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FFR Season Preview: Anyone But You
Feminist Frequency Radio - February 28, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFFR Season Preview: Anyone But You with new co-host A.C. Lamberty Feminist Frequency Radio is coming back for its first new season as an independent podcast following the sunset of the FF organization after an incredible 15 years. Kat Spada is thrilled to be re-joined by new co-host A.C. Lamber...
FFR 247: Moonstruck featuring Anita Sarkeesian
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsWe’re wrapping up this season of FFR just as we started it, with Anita Sarkeesian returning for an episode where she and host Kat Spada talk about a classic movie they both love and could watch over and over. But while this season’s first episode featured Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, this we...
Fortnightly FREQouts #10 - Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFeminist Frequency Radio presents another “Fortnightly FREQout” mini-episode. In this short-but-sweet installment, Kat is cutting right to the point: BEYONCÉ! Find Kat: twitter.com/kat_ex_machina Find Feminist Frequency: Join our Patreon Our Website Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts Twit...
FFR 246: Gremlins featuring Oscar Montoya
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 06, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFeminist Frequency Radio is celebrating the holidays with the creepy Christmas classic, 1984’s Gremlins. Joining Kat is this episode’s special guest: actor, comedian, and dancer Oscar Montoya. Links Mentioned: Gremlins 2 sketch from Key & Peele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM La ...
Fortnightly FREQouts #9 - Next Goal Wins
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 29, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsOn this Fortnightly FREQout mini-episode, Kat is reflecting on what good can come from Thanksgiving with a documentary recommendation and support for United Farm Workers, as well as an overview of some media she saw over the holiday break, including Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins. Links Mention...
FFR 245: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off featuring Ethan Harper
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 22, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsKat is joined by cartoon and comics-style illustrator Ethan Harper to discuss the new animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, based on both the original graphic novels written and drawn by O’Malley beginning in 2004 and the live-action film adaptation from 2010 directed by Edgar Wright. Spoiler...
Fortnightly FREQouts #8 - The Curse
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 15, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIt’s time for another Fortnightly FREQout, where Feminist Frequency Radio host Kat Spada brings you brief reviews and industry news from the past few weeks. Today, she’s talking about the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike (including a final day trip to the picket line), the closure of online feminist ...
FFR 244: normporn featuring Karen Tongson and A.C. Lamberty
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsKat’s “Machos: Fully Loaded” guest co-host, A. C. Lamberty, returns to Feminist Frequency Radio for a special interview with returning guest Karen Tongson to discuss her brand-new book normporn: queer viewers and the tv that soothes us. Links Mentioned: Get your own copy of normporn: https://b...
Fortnightly FREQouts #7 - The Babadook
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 01, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIt’s Halloween, and we’re continuing our journey through scary movies about motherhood after spending last week with Rosemary's Baby. In this week's Fortnightly FREQout mini episode, Kat gets personal talking about grief, fear, and monsters in Jennifer Kent's 2014 film The Babadook. Content warn...
FFR 243: Rosemary’s Baby featuring Pallavi Yetur
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIt’s Spooky Season, and we’re gearing up with a look at the 1968 film, Rosemary’s Baby, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow. Writer and mental health counselor Pallavi Yetur returns as a special guest to discuss this controversial horror genre classic. Content warning for listener...
FFR 242: Dirty Dancing and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights featuring Anita Sarkeesian
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 25, 2023 01:34 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsLong-time listeners of this podcast will know that 1987’s Dirty Dancing is Anita Sarkeesian’s favorite film, so for this season opening episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, she is, of course, joining host Kat Spada for a look at the Swayze-ist of Patrick Swayze films. But this conversation has a...
Fortnightly FREQouts #6 - Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 18, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIt’s a new season of Feminist Frequency Radio with a whole new batch of Fortnightly FREQout mini-episodes. On the heels of an interesting summer for live music and concert films, Kat shares her thoughts about pop, nostalgia, and the sense of community that live music brings. Links Mentioned: S...
Fortnightly FREQouts #5: Blue Beetle
Feminist Frequency Radio - September 06, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsThis season on Feminist Frequency Radio closes out with another Fortnightly Freq-outs mini-episode. Today, we’ll finally get to DC’s latest superhero, Blue Beetle, but first, Kat Spada has some brief reviews and industry news… Links Mentioned: Cover of “Eyes on Fire” by Leeni: https://leeni.ba...
FFR 241: Memoirs featuring Janie Haddad Tompkins
Feminist Frequency Radio - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsActress, writer, and podcaster Janie Haddad Tompkins joins Kat Spada for a literary journey through their favorite memoirs ranging from coming-of-age and adventure to celebrity juiciness. Tune in for a Feminist Frequency Radio AMA with Kat on Sunday, October 1 at 10am PT in the Feminist Frequenc...
Fortnightly FREQouts #4: Every Body
Feminist Frequency Radio - August 23, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsA HurriQuake can't stop Kat Spada from bringing you brief reviews and industry news. On this Fortnightly Freq-out, she shares her thoughts on media and events viewed from the safety of her own storm-ready home, including Every Body, a documentary on intersex lives. Links Mentioned: “Strike Tal...
FFR 240: Force Majeure featuring Ebony Adams
Feminist Frequency Radio - August 16, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFeminist Frequency alumnus Ebony Adams joins Kat Spada for a look at Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film, Force Majeure. The film is a darkly comic peek into a troubled marriage pushed to the edge on a ski trip after the threat of an approaching avalanche results in a moment o...
Fortnightly FREQouts #3: TMNT Mutant Mayhem
Feminist Frequency Radio - August 09, 2023 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsKat’s back with more brief reviews and industry news from the last two weeks in our ongoing “Fortnightly FREQout” series. Today she shares some thoughts on the latest installment to the MCU—Secret Invasion—as well as recent seasons of Hulu series The Bear and This Fool. She also gives her impres...
FFR 239: The End of Feminist Frequency featuring Anita Sarkeesian and Jae Lin
Feminist Frequency Radio - August 02, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFollowing this week's announcement about the closure of Feminist Frequency, Executive Director Anita Sarkeesian and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline Director Jae Lin chat more about what this means for our work as the organization sunsets. Links Mentioned: Some books about burnout, rest...
Fortnightly FREQouts #2: Barbenheimer
Feminist Frequency Radio - July 26, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsFeminist Frequency Radio presents the second mini-episode in our Fortnightly FREQouts series. Kat’s back with more brief reviews and industry news from the last two weeks, along with her reactions to the opening weekend event of the summer: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheim...
FFR 238: And Just Like That… with special guest Pallavi Yetur
Feminist Frequency Radio - July 19, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsThe cultural phenomenon that is Sex and the City continues with the second season of And Just Like That… where 50-something, wealthy Manhattanites Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda return to navigate life, love, and loss, joined by new friends and lovers. Joining Kat to discuss the series is her go...
Fortnightly FREQouts: Bonus #1 with special guest A.C. Lamberty
Feminist Frequency Radio - July 12, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsWelcome to the first of a series of bonus mini-episodes we’re calling “Fortnightly FREQouts,” where our host Kat Spada walks us through what’s been thrilling, moving, upsetting, or infuriating her in recent weeks. Today’s Fortnightly FREQout features special guest A.C. Lamberty to discuss the ne...
FFR 237: Road House
Feminist Frequency Radio - July 05, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsWelcome to a new season of feminist media criticism goodness! Today Kat and Anita are discussing the 1989 action classic Road House, starring none other than our beloved Patrick Swayze. Listen in for a nostalgic stroll through the absolutely bonkers landscape of this corner of the Dirty Dancing/...
FFR 236: Machos In Review
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsThis past season of Feminist Frequency Radio co-hosts Kat Spada and A.C. Lamberty investigated masculinity in movies and TV on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. On this final bonus wrap-up episode, Anita Sarkeesian returns to strap in, strap on, and weigh in on all our most-loved machos. Link...
FFR 235: Machos Who Dance
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsStrap in, Strap on, and join us on the dance floor for one last episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. Today is all about the machos with the moves. From studio musicals of the 40s and 50s to our podcast’s patron saint, Patrick Swayze, we’re tripping the light fantastic with a look at dud...
FFR 234: Alpha Machos
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsWe’re diving into the Macho hierarchy with an episode of “Machos: Fully Loaded” that’s all about the Alphas. What is it that makes these machos reign supreme? Is it domination, power, or just living your life a quarter mile at a time? Listen to our discussion of some of the most over-the-top, h...
FFR 233: Machos Who Love Machos
Feminist Frequency Radio - April 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsThis Machos: Fully Loaded episode is all about MLM—Machos Loving Machos, as Kat and A.C. get into the world of gay cinema with a look at mainstream Hollywood releases, biopics, documentaries, New Queer cinema, and more. Links Mentioned: Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/a...
FFR 232: Cartoon Machos
Feminist Frequency Radio - April 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIn this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are drawn in by these two-dimensional machos. From formative childhood favorites to more modern adult animation, we look at how cartoons present and play with masculinity in ways other mediums can’t. Links Mentioned: Machos: Fu...
FFR 231: Machos Who Are Daddies
Feminist Frequency Radio - April 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsCalling all daddies, zaddies, and baddies! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of fatherhood in media, looking at portrayals of dads and father figures who've been central figures of movies and television...
FFR 230: Lady Machos
Feminist Frequency Radio - April 05, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsIt’s time for Lady Machos! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of gender transgression and the women in media who have taken some of the most memorable and iconic macho action roles in history. Links Men...
FFR 229: Machos on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 435 ratingsOn this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re talking about mental health, trauma, therapy, vengeance, and more, as we focus on onscreen representations of masculinity and emotional or mental health struggle. Links Mentioned: Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.co...
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