Bitch Talk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This #BasicBitch is not for those with a weak stomach! Ange shares the unique experience of her first colonoscopy, and some highlights from her trip to Latin America, and then Erin shares the story behind why we released a placenta into the Bay.   This episode was brought to you by Village Well Parenting.  Get their New Year No Yelling Challenge for a calmer connection with your k...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a while since we caught up, so here's a Basic Bitch for your ass! Erin kicks it off with an adventurous doctor's visit, Ange describes her spa weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Erin goes to not one, but two Tony! Toni! Toné! concerts in a week. And then we reflect on an exciting film movement happening in Oakland, and our thoughts on two very different...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Town Business: An Evening of Cultural Power. We love live events, especially when they're in our own backyard among our friends! This was the kickoff event to celebrate Oakland's Mayor Sheng Thao 's bold initiative to center film and television production as a cornerstone of economic development. And all we can say is, it's about damn time!  The spac...

Send us Fan Mail Not only is he one of our all time favorite guests, he's also officially been on our show more than anyone else, it's Daveed Diggs ! He shares the sweet story of how he found out he was going to be a father, how touring with his band Clipping has evolved now that he's in his 40s, the legacy of Blindspotting and what (he hopes) it means for the Bay, getting parenting...

Send us Fan Mail Quiz Lady is a hilarious film about estranged sisters forced to cover their mother's gambling debts, starring Sandra Oh and Awkwafina . We chatted with director Jessica Yu about sisterhood, directing an epic drug scene, why pugs are the best dogs to work with, and which surprising film gives her comfort. Also, we support her mission in bringing back the fanny pack! Quiz Lady...

Send us Fan Mail Reality Winner is an incredible documentary about one of the youngest whistleblowers in US history, and now she's finally able to tell her own story. At the age of 25, Reality Winner was sentenced to 63 months in prison, the longest ever imposed in federal court for an unauthorized release of government information to the media. And after following her story for 5 years, dire...

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down over drinks at Oakland's Room 389 with NPR's Aisha Harris ! We find out how she became a film and pop culture critic (after a brief stint in a Broadway musical with Sally Struthers !), how she became one of the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour , and obviously get into all things pop culture. But we also talk about why we love her new book,...

Send us Fan Mail We're 10 years old, bitches! We breakdown Bitch Talk's origin story, including the John Stamos Minute and our Moments of Pleasure, on location at Harry's Bar in San Francisco - where it all began. And then learn why we call ourselves the Golden Girls of podcasting as we reflect on some of our favorite interviews and moments throughout the years.  Thank you for votin...

Send us Fan Mail Cat Person is a film about a college student going on a date with an older man that evolves into all of the potential horrors of modern dating. It's based on a viral short story from the New Yorker in 2017, and six years later, it's as relevant as ever. We got to chat with director Susanna Fogel about the grey area of dating that most of us can relate to, how she was abl...

Send us Fan Mail This #BasicBitch was recorded live from one of our favorite restaurants in San Francisco, the Old Skool Cafe , a youth run jazz-themed supper club. The food is delicious, the service is wonderful, the ambiance is transporting, and the live music- you'll hear for yourself. We dive into our IMAX experience watching the newly restored Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense...

Send us Fan Mail This #BasicBitch was recorded on location at the Mini Bar in San Francisco, and we're excited to finally share that we're in a movie! It's a brief cameo in the film Gasoline Rainbow directed by the Ross Brothers that just premiered at the Venice Film Festival . Take a listen for all the behind the scenes info on why we were asked to be in the film, where it all took...

Send us Fan Mail Take us back to our separate trips to Europe this year. Ange talks about her month long Spring visit to Germany, Brussels, and Amsterdam while Erin talks about her recent trip to Barcelona, Puglia (Italy), and Perchtoldsdorf (Austria). Then Ange dives into her quick trip to New York (she hadn't been back since 2003 y'all) and why it was a last minute decision. We wrap it...

