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FFR 204: Hollywood in the 1950s with special guest Alonso Duralde
Feminist Frequency Radio - June 08, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsHalfway through our “Hollywood by the Decades” series, we time-travel to the 1950s with our special guest—writer, podcaster, and film review editor—Alonso Duralde. We’ll be framing our conversation around two 50s films recommended by Alonso: ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) and THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1...
FFR 203: Hollywood in the 1940s with special guest Julie Grossman
Feminist Frequency Radio - June 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsAnita and Kat are joined by literature and film studies Professor Julie Grossman—an oft-published scholar who’s penned numerous essays about the classic archetypes of women onscreen and behind the camera in vintage Hollywood. She’s taking us into the 1940s, and specifically the introduction of f...
FFR 202: Hollywood in the 1930s with special guest Patricia White
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 25, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThe 1930s saw the introduction of sound in film, the implementation of the Hays code, and marks the beginning of the “Golden Age of Hollywood”. On this episode of our “Hollywood by the Decade” series, we’re guided by special guest Patricia White—Centennial Professor of Film and Media Studies an...
FFR 201: Hollywood in the 1910s/20s with special guest Dr Shelley Stamp
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 18, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsWe’re kicking off our Hollywood by Decade series with the inception of filmmaking in the 1910s and 20s. Specifically, we’ll be looking at director Lois Weber’s film, Shoes. Released in 1916 at the height of Weber’s power and popularity as one of the top filmmakers of the time, the film tackles p...
FFR 200: The Big Lebowski with special guests Ebony Adams & Carolyn Petit
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 11, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsFor our 200th(!!) episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita, Ebony, and Carolyn reunite to discuss the Coen brother’s infinitely quotable, The Big Lebowski. Since its 1998 release, the film has earned cult classic status, spawning festivals, conferences, and even a religion: Dudism. Does our or...
FFR 199: The Witch with special guest Dr Kishonna Gray
Feminist Frequency Radio - May 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsOn the heels of the recent release of director Robert Eggers’ Viking epic The Northman, Kat Spada and special guest Dr. Kishonna Gray—Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky—step back to 2015 to consider Egger’s first film, The Witch. CW: This...
FFR 198: The Seduction of Toxic Masculinity with special guest Dave Proctor
Feminist Frequency Radio - April 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsAnita and new cohost Kat Spada start off the season strong with an episode all about the allure of toxic masculinity onscreen. Special guest Dave Proctor returns to discuss why male characters embodying cisheteronormative values can be so obviously problematic, but often still manage to be attra...
FFR 197: Never Rarely Sometimes Always with special guest Kat Spada
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 30, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsWe finish Women’s History Month and this season of FFR with Eliza Hittman’s critically-acclaimed, profoundly affecting 2020 film, Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Joining us for this emotionally intense discussion is returning special guest, writer and podcaster, Kat Spada. CW: This episode inclu...
FFR 196: The Souvenir with special guest Carolyn Petit
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 23, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsNext in our series of works by women filmmakers is director Joanna Hogg’s loosely-autobiographical 2019 film, The Souvenir. Joining us to talk about the film is FemFreq Favorite and Managing Editor at Kotaku, Carolyn Petit! We’ve missed our former co-host and know you have, too; a good discussio...
FFR 196 Bonus with Special Guest Carolyn Petit
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 23, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsToday on the Bonus, we welcome Patrons and non (future?) Patrons alike for a special public episode. Carolyn Petit is here to reunite our original FFR trio for a deep-dive discussion on the utility of rating systems and subjectivity vs. “objectivity” in criticism. Follow Carolyn: twitter.com/c...
FFR 195: Jennifer’s Body with special guest Jordan Crucchiola
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 16, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsWritten by Diablo Cody, directed by Karyn Kusama, and starring Megan Fox, Jennifer’s Body is the next in our series featuring women filmmakers. The film struggled to find an audience in 2009, but has earned a reappraisal in recent years. It’s new to Anita and Ebony, but luckily we’re joined by w...
FFR 194: The Piano with special guest Kat Spada
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsWe’re kicking off a month of episodes dedicated to the work of pioneering female directors, and to get us started, we’ll be talking about Jane Campion’s 1993 Oscar-winning film, The Piano. Writer, raconteur, podcast host, and our special guest, Kat Spada, joins our discussion as we grapple with ...
GRAFFITI GRRLZ with special guest DR. JESS PABÓN-COLÓN | Feminist Frequency Radio 193
Feminist Frequency Radio - March 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsRemember when we promised to take the podcast in some new and interesting directions this year? Well, you’re in luck because today we’re talking: visual art, global feminisms, resistance, anti-capitalism, and more through a focus on graffiti, and to do so, we’ve got a pioneering and interdiscipl...
FFR 192: Gaming by Another Name with Kishonna Gray
Feminist Frequency Radio - February 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsTalking all things Black and games this week, Dr. Kishonna Gray hosts a full-faceted conversation with Latoya Peterson and Shawn Alexander Allen. Links Mentioned: Treachery in Beatdown City The Come Up Game Follow Latoya Peterson: https://twitter.com/LatoyaPeterson Follow Glow Up Games: htt...
FFR 191: Song of Solomon with Tai Coleman and Jae Lin
Feminist Frequency Radio - February 09, 2022 10:05 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThis week, we’re diving into literature with Toni Morrison's incredible Song of Solomon. Joining Ebony is Dr. Tai Coleman and our very own Jae Lin. CW: This episode includes discussion of incest, abuse, and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is suffering with these issues please call th...
