PODCAST

The Bitchuation Room

Francesca Fiorentini

A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini

comedy news commentary

All Episodes

103:26

Group Chat Warmongering and Building Beyond Bernie...

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2025/03/26

What’s the rest of The Trump Administration doing? Oh, texting war plans from their private phones and accidentally including a journalist in them? Cool cool cool. Imara Jones joins to discuss the national security nightmare, and how we must understand the anti-trans attacks as the beginnings of authoritarianism. And comedian Kate Willet discusses the momentous Bernie/AOC tour and Columbia University selling out its academic freedom and its students to ICE. Featuring: Kate Willett,

87:34

Fetterman's Pager and Kim K Is a GOOD MOTHER! with RM...

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2025/03/22

A veritable grab bag of off the beaten hellscape stories: John Fetterman is back in Israel and Netanyahu has quite the gift for him. Kim Kardashian takes a break from selling Cybertrucks to make sure her daughter isn't hanging out with the Tate brothers. Nick Fuentes is mad about Trump becoming too swampy, and Elon Musk is trying to buy a judicial seat in Wisconsin. Finally, Trump tries to turn Canada into his child bride.Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see more

99:59

Mass Deportations and Mass Labor Movements with Sam...

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2025/03/19

An American Gestapo is taking shape as ICE continues to torture and detain law-abiding people–whether they are green card holders or protested against genocide. Sam Seder of The Majority Report joins to talk about this and the right’s dominance in online media, Chuck Schumer’s idiocy, and why social security has always been sexy. Then labor professor Eric Blanc joins to talk about how worker-to-worker organizing must reshape unions, an argument he lays out in his book We Are the Union: How

111:11

What Is A ‘Startup City’? And Democrats Are Dust...

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2025/03/15

The same week that Trump calls Schumer a “Palestinian”, Schumer gives Trump everything he wanted. Francesca streams while ten Democrats hand the GOP a wishlist budget. Then, journalist Andy Vasoyan joins to talk about the techno-fascist dream of creating tax-free autonomous cities full of HOT CHICKS. Finally, did a U.S. official get fired because of Mel Gibson? And JD Vance stays being the worst husband. Read Andy Vasoyan's article on Praxis here Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free

98:34

The Drug War Gets Even Dumber with Maia Szalavitz and...

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2025/03/12

Trump’s tariffs are causing a recession all while claiming to be going after Fentanyl? Francesca welcomes author Maia Szalavitz to talk about our country’s ham-fisting approach to drug policy, and what RFK Jr. could do to make it all worse. Then, Canada is BIG MAD about the trade war as the back and forth continues between Trump and Ontario’s Doug Ford. And finally, a sleepless Elon Musk is barely hanging on and dragging us all down with him. Aw, cheer up billionaire! Featuring Maia Szalavitz,

147:13

What Happens Now With Ukraine with Anthony Bartaway,...

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2025/03/08

Now that Trump has thrown Zelensky to the wolves, what comes next? Anthony Bartaway of Ukraine Without Hype podcast offers a leftist analysis from Kiev of the Russian war on Ukraine. Then trouble in DOGE-land as administration officials are getting sick and tired of Elon Musk. And Gavin Newsom gives the most despicable softball interview to Christian Nationalist right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on his new podcast. HARD PASS. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see

110:11

Beating The Right In The Messaging War with Anthony...

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2025/03/05

The only SS Elon Musk supports doesn't dole out retirement funds. Francesca and comedian/actor Anthony Atamanuik talk about Trump going after social security, and an awesome Oscars first as the documentary No Other Land wins and brings the words "ethnic supremacy" to the Hollwood stage. Then campaign and messaging strategist badass Anat Shenker-Osorio speaks with Francesca about how to win back the American narrative from the right. Hint: it's not by ignoring your active and engaged

88:48

Trump's Mob Meeting With Zelenskyy, RFK Jr. Already...

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2025/03/01

Sad little men argue with President Zelenskyy about his lack of gratitude towards Trump, a man who tried to extort him back in 2018. BE GRATEFUL!! The embarrassing s-show had one man giddy: Vladimir Putin. The rest of us are in shock. Then, Elon's Starlink wants to take over the FAA, a body that heretofore was REGULATING Starlink. And RFK Jr. is already on his way to getting us all killed by downplaying the Measles, and canceling the meeting of flu vaccination board. Frantastic Fridays on The

89:14

Criminalizing Women with Jessica Valenti and Jamie...

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2025/02/26

Abortion rights are popular, but the broligarchy cannot abide. Journalist Jessica Valenti joins Francesca to talk about criminalizing women’s travel and healthcare despite a surge in infant and maternal mortality deaths. And comedian Jamie Loftus joins to talk our new deputy FBI chief who is more concerned with liberal tears than law enforcement. And Bernie Sanders is on tour again taking his Fighting Oligarchy message to vulnerable swing districts, where Republicans are being absolutely demolished

84:09

Bannon Salutes, Elon's Baby Mamas and Mob Boss Trump...

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2025/02/22

Heroes are few and far between these days but Governor of Maine Janet Mills is one of them. She stood up to Trump's anti-trans ban saying 'I'll see you in court' during a luncheon with governors in which the President threatened her with cuts to her state's funding if it didn't comply. You know, mob boss style. Then, Steve Bannon doesn't want to be left out of the Roman Salute club and throws a very ominous arm up during CPAC. Then, Elon Musk is ignoring his children to the point where his baby

89:07

What Does The Musk Broligarchy Want? With Paris Marx...

