Bitch Talk Podcast

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  Flashback Friday - Black Zombie and Ghost in the Machine 11.09.2026 38min

  Send us Fan Mail We're bringing back two films that left a lasting impact, and will (finally!) be coming to a screen near you! Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, from Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonized Haiti. Director Maya Annik Bedward joined us at this years SXSW to share why this cultural reckoning is so important for Haiti, her difficulties in figuring out what to include in the film, and how a special scene with Erol Josué, General Director of H...
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  Basic Bitch - The Lupus Walk, A Third Encounter with Too $hort, and our 13th Anniversary Party! 04.09.2026 45min

  Send us Fan Mail We are unveiling the details of our 13th anniversary party and we hope to see you at the Rock Bar on October 11th! It's time to celebrate 13 years, nearly 1,000 episodes, and the community we've built along the way, while dancing to our favorite 80s cover band, Rewinder! In this episode we share the details of the upcoming Lupus Walk on October 18th, Ange's third encounter with Too $hort, the second meeting of the Bitch Talk Movie Club (watch Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Mia...
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  American Doctor Director Poh Si Teng 26.08.2026 28min

  Send us Fan Mail This interview was recorded this past spring during SFFilm Festival, and covers one of the most powerful documentaries we've seen this year year — American Doctor . The film follows three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian– as they enter Gaza to save lives, and ultimately risk everything to expose the truth. We sit down with director Poh Si Teng to discuss the urgency of this film, the importance of allyship, and why a film festival in Mi...
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  Porcelain Rage: A Manifesto for the Gen Z Woman Author Simone O. Elias 21.08.2026 33min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, these middle aged bitches get Gen Z AF! Porcelain Rage: A Manifesto for the Gen Z Woman, is a punk rock manifesto on culture, how it is killing us, and what we can do to survive. We are joined by author Simone O. Elias to discuss her choice to make the book free and accessible, how rage can be used to create change, problematic women in podcasting (spoiler: fuck Call Her Daddy!!), and generally bond as badass, rebel bitches. This is a fun one, enjoy! Read Por...
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  Basic Bitch - Pigeon-gate, Trans Rights are Human Rights, and Our Favorite Comedians 14.08.2026 48min

  Send us Fan Mail It's been a busy summer, and we're filling you in on all of the Bitch Talk shenanigans of the last month. We explain pigeongate (with a guest appearance from "white ass"), why Ange is afraid people might think she's in love, how drama in the WNBA has left the trans community under attack, and our favorite comedians of the moment. For Bay Area LGBTQ+ Support, contact the SF LGBT Center Support the show Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have won Best of the...
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  Golden State Valkyries Filipino Heritage Night with coach Natalie Nakase, SOMA Pilipinas Director Raquel Redondiez, DJ Bitesize, and rapper/producer P-Lo 07.08.2026 23min

  Send us Fan Mail Holy shit, we're on location at one of the happiest places on earth (aka Ballhalla) for the Valkyries 2nd annual Filipino Heritage Night! The Valkyries are San Francisco's WNBA team who are winning their way to the playoffs, and in this episode we're celebrating Filipino style! We kick things off with Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase (and 2025 WNBA coach of the year!) talking about inclusivity and the importance of being seen. Next you'll hear from Raquel Redondiez, direct...
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  Splash City Co-Writer and Co-Director Berner 31.07.2026 15min

  Send us Fan Mail Splash City is a crime drama based in San Francisco about two brothers on different paths struggling to survive amidst the pressure of their community. We chat with co-writer/co-director/Executive Producer and San Franciscan Berner about filming in the City, bipping (and how many car windows they went through), the nerves and excitement during their first screening in Oakland, and his pride in telling Bay Area stories. Click HERE for more information on the Splash City T...
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  Basic Bitch - Chicken Finger Me, Lindsay Graham Is Dead, and Sade Is Alive 17.07.2026 33min

  Send us Fan Mail We're on location for this Basic Bitch at one of our Bay Area happy places, The Marshall Store. What better way to celebrate the passing of an evil politician than with oysters and champagne, amirite? We imagine the horniness of a Sade concert, share Ange's matinee tips, find out what really happened during Erin's semester abroad in Italy, and say from the bottom of our hearts "FUCK THE GIANTS". Watch COPA 71 here! Come visit us at the Social Study! Trailer for Teenage ...
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  The Shaping Legacy Project with Angela Carrier and Ellie Tumbuan 10.07.2026 30min

  Send us Fan Mail Shaping Legacy is a multi-year commitment to critically examine the monuments and memorials in San Francisco’s Civic Art collection. ​It is a chance to rectify current power imbalances, engage communities that have historically been excluded from discussions, and create opportunities for artist-led activations in public spaces that reimagine future monuments and memorials in our city.​ We were excited to sit down with two badass bitches at the helm of this massive project, An...
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  Basic Bitch - Pride, Triathlon Tips, and Touching Grass 01.07.2026 35min

  Send us Fan Mail Another Pride month is in the books and it brought us so much joy. Erin and Ange share the magic of being in San Francisco for Pride, including the Frameline Film festival (the world's longest running and largest LGBTQIA film festival), the Valkyries kicking ass "For the gays!", and then Ange shares the details of her first ever triathlon. HERE is a trailer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma A Marie Clare interview with Amada Peet about her role on Your Friends an...
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  Frameline 2026 - Hunky Jesus and Leviticus 22.06.2026 28min

