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

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

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

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret with Kate Helen Downey

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin and special guest Maia Wyman aka Broey Deschanel head to a ritzy LA neighborhood and discuss Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)!

Follow Maia on Instagram at @broey_deschanel, on YouTube at youtube.com/BroeyDeschanel, and check out her podcast, Rehash!

This week, Jamie, Caitlin and special guest Maia Wyman aka Broey Deschanel head to a ritzy LA neighborhood and discuss Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)!
Follow Maia on Instagram at @broey_deschanel, on YouTube at youtube.com/BroeyDeschanel, and check out her podcast, Rehash!

Slums of Beverly Hills with Broey Deschanel

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On today's episode, Captain Caitlin and General Jamie get injected with super podcaster serum and discuss Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

Here are the pieces we reference in the episode --

"‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison" - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines | "Marvel’s Military Industrial Complex" - https://inkstickmedia.com/marvels-military-industrial-complex/

On today's episode, Captain Caitlin and General Jamie get injected with super podcaster serum and discuss Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
Here are the pieces we reference in the episode --
"&lsquo;This is injustice&rsquo;: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison" - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines</a> | "Marvel&rsquo;s Military Industrial Complex" - <a href="https://inkstickmedia.com/marvels-military-industrial-complex/">https://inkstickmedia.com/marvels-military-industrial-complex/</a>

Captain America: The First Avenger

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 This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Emily Mills hang out on a divorce ranch in Reno and chat about Desert Hearts (1985)!

Here's the article about Black women in the Reno divorce scene -- https://renodivorcehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/imported-library/ebony-8-1950.pdf

Follow Emily on Instagram at @dj_millbot and @damseltrash and check out their newsletter at gristfromthemills.com and their website at emilymills.org

&nbsp;This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Emily Mills hang out on a divorce ranch in Reno and chat about Desert Hearts (1985)!
Here's the article about Black women in the Reno divorce scene -- <a href="https://renodivorcehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/imported-library/ebony-8-1950.pdf">https://renodivorcehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/imported-library/ebony-8-1950.pdf</a>
Follow Emily on Instagram at @dj_millbot and @damseltrash and check out their newsletter at <a href="http://gristfromthemills.com/">gristfromthemills.com and their website at emilymills.org</a>

Desert Hearts with Emily Mills

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret with Kate Helen Downey

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