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Send us a textWe had the good fortune to welcome one of the most noteworthy person of 2020, East Bay native, Brianna Noble.  Brianna is the owner of Mulatto Meadows which is located in Martinez and also heads the non-profit Humble that uses horses to as a medium to inspire positive futures. We talk with Brianna about her inspiration to get on her horse, Dapper Dan, back in May and ride during one of Oakland's biggest George Floyd protests, how horses are mood detectors, how the 2009 death of Oscar Grant affected her activism, how the focus on her non-profit has exploded since her new found fame + more. Thank you  Brianna for your time and affecting the kind of positive change we need to see in the world. We can't wait to ride horses with you in 2021!Thanks for listening!--Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our websi

Send us a textWelcome to Flash Back Friday! With 500+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). We've hand picked this episode to compliment our recent interview with the star of the film Jimmie Fails. We've got ALL.THE.FEELS. for the movie The Last Black Man In San Francisco. Bitch Talk could not have asked for a better film to depict the reality of gentrification in San Francisco and its effect on black and brown people. Erin is on the red carpet for the San Francisco premiere at the historic Castro Theatre to talk with the director/writer Joe Talbot, writer/actor Jimmie Fails, actors Jamal Trulove and Rob Morgan, + the legend and patron saint of San Francisco - Mr. Danny Glover.You can stream TLBMISF now on YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Vudu, and Amazon Prime. Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind t

Send us a textThe three amigos are back at what they do best - Basic Bitching.  Will Ange finally get on a dating app? What's it like doing shrooms for the first time?  Ange's  ongoing knee injury, how to handle taking care of aging parents, and more. We hope you all enjoy us getting back to basics. Thanks for listening!Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 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

Send us a textWe last spoke with Jimmie Fails at the red carpet premiere of The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and have been wanting him back on the show ever since! No topic is off the table as we Basic Bitch with him about his quick rise to fame, his favorite places in San Francisco, how he celebrated his best birthday ever (while social distancing during a pandemic!), his music career, and how learning to be vulnerable changed his life. All while he strolls through San Francisco's panhandle at dusk. Thanks for reminding us how much we love San Francisco, Jimmie. And if you haven't seen it yet (why the hell not?!?) watch The Last Black Man in San Francisco, streaming now!Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursd

Send us a textWelcome to Flash Back Friday! With 500+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners).Like many of you, we've been obsessively watching The Queen's Gambit, so we thought it would be fitting to bring back this interview with Anya Taylor-Joy from March of 2018. In this episode, Ange (Captain Party) sits down with Director Cory Finley & Actress Anya Taylor-Joy of the film Thoroughbreds. They talk about how Cory channeled his inner psycho bitch, how Anya feels about playing a likable villain, and working with Anton Yelchin in his final role. Check out Thoroughbreds streaming virtually right now!Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every

Send us a textHey there! We're giving you some basic bitching straight from the mountains. Captain Party and Erin have hunkered down to hibernate, eat, drink, and exhale.  Let's get into The Queen's Gambit (streaming on Netflix), hot tubbing, Captain Party's knee injury update, fart rooms, and more. Hope you all are doing well and got some necessary down time over the holiday week/weekend. Thanks for listening!Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 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! -- B

Send us a textIn our first (and not last!) interview with SF comedian Arthur Gaus,  we chat about his 20- year comedy career, having a daughter right after the Covid lockdown started, recording his first comedy album right before shelter in place, juke boxes, dive bars, and more. Arthur is a true blue San Franciscan and we were incredibly giddy to talk to him about the ever changing landscape of the city we love.  Go support Arthur and his comedy album - Nice Jokes for Smart People on Spotify, Pandora , Amazon Music, Soundcloud, Apple Music, or at arthurgaus.com.Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions Support the showThanks for listening and for your support! We co

Send us a textIt's Thanksgiving week (whatever that means to you) and we're Basic Bitching about how 2020 keeps being 2020. We get into wreath making, East Bay BBQ, super quarantining , cancelling Rick(y) Schroeder, and how one of us is trying to pop their dislocated knee back in to place (WTF!?)We couldn't make this shit up. Enjoy.Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 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

Send us a textWelcome to Flash Back Friday! With 500+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners).With the holiday season right around the corner, we figured it was the perfect time to revisit one of our most fun interviews!Ike Barinholz's new film, The Oath, is about a family with different political beliefs trying to survive Thanksgiving dinner. Ange and Ike discuss staying informed yet sane in the age of 24-hour-news, and why social commentary and laughter go hand-in-hand. With a cast including Tiffany Haddish and John Cho, this movie is full of twists, but expect to feel tension, stress, and laugh out loud laughter.  Just like Ange's interview with Ike (who are now best friends forever!)The Oath is streaming now on HuluBe well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. --Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever

Send us a textThanks to the work of MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini, we have further evidence that artificial intelligence programs (that are used in advertising, hiring, policing, etc) are as oppressive as the people that create them. We sat down with Shalini Kantayya, director of the documentary Coded Bias, which follows Joy on her quest for civil rights by creating the Algorithmic Justice League (now THAT's a superhero movie that needs to be made!). We discuss how and why Shalini made this film, and how the dangers of Big Brother watching us are far more disastrous than we ever imagined. You can watch Coded Bias during SFFilm's DOC STORIES next month! Thank you to SFFilm for sponsoring this episode.--Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Product

Send us a textWe had such a great time welcoming back to the show,  Alexis Pence and new friend of the show, Hunter Pence!  The last time Alexis was on and in studio was waaaaaay back in late 2015 right before she and her (now husband) Hunter Pence got engaged. We talk to the couple about how 2020 has treated them, Hunter's retirement from the SF Giants, their favorite fall holiday, travelling (in the before times), and more.  Since Hunter retired from Major League Baseball, the Pence's have been getting to know the City and the neighborhoods that make it special.  We're so happy that they've stuck around and have made SF their home for the time being. Enjoy the show!Thank you to SFFilm for sponsoring this episode!  Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on

Send us a textWelcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners).Captain Party sits down with show-runner and members of the cast of Tales of the City. Based on a novel by Armistead Maupin, this miniseries is a revival of a show that centers around LGBTQ residents of an iconic apartment building, set in San Francisco. Zosia Mamet talks about why she picked this role, and the difference between San Francisco and New York, Charlie Barnett and Murray Bartlett discuss the importance of representing the LGBTQ community, and the complicated differences between the older and younger generations, and show-runner Lauren Morelli talks about the importance of having authentic characters, and hiring writers who were all LGBTQ.  This is a fully loaded episode with some incredible talent, and it was an honor to speak with them!  You can catch Tales of the City streaming on Netflix.Be well, stay safe, Black Liv

Send us a textWhat's up y'all? Tired from the election trauma/elation yet? We sat down and decompressed about it all in this episode as well as caught up on some other topics including the show PEN15. Have you seen it? If you haven't, holy crap you should.....like NOW. It's on Hulu. If you don't have Hulu ask your friend/Mom/co-worker for their login asap.And in terms of this election. Of course we're happy about the outcome that happened this past Saturday, but also fearful of what could happen between now and January 20, 2021. All we know right now is that we really have to flip the U.S. Senate.  If you want to participate in helping that effort in the state of Georgia you can find out more here.  Let's continue to fight for a fair and just democracy together!Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, thank you for wearing a mask and VOTING. --Special Thanks to our sponsor, SF Film - Doc Stories. --Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scen

Send us a textChef Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen  and Top Chef fame is owning 2020. Through a pandemic causing financial unrest for (not only) her business but the entire hospitality business at large, a call for social justice and police reform, and a political year fraught with ups and downs -  Chef Holland has taken this time to expand her brand footprint to TV, a new Oakland cafe, + more. When we spoke with Tanya in September we weren't sure what the political climate would be or who would win - now, as you listen to this interview, her dreams of becoming part of the new White House could come true. Time will tell but we're pretty sure she'll be a part of history in one way or another.Enjoy our interview with Chef Holland and be sure to catch her on the NYT How to Cook Thanksgiving During a Pandemic  on Tuesday, Nov. 10 and her new show on the OWN network debuting  on Saturday, November 14 at 1:30 pm. We told you she's owning 2020, didn't we?Be well, stay safe, Black Lives

