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Send us a textThis is the first #BasicBitch that we've recorded since March, and clearly we have a lot of shit to catch up on!We talk major changes in the Bitch Talk universe (including celebrating our 10 year anniversary!), highlights from CAAMFest (the Center for Asian American Media Film Festival), our favorite movies of the summer, fancy dinners, live music/art, dicks and menopause, our favorite guests of the summer, and a chaotic pub crawl that included a dirty twist. This episode is loaded and bloated just like us...enjoy!Bitch Talk Recommendations (as referenced in the episode)Restaurant:Old Skool CafeBooks:Wannabe: Reckonings With The Pop Culture That Shapes Meanything by Samantha IrbyFilm:JoyrideJeanette Lee Vs.Fanny: The Right To Rockanything by H.P. MendozaArt/Science:Kehinde Wiley exhibit @ the de Young MuseumThe ExploratoriumMusic:The Lost ChurchFleetwood MacrameStern Grove Festival--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of Th

Send us a textHoly shit, it's the Indigo Girls! We interviewed the director (Alexandria Bombach) of their documentary It's Only Life After All, at SXSW this year and we've been waiting to interview Amy and Emily ever since. And what better timing than Pride weekend before their set at the Stern Grove Festival  - one of our favorite summertime activities in San Francisco!Amy Ray and Emily Saliers speak as passionately as they sing. They share their early activism and who inspired them to take action, the love affair they have with their fans, their most recent studio album (Look Long) and why it was like returning home, and which musicians they ride or die for (spoiler alert: the list includes a lot of hip-hop!).Visit the ACTIVISM page on their website and Honor The Earth to get involved and stay active!Follow the Indigo Girls on IG & FB & Twitter and go see them live as the tour the U.S. and Europe this summer and fall!Thank you to Jeff Hunt from Storied: San Francisco and Kayla Anchell

Send us a textThis is a film that makes us proud to be from the Bay! Earth Mama follows a pregnant young single mother of two who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family.Director Savanah Leaf sits down with us to explain how this film was born from her short film The Heart Still Hums, the meaning of the title, and how writing the screenplay was a form of therapy. We were also joined by Bay Area Hip Hop artist Tia Nomore who shares why she decided to try her hand at acting, how this role spoke to her real life experiences as a new mom, and what it was like to take acting cues from Erika Alexander. They then share what makes the locations in the film so special, the healing power of nature, and how they hope this film will spark a greater conversation about the problems within the system, and the realities of motherhood.Earth Mama opens in SF at the Roxie Theater on July 7th, and nationwide on July 28th. For showtimes, click hereFollow director Savanah Leaf on IG Follow actor/ra

Send us a textWelcome to the SF Frameline Film Festival! Every Body is an important and beautiful documentary that focuses on three intersex people's lives as they process the traumas of their past, find community, thrive in their personal lives, and become leaders in the movement for a greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Director Julie Cohen and  producer Tommy Nguyen share how the intersex movement has been a long time coming, the horrendous stranger than fiction story and archival footage that provided the catalyst for them to tell this story, and why they think we are moving in the right direction.Participant and intersex activist River Gallo shares their experience growing up as intersex, how they manage to find grace in dealing with the misunderstandings of their parents, the inspirational feeling of the crowd at the film's premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and what makes the closing credits of the film so special.Every Body opens in theate

Send us a textWe're on location at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to talk about the exciting new Disney+ comedy/action series, American Born Chinese.Executive Producer/graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang and actor Daniel Wu sit down with us to talk about the audience reaction at the series premiere at SXSW, how the casting and timing of the show created a perfect storm (in the best way possible), their collective roots in the Bay, and the fact that the Asian American story has something to say for everyone.American Born Chinese is streaming right now on Disney+Follow graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang on IG & FB & TwitterFollow actor Daniel Wu on IG & Twitter--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wher

Send us a textGet ready to laugh your ass off! Author/comedian/blogger/tv writer Samantha Irby is in the house and if you've ever read any of her books, she does not disappoint. As the conversation fluctuates between heavy and light (ie: from bowel issues to the deaths of our mothers), she is as real as it gets in the most hilarious way possible. You'll hear her thoughts on assisted living (pro), the news (con), NKOTB (pro), getting dressed (con), and the hilarious reason she waited almost 30 years to finally see Dave Matthews Band live. Plus we get all the inside scoop on her commissioned job to interview Lizzo for Time magazine in 2019. Take a listen and find out how she became our new best friend. You're welcome.Samantha Irby's new book, Quietly Hostile, is available now.But why buy just one? She has three more books, Meaty, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, and Wow, No Thank You.Follow Samantha Irby on IG--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 yea

