The Bechdel Cast - We’re Taking the Week Off (To Prep For Our Upcoming Tour Which You Simply Must Attend)

Episode Date: December 28, 2023

There's no full episode this week, but don't forget about our upcoming tour! We're doing live shows in early February in San Francisco, Sacramento, Dallas, Austin, and San Diego! Grab tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast! Also, check out Caitlin's upcoming screenwriting classes at caitlindurante.com/classes, and buy Jamie's books, Raw Dog -- https://read.macmillan.com/lp/raw-dog-by-jamie-loftus/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello, Bechdel cast listeners. Here we are. It's me, Caitlin. And it's me, Jamie. And it's our end of year break. Ever heard of it? I have. Not to brag we have released i want to say 49 brand new episodes this

year possibly 50 so we we are uh given a couple weeks off every year and we usually like to save one for last you know why so we can hang out and watch muppet christmas carol this week which is what we would normally do it's's what we're going to do. That's right. So this is not a full episode. This is just a quick little us popping in to tell you we're not doing an episode. But what we are doing is plugging the tour that we have coming up in February. If you haven't heard.

Oh, yeah. We got a big year. Big year ahead. So in early February, we are going on tour we're going to some cities in california and texas jamie tell them more about it i sure will so we are yeah we're going on tour at the beginning of february we are hitting san francisco at sf sketch fest on february 1st we're to Sacramento. Lady Bird, ever heard of it? On February 2nd.

And one of those shows is already sold out. So if you didn't get tickets and you're in Sacramento, jump for those other tickets now. February 3rd, we'll be in Dallas, Texas. February 5th, we will be in Austin, Texas. And then we're going to swing on back down to California. And on February 10th, we will be at Wicked West in San Diego. But here's the twist.

We mysteriously didn't cover, I think, the largest grossing movie of the year, which also happens to be the largest grossing movie ever directed by a woman. And so it's just interesting and it is because we were saving it for a tour so we could wear cute outfits it's the barbie tour yes so we will be covering barbie we're going to be you know putting together a big live show as if you've been to our live shows before you get the bechtel cast experience you get the discussion but we also play games we wear outfits we do meet and greets afterwards. We have tour exclusive merch and posters. It's really, really fun.

And we are coming to most of these cities, all of these cities, except for San Francisco, we've never toured to before. So we're very, very excited. And yeah, except in Sacramento, where we're also covering the Wolf of Wall Street for the second show, because we're doing two shows. Everything else is Barbie. Yes. So, yeah.

So Barbie and until quite recently, we weren't sure what movie we were going to do in San Francisco. We were kind of waiting to see if there would be a guest confirmed, but it's official. We're also covering Barbie in San Francisco. So if you already bought a ticket to that show and you're like, what movie are they covering? It's Barbie. So if you already bought a ticket to that show and you're like, what movie are they covering? It's Barbie.

It's Barbie. Congratulations. And then the show that's not yet sold out in Sacramento is the Wolf of Wall Street show. So come on to that. Come to all the other shows. Go on tour with us. It'll be a blast.

And we have an exciting year for touring coming up. Suffice it to say, you might be catching us overseas. Gas. In the spring. In the spring, yeah. I mean, perhaps if you kind of live in or near the UK, we're going to possibly be there. And like in more than one location. So just think about that.

Just think about it. And in the meantime, if you live in California or Texas, get excited. We're very, very excited. Especially, I think Austin has a special place in my heart. Not just because I love doing shows there, but because we had a show sold out there for April 2020. And we are finally making good on it. So we would love to pack out these shows. We're so I know that our listener base correctly complains that we go to the same five cities all the time. But we're only going to one of those same five cities on this tour.

Yeah. So please come out. We would love to meet you. We love doing the meet and greets. And we'll see you Barbbies there come in your barbie finest truly and uh hey if you want to get tickets to those shows here's how you do it you go to link tree slash bechtel cast all the tickets are there and we're so excited to see you there we're very very pumped and um just because it's the end of the year we do this on the matreon all the time patreon.com slash bechtelcast five dollars a month gets you two bonus episodes a month and access to almost 200 back episodes uh but we we're just we're very um we're very grateful to you to our listeners we wanted to end the year reflectively we had a

great year we had a really fun year. We got to tour a little bit. We got to have a lot of amazing returning guests, a lot of new guests, cover a lot of, I think today, this year we got through, I think a lot of popularly requested movies more than we usually do. We didn't force our will this year.

And I think that's beautiful. Yeah, good for us. And yeah, maybe next year we'll be tyrants uh either way we're just grateful to have you here and uh thanks as always for being a listener and for i mean for gently educating us as you have for years seven years we didn't we never really like celebrate our um anniversary yeah we always forget babe we never celebrate our anniversary anymore well it's like right after trump got elected this the first time depending on when you're listening to this unfortunately but seven years seven years of

bliss it's so true and we're nearing also i think five I'm not sure how many main feed episodes it's wild that we don't have a handle on this we're too busy creating content it's true but I do know that we as far as the number of movies we've covered both on the main feed and the patreon aka matreon it's nearly 500 wow can you believe it and there's only 512 movies, so we're going to have to figure out what to do. No, we're incredibly grateful that you've been with us for all these years. Here's to many more. And spoiler alert, we're about to record the first episode of the year, and it stars a green celebrity.

Wow. Who could it be? Is it the Grinch? Is it Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy? No, we just covered that. No, no. It's Shrek. Shrek.

The only one we haven't covered. For now. For now. But also, wait, Puss in Boots movies, they're a thing. It's true. I would like to plug something really quick before we wrap up, which is my intro to screenwriting class. Yes.

I have a section starting on January 6th, which is like such a normal day in history. Nothing I don't think ever happened on that day. No. We canceled a recording that day, remember, because we're like, um, should we not today? I don't regret it. It was the right thing to do. It was the right thing to do. Um, but yes, I have a few spots left in that section at the time of us recording this. So if you're interested in taking one of my screenwriting classes, I've got this intro section that has a few spots. So head to caitlyndurante.com slash classes for like the registration link and more details

on that. But it's like Saturdays for eight weeks. And then for me, get a copy of Raw Dog if you haven't already. Treat yourself. And I have a new weekly series starting in March that I'm not going to tell you anything about. But a thrilling year of content creations ahead. Wow. Look at us. Have a wonderful New Year, everyone. Celebrate safely. And we will Shrek you in 2024. my goodness okay bye shrek you then bye

daphne caruana galicia was a maltese investigative journalist who on october 16th 2017 was assassinated crooks everywhere unearths the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Curious about queer sexuality, cruising, and expanding your horizons? Hit play on the sex-positive and deeply entertaining podcast Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Join hosts Gabe Gonzalez and Chris Patterson Rosso as they explore queer sex, cruising, relationships, and culture in the new iHeart podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions

will broaden minds and help you pursue your true goals. You can listen to Sniffy's Cruising Confessions, sponsored by Gilead, now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday.