What’s next for the debt cancellation movement? Can and will Republicans roll back Biden’s decision on student loans? Braxton Brewington of The Debt Collective joins to break it down. And Trump stumps for Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania but focuses more on Lenin than anyone else. And Jackson Mississippi’s water crisis is far from over, proving why we must tackle environmental racism and the lasting impact of white flight. Finally, Howard Schultz is being told by the National Labor Relations Board that he...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 152
How can global south countries invest in stopping climate change when they're strapped with international debt? Debt that often requires them to keep exacting resources. Organizer Esteban Sevant of the Debt for Climate movement explains why we the best way to stop global warming is to cancel IMF and World Bank debt. Plus, did Trump's classified document mishandling lead to the death of CIA assets abroad? Signs point to ... possibly! And Biden gets his groove back and uses the F word for the firs...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 151
While Democrats need to 'energize and ignite' their voting base, voters need to remember that democracy is not a spectator sport. We welcome LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, to discuss critical midterm elections and where grassroots organizers are working hardest. And comedian James Fritz joins to talk about Biden's imminent cancelation of a very small amount student debt, and Republicans starting to see the implications of stripping abortion rights from half the population....
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 150
If only the memes were true. Instead, the president isn't a vengeance-seeking diehard, he signs the Inflation Reduction Act and gives Joe Manchin the pen. And on immigration, Biden has put up little fight against some of the worst Trump policies. Organizer Erika Andiola joins Francesca to break down the fate of DACA, Trump's border wall, Title 42 and the recently rescinded "Remain in Mexico" policy. And more details about the FBI raid on Mar a Lago. Was he trying to hawk the nuclear codes? Comed...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 149
The right isn't funny, but they're effective. That's Professor Nick Marx's argument in the book "That's Not FunnyHow the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them". He joins Francesca and comedian Jessica Sele to discuss how the edge lord comedy ecosystem is recruiting young people to more extremist causes. Then the right screams "Defund the Police!" after the FBI raids Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate, including his safe! And major climate legislation passes the Senate. What's in the bill and does it do more g...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Starbucks is closing stores over letting its workers unionize?! Oldest trick in the busting book. Buffalo organizer with Starbucks Workers United Jaz Brisack joins to discuss the wave of union efforts across Starbucks stores and the latest corporate tactics to shut them down. And Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joins to talk about Joe Manchin finally being on board with a piece of legislation! How good is it? Plus, Jon Stewart roasts Senate Republicans for holding out healthcare on veterans...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 147
When life gives you Christian theocracy and climate collapse, sometimes you gotta swim in your own bin. Comedian Anna Valenzuela joins to talk about Trump’s January 6th outtakes, heatwaves throughout Europe, and Biden’s refusal to dub extreme temperatures due to climate change a national emergency. And the legal system in America hates pregnant people, and has hated them for awhile. Rafa Kidvai, director of the Repro Legal Defense Fund for If/When/How discusses legal strategy now that Roe has be...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 146
The U.S. could really use some Sri Lankan uprising energy. We get into the island nation's "occupy moment” with Artist Yalini, a Sri Lankan artist of Tamil descent. And comedian Nato Green joins to discuss Biden’s no good very bad trip to the Middle East/a Saudi Arabian PR stunt, where he doubled down on Trumpian foreign policy. And backed up GOP congresspeople get some stern lessons from women in the abortion rights movement. Plus, now that the restaurant Medieval Times has unionized, which nic...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 145
How is the cost of inflation falling on working Americans? And why is the Federal Reserve adding insult to injury by raising interest rates? We talk economic sh*t in unprecedented times with Professor Richard Wolff. And the White House finally takes small steps to protect abortion rights through executive orders. But what do they say and is it enough? John Iadarola, host of The Damage Report on TYT, joins to discuss this plus Boris Johnson booting himself out of power after his party abandons hi...
