Bitch Talk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We're so excited to have John Wildman and his wife Justina Walford join us from quarantine in Dallas, Texas. Aside from being filmmakers, film festival publicists, movie buffs, and activists, they own enough pets to start a petting zoo! You may recognize John's voice from some of our previous Sundance interviews, as he's been our co-host and honorary Bitch for the p...

Send us Fan Mail It's week four of sheltering-in-place, and  we've got a lot to talk about.  While Producer Char teased Erin and Ange by eating senorita bread from Starbread, Erin and Ange talk about ribs, how California has handled business during the pandemic, the film Parasite, and going down a late night Google rabbit hole finding out everything one needs to know about Academy Award...

Send us Fan Mail We first spoke with director Sandi Tan back in 2018 when she was in town to promote her documentary Shirkers . We had a very memorable (and boozy) time with Sandi and thought, in this time of shelter-in-place, we'd take a chance and invite her back on to the show. We had a great chat about what she's been up to, how this time in history is the "time of why not?&quot...

Send us Fan Mail Erin, Ange, and Producer Char chat with friend of the show Dayna Keyes, host of the podcast Radio Rehab .  She talks about the struggles of being sober during a pandemic, going to AA meetings online, and how she chooses which meetings to join (spoiler: pick the ones with the best accents!) We get into what someone eats when they don't know how to cook, and what it's like...

Send us Fan Mail We're giving you some basic bitching from the third week of coronavirus quarantine. Producer Char, Captain Party, and Erin get into epic Zoom parties,  perms,  surprise FaceTime calls, and more. Let's get down (virtually) and  have some laughs.  We hope you are well wherever you might be and staying home.  As mentioned on the show, please support your local small busines...

Send us Fan Mail We're taking you back to Sundance where we spoke with director Maite Alberdi, of The Mole Agent . This was one of our favorite films of Sundance ! Based in Chile, this documentary is about a man in his 80s who is hired to be a mole in a retirement community. What starts out as a funny spy movie, becomes the most heartfelt documentary that'll leave you in tears.  We'...

Send us Fan Mail We're Bitch Talkin' quarantine style with nurse/dancer/musician Marina Stankov-Hodge.  She discusses her experience as a nurse, how things have changed (and CONTINUE to change) throughout the course of this pandemic, the local government's response (or lack thereof), and how the unions are saving the day.  In these crazy times, she has a way of bringing a thoughtful...

Send us Fan Mail We're Basic Bitching with our friend down in LA, Richard "the Curse" Horne.  We discuss the series of events that led to his unfortunate nickname, his man crush on Chris Cuomo, and his experience in the front lines as the manager of a Los Angeles health food store.  He gives tips on how to make your shopping experience safer for everyone, and explains why working on...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re taking you back to Sundance with an interview with director Nicole Newnham and co-director/talent James Lebrecht from the documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution . This film chronicles a Woodstock-esque summer camp for disabled kids that becomes a foundation for the disability rights movement. We discuss James’ experience as both subject and director...

Send us Fan Mail Chloe Jackman is one bad ass photographer. Bitch Talk's founder Erin has known Chloe for nearly a decade and has witnessed how she took her passion and made it in to a full-time career.  Erin spoke with Chloe in late 2019 ( after the stellar photo shoot she led for Bitch Talk's brand new website  ) about the world of photography, how she started, who her mentors are, and...

Send us Fan Mail Your bitches are Basic Bitching all the way from their respective homes via Squadcast . (It's basically Zoom for podcasters. )  All three of us have basically been SIP for the last couple of weeks and have a ton to catch up on. Costco shopping , virtual happy hours with friends and family, plane fares for hella cheap for travel later this year, who we think is winning the int...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we welcome Diana Weymar from the Tiny Pricks Project ,  the largest textile Trump protest ever .  She discusses the first piece she created for the project, how it has built a sense of community, and how it became the most peaceful way to deal with the stress that the idiot in chief has brought upon our country.  We also talked about the importance of having material re...

Send us Fan Mail We're taking you back to Sundance, where we interviewed director Liz Garbus and star Amy Ryan of the film Lost Girls .  The film is based on the true story of a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter, which eventually leads the police to the unsolved cases of murdered sex workers. We discuss these real life cases (which are STILL unsolved to this day) and what it...

