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Tour Announcement: Ten Year "Whoops We Didn't Dismantle the Patriarchy" Anniversary Tour · The Bechdel Cast

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  Speaker 1: Caitlin.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Jamie?
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  Speaker 1: It's been 84... Sorry, let me check my notes. It's
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  Speaker 1: actually only been 10 years. But I can still smell
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  Speaker 1: the fresh podcast. The microphones had never been used. The
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  Speaker 1: SD cards had never been slept in.
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  Speaker 2: The Bechtelcast was called the podcast of dreams.
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  Speaker 1: And it was.
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  Speaker 2: It really was.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go on tour about it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do it. That's right, Bechtelcast listeners. We are doing
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  Speaker 2: a 10-year, whoops, we didn't dismantle the patriarchy, anniversary tour.
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  Speaker 1: We're so, so, so excited. To me, it makes all
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  Speaker 1: the sense in the world and no sense at all
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  Speaker 1: that this show has been on for 10 years. What
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  Speaker 1: a time. We've lived, we've laughed, we've learned. And as
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  Speaker 1: our tour title indicates... We did not kill the patriarchy
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  Speaker 1: as was the original goal, but we didn't give ourselves
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  Speaker 1: a deadline, right? No. And if you look at sort
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  Speaker 1: of the bend of history in the last 10 years,
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  Speaker 1: we're not doing great. But listen, we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: a fun show. The Bechdel cast is celebrating 10 years
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  Speaker 1: and throughout the next year are, what is it? Whatever
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  Speaker 1: the 10 years version of Centennial is. We will be
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  Speaker 1: traveling around the U.S. and perhaps even Canada doing a
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  Speaker 1: big celebratory 10-year show that reflects on your favorite moments
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  Speaker 1: in the show, that reflects on our favorite movies and
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  Speaker 1: a lot of movies of the last 10 years. It'll
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  Speaker 1: be a big, fun show. And we've got some dates
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  Speaker 1: coming up. Our first leg is during Halloween time.
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  Speaker 2: It sure is. And it is in the Northeast.
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  Speaker 1: Ever heard of it?
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  Speaker 2: Ever heard of it?
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  Speaker 1: We're both from there, and yet we have not toured
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  Speaker 1: the Bechdelcast there since 2019 slash the very beginning of
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  Speaker 1: 2020 when you do that.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. So we are so excited to make our grand
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  Speaker 2: return to the following cities. New York, we're performing at
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  Speaker 2: the Bell House on October 12th.
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  Speaker 1: Hell yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore at Creative Alliance on October 15th. Philadelphia at Philomoka
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  Speaker 2: on October 17th. State College, Pennsylvania at Manny's on October 18th.
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  Speaker 2: Pittsburgh at Bottle Rocket on October 19th. We've got a
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  Speaker 2: whole Pennsylvania stretch. And then finally, Boston at the Brattle
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  Speaker 2: Theater on October 21st.
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  Speaker 1: I am so, so, so excited. These are all cities
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  Speaker 1: that either we've never toured to before or we haven't
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  Speaker 1: been to in over half a decade. Here's what you
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  Speaker 1: could expect. We are doing kind of our favorite parts
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  Speaker 1: of live touring because we've also been touring the show
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  Speaker 1: for basically the whole time it's been on. So we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be doing creepy fan fiction. Great selling point.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to be doing fanfic. We're going to be
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  Speaker 1: doing the iconic game feminist icon, queer icon, or both.
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  Speaker 1: Or neither. Or neither. We're going to be, I'm putting
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  Speaker 1: together a presentation as an ode to the dead wife. Caitlin.
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing edited video compilation, super cut, whatever you want
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  Speaker 2: to call it.
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  Speaker 1: We're also going to talk about one of my favorite
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  Speaker 1: niche interests at the moment, which is Post Me Too
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  Speaker 1: Cinema about women directed by men that completely misses the point.
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  Speaker 1: There's been so much that's happened in the last 10 years.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a big, fun variety show. There will be
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  Speaker 1: wardrobe changes. There will be exclusive merch, especially for our
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  Speaker 1: 10-year tour. If you've ever come to a Bechtelcast show before,
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  Speaker 1: you know... We are our own merch peoples. You can
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  Speaker 1: come hang, take a pic, grab a button, grab a poster. Also,
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  Speaker 1: for those of you who have perhaps pre-ordered my book,
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  Speaker 1: there will be a free treat for you at the
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  Speaker 1: merch table as well. So there's just truly no excuse
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  Speaker 1: not to attend.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'll say. If you live in these cities
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  Speaker 1: or nearby, and if you don't live in those cities
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  Speaker 1: or nearby, we will be coming to your area at
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  Speaker 1: some point.
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  Speaker 2: At some point in the next year. So stay tuned.
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  Speaker 1: So vaguely mark your calendars.
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  Speaker 2: But in the meantime, if you do live near any
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  Speaker 2: of those cities we listed, tickets are on sale. You
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  Speaker 2: can grab them at linktree.com. And if you're a matron,
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  Speaker 2: you get a discount with a promo code that we
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  Speaker 2: shared on our matron. So if you're not already a matron,
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  Speaker 2: now's a good time to sign up and get access
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  Speaker 2: to that little discount. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: And also matrons get a free button at the merch
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  Speaker 1: table afterwards. We love our matrons. They've truly been keeping
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  Speaker 1: the show going. Alive for nearly a decade now.
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  Speaker 2: Afloat, unlike the Titanic couldn't stay afloat.
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  Speaker 1: That's true. We really were setting it up for a
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  Speaker 1: podcast that exists for three days and then dies a
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  Speaker 1: horrific death. Not us. Not the flags.
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  Speaker 2: Not us. We avoided the iceberg.
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  Speaker 1: We have avoided near death so many times on this show.
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  Speaker 1: But yes, we are so excited to celebrate with you,
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  Speaker 1: especially on this leg of the tour because it's so
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  Speaker 1: close to Halloween. We will remind you of this. But
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  Speaker 1: dress up as your favorite movie character. It's a big,
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  Speaker 1: fun celebration. We will be dressed up. and we can't
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  Speaker 1: wait to see you. So we didn't dismantle the patriarchy,
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  Speaker 1: but we will have a really fun night in these
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  Speaker 1: six cities.
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  Speaker 2: We absolutely will. Once again, tickets can be bought at
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  Speaker 2: Linktree slash Bechtelcast. All of the ticket links to all
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  Speaker 2: of those shows are there. So buy them, please. And
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  Speaker 2: if the tour sells out, I'm going to get a
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  Speaker 2: Shrek tattoo. Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we really have been giving this short shrift.
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  Speaker 1: I would get, I guess, where can I meet you?
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  Speaker 1: I'd get a Minions tat.
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  Speaker 2: You'd get a Minions tat? Yeah. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Okay. We're literally putting our bodies on the line.
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  Speaker 2: So you have to come and buy tickets and make
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  Speaker 2: sure these shows sell out. Please.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get a Minions tram stamp. I'm not scared. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not scared.
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  Speaker 2: Holy shit.
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  Speaker 1: I'll design it myself. Oh, and I'm getting excited. I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: And okay.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So look, if you ever, is this, do you want this?
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  Speaker 2: Is this what you want?
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  Speaker 1: Let's find out.
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  Speaker 2: Let's find out.
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  Speaker 1: And we will see you at the show. All of
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  Speaker 1: the links are in the description.
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  Speaker 2: Of this episode.
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  Speaker 1: And remember that, yes, we will keep reminding you about it.
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  Speaker 1: But if you are a matron, make sure to head
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  Speaker 1: over to the matron and get your discount code. You
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  Speaker 1: deserve it.
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  Speaker 2: You sure do. Bye. See you there.