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Send us Fan Mail We're focusing on a documentary at the SFFilm Festival that highlights some of the beautiful change makers in the heart of the Bay. The Chaplain & the Doctor shares the story of two unlikely allies who are tackling a broken healthcare system with curiosity, compassion and connection. We are joined by director/participant Dr. Jessica Zitter , and Chaplain Betty Clark to di...

Send us Fan Mail We're proud to kick off our SFFilm 2025 coverage with a very Bay centered short film! After What Happened at the Library is a fictional story based on the real events that took place in 2022 when Kyle Casey Chu , a drag queen, was attacked by Proud Boys spouting homophobic and transphobic slurs at the popular Drag Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library . We're joined by c...

Send us Fan Mail Coming at you on location from the SFFilm lounge, we talk meeting famous crushes and musical icons, Captain Party's cameo on the news, Erin's newest famous nemesis, Benihana birthdays, and being honored at SFFilm's Essential SF Program. Then we cap off the episode with our newest segment, This Bitch .  Support the show Thanks for listening and for your support! We c...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready, because we're capping off our SXSW 2025 coverage with a bang! Brother Versus Brother is a one-shot musical film in which twin brothers wander the streets of San Francisco in search of their missing father, guided by music and historic Beat Generation landmarks. Brothers/stars of the film/director and composer (respectively) Ari Gold and Ethan Gold join us to sing s...

Send us Fan Mail We’re bringing you two SXSW 2025 short films that we absolutely loved! The Singers takes place in a lonely dive bar where an impromptu sing-off will determine the best singer in town. Director Sam A. Davis shares what inspired him to adapt this short story into film, casting first time actors via viral videos on social media, and our shared connection through art and vulnerability...

Send us Fan Mail We are celebrating SXSW 2025 with two short documentary films about big topics. Red Sands shares the story of an off-road culture that thrives along the notorious border of El Paso, Texas, and Cd. Juárez, Mexico. Director Romina Cenisio and cinematographer/producer ( and returning guest! ) Sean Mattison join us to discuss showing a different side of border towns that include levit...

Send us Fan Mail It's Freaky Fridays at Bitch Talk because we're celebrating the theatrical release of Freaky Tales with our exclusive red carpet coverage at the Oakland premiere of the film at none other than the Grand Lake Theatre!  Freaky Tales tells four interwoven stories set in 1987 Oakland. It's a love letter to Oakland, and we're bringing you a lineup of Oakland legends...

Send us Fan Mail We are celebrating SXSW 2025 with a feature length film and a narrative short that both deal with topics of death in a very different (and often hilarious) way. Dead Lover is a horror comedy that tells the story of a lonely gravedigger who stinks of dead people so badly, that she is willing to do anything in her power to have (and keep) a lover. We were joined by director/co-write...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to SXSW 2025! Today’s episode celebrates two beautifully shot short films with different messages about family and community. Grandma’s Four Color Cards follows a 101 year-old woman in Saigon as she runs nightly card games with her friends, and is supported by the people in her community. Director Sally Tran joined us to discuss how everyone in the film was cast to pl...

Send us Fan Mail We're continuing our SXSW 2025 coverage with two documentaries centering around the strength of a mother. MOLA: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss , chronicles the life of Kunsang Wangmo (aka "Mola"), a 100 year-old Tibetan nun who was exiled from Tibet in 1959 and, after celebrating her 100th birthday, dreams of dying in "the religious paradise of Tibet". Co...

Send us Fan Mail O'Dessa is a post apocalyptic rock opera about a farm girl who goes on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. We chatted virtually with director/writer (and return guest !) Geremy Jasper about his thoughts on auto-tune, modeling a character after Grace Jones , and the beauty of gender fluidity. O'Dessa is streaming now on Hulu ! Follow O'Dessa on IG S...

Send us Fan Mail We're on location at SXSW 2025 with a spicy red carpet for The Threesome , a film that shares the mess that happens when an alluring stranger is romantically added to a happy couple. In this episode you'll hear some of the film's lead actors wax poetic on the topic of relationships and sex. Tommy Do describes his ideal pre-threesome meal, Arden Myrin shares her drea...