Send us a textThat's right y'all, the bitch is back - W. Kamau Bell. We got to sit down in Kamau's NEW PRODUCTION OFFICES!! in Oakland and have a serious sit down with our un-official co-host about his latest documentary 1000% Me now streaming on HBOMax, his Peabody award for We Need to Talk About Cosby, what happened with his show United Shades on CNN, why it's hard for him to take a vacation, the state of stand-up comedy and "cancel culture", and see what he thinks about having his own TV reality show (SPOILER ALERT: it would be Kamau walking out of the room in almost every scene.)  We absolutely love getting to dig in with Kamau and are excited for his new production ventures. Let's goooooooo!Follow W. Kamau Bell on IG and his website Purchase the workbook Do The Work here--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives M

Send us a textWe're celebrating CAAMFest (the Center for Asian American Media Festival) 2023 with the awesome and inspiring documentary, Fanny: The Right To Rock.Ange sits down (virtually) with director Bobbi Jo Hart to discuss how she first found out about Fanny (the first all female rock band to release an album on a major label), and the serendipitous steps (including a David Bowie quote) that led to her directing this film. She discusses how the band is still breaking glass ceilings as women in their 70s, stories from their recent concert at the iconic Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood, and the true definition of success.For tickets to Fanny: The Right To Rock at the SFMOMA tonight, May 19th @ 5:30pm, click hereFor information on the Directions in Sound: Fanny and Friends FREE concert on Saturday, May 20th @ 1pm, click hereFollow Fanny: The Right To Rock on IG & FB & TwitterFollow director Bobbi Jo Hart on Twitter--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years,

Send us a textWelcome to CAAMFest (Center for Asian American Media) 2023, where we're covering a documentary on our favorite pool player of all time, Jeanette Lee VS.Director Ursula Liang and Jeanette Lee (aka the Black Widow) sat down with us to share how this film came to be during a very life changing time for both of them. Ursula shares some insight for indie filmmakers on being commissioned to direct a film, and the importance of us being able to tell our own stories. Jeanette Lee opens up about being vulnerable on camera, and how she dealt with mansplaining at the pool table. Then Jeanette gives an update on her stage 4 cancer diagnosis, and shares some words of inspiration.Watch Jeanette Lee VS on ESPN hereFollow Jeanette Lee on IG & FB & TwitterFollow Ursula Liang on IG & Twitter--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter,

Send us a textWelcome to CAAMFEST ( Center For Asian American Media) 2023! We're kicking off the festival (May 11-21st) by bringing you a fun conversation with the Festival and Exhibitions Director, Thúy Trần. Thúy is a ball of energy and a force to be reckoned with! She shares her upbringing as a Vietnamese immigrant, why she felt called to the Bay Area, how she landed her role at CAAM, and what exciting events and films we have to look forward to. We also discuss the evolution of Asian American representation, how she takes her role as a gatekeeper very seriously, and the importance of community. We are so excited about this year's CAAMFEST lineup of events, and hope to see you there! Bitch Talk is a proud Community Partner of the following two CAAMFEST events, we hope to see you there!Jeanette Lee VSDirections in Sound: Fanny and FriendsFor other exciting events and tickets, click hereFollow Thúy Trần on IGFollow CAAMFEST on IG & FB & Twitter--Thanks for listening and for your support! We

Send us a textWelcome back to our live broadcast from the SFFilm Festival's filmmakers lounge! In this final SFFilm Fest episode, Erin sits down with director Rooth Tang and producer Michelle Moy to discuss their documentary film Rally, about San Francisco political kingmaker Rose Pak. If you're not from or live in the City, you may be asking yourself who's Rose Pak, and why should I care?  Well, Rose was an interesting character - immigrant to the states, started out as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, then turned herself into a political powerhouse, activist, and shit disturber. It's a complicated life but an interesting one and director Rooth Tang was a great choice to tell her story. In this live interview, Erin talks to the director and producer about Rooth's invovlement in telling Rose's story (Rooth is from Southern California), how did Rose's story unfold into a full length documentary, and what do they think Rose would think about this film if she was s

Send us a textWelcome back to our live broadcast from the SFFilm Festival's filmmakers lounge! In this episode, Erin talks with the directors of the very powerful documentary Bad Press.  Bad Press  tells the story of when the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country. This story was an eye opener on so many levels and Erin talked with the directors about how this story came to light, how did Joe (not of the Muscogee Nation) fit in as part of the crew, how Angel is doing (the rogue reporter who is 100% a bad Bitch!), and why the Muscogee political machine was not always wanting the camera on them while Rebecca and Joe were peeling back the onion of this documentary in real time. Bad Press is why we need documentaries. So thankful that SFFilm picked it up after seeing it at this years Sundance.  If you see it roll through your local film festival, bu

