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Rax King's book, Sloppy, Or: Doing It All Wrong, is her newest collection of hilarious and heartfelt personal essays that explore everything from sobriety, begrudging self-improvement, and the bad habits we cling to with clenched fists. She joins us to discuss being an asshole, how having addicts as parents probably saved her life, and the interesting trait that she thinks makes her a good friend.

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Chinatown Cha-Cha is a documentary that follows 92 year-old previous nightclub owner/dancer Coby Yee as she decides to perform again and go on tour with the senior dance troupe Grant Avenue Follies. Ange is joined by director Luka Yuanyuan Yang and Cynthia Yee, one of the dancers/subjects of the film, to discuss how Chinese women were at the core of the Chinatown nightlife and burlesque scene in the 1950s, the powerful bond of sisterhood, and how starting a senior dance troupe gave some women finally a chance to feel free.

This film is set in the heart of Chinatown, San Francisco, and was a part of the CAAMFest (Center for Asian American Media) Film Festival. Due to the elimination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM stands to lose 40% of their annual budget. For more information, and to see how you can help, click here

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We're celebrating Bitch Talk turning 12 years old with a new neighborhood series where we go on location and highlight our favorite places! We love any excuse to share what we love about our city, and the obvious place to start is the neighborhood where Erin and Ange first became friends: The Inner Richmond!

The 540 Club is the scene of this Basic Bitch where you'll hear about our recent hangouts with W. Kamau Bell (and a surprise cameo by a member of the 1992 "Dream Team" Olympics basketball team), Ange's trip to Portland for the recording of Frankie Quinones' new comedy special (coming to Hulu in October!), and a tale of 2 doctor visits: USA vs. Mexico. And then of course we end things with our new favorite segment, This Bitch. 

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Holy shit, this one is special! If you haven't heard, Bay Area rapper/activist/Filipina icon/mother Ruby Ibarra is the winner of the 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Concert with her song "Bakunawa" (watch the Tiny Desk Concert here!). To kick off her Tiny Desk Concert tour, the kind folks at the Lagunitas Brewing Company invited us to Ruby's concert at their beautiful brewery in Petaluma, Ca. 

Enjoy some snippets from Ruby's concert (including Ruby's verse during Thao Nguyen's set), and our interview with her where she shares how becoming a mother has influenced her music, having her concert cancelled in LA during the Ice Protests, and what kind of dialogue she hopes her music creates during these divided times. 

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We're gonna go ahead and say it, this is one of the best films of the year! And one that you definitely have to see in theaters. Just do yourself a favor and do it. But we digress...

40 Acres is set in a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, where a Black and Indigenous family must defend their farmland against cannibals trying to steal their resources. Director/writer R.T. Thorne joined us in person during the SFFilm Festival to share how his relationship with his mother greatly shaped the film, living in Canada and why he has never left, and making a genre film that also makes you think long after you've left the theater.

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We're topping off our coverage of the Frameline Film Festival with a hilarious animated comedy, and a documentary about a Bay Area legend.

Lesbian Space Princess is an animated film about a space princess who is thrust out of her sheltered life into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. Co-directors/co-writers Emma Hough Hobbs and (return guest) Leela Varghese join us to laugh about their spectacular lesbian pun making abilities, their thoughts on whether scrapbooks are a good gift for a significant other, and their continued work with the talented Shabana Azeez.

Wicket is a documentary about legendary Bay Area Bboy Wicket, from his rise to international fame, to his loneliness and isolation from living in the closet, and his ultimate decision to come out after falling in love. Director Lily Plotkin joins us to share her excitement at the amount of archival footage on vhs that she got to sift through, the beautiful love story at the heart of this film, and whether or not she was able to learn some dance moves from Wicket.

Wicket screens at the Roxie Theater on June 27th, for more info, click here!

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Today we're bringing you two documentaries that celebrate the spirit of the Frameline Film Festival.

We Are Pat explores gender identity and comedy through the lens of the SNL skit It's Pat, as explored by trans and non binary comedians and writers. Director Rowan Haber joins us to discuss the many different (and surprising) reactions to It's Pat within the queer community, behind the scenes info on their first meeting with actor Julia Sweeney, and their thoughts on whether or not Pat is fuckable.