Send us Fan Mail Hello to all the shelter in place bitches! There's so much to talk about and we wanted to take advantage of one of the last times we might be able to get in studio (social distancing, duh) and record a Basic Bitch. Let's chat about how Florida is the spring break asshole of all of the states, who the fuck is travelling and flaunting it, gun sales (gross),  and the horrif...

Send us Fan Mail BREAKING NEWS! We had on one of our favorite guests on the show today - W. Kamau Bell! He was gracious enough to hop on the phone with us  during the Coronavirus lock down of 2020 while he is quarantined with his family and helping to home school his daughters. Listen in as we talk about what he's been up to, where he's finding content to entertain his kids, how his Mom...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ange interviews Kelly Reichardt, director of First Cow. A film set in the 1820s, it follows two misfit best friends trying to find their American Dream as the first cow is being brought into the Pacific Northwest.  They discuss the beauty of friendship, the dynamic between colonists and the Native Americans, her experience as a woman filmmaker in the indie "b...

Send us Fan Mail Hey bitches! We recorded this early last week (March  9, 2020) before shit really got real.  Hope you enjoy this Coronavirus special basic bitch and we hope y'all are out there washing your hands, heading to the social distancing advice, and remembering to breathe through this. We'll be ok.  -- Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.com Visit our website! w...

Send us Fan Mail Bitch Talk had a great time chatting with bar owner and bloody mary  maven, Gillian Fitzgerald. Gillian is the co-owner of Casements Irish Bar - a brand new drinking establishment in the heart of the Mission district of San Francisco, and  a bit of an old soul when it comes to talking about her love of the City, it's bar culture, and how past San Franciscans used to drink. Gi...

Send us Fan Mail We’re bringing you back to Sundance, this time with Nanette Burstein, director of the episodic documentary, Hillary . She talks about her journey in documenting such a polarizing figure, and her challenges in getting Hillary’s political rivals to be in the film. In a time of great political turmoil, it’s important to keep in mind not just a person’s policy, but their humanity, and...

Send us Fan Mail Ange, aka "Captain Party" sits down with Director/Co-Writer Benh Zeitlin and actress Devin France from the film Wendy , a re-imagining of Peter Pan like you've never seen before!  This is the exciting follow up to Benh's Academy Award nominated film, Beasts of the Southern Wild .  Some of the topics they hit on include Benh's casting process- comprised of ...

Send us Fan Mail Bitch Talk is live on location at Oakland's Mad Oak bar talking with writer, reporter, poet, and mental health advocate Jenee Darden . She's had a passion for writing since she was a child and has carried that into her career at NPR, Time Magazine , KQED , KALW , LA Times , and many more. Jenee has also led an interesting life--being the daughter of Christopher Darden (t...

Send us Fan Mail We're on location at the new Irish bar called Casements in San Francisco. Your Bitches have been hustling hard this past week and it's time to sit down, grab a drink, and catch up... hear about Ange's recent trip to a Beer Festival in Oregon, a brainstorm session for new tattoos, and an epic story of one of the Bitch's 18th Birthday.  In the next couple of week...

Send us Fan Mail We're coming to you live from the historic Roxie Theater in the Mission district of San Francisco with Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Activist Carroll Fife, and Executive Director of Oakland Community Land Trust Steve King.  You'll hear Bitch Talk founder Erin Lim lead the conversation with the panel discussing affordable housing solutions for Bay Area folks and how Carroll...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another Sundance episode, this time from the red carpet!  Listen in as we speak to actress Tessa Thompson and filmmaker David Lowery before sat on a Sundance panel called The Movie That Blew My Mind .   These red carpets are fast and furious, and one of our co-hosts (who will remain nameless) may or may not have gotten flustered by standing WAY too close to Te...

Send us Fan Mail We interviewed Fabian Velasco and Milos Mitrovic, co-directors of the film Tapeworm back at Sundance. (Fun fact, while Sundance is going on, there's a whole other festival called Slamdance which screens truly independent film.) That's how we got to chat with these Canadians about the story behind their film, their actors, and which one of them likes the new buildings goi...