The Bitchuation Room
Episodes
Organizing Places Democrats Left Behind with Jonathan Smucker (BONUS!)
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats have been “bleeding their working-class multi-racial base” for years. That's according to Pennsylvania organizer and strategist Jonathan...
A Vaccine for White Supremacy with Barbara Smith & Nato Green
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
America still hasn't found a cure for the virus of racism. And its super spreader won’t concede the election. Legendary black feminist and pioneer o...
Bye Don! with Ben Dixon and Aida Rodriguez
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Smoke if you got ‘em. It’s time to celebrate the defeat of Head-wound Hitler! Benjamin Dixon and Aida Rodriguez join Francesca for some hearty dun...
Stopping The Steal with Jim Zogby & Laurie Kilmartin
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our litigious crook of a president won't go quietly if he's voted out. Breathe deep and stretch those hammies. Democratic strategist Jim Zogby joins F...
Haunted Healthcare with Waleed Shahid & Erin Dewey Lennox
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Demons and goblins got nothing on four more years of Trump. A week out from the election, Francesca is joined by Justice Democrats strategist Waleed S...
Coup d'eTrump? with Joshua Kahn Russell & Nato Green
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vote for the best, prepare for the worst. Trump’s non-commitment to a peaceful transfer of power has got organizations planning for massive resistan...
A Better Opponent with Linda Sarsour & Matt Lieb
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Making the case for Biden despite Biden, with the most fierce frontline organizer Linda Sarsour. Plus the importance of flipping the Senate, voting lo...
Ending Presidencies and Pregnancies with Lizz Winstead & Atsuko Okatsuka
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Contagion in the White House! It’s not just the Covid in Chief. The list of infected reads like a Who’s Who of Trump loyalists. Joining Francesca ...
$750 with Josh Fox & Jenny Yang
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A crooked president, why the Green Party isn’t serious, and how to get a can of spinach to Joe Biden before the debate. Oscar-nominated filmmaker an...
The Sunrise Also Rises with Varshini Prakash & Matt Lieb
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democracy hangs in the balance after RBG’s passing. But luckily The Sunrise movement is still blazing a trail toward climate justice? Executive Dire...
What A Wildfire World with Ana Kasparian & Solomon Georgio
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are Democrats serious about stopping climate change? It’s hard to believe when California Governor Gavin Newsom approves new fracking wells and the ...
Think Local, Win Local with Nithya Raman & Mitra Jouhari
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does ending homelessness and a Green New Deal at the city level look like? Progressive candidate for Los Angeles City Council Nithya Raman has so...
Stressy Sphincters with Malkia Devich-Cyril & Nato Green
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who can poop good anymore after so much white extremist violence? And then there’s November. Author and activist Malkia Devich-Cyril and comedian Na...
BONUS: A 1968 Kind of Year with Max Elbaum & Matt Lieb
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mass demonstrations against police killing of Black Americans, state repression, a rampant pandemic, climate emergencies and a crooked celebrity klans...
The Conventional Oven with Nomiki Konst and Erin Gloria Ryan
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Joe Biden infomercial of establishment Democrats went better than many imagined. Nomiki Konst and Erin Gloria Ryan join Francesca to talk about wh...
Sixty Second Revolution with Jason Carter & Dallas Goldtooth
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An election under attack via mail, a vice presidential candidate with bite but problems, and a virtual democratic convention that gives AOC only sixty...
Breaking Biden with Marisa Franco and Zahra Noorbakhsh
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can progressive movements bring Biden to the Bernie side? Marisa Franco of Mijente joins Francesca with some insights into how the joint policy ta...
The Hate Speech Industrial Complex with Carlos Maza & Eliza Skinner
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What to do about tech overlords profiting from hate? Carlos Maza (Vox’s Strikethrough) joins to discuss YouTube’s love of the alt-right and any ho...
BONUS: Portland Rises Up with Arun Gupta & Matt Lieb
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s private police has used Portland as a testing ground for the rest of the country. Turns out, the city has long been the testing ground for w...
Cuomo is Not Your Boyfriend with Gustavo Rivera & Naomi Ekperigin
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could single payer healthcare work in New York State first? Not with democratic governors like Cuomo, or “Crisis Daddy”, in the way. State Senator...
Slaying Workplace Patriarchy with Adrienne Lawrence
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just cause Weinstein and Cosby are in jail doesn’t mean workplaces are free of “harrassholes”. Author Adrienne Lawrence joins Francesca and Nato...
Replacing Senators in Smelly Expensive Suits with Jackie Fielder
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The movement goes electoral in California as badass indigenous Latina organizer Jackie Fielder runs for state senate. Jackie joins Francesca and Nato ...
BONUS: Cancel Cancel Cancel Culture with Matt Lieb
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some are more concerned about the PC police brutality than actual police brutality. Francesca is joined by comedian and her beau, Matt Lieb (Newsbroke...
Seize the Oil, Save the Planet with Kate Aronoff
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Your worm compost is cute, but we can't stop climate change unless we stop the fossil fuel industry. Author Kate Aronoff joins Francesca and Nato in T...
Manufacturing Dissent with John Iadarola
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can progressives win when so many are shut out of mainstream outlets? John Iadarola of The Damage Report on TYT joins Francesca to talk coronaviru...
Black (Voting) Bloc with Tami Sawyer
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like every statue is falling except Jackie Robinson and Paddington Bear. It truly is a new day. So what does the 2020 American civil rights m...
The People VS. A Bag of Dicks
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can we stop a coming economic depression with Democrats like these? After trillions of dollars and great acronyms like CARES and HEROS, Republicans ha...
