Trump is FINALLY indicted, bringing all the New York MAGA nutters to the yard. Former Rep. Katie Hill (CA-25) joins Francesca to weigh in on this historic day, and the first of likely many criminal charges levied on the Hamburglar of democracy. THEN, Miles Kampf-Lassin on the Chicago mayoral race and the historic campaign (AND VICTORY!) of Brandon Johnson. Paul Vallas will undoubtedly move on to privatize the education system in Argentina next. And a police union head was importing fentanyl?! We...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Millions of Americans believe in the QAnon conspiracy. Some of them have committed extreme acts of violence, and most of them don't know how streaming services work which let's be real would probably fill a lot of their idle time. Journalist Will Sommer joins Francesca to talk about his new book Trust The Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America. Also, another mass shooting in a school and this time, the right is blaming trans people. And the CEO of TikTok bears down all ...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Jordan Peterson got duped by fetish porn, Biden tries to ban TikTok, and Matt Taibbi is a tool! A taste of the BONUS BISH, a solo stream every Friday 1pm PT/4pm ET on YouTube and Twitch. Free to watch LIVE, and available to listen and watch back for Patrons, members on YouTube & subscribers on Twitch. Become a Patron to get the whole episode: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Mar 25, 2023•1 min
Trump says he's about to be arrested but we're all still waiting. Of course no one should hold their breath as to whether a guy who does crimes like he drinks Diet Coke will face any consequences. Comedian and retired Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik joins Francesca to talk about D-day for Donald and the 20 year anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, and the stain that it has left on the world. Then, author Jake Bittle on how climate change is creating internally displaced refugees in...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Money in government is crushing our democracy. Rep. Summer Lee, the first Black legislator to represent Pennsylvania, stopped by to talk about being a progressive freshman in Congress and trying to fight for truly transformational policies, while going up against an onslaught of corporate cash. Then comedian Megan Gailey joins to talk about the imminent indictment of Donald Trump and the Lt. Governor of Tennessee in trouble over forgetting social media is in fact public. Finally, Jane Fonda give...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Why do we hand everything over to Big Pharma and the Amazon Corporation when they continually f*ck us over? Comedian Maggie Maye and activist Rafael Shimunov join the pod to talk about why Amazon's construction of HQ2 in Virginia has stalled, what the corporate Cthulhu wants next and how grassroots pressure is the only thing that has worked. Then, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly voluntarily lowers the price of insulin to $35 a vial? What's the catch? And then, will Chicago choose a former teach...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 172
What's become of the feminist uprising in Iran? Journalist and podcast host Negar Mortavazi joined Francesca to explain the roots of the movement and how the authoritarian Islamic Republic is as brutal as it is scared of its own people. Then a 4-day work week pilot program has proven working less is both healthier and more profitable for businesses. YES PLEASE! And then a Trump-appointed judge is on the bring of outlawing the medicated abortion medicine mifepristone as right-wingers continue to ...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 171
"Medicare for All should be the floor", according to author Beatrice Adler-Bell. We talk about why overall health must be an organizing framework for real anti-capitalist transformation. And more private text and emails from Fox News reveals just how cynical and fake the network and its personalities truly are, stoking the Big Lie while privately calling Trump ghouls idiotic. And Nikki Haley is trying to be president like it's the year 2012. Finally: Fuck, Marry Kill: California Senators' Race. ...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Free Palestine, Ohio. After a train derailment the town is choking on toxic chemicals. How did corruption, greed, and crushing train workers unions lead to this accident and thousands of others. Plus, what's the way out of the Russia/Ukraine war? Are we headed closer to a peace settlement or global nuclear annihilation? Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic discusses whether the U.S. missed opportunities for negotiating with Putin and how many more lives will be lost before this is all over. Finally, w...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 169
An activist was murdered outside of Atlanta trying to protect the Weelaunee Forest from the development of a police training ground. Why aren't we hearing more about it? Fellow organizer Micah Herskind joins Francesca to explain what Cop City is and the depths of the corruption surrounding its construction. And Akela Lacy, politics reporter for The Intercept, joins to talk about the double-speaking Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Ilhan Omar being kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 168
What does the police murder of Tyre Nichols mean for police reform? It means it doesn't work. Turns out Memphis had implemented some of the most basic changes and that officers had plenty of training. Writer and host of Citations Needed, Adam Johnson, joins Francesca to discuss how not just the far right but liberal media ensure that the killing of innocent people at the hands of police will only continue. And Dan Evans of TYT bitches about the increasing amount of trash on social media. Then, F...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 167
