The Bitchuation Room

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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 fixated on preventing trans girls participate in sports and trans kids overall from receiving any gender-affirming care. Founder of the Trans Formations Project Erin Reed joins Francesca to detail the impact of stopping trans children from receiving care, what “informed consent” is, and why it is that the GOP is so obsessed. Plus comedian Jaye McBride takes down Bill Maher’s latest “old man doesn’t get the gays” rant, and what strange spell compels Caitlyn Jenner continues to throw other trans people under the bus. Plus, Jaye stays on for a BONUS episode all about Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle’s anti-trans comedy and tells the story of working at the Comedy Cellar while Dave Chappelle was performing and he made her get on stage. Do not miss this incredible and super awkward encounter. Join the Patreon at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get access and a special bonus RSS feed with bonus content every episode.Featuring:Jaye McBride, comedian https://twitter.com/jayemcbrideErin Reed, Trans Formations Projecthttps://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties’ strategy in a midterm/primary season that is swimming in SuperPAC cash. And even still, progressive have claimed victories! Finally, LA mayoral candidate Gina Viola on why neither Karen Bass nor Rick Caruso are delivering what Los Angeles desperately needs. Finally a *BONUS BISH* on Eric Adams becoming Dems new pro-cop darling, and a positive update on US-Cuba relations. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch and listen.Featuring:Nato Green, comedian https://twitter.com/natogreen Dave Weigel, political reporter at the Washington Post https://twitter.com/daveweigel Gina Viola, candidate for LA mayor https://twitter.com/GinaForLA, https://ginaforla.com/ @LA VOTE JUNE 7th! The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 flat. And comedian Atsuko Okatsuka joins to discuss newly-minted Republican Elon Musk’s sexual misconduct that involves a horse, and the pathetic downfall of the Biden Administration’s attempts to reign in misinformation. Plus, Taylor Swift tells us to embrace the cringe. So what are the cringiest things you’ve done and are they worse than George W. Bush accidentally calling himself out for the Iraq War? Finally a patreon-only *BONUS BISH* on the creative dope efforts of strippers in Los Angeles to unionize. Solidarity with stripper strike Noho! To watch & listen back join the Frantifa: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring: Atsuko Okatsuka, ComedianMolly White, Creator of 'Web3 Is Going Just Great'The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh once again shows us exactly who the Israeli government is and how little they care for human rights. Meanwhile, why are leading Democrats acting so shocked that the multi-decade plan to overturn Roe V. Wade has finally come to fruition. Senior editor and reporter at The Lever, Andrew Perez, joins Francesca to explain the dark money interest groups behind the current SCOTUS. Finally a newsy game of “Is it Real?” and a *BONUS BISH* looking at the most disrespectful anti-choice argument yet, made by a Montana Senator: “Why come we protect sea turtle eggs and not zygotes?" Become a patron to listen/watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring: Andrew Perez, Senior Editor at The Leverhttps://twitter.com/andrewperezdc Brett Payne, Cohost of Street Fight Radiohttps://twitter.com/BrettPainThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, including campaigning for an anti-choice lawmaker in Texas over a progressive option. Then, socialist Minneapolis city councilmember Robin Wonsley on the role of police in suppressing social movements and progress, and local efforts to defund the police in their current violent iteration, and fund alternative safety units. PLUS: A patreon-only bonus episode about the bizarre and depressing “he said, she said” defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. We’ve got THOUGHTS! Join the Frantifa to watch live or listen back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring: Robin Wonsley Worlobah, Minneapolis City Council Memberhttps://twitter.com/robin4mplsErin Lennox, Comedianhttps://twitter.com/ErinDeweyLennox The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, from sex workers and prisoners, who shaped workers rights. Plus an update on the desperate measures both Starbucks and Amazon are taking to stop union drives among their workers, as victories across the nation galvanize millions. Also along for the ride is comedian James Fritz to imagine a social media network completely free of sociopathic tech billionaires. Finally a *BONUS BISH* about the return of White House Press Correspondents Dinner. Biden’s got some zingers! Join the Patreon to get a special feed and watch live/back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring:Kim Kelly, Labor Journalist and Author of “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor” twitter.com/grimkim James Fritz, Comedian twitter.com/fritzisdeadThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Winstead joins to discuss the dozens of abortion bans sweeping the country, the imminent end or partial end of Roe V. Wade, and the two most bizarro cases of anti-choice extremism including stolen fetusgate. Plus Baby Daddy Matt Lieb joins to talk about mask requirements ending on planes and Florida’s math book bans being ridiculous and a secret money maker for one special textbook company. Finally a patreon-only BONUS BISH on Rudy Giuliani’s latest public embarrassment on The Masked Singer. Sign up at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch or listen back with a special RSS feed.Featuring: Lizz Winstead, Founder of Abortion Access Front twitter.com/lizzwinsteadMatt Lieb, Father-to-be and co-host of the Soprano's podcast, Pod Yourself A Gun twitter.com/mattliebThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 with not against the rising superpower. And podcast host and sports writer Wosny Lambre dissects the bid by Elon Musk to buy nearly 10% shares of Twitter (even though he now says he won’t join the board). And, it’s the dawn of the robot dog. A fascist’s best friend. Robot dogs are now being deployed to the US-Mexico border. What could go wrong? Finally a solo Bonus Bish about what the arrest of a Texas woman accused of murder (!) for terminating her pregnancy means for the future of reproductive rights in the country. Become a patron to listen and watch the extra content: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFeaturing: Tobita Chow: https://twitter.com/tobitac Wosny Lambre: https://twitter.com/BigWosThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Associate professor at the University of Washington Gregg Colburn joins to talk about his new book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” which re-affirms the real cause of homelessness and offers concrete solutions. Comedian Katrina Davis joins to talk about the first Amazon union (!) in the country and the incredible organizing efforts of ALU at a warehouse in Staten Island. Also, nearly eight hours of missing Trump call logs from January 6th points to only one thing: burner phones, Mr. White. Finally a Will Smith-inspired slap bracket game called “March Slapness” on who deserves to get slapped the most. And of course a Bonus Bish all about the freaky anti-choice extremist who was found to be storing 5 fetuses in her freezer. Coooooool. Get it by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.FeaturingKatrina Davis, Comedian https://twitter.com/katrinasivadGregg Colburn, Associate Professor University of Washington https://twitter.com/ColburnGreggRead his book/research, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem" here: https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem/The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices