On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Bridget Todd boot up their 80s desktop, hack the mainframe, and create the perfect podcast about Weird Science (1985).

Grab tickets to our upcoming tour at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

Follow Bridget on instagram at @bridgetmarieindc and check out her audiobook, Love at First Prompt at loveatfirstprompt.com

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Attention! Awooga! It's been *TEN YEARS* of the Bechdel Cast, and Jamie and Caitlin are going on tour to celebrate! We're pulling out all the stops for a wild night of games, videos, costumes, fan fic, recaps, reflections, references, and more!

We'll be hitting up different spots around North America throughout the coming year, starting with shows in the Northeast in October!

New York - October 12
Baltimore - October 15
Philadelphia - October 17
State College - October 18
Pittsburgh - October 19
Boston - October 21

Tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast 

Matrons get a discount on tickets, so if you're not already on the Matreon, subscribe now to grab that discount code! patreon.com/bechdelcast  

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Blair Braverman get stranded on a remote island and survive by discussing Send Help (2026)!

Check out Blair's new podcast, 'What to Carry, What to Burn,' and her website www.blairbraverman.com 

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For Jamie's birthday, Caitlin and Jamie put on their skin suits and chat with their favorite medical dummy about the movie Pin (1988)! Happy birthday, Jamie!!! Here's the link to watch Pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSgXSyhyE0&t=6107s

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Masked Bandits Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ali go on an epic quest to discuss The Fall (2006).

Check out FilmSlop at filmslop.com and on IG at @filmslop, and please support The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy at https://timep.org

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Good morning! Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Brandie Posey discuss The Truman Show (1998). And in case we don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night! Here's the piece we reference, "The Real Truman Show" -- https://idapb.substack.com/p/the-real-truman-show 

Follow Brandie on IG at @brandazzle and check out her comedy special Milk Jug and Burn This Records at https://www.youtube.com/@BurnThisRecords 

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Matthew Tinkcom wish they knew how to quit discussing Brokeback Mountain (2005)!

Check out Matthew's book, 'Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain,' as well as the new edition of his book 'Grey Gardens' -- https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/grey-gardens-9781839029295/ 

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Kate Cheka don their Sunday best and discuss Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)!

Follow Kate on Instagram at @katecheka and check out her show at Edinburgh Fringe, The Last Funny Woman!

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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!

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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/

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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

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On this episode, Caitlin and Jamie head to summer camp to discuss Theater Camp (2023)!

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Melody Kamali discuss Appropriate Behavior (2014). and at the end of the episode, they're going to be okay!

Follow Melody on Instagram at @melodykamali

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Crystal move back in with their mothers and discuss Postcards from the Edge (1990)!

Follow Crystal on Instagram at @crystal.will.see.you.now and check out the podcast Camp Classics!

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Wazzzupppp!!! This week, we're unlocking a Matreon episode on Scary Movie (2000)!

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Durba Mitra discuss Mississippi Masala (1991). Check out Durba's essay on the film at https://www.publicbooks.org/mississippi-masala-at-30-revisiting-a-film-classic-in-authoritarian-times/ 

Follow Durba on Instagram at @thirdworldwomen and check out her new book, The Future That Was -- https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691233604/the-future-that-was 

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We're celebrating Caitlin's birthday with an episode on Star Wars Empire Strikes Back (1980)!

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guests Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin -- the filmmakers behind the documentary Modern Whore -- join to discuss Pretty Woman (1990)! Not listening to this? Big mistake! Huge!

Check out Modern Whore, available for digital rental and purchase! Follow Andrea on IG at @weenerwoman and Nicole at @nicobazuin

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This week, Jamie Dearest, Caitlin Dearest, and special guest Izzy Custodio Dearest from Be Kind Rewind chat about Mommie Dearest (1981)! No wire hangers ever!

Follow Izzy on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@bkrewind

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Hey Toots! This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Nori Reed are talking Tootsie (1982)!

Follow Nori on Instagram at @norireed

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On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Jana Schmieding get shrunk and examine Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)!

Follow Jana on Instagram at @janaunplgd and listen to her podcast, Sage-Based Wisdom!

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This week, surprise space clone queens Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Summer Farah discuss Jupiter Ascending (2015).

Follow Summer on Instagram at @bordersbookstore

We the Unhoused is a Webby nominee! (And vote for Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here while you're at it!) Voting is open through April 16th.

VOTE HERE: https://wbby.co/57462N 

LISTEN HERE: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889 

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Jamie pops in to ask for your humble vote for the Webbys this year -- We the Unhoused is a nominee! (And vote for Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here while you're at it!) Voting is open through April 16th.

VOTE HERE: https://wbby.co/57462N 

LISTEN HERE: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889 

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On this very serious and important episode, Jamie and Caitlin reverently discuss cinema's greatest achievement, Moonfall (2022)

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Ready or not, here we come with an unlocked episode from our Matreon about Ready or Not (2019)!

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This week, tennis stars Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Princess Weekes have a threeway discussion about Challengers (2024).

Here's Princess's video essay on the film, "Tashi Duncan Is The Hero of Challengers" --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xcF_CqxgA  and here's screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes's YouTube video "Potion Seller" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FQU4KzN7A&t=2s 

Follow Princess on Instagram at @princess_weekes and YouTube at youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes

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On this episode, leprechauns Caitlin and Jamie head to the end of the rainbow to discuss the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Luck of the Irish (2001).

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On this week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ramzi Fawaz head to Reno Divorce Camp to discuss The Women (1939)!

Follow Ramzi on Instagram at @nerdfromthefuture and check out his website ramzifawaz.com

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Kenice Mobley (on her eighth appearance on the show!) examine Daughters of the Dust (1991)!

Follow Kenice on Instagram at @kenicemobley

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On this episode, former child stars Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Angelica Jade Bastién write letters to daddy and examine What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962).

Follow Angelica on IG at @angelicajadebastien | letterboxd.com/angelicajade | angelicabastien.substack.com

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Ronald Young Jr. examine representation in a movie that examines representation -- American Fiction (2023)!

Follow Ronald on Instagram, Threads, and Letterboxd at @ohitsbigron and check out his podcasts Weight For It and Leaving the Theater!

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*finger snap* Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Becca Ramos *finger snap* discuss West Side Story (1961) finger snap

Follow Becca on Instagram at @beccsramos and check out her new podcast, Welcome to El Barrio!

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On this episode that feels like an episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Payton McCarty-Simas talk about the movie that feels like a movie... Don't Worry Darling (2022). Here's the piece we mention, "Don’t Worry Darling Is Peak White Feminism (As Expected)" by Haaniyah Angus -- https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/dont-worry-darling-white-feminism 

Follow Payton on Instagram at @paytplace and grab a copy of out her book, That Very Witch: Fear Feminism & The American Witch Film

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On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kayla Drescher have a discussion about The Prestige (2006), disappear it, then make it magically reappear for your listening pleasure!

Follow Kayla on social media at @magicinheels and check out her magic venue in Chicago, Cosmic Underground Theater | @cosmicundergroundtheater

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This week, unicorns Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Hannah Eko set off on a journey to discuss The Last Unicorn (1982). Here's the Letterboxd review by Sally Jane Black that we mention - https://letterboxd.com/fuchsiadyke/film/the-last-unicorn/ 

Check out Hannah on her website: https://hannahoeko.com as well as @hannah.eko on Instagram and hannahekowrites.substack.com  

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Jamie and Caitlin are kicking off the new year with an episode of your (Matrons') questions and our answers!

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This week, Jamie and Caitlin open the wardrobe in the spare room and head into Narnia to discuss The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)!

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On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Alonso Duralde discuss Bad Santa! Ho ho ho!

Follow Alonso at @alonso.duralde on Instagram, listen to his podcasts Linoleum Knife, Breakfast All Day, & Maximum Film, check out his reviews at thefilmverdict.com, and grab a copy of his book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas!

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Roz Hernandez ask for cha cha heels for Christmas and discuss Female Trouble (1974)!

Follow Roz on Instagram at @rozhernandez and check out her podcasts, "Tickled to Death" and "Ghosted"!

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It's the Star Wars Prequels episode from our Midwest tour earlier this year! We cover The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005), recorded live in Chicago! Check out original videos we screened during the show on YouTube at @bechdelcast / linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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This week, we're re-releasing our episode on Rhymes for Young Ghouls with special guest Jess Murwin! If you can, please join us in donating to The Native Women's Collective -- https://www.nativewomenscollective.org/

Follow Jess on Instagram at @jessmurwin

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Mo Fry Pasic fall overboard, bonk their heads, and discuss Overboard (1987)!

Check out Mo's podcast Worse Than You and follow it on Instagram at @worsethanyoushow

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It's Morphin Time! Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Carlos Camacho discuss Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)!

Here's the Reddit thread of "Slime, Sludge, and Goo in Movies" - https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1gxsovx/slime_sludge_and_goo_in_movies/

Follow Carlos on social media at @carloscreates2018 and check out his podcast The Horror Agenda and follow it on IG at @thehorroragenda

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On this episode, party girls Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Liz Gotauco go to their locial library to discuss Party Girl (1995)!

Follow Liz at @cosbrarian on social media and buy her book at www.cosbrarian.com/about-fcked-up-fairy-tales.html 

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Mx. Dalia Belle sink their teeth into Sinners (2025)!

Follow Dalia on social media at @mxdaliabelle

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Where do we podcast? Everywhere! Especially when it's with special guest Sarah Marshall talking about The Devil's Advocate (1997)!

Check out Sarah's new podcast The Devil You Know as well as You're Wrong About and You Are Good | @yourewrongaboutpod @youaregoodpod

https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/c6jXBU 

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On this episode, fembots Jamie, Caitlin, and special guests Sammy and Henley from Too Scary; Didn't Watch podcast discuss Companion (2025)!

Follow the podcast Too Scary Didn't Watch on IG at @tsdwpodcast

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Alicia Berbenick talk tentacle boyfriends, goo, and Possession (1981). Here's the book we mention during the episode -- https://www.abebooks.com/9781800857063/Possession-Devils-Advocates-Taylor-Alison-1800857063/plp  |

Follow Alicia on social media at @bene_and_the_gesserits and @resident.easel and check out her website beneandthegesserits.com 

Also, vote for We the Unhoused at the Signal Awards at https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/activism-public-service-social-impact 

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This week, Date Doctors Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ronald Young Jr. discuss Hitch (2005)! Vote for We the Unhoused at the Signal Awards at https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/activism-public-service-social-impact 

Follow Ronald on Instagram, Threads, and Letterboxd at @ohitsbigron and check out his podcasts Weight For It and Leaving the Theater!

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Tamara Yajia talk all about All About My Mother (1999)!

Follow Tamara on Instagram at @tamarayajia and buy her book, Cry For Me, Argentina: My Life As A Failed Child Star, at https://geni.us/cryformeargentina 

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