The Bechdel Cast

The Bechdel Cast

The Bechdel Cast is a podcast about the portrayal of women in movies hosted by Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus.

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February 13, 2025 103 mins

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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January 23, 2025 92 mins

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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January 16, 2025 114 mins

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...

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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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January 2, 2025 124 mins

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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December 26, 2024 88 mins

 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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December 19, 2024 30 mins

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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Awooga! We're going on another little tour in January 2025, in which we are doing live shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, OR -- AND livestreaming the LA and Portland shows! Tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast


Los Angeles - January 19 - A Bechdel Cast Celebration! live show + livestream!

San Francisco - January 23 - Shrektanic Presents Titanic! live show!

Portland - January 26 - Shrektanic Presents Shrek! ...

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December 12, 2024 73 mins

On this episode, Caitlin and Jamie *lampoon* the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).

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December 5, 2024 106 mins

This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Honey Pluton don their masks and cloaks and Gregorian chant about Eyes Wide Shut.

Follow Honey at @honeypluton on Instagram and check out the podcast Up Good!

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We're taking the week off from a normal episode to plug our upcoming West Coast Tour in January 2025!! Live shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, PLUS the LA and Portland shows will be live-streamed! PLUS there's a bonus solo show of Jamie's in LA on November 29! All tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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November 21, 2024 96 mins

On this episode, gladiators Caitlinus, Jamieus, and special guest Emma Southon enter the Colosseum to battle with Gladiator (2000).

Follow Emma at @emmasouthon on Instagram and check out her website -- where you can learn more about her books -- at www.emmasouthon.com 

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November 14, 2024 85 mins

Jamie and Caitlin phone home and chat about E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial!

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November 7, 2024 85 mins

Beautiful models Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest James Adomian discuss Triangle of Sadness on the intercom of a luxury yacht!

Follow James on Instagram at @jadomian and check out his website jamesadomian.com and his special, Path of Most Resistance 

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October 31, 2024 83 mins

Jamie and Caitlin meet at the grocery store for a little discussion about Fresh (2022).

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October 24, 2024 130 mins

On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Korama Danquah discuss Get Out! Here are the articles we cite: the NextShark piece "Why ‘Get Out’, a Movie About Anti-Black Racism, Had an Asian Character" - https://nextshark.com/get-out-film-asian-character-racism-llag / the Bustle piece "Why The Asian Character In 'Get Out' Matters" - https://www.bustle.com/p/why-the-asian-character-in-get-out-matters-so-much-42569 / and the Sla...

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October 17, 2024 118 mins

This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Angela Campos chat about Frida (and of course, Alfred Molina)!

Follow Angela at @angelacmps on Instagram!

Here are the pieces we referenced:

"Frida Kahlo and Questions of Identity" by Tanya Núñez -- https://www.nunez.media/is-frida-kahlo-problematic/ 

Salma Hayek's NYT op-ed, "Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too" -- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma...

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October 10, 2024 80 mins

On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Vanessa Guerrero discuss From Dusk Till Dawn at their favorite local watering hole, the Twitty Twister!

Follow Vanessa at @nessguerrero on Twitter and at @snesguerrero everywhere else, and check out her show 'Ten Minute Power Hour' at https://gamegrumps.com

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