The Bitchuation Room

By Francesca Fiorentini

Comedy

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A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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03.25.2023

Jordan Peterson got duped by fetish porn, Biden tries to ban TikTok, and Matt Taibbi is a tool! A taste of the BONUS BISH, a solo stream every Friday 1pm PT/4pm ET on YouTube and Twitch. Free to watch LIVE, ...

The Bitchuation Room episodes:

03.25.2023 TEASER Milking Porn & Matt Taibbi (Bonus Bish) Jordan Peterson got duped by fetish porn, Biden tries to ban TikTok, and Matt Taibbi is a tool! A taste of the BONUS BISH, a solo stream every Friday 1pm PT/4pm ET on YouTube and Twitch. Free to watch LIVE, ...
03.22.2023 March Madman with Anthony Atmanuik & Jake Bittle (Ep 174) Trump says he's about to be arrested but we're all still waiting. Of course no one should hold their breath as to whether a guy who does crimes like he drinks Diet Coke will face any consequences. Comedian and retired ...
03.15.2023 Opting In with Rep. Summer Lee and Megan Gailey (Ep. 173) Money in government is crushing our democracy. Rep. Summer Lee, the first Black legislator to represent Pennsylvania, stopped by to talk about being a progressive freshman in Congress and trying to fight for truly transformational policies, while going up against ...
03.08.2023 Sad Modelo with Rafael Shimunov & Maggie Maye (Ep 172) Why do we hand everything over to Big Pharma and the Amazon Corporation when they continually f*ck us over? Comedian Maggie Maye and activist Rafael Shimunov join the pod to talk about why Amazon's construction of HQ2 in Virginia has ...
03.01.2023 Woman, Life, Freedom with Negar Mortavazi & Brandie Posey What's become of the feminist uprising in Iran? Journalist and podcast host Negar Mortavazi joined Francesca to explain the roots of the movement and how the authoritarian Islamic Republic is as brutal as it is scared of its own people. ...
02.22.2023 Health Communism with Beatrice Adler-Bolton & Nato Green (Ep 170) "Medicare for All should be the floor", according to author Beatrice Adler-Bell. We talk about why overall health must be an organizing framework for real anti-capitalist transformation. And more private text and emails from Fox News reveals just how cynical ...
02.15.2023 Ukraine, Trains & Automobiles with Branko Marcetic & Eliza Skinner (Ep 169) Free Palestine, Ohio. After a train derailment the town is choking on toxic chemicals. How did corruption, greed, and crushing train workers unions lead to this accident and thousands of others. Plus, what's the way out of the Russia/Ukraine war? ...
02.08.2023 Killer Cop City with Akela Lacy & Micah Herskind (Ep 168) An activist was murdered outside of Atlanta trying to protect the Weelaunee Forest from the development of a police training ground. Why aren't we hearing more about it? Fellow organizer Micah Herskind joins Francesca to explain what Cop City is ...
02.01.2023 Beyond Reform with Adam Johnson & Dan Evans (Ep 167) What does the police murder of Tyre Nichols mean for police reform? It means it doesn't work. Turns out Memphis had implemented some of the most basic changes and that officers had plenty of training. Writer and host of Citations ...
01.18.2023 Judgement Days with Elie Mystal & Billy Wayne Davis (Ep 166) The extremist SCOTUS has the U.S. in a Christian nationalist headlock. Justice reporter for The Nation, Elie Mystal, joins to break down the cases that are determining basic LGBTQ+ rights, affirmative action, labor rights, gun control and whether or not ...
01.11.2023 Crypto PACs with Josh Gondleman & Max Berger (Ep 165) Royally screwed mega donor Sam Bankman Fried used his crypto fortune to support both Democrats and Republicans. But which Democrats and why is the real story few are covering. Organizer and writer Max Berger joined to talk about following the ...
01.04.2023 Vets Fighting Fascism with Chloe Hilliard & Naveed Shah (Ep164) Many former military personnel were at the Capitol on January 6th. Now on the two-year anniversary, progressive veterans are asking leaders to listen to their calls to reign in extremism and forever wars. Naveed Shah of Common Defense joins Francesca ...
12.28.2022 Cokehead Country Club with Gareth Reynolds & Max Elbaum (Ep 163) In the last episode of the year, we're thinking BIG about real political revolution with mentor of the show Max Elbaum. We discuss grassroots electoral work, the limitations and gains of the progressives Squad, and the lasting Bernie effect. All ...
12.21.2022 Nepo Man Babies w/John Iadarola & Sara Schaefer (Ep162) Rich idiots are getting caught this week. First Elon's Twitter policy-by-polling spins out of control and then the January 6th House committee concludes that yes indeed Trump (and others) should be criminally charged for the insurrection. John Iadarola of The ...
12.14.2022 Grooming Justice with Wajahat Ali & Blake Zeff (Ep 161) From the allegories of Andor to the baldfaced corruption of the Supreme Court, Francesca is joined by author Wajahat Ali to dig into the week. Then documentarian Blake Zeff on his film "Loan Wolves", how the student debt crisis was ...
12.07.2022 Hunter Biden D Pics with Paris Marx & Trae Crowder (Ep 160) If only Hunter Biden's laptop held the key to how to break up Big Tech and wrest it from the clutches of billionaires. Paris Marx, host of the podcast Tech Won't Save Us, joins Francesca to explain the importance of ...
11.30.2022 Toward Prison Abolition with Jena Friedman & Olayemi Olurin (Ep 160) Not all progressives agree on police or prison abolition, but the conversation is breaking through to the mainstream. Movement lawyer Olayemi Olurin joins Francesca to discuss the overblown crime narrative and how to begin thinking about both defunding and divesting ...
11.23.2022 Heel Stomping Hate with Nato Green & David Dayen (Ep158) If only we could pummel the Christian nationalist agenda with heels like the heroes of Club Q. Comedian Nato Green joins Francesca to break down yet another hate-fueled mass shooting in America, and both bitch about respective health insurance problems. ...
11.16.2022 Red Flop with Kurt Braunohler and Nelini Stamp (Ep157) The GOP's midterm performance is surely like their performance in bed: overpromising and underwhelming. Dark Brandon's will has been done and Democrats hold onto the Senate. Nelini Stamp of Working Families Party joins Francesca and comedian Kurt Braunholer to discuss. ...
11.07.2022 Jordan Peterson Can't Get Over PRIDE Month with Matt Lieb If there's one person who's rejoicing Musk's Twitter takeover it's self-proclaimed philosopher and pure carnivore Jordan Peterson. You know him, he's like the Lorax only instead of the trees he speaks for the incels. Francesca and Matt Lieb react to ...
11.01.2022 Tales of Forced Birth Extremism with Katrina Davis (Archive Bonus Bish) The craziest stories from the summer that SCOTUS killed Roe V. Wade. From an anti-choice extremist who broke into medical facilities to steal fetal remains, to a South Carolina legislator's bonkers argument for a total ban on abortion including rape ...
10.25.2022 Bosses Vs Workers 2022 (Archive Bonus Bish) Three stories on workers’ rights you might have missed. First, comedian Chloe Hilliard and Nomiki Konst unpack what it means for management at "progressive cooperative" REI to engage in woke union-busting featuring pronouns and a land acknowledgement. Then, 'Eatin Good ...
10.19.2022 Socialism & Crack Pipes with Andy Kindler & Wajahat Ali (Archive Bonus Bish) From the BONUS BISH archives: Right-wing boy wonder Charlie Kirk makes a case for socialism unbeknownst to Charlie Kirk. Author Wajahat Ali and comedian Andy Kindler join to discuss. Plus a look at one of the greatest heckles in recent ...
10.12.2022 The Anti-Vax State Trooper & Cops in Classrooms with John Iadarola & Nato Green (Archive Bonus Bish) Francesca and Nato Greene discuss the Liz and father Dick Cheney trying to distinguish themselves from the rest of the GOP. Like they didn’t pave the way for the slide into full flown fash. Plus, a look with comedian Will ...
10.05.2022 Nukes & Hurricanes with Matt Lieb & Josh Healy (Ep 156) In the final episode before a maternity hiatus, Francesca and baby daddy Matt Lieb discuss Russia's war on Ukraine and whether the nuclear armageddon awaits their child. Or is diplomacy still on the table? Can that be one of the ...
09.28.2022 Defund the Morality Police with Zahra Noorbakhsh & Eli Day (Ep 155) Protests in Iran are raging over the state murder of Mahsa Amini. Iranian-American comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh joins to discuss the symbol of the hijab as a personal and political tool. Plus, Trump is being sued by the state of New ...
09.21.2022 Dumb People Country with Roy Wood Jr. & Tom Bonier (EP 154) Who will go polls in November, the dummies or the smarties? Comedian Roy Wood Jr. and data analyst Tom Bonier join Francesca to discuss the midterms. Plus, Texas governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor De Satan are sending migrants to ...
09.14.2022 The Trump of South America with Nato Green & Michael Fox (Ep 153) The upcoming election in Brazil is a good opportunity to take stock of the disaster that Jair Bolsonaro has been for the country: Amazonian destruction, trampling human rights, and a violent culture war that is terrifyingly Trumpian. Journalist Michael Fox ...
09.07.2022 Cancel (Debt) Culture with Aida Rodriguez & Braxton Brewington (Ep 152) What’s next for the debt cancellation movement? Can and will Republicans roll back Biden’s decision on student loans? Braxton Brewington of The Debt Collective joins to break it down. And Trump stumps for Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania but focuses more ...
08.31.2022 Earth Over Debt with Esteban Servat & Margaret Killjoy (Ep 151) How can global south countries invest in stopping climate change when they're strapped with international debt? Debt that often requires them to keep exacting resources. Organizer Esteban Sevant of the Debt for Climate movement explains why we the best way ...
08.24.2022 Beyond Voter Power with LaTosha Brown & James Fritz (Ep150) While Democrats need to 'energize and ignite' their voting base, voters need to remember that democracy is not a spectator sport. We welcome LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, to discuss critical midterm elections and where grassroots organizers ...
08.17.2022 Dark Brandon's Border BS with Mateen Stewart & Erika Andiola (Ep 149) If only the memes were true. Instead, the president isn't a vengeance-seeking diehard, he signs the Inflation Reduction Act and gives Joe Manchin the pen. And on immigration, Biden has put up little fight against some of the worst Trump ...
08.10.2022 MAGA Lulz with Jessica Sele & Nick Marx (Ep 148) The right isn't funny, but they're effective. That's Professor Nick Marx's argument in the book "That's Not FunnyHow the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them". He joins Francesca and comedian Jessica Sele to discuss how the edge lord comedy ecosystem ...
08.01.2022 Venti Union Busting with Emma Vigeland & Jaz Brisack (EP 147) Starbucks is closing stores over letting its workers unionize?! Oldest trick in the busting book. Buffalo organizer with Starbucks Workers United Jaz Brisack joins to discuss the wave of union efforts across Starbucks stores and the latest corporate tactics to ...
07.25.2022 Hot Trash Summer with Anna Valenzuela & Rafa Kidvai (EP 146) When life gives you Christian theocracy and climate collapse, sometimes you gotta swim in your own bin. Comedian Anna Valenzuela joins to talk about Trump’s January 6th outtakes, heatwaves throughout Europe, and Biden’s refusal to dub extreme temperatures due to ...
07.18.2022 Swimming in The One Percent’s Pools with Yalini Dream & Nato Green (Ep 145) The U.S. could really use some Sri Lankan uprising energy. We get into the island nation's "occupy moment” with Artist Yalini, a Sri Lankan artist of Tamil descent. And comedian Nato Green joins to discuss Biden’s no good very bad ...
07.11.2022 Deep Doo Doo with Richard Wolff & John Iadarola (Ep 144) How is the cost of inflation falling on working Americans? And why is the Federal Reserve adding insult to injury by raising interest rates? We talk economic sh*t in unprecedented times with Professor Richard Wolff. And the White House finally ...
07.04.2022 Plan C(oup) with Laurie Bertram Roberts & Matt Lieb (Ep 143) As abortion clinics rush close, women are rushing to stock up on Plan C. Luckily the success rate is higher than Trump’s Plan C for remaining in office: doing a coup. Comedian Matt Lieb joins Francesca to discuss the revelations ...
06.27.2022 Losing Roe, Winning in Colombia with Kate Willet & Daniel Pardo (Ep142) A marathon episode on the many facets of the Supreme Court striking down Roe V Wade. From its immediate impact and calling out hypocrites, to the weak sauce Presidential response and why ‘vote harder’ is a terrible scold, Francesca welcomes ...
06.20.2022 U-Haul Virgins with Open Mike Eagle & Joe Eskenazi (Ep141) A bunch of chads get busted for attempting to riot at a Pride event, and the January 6th hearings show just how in danger Mike Pence was and how much Trump loved it. Plus, how the recall of Chesa Boudin ...
06.06.2022 An Awkward Ass Chappelle Interaction: TRAILER of BONUS EP 140 A slice of the bonus episode from June 5th's show with comedian Jaye McBride where she and Francesca talk trans jokes in comedy, Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle, and her bizarre experience with Chappelle on stage in New York. Hosted on ...
06.06.2022 Not Your Punchline: Trans Rights with Erin Reed & Jay McBride (Ep 140) Another day, another millionaire comedian or right-wing politician targets trans people. While one might seem like easy laughs, it’s hard not to look around at the hundreds of anti-trans bills sweeping the country and still muster a chuckle. Republicans are ...
05.30.2022 Bullets & Ballots with Dave Weigel, Nato Green & Gina Viola (Ep 139) Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn’t the political ...
05.23.2022 Tales From the Crypto with Atsuko Okatsuka & Molly White (EP 138) Grifts, hacks, phishing and pyramid schemes built on cartoon apes. This is Web3, the world of cryptocurrenicies and NFTs. Molly White, software engineer and founder of Web3 Is Going Great explains why the lofty promises of digital currency have fallen ...
05.16.2022 Money, Baby! with Brett Payne & Andrew Perez (Ep 137) Turns out nothing is safe from rampant corporate greed, including f*cking baby formula. Francesca and guest Brett Payne of Street Fight Radio talk about the layers of corruption currently causing families to ration food for their infants. And, the murder ...
05.09.2022 Policing Bodies with Robin Wonsley & Erin Lennox (Ep 136) Ah the natural conclusion of the far-right’s takeover of America: obliterating abortion rights! Comedian Erin Lennox joins Francesca to discuss the Samuel Alito’s sniveling leaked opinion arguing for Roe V. Wade to be overturned, the pitiful response from leading Democrats, ...
05.02.2022 Fighting Like Hell with Kim Kelly & James Fritz (Ep 135) Who are the union organizers left out of most American history books? This May Day, Francesca talks to labor reporter and author Kim Kelly about her new book Fight Like Hell: The Untold Labor of American History and the people, ...
04.25.2022 Abort the GOP with Lizz Winstead & Matt Lieb. (Ep 134) Francesca is back and talking pregnancies! Overall the ones forced upon millions of women across the country now that abortion rights are being taken away. And specifically, her own! Thankfully not forced. Comedian and founder of Abortion Access Front Lizz ...
04.11.2022 China Hysteria with Tobita Chow & Big Wos (EP 133) Rivalry, jealousy, betrayal. The China-U.S. relationship is the stuff of geopolitical daytime drama. Writer and progressive strategist Tobita Chow of Justice Is Global joins Francesca to discuss what China’s ambitions, contradictions, and how the U.S. can avoid conflict by working ...
04.04.2022 Housing Sweet Housing with Katrina Davis & Prof. Gregg Colburn Both liberals and conservatives have their heads up their asses on homelessness and housing. They let the market run the table no matter the fact that there are half a million unhoused people on any given night in the U.S. ...

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The Bitchuation Room episodes:

*TEASER* Milking Porn & Matt Taibbi (Bonus Bish)

March Madman with Anthony Atmanuik & Jake Bittle (Ep 174)

Opting In with Rep. Summer Lee and Megan Gailey (Ep. 173)

Sad Modelo with Rafael Shimunov & Maggie Maye (Ep 172)

Woman, Life, Freedom with Negar Mortavazi & Brandie Posey

Health Communism with Beatrice Adler-Bolton & Nato Green (Ep 170)

Ukraine, Trains & Automobiles with Branko Marcetic & Eliza Skinner (Ep 169)

Killer Cop City with Akela Lacy & Micah Herskind (Ep 168)

Beyond Reform with Adam Johnson & Dan Evans (Ep 167)

Judgement Days with Elie Mystal & Billy Wayne Davis (Ep 166)

Crypto PACs with Josh Gondleman & Max Berger (Ep 165)

Vets Fighting Fascism with Chloe Hilliard & Naveed Shah (Ep164)

Cokehead Country Club with Gareth Reynolds & Max Elbaum (Ep 163)

Nepo Man Babies w/John Iadarola & Sara Schaefer (Ep162)

Grooming Justice with Wajahat Ali & Blake Zeff (Ep 161)

Hunter Biden D Pics with Paris Marx & Trae Crowder (Ep 160)

Toward Prison Abolition with Jena Friedman & Olayemi Olurin (Ep 160)

Heel Stomping Hate with Nato Green & David Dayen (Ep158)

Red Flop with Kurt Braunohler and Nelini Stamp (Ep157)

Jordan Peterson Can't Get Over PRIDE Month with Matt Lieb

Tales of Forced Birth Extremism with Katrina Davis (Archive Bonus Bish)

Bosses Vs Workers 2022 (Archive Bonus Bish)

Socialism & Crack Pipes with Andy Kindler & Wajahat Ali (Archive Bonus Bish)

The Anti-Vax State Trooper & Cops in Classrooms with John Iadarola & Nato Green (Archive Bonus Bish)

Nukes & Hurricanes with Matt Lieb & Josh Healy (Ep 156)

Defund the Morality Police with Zahra Noorbakhsh & Eli Day (Ep 155)

Dumb People Country with Roy Wood Jr. & Tom Bonier (EP 154)

The Trump of South America with Nato Green & Michael Fox (Ep 153)

Cancel (Debt) Culture with Aida Rodriguez & Braxton Brewington (Ep 152)

Earth Over Debt with Esteban Servat & Margaret Killjoy (Ep 151)

Beyond Voter Power with LaTosha Brown & James Fritz (Ep150)

Dark Brandon's Border BS with Mateen Stewart & Erika Andiola (Ep 149)

MAGA Lulz with Jessica Sele & Nick Marx (Ep 148)

Venti Union Busting with Emma Vigeland & Jaz Brisack (EP 147)

Hot Trash Summer with Anna Valenzuela & Rafa Kidvai (EP 146)

Swimming in The One Percent’s Pools with Yalini Dream & Nato Green (Ep 145)

Deep Doo Doo with Richard Wolff & John Iadarola (Ep 144)

Plan C(oup) with Laurie Bertram Roberts & Matt Lieb (Ep 143)

Losing Roe, Winning in Colombia with Kate Willet & Daniel Pardo (Ep142)

U-Haul Virgins with Open Mike Eagle & Joe Eskenazi (Ep141)

An Awkward Ass Chappelle Interaction: TRAILER of BONUS EP 140

Not Your Punchline: Trans Rights with Erin Reed & Jay McBride (Ep 140)

Bullets & Ballots with Dave Weigel, Nato Green & Gina Viola (Ep 139)

Tales From the Crypto with Atsuko Okatsuka & Molly White (EP 138)

Money, Baby! with Brett Payne & Andrew Perez (Ep 137)

Policing Bodies with Robin Wonsley & Erin Lennox (Ep 136)

Fighting Like Hell with Kim Kelly & James Fritz (Ep 135)

Abort the GOP with Lizz Winstead & Matt Lieb. (Ep 134)

China Hysteria with Tobita Chow & Big Wos (EP 133)

Housing Sweet Housing with Katrina Davis & Prof. Gregg Colburn

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