The Bechdel Cast - Thanksgiving Mini Episode

Episode Date: November 28, 2019

Jamie and Caitlin give thanks on this mini Thanksgiving episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the president of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nickname Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore.

The story of one strange and violent summer this season on the new podcast Rip Current. Hear episodes of Rip Current early and completely ad-free and receive exclusive bonus content by subscribing to iHeart True Crime Plus only on Apple Podcasts. On the Bechdel cast, the questions asked, if movies have women in them, are all their discussions just boyfriends and husbands, or do they have individualism? The patriarchy's effin' vast, start changing it with the Bechdel cast. Hi everybody, this is the Bechdel cast. My name's Jamie Loftus.

My name's Caitlin Durante. And this is our annual Thanksgiving minisode, which is our way of saying we're taking the week off and, you know, ruminating on this holiday that celebrates genocide about the things that we're thankful for. So we're just going to do a quick shout out to everyone we're thankful for this year. And then we're going to go eat some. You know, I'm over turkey. I'm going to go eat sushi go eat you know i'm over turkey i'm gonna go eat sushi this thanksgiving season i'm gonna yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna eat 7-eleven sushi yummy yummy so that's our first thank you thank you thank you to 7-eleven and to 7-eleven thank you love thank you life yes um let's get

started let's do it uh first big thanks to our producer, Aristotle. Yes. Who you know him, you love him. He's been with us from the beginning. He's still with us. He's one of the only good men. Yeah. Period.

We've been saying it for years. Yes, it's true. And to Sophie Lichterman, our producer at I Heard Radio. She is so wonderful. She's in the room right now. Hi, Sophie. We've been here for like a year and a half now. I don't know.

We love her so much. She's the best. And her dog, Anderson, is also a feminist icon and worthy of thanks as well. Yes. I would like to actually take this time and this platform to call out Sunny the dog. Oh, sure. platform to call out Sonny the dog for really contributing nothing to discussions and in fact setting women even further another step backwards simply by him. I think he should be deplatformed. I mean, I follow his Instagram account and he is quite reductive.

Trainwreck. At bad dog Sonny. Yes. So, you know, give it a follow, see what happens. We also want to thank people who have recorded for us whilst we were on the road, including

You Know Them, You Love Them, Sammy Junio, Isaac Taylor, a man that I love, and then... Cute. And then other

people from iHeart, Zach, Daniel, Nick, Chris, the whole gang. Love to... They've all helped us out. Love to them all. To our iHeart, Zach, Daniel, Nick, Chris, the whole gang. They've all helped us out.

Love to them all. To our iHeart LA team, Jacques O'Brien, Miles Gray, Daniel Goodman, Anna Hosnier. They're the best and we love them. Thank you to our friend Mike Kaplan for writing our theme song. And to Catherine Voskrosensky for performing our theme song. Thanks to them for doing such good work on the song. People singing at the shows, it's exciting. Yes.

To all of the writers who have written us up and included us in articles and lists in the past year. Yes. As well as the other podcasters who have had us on as guests and or have shouted us out on your podcast. We are very grateful. Hey, Jamie.

What, Caitlin? All this being grateful for people is making me hungry. Oh, I know where this is going. Caitlin, why don't you cook your HelloFresh meals if you're so hungry? We don't have to eat 7-Eleven sushi after all because we have delicious meals from HelloFresh. With HelloFresh, America's number one meal kit, you get easy, seasonal recipes and pre-measured ingredients delivered right to your door. All you have to do is cook and enjoy. Well, Caitlin, you forgot to mention that HelloFresh makes cooking delicious

meals at home fun and easy, regardless of your comfort level in the kitchen. From step-to-step recipes to pre-measured ingredients, you'll have everything you need to get a delicious dinner on the table in just about 30 minutes. Yeah, I usually don't know what I'm doing in the kitchen at all, but HelloFresh tells you exactly what to do. It comes with everything you need, including these like recipe sheets with like pretty pictures on them. The food that you make is just so delicious. I ordered vegetarian meals. I cooked them up. They were so good. Yeah, I got I made a bunch of meals for myself and my beloved. I have no skills in the kitchen and I still don't. But HelloFresh made me feel like I did for a half hour. And that was empowering in its way. That's

a beautiful story. Thank you. I am a fraud. Each week, HelloFresh has 20 plus seasonal chef curated recipes to choose from, including family friendly recipes, vegetarian meals, and fun menu series like Hall of Fame and Kraft Burgers. And HelloFresh is flexible. You can change your delivery days and food preferences and you can skip a week whenever you need. So listeners, here's your chance to get nine free meals with HelloFresh by going to HelloFresh.com slash TBC9 and using code TBC9. That's nine free meals at HelloFresh.com slash TBC9 with promo code TBC9. And now let's thank more people. Thank you to all of the guests that we've had on the podcast. It's work that we make them do. We're like, watch a movie, analyze it.

So, you know, they're putting in such good work. They're giving such terrific perspectives. The show wouldn't be anything without them. Absolutely. So thank you to every guest we've had on in the past year and across time. From the beginning of time when the world started

right before the 2016 election. And of course all of our listeners, we love you into eternity. We can't tell you enough. We love you. We're obsessed with you. We're nothing without you. Thank you for listening. Thanks especially to our matrons.

Anyone who subscribes to our Patreon slash matron, we appreciate your support so much. We truly couldn't do this without you. So major, major thanks to you. We love you so much. We're very grateful. And then to everyone who's gotten merch and has shared pictures of them wearing the merch it really always brightens our day it sure does and jamie yes thank you for designing it hey caitlin i want to say thank you for editing

every episode oh my goodness the best deal cast is not something we talk about very frequently uh but caitlin has always taken the lead on editing episodes and making sure that we sound smarter than we are yes you can't it is the most important part thank you to everyone who has come out to our live shows and to all of the wonderful venues that have had us over the past year special thanks to the Ruby in Los Angeles for giving us our monthly live show for the past year and change their moving locations. But we have just enjoyed that partnership so much and I'm very grateful. So much. Yes.

Speaking of coming out to our live shows, some people have traveled to come see us, which we're very grateful for. And then also with the holidays coming up, people are traveling a lot. Maybe you're going to be in a long car ride or a plane trip. grateful for. And then also with the holidays coming up, people are traveling a lot. Maybe you're going to be in a long car ride or a plane trip. And this is a perfect time to think about Audible. You might already be familiar with Audible, a leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment. But if you're not, Audible content includes an unmatched selection of audiobooks and other audio products for your listening pleasure. In addition to listening to the Bechtelcast,

you're going to want to listen to Audible content. Now is the best time to do it with a special offer of 53% off your first three months. Access an unbeatable selection of audiobooks, including bestsellers, motivation, mysteries, thrillers, memoirs, and more. It's amazing. And, Caitlin, you can choose three titles every month. One audiobook and two exclusive Audible originals you can't hear anywhere else. I got the audiobook for The Shining, which we did a recent episode about. Awesome. And I'm thankful for that.

Yes. We have an upcoming episode on little women. Ever heard of them? Ever heard of them. And to prep for this episode, not only am I going to watch the movie, I'm going to listen to the audiobook on Little Women on Audible. Well, how studious of you. Thank you so much. You can listen on any device anytime anywhere with the Audible app. It's great while

commuting at the gym or during your holiday travels. With Audible you'll also enjoy easy audiobook exchanges and your own audiobook library you keep forever even if you cancel. Wow right now for a limited time you can get three months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. That's more than half off the regular price. So give yourself the gift of listening. For more, go to audible.com slash tbc or text tbc to 500 500. That's audible.com slash tbc or text tbc to 500 500. I'm grateful for this offer and I'm grateful for more people. Let's give more thanks. Thank you also just to filmmakers,

comedians, writers, podcasters, performers, entertainers, anyone who's making cool stuff, especially if you're making stuff that is diverse and inclusive and representing people thoughtfully. You're doing excellent work and we appreciate you because we need you. We appreciate the people who are making the stuff that we've needed all along.

And please keep telling us about it. When you see something cool, when you see something new, when you see something different, we always want to prioritize new and exciting voices. Yes, indeed. And Caitlin, I think we're free. always want to uh prioritize new and exciting voices yes indeed and uh caitlin what i think over here i think over you and thank you for our friendship which is just growing and evolving into like this beautiful young person now and it just it gets me all worked up oh my goodness i just thank you for being a part of my daily life that makes me jam better ditto what if that was all i said you're like um awesome anyway and bye uh no truly thank you so much you are the funniest person i know

everything you say makes me laugh so hard and all of your insights and contributions to this show are so invaluable and i just don't know what I would be doing without you. Can't picture a life without you. I know. I love you so much. You're so funny and so talented. And I just love you. And I don't want to get – I think – I'm like, are we just, like, hungry?

Is that why we're getting emotional? I'm like trying – oh, okay. I love you so much. I love you so much. I love you. Thank you. And it's overwhelming at times. Truly.

And so, you know, and of course, I think we saved the best for last. We wanted to thank Alfred Molina. Alfred Molina, yes. For being on the show. We can't wait to have you back, which you haven't agreed to do. But we'll be hitting you up any day now. He agreed to it. He's like, I'll come up any any day now you know just don't agree to it he's like i'll come back anytime anytime yeah he said he said it he said it he said it but then he got frozen too so we don't know he's a big star now he's i mean he's always been a big star but now he got frozen too i don't know if he'll have time i hope he does either way we're

so thankful for you yes forever and that's how we end our thanks for the feminist podcast. Well, I'll just insert one last thing. Thanks to all the cats out there. Oh, yes. And their many nipples. And their many, many nipples. I just love all the cats out there. They're so cute.

Send me your cat pictures. I just got a cat. I know. It's so cute. It's very small. I love're so cute. Send me your cat pictures. I just got a cat. I know. It's so cute. It's very small. I love it so much. Caitlin counts his little nippies every day. I wake up every morning. I come over and I say, Jamie, I need to count. Caitlin's the nipple accountant. Caitlin Durante stars. I sometimes regret turning this into the bit that I always do because it's truly one of the more disturbing aspects of my life. People love to tweet at you about cat nipples.

And I'm just like, and it is a self-created problem. That is a thing that I decided should be a thing in my life. So, yeah, cats are the best and their nipples I'm honestly neutral on. But, you know, I've backed myself into a corner with the cat nipple thing. Anywho, yes, thanks. Thanks for listening. Thanks for anyone who's ever supported us in any way. We are eternally grateful. And now we're going to go eat some delicious meals from HelloFresh and 7-Eleven and we wish you all very safe and happy holidays. Bye-bye. Kay hasn't heard from her sister in seven years. I have a proposal for you. Come up here and document my project. All you need to do is

record everything like you always do. What was that? That was live audio of a woman's nightmare. Can Kay trust her sister or is history repeating itself? There's nothing dangerous about what you're doing. They're just dreams. Dream Sequence is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse Television, iHeartRadio, and Realm. Listen to Dream Sequence on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. How do you feel about biscuits? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes,

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Our podcast, Hungry for History, is back. And this season, we're taking an even bigger bite out of the most delicious food and its history. Saying that the most popular cocktail is the margarita, followed by the mojito from Cuba, and the piña colada

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