Send us a textWe hope you're all hanging in there. We are trying to stay hopeful and patient in the wake of the election, but if you'd like an escape from the anxiety, we suggest checking out Charm City Kings, streaming now on HBO Max. Not only is it co-written by one of our favorite past guests, Barry Jenkins,  but it's an entertaining film that will bring you all the feels. It was a packed house as Ange sat down with Director Angel Manuel Soto, Producer Caleeb Pinkett, and the film's three young stars Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., and Kezii Curtis. They discuss the struggle of disenfranchised communities, toxic masculinity, and the culture behind the motorbike community. We also get into the universality of this film- the story may be based in Baltimore, but there's a Baltimore in every state. Finally, they discuss our need for mentors, and how the people you choose to look up to can define the direction of your future.Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, an

Send us a textWe're so grateful to be Bitch Talking with Dale Ho, Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, just in time for the election! We follow up on the status of his cases across the country, how he's preparing for potential problems on election day, and resources for people who want to know their rights as a voter. He also shares a new case he's arguing in the Supreme Court in defense of immigrants being represented in the census. While we might not know the results on Election Day, we know for sure that Dale Ho is a national treasure! And it isn't all doom and gloom, we celebrate the documentary he stars in, The Fight, receiving a Critics Choice Documentary Awards nomination!If you have any problems voting on Election Day, call 866-OUR-VOTEBe well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask.--Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! ww

Send us a textElection day is Tuesday November 3rd! If you haven't already voted, be sure to drop off your ballot at the nearest dropbox, or in person at your polling place. Click here for more information.Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 400+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners).Friend of the show Steph Walton is running for Oakland City Council and we couldn't be happier that she's running for elected office. Steph is a former podcaster and comes with a lengthy background in radio sales - so she knows how to give good conversation.  We talk with Steph about what sparked her interest in running for local office, the town of Oakland, the homeless pandemic,  jobs, and more. Steph is a powerful force, loves people, her family, and Oakland. If you're interested in  getting involved with politics, head to Steph's website and volunteer. It's the kind of inspiration you need to get excited about

Send us a textBad Hair may be one of the best horror films of our time.  Like, seriously.  Erin got to see the film at Bitch Talk's first night at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the first public screening of the film and it was packed with folks like Lena Waithe. It was bonkers. Why is this one of our new favorite horror films? Justin Simien wrote/directedLaverne Cox New Jack Swing /R&B soundtrack throughout the movieVanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams.Blair UnderwoodKelly RowlandAnd those are just some of the highlights from the movie. Enjoy Erin's convo. with director/writer Justin Simien and actress Elle Lorrain and head to Hulu to watch the film! Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursd

Send us a textWhoa. We made it to episode 501! Thanks to the listeners, followers, family, and friends who made our 500th virtual episode a success!  Shout out to our special guests - Frangela, Frankie Quinones, Ruby Ibarra, Aireene Espiritu, Marina Stankov-Hodge, Laura Kirkeby, and Tony Tabora for showing out and to the incredible all women production team who brought the show together - videographer/editor Evelyn Obamos and show producer Dara Kosberg. In episode 501, we also talk a bit about the new Netflix film 40-Year-Old Version and about our favorite doc. from 2020 - Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (cause we just can't get enough.)Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask.--Buy us a cup of coffee!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.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Producti

Send us a textWelcome to our 500th episode! We're thrilled to celebrate the occasion with Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, aka comedy duo FRANGELA. We get into the unsettling events of this year, the upcoming election, and our theories on the future of our country. We were dealing with heavy topics, but these ladies have a way of channeling our anger and anxiety into laughter, something we all can use a little more of these days. They're smart, thoughtful, unforgiving in their beliefs, and above all, best friends. For Bitch Talk, this interview was a match made in heaven. Seven years ago, we never could have imagined we'd find ourselves here, and we thank you (as always) for listening.Don't forget we're celebrating virtually tonight (10/21) at 8pm PDT with some of our favorite past guests!  We're bringing you music, dance, and a special "Friends versus Friends" game with FRANGELA to see which set of friends knows each other best. It's donation based, and a po