director RaMell Ross sits down with Erin to discuss how he was able to conceptualize big concepts from the book into a film through tone and an incredible soundtrack, why it took four years of research to collect the archival footage, and casting Bay Area favorites Daveed Diggs and Jimmie ...
Jan 03, 2025•14 min•Ep. 831
Send us a text How is it possible that 2024 both flew by and seemed to last forever? With our Storied: San Francisco fellow podcaster (sometimes audio producer and Erin's partner) we recap behind the scenes highlights from festivals and live events, our favorite interviews and return guests, a year that brought the Bay's first POC Food and Wine Fest and Color Your Mind Festival , the birth of The Bay List , and ending the year with a trip to LA for good food , a Bitch Talk business coaching sess...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Send us a text Well…it’s been a long ass time since our last #BasicBitch, and we’ve got a lot to catch up on! Ange returned to her favorite town in Belize, Erin shares her love for Wicked, San Francisco “survived” a tsunami and tornado warning, and something exciting happened in Altoona, Pennsylvania (for maybe the first time ever?). Don’t forget to shop small, and check in with your loved ones, especially during this time of year. Support the show Thanks for listening and for your support! We c...
Dec 23, 2024•35 min•Ep. 829
Send us a text Nurse Unseen is a documentary that explores the untold history and humanity of the Filipino nurses who risked their lives on the front lines of the pandemic while being thousands of miles away from home. Director Michele Josue explains the importance of telling Filipino stories through our lens, and how she started filming before the pandemic and when the story took an unexpected turn. Then we share what it means to unpack the colonization mentality, and our mutual love for Tia Ca...
Dec 13, 2024•23 min•Ep. 828
Send us a text Anyone out there feeling burnt out? Have a full calendar, but not feeling fulfilled? Daydream about another kind of life, but not sure how to get there? You're not alone. There's a community of folks led by curiosity deep diving into their lives and filling their days with play, gratitude, push, and hustling. That community was founded and is facilitated by Morgan Shidler , who worked in the public education system in San Francisco and Oakland until she was laid off. Finding herse...
Dec 06, 2024•47 min•Ep. 827
Send us a text Right now, there are Palestinian and Israeli people working toward peace. This work has transcended chaos, war, and hate. Frequent guest of the show, director Julie Cohen ( RBG , Every Body , My Name is Pauli Murray , Julia ) and new friend of the show director Mo Husseini partnered on The Path Forward to capture the work done by everyday people who want to end histories of trauma and heal through conversation and community-building. This short documentary film seeks to amplify th...
Nov 29, 2024•38 min•Ep. 826
Send us a text A conversation with Jeff Hiller is so comforting, it's just the medicine we needed in this moment. He stars in one of Bitch Talk's favorite shows, Somebody Somewhere , which has started it's third and final season on HBO/Max/whatever it's called. He shares with us his biggest dream for a future acting role, the story behind his real life obsession with Mentholatum , which scene made everyone both in front of and behind the camera cry, and a life changing tip from the show's costum...
Nov 22, 2024•35 min•Ep. 824
Send us a text Interior Chinatown is the new and exciting series on Hulu based on the novel of the same name. The story follows Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural called Black & White, after he becomes witness to a crime and discovers secrets about his family's buried history. Ange sat down virtually with author/series writer Charles Yu to commiserate on how it felt to be Asian during the pandemic, the complicated relationship between immigrants and their first ...
Nov 19, 2024•24 min•Ep. 824
Send us a text We were so excited to have director Nicholas Ma back on the show, and as you listen, you'll see exactly why. His new documentary, Leap of Faith , follows twelve diverse christian leaders as they struggle with some of today's most contentious issues. Nicholas shares his roller coaster of emotions while directing the film, his thoughts on why communication is the most important thing in a divided world, and how their vulnerability on screen has taught him how to be more vulnerable i...
Nov 15, 2024•19 min•Ep. 823
Send us a text Welcome to Flashback Friday! We're highlighting one of our favorite documentaries from the Slamdance Film Festival in 2023, Starring Jerry as Himself , which is available to watch right now, wherever you stream films. In Starring Jerry as Himself (winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Documentary Feature Film Award, Audience Award for Documentary Feature Film, and Acting Award), the genre lines become blurred between one part crime thriller, and one part documentary. Retiree and Chin...
Nov 08, 2024•15 min
Send us a text Seoul Switch is an extremely entertaining short film about an insecure Korean American boy who decides to switch places with an international K-Pop star that looks just like him. Writer/director Liann Kaye joins us virtually to explain how she got inspired to write this film, her own journey with her looks and feeling invisible as an Asian-American woman, and how she got real life K-Pop star Kevin Woo to come on board as lead actor. But before we get to the interview, Erin and Ang...
Nov 04, 2024•26 min•Ep. 822
Send us a text Susan Lieu is a performer, writer, and comedian, with the special ability to make you laugh and cry in the same breath. She joins us to discuss her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter , that takes you through her life as the daughter of immigrants who loses her mother at a young age due to a botched tummy tuck. This amazing conversation covers everything from generational trauma to stand-up comedy, and channeling spirits to a love letter to Sizzler. A big thanks to Susan for teachin...
Oct 23, 2024•37 min•Ep. 821
Send us a text It's been almost two months since our last Basic Bitch, and for two bitches that took a "month off", we were both busy AF! Find out how Ange learned about duck farts in Alaska, and which two exciting jobs Erin has added to her repertoire. Then they share some special event highlights from the Big Gay Supper Club at Hilda and Jesse (one of SF's best restaurants freshly minted with a Michelin Star), the intimate details behind W. Kamau Bell 's newest live comedy show, joining Chef C...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 820
Send us a text The Bay List is official, ya'll! And you've come to the right place to find out all about it (how it was conceived, how it was formed, who it will help, and how it will work). We sit down with writer/director/actor (and one of our favorite return guests) Rafael Casal , and film and tv producer (and creator of the original Black List ), Franklin Leonard , while at a Screenwriter's Salon event in Berkeley a few months ago. And now that it's live, we can finally share how excited we ...
Oct 09, 2024•51 min•Ep. 819
