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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 is streaming now on Hulu

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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, director Sonia Kennebeck has revised her original documentary (United States vs. Reality Winner) to include exclusive footage of Reality's release from prison (on June 2nd, 2021) and her first official interview. Sonia shares her feelings during that first initial interview, the complications of being an investigative journalist in the age of misinformation, and why Reality calls her film a "living documentary".

Reality Winner starts streaming on demand on October 31st. For more information, click here

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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, Wannabe: Reckonings With The Pop Culture That Shapes Me, and the unfortunate (but hilarious) issue she had while recording the audiobook. She shares her thoughts on everything from Will and Jada, to post film Q and A's, the Sex and the City reboot, and her very specific definition of a Zaddy. Buckle up and take notes, this is a fun one!

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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 voting us Best of the Bay Best Podcast for the second year in a row! (tied for first place with The Black Landscape)

Also, it's time to celebrate! Join us on Sunday, October 15th at Casements Bar in San Francisco from 3-6pm. More details +  RSVP to the free event here!

Quick links to our favorite interviews referenced in this episode:

Erin at the LA Podcast Festival 2015

Jonathan Gold

Ike Barinholtz

John C. Reilly

Lisa Ling

Danny Strong

Jessimae Peluso

W. Kamau Bell

Daveed Diggs

Gayle McLaughlin

Ruby Ibarra

Pepa (of Salt-N-Pepa)

H.P. Mendoza part 1 part 2

Helen Cho

Laurie Woolever

Anthony Bourdain Crawl Part 1 part 2

Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Bill and Turner Ross

Jeff Hiller

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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 able to direct one of the more uncomfortable sex scenes we've ever seen, and her secret trick to cast bonding. And then she caps off our conversation by reliving her own real life bad date story!

Cat Person is in theaters October 6th. Check your local listings for a theater near you.

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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 (out in theaters now! Click here for showtimes), and the pros and cons of the 415 Club at Oracle Park. Then we share out outrage over the recent article attacking Martin Short, Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher being scabs (even though they've both backtracked as of the posting of this episode #neverforget), and Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher doing too much.

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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 place, our unique (yet familiar) experience on set, and when you can potentially watch it for yourself. 

Next we discuss the Hungry Ghosts art show at the Mini Bar in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco (brought to you by Storied: San Francisco and running through October 9th), and our Labor Day hijinks that started at Fleetwood and ended at the Happy Lounge. We dive into which sport is making us happy and which sport is pissing us off, and cap it all off with  our moments of pleasure. Enjoy!

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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 up with Erin's somewhat annual Outside Lands jaunt peppered with beignet's, bounce, and her new obsession - The Foo Fighters (specifically Dave Grohl). 

This recording took place at one of our favorite bars in San Francisco, Zam Zam - which has a real jukebox filled with music by Nina Simone, Bill Withers, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Dr. John and so many more great musicians. Zam Zam also has one of our favorite bartenders - local artist Kundan Baidwan who first appeared on our show during our tribute Anthony Bourdain crawl back in 2018.  

Y'all, on a somber note, we are devastated by the climate destruction that has wreaked havoc on Maui. It's a special place for Erin and her husband, Jeff and we are shocked at the loss of life, small businesses, and generations of Hawaiian's. If you have any extra money to give, we strongly encourage you to give to Hawaii Community Foundation. Thank you.

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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. 

In this chat we get Thao's origin story, why and how she landed in San Francisco in the mid 2000's, where she gets her inspiration for her song lyrics, and how we are going to start the Church of Thao. If you haven't listened to Thao's music you can head to her website here   and if you want to read her writing you can sign up for her substack here.

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See Thao in person here

Watch Thao on PBS's Southern Storytellers and Southern Sounds

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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 growth.

Randall shares his reaction to reading the novel in 2007, AAPI representation through the years, and the great debate that every Asian American has had about the film Crazy Rich Asians. He shares his love for some of the Bay Area musicians that are part of the film's score, and the differences between filming in NY versus Berkeley. Then we go back to his time at UCLA, majoring in Asian American Studies, and founding a comedy troop with friends who he eventually joined forces with to launch the production company, Imminent Collision. Finally, he gets into Hollywood gatekeepers, his work philosophy, and what film he loves that would piss off Ben, the cinephile main character in Shortcomings.

Shortcomings opens in theaters on August 4th, get tickets here

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