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!

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!

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

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Swing Girls with Ayumi Shinozaki

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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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0dc11e00-82aa-4d5a-abd5-b47a016b4d6d/transcript

 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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Swing Girls with Ayumi Shinozaki

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