
The Bitchuation Room
A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini
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Jun 5, 2025 • 5min
Centrists Gather In DC, and Israel Wants Hamas to STAY?! *BONUS TEASER*
The worst kind of Democrats with the worst ideas, taking the wrong lessons from 2024 and getting billionaire backing to do it. Do they want to lose to fascism this hard? A near 2-hour bonus episode complete with discussions of Trump's failing economy, Israel's bad faith negotiations, the alleged antisemitic attack in Boulder, and Karine Jean Pierre is now an independent!?
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Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 27min
Who Will Stop ICE? feat. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (Ep 284)
An up-and-coming representative from Arizona isn't backing down on bearing witness to ICE's lawlessness. Francesca speaks with Rep. Yassamin Ansari all about her trips to El Salvador, detention facilities, and whether Democrats have it in them to fight this fascism. And Greta Thunberg sets sail on another Freedom Flotilla while right wingers salivate at the possibility of her demise.
Also, former State Department head Matt Miller agrees Israel's committed war crimes, Bernie's getting real about Kamala's Loss and Rep. Jazmine Crockett reveals the Democratic donors want a safe white boy in 2028. Francesca breaks it down solo.
Featuring: Rep. Yassamin Ansari, Arizona's 3rd District https://www.instagram.com/repyassansari/
** LIVE SHOWS **
PASADENA JULY 5TH -New World Disorder Comedy with Francesca & Friends.Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-07-05-25-9-30-pm
SEATTLE Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE
SEATTLE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK
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Jun 2, 2025 • 1h 26min
Dodgers Not DOGErs *LIVE IN LA* with Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, John Iadarola, Matt Lieb, Rachel Reyes (Ep 283)
It’s a super special LIVE edition of The Bitchuation Room in Los Angeles and we’re talking Elon’s exit but not without drug-fueld love triangle drama. Then, Zionists in LA-city government? No wonder pro-Palestine protesters are demonized and brutalized. Then, can LA refuse to be ground zero for even more displacement by refusing the Olympics? Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez of District 1 joins to discuss how her first term has left her more invested in people power than ever. And Denton Cohen of The Rent Brigade on blowing the whistle on greedy lords of the land.
Featuring:
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez
Get involved her her re-election campaign:
https://www.eunissesforthepeople.com/
John Iadarola, The Damage Report
https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport
https://www.patreon.com/johniadarola
Rachel Reyes, LA Podcast
https://thelapod.com/
Matt Lieb, Bad Hasbara Podcast
https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara
Denton Cohen, The Rent Brigade
https://www.rentbrigade.org/
LIVE SHOWS
SEATTLE Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE
SEATTLE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK
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May 28, 2025 • 1h 40min
Losing The BLM Narrative, Winning The Planetary Fight w/ Mike Drucker & Malcolm Harris (Ep 282)
Five years after the George Floyd uprisings we reflect on how police killings are up along with the copaganda. Then, will GOP Senators tank Trumps MAGA Murder Bill because they’re… principled?! Comedian Mike Drucker joins Francesca to talk about all that and the bizarre search of Democratic party to find the ‘Joe Rogan of the left’... or of neoliberalism. Then we interview Malcolm Harris, author of "What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis" about a unifying approach to addressing climate change. Oh and the Gaza horrors continue. Download the 5 Calls app and call your reps to tell them to renounce all Israel lobby funds.
Featuring:
Malcolm Harris, author,
https://x.com/bigmeaninternet
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577434/
Mike Drucker, comedian,
https://x.com/MikeDrucker
https://mikedrucker.substack.com/
LIVE SHOWS
LOS ANGELES -- May 30th-The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE in Los Angeles on May 30th at The Elysian Theater. Get tickets here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bitchuationroom.
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May 24, 2025 • 1h 42min
Trump's 'SKETCHY" Dinner & Will SCOTUS Let Trump End Birthright Citizenship? *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
In this white nationalist fanfic we’re living in, Trump has put birthright citizenship on the chopping block. Traci Feit Love, President & Executive Director of Lawyers for Good Government joined Francesca to talk about Trump’s battle against the American constitution.
And journalist and producer of THIS VERY SHOW Paige Oamek came by to talk with Francesca about Trump’s pay to play crypto dinner where the vibe was ‘sketch’. Plus Theo Von on Gaza and perhaps the most racist meeting with a foreign head of state as Trump goes full white genocide conspiracist.
Featuring:
Traci Feit Love, President & Executive Director, Lawyers for Good Government:
https://lawyersforgoodgovernment.org
Paige Oamek, The Bitchuation Room producer and writer:
https://paigehtml.github.io/all.html
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LIVE SHOWS
LOS ANGELES- May 30th- LOS ANGELES -- The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE at The Elysian Theater. Get tickets here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bitchuationroom
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May 21, 2025 • 1h 43min
MAHA's Milk and Vibes with Dave Anthony & Beatrice Adler-Bolton (Ep 281)
From Biden's cancer To MAHA's eugenics, we're talking about the politics of healthcare... again. Beatrice Adler-Bolton is back to talk Medicare and the cruel budget that Republicans are poised to pass, but how Biden also oversaw the removal of millions from the program during Covid as well. Speaking of Covid, Dave Anthony is here to bitch about the vaccine only being available to the elderly and immunocompromised, and comes in hot with some hard truths about Biden's cancer diagnosis. Blue MAGA is out in full force tone policing anyone who asks us not to sympathy wash the former President, and they happen to have a lot in common with those blame anti-genocide demonstrators for his loss.... hmmmm coincidence?
