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Erin & Ange

An AAPI produced and hosted pop-culture podcast rooted in San Francisco.

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SXSW 2025 - MOLA and Uvalde Mom

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2025/03/26

Send us a text We're continuing our SXSW 2025 coverage with two documentaries centering around the strength of a mother. MOLA: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss, chronicles the life of Kunsang Wangmo (aka "Mola"), a 100 year-old Tibetan nun who was exiled from Tibet in 1959 and, after celebrating her 100th birthday, dreams of dying in "the religious paradise of Tibet". Co-directors (and father and daughter team) Martin Brauen and Yangzom Brauen share the importance of honoring the Tibetan commu...

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SXSW 2025 - O'Dessa Director/Writer Geremy Jasper

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2025/03/21

Send us a text O'Dessa is a post apocalyptic rock opera about a farm girl who goes on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. We chatted virtually with director/writer (and return guest!) Geremy Jasper about his thoughts on auto-tune, modeling a character after Grace Jones, and the beauty of gender fluidity. O'Dessa is streaming now on Hulu! Follow O'Dessa on IG Support the show Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episode...

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SXSW Red Carpet - The Threesome

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2025/03/19

Send us a text We're on location at SXSW 2025 with a spicy red carpet for The Threesome, a film that shares the mess that happens when an alluring stranger is romantically added to a happy couple. In this episode you'll hear some of the film's lead actors wax poetic on the topic of relationships and sex. Tommy Do describes his ideal pre-threesome meal, Arden Myrin shares her dream acting threesome, Allan McLeod reflects on living in a drunk history, Jaboukie Young-White expresses the pressure...

31:15

Basic Bitch - Bitches Go To Mardis Gras and Welcome...

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2025/03/17

Send us a text Warning: this episode is delirious AF. Your bitches kicked March off with a trip to NOLA for Erin's bday/Mardis Gras, and then drove ten hours to Austin to cover the SXSW festival! Erin and Ange sit down at a bar in Austin, Texas, to catch you up on why New Orleans continues to be their favorite city in the world, and what exciting things they have in store for you coming out of SXSW in the coming weeks. Fasten your seatbelts and hold on to your buttholes, you're in for a treat...

33:35

Slamdance 2025 - Silent Trees and Disposable Humanity

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2025/03/10

Send us a text We're concluding our coverage of Slamdance 2025 with two very timely documentaries that reiterate the need for empathy and activism. Silent Trees follows 16 year-old Runa after the death of her mother on the Polish-Belarusian border as she has to become a mother for her 4 younger brothers. Director Agnieszka Zweifka shares how starting as an activist in the refugee camp led her to direct this film, her immediate connection with Runa and her family, and how Runa's art became a m...

30:26

Slamdance 2025 - Portal to Hell and In the Mouth

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2025/03/08

Send us a text This episode of Slamdance 2025 celebrates films that bring thrills and horror! Portal to Hell follows a debt collector as his routine is turned upside down after finding a portal to hell in a laundromat. Director/writer Woody Bess and star Trey Holland discuss making a horror film on a budget, working with acting greats like Keith David and Richard Kind, and the best burgers in LA. In the Mouth is the story of what happens when Merl, who lives a life of recluse, is runnin...

30:30

Slamdance 2025 - Confessions Chin Chin and Bloqué

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2025/03/05

Send us a text We're highlighting Slamdance 2025 with two films that explore the different ways in which people process life. The narrative feature Confessions Chin Chin spends the evening at a bar with a cast of misfits as they navigate love, art, secrets, and self-discovery. Director Carolina Perelman shares her thoughts on bar conversations with strangers, sex, and a memorable scene involving an egg yolk. Bloqué is a short film about a drummer with creative block as he follows his me...

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Slamdance 2025 - BANR and Project Dad

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2025/03/03

Send us a text We're at Slamdance 2025 celebrating two films that center around family issues. BANR is a narrative feature about a couple who has been together for forty years struggling with how to cope with the onset of Alzheimer's as the disease takes its toll. We were joined by director Erica Xia-Hou (夏侯云姗), who explains why she wrote the film during the pandemic as her grandmother was struggling with Alzheimer's, how a last minute dog adoption turned into a star of the film, and the ever...

30:36

Slamdance 2025 - Larry (They/Them) and Complicated

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2025/02/28

Send us a text Welcome to Slamdance 2025, where today we're bringing you two powerful documentaries. Larry (They/Them) follows non binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène during their transitional journey, as they piece together a photographic autobiography and art exhibit entitled "Puberty". Director Catherine Legault explains how she became friends with Laurence, bringing a new perspective to their art, and why it's important to show that everyone's journey is different. Complicated sh...

38:16

Slamdance 2025 - Coroner To The Stars and 40 Watts...

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2025/02/24

Send us a text Welcome to Slamdance 2025! In honor of Slamdance's first time being held in LA, we're kicking things off with two documentaries that are LA as fuuuck. Coroner to the Stars chronicles the life and career of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, head medical examiner and coroner from the late 60s-early 80s in Los Angeles. Director Ben Hethcoat shares the ten year journey it took to get this film made, how growing up as the son of a coroner helped him prepare for this film, and why Dr. Noguchi's ca...

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Girls Will Be Girls Director Shuchi Talati

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2025/02/20

Send us a text Girls Will Be Girls follows 16 year-old Mira as she first discovers sexual desire while attending a strict boarding school in the Himalayas, but her coming-of-age is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. Director/writer Shuchi Talati shares how she was delicately able to portray teenage sexuality, why certain crew members had a lot of tips for a certain stuffed animal scene, and their emotional experience screening the film in India for the first time. W...

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Basic Bitching at the 7th Annual Standard Deviant...

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2025/02/14

Send us a text Hot damn, this is a fun one! Our friends at the Standard Deviant Brewing Co invited us to record on location at their 7th annual chili cook off, and as regular patrons, we can say without a doubt it’s one of the most fun events of the year. You’ll meet all ten of the competing teams, learn about their secret recipes, and the inspiration behind their costumes (true to SF, we saw everything from ass cheeks to #FreeLuigi). Plus Erin and Ange catch you up on their January sh...

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Sundance 2025 - Third Act and Heightened Scrutiny

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2025/02/12

Send us a text Welcome to our third and final episode for Sundance 2025, featuring two very timely feature length documentaries. Third Act is a documentary that follows the life of Asian American artist and activist Robert A. Nakamura (aka the godfather of Asian American media), while grappling with his recent Parkinson's diagnosis. We were joined by filmmaker (and Robert's son) Tadashi Nakamura and one of the subjects of the film/his mother, Karen Ishizuka, to discuss making this film as a f...

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Sundance 2025 - Vox Humana and Rains Over Babel

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2025/02/06

Send us a text Welcome to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! This week we're going international with two films that are an homage to their homeland. Vox Humana is a beautifully stylized short film about an eccentric zoologist that gets hired to communicate with a naked man found wandering in the woods after a major earthquake. Director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan and producer Hannah Schierbeek share the importance of indigenous Filipino stories being represented in cinema, the disconnect betw...

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Sundance 2025 - Remember Me and Didn't Die

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2025/01/31

Send us a text It's Sundance 2025, and we are kicking the festival off with two of our favorites! Remember Me is a short film that shows what happens when a woman who jut got dumped, turned 40, and returned home to take care of her dying father decides she's ready to go on a date. We are joined by director/writer/star Claire Titelman who shares how she found inspiration from the incredible dress she wears in the film (and also where to buy it!), and the story behind the hilarious karaok...

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SF Sketchfest - Comedian Cassie Workman

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2025/01/27

Send us a textCassie Workman is a comedian from Australia who will be performing her one-person show, Aberdeen, at SF Sketchfest on Thursday, January 30th. The show is an epic poem inspired by the death of Kurt Cobain. Cassie shares with us how a visit to Cobain's hometown, Aberdeen, inspired her to write this show during the pandemic, the difference between comedy in Australia versus the states, and how a chance encounter with Phoebe Waller-Bridge helped elevate the show.Click here to get ti...

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Union Producer Samantha Curley

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2025/01/23

Send us a textWe love LA and are heartbroken for the devastation in the wake of the wildfires. See below for links on how you can help.Displaced Black Families GoFund Me DirectoryARC Firefighter FunderSamantha Curley is an activist and producer whose most recent film, Union, documents a group of Amazon workers that embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York. She shares how the film found its origins in trolling Jeff Bezos's mansion in Beverly Hi...

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Unstoppable with Actor Jharrel Jerome

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2025/01/17

Send us a textWe have been following Jharrel Jerome's acting career since Moonlight, and couldn't wait to have him on the show! Ange sits down with Jharrel to discuss his newest project, Unstoppable, based on the true story of wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and became a national wrestling champion in 2011. He shares how he trained himself to use one leg, the emotional aspect of the story, and acting alongside some powerhouse stars.Unstoppable is streaming on Amazon Prime r...

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SF Sketchfest 2025 - Tinder Live! creator Lane Moore

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2025/01/10

Send us a textLane Moore is all the hyphenates- writer/actor/comedian/musician/all around bad-bitch. We had so much fun diving into the origin of her Tinder Live show that is celebrating its 10th anniversary at SF Sketchfest with guest hosts Busy Philipps and Paul F. Tompkins at Cobb's Comedy Club on January 24th! She explains how she's been an all around artist since childhood, the comedy and sometimes horror of app dating, how her Ted Talk and books will reflect her legacy, and her band's (...

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Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross

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2025/01/03

Send us a textNickel Boys is based on a novel (which is based on a true story) that follows two African-American boys who form a close friendship while enduring the the horrors of a reform school in Florida. Director RaMell Ross sits down with Erin to discuss how he was able to conceptualize big concepts from the book into a film through tone and an incredible soundtrack, why it took four years of research to collect the archival footage, and casting Bay Area favorites Daveed Diggs and Jimmie...

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