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2025/02/19

Elon admits the DOGE project is political. And who TF is actually in charge of the bullsh*t agency anyway? The administration can’t get their story straight, they just know he’s in charge, mmkay? Author and podcast host Paris Marx joins Francesca to understand how the breaking of the federal government is by design. You know the same designer that gave us the finger-chomping Cybertruck. Then Francesca explains the bizarre Zionist Spy Vs Spy attempted murder case in Miami and the first ever statement

74:41

Extorting Eric Adams & How to Get A Green New Deal...

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2025/02/15

Climate chaos is here and only radical action will save us. Thea Riofrancos, professor and co-chair of the Climate and Community Institute joined Francesca to talk about green populism and how Biden's plans never went far enough. Then a look at how Eric Adams is willfully being extorted by the Trump administration, and the wild illegality of The Department of Justice in exchanging Adams' charges for his selling out the undocumented immigrants in his city. RESIGN ALREADY! Featuring: Thea

84:11

A Socialist Mayor for New York with Zohran Mamdani &...

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2025/02/12

Corrupt NYC mayor Eric Adams makes a deal with the devil named Donald Trump. Luckily, socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins Francesca to lay out a vision for New York that has everything to do with giving back to New Yorkers rather than taking them for a ride. And comedian Nato Green explains how the Musk/Trump attacks on organized labor is a challenge that must be met with every form of resistance, including militant action. Plus, House speaker Hakeem Jeffries asks the dumbest

82:17

No More Middle Ground with Kyle Kulinksi *FRANTASTIC...

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2025/02/08

Unelected tween hackers have seized our government. Kyle Kulinksi of Secular Talk and Krystal & Kyle and Friends joins Francesca to break down the week of illegal atrocities. From sending 10 people to Guantanamo, to the seizure of the U.S. Treasury, to denying Congresspeople entry to agencies, and the executive orders against Trans people, it's an assault on every aspect of American society. Plus, why the strategy of just talking to the right is dangerously misguided. Featuring: Kyle Kulinksi,

3:56

*BONUS TEASER* Gaza, DEI, And Fascist Takeovers with...

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2025/02/06

Professor Robin DG Kelley joins Francesca to take stock of the first two weeks of the Trump administration and Elon's coup of the administrative state. How have Democrats been sleepwalking for decades to this very moment of outright attacks on people of color in the professional and governmental space. Then Francesca talks about Nayib Bukele's offer to house U.S. citizens (!) in prisons in El Salvador, and finally PETA continues trolling Groundhog's Day. Become a patron to watch and listen to the

91:32

Elon's Tween Techie Coup with Emma Vigeland (Ep 266)

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2025/02/05

It might not be Jan 6th, but an administrative coup is underway. And this times it's working. Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joins Francesca to talk about the most fragile white nationalist billionaire commandeering the U.S. Treasury and eliminated USAID. And somehow Democrats and federal bureaucrats have allowed it to happen. Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk as a small cohort of DOGE techies infiltrate our payment systems and our personal information. So what are Democrats doing about

79:22

Let's Talk About DEI and Deregulation *FRANTASTIC...

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2025/02/01

As bodies are still being pulled out of the water, Donald Trump had the audacity to blame inclusive hiring practices for the American Airlines/Blackhawk plane collision with absolutely no evidence. Beyond that, some on the left have fallen prey to the anti-DEI line as if DEI is some how a barrier to class struggle. Francesca debunks both Trump's myths, and the leftists who wrongfully collapse corporate decision-making with grassroots demands for liberation. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation

102:57

The Right's Vision Board with Adam Johnson & Pallavi...

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2025/01/29

Get rid of woke early childhood nutrition! The Golden Showers era has definitely begun as Trumpers begin hollowing out the government by cutting federal funding from over 2,600 social programs. And Dr. Phil--another Oprah creation--is working with Border Czar Tom Homan to do ICE raids on communities, while Latin American leaders are strong-armed into accepting flights of deportees. Then, Adam Johnson on Trump's Gaza policies versus Biden's and why liberals' "I told you so" gripes are deeply

74:44

Anti-Abortionists Pardoned & Fetal Personhood...

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2025/01/25

If you thought the insurrectionists were terrifying, what about the 23 extreme anti-choice activists who kept fetuses in their homes?! Francesca looks at Trump's plans for people with uteruses, and how he snuck in fetal personhood into his anti-trans Executive Order. Then, some rich people are actually good. Actor Simu Liu openly says he doesn't need a tax break under Trump's tax scheme that is a direct wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free

105:08

Executive Disorder with John Iadarola & Bill Fletcher...

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2025/01/22

Not 24 hours into a Trump presidency and Elon throws up a very telling gesture. John Iadarola of The Damage Report joins to discuss the billionaire-back inauguration, the impact of Trump's revoking of birthright citizenship along with Congress passing the Laken Riley Act. Plus a look at Biden versus Trump on Gaza-- one ideologically committed, the other committed to nothing but himself. Then author Bill Fletcher Jr. joins Francesca to talk about where the left goes from here, building left

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