Badass Lady-Folk host Christine Stoddard interviews journalist Amancai Biraben about her experiences covering the Los Angeles fires, immigration, and more. Thanks to Madeline Trice. Filmed at Manhattan Neighborhood Network in New York City. About the show: Badass Lady-Folk is a talk show about women and non-binary femmes with a New York state of mind. They share their incredible experiences, ideas, and projects in response to host Christine Stoddard's playful and insightful questions. This intersectional feminist program aims to inspire, inform, and entertain. Badass Lady-Folk got its start as an audio-only program on Radio Free Brooklyn in 2016. Since then, the show has undergone several reinventions that eventually brought it to a TV format filmed at Manhattan Neighborhood Network in 2023. The show is made available on YouTube for global audiences interested in celebrating women and learning about women's issues. Badass Lady-Folk is produced by Quail Bell Press & Productions, a woman-owned studio in Brooklyn, NY. About this episode's guest: Amancai Biraben is an M.S. candidate at Columbia Journalism School. She holds a B.A. in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. She has reported for The New York Times, Associated Press, Southern California Media Group and LAist.com. She has experience in national statehouse reporting, breaking news, narrative reporting and human-driven features. She is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and is a citizen of U.S, Argentina and Italy. About the host: Christine Stoddard is a filmmaker, performer, and writer named one of Brooklyn Magazine's Top 50 Most Fascinating People. She runs the YouTube channel @StoddardSays, which includes her non-fiction series “Christine Stoddard’s New York,” talk show “Badass Lady-Folk,” arthouse feature "Sirena's Gallery," filmed play "Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares," and fiction shorts like “Uncontested” and “Bottled.” Her latest feature is "Her Garden." She also co-hosts the comedy TV show “Don’t Mind If I Don’t” with Aaron Gold, on YouTube @DontMindTheShow. As an undergrad, she started her career writing books, founding Quail Bell Magazine, and directing the documentary “The Persistence of Poe.” Other honors include Miss Subways Finalist, Ms. Magazine’s “Ms. Muse,” and the Portland Review’s Featured Artist. Born to a Salvadoran mother and Anglo-America father, Stoddard was raised in Virginia. Her training includes Columbia University Journalism School, The Moth College Storytelling Residency, BMI Musical Theater Writing Workshop, and Upright Citizens Brigade. A project of Quail Bell Press & Productions.
