The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race

Ready, set, PRO! Happy “Boxing Day” episode, readers! We talk about our mystery jobs (both newly acquired and possessed for years), Zoom pregnancies, hepiphanies, Sharron’s one-woman show “The Sound Lot”, talking to people with our mouths, ideal show lineups, advice from Whoopi, professional bottomists, a record amount of bleeped out Jane moments, and the results of the various One Queen Shows! Did you notice all the great glasses on display? (Don’t forget to use code 139191WL7 for 30% off glasses at Wherelight.com!) (music: bensound.com)

Readers, we’ll wait. Today is DEFINITELY December 23rd, and Kyle is joined by returning guest librarian Keith (black black black again), along with Keith’s sewer-dwelling tethered Dawn! The shade button is alive and well (if not a little delayed) as we discuss comedic stylings, QPOWs, problematic cis gays, “loud” white people fabrique vs. loud POC fabrique, the drama of playing Spellbreak (and what happens next will *shock* you), Wisconesottatenn…essee, A-list guest judge Debbie Blair, and how great and game all of our new queens were on the Superfan Makeover! YOU CAN LEAVE! (But after you listen to the episode kids! PLEASE!!!) (music: bensound.com)

READERS! With his specialty in American politics, Kyle could think of no better guest librarian to join him in the digital aether than political scientist Patrick Egan! Who better to discuss early bird special queens, off the cuff jokes vs. a well-paid writing staff, and good debate etiquette with? We also find out which recent election cycle debate Patrick attended and how to LOOK OVER THERE! It's an insightful episode and we don't want to tell you what to do but if you skip it? Let's just say you red, white and blew it. (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Kyle is joined by our immensely bearddraggled Brillo faced friend of the pod Mike Soto for some quick chats about Drag Race Canada and Holland, goat fish Jantasies, weird quality Skype audio (sorry!), …CHAKA KHAN?, gay uncle at Easter attire, wiggling body parts, Trinity the Truck Traylor Thomas the Transformer, Mike’s childhood Barbie, flying Sharpies, Chesté, and triggering eager child critiques. Oh, and their thoughts on Episode 8 of Season 12 - Droop! (There it is!)

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Everybody say THANKS MISS RONA! Readers! Kyle welcomes a return appearance to the Shade Table from tall and skinty legend Keith, and they’re kiki-ing (KeiKei-ing?) about what they’ve been up to for the past eight months (spoiler alert: nothing), Rusicals past and present, DaftBoy fans presents DaftBoy fans by DaftBoy, OnlyFans contemplations, discorrections, Tragedy Mirror Time, cliffhanger thigh highs and riding crops - and the chugs, mugs and angry wrestlers involved with Madonna: The Rusical! (music: bensound.com)

Take a trip in our time machine to the start of April 2020 - and the most recent gathering of your three head librarians at The Shade Table! Everyone's got ill-timed illnesses, Katie's got Death Wishes for people, Sharron's in...Hawaii? and Kyle is sorry we've got weird audio for this episode. We're asking for your sheltered-in-place forgiveness as remote recording was a new TSOIA frontier, but this episode still has plenty to keep you entertainted: gay polygamist cults, how much fun we're having playing our NO!, quaran-cleaning, “what’s that bitch”, secondhand embarrassment, dick thumbs on Skype and screaming about berries. And we also talk about the Season 12 Snatch Game! Apologies again for the audio - we've got a better handle on internet calls 8 months into all this :')

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Ayo sis! Ayo ma! READERS. It’s a family affair at The Shade Table this week as Kyle is joined by his twin sister Kayla and mother Karen to kiki about this week’s episode! Kayla talks about her admiration for look queens, Karen apparently really doesn’t like Widow, Kyle divulges some tips about making the most of small parts in a show, and we recap the ups, downs and “Who should go home tonight and why?”s of Episode 5 of Season 12: Gay’s Anatomy! (music: bensound.com)

Hope you’re ready for some unprecedented firsts on The Shade Of It All, readers! This is our first life-altering pandemic during the pod, so Kyle is trying out a Hail Mary pass (that’s sports enough, right?) with recording first time guests (and the first ever call-in librarians!) Kevin Tallon (of the Gotham Knights rugby team) and two-time Olympic swimmer Amini Fonua! These athletic gentlemen flex their shade muscles as we talk serving it to one camera, living Jersey accents, Amino’s Barb status, Kevin’s food dating reality show past, hater merch, problematic faves, swimming vs. Broadway, 3 different brand new kinks to praise/shame, what it takes to see a goofy French person, and of course the THIRTY SIX (!) runway looks in this week’s Ball Ball! Who hit a home run? Who stayed in the gutter? How many bus driver wigs did you think this cast owns? Up your D! FENCE! and listen to find out! Gooooooooooal! (music: bensound.com)

#ThankGoodnes - Kyle-Steven’s rejoined by one of his favorite Judys, Holly Louise, and welcoming to the