Send us Fan Mail Warning: this episode is delirious AF. Your bitches kicked March off with a trip to NOLA for Erin's bday/Mardi Gras, and then drove ten hours to Austin to cover the SXSW festival! Erin and Ange sit down at a bar in Austin, Texas, to catch you up on why New Orleans continues to be their favorite city in the world, and what exciting things they have in store for you coming out...

Send us Fan Mail We're concluding our coverage of Slamdance 2025 with two very timely documentaries that reiterate the need for empathy and activism. Silent Trees follows 16 year-old Runa after the death of her mother on the Polish-Belarusian border as she has to become a mother for her 4 younger brothers. Director Agnieszka Zweifka shares how starting as an activist in the refugee camp led h...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Slamdance 2025 celebrates films that bring thrills and horror! Portal to Hell follows a debt collector as his routine is turned upside down after finding a portal to hell in a laundromat. Director/writer Woody Bess and star Trey Holland discuss making a horror film on a budget, working with acting greats like Keith David and Richard Kind, and the best burgers in LA...

Send us Fan Mail We're highlighting Slamdance 2025 with two films that explore the different ways in which people process life.  The narrative feature Confessions Chin Chin spends the evening at a bar with a cast of misfits as they navigate love, art, secrets, and self-discovery. Director Carolina Perelman shares her thoughts on bar conversations with strangers, sex, and a memorable scene inv...

Send us Fan Mail We're at Slamdance 2025 celebrating two films that center around family issues. BANR is a narrative feature about a couple who has been together for forty years struggling with how to cope with the onset of Alzheimer's as the disease takes its toll. We were joined by director Erica Xia-Hou (夏侯云姗), who explains why she wrote the film during the pandemic as her grandmo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Slamdance 2025, where today we're bringing you two powerful documentaries. Larry (They/Them) follows non binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène during their transitional journey, as they piece together a photographic autobiography and art exhibit entitled "Puberty". Director Catherine Legault explains how she became friends with Laurence, bringing a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Slamdance 2025! In honor of Slamdance's first time being held in LA, we're kicking things off with two documentaries that are LA as fuuuck. Coroner to the Stars chronicles the life and career of Dr. Thomas Noguchi , head medical examiner and coroner from the late 60s-early 80s in Los Angeles. Director Ben Hethcoat shares the ten year journey it took to get thi...

Send us Fan Mail Girls Will Be Girls follows 16 year-old Mira as she first discovers sexual desire while attending a strict boarding school in the Himalayas, but her coming-of-age is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. Director/writer Shuchi Talati shares how she was delicately able to portray teenage sexuality, why certain crew members had a lot of tips for a certain stu...

Send us Fan Mail Hot damn, this is a fun one! Our friends at the Standard Deviant Brewing Co invited us to record on location at their 7th annual chili cook off, and as regular patrons, we can say without a doubt it’s one of the most fun events of the year. You’ll meet all ten of the competing teams, learn about their secret recipes, and the inspiration behind their costumes (true to SF, we saw ev...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our third and final episode for Sundance 2025, featuring two very timely feature length documentaries. Third Act is a documentary that follows the life of Asian American artist and activist Robert A. Nakamura (aka the godfather of Asian American media), while grappling with his recent Parkinson's diagnosis. We were joined by filmmaker (and Robert's son) Tadash...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival ! This week we're going international with two films that are an homage to their homeland. Vox Humana is a beautifully stylized short film about an eccentric zoologist that gets hired to communicate with a naked man found wandering in the woods after a major earthquake. Director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan and producer Hannah Schier...

Send us Fan Mail It's Sundance 2025 , and we are kicking the festival off with two of our favorites!  Remember Me is a short film that shows what happens when a woman who jut got dumped, turned 40, and returned home to take care of her dying father decides she's ready to go on a date. We are joined by director/writer/star Claire Titelman who shares how she found inspiration from the incr...

Send us Fan Mail Cassie Workman is a comedian from Australia who will be performing her one-person show, Aberdeen, at SF Sketchfest on Thursday, January 30th. The show is an epic poem inspired by the death of Kurt Cobain. Cassie shares with us how a visit to Cobain's hometown, Aberdeen, inspired her to write this show during the pandemic, the difference between comedy in Australia versus the...