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Over here at Bitch Talk, we were very happy to welcome San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin onto the podcast. If you're not familiar with him, here's the basics. In 2019, Chesa Boudin ran for the open seat of District Attorney of SF and won by a narrow margin. Chesa ran on a progressive platform talking about the elimination of cash bail, ending mass incarceration, and eliminating racial bias in the criminal justice system. While he was running for office as well as after he won, his very vocal (and heavily funded) opponents have turned to not one, but two recall attempts (the first failed to get enough signatures) to remove him from office for purely political reasons. In our opinion, he's been scapegoated on topics such as car break-ins, theft, and the increase in San Francisco's unhoused population. Hello! Remember that little ol' global pandemic that we all are living through? Anyway, if this recall succeeds, San Francisco Mayor London Breed would appoint a replacement DA. Does that seem like a democratic process?

In this interview, we get to know who Chesa is and where he's from, what the District Attorney's job is and what it isn't, why SF crime stats don't lie (violent crimes are down, btw), his office's achievements, and what he looks forward to. We are thankful for the time Chesa had for us and we hope to have him back again closer to the recall election in June.

Read up folks, there's a lot of dark money out there wanting to take away our voting power, even in San Francisco. 

Need more info about the recall? Here ya go:

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-dangerous-joke-of-the-chesa-boudin-recall/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-trial-of-chesa-boudin

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Here-s-what-the-people-behind-the-Chesa-Boudin-16616934.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/us/san-francisco-recall-chesa-boudin.html

https://sfist.com/2021/11/18/recall-chesa-boudin-campaign-releases-first-tv-ad-featuring-paid-campaign-staff/

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chesa-Boudin-San-Francisco-crime-statistics-recall-16268178.php

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Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners).

We're bringing you back to the Sundance Film Festival of 2021, where we discussed a local story directed by San Franciscan Debbie Lum. Her film, Try Harder!  focuses on  Lowell High School - a public school that kids have to test into - and a handful of students that are (and sometimes their parents) obsessed with getting into Ivy League colleges. The film made us think about our high school experiences and appreciate that our parents didn't pressure us about getting into college. Like, not at all. 

Try Harder! is out in theaters today! For more info, click here

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The gang's all together for our first in-studio Basic Bitch  since June! We get into how Erin going to a Katie Pruitt concert led to her taking an at-home Covid test, our thoughts on the film Red Rocket (starring Simon Rex's penis), how Bay Area comedian (and prior guest) Irene Tu is opening for Patton Oswalt and at the top of her game, tips on how to make the most of your trip to Disneyland, and how Ange's flight home from Florida led to her shitting a ball of salt the next morning. We also share our excitement for upcoming guests, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, and SF Giants manager (and newly awarded NL Manager of the Year!) Gabe Kapler...Enjoy!

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Kate Slater is a white, anti-racist scholar and educator in a time where America's racial reckoning and call for justice has been heard across the nation and the world. She leads facilitation's and training's for both students as well as private organizations, and her passion for this work is palpable. We've rarely spoken to someone so fired up, and we jump right into how she got into this field of work, and when she first realized the depths of systemic racism (and her role within it). She discusses the difference between being non-racist and anti-racist, white privilege, individualism versus collectivism, the gaps in the American education system that she's trying to fill, and the fear mongering of critical race theory. But this summary is just the tip of the iceberg, you'll have to listen to find out more about Kate's work, and how she manages to do this while eight and a half months pregnant and with a toddler at home!

You can follow Kate Slater on IG & at her website

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Julie Cohen and Betsy West are back with a documentary about another integral woman in our nation's history, Julia Child! Their latest documentary, Julia, chronicles the life of the famous cookbook author and TV personality, from her youth, to her work in Secret Intelligence, to studying in Paris, and ultimately her monumental rise to success. We get into her impact on the feminist movement, her beautiful love story, how she changed the way we think about food and television, her pro-choice advocacy, and the sensuality of a Nicoise salad. They share how Ron Howard and Brian Grazer got attached to the project, and which Julia Child recipes they're still making to this day.  It's always a good time when we have Julie and Betsy on the show, and we are excited to learn they're already working on their next project...until next time, ladies!

Julia is out in theaters right now! For showtimes, click here

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A Place to Breathe is a documentary that "explores the universality of trauma and resilience through the eyes of immigrant and refugee healthcare practitioners and patients". It provides an important glimpse into the heinous crimes that have happened (and continue to happen) around the world that have led people to escape their homes and seek refuge, and the people that run the organizations and clinics created to help them heal. We sat down with director/producer Michelle Grace Steinberg and producer Robyn Bykofsky about their process in choosing which stories to highlight, how medical care is so much more than just physical, the healing power of cultural festivals and events, the unnecessary loopholes that immigrants/refugees need to go through, and the ultimate goal for their production company, Underexposed Films. We thank them for their work, and for sharing this story in such a critical time in our country.

Click here to see where you can watch A Place to Breathe

You can follow the film A Place to Breathe on IG & FB

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Give to Metta Health Center and Street Level Health Project

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Welcome to Flash Back Friday! With 600+ episodes, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with our new listeners (and maybe new to our regular listeners). 

This week, on the heels of having him on almost 400 episodes later, we're revisiting our conversation with director/actor Danny Strong, when he was doing press for his directorial film debut, Rebel in the Rye.  Our talk took a turn (a fun one!) and we're pretty sure Danny Strong is in our top 5 interviews.

Danny's new project, Dopesick is currently streaming on HULU. 

Rebel In Rye is available to stream on HULU. 

You can also follow Danny on Twitter  and Instagram

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Danny Strong is back! We spoke with him in 2017 for his film Rebel in the Rye, and it's still one of our most fun interviews ever (you can listen here). We had a lot to catch up on, and we were especially excited to discuss his newest show, Dopesick. He gets into the serendipitous way he landed this project, and how he safely managed an intense filming schedule in the middle of a pandemic. Take a listen and hear his thoughts on the sudden series finale of Empire, why he prefers being behind the camera, how Mad Men sparked his entry back into acting, and why we think he'd make a great Governor of Florida. 

You can follow Danny Strong on IG & FB & Twitter

Watch Dopesick, streaming on Hulu right now! It's REALLY good.

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Erin's back from her honeymoon and we're diving a little deeper into her post wedding/honeymoon thoughts, and how she managed not to fight with an anti-vaxxer on the plane. Ange shares a story of how she ended up both crying and falling in love at a luau. And you'll find out how Lionel Richie almost ended up as a focal point of Erin and Jeff's wedding. Enjoy!

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We're not quite sure how to even describe this episode, other than to say it left us wanting to journal afterwards. Erin has been trying to get adrienne maree brown on the show for quite some time, and after listening, you'll hopefully understand why. Her new novel, Grievers, is based in Detroit, and centers around a mysterious illness, loss, gentrification, loneliness, and ultimately, the importance of community. It is a poignant reflection of her life's work, and we get into her origin story, Pleasure Activism, the toxicity of Capitalism, and how to overcome the anger and the sadness to realize the bigger picture. Thank you adrienne for this lovely therapy session, you rocked our world and we hope to have you on again sometime soon!

Purchase adrienne's novel, Grievers here

You can follow adrienne maree brown on Twitter, IG, FB  and at their website

Listen to Adrienne's podcasts How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia's Parables, and the Emergent Strategy Podcast

Podcast references: Grace Lee Bogg's autobiography Living for Change  and documentary American Revolutionary. 

Grace Lee Bogg's book with Scott Kurashige The Next American Revolution 

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