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  • SXSW 2026 - Edie Arnold is a Loser and Plantman and Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film
    Mar 23 2026

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    Edie Arnold is a Loser is a coming-of-age film about a group of high school outcasts who stir up trouble at their all-girls Catholic High School when they form a punk band. This interview was a full on party, as we are joined by co-director/writer Megan Rico, co-director Kade Atwood, and the film's stars Adi Madden Cabrera and McKenna Tuckett. We discuss our shared Catholic school trauma, their unique casting process, and the struggles of a horny teenager.

    Plantman and Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film is a comedy about a plant vigilante that rescues neglected houseplants, and enlists a lonely man to join his cause. We're joined by co-writer/actor/comedian Frankie Quiñones to discuss how a real life Fiddle Leaf was an inspiration for this story, the origins of The Dress Up Gang, and what makes his mom such a natural actor.

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    Audio Produced by Jeff Hunt of Storied: San Francisco

    Co-hosted by John Wildman of Films Gone Wild


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    34 mins
  • Basic Bitch: SXSW 2026 Recap
    Mar 18 2026

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    Fresh off the whirlwind of SXSW 2026, Erin and Ange reflect on all the action behind the scenes (while on location at an all you can eat/open bar brunch party). We've got red carpet hypes and gripes, learning to rethink our futures at The Tech We Want, a Lesbian Simulator VR experience, unpacking our secret crushes on Jack Johnson, and so much more...

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    44 mins
  • Live From the 8th Annual Standard Deviant Brewing Chili Cook-off!
    Mar 11 2026

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    We're on location at one of our favorite events of the year, the Standard Deviant Brewing Pre-Superbowl Chili Cook-off! This is their 8th annual celebration of all things chili, and we have exclusive interviews with the chili makers and the final results!

    San Franciscans truly shine with creativity and talent, and this year was no different. We have everything from nuns to Toy Story, an ode to PBS and a first class Michelin star experience, cowboy recipes to dad's simple classic, a horrific zombie experience and a chili so unique it is simply not namable. We had so much fun, and to those who were there, thank you for your participation and we'll see you next year!

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    30 mins
  • Sundance 2026 Red Carpets - Chasing Summer and Give Me the Ball
    Mar 6 2026

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    Welcome to 2 of our most fun red carpets ever!

    In Chasing Summer, Jamie returns to her small hometown, where friends and flings from a high school summer turn her life upside down. We chat with talent Lauren Aboulafia, Kristin Slaysman, Garrett Wareing, Cassidy "Uterus" Freeman, and Aimee Garcia, costumer Amela Baksic, dir Josephine Decker, and writer/star Iliza Shlesinger.

    Give Me the Ball is a doc about tennis icon Billie Jean King. We are joined by composers Laura Karpman + Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, EP Marcia Cooke, prod Chris James, dir Liz Garbus, and the icon herself, BJK.

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    36 mins
  • Sundance 2026 - The Oldest Person in the World and Sentient
    Mar 5 2026

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    These two Sundance Film Festival documentaries discuss human life, both in how we deal with aging, and the lengths that we go to live longer.

    The Oldest Person in the World chronicles the ever-changing Guinness World Record holders of the title of oldest person alive. Director Sam Green discusses his curiosity with our obsession with death, why the record holders are mostly women, and how the story became something bigger that he never saw coming.

    Sentient exposes the hidden world of pain in laboratory research (both from the animals and the scientists that work in the field), questioning the justifications for harming animals and our alternatives in the future. Director Tony Jones sits down to share his frustration with vaccine deniers in the US, how we can move forward without animal testing, and why his goal with this film is to make the audience feel like you're on an emotional roller coaster.

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    31 mins
  • Sundance 2026 - Public Access and Seized
    Mar 2 2026

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    These two Sundance documentaries touch on the importance of freedom of speech, and what happens when we both give people access and take it away.

    Public Access shares rare footage of NYC's media rebels who turned our screens into platforms for free expression, turning ordinary people into stars. We sit down with director David Shadrack Smith and subject/public access star Jake Fogelnest to discuss the wild west of public access TV, why Jake interrogated David before he agreed to participate in the film, and Jake being the original influencer.

    Seized documents the illegal raid of the Marion County Record, a small town Kansas newspaper, and what happened in its aftermath. Director Sharon Liese joins us to share how she gained the trust of the local people, the importance of telling both sides, and how the arrival of a new intern changed the way the story would be told.

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    39 mins
  • Sundance 2026 - La Tierra del Valor and Luigi
    Feb 27 2026

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    This episode brings you two Sundance documentary short films that touch on such timely issues that our filmmakers rushed to get them out as soon as possible.

    In La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave), during a summer of grief and fear brought about by ice raids in Los Angeles, one small act of bravery brings a community of hope. Director (and return guest) Cristina Costantini and producer Alfie Koetter sit down with us to discuss how they met Nezza, the patriotism of immigrants, and how bravery feels a lot like fear. In short, FUCK ICE.

    Luigi is a short film about the cultural sensation (and obsession) following the murder charge of Luigi Mangione. Director (and return guest) Liza Mandelup shares why she was inspired to tell the story from this perspective, how she scouted online and in her own backyard of NYC for the subjects of her film, and our collective rage and frustration that has led us to this moment. In short, HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

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    37 mins
  • Sundance 2026 - Joybubbles and Ghost in the Machine
    Feb 25 2026

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    This episode brings you two Sundance documentaries that show very different ways that technology can have an impact on our lives.

    Joybubbles is a biopic about a deaf man (born decades before the internet or the computer) who learns how to manipulate the telephone system by whistling, and inadvertently lays the groundwork for the future of hacking and technology. Director Rachel J. Morrison joins us to share how she learned about Joybubbles from his obituary in the NY Times, his connection to Mr. Rogers, and the meta way in which she found hours of tapes of Joybubbles speaking about his life.

    Ghost in the Machine is a documentary that reveals the dark untold origins of Artificial Intelligence, and where we go from here. Director Valerie Veatch sits down with us to discuss her years long work examining the intersection of technology and society, why we should all be friction maxing everyday (and what the hell that actually means), and how being a parent informs her work (and vice versa).

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    37 mins