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The Lowdown's Rafael Casal
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We're back with one of our favorite return guests, actor/director/writer/musician Rafael Casal! He's here to share some exciting updates about his character in season 2 of The Lowdown (streaming now on FX and Hulu), and his experience directing episodes 5 and 6.
We dive into how he feels about playing a TV dad, what he learned about directing from Tommy Lee Jones, Sterlin Harjo's acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards, our excitement about Blindspotting now streaming on Netflix, and updates on his work with Make it Bay.Â
Basic Bitch - Our Seed & Spark Campaign and 13th Anniversary Party!
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Here's all the behind the scenes dirt you never asked for but always wanted! From the making of our campaign video (and why we had to scour the city for the perfect bathroom), to the surprises and badass bitches at our 13th anniversary party. Then we cap off the episode by reading the "This Bitch" entries from the guests at our party!
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Love of Your Life Director Rachel Morrison
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We've been wanting to have Rachel Morrison on the show for years, especially after she became the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (not to mention her cinematography work on Black Panther!). So we were beyond thrilled to speak with her as director of her latest film.
Love of Your Life is a romantic drama that follows Maya as she experiences all of life's hurdles on her ultimate journey to loving herself. We talk grief in all of its forms, how this film...
Basic Bitch - Robyn and Dolly and Dickheads, Oh My!
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This week we're discussing how Erin celebrated Dolly Parton Day, Ange's trip to SoCal for a Robyn concert, and a highlight of the assholes we've encountered along the way...it's a classic Basic Bitch, enjoy!
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Basic Bitch - Summertime Shenanigans, the SF Mime Troupe, and The Oldest Person in the World
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The summer continues to summer as Ange describes an especially late night with some friends from college, we celebrate the SF Mime Troupe (and their 61 year legacy!), and we discuss highlights from both the U.S. Open and the 78th Emmy Awards.
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Celebrate our 13th anniversary on October 11th HERE!
Join us on October 21st at Homecoming, a show by our dear friend...
Flashback Friday - Black Zombie and Ghost in the Machine
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We're bringing back two films that left a lasting impact, and will (finally!) be coming to a screen near you!
Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, from Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonized Haiti. Director Maya Annik Bedward joined us at this years SXSW to share why this cultural reckoning is so important for Haiti, her difficulties in figuring out what to include in the film, and how a special scene with Erol Josué, General Director of Haiti's National Bureau of Ethnology and V...
Basic Bitch - The Lupus Walk, A Third Encounter with Too $hort, and our 13th Anniversary Party!
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We are unveiling the details of our 13th anniversary party and we hope to see you at the Rock Bar on October 11th! It's time to celebrate 13 years, nearly 1,000 episodes, and the community we've built along the way, while dancing to our favorite 80s cover band, Rewinder!
In this episode we share the details of the upcoming Lupus Walk on October 18th, Ange's third encounter with Too $hort, the second meeting of the Bitch Talk Movie Club (watch Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma!), and a hilarious and honest article...
American Doctor Director Poh Si Teng
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This interview was recorded this past spring during SFFilm Festival, and covers one of the most powerful documentaries we've seen this year year  — American Doctor . The film follows three American doctors  — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian– as they enter Gaza to save lives, and ultimately risk everything to expose the truth. We sit down with director Poh Si Teng to discuss the urgency of this film, the importance of allyship, and why a film festival in Minnesota was her most powerful screening yet. To cap it all off, Poe drops...
Porcelain Rage: A Manifesto for the Gen Z Woman Author Simone O. Elias
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In this episode, these middle aged bitches get Gen Z AF! Porcelain Rage: A Manifesto for the Gen Z Woman, is a punk rock manifesto on culture, how it is killing us, and what we can do to survive. We are joined by author Simone O. Elias to discuss her choice to make the book free and accessible, how rage can be used to create change, problematic women in podcasting (spoiler: fuck Call Her Daddy!!), and generally bond as badass, rebel bitches. This is a fun one, enjoy!
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Basic Bitch - Pigeon-gate, Trans Rights are Human Rights, and Our Favorite Comedians
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It's been a busy summer, and we're filling you in on all of the Bitch Talk shenanigans of the last month. We explain pigeongate (with a guest appearance from "white ass"), why Ange is afraid people might think she's in love, how drama in the WNBA has left the trans community under attack, and our favorite comedians of the moment.
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Golden State Valkyries Filipino Heritage Night with coach Natalie Nakase, SOMA Pilipinas Director Raquel Redondiez, DJ Bitesize, and rapper/producer P-Lo
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Holy shit, we're on location at one of the happiest places on earth (aka Ballhalla) for the Valkyries 2nd annual Filipino Heritage Night! The Valkyries are San Francisco's WNBA team who are winning their way to the playoffs, and in this episode we're celebrating Filipino style!
We kick things off with Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase (and 2025 WNBA coach of the year!) talking about inclusivity and the importance of being seen. Next you'll hear from Raquel Redondiez, director of SOMA Pilipinas, to discuss celebrating Filipino culture, and the exciting events we...
Splash City Co-Writer and Co-Director Berner
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Splash City is a crime drama based in San Francisco about two brothers on different paths struggling to survive amidst the pressure of their community. We chat with co-writer/co-director/Executive Producer and San Franciscan Berner about filming in the City, bipping (and how many car windows they went through), the nerves and excitement during their first screening in Oakland, and his pride in telling Bay Area stories.
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Basic Bitch - Chicken Finger Me, Lindsay Graham Is Dead, and Sade Is Alive
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We're on location for this Basic Bitch at one of our Bay Area happy places, The Marshall Store. What better way to celebrate the passing of an evil politician than with oysters and champagne, amirite? We imagine the horniness of a Sade concert, share Ange's matinee tips, find out what really happened during Erin's semester abroad in Italy, and say from the bottom of our hearts "FUCK THE GIANTS".Â
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The Shaping Legacy Project with Angela Carrier and Ellie Tumbuan
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Shaping Legacy is a multi-year commitment to critically examine the monuments and memorials in San Francisco’s Civic Art collection. ​It is a chance to rectify current power imbalances, engage communities that have historically been excluded from discussions, and create opportunities for artist-led activations in public spaces that reimagine future monuments and memorials in our city.​
We were excited to sit down with two badass bitches at the helm of this massive project, Angela Carrier, Senior Program Manager with the San Francisco Arts Commission, and Ellie Tumbuan, co-founder and managi...
Basic Bitch - Pride, Triathlon Tips, and Touching Grass
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Another Pride month is in the books and it brought us so much joy. Erin and Ange share the magic of being in San Francisco for Pride, including the Frameline Film festival (the world's longest running and largest LGBTQIA film festival), the Valkyries kicking ass "For the gays!", and then Ange shares the details of her first ever triathlon.Â
HERE is a trailer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
A Marie Clare interview with Amada Peet about her role on Your Friends and Neighbors (this article contains s...
Frameline 2026 - Hunky Jesus and Leviticus
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We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Frameline Film Festival (the world's longest running and largest LGBTQIA film fest!) with two films that shine a light on hypocrisy in religion in very different ways.
Hunky Jesus is a wildly entertaining documentary about the annual Hunky Jesus competition that takes place in Dolores Park in San Francisco on Easter Sunday (amen). Director Jennifer Kroot joins us to share her thoughts on the displacement of counter culture in San Francisco, overcoming religious trauma, and why the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are...
I Love Boosters Writer + Director Boots Riley
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It's virtually impossible to encapsulate a conversation wth Boots Riley. From becoming an activist as a teenager, to getting a record deal while in school for filmmaking, his life is as fascinating as his body of work. And his newest film, I Love Boosters, is unlike anything you've seen before, and deepens his impact as a voice for the worker revolution. Let's just say you're not only going to be entertained and inspired by this conversation, you will also learn how Prince saved his life. You're welcome.
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Frameline 2026 - At the Place of Ghosts and Black Burns Fast
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It's time to celebrate Frameline's 50th anniversary (June 17th-27th), the longest running and largest LGBTQIA film festival in the world! We are proud to bring you two very different films that celebrate representation from international independent voices.
At the Place of Ghosts is a trauma-centric horror film that follows two estranged brothers as they venture into the wilderness to exorcise a demon and confront the ghosts of the past in order to find healing and closure. We are joined by director Bretten Hannam to dive...
Live at KALW with Jeff Hiller
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Happy Pride Month!Â
This is a very special episode recorded live at KALW, a Bay Area public radio station where Erin is a freelance audio journalist. Jeff Hiller was in San Francisco for an event to promote his memoir Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success, and he joins Erin in front of a live audience to dish some behind the scenes stories on his epic Emmy win for Somebody Somewhere, why NPR's Terry Gross punked the cover photo of his book, what happened when he...
Basic Bitch - Voting, Frameline Film Fest, and Jeff Hiller Day
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We're back with another Basic Bitch and we've got a lot to get off our chest! From the upcoming election on June 2nd, our new obsession for memory games, the return of the WNBA (GO VALKS!), and the reason for our newly dubbed "Jeff Hiller Day", this one is all about things that are bringing us joy...and a couple of things that are pissing us off (because, duh). Enjoy!
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SFFilm - Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) Co-Director Anna Fitch
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We are celebrating the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival with a film that celebrates love, friendship, and living a life outside of the box.
Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) is a documentary that honors the life of co-director Anna Fitch's friend, Yo. Through interviews captured in the final years of Yo's life, and a mini recreation of Yo's home, Anna is able to process her grief and celebrate their once in a lifetime friendship. Anna joins us to discuss how Yo taught her to accept herself, the...
Where the Girls Were Author Kate Schatz
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Kate Schatz is a feminist author, activist, public speaker, and radical history lover. Her newest book, Where the Girls Were, is a historical novel about a pregnant teenager being sent to a home for unwed mothers in late 1960s San Francisco. We sit down to discuss this book being inspired by her mother's story, how she is doing the work to fight racism, watching The Pitt as a form of parenting (warning: this episode contains The Pitt season 2 spoilers), and why she loves collaborating with amazing folks like Miriam Klein Stahl a...
Fifth Annual Pinayista Summit Featuring Gina Mariko Rosales, Lillian Rosales, Lisa Angulo Reid, Chef Charleen Caabay, and LadyRAY
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*Warning, this episode contains a conversation about suicide.*
In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Month, we're sharing some interviews from a really special event that we participated in back in November, the fifth annual Pinayista Summit hosted by Make it Mariko. Pinayista is a vibrant community of Filipino women entrepreneurs and creative solopreneurs with a mission to build sisterhood in the hustle, and we were invited to be part of a panel called "Turn Up the Volume: Pinays in Music & Media"...
Basic Bitch: Getting Older (and wiser), Sticky Fingers, and F*ck Video Podcasts
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We're (finally) back with a Basic Bitch and we have a lot to catch up on! We wax poetic about being middle aged AF, how a Peaches concert is giving us life, Pedro Pascal's sticky fingers, comedians we love (and which ones can fuck off), and then we cap the episode off with a hyphy "This Bitch".
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SXSW 2026 at The Tech We Want
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The Tech We Want is building an alternative tech ecosystem that balances people, purpose and profit. Attending their events during SXSW has always been a highlight of our experience, and this year we were honored to include them as a sponsor. We sit down with Julia Solano, Aniyia Williams, and Tara Reed to discuss humanity in technology, staying rooted in community, being a black woman in tech, and the power of self confidence.
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SXSW 2026 Red Carpets - Seekers of Infinite Love and The Saviors
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Seekers of Infinite Love follows siblings who embark on a roadtrip to save their sister who joined a cult in Kentucky. Writer/director Victoria Strouse discusses life with siblings, actor Justin Theroux debates whether he is a better dresser than Walton Goggins, actor John Reynolds shares how he finds connection outside of work, actor Griffin Gluck shares the joys of playing a weirdo, and actor Hannah Einbinder shares why she would make a great cult leader.
The Saviors follows a married couple on the verge of divorce w...
SXSW 2026 - Are We Still Married? and Eructation
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Are We Still Married? is a narrative pilot/short film about what happens to a couple after the husband becomes a vampire. Director/writer Kit Steinkellner joins us to discuss how this script is based on her husband getting bit by a bat in real life, how the cliffhanger ending is cause for debate, and why her husband is her biggest muse.
Eructation is a documentary short film that follows Kaylee as she attempts to break the female world record for the loudest burp. Director...
SXSW 2026 - The Dads and Adam's Apple
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The Dads is a documentary that follows a group of dads forming a movement to support their trans and gender expansive children amid the rising anti-trans legislation and hostility in the US. We are joined by director Luchina Fisher and subject/producer Stephen Chukumba to discuss why they felt compelled to turn their short film into a feature, how Stephen became a producer on the project, and the beautiful responses they've gotten from people from around the world.
Adam's Apple chronicles the lives of a transgender teen...
SXSW 2026 - Black Zombie and Scarlet Girls
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Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, from Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonized Haiti. Director Maya Annik Bedward joins us to share why this cultural reckoning is so important for Haiti, her difficulties in figuring out what to include in the film, and how a special scene with Erol Josué, General Director of Haiti's National Bureau of Ethnology and Vodou Priest, was one of the most beautiful things she's ever filmed.
In Scarlet Girls, women and girls speak out about the c...
SXSW 2026 - Thanks for Nothing and The Ascent
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Warning: This episode talks about suicide. If you or someone you know is thinking about harming themselves please call 988.
Thanks for Nothing is a dark comedy about four friends who live in a self made group home and must work together to save their friend from her continued suicide attempts. We are joined by director Stella Marie Markert and actor Lea Drinda to discuss the creative styling of the characters, the importance of women friendships, and the meaning of a "staying of age" film.
<...SXSW 2026 - Your Attention Please, Dreamquil and Lesbian Simulator
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Your Attention Please is a doc that follows the change makers fighting back against Big Tech's agenda to define the future of human connection. We are joined by director Sara Robin, cinematographer Yahna Harris, and inventor Trisha Prabhu, to discuss healthy ways in which they counter screen time, and setting intentions for our use of technology.
Dreamquil is set in the not so distant future when poor air quality leads people to live their lives mostly virtually, and Carol, a dissatisfied career mother, signs up for a...
SXSW 2026 - Rock Springs and Mam
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Rock Springs is a horror film that follows a young girl and her mother as they move to a remote house after the death of her father, only to discover a monster hidden in the town's history and the woods behind their house. Director Vera Miao and star Kelly Marie Tran join us to discuss the Chinese American diaspora, being Asian American women in the entertainment industry, and the importance of legacy work.
In Mam, Jerald - a self-taught chef from small-town Texas - falls in love...
SXSW 2026 - My Brother's Killer and Time and Water
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My Brother's Killer chronicles the unsolved murder of Billy London, a gay adult film performer who was brutally killed in West Hollywood more than 30 years ago. Director Rachel Mason and producer/editor Dion Labriola join us to discuss the importance of memorializing Billy's life, the one and only Penelope Spheeris coming on board as executive producer, and collecting gay porn.
Time and Water is a documentary that follows renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason as he writes a memorial for the death of a g...
SXSW 2026 - Edie Arnold is a Loser and Plantman and Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film
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Edie Arnold is a Loser is a coming-of-age film about a group of high school outcasts who stir up trouble at their all-girls Catholic High School when they form a punk band. This interview was a full on party, as we are joined by co-director/writer Megan Rico, co-director Kade Atwood, and the film's stars Adi Madden Cabrera and McKenna Tuckett. We discuss our shared Catholic school trauma, their unique casting process, and the struggles of a horny teenager.
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Basic Bitch: SXSW 2026 Recap
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Fresh off the whirlwind of SXSW 2026, Erin and Ange reflect on all the action behind the scenes (while on location at an all you can eat/open bar brunch party). We've got red carpet hypes and gripes, learning to rethink our futures at The Tech We Want, a Lesbian Simulator VR experience, unpacking our secret crushes on Jack Johnson, and so much more...Â
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Live From the 8th Annual Standard Deviant Brewing Chili Cook-off!
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We're on location at one of our favorite events of the year, the Standard Deviant Brewing Pre-Superbowl Chili Cook-off! This is their 8th annual celebration of all things chili, and we have exclusive interviews with the chili makers and the final results!Â
San Franciscans truly shine with creativity and talent, and this year was no different. We have everything from nuns to Toy Story, an ode to PBS and a first class Michelin star experience, cowboy recipes to dad's simple classic, a horrific zombie experience and a chili so u...
Sundance 2026 Red Carpets - Chasing Summer and Give Me the Ball
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Welcome to 2 of our most fun red carpets ever!
In Chasing Summer, Jamie returns to her small hometown, where friends and flings from a high school summer turn her life upside down. We chat with talent Lauren Aboulafia, Kristin Slaysman, Garrett Wareing, Cassidy "Uterus" Freeman, and Aimee Garcia, costumer Amela Baksic, dir Josephine Decker, and writer/star Iliza Shlesinger.Â
Give Me the Ball is a doc about tennis icon Billie Jean King. We are joined by composers Laura Karpman + Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, EP Marcia C...
Sundance 2026 - The Oldest Person in the World and Sentient
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These two Sundance Film Festival documentaries discuss human life, both in how we deal with aging, and the lengths that we go to live longer.
The Oldest Person in the World chronicles the ever-changing Guinness World Record holders of the title of oldest person alive. Director Sam Green discusses his curiosity with our obsession with death, why the record holders are mostly women, and how the story became something bigger that he never saw coming.
Sentient exposes the hidden world of pain in laboratory research...
Sundance 2026 - Public Access and Seized
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These two Sundance documentaries touch on the importance of freedom of speech, and what happens when we both give people access and take it away.
Public Access shares rare footage of NYC's media rebels who turned our screens into platforms for free expression, turning ordinary people into stars. We sit down with director David Shadrack Smith and subject/public access star Jake Fogelnest to discuss the wild west of public access TV, why Jake interrogated David before he agreed to participate in the film, and Jake being the original...
Sundance 2026 - La Tierra del Valor and Luigi
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This episode brings you two Sundance documentary short films that touch on such timely issues that our filmmakers rushed to get them out as soon as possible.
In La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave), during a summer of grief and fear brought about by ice raids in Los Angeles, one small act of bravery brings a community of hope. Director (and return guest) Cristina Costantini and producer Alfie Koetter sit down with us to discuss how they met Nezza, the patriotism of immigrants, and how bravery...
