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Send us a textWe'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 the root of his emotional blockage. Director Miguel Ortiz and producer Elizabeth Alvarez join us to share their joy in casting the perfect drummer, Malick Koly, using colors and saturation to match the intensity of the sound, and how they're giving back to indie artists through their production company, TheTelly. Follow director Carolina Perelman on IGFollow director/writer Miguel Ortiz on IGFollow producer Elizabeth Alvarez on IGFollow production company TheTelly on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and

Send us a textWe'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 everlasting power of love. Project Dad is a documentary short shot by a feminist daughter trying to connect with her pickup artist dad who helps men succeed at dating on Tinder. Director/subject Camilla jämting joins us to share how she was able to separate being a director and being a daughter, why her cameraman had to stop filming during a certain intense scene, and being ok with relationships that are complicated.Follow director Erica Xia-Hou (夏侯云姗) on IGFollow director Camilla Jämting on IGSupport the showTha

Send us a textWelcome 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 shares the painful story of kids suffering from Ehler’s-Danlos Syndrome, a disease that is too complicated for mainstream medicine, causing them to be passed around, abandoned, and in some cases accused of faking their illness. Director Andrew Abrahams shares the problem with cookie cutter medicine, how the issues extend to CPS and the law, and how even though the medical system doesn't know a lot about this disease, one in 500 people suffer from it.Follow director Catherine Legault on IGFollow ar

Send us a textWelcome 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 career created a perfect storm in Hollywood that would never take place in today's digital age.40 Watts From Nowhere shares the story of Sue Carpenter, a young woman who hated commercial radio and decided to create her own pirate radio station out of her apartment in Silverlake, Los Angeles, in the 90s. We were excited to be joined by Sue (who also directed the film), to discuss how she found archival footage she never knew existed, her love for motorcycles, and the magic and innocence in not knowing what

Send us a textGirls 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.Watch Girls Will Be Girls right now on Amazon Prime!Follow Girls Will Be Girls on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalk

Send us a textHot 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, including laughing their assess off at multiple SF Sketchfest shows, closing out a karaoke bar to Sinead O’Connor on a Monday night, and recovering from a hysterectomy (#MiddleAgedWomen). Be sure to guess who you think will win, because we also bring you the exciting conclusion to the chili cook off, including some unique awards that you won’t want to miss. Honestly, this episode encapsulates why we still love San Francisco. Cheers!Become a Forever Deviant HERE !!Support the showThanks for listening and for your suppo

Send us a textWelcome 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 family, the universal nature of grief and loss, and Tad's son Prince's potential run for president in 2040 (jk but also not).Heightened Scrutiny follows civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio's courtroom battle against anti-trans laws, while exposing the media's role in impacting public perception of transgender rights. Director Sam Feder shares his rush to get this film out as soon as possible, the importance of being able to give a voice to children in a conversation about them, and how this film

Send us a textWelcome 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 between modern living and the environment, and how they were at the mercy of mother nature in the Cordillera mountains.Rains Over Babel is an exciting feature length film that brings Dante's Inferno into a tropical steam punk world inspired by Cali, Colombia. Director Gala del Sol shares her love of Latin American magical realism, being able to create the queer film that she always wanted to see, and meeting with an exorcist priest during the pandemic.Follow director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan on IGFollow producer H

Send us a textIt'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 that wasn't originally in the script.Didn't Die is a feature length film about a podcaster who tries to maintain her dwindling audience in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. We're joined by director/co-writer Meera Menon and one of the film's stars Kiran Deol to discuss finding hope in dark times, creating relatable characters through improv, and how representation for brown women is complicated.Follow director/writer/actor Claire Titelman on IGFollow director/writer Meera Menon on IGFollow a

Send us a textCassie 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 tickets for AberdeenFollow comedian Cassie Workman on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us

Send us a textWe 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 DirectoryARC Firefighter FunderSamantha 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 Hills, how the crew was both inspired by and part of the activism, and how race and class dynamics come into play when institutional powers attempt to suppress our ability to unite.Support ALU (Amazon Labor Union)Support CAUSE (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment)Follow Union the film on IGFollow producer Samantha Curley on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023

Send us a textWe 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 Prime right now!Follow actor Jharrel Jerome on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Inst

Send us a textLane 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 (It Was Romance) second album coming out in February!For tickets to Lane's Tinder Live show click here (we'll see you there!)Follow all around bad-bitch Lane Moore on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for

Send us a textNickel 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 Fails.Nickel Boys is now playing in select theaters! For tickets, click hereFollow Nickel Boys on IGFollow director RaMell Ross on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you

Send us a textHow is it possible that 2024 both flew by and seemed to last forever? 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 session with Morgan Shidler, and the spank heard 'round the world.Have a good NYE everyone. Thank's so much for following, liking, re-sharing, and commenting on our content!Support the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bi

Send us a textWell…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 showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram & Facebook Listen every Tuesday at 9 - 10 am on BFF.FM

Send us a textNurse 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 Carrera in Wayne’s World.Nurse Unseen was just picked up for distribution and will be rolling into theaters in 2025.  Follow Nurse Unseen on IGFollow director Michele Josue on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the sce

Send us a textAnyone 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 herself at a low point, Morgan started piecing together a system that helped her reflect and find ways to connect to the things she dreamed of. That system, called Hustle & Play, is a values-based program that helps you look at how you spend time in your life and how you want to change it. In this episode, we speak at length about the process it took Morgan to create Hustle & Play, how the community has grown, what she's learned from years of having this program and its workbook out in the world, and h

Send us a textRight 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 the voices of some of the most eloquent and inspiring voices of peace. Interweaving their moving on-stage dialogues in the U.S. and Europe with their poignant life stories, this doc creates a tapestry of demands for peace and reconciliation. The film contains no images of war, death, or campus protests. Instead, viewers will be immersed in the minds and heart-opening world of innovative thinkers finding a new way forward.We are honored to bring you this conversation with Julie, who identifies as Jewish-American, and Mo who iden

Send us a textA 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 costume designer, Tasha. And just when we thought we couldn't love him any more, we cap off the conversation off by bonding over our mutual obsession for the film Moonstruck.Listen to our first interview with Jeff Hiller hereJeff has a new book coming out in June of 2025, Actress of a Certain Age, you can pre-order it here!Follow actor Jeff Hiller on IGSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay B