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The Bitchuation Room
A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini
Episodes
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KA-BLUEY! THE MIDTERM BLUE NUKE HITS THE U.S.A! with Krystal Ball & David Dayen (Bonus Ep)
Democrats just took back the House and the Senate in one of the most lopsided midterm routs in modern history. Talarico flipped Texas, and El-Sayed beat Rogers…
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Midterms Final Week: Fake Polls, AIPAC’s Secret Spending & Early Vote Surge w/ Usamah Andrabi & Tom Bonier (Ep 352)
Lula crushed Bolsonaro’s son in Brazil by doing everything Democratic consultants say never works, Barack Obama compares Trump’s White House redecoration to…
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Why Trumpism Is TERRIBLE For the Economy *HOT BUTTON TEASER*
This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with journalist David Dayen. To get access to the full interview by becoming a member by joining the Patreon. David…
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Vance Flops And What Biden Officials Knew About Gaza w/ Lily Greenberg Call (Ep 351)
JD Vance is on an absolute epic run of terrible campaign speeches, recently comparing the U.S. economy to the Titanic and insulting an Iran war widower…
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Go (Wooden) Birds! *LIVE In Philly* w/ Nelini Stamp & Kim Kelly
The latest blonde press secretary has come and gone but we press on. Francesca and Matt Lieb were in Philadelphia, bitching about how much those cheesesteaks…
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*HOT BUTTON TEASER* No More Submissive Politicians w/ Jennifer Welch
This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with podcast host Jennifer Welch. To get access to the full interview become a patron…
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Will Texas Boot Republicans and Ms Rachel Undefeated w/ Chuck Rocha (Ep 350)
Trump told a Nebraska rally that letting Iran "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego would be "a very small price to pay" — incredibly normal! We break down that…
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How Arnold Schwarzenegger Screwed California’s Climate Policies *HOT BUTTON TEASER*
This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with journalist Aaron Cantú. To get access to the full interview become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom…
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Trump's Approval Craters & The Shame of the Cornell 7 w/ Nato Green & Kristee Paschall (Ep 349)
An egregious campus sexual assault case at Cornell is back in the news, with a woman allegedly assaulted by seven fraternity brothers over seven hours, just as…
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*HOT BUTTON TEASER* On How Centrist Democrats Tanked Biden's Agenda with Jamaal Bowman
This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with former Congressperson Jamaal Bowman. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series…
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Dems with Benefits w/ Wajahat Ali & Matt Stoller
Netanyahu addresses an empty hall at the United Nations, where he name checks Hasan Piker?! Francesca is joined by Wajahat Ali to break down the protests, the…
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A Real Pro-Life Movement To End Fascism w/ Naomi Klein & Yotam Marom (Ep 348)
We’re being run by a bunch of billionaires who don’t even believe in the human race. Author Naomi Klein returns to discuss End Times Fascism, her new book…
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*HOT BUTTON* Moms, Wasians and Improvising Life with Lilan Bowden
This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with actor Lilan Bowden. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a patron…
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Hasan Goes Mainstream & Republicans Beg Voters (Feat. Emma Vigeland)
Francesca and Emma break down the news of the week! Do they condemn Hasan Piker?! He was on MSNOW and the hosts kept getting in his face about the real issues…
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AI-Doomsday, Ed Sheeran & The Brazilian Elections w/Matt Lieb & Michael Fox (Ep 347)
We are living in a world where Macklemore is fighting against billionaire Zionist stadium-owner Robert Kraft while Ed Sheeran cowers in a corner, and Matt Lieb…
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9/11 at 25: Islamophobia, Saudi Arabia's Cover-Up & the Military School Pipeline w/ Wajahat Ali & Jasper Craven (Ep 346)
It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook joins to discuss a quarter-century of Islamophobia being weaponized against Zohran Mamdani…
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Lake America Great Again *LIVE IN PORTLAND* with Abby Martin, Mike Figueredo & Matt Lieb
Tariffs are flying at Americans faster than angry Canadian geese. All while Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent throw memes and shade at our allies to the North…
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Hasan Hysteria Threatens Midterms w/ Prem Thakker & Rep. Analilia Mejia (Ep 345)
Laura Loomer is doing schoolyard racism against Angie Nixon, and CBS's Islamophobic hit piece on Abdul El-Sayed. It’s a bigoted kind of Monday. Prem Thakker of…
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*TEASER* We Have a Real Chance to Unseat An AIPAC Democrat with Angela Gonzales-Torres
This is a portion of a one-hour interview with candidate Angela Gonzales-Torres. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series…
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Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE & Jasmine Crockett Refuses to Help Talarico w/ Wajahat Ali
Milo Yiannopoulos: arrested by the same ICE machine he spent years cheering on! He’s detained pending deportation, and Jasmine Crockett won't say whether…
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Dolly Parton's Legacy, the WNBA's Trans Panic & US War Crimes in Ecuador w/ Miles Gray & Camila Lourdes Galarza (Ep 344)
Dolly Parton is dead at 80 — RIP to a lady who set the standard for what a good person can accomplish. Meanwhile, on the extreme opposite end, Jared Kushner is…
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How Minnesota Is Leading the Way LIVE! In Minneapolis w/ Zaynab Mohamed, Lizz Winstead & Matt Lieb
Minnesota leads the way with Peggy Flanagan and anti-ICE , anti-FLOCK cameras and anti-Jake Lang resistance. How is this midwest seed-art state able to do so…
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The Hate Campaign Against Jason Arday & Will The Midterms Be Fair? w/ Mike Figueredo & Ari Berman (Ep 343)
A black academic is dead, while Andrew Tate gets a MAGA lawyer to defend his crimes. Hakeem Jeffries rejects Medicare for All and Jared Kushner tells Israel to…
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Karoline Quits And Hegseth Does Crimes In Latin America (feat. Emma Vigeland)
AOC is single and Iran makes Trump hide in a catering truck. Emma Vigeland joins to talk about all that plus Karoline Leavitt resigning, Pete Hegseth's new…
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Woke 1.0, Abdul El-Sayed's Win & The Paramount-Warner Merger w/ Caroline Kwan & Alvaro Bedoya (Ep 342)
This week: Twitch streamer and cultural commentator Caroline Kwan joins to talk about Abdul El-Sayed's fight through Islamophobic attacks, and why fandoms can…
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Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan! Late night thoughts on AIPAC & more w/ Matt Lieb
Michigan results are thrilling as Abdul El-Sayed wins the Senate primary race and William Lawrence wins in MI-7, and Donavan McKinney in MI-13. Still, a tough…
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Iran War Round Two & The Dem’s Broken Immigration Playbook w/ Andrea Flores (Ep 341)
This week: Andrea Flores on the ethnic cleansing at the heart of Trump's immigration regime, and Iran War Season 2 is BACK with fresh war-crimes. First, Andy…
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The Policing Of Latino Identity with Aida Rodriguez *TEASER*
This is a portion of a one-hour interview with comedian Aida Rodriguez. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a…
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The World Cup, Argentina Hate & Democrats Break From AIPAC w/ Joey D'Urso & Wajahat Ali
This week: Joey D'Urso on the politics of the 2026 World Cup, and Wajahat Ali on the 103 Democrats who just voted to end $3.3 billion in military aid to…
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A Dying Senate and The Forgotten Anti-Zionists w/ The Serfs & Molly Crabapple (Ep 340)
Lindsey Graham will haunt the United States for years to come. Or come back as a ladybug. *shudders* This week, Lance of SerfsTV joined to talk about Senate…
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Platner Tanks A Movement w/ Emma Vigeland
Graham Platner undermined a movement with his recklessness. Centrists, Republicans are using this moment to dunk on the left, while the left itself is…
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Graham Platner’s Downfall And The Trap of The Attention Economy w/ Janesh Rahlan & Cayden Mak (Ep 339)
Big yikes — a monster Graham Platner bombshell dropped this week. We talk about the grim news, along with the less-grim news of Mallory McMorrow dropping out…
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The Founding Fathers Never Wanted Democracy (Then They Wrote The Bill of Rights) *Teaser*
The Bill of Rights is the ultimate receipt. The Founding Fathers did not mean to create such a banger of a document that helped enshrine equality and justice…
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The Attack of the Democratic Socialists! And Zine Crimes w/ Lex McMenamin (Ep 338)
Three DSA candidates just won their primaries in New York — and the bipartisan meltdown has been spectacular. We break down why everyone from Sean Hannity, to…
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Are Americans Hooked on Conspiracy Theories? *Teaser* w/ Anna Merlan
On this episode: Anna Merlan, senior reporter for Mother Jones specializing in conspiracies and technology, who joins for a sweeping discussion about the state…
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Candidate Corner: Francesca Hong
Francesca interviews another Francesca! Francesca Hong is running to be the next governor of Wisconsin. She's a DSA member who is fighting for working people…
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Antifa Algae and American Decline with Professor Richard Wolff & Paul Elia (Ep 337)
Trump's $14 million reflecting pool renovation is already peeling and full of algae — but it’s “the vandals” who did it, right? We break down the reflecting…
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The Class War Is Here *TEASER* with Saba Waheed
Saba and Francesca discuss how rampant wage theft is finally being called such, and why the myth of immigrants taking jobs ignores how much the U.S. has always…
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U.S. Spins Iran Loss And The Genocide Isn’t Over w/ Josh Greene & Peter Beinart (Ep 336)
Nancy Mace is out, the DOJ is investigating Gavin Newsom for being hotter than JD Vance, and Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire — built largely on…
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Knicks, The World Cup And White House UFC w/ Emma Vigeland & Nate Wilcox
Featuring: Emma Vigeland, the Majority Report, @TheMajorityReport Nathan Wilcox, sports journalist, https://substack.com/@natewilcox Have you ever wanted to…
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Candidate Corner: Kai Newkirk
Rock the pod on your bod. Get a brand new “Abolish ICE” t-shirt and a brand new mug at: www.bitchuationroom.com. *** LIVE SHOWS: Minneapolis August 20th: The…
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The World Cup is Already a Mess and Life Inside Detention Centers w/ Katie Blankenship (Ep 335)
Featuring: Katie Blankenship (47:12), immigration attorney and co-founder of Sanctuary of the South https://www.instagram.com/sanctuaryofthesouth/ *** Rock…
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How The Left Can Get Out of Its Own Way with Yotam Marom *TEASER*
The left has a known habit of self-sabotage. We’ve either experienced this firsthand or witnessed it from the outside, but the activists generally have a hard…
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What's Going on In California and Adam Hamawy Proves Palestine Matters w/ Sam Seder & Rachel Reyes (Ep 334)
Spencer Pratt, Steve Hilton, and…Sam Seder’s feet? We look at unusual developments in California and beyond as the June 2 primary results unfold, with help…
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ICE Isn’t About Immigration with Memo Torres *TEASER*
*This is a sneak preview of an hour-long interview. To get full access become a patron www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.* He was a gardener who sold his…
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Trump’s 250th Anniversary Plan? Harambe & UFC! w/ Wajahat Ali
Recent polling has shown that Trump and his MAGA regime have been starting to lose men under 30. But don’t worry! They have a plan to win them back. Wajahat…
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Hasan WANTED And The History of the ADL w/ James Adomian & Emmaia Gelman (Ep 333)
The DNC autopsy is out and GUESS WHAT — it's a disaster! No sources, no mention of Gaza, and running counter to what the directors of both the Harris and Biden…
The Bitchuation RoomAmerica’s Astrology Is Wild RN w/ Chani Nicholas *Teaser*
*This is a sneak preview of an hour-long interview that gets into everything from Francesca’s astrological chart, to the planetary parallels between current…
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New Deals, New Democrats w/Saikat Chakrabarti (Ep 332)
A $1.7 billion “retribution” fund for Jan 6ers is set up while SNAP benefits get cut while Trump critics lose their elections — the cult is real and total…
The Bitchuation RoomWhat Went Down Inside Black Lives Matter w/ Melina Abdullah *TEASER*
*This is a sneak preview of an hour-long interview that gets into everything from the hijacking of BLM, the backlash to it, to how Zohran won, and whether No…
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Xi Disses Trump, Israel's Prisoner Abuse & Ana Is Colorblind w/ Emma Vigeland
Trump and a bunch of billionaires go to China to cut deals for themselves, while Chuck Schumer fumes about not being more belligerent towards Xi. Meanwhile Xi…
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Confederacy Of Dunces w/ Jack Cocchiarella & Brandie Posey (Ep 331)
Two Dutch tourists and a MAHA CDC director walk into a bar… and we wonder why a pathogen always jumps to humans when Trump is in office. Mother nature knows…
The Bitchuation RoomWhy Is Los Angeles Broke? With Kenneth Mejia *TEASER*
*This is a sneak peak from our new patron-exclusive interview series: HOT BUTTON. To listen to the full interview where we dig into homelessness, the Olympics…
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Tucker's Turn and A Revolutionary for California w/ Butch Ware & Matt Bernstein (Ep 330)
What timeline is this where a white nationalist darling is running circles around the NYTimes on the topic of genocide? Matt Bernstein of the A Bit Fruity…
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Should Tom Steyer Exist... As CA's Next Governor?
Francesca welcomes her first billionaire guest and asks him if he should be taxed out of existence. He’s not quite sure. But he is sure about wanting to be…
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Candidate Corner: Claire Valdez for NY-7
How would a labor organizer approach passing legislation in Congress? We spoke with Claire Valdez, New York State Assemblymember representing neighborhoods in…
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Erika Kirk Still Doesn't Get It But Graham Platner Does! with Wajahat Ali
If Mainers are any indication, status quo Democrats aren’t going to cut it with the people. Graham Platner has succeeded in fundraising and polling Governor…
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Friendly Assassins and The End of US Empire w/Megan Gailey & Matt Duss (Ep 329)
What does the third assassination attempt on Trump tell us about the state of the left — and what do we make of a would-be assassin whose manifesto reads like…
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Zohran’s Wins & How Sports Have Always Policed Gender w/Franchesca Ramsey & Michael Waters (Ep 328)
How does allowing the right to dominate the conversation around trans athletes put us all in danger? And how does the Olympics new "gender testing" have…
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Understanding Palestine Means Understanding British Colonialism with Annemarie Jacir
Go see Palestine 36. Before the U,S, it was Britain that helped shape Zionism into the colonial force it is. Palestine 36, a new film from Watermelon Pictures…