Send us a textHello again from SFFilm Festival 2023! Today's episode brings you director/writer Lorena Padilla and producer Georgina Gonzalez from the film Martinez.  In her directorial debut, Lorena has written and brought to life a beautiful story about an aging man who has mostly frowned at life and after a female neighbor around his age passes away, he picks up the remnants of her life  and starts to live.  Erin sits down to talk with Lorena about the personal story connected to this script, the brilliant casting of the lead actor (played by Francisco Reyes), how they shot in Mexico during the height of the pandemic, and more.If you'd like to support SFFilm all year long you can do so hereFollow Lorena Padilla here Follow Georgina Gonzalez hereSupport your local film festivals, y'all! --Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter,

Send us a textIt's that time of year in San Francisco y'all. SFFilm Festival has rolled through the City and we're happy to bring you a few interviews we just held over the weekend LIVE in front of filmmakers and festival goers while sipping on some wine. First we are bringing you SFFilm Festival director of programming Jessie Fairbanks. Erin and Jessie talk about elevating new and local filmmakers in this years festival, what draws her to documentaries, how programming around the country is vastly different in every city,  and how much Bitch Talk and Jessie love the Film Independent Spirit Awards (bring them back to TV!!)If you'd like to support SFFilm all year long you can do so hereFollow Jessie Fairbanks hereSupport your local film festivals, y'all! --Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--

Send us a textZoe Lister-Jones is a bad bitch.  She is the writer, director, showrunner, and lead actor in her latest project SLIP now playing on The Roku Channel. We caught up with Zoe earlier this week to discuss this magically surreal, time jumping, orgasmic ride of a TV show. She enlightened us about when she started working on this script, how Buddhism influenced the story line, how important your ride or dies are in every stage of life, and maybe Captain Party puts Erin on the spot in front of Zoe with a question about life. Cool. Thanks to Zoe for hopping back on the mic with us. If you haven't heard our first interview with her, it was way back in 2017 to talk about her film Band Aid which you can find on most streaming platforms. It is a delightful film to watch and you get treated to Zoe's beautiful singing voice. Listen to that interview here. Follow Zoe Lister-Jones on IG --Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay

Send us a textWelcome to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas!Holy shit, this interview is a doozy. To our regular listeners, this episode is more of a #BasicBitch than an interview, and at one point the tables were turned and Erin and Ange were the ones receiving questions. Let's just say that we had a meeting of the minds with these ladies, and this is (hopefully) the beginning of a beautiful friendship.Mother of the Dawn is a short film about a female truck driver in Brazil who started having visions of extraterrestrials in the 1950s. These visions led her to start her own community/religion of followers that has over 800,000 members, yet is still relatively unheard of. We were joined by director Janell Shirtcliff and producer Daisy O'Dell, and while our conversation definitely discusses the importance of their short film and how much they cherish this community of people and their beliefs, it also ventures off into the unknown (in the best way possible). We hope that you'

Send us a textWelcome to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas!We watched the Blindspotting Season 2 premiere, now it's time to party! This is a Basic Bitch from the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, as we celebrate the season premiere with cast and crew from the show. Listen to what happens when you're halfway through covering a festival and you mix hors d'oeuvres with an open bar. Enjoy!Watch Blindspotting Season 2 streaming on April 14th on Starz--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!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 th

Send us a textWelcome to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas!Blindspotting Season 2 (TV Spotlight Audience Award Winner) is finally here! And we're excited to bring you a conversation with Executive Producer, Jess Wu Calder, as this season marks her directorial debut. Jess has been with Blindspotting since the beginning, and she shares how her idea to make a film that incorporates spoken word has turned into not only a successful film, but an ongoing tv series. We get into her apprehension to direct (and a how a sweet exchange between Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs changed her mind), why she takes her work so seriously in regards to representation, and how the supportive vibe on set is reflected in the quality of the show.Blindspotting Season 2 premieres on April 14th on StarzFollow director/EP Jess Wu Calder on IG --Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Bl

Send us a textWelcome to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas!Closing Dynasty (Audience Award Winner for the Narrative Shorts Competition) follows 7 year old Queenie as she hustles and makes money off the streets of NYC on a school day. Director Lloyd Lee Choi shares why it was important for him to tell this story (and the twist at the end), how it was difficult for him to find a lead (and it was initially going to be a boy) until he met his young star Milinka Winata, and some fun behind the scenes stories about filming a young child in New York.Follow director Lloyd Lee Choi on IG--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!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

Send us a textWelcome to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas! It's Only Life After All is a documentary that gives you everything you've ever wanted to know (and things you didn't know you wanted to know) about the Indigo Girls. Director Alexandria Bombach sat down with us to share how the Indigo Girls changed her life, the role that homophobia and misogyny played in their career, how she managed to sift through massive amounts of never before seen archival footage, and their groundbreaking environmental activism that started in the 90s with Honor the Earth.For more information on how you can support Honor The Earth, click hereFollow director Alexandria Bombach on IG & Twitter--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind th