The Bechdel Cast

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

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Jun 12, 2025 · 1 hr 41 min
Addams Family Values with Ali Nahdee
This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ali Nahdee head to summer camp to discuss Addams Family Values (1993). Here's Ali's YouTube video about the film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf3iHldULIk as well as the pieces we mentioned - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thanksgiving-coronavirus-health-indigenous-peoples_n_5fbd44bbc5b6e4b1ea464350 and https://electricliterature.com/wednesday-addams-is-just-another-settler/ Follow Ali on Instagram and TikTok at @alinahdee, and check out her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@AliNahdee and her blogs https://the-aila-test.tumblr.com and https://www.tumblr.com/antinativefaves See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 5, 2025 · 1 hr 50 min
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) with Crystal
On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Crystal sink their teeth into Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)! Follow Crystal on social media at @crystalwillseeyounow and check out Camp Classics podcast! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 29, 2025 · 1 hr 34 min
Swing Girls with Ayumi Shinozaki
This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ayumi Shinozaki form a jazz band and discuss Swing Girls (2004)! Follow Ayumi on social media at @ayusheknows, check out her podcast Sparkleside Chats and follow it at @magicalgirlayu, and check out the new podcast Charm Point Radio, coming soon! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 22, 2025 · 44 min
ALISON BECHDEL IS ON THE BECHDEL CAST!!!
THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Very special guest ALISON BECHDEL — ever heard of her??? — joins us to talk about her new comic novel '`Spent,' the Bechdel Test, and more! Check out Alison's website at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com | see her book tour dates at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog | buy her book 'Spent' at https://bookshop.org/p/books/spent-a-comic-novel-alison-bechdel/21754189?ean=9780063278929&next=t&affiliate=397 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 15, 2025 · 2 hr 10 min
Holes with Korama Danquah
This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Korama Danquah dig deep into the movie Holes (2003)! Follow Korama on social media at @koramadrama See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 8, 2025 · 1 hr 33 min
Always Be My Maybe with Keah Brown
On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Keah Brown discuss Always Be My Maybe (2019)! Here's the link for Jamie's upcoming book events -- https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jamie-loftus-raw-dog/ -- Follow Keah on Instagram at @keah_maria and check out her website at https://keahbrown.com and here are the links mentioned in the episode -- https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/6/13/18661961/always-be-my-maybe-ali-wong-randall-park / https://www.glamour.com/story/ali-wong-randall-park-always-be-my-maybe-interview / https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-always-be-my-maybe-gets-about-making-an-asian-american-rom-com / https://planamag.com/always-be-my-maybe-gentrification-and-the-asian-american-rom-com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 1, 2025 · 2 hr 19 min
Twilight with Diannely Antigua
We're irrevocably re-covering Twilight (2008) with special guest Diannely Antigua! As if you could outrun us!!! Here are the various pieces / links from the episode: https://www.hcn.org/issues/44-11/the-quileute-reservation-copes-with-tourists-brought-by-twilight/ https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48&t=1s linktr.ee/bechdelcast Follow Diannely on Instagram at @nellfell13 and check out her website at https://diannelyantigua.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 24, 2025 · 1 hr 43 min
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret with Kate Helen Downey
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 17, 2025 · 2 hr 11 min
Muriel's Wedding
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 10, 2025 · 1 hr 58 min
Babygirl (2024) with Emma Alamo
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://emmaalamo.com Also, don't forget to check vote for We the Unhoused for a Webby Award here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/public-service-activism and listen to We the Unhoused here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-unhoused/id1490017575 ...Also, check out Caitlin's upcoming shows at linktr.ee/bechdelcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 1, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
Snakes on a Plane
On this completely normal and very sincere episode, Jamie and Caitlin discuss the mother fucking feminist masterpiece Snakes on a Plane! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 27, 2025 · 2 hr 5 min
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 20, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
The Little Rascals with Tariq Ra'ouf
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 13, 2025 · 1 hr 41 min
Rye Lane with Shelli Nicole
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 6, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
The Substance
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 27, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
Paris is Burning with DoctorJonPaul
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 LaBeija: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paris-is-burning-emcee-junior-labeija-pose-rupaul-1234964404/ Follow Jon on social media at @doctorjonpaul and check out Jon's website & preorder their book at doctorjonpaul.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 20, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
Zoolander with Kenice Mobley
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 13, 2025 · 1 hr 43 min
Plan B (2021) with Danielle Bezalel
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 6, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min
The Secret Life of Bees with Maya Williams
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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 30, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
Aquamarine with Demma Strausbaugh & Imani Davis
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 Follow Imani on Instagram at @imanimdavis, Players - A Film Industry Podcast at @players_pod, and RM.19 Productions at @rm.19productions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.