  Send us Fan Mail We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Frameline Film Festival (the world's longest running and largest LGBTQIA film fest!) with two films that shine a light on hypocrisy in religion in very different ways. Hunky Jesus is a wildly entertaining documentary about the annual Hunky Jesus competition that takes place in Dolores Park in San Francisco on Easter Sunday (amen). Director Jennifer Kroot joins us to share her thoughts on the displacement of counter culture in San ...
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  I Love Boosters Writer + Director Boots Riley 15.06.2026 50min

  Send us Fan Mail It's virtually impossible to encapsulate a conversation wth Boots Riley. From becoming an activist as a teenager, to getting a record deal while in school for filmmaking, his life is as fascinating as his body of work. And his newest film, I Love Boosters, is unlike anything you've seen before, and deepens his impact as a voice for the worker revolution. Let's just say you're not only going to be entertained and inspired by this conversation, you will also learn how Prince sa...
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  Frameline 2026 - At the Place of Ghosts and Black Burns Fast 12.06.2026 31min

  Send us Fan Mail It's time to celebrate Frameline's 50th anniversary (June 17th-27th), the longest running and largest LGBTQIA film festival in the world! We are proud to bring you two very different films that celebrate representation from international independent voices. At the Place of Ghosts is a trauma-centric horror film that follows two estranged brothers as they venture into the wilderness to exorcise a demon and confront the ghosts of the past in order to find healing and closure. W...
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  Live at KALW with Jeff Hiller 05.06.2026 59min

  Send us Fan Mail Happy Pride Month! This is a very special episode recorded live at KALW, a Bay Area public radio station where Erin is a freelance audio journalist. Jeff Hiller was in San Francisco for an event to promote his memoir Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success, and he joins Erin in front of a live audience to dish some behind the scenes stories on his epic Emmy win for Somebody Somewhere, why NPR's Terry Gross punked the cover photo of his ...
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  Basic Bitch - Voting, Frameline Film Fest, and Jeff Hiller Day 29.05.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail We're back with another Basic Bitch and we've got a lot to get off our chest! From the upcoming election on June 2nd, our new obsession for memory games, the return of the WNBA (GO VALKS!), and the reason for our newly dubbed "Jeff Hiller Day", this one is all about things that are bringing us joy...and a couple of things that are pissing us off (because, duh). Enjoy! For a nonprofit non-partisan California voter guide, CLICK HERE! For a list of Second Line Pleasure Club even...
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  SFFilm - Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) Co-Director Anna Fitch 15.05.2026 28min

  Send us Fan Mail We are celebrating the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival with a film that celebrates love, friendship, and living a life outside of the box. Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) is a documentary that honors the life of co-director Anna Fitch's friend, Yo. Through interviews captured in the final years of Yo's life, and a mini recreation of Yo's home, Anna is able to process her grief and celebrate their once in a lifetime friendship. Anna joins us to discuss how Yo tau...
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  Where the Girls Were Author Kate Schatz 06.05.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail Kate Schatz is a feminist author, activist, public speaker, and radical history lover. Her newest book, Where the Girls Were, is a historical novel about a pregnant teenager being sent to a home for unwed mothers in late 1960s San Francisco. We sit down to discuss this book being inspired by her mother's story, how she is doing the work to fight racism, watching The Pitt as a form of parenting (warning: this episode contains The Pitt season 2 spoilers), and why she love...
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  Fifth Annual Pinayista Summit Featuring Gina Mariko Rosales, Lillian Rosales, Lisa Angulo Reid, Chef Charleen Caabay, and LadyRAY 01.05.2026 1h 10min

  Send us Fan Mail *Warning, this episode contains a conversation about suicide.* In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Month, we're sharing some interviews from a really special event that we participated in back in November, the fifth annual Pinayista Summit hosted by Make it Mariko. Pinayista is a vibrant community of Filipino women entrepreneurs and creative solopreneurs with a mission to build sisterhood in the hustle, and we were invited to be part of a panel cal...
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  Basic Bitch: Getting Older (and wiser), Sticky Fingers, and F*ck Video Podcasts 23.04.2026 52min

  Send us Fan Mail We're (finally) back with a Basic Bitch and we have a lot to catch up on! We wax poetic about being middle aged AF, how a Peaches concert is giving us life, Pedro Pascal's sticky fingers, comedians we love (and which ones can fuck off), and then we cap the episode off with a hyphy "This Bitch". Don't forget to vote in the California Primary on June 2nd! For more information, click here Support the show Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have won Best of th...
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  SXSW 2026 at The Tech We Want 15.04.2026 1h 2min

  Send us Fan Mail The Tech We Want is building an alternative tech ecosystem that balances people, purpose and profit. Attending their events during SXSW has always been a highlight of our experience, and this year we were honored to include them as a sponsor. We sit down with Julia Solano, Aniyia Williams, and Tara Reed to discuss humanity in technology, staying rooted in community, being a black woman in tech, and the power of self confidence. Follow The Tech We Want on IG Follow Julia Solan...