Featuring:
Dave Anthony, The Dollop Podcast https://www.dolloppodcast.com/podcast
Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Death Panel https://www.deathpanel.net/
Read Health Communism
LIVE SHOWS
PASADENA - May 21 - New World Disorder at The Ice House featuring Francesca with Curtis Cook, Subhah Agarwal, Bryan Cook and Matt Lieb. Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-05-21-25-7-45-pm
LOS ANGELES -- May 30th-The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE in Los Angeles on May 30th at The Elysian Theater. Get tickets here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bitchuationroom.
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May 17, 2025 • 2h 7min
How Policing Is Making Us Sick & Other Stories *Frantastic Friday May 16th*
Policing is deadly but it’s also making us less safe and sicker. Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez are the authors of All This Safety Is Killing Us, a book that collects clinicians and organizers and activists who believe in abolition – getting rid of a ruinous policing system – and building a healthier society for all.
Then, is Diddy going to get a pardon from Trump? Sean’s team is certainly trying to make it happen. You know these abusers have to stick together. Maybe they can work on a new crypto scam together, since apparently the entire U.S. government is green lighting the crypto takeover. Bad boy for life, indeed.
Featured:
Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez, All This Safety Is Killing Us:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771429/all-this-safety-is-killing-us-by-carlos-martinez-and-ronica-mukerjee/
Contents:
-All This Safety Is Killing Us, with Ronica Mukerjee & Carlos Martinez
-P Diddy is trying to get a pardon from Trump
- Mike Johnson is cool with insider trading
-Trump's Crypto Scam Continues
- Senate Democrats Also Cool With Trump’s Crypto Scam
- Ms. Rachel is standing up for the children of Gaza
- Kristi Noem citizenship reality show
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LIVE SHOWS
PASADENA - May 21 - New World Disorder at The Ice House featuring Francesca with Curtis Cook, Subhah Agarwal, Bryan Cook and Matt Lieb. Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-05-21-25-7-45-pm
LOS ANGELES- May 30th- LOS ANGELES -- The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE at The Elysian Theater. Get tickets here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bitchuationroom
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May 15, 2025 • 7min
Woke Marxist Pope *BONUS BISH TEASER*
A peek into the Wednesday May 15th bonus episodes you missed in which Francesca talks about Republicans' Medicaid cuts, David Hogg and DNC drama, RFK Jr. swimming in poop and a Luigi Mangioni musical. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get access to these stories and more.

May 14, 2025 • 1h 30min
Solidarity Under Fascism with River Butcher, Jaz Brisack & Matt Lieb (Ep 280)
As Trump unleashes ICE on workers, grandmothers, judges and mayors, what does solidarity look like. Comedian River Butcher joins Francesca to talk about these brownshirts gone wild and Stephen Miller explaining how the administration is trying to suspend habeas corpus. Also, a small victory in the battle for trans rights in Maine isn't going unnoticed by Republicans still hell bent on focusing on the wrong one percent. Then Jaz Brisack formerly of Starbucks Workers United joins to talk about their new book "Get On The Job and Organize" and how we should organize under a Donald Trump presidency. But first, Matt Lieb stops by to talk about the Trump administration re-igniting ceasefire discussions with Hamas. The proof is in the pudding but neither he nor Francesca are convinced.
Featuring:
River Butcher, comedian https://www.riverbutcher.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rivbutcher
Jaz Brisack, union organizer
Get their new book "Get On The Job and Organize" is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Get-on-the-Job-and-Organize/Jaz-Brisack/9781668080795 https://www.insideorganizerschool.com/
LIVE SHOWS
PASADENA - May 21 - New World Disorder at The Ice House featuring Francesca with Curtis Cook, Subhah Agarwal, Bryan Cook and Matt Lieb. Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-05-21-25-7-45-pm
LOS ANGELES -- May 30th-The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE in Los Angeles on May 30th at The Elysian Theater. Get tickets here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bitchuationroom.
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May 7, 2025 • 1h 30min
Late Stage Financial Literacy with Chelsea Fagan & John Hastings (Ep 279)
The Trump effect crushes another right-wing candidacy, this time in Australia. Canadian comic John Hastings joins to make sense of it all and to talk about the imminent re-opening of Alcatraz likely based on Trump's late-night PBS (?!) viewing. Then creator of The Financial Diet, Chelsea Fagan joins us to talk practical and macroeconomic look at what Trump's pigheaded tariffs regime means for our lives.
John Hastings, comedian: https://www.thejohnhastings.com/, https://x.com/thejohnhastings
Chelsea Fagan, CEO and Co-Founder of The Financial Diet:
https://thefinancialdiet.com/, https://www.tiktok.com/@faganchelsea
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LIVE SHOWS
SAN FRANCISCO- May 7th - Francesca and Matt Lieb are coming to Cobb’s Comedy Club San Francisco. Get your tickets here: https://tr.ee/ImZ_W42k_U
PASADENA - May 21 - New World Disorder at The Ice House featuring Francesca with Curtis Cook, Subhah Agarwal, Bryan Cook and Matt Lieb. Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-05-21-25-7-45-pm
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