The extremist SCOTUS has the U.S. in a Christian nationalist headlock. Justice reporter for The Nation, Elie Mystal, joins to break down the cases that are determining basic LGBTQ+ rights, affirmative action, labor rights, gun control and whether or not politicians can do the whole 'alternate slate of electors' thing that the Big Lie began. Also, comedian Billy Wayne Davis joins to talk about the official end of the Covid emergency (while people continue to die of Covid) and the endless George S...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Royally screwed mega donor Sam Bankman Fried used his crypto fortune to support both Democrats and Republicans. But which Democrats and why is the real story few are covering. Organizer and writer Max Berger joined to talk about following the overlap between AIPAC money and Crypto Money, and why Bankman Fried wanted to take crypto legit. Plus comedian Josh Gondelman on Brazil's own January 6th and how CPAC head Matt Schlapp is a known predator but will never resign in shame. Finally, enough impo...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Many former military personnel were at the Capitol on January 6th. Now on the two-year anniversary, progressive veterans are asking leaders to listen to their calls to reign in extremism and forever wars. Naveed Shah of Common Defense joins Francesca in the first episode of the year to discuss. And comedian Chloe Hilliard on how "God hates ugly", Andrew Tate and Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Finally, what's in for 2023 and what's out? For America and for you? PLUS a *BONUS BISH* on former Brazilian Presi...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 164
In the last episode of the year, we're thinking BIG about real political revolution with mentor of the show Max Elbaum. We discuss grassroots electoral work, the limitations and gains of the progressives Squad, and the lasting Bernie effect. All of it discussed in Max's new book Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections. But before that, Gareth and Francesca take stock of what's in the the approved big spending bill and Ukrainian president Zelenksy's address to Congress. F...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Rich idiots are getting caught this week. First Elon's Twitter policy-by-polling spins out of control and then the January 6th House committee concludes that yes indeed Trump (and others) should be criminally charged for the insurrection. John Iadarola of The Damage Report joins Francesca to bitch about it all and how sad it is that nobody reads anymore. And comedian Sara Schaefer joins to to talk about making it in Hollywood and which "nepo baby" to save from the fictional guillotine. Finally F...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 162
From the allegories of Andor to the baldfaced corruption of the Supreme Court, Francesca is joined by author Wajahat Ali to dig into the week. Then documentarian Blake Zeff on his film "Loan Wolves", how the student debt crisis was manufactured by dogsh*t legislation. And finally, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declares herself independent from the Democratic party and fully dependent on corporate cash. Plus a *BONUS BISH* for the patrons on what the hell is going down in Peru. Get it by joining the patreo...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 161
If only Hunter Biden's laptop held the key to how to break up Big Tech and wrest it from the clutches of billionaires. Paris Marx, host of the podcast Tech Won't Save Us, joins Francesca to explain the importance of Twitter and what happens now that Elon Musk has put his grubby rich paws all over it. He also helps us envision a future where communication platforms aren't boosting the most heinous content and don't sell our data and market us poorly made leggings and coffee made of mud? Plus, com...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Not all progressives agree on police or prison abolition, but the conversation is breaking through to the mainstream. Movement lawyer Olayemi Olurin joins Francesca to discuss the overblown crime narrative and how to begin thinking about both defunding and divesting from the prison industrial complex, and also imagining something different. Also in the room is comedian Jena Friedman, whose new true crime show Indefensible breaks through sensationalized murder stories and with a bit of necessary ...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 160
If only we could pummel the Christian nationalist agenda with heels like the heroes of Club Q. Comedian Nato Green joins Francesca to break down yet another hate-fueled mass shooting in America, and both bitch about respective health insurance problems. Then David Dayen of the American Prospect explains what the GOP will do with a majority in the house. Spoiler: rob from the poor and give to the rich. Finally, with Elon at the helm everyone is saying goodbye to Twitter. What would your final say...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 158
The GOP's midterm performance is surely like their performance in bed: overpromising and underwhelming. Dark Brandon's will has been done and Democrats hold onto the Senate. Nelini Stamp of Working Families Party joins Francesca and comedian Kurt Braunholer to discuss. How did progressives, young people and women show up the party establishment? Plus, Trump announces he's running again! After all it's the only way he can stay out of jail. We think of new slogans.But will the energy to elect Ron ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 157
If there's one person who's rejoicing Musk's Twitter takeover it's self-proclaimed philosopher and pure carnivore Jordan Peterson. You know him, he's like the Lorax only instead of the trees he speaks for the incels. Francesca and Matt Lieb react to Peterson's Pride Month freak out, smack dab in the middle of a banner Twitter year for him, where he was banned for harassing of trans actor Elliot Paige and plus-sized swimsuit models. Of course now with Lonnie at the helm, Jordan will soon be back ...
Nov 07, 2022•28 min
The craziest stories from the summer that SCOTUS killed Roe V. Wade. From an anti-choice extremist who broke into medical facilities to steal fetal remains, to a South Carolina legislator's bonkers argument for a total ban on abortion including rape and incest, to the pus-filled pimple of the U.S. Senate Ted Cruz on why SCOTUS will gut gay marriage next. Enjoy this special episode from the BONUS BISH archives and become a patron to support Francesca while she’s on maternity leave! www.patreon.co...
Nov 01, 2022•39 min
Three stories on workers’ rights you might have missed. First, comedian Chloe Hilliard and Nomiki Konst unpack what it means for management at "progressive cooperative" REI to engage in woke union-busting featuring pronouns and a land acknowledgement. Then, 'Eatin Good In the Neighborhood' just got grosser as an Applebee's boss celebrates his workers' struggling to make ends meet. Plus, Atsuko Okatsuka, famously an amazing twerker, celebrates the NoHo stripper union drive. Enjoy this special epi...
Oct 25, 2022•42 min
From the BONUS BISH archives: Right-wing boy wonder Charlie Kirk makes a case for socialism unbeknownst to Charlie Kirk. Author Wajahat Ali and comedian Andy Kindler join to discuss. Plus a look at one of the greatest heckles in recent history: a woman destroys Senator Rick Scott of Florida at a Starbucks and it is glorious. Then, how the right baited Joe Biden into removing pipes from harm reduction kits for addicts. Is he now growing a backbone after pardoning everyone with federal marijuana c...
Oct 19, 2022•30 min
Francesca and Nato Greene discuss the Liz and father Dick Cheney trying to distinguish themselves from the rest of the GOP. Like they didn’t pave the way for the slide into full flown fash. Plus, a look with comedian Will Miles at the teacher shortage coming out of the pandemic that has police subbing for educators. What could go wrong?! Finally, John Iadarola of The Damage Report joins to talk about another Darwin Award for a Covid denier, this time from a Washington State Trooper who went vira...
Oct 12, 2022•38 min
In the final episode before a maternity hiatus, Francesca and baby daddy Matt Lieb discuss Russia's war on Ukraine and whether the nuclear armageddon awaits their child. Or is diplomacy still on the table? Can that be one of the possibilities. Plus a look at the Spiderman meme moment between Russia and the United States of who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline. And a discussion of the rich hypocrisy from Florida Republicans on hurricane relief in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Then, filmmaker Josh He...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Protests in Iran are raging over the state murder of Mahsa Amini. Iranian-American comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh joins to discuss the symbol of the hijab as a personal and political tool. Plus, Trump is being sued by the state of New York for fraud, while telling Sean Hannity that he can de-classify documents with his mind. And journalist Eli Day joins to explain how grassroots voter organizations in states like Georgia are showing that multi-racial populism is possible. Finally an edition of The Th...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Who will go polls in November, the dummies or the smarties? Comedian Roy Wood Jr. and data analyst Tom Bonier join Francesca to discuss the midterms. Plus, Texas governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor De Satan are sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, veep Kamala Harris’ house, and now Biden’s home in Delaware in questionably legal but unquestionably cruel political stunts. Then, more video of election meddling from Republicans in Coffee County, Georgia as the “alternate electors” plan is no...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 154
The upcoming election in Brazil is a good opportunity to take stock of the disaster that Jair Bolsonaro has been for the country: Amazonian destruction, trampling human rights, and a violent culture war that is terrifyingly Trumpian. Journalist Michael Fox joins the podcast to break it down and what Lula da Silva's chances are of winning. Also with Queen Elizabeth dead, it's a good time a time as any to talk about monarchy, colonialism and empire. And Senator Lindsey Graham introduces a bill to ...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 153
