Podcasting

In 2022 I joined Feminist Frequency Radio as a regular co-host after having the honor of being a guest on the show a number of times. Along with Anita Sarkeesian, on the podcast we bring dispatches from the pop culture wars and invite listeners in on our entertaining, stimulating, take-no-prisoners conversations about the latest films, games, and TV.

In 2023, I created, hosted, and produced a special limited series for Feminist Frequency Radio. “Machos: Fully Loaded” is a feminist examination of how masculinity is portrayed in media, hosted by myself and A.C. Lamberty.

Anita 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 attractive and compelling to us a viewers.

“We 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.”

“We’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 an undeniable masterpiece of a film that is simultaneously racist and which presents a deeply troubling ‘love’ story built upon coercion.”

“While Anita remains in parts unknown, Ebony and host Carolyn are joined by special guest Kat Spada to discuss Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller, Promising Young Woman, a film both darkly comedic and astutely descriptive of rape culture. Join us as we discuss what makes Cassandra Thomas’ quest to punish the ‘Nice Guys’ so provocative.”

Coming Soon…

Remember the Memories: A Clone High Podcast, is a multimedia series I’m associate producing.

The Great executive producer and star Elle Fanning

Never Sometimes Rarely Always writer/director Eliza Hittman and stars Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder

Indigenous Peoples Day interview with filmmakers Doreen Manuel and Heather Rae

Nana Ghana, director of LA Woman Rising

“Death Wish,” Voyager S2E18

“KILL ALL MEN? That’s the tantalizing hook for the latest episode in our Trials of Season Two theme month, and guest co-hosts Kat Spada of Feminist Frequency Radio and artist Ethan Harper can’t help but think what might’ve been.”

“Imposters,” Picard S3E5

“RO LAREN RETURNS and Bryan might still be tingling. Does this week’s special guest co-host, Kat Spada of Feminist Frequency Radio, share his love for Picard’s wayward protege? They also get into Todd Stashwick’s continued excellence as Captain Shaw, talk about the pairing of Michelle Hurd & Michael Dorn, and other famous Star Trek things like wonky ADR and wigs.”

ep. 15: mank

“We’re talking Mank! Shelby and Skye are joined by Kat Spada (host of the podcast The Blaze with Lizzie and Kat), to break down David Fincher’s newest film and decide if it’s blessed. Shelby poses an important and potentially controversial question. What do we think of Gary Oldman’s performance as the titular Mank? Did we find it more fun to make jokes about Mank than actually watching it? And Kat guesses David Fincher’s The Game for this week’s What the Plot? The good, the bad, and the Mank on this week’s episode.”

ep. 12: beverly hills, 90210

"As we approach the 25th anniversary of the original airing of the Beverly Hills, 90210 pilot on October 4, we take the opportunity to chat about this iconic series. With special guests Lizzie and Kat of the 90210 Blaze podcast, we look at why BH90210 has such lasting power, reminisce about our favorite episodes and storylines, and of course, delve into the 'ships that made us swoon."

ep. 40: ruby sparks (2012)

"Kat from the 90210 podcast The Blaze! joins Shaun to talk about the most horrifying romantic comedy ever made. This week: Ruby Sparks (2012)."

Ep. 32: A U-Turn in India

“Kat steps in to conduct our Elimination Station interview with the eliminated team.”

Ep. 30: Guyliner, Tears and Octopusses

“Kat Spada of Feminist Frequency Radio guest-hosts as Nicole takes the week off for a silent meditation retreat (gaymazing!). Kat comes in hot with new team nicknames like ‘ZZ and/or Top’ (referring of course to team Beardback Mountain), as we give a thorough account of the mega part of the teams’ second leg through Vietnam.”

Ep. 136: “the lakes”

“On this week's episode, we're joined by Kat Spada to talk about how much the world has changed since she was last on the show in 2016, romantic poets, and the song ‘the lakes.’"

EP. 12: "Red"

"This week we welcome Kat Spada to discuss Taylor Swift's sexuality, expensive cars, and the song 'Red.'"

ep. 53: the last days of disco stick

"Spotted, The Blaze with Lizzie and Kat visit the Upper East Side in an all new Gossip Guys. The Last Days of Disco Stick featuring Lady Gaga. Now on iTunes.

"Yeah, that's right... Lady Gaga. xoxo..."

ep. 42: they definitely died of poison

"On today's episode of Scientific Podcast Goes Boink, we finally bring you the second episode that was recorded at Denny's during the FLAPJACKALYPSE around midnight. Good friend Katherine Spada stopped by and the three held forth about all manner of things, including ballet, how the coroner's office REALLY interacts with the police, an incredibly delayed Black Swan joke, bad tattoos of MMA, mistaking one 50-year-old Hollywood star with another and lots more."

ep. 27: half a dozen butts

"Yes, it's a new episode of the podcast and one that is LIVE* from Las Vegas! (We like to call it "Lost Wages.") Our very good friends join us in a hotel room for lots and lots of drinking and discussion, which includes talk of butts, the world's largest, tallest chocolate fountain, a $60 hamburger, drinks served in tiny toilets, offensive T-shirts and when the heck Shania Twain is gonna have sex with that horse.

*Not live."