The Bechdel Cast
The Bechdel Cast is a podcast about the portrayal of women in movies hosted by Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus.
Episodes
You must! You must! You must listen to Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Kate Helen Downey chat about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret!
Check out Kate's podcast, Cramped, wherever you get your podcasts, and follow Kate on Instagram at @katehelendowney and on TikTok at @kateiscramped
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Jamie and Caitlin get invited to Muriel's Wedding! Here's the Guardian piece we reference - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/13/muriels-wedding-is-a-feminist-masterpiece-and-more-relevant-than-ever
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This week, babygirls Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Emma Alamo drink a full glass of milk while discussing Babygirl (2024). Here's the piece by Angelica Jade Bastién - https://www.vulture.com/article/the-ending-of-babygirl-explained.html and here's the piece by Jourdain Searles - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/purely-carnal/
Follow Emma on Instagram at @emma_alamo and check out her website/online store at https://emm...
On this completely normal and very sincere episode, Jamie and Caitlin discuss the mother fucking feminist masterpiece Snakes on a Plane!
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Awooga! Caitlin is visiting the East Coast and doing comedy along the way! Catch a standup show on April 11th in State College, PA, a standup workshop that Caitlin is teaching, also in State College on April 13th, and finally, a Titanic-themed standup show** in Brooklyn on April 15th! These will be nights to remember!
More information and tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast
**proceeds will benefit the PCRF
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We're bewitching you body and soul by unlocking this Matreon episode on Pride and Prejudice (2005). Check on Caitlin's unpcoming comedy shows & workshops in State College, PA and Brooklyn, NY -- tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast
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This week, little rascals Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Tariq Ra'ouf head to their clubhouse and discuss The Little Rascals (1994)!
Follow Tariq on social media at @tariq_raouf
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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Shelli Nicole stroll through south London and chat about Rye Lane (2023).
Follow Shelli on Instagram at @ayoshelli and check out her website at www.hishelli.com
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This week, Jamie and Caitlin are one. Will they respect the balance? Find out on this episode about The Substance! Here's the Making-Of Featurette we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H64HNvXrqU
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House of Bechdel Cast presents an episode on Paris Is Burning with special guest DoctorJonPaul! Here is Jon's piece on the movie: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/06/paris-is-burning-rerelease-controversy-legacy.html / here is more information about the Dorian Corey story: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-famous-drag-queen-a-mummy-in-the-closet-and-a-baffling-mystery / here's the Hollywood Reporter piece on Junior LaBei...
The Bechdel Cast is so hot on this episode where Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kenice Mobley discuss Zoolander (2001). Here is more information about the humanitarian crisis happening in the DRC - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/a-guide-to-the-decades-long-conflict-in-dr-congo
Follow Kenice on Instagram at @kenicemobley and check out her website at kenicemobley.com
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On today's episode, special guest Danielle Bezalel joins to help us celebrate Caitlin's hysterectomy/uterectomy and to discuss the Hulu original movie Plan B (2021)!
Follow Danielle and her podcast, Sex Ed with DB, on Instagram at @sexedwithdbpodcast, on TikTok at @sexedwithdb, and at the website sexedwithdb.com
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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Maya Williams harvest honey and discuss The Secret Life of Bees!
Follow Maya on Instagram at @emmdubb16 and check out eir website at mayawilliamspoet.com
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On this episode mermaids Caitlin, Jamie, and special guests Imani Davis and Demma Strausbaugh (hosts of Players - A Film Industry Podcast) emerge from the ocean and become human to discuss Aquamarine! Here's the piece from Lez Hang Out podcast - https://www.lezhangoutpod.com/eps/sbg99aquamarine#:~:text=If%20you%20haven't%20seen,with%20her%20and%20save%20the
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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Yasmina Tawil discuss Salt of This Sea (2008)! Check out linktr.ee/bechdelcast for links to Solidarity Cinema, Palestine Film Index, Palestinian Film Calendar, and Cinema Arabiyya!
Follow Yasmina on Instagram at @yasmina.tawil and check out her website www.yasmina-tawil.com
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Life may be like a box of chocolates, but on this episode, you know exactly what you're gonna get, which is Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Maia Wyman aka Broey Deschanel talking about Forrest Gump (1994)!
Follow Maia on Instagram at @broey_deschanel, on YouTube at youtube.com/BroeyDeschanel, and check out her podcast, Rehash!
Here's our guest's video essay, "The Strange Conservatism of Forrest Gump" - https://www.youtube.co...
On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kate Cheka dicuss kissing and cats and Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008)!
Follow Kate on Instagram at @katecheka, visit her website at katecheka.co.uk for tickets to upcoming tour dates, and grab tickets to her London shows at https://sohotheatre.com/events/kate-cheka-a-messiah-comes/
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As far back as we can remember, we've always wanted to unlock our Matreon episode on Goodfellas. Grab tickets to our upcoming shows + livestreams at linktr.ee/bechdelcast
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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Alex Danton-Klein spend one wild episode discussing Eight Crazy Nights.
Follow Alex at @zinniasocialistsupplyco on Instagram!
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On this mini-sode, Jamie and Caitlin discuss what we watched this past year, movies we're looking foward to, plans for future episodes, and of course, plugged our upcoming live shows in January -- tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast
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