Bitch Talk Podcast

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...

Send us Fan Mail We're taking you back to Sundance with one of our favorite conversations, a round table with female composers (and serious BAD BITCHES!). Listen in as Anne Nikitin (Lost Girls), Tamar-Kali (The Last Thing He Wanted, Shirley, The Assistant), and Nainita Desai (The Reason I Jump) discuss the importance of sound in film, their own personal process in creating an original score,...

Send us Fan Mail Let's chat about the weekend's awards shows, shall we? Oh boy. Have we got an awards show Basic Bitch rehash for YOU. The Academy Awards was good for what it was and we we got excited to talk through some of our favorite moments (Maya Rudolph, Kristin Wiig, Janelle Monae, and of course Billy Porter) but our most favorite awards show of the year - IFC's Film Independ...

Send us Fan Mail Ruby Ibarra. Ruby Ibarra. Ruby Ibarra. We're making sure you know her name in case you didn't know. Bitch Talk first met Ruby (a Filipina Hip-Hop artist and DNA scientist) at San Francisco's CAAMFest a couple of years ago when we hosted the Q&A for her documentary "Nothing on Us" . We haven't forgotten her name or the impression she made on us sin...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our first official interview from Sundance, with director Lana Wilson of the Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana . We discuss the hard work it takes to become one of the world's most popular musicians, Taylor's struggle to find her voice, and the toxicity of social media. Have a listen, and watch this great film right now on Netflix! Let us know how we&ap...

Send us Fan Mail It's our first segment out of Sundance and we're sitting down with the Festival Daily Buzz gang to catch up. It's been a year since our first trip to the well known festival and this time we get to give you (our listeners) the skinny on how we got here and who's involved. Thank you again to our supporters and donors who helped get us to Sundance. The Social Stu...

Send us Fan Mail Bitch Talk is back at the SF Women's March and bringing you interviews from Katherine Gin from Immigrants Rising , author, filmmaker, and founder of the Webby Awards Tiffany Shlain , and the MC of the rally Kimberly Ellis. Thanks as always to our friend and one of the co-founders of the SF Women's March Sophia Andary for having us at the March. If you didn't catch o...

Send us Fan Mail We're ready for the 3rd annual Women's March SF: Together We Rise! Listen in as we speak with one of their featured speakers, Toni Newman . She's an author and the Executive Director of the St. James Infirmary , a peer based health and safety clinic for sex workers of all genders. She shares the story of her 25 year transition, and how her life experiences led to th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the podcast, y'all. We have part two of our coverage of the second annual Coven Film Festival held in San Francisco. Coven Film Fest is an all womxn filmmaker festival celebrating all types of womxn behind the camera. In this second episode (you can catch the first episode here ) you'll hear Erin and Ange talk to filmmakers Erica Scoggins , Mariah Hoffman...

Send us Fan Mail Howdy Bitch Talkers! We're coming to you live from the second annual Coven Film Festival. A festival focusing on womxn and non-binary filmmakers. Hey, guess what, WOMXN ARE MAKING GREAT FUCKING MOVIES....even if the Academy voters don't nominate them. Please enjoy the first of two episodes recorded over the weekend in the Mission district in San Francisco. This first epi...

Send us Fan Mail Join Erin, Ange, and Producer Char as they chat about the the 77th Golden Globe Awards! Topics include spotting our favorite celebrity couple, our breakdown of the best and worst speeches, and who served the best mic drop of the night. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! -- Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.com Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Ins...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a long time coming but we finally had this bad bitch on the podcast. K.R. Morrison drums in three bands, teaches creative writing at a San Francisco high school, and is an extremely talented poet. We chatted with K.R.toward the end of 2019 and she gave us all of the goosebumps as she read a couple pieces of her own poetry. We hope you enjoy our conversation and gets...

Send us Fan Mail We're closing in on the end of 2019. It's been an interesting year for Bitch Talk. New friends, an engagement, the Sundance Film Festival, challenges, uncertainty, and a sprinkle of bitching.  Enjoy our last podcast of the year. Captain Party called in for this one and we find out what she's been up to while out of the country, and why in the hell she's calling...