Rent Striking and Arrest Stories with Shanti Singh
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The best cancel culture is rent cancel culture. This week Francesca and co-host Nato Green welcome tenants rights activist Shanti Singh to talk about ...
Can We Abolish the Police Yet? with Maurice Mitchell
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George Floyd's murder re-ignited the movement against police brutality and for black lives. Francesca Fiorentini and comedian Nato Green welcome Mauri...
Are We Gon' Be Alright? with Jeff Chang
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taking stock of Anti-Asian racism amidst a resurgence of hate crimes, and why identity politics still matter with author and journalist Jeff Chang. Pl...
Nasal Swabs and New Normals
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science! Think about it. The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini returns as a shelter in place livestream. At her side is comedian, labor organ...
Are You Serious About Winning? LIVE with Jane McAlevey
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you working to win power, guy listening to podcast in traffic? The Bitchuation Room LIVE! is back with the smart, no BS union organizer Jane McAle...
SPECIAL: Making Nonsense of the Mueller Report
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How Robert Mueller didn't indict the President or (more of) his grifters based on this report is ridonkulous. Francesca goes over the juiciest details...
Mueller Light and Tulsi Kool-Aid
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is the President a witting, unwitting, or nit-witting Russian puppet? Francesca gives her take on the not-yet-released Mueller report while trying to ...
Who's Taking The Beto?
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Beto bubble is bursting early while Biden is the spaghetti and meatballs of political imagination. To discuss the centrists jumping into the 2020 ...
Progressive Pushback Over Palestine
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In American politics there's only one right way to criticize Israel. Don't. But progressive congresspeople like Ilhan Omar aren't following suit, crit...
The Politics of Domestic Work (and the 'A-Team' of the labor movement)
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There's one movement at the crossroads of the crisis of workers rights, immigration reform, racial inequality, and even feminist politics: the movemen...
Can We Criticize Israel Yet? (LIVE!)
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why is criticizing the Israeli occupation antisemitic but Marvelous Mrs. Maisel can say 'brisket' ten times without repercussions? Three Jews and a ge...
National Emergency At The Omelette Bar
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Baited by the far right, Trump declares a national emergency with the same cadence that an eight year old explains the Lego movie. Plus former Starbuc...
The Art of the Green New Deal
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to save the planet AND the middle class? Not before Nancy Pelosi tinkles all over it. Francesca welcomes Crooked Media'...
The Masked Democratic Primary Candidate
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
And so the madness begins. Not with a bang but with meaningless polling data. Two more unqualified comedians Kiran Deol (Crooked Media's "Hysteria" Po...
Home Is Where The Regime Change Is
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pence speaks Spanish for one reason and one reason only: Venezuelan oil money. Plus another Scooby Doo moment in the Mueller investigation nabs y...
Into the Sandersverse (LIVE!)
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Teachers are organizing en masse around the country and four people are running for President whose names aren't Bernie Sanders. Comedian Joyelle Nico...
Bump and Gaslight with Dewayne Perkins
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
R Kelly and Donald Trump have a striking amount of trash in common. Francesca welcomes comedian and writer Dewayne Perkins (The Break with Michelle Wo...
Gym Membership or Medicare for All?
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new year means the same ole you but a new Congress! For the first time Democrats in the House will hold hearings on Medicare for All to build suppor...
Now Streaming on Spaceflix
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's a libertarian's dream come true as the government grinds to a halt over a border wall. Francesca is joined by Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesi...
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Socialism (LIVE!)
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why are Americans taking an interest in democratic socialism? What led to the radical left movements of the 60s and 70s in the United States and which...
Baby It's Cold On The Border
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time of year when we gather as family and look at the US-Mexico border and think "How the fuck has it come to this?!" The death of a 7-year-...
Democracy Slips Like a Bathrobe
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the freak show of white collar crime continues in the White House, Francesca is joined by The Young Turk's John Iadarola and comedian Jena Friedman...
Thank U, Next President with Nando Villa
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trump's 'very cool and very legal' business dealings with a foreign power that tampered in US elections are everything but. To discuss what recent Rus...
Ding Dong the CA GOP is dead (LIVE!)
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Even plastic bags get more love than Republicans in California, after a blue tsunami flipped 6 of 7 contested seats for the Democrats. To eulogize the...
'Lean In' to Propaganda
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook betrays us again but we still can't quit. Like an abusive partner you keep going back to for those dank memes. Meanwhile the Israeli military...
That's One Pissed Off POTUS
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Democracy ain't dead. Days after Democrats take back the house with historic turnout and a record number of women winning congressional seats, Frances...
Door Knocking VS Cage Rattling
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hours away from a potential blue wave of democratic midterm victories nationwide, Grandpa Donald keeps ratcheting up the fear. To discuss pre-electora...
Midterms, Media and Megyn Kelly's $60M orgasm
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mass shooters, bomb threats and the right's spin have got Francesca and frands wondering: who am truth? A powerhouse episode featuring Gasland directo...
The Prince, The Cherokee and The Racist Leprechaun
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Shane Bauer and Comedian Natasha Muse join Francesca to discuss how beards are now more Nazi than hipster, thoughts on Elizabeth Warren's b...
"It All Falls Down"
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three comedians hash out the UN climate report, whether Kanye has always been a bit of a "black skinhead", why the future governor of California shoul...
Fake Saviors and Real Douchebags
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the first throwdown of the Bitchuation Room, Francesca and friends Carlos Martinez and Matt Lieb discuss Justice Brett and the male fear of "losing...
Dropping Soon! The Bitchuation Room
06 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The West Wing has one, Wolf Blitzer has one, and you know what? #TimesUp on them. Enter "The Bitchuation Room", located in the Left Wing of your comed...