Jul 11, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 144
As abortion clinics rush close, women are rushing to stock up on Plan C. Luckily the success rate is higher than Trump’s Plan C for remaining in office: doing a coup. Comedian Matt Lieb joins Francesca to discuss the revelations about January 6th and bitch about Viktor Orban and Liberal TERFs. Then abortion activist & executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, Laurie Bertram Roberts, explains what clinics are doing in the wake of the Roe reversal and how she became invo...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 143
A marathon episode on the many facets of the Supreme Court striking down Roe V Wade. From its immediate impact and calling out hypocrites, to the weak sauce Presidential response and why ‘vote harder’ is a terrible scold, Francesca welcomes comedian Kate Willet to take it all in. Then, some good news out of Colombia as the country elects its first leftist president Gustavo Petro. BBC’s Colombia correspondent Daniel Pardo joins to break down how Petro won and what this means for the future of the...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 142
A bunch of chads get busted for attempting to riot at a Pride event, and the January 6th hearings show just how in danger Mike Pence was and how much Trump loved it. Plus, how the recall of Chesa Boudin has blotted out any honest discussion of criminal justice and police reform and the national media has simply run with a tough on crime line. Finally, can you spot the fake Juneteenth corporate-washing? Or are they all far too cringe? AND a solo Frannie Bonus Bish on drag queens and shows becomin...
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 141
A slice of the bonus episode from June 5th's show with comedian Jaye McBride where she and Francesca talk trans jokes in comedy, Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle, and her bizarre experience with Chappelle on stage in New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2022•2 min
Another day, another millionaire comedian or right-wing politician targets trans people. While one might seem like easy laughs, it’s hard not to look around at the hundreds of anti-trans bills sweeping the country and still muster a chuckle. Republicans are fixated on preventing trans girls participate in sports and trans kids overall from receiving any gender-affirming care. Founder of the Trans Formations Project Erin Reed joins Francesca to detail the impact of stopping trans children from re...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn’t the political will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties’ strategy in a midterm/pri...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Grifts, hacks, phishing and pyramid schemes built on cartoon apes. This is Web3, the world of cryptocurrenicies and NFTs. Molly White, software engineer and founder of Web3 Is Going Great explains why the lofty promises of digital currency have fallen flat. And comedian Atsuko Okatsuka joins to discuss newly-minted Republican Elon Musk’s sexual misconduct that involves a horse, and the pathetic downfall of the Biden Administration’s attempts to reign in misinformation. Plus, Taylor Swift tells u...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Turns out nothing is safe from rampant corporate greed, including f*cking baby formula. Francesca and guest Brett Payne of Street Fight Radio talk about the layers of corruption currently causing families to ration food for their infants. And, the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh once again shows us exactly who the Israeli government is and how little they care for human rights. Meanwhile, why are leading Democrats acting so shocked that the multi-decade plan to overturn Roe V. Wade has fi...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Ah the natural conclusion of the far-right’s takeover of America: obliterating abortion rights! Comedian Erin Lennox joins Francesca to discuss the Samuel Alito’s sniveling leaked opinion arguing for Roe V. Wade to be overturned, the pitiful response from leading Democrats, including campaigning for an anti-choice lawmaker in Texas over a progressive option. Then, socialist Minneapolis city councilmember Robin Wonsley on the role of police in suppressing social movements and progress, and local ...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Who are the union organizers left out of most American history books? This May Day, Francesca talks to labor reporter and author Kim Kelly about her new book Fight Like Hell: The Untold Labor of American History and the people, from sex workers and prisoners, who shaped workers rights. Plus an update on the desperate measures both Starbucks and Amazon are taking to stop union drives among their workers, as victories across the nation galvanize millions. Also along for the ride is comedian James ...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Francesca is back and talking pregnancies! Overall the ones forced upon millions of women across the country now that abortion rights are being taken away. And specifically, her own! Thankfully *not* forced. Comedian and founder of Abortion Access Front Lizz Winstead joins to discuss the dozens of abortion bans sweeping the country, the imminent end or partial end of Roe V. Wade, and the two most bizarro cases of anti-choice extremism including stolen fetusgate. Plus Baby Daddy Matt Lieb joins t...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Rivalry, jealousy, betrayal. The China-U.S. relationship is the stuff of geopolitical daytime drama. Writer and progressive strategist Tobita Chow of Justice Is Global joins Francesca to discuss what China’s ambitions, contradictions, and how the U.S. can avoid conflict by working with not against the rising superpower. And podcast host and sports writer Wosny Lambre dissects the bid by Elon Musk to buy nearly 10% shares of Twitter (even though he now says he won’t join the board). And, it’s the...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Both liberals and conservatives have their heads up their asses on homelessness and housing. They let the market run the table no matter the fact that there are half a million unhoused people on any given night in the U.S. Associate professor at the University of Washington Gregg Colburn joins to talk about his new book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” which re-affirms the real cause of homelessness and offers concrete solutions. Comedian Katrina Davis joins to talk about the first Amazon uni...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 132
A week of double standards: SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on the one hand grilled to shreds by seething Republicans, and the wife of 30-year conservative veteran Clarence Thomas outed as a Stop the Steal rally organizer. You couldn’t have scripted it better. Comedian Gianmarco Soresi joins to talk about the KBJ hearings and the latest revelations about Ginni Thomas. Will Clarence have the decency to resign or be impeached? Plus if prisons actually worked, why, in the most carceral country...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Take it from Muslim Americans: America’s counter-terrorism has done little more than criminalize innocent people. And now those same bogus tactics are being used to root out far right extremists, like the news that the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was an FBI sting operation. Is this the best way? Leena Al-Arian, director of Coalition for Civil Freedoms joins the podcast to explain. Plus, the sweet-taking “liberal redneck” comedian Trae Crowder on America running out of Covid money and abor...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Gas prices, the Kardashians, and working toward prison abolition from inside City Hall. A special LIVE episode from the Bell House in which Francesca is joined by comedian Matt Lieb and Sam Seder to break down and bitch about the week's shenanigans, including a look at how the right wing is blaming Greta Thunberg for Putin's war on Ukraine, and Kim K on why nobody wants to work! Least of all her. Then the insightful NY Councilmember Tiffany Cabán joined to discuss her time in office, the importa...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 129
A third week of Russia's assault and threats of nuclear war make us wonder why any given madman should be able to end the world? (And it's always a man.) Francesca is joined by Nomiki Konst and comedian Chloe Hilliard to break down the latest in Ukraine and the insane new dimensions this war is taking. Including an WNBA player being held hostage?! Does Russia think the U.S. cares about female athletes that much? Plus, the State of the Union features Biden throwing the BLM movement under the bus ...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 128
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Mar 05, 2022•39 sec
Ukrainian President Zelensky might be a former comedian but Putin is the real clown. Unhinged, erratic and currently trying to do regime change Ukraine, things have gotten very scary for everyday Ukranians, many who have fled the country while others take up arms. Francesca, Wajahat Ali and Andy Kindler break down the various aspects of Russia's war on Ukraine, from Zelensky's heroism to the hypocrisies of the American media and security apparatus to the sad lack of a united international antiwa...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 27 min
18 NAKED COWBOYS IN THE SHOWER AT RAM RANCH!! Francesca and Karinda dig into how lefty Ottawans turned a gay anthem into a brilliant anti-vaxxer trolling technique. There's only so many niceties Canadians will regale you with before they get MAD. Do not underestimate them. Listen to the whole bonus episode by going to www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 22, 2022•54 sec•Ep. 143
What does Putin really really really really really wanna zigga zig ah? Anatol Lieven, author of Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry, joins Francesca to discuss the probabilities and the calculations of all sides when it comes to war in Ukraine. Weapons manufacturers are happy, while Putin wants to exert influence and get a better bargaining chip against NATO. And Tucker Carlson’s AOC obsession reaches peak thirst and creepdom, while a critical Biden policy sunsets and plunges millions back i...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 142