I Was Born This Way tells the story of gay gospel singer Carl Bean's extraordinary life, from his tough childhood and success in the music industry, to his founding of the Minority AIDS Project (the first to advocate for the care and education of Black and brown people with AIDS) and the Unity Fellowship Church (preaching acceptance and healing to his community). Returning guest and co-director Sam Pollard and producer Wellington Love join us to discuss how the church and being gay can coexist, why Carl's story is so important to share in this moment, and their pride in the fact that audiences are leaving the theater feeling connected and uplifted.

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We're excited to welcome back Frameline Film Festival's executive director, Allegra Madsen! As we celebrate the 49th anniversary of the country's longest running and largest LGBTQ+ film festival, she shares some film and party highlights to look forward to, the urgency of this moment as funding attacks threaten to erase our values and our stories, and why being in community can be both focused and fun.

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Sally is now available to stream on Disney+, Hulu, and National Geographic!

Sally documents the secret life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to blast off into space, uncovering what it was like to be a woman in a male dominated industry, and why she chose to hide her partner of 27 years. We sat down with director (and return guest!) Cristina Costantini to dive into her obsession with Sally Ride at a young age, how a story about tampons inspired her to make this film, and recreating Sally and her partner Tam's love story in a warm and sexy way.

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If you need some healing and comfort right now, this episode is for you. adrienne maree brown is a writer, social justice leader, witch, healer and meme queen. She returns with us to discuss the release of the final book in her Grievers Triology, Ancestors, but this conversation turns into so much more. We dive into her favorite and newest role as aunt, how she stays positive and productive in both her activism and on social media, an exciting new course she is a guest presenting  titled Embodied Leadership, and why she is meant to lead with love. To cap it off, hear her epic answer to our newest segment, This Bitch.

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We're proud to announce that starting today (June 11th, 2025), San Francisco officially has a women's sports bar! Rikki's is located in the iconic Castro district, and we got a sneak peak at the spot during their soft opening over the weekend. From the food, to the cocktails, to the company, this spot has it all! 

We sat down with co-owners Danielle Thoe and Sara Yergovich to discuss the importance of creating a welcoming bar that doubles as a community space, how they make difficult decisions despite them both being Libras, the overwhelming excitement and support they're received from both locals and local businesses, and some of their sports and business icons, including Rikki Streicher, the bar's namesake.

Rikki's officially opens on Wednesday, June 11th from 3:30pm-10pm. See you there!

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If you're in need of a good laugh, this episode for you! We're continuing our Tribeca Film Festival coverage with two short films that interestingly reference the use of hands in magical ways.

Apocalypse Besties shares a day in the life of two friends who accidentally survive an apocalypse and decide they must remove each other's IUD's in order to repopulate the earth. We're joined by director Kristen Buckels Cantrell and co-writer/actor Becky Chicoine to discuss our thoughts on merkins, IUDs, and gay hands.

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God's Lonely Magician tells the story of a depressed magician who has been blessed with the power to perform miraculous tricks both on stage, and sexually. Director/writer Walker Higgins and producer Vuk Lungulov-Klotz join us to share their excitement in casting Becca Blackwell, their thoughts on magic, and what it means to be a tender pervert.

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It's the Tribeca Film Festival 2025 and we've got two powerful short films that center around the beautiful ways in which people finding meaning in life.

In How I Learned to Die, 16 year old Iris finds out in 4 days she has a 60% chance of dying, so she decides to live it up. Director/writer Manya Glassman shares how the story is based on her real life experience, having Spike Lee as Executive Producer, and the beautiful things she currently has on her bucket list.

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Freeman Vines is a documentary short film named after an 82 year old man who carves guitars in search of a specific sound, using wood including timber from lynching trees. We were joined by co-directors Tim Kirkman and Andre Robert Lee who share when they first met Freeman, how his art (and theirs) is an act of activism, and why preserving history is so important in this moment. Listen to the  Freeman Vines score on Spotify here!

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The Grocery List Show, hosted by Top Chef contender Chrissy Camba, explores five different international grocery stores and the communities they serve, ending in a shared meal with a home cooked family recipe. Director Emily Strong and host Chrissy Camba join Ange to discuss their favorite aisles in the grocery store, learning to cook from our grandmothers, and the magic of international grocery stores as cultural gathering spaces.

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We are excited to highlight the first ever Resistance of Vision festival, a traveling festival of social justice cinema. If your response to this is "fuck yeah", same. We sit down virtually with Director of Programming Anna Feder to discuss the festival's four main pillars of activism, why she decided not to include films about electoral politics, and what it takes to create a festival about movement building.

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Welcome to CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) Fest! We're on the red carpet for a film of the Broadway play Yellow Face. The play was written by David Henry Hwang (and is semi-autobiographical), about an American playwright who protests "yellowface" casting in the musical "Miss Saigon", only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.

We are joined by actors Francis Jue, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shannon Tyo, to discuss turning difficult topics into satire, the importance of public broadcasting, and examples of Asian Americans in the media that finally made us feel seen.

Yellow Face is streaming right now on PBS*!

* Federal funding that supports public media is at risk of being eliminated. Urge Congress to save public media HERE!

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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 discuss the origins and importance of Palliative Care, the positive changes they see happening in hospitals, and turning misunderstandings into teachable moments.

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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 co-writer Róisín Isner and co-writer/actor Kyle Casey Chu (aka Panda Dulce) to discuss the origins of Drag Story Hour, the two-part trauma of becoming public victims and then political puppets, and why it's important to be aware of how we consume the news.

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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. 

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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 songs, recite poetry, explain the fine art of frame fucking, and wax poetic about San Francisco. This one is special. Enjoy!

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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.

I’m the Most Racist Person I Know tells the story of Lali who ends up on a date with another woman of color for the first time, and it forces her to face hidden prejudices. We were joined by director/writer Leela Varghese, producer Suriyna Sivashanker, and actors Shabana Azeez (return guest from the film Birdeater) and Kavitha Anandasivam to talk representation, internalized racism, and why they fought to keep the title. It sounds like we had a serious conversation, but this one truly goes off the rails with laughter and chaos and sister wives. Enjoy! 

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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 levity and joy, Romina bringing a woman's perspective to the story, and the difference between real dangers and perceived dangers within this community.

Exodus shares a portrait of two women as they struggle to make sense of their lives post-release, in order to figure out what life after prison looks like. Director Nimco Sheikhaden and producer Sara Chishti share their decision (and its profound impact) to shoot in black and white, how Nimco's partner being incarcerated drove her to tell this story, the noticeable lack of support for black and brown women in prison, and their hope that this film prompts further  conversations and empathy.

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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 and incredible talent, including a cameo by Pedro Pascal and Too $hort! Enjoy the ride and be sure to show some love for Freaky Tales in theaters here!  

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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-writer/actor Grace Glowicki and co-writer Ben Petrie, who describe their "downhill skiing" collaborative writing process, the story behind Grace's unique cockney accent, and as a married couple, where they keep the infamous shovel from the film. 

Out For Delivery is a short film about Joanna, who is suffering from a terminal illness and opts for assisted death, but her pursuit of a peaceful end-of-life experience is disrupted by unexpected complications. We were joined by director/writer (and return guest!) Chelsea Christer, and star of the film, Deanna Rooney, who explain the unifying connection of comedy, the downside of convenience culture, and their beautiful dynamic as working friends. 

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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 play themselves (including her own grandmother!), the excitement and confusion that came with working with people from a small village who have probably never watched a film, and the hilarious thing her grandmother did when she felt a crew member’s beard for the first time.

Ben’s Sister shows what happens when Ben, a high school Senior fuckboy, finds out that his sister, a Freshman, becomes a pawn in his friend’s scheme to win a Senior Scavenger Hunt. Director/writer Emma Weinswig and her brother/star of the film Ben Weinswig join us to share how the story was based on their real life experience going to high school in Mill Valley, CA, the connection between rich kids and cultural appropriation, and their working relationship as brother and sister.

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This episode is co-hosted by John Wildman of Films Gone Wild

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