FFR 190: Eve’s Bayou with special guest Dr. Taiyon Coleman
Feminist Frequency Radio - February 02, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThis week, we’re adding to our collection of conversations on iconic 90s Black cinema by delving into the aesthetics and atmosphere of Kasi Lemmons’ 1997 directorial debut, Eve’s Bayou. Joining us to discuss this gem of a film is Dr. Taiyon Coleman, who last joined our podcast for our I Am Not Y...
FFR 189: Legend with special guest Charlie Jane Anders
Feminist Frequency Radio - January 26, 2022 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsAn episode for Tim Curry fans, and Tim Curry fans only! Today on the FFR podcast we are revisiting one Ebony’s childhood favorites, Ridley Scott’s 1985 glorious, florid, Baroque banquet of a film: Legend. Writer Charlie Jane Anders returns as special guest for this fantastical trip down memory l...
FFR 188: Titanic with special guest Caitlin Durante
Feminist Frequency Radio - January 19, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsFor over 20 years, both Anita and Ebony have successfully refused to watch James Cameron’s 1997 mega-blockbuster Titanic, but today they’ve finally relented in order to have a discussion with returning guest and Titanic super-fan Caitlin Durante. Can Caitlin’s sincere love of this disaster movie...
FFR 187: Benedetta with special guest Carolyn Petit
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 22, 2021 17:51 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsIn our final episode of 2021, we welcome a very special guest: Carolyn Petit herself! Along with Anita and Ebony, the original FFR trio are discussing Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta—the premiere of which faced protests by Catholics upset with the film’s depiction of illicit attraction between 17th c...
FFR 186: The Terminator Franchise with special guest Caroline Heldman
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsAlong with their special guest—Caroline Heldman, chair of critical theory and social justice at Occidental College and the executive director at The Representation Project—Anita and Ebony are taking on the entirety of the Terminator franchise. From the 1984 original and “T2” a decade later, to t...
FFR 185: Terminator: Dark Fate - FFR re-release
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 08, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThis episode of the podcast was originally meant to be a look at the Terminator franchise as a whole, but there’s only two things that can stop a podcast: (1) the fall of civilization at the hands of our robot overlords, or (2) laryngitis. We’ll let you guess which took down this week’s attempt....
FFR 184: Reproductive Rights in the Media with Special Guests Rachel Lee Goldenberg and Lizz Winstead
Feminist Frequency Radio - December 01, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsToday on a special episode of the podcast, Anita is joined by director and co-writer of the film Unpregnant—Rachel Lee Goldenberg—as well as Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and founder and executive director of the non-profit Abortion Access Front. Together we’ll be discussing aborti...
FFR 183: Eternals with Special Guests Teddy Dief and Kim Belair
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 17, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsIf you’re a regular listener, you may remember us expressing careful optimism at the news that Chloé Zhao was set to direct an entry to the MCU. Well, Eternals is finally here and you can consider our hopes dashed. Two special returning guests are joining Anita on this episode of the podcast: ga...
FFR 182: The Manchurian Candidate with Special Guests Dr Kishonna Gray and Paul Spencer
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 10, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsAfter two separate polls, our Patrons have finally granted Ebony’s wish and selected The Manchurian Candidate (1962) for discussion. In Anita’s absence, Ebony is joined by not one, but two! very exciting special guests: Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the Univers...
FFR 181: Dune with Special Guest Jordan Crucchiola
Feminist Frequency Radio - November 04, 2021 01:03 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsDenis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic has finally hit theaters and HBO Max. Anita and Ebony are on hand with special guest—writer, producer, and Lynch-Dune-stan—Jordan Crucchiola to take it apart. There have been several film adaptations of Dune, and Villeneuve’s version has ...
FFR 180: Slumber Party Massacre with Special Guest Jessica Zollman
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 27, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThe podcast returns for our Spooky Season finale with a viewing of the 1982 slasher classic Slumber Party Massacre featuring horror super-fan and friend of Feminist Frequency, returning special guest Jessica Zollman. Listen in to join us on this wild ride via the ultimate “thriller killer drille...
FFR 179: No Time To Die with Special Guest Teddy Dief
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 13, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsThis week the podcast is taking a step away from October’s spookier fare so that we can discuss the latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, with returning special guest, game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the 25th ...
FFR 178: The People Under the Stairs with Special Guest Dave Proctor
Feminist Frequency Radio - October 06, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 436 ratingsWe’re back from break, and just in time for spooky season! Joining Anita and Ebony is returning special guest—writer, mental health advocate, video game designer, and friend to Feminist Frequency—Dave Proctor, to take a look at Wes Craven’s somewhat bizarre entry to his horror empire, 1991’s The...
FFR 177: Back to the Future with Special Guest Teddy Dief
Feminist Frequency Radio - September 08, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsGreat Scott! We’re firing up our flux capacitors and heading back in time to talk about 1985’s Back to the Future. Recent listeners will remember our special guest from our last episode—game designer, director, musician, and friend of the podcast, Teddy Dief. Chosen by our Patrons from a group o...
FFR 176: The White Lotus with Special Guest Teddy Dief
Feminist Frequency Radio - September 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 436 ratingsFrequent listeners will know that Anita has been dying (not) to talk about The White Lotus from writer, actor and director Mike White. On this episode, she and Ebony are joined by video game designer, creative director and singer, Teddy Dief, the discuss the HBO series centered around wealthy wh...
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