Bitch Talk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Susan Lieu is a performer, writer, and comedian, with the special ability to make you laugh and cry in the same breath. She joins us to discuss her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter , that takes you through her life as the daughter of immigrants who loses her mother at a young age due to a botched tummy tuck. This amazing conversation covers everything from generational traum...

Send us Fan Mail It's been almost two months since our last Basic Bitch, and for two bitches that took a "month off", we were both busy AF! Find out how Ange learned about duck farts in Alaska, and which two exciting jobs Erin has added to her repertoire. Then they share some special event highlights from the Big Gay Supper Club at Hilda and Jesse (one of SF's best restaurants...

Send us Fan Mail The Bay List is official, ya'll! And you've come to the right place to find out all about it (how it was conceived, how it was formed, who it will help, and how it will work). We sit down with writer/director/actor (and one of our favorite return guests) Rafael Casal , and film and tv producer (and creator of the original Black List ), Franklin Leonard , while at a Scree...

Send us Fan Mail Holy shit, this movie is crazy! It's What's Inside (streaming now on Netflix ) takes place during a pre-wedding party when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens old demons, desires, and secrets from the past. We were joined virtually by two of the film's stars, Reina Hardesty and Nina Bloomgarden , for a lively conversation about the affect...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with a return guest who also just happens to be one of the best pool players in the world, Jeanette Lee ! We first had her on the show to discuss her 30 for 30 documentary Jeanette Lee VS. , and now she's back to discuss her new book, appropriately titled The Black Widow: A Memoir . She shares what life experience inspired her to write her memoir, when Billie...

Send us Fan Mail We were excited to have director Azazel Jacobs back on the show to talk about his powerful new film, His Three Daughters . The film follows three estranged sisters as they care for their dying father while trying to find a way to reconnect. Azazel shares how caregiving for his parents inspired him to write this story, his deep respect for hospice workers, the impact of his decisio...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Flashback Friday! This week we're returning to the Sundance 2024 Film Festival, to one of our favorite documentaries that is showing in a theater near you! Look Into My Eyes is an intimate look at a group of psychics in New York and their clients. Director (and return guest) Lana Wilson shares how she found clients willing to be on camera, the importance of witness...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Flashback Friday! We're bringing back a documentary that we covered this past January at Sundance 2024, and is in theaters now ! Seeking Mavis Beacon is a documentary that follows the investigation into what happened to one of the most influential Black women in technology who has been missing from the public eye since 1995. Director/investigator Jazmin Jones and a...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back with a Basic Bitch and we have a lot to catch up on! From the Olympics (and a certain pole vaulting video that we may or may not be watching regularly), to Outside Lands (Grace Jones AND Chappell Roan?!?) and the Democratic National Convention (“…from the windoooows to the Walzzzz…”), these bitches needed to float on the river just to recover from all the excitement. An...

Send us Fan Mail Y'all, can we just talk about women in sports for forever, please. And with THESE women in particular! On this episode, we welcome #forevergiant, SF Giants  reporter Amy Gutierrez aka Amy G and illustrator Anika Orrock talking about their book Smarty Marty Takes the Field . Get ready to hear some great takes on how kids think about women in sports in 2024, the representation...

Send us Fan Mail We're talking about one of our favorite movies of the year with director/writer Sean Wang and actor Joan Chen ! DÌDI (弟弟) follows a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy during the last month of summer before high school begins, as he learns to skate, flirt, and love his mom. We get behind the scenes details of the first (and most intense) scene with Joan and lead actor Izaac...

Send us Fan Mail This is one of our favorite movies of the year, and the interview was equally as satisfying! We sat down with director Greg Kwedar , and actors Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin and Sean San Jose to discuss their beautiful film, Sing Sing . The film is based on the real life RTA ( Rehabilitation Through the Arts ) program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison , centered around...

Send us Fan Mail You can watch Standing Above The Clouds in person or virtually at the Black Star Film Festival on Friday, August 2nd! For more info, click here Standing Above The Clouds is a documentary that follows mother and daughter activists of three native Hawaiian families after a massive thirty meter telescope is proposed to be built on the sacred mountain, Mauna Kea . Director Jalena Kean...

Send us Fan Mail One of our all time favorite guests has returned, and he never disappoints! Take a listen to hear why a happy hour with Daveed Diggs is good for the soul. We dive into fatherhood, Comic Con, the new Clipping album (and behind the scenes stories from their European tour), the importance of local politics (and why he's backing Michael Tubbs for Lieutenant Governor), and doing h...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Jeff Hunt of Storied: San Francisco to interview Sameer Gupta and Kundan Baidwan , two artists and the creative forces behind the Color Your Mind Festival happening on Saturday, July 27th, from 12-5pm at the Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown SF. This free festival is a celebration of South Asian traditional and modern arts, including music, dance, art, books, cr...

Send us Fan Mail Warning: this episode is what happens when you start drinking Crement (French sparkling wine) at 1 pm. We discuss the Emmy nominations, the exciting diversity in our Olympic gymnastics team, Erin's newfound love of tennis, and our attempt to become three-peat winners of the 48 Hills Best of the Bay Readers Poll for Best Podcast (vote here )! And then we dive into our thoughts...

Send us Fan Mail Owl is a film that debuted at CAAMFest this year about a woman who returns home to Oakland to care for her ailing father, and her problems quickly become much bigger than she ever expected. Director/writer/co-producer Julian Pham and co-producer/lead talent/musician Marica Petrey join us to share how the idea for this film stemmed from a picture Julian took of Marica, their pride...

Send us Fan Mail We're excited to share our first official coverage of the Tribeca Festival ! (virtually through Zoom, but it still counts!) We kick things off with the documentary New Wave , which follows director Elizabeth Ai on a mission to share the untold story of rebellious punks in the '80s Vietnamese new wave community, but in the process, ends up facing her own haunting past. Di...

Send us Fan Mail We are beyond excited that this documentary is out in theaters, because it is an event that we all should have grown up hearing about! COPA 71 shares the erased history of the 1971 Women's World Cup (more than 20 years prior to the first FIFA sponsored Women's World Cup), which was held in Mexico City and attended by more than 100,000 fans. Director Rachel Ramsay joins u...

Send us Fan Mail We're continuing our celebration of Pride month and wanted to remind you that the Frameline  Film Festival (the longest running and largest LGBTQIA film festival in the world) is currently happening in SF and Oakland until June 29th! We start off this episode with our experience at opening night, and encourage you to find the list of events and buy tickets here ! We're f...

Send us Fan Mail Thelma is the action/comedy film we've all been waiting for, and this interview was just as fun as watching the movie! Thelma is a 93 year-old grandmother who gets duped by a phone scammer and sets out on a quest through the streets of LA to reclaim what was taken from her. Director Josh Margolin and the film's star, June Squibb , join us to explain how Josh's 103 y...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Flashback Friday! We're bringing back two great films that we covered at SXSW , because you will be able to see them on the big screen (and we highly recommend that you do) during the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco (from June 19th -June 29th)! A House Is Not A Disco captures a year in the life of the world's most iconic homo-normative community: Fire...

Send us Fan Mail We're continuing our celebration of Pride Month by discussing the Frameline Film Festival (the world's oldest and largest LGBTQIA film festival, running June 19th-June 29th) with Executive Director, Allegra Madsen ! Allegra is a badass bitch who has been able to marry her love of community building with her love of films as Frameline's newly coined Executive Directo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Flashback Fridays! We're bringing back two films that you can see on the big screen at this year's Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco (running June 19-29)! We truly loved both of these documentaries that will introduce you to two amazing women that should already be household names. The World According to Allee Willis shares the story of one of the most...

Send us Fan Mail We're celebrating CAAMFest (Center for Asian American Media) 2024 with two films about young women athletes! Home Court is a documentary that follows Ashley Chea, a basketball prodigy and first generation Cambodian-American, as she navigates recruitment, injury, and generational trauma. We are joined by director Erica Tanamachi and producer Jenn Lee Smith who share their exci...