Send us Fan Mail It was months in the making but we finally got to chat with musician and writer Thao Nguyen! We saw Thao perform live IN A CHURCH earlier this year at the SXSW festival down in Austin and immediately knew we had to have her on. Thao's energy, lyrics, and musicianship is a thing to experience and we have been so energized to talk with her that this interview did not disappoint...

Send us Fan Mail Randall Park is even more lovely in person than he is on screen! Ange sits down with him at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco to discuss his feature length directorial debut, Shortcomings , based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine . The film follows three young  Asian Americans living in the Bay Area as they navigate life, relationships, and (hopefully) their own personal gro...

Send us Fan Mail We kick off the conversation with producer Ryan Coogler , who talks about the work he's been doing with his company, Proximity Media , and how much each project means to him. Next we speak to Jason Richards , Steph's college teammate, who discusses the surreal feeling of being on the red carpet and what it's like to have known Steph since he was 16. Then friend of t...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first #BasicBitch that we've recorded since March, and clearly we have a lot of shit to catch up on! We talk major changes in the Bitch Talk universe (including celebrating our 10 year anniversary!), highlights from CAAMFest (the Center for Asian American Media Film Festival), our favorite movies of the summer, fancy dinners, live music/art, dicks and menopause, o...

Send us Fan Mail Holy shit, it's the Indigo Girls ! We interviewed the director ( Alexandria Bombach ) of their documentary It's Only Life After All , at SXSW this year and we've been waiting to interview Amy and Emily ever since. And what better timing than Pride weekend before their set at the Stern Grove Festival  - one of our favorite summertime activities in San Francisco! Amy...

Send us Fan Mail This is a film that makes us proud to be from the Bay! Earth Mama follows a pregnant young single mother of two who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family. Director Savanah Leaf sits down with us to explain how this film was born from her short film The Heart Still Hums , the meaning of the title, and how writing the screenplay was a form of thera...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the SF Frameline Film Festival! Every Body is an important and beautiful documentary that focuses on three intersex people's lives as they process the traumas of their past, find community, thrive in their personal lives, and become leaders in the movement for a greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries.  Director Julie Coh...

Send us Fan Mail We're on location at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to talk about the exciting new Disney+ comedy/action series, American Born Chinese . Executive Producer/graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang and actor Daniel Wu sit down with us to talk about the audience reaction at the series premiere at SXSW , how the casting and timing of the show created a perfect storm (in the best w...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready to laugh your ass off! Author/comedian/blogger/tv writer Samantha Irby is in the house and if you've ever read any of her books, she does not disappoint. As the conversation fluctuates between heavy and light (ie: from bowel issues to the deaths of our mothers), she is as real as it gets in the most hilarious way possible. You'll hear her thoughts on assisted l...

Send us Fan Mail That's right y'all, the bitch is back - W. Kamau Bell. We got to sit down in Kamau's NEW PRODUCTION OFFICES!! in Oakland and have a serious sit down with our un-official co-host about his latest documentary 1000% Me now streaming on HBOMax, his Peabody award for We Need to Talk About Cosby , what happened with his show United Shades on CNN , why it's hard for h...

Send us Fan Mail We're celebrating CAAMFest (the Center for Asian American Media Festival) 2023 with the awesome and inspiring documentary, Fanny: The Right To Rock . Ange sits down (virtually) with director Bobbi Jo Hart to discuss how she first found out about Fanny (the first all female rock band to release an album on a major label), and the serendipitous steps (including a David Bowie qu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to CAAMFest (Center for Asian American Media) 2023, where we're covering a documentary on our favorite pool player of all time, Jeanette Lee VS . Director Ursula Liang and Jeanette Lee (aka the Black Widow) sat down with us to share how this film came to be during a very life changing time for both of them. Ursula shares some insight for indie filmmakers on being comm...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to CAAMFEST ( Center For Asian American Media) 2023! We're kicking off the festival (May 11-21st) by bringing you a fun conversation with the Festival and Exhibitions Director, Thúy Trần.  Thúy is a ball of energy and a force to be reckoned with! She shares her upbringing as a Vietnamese immigrant, why she felt called to the Bay Area, how she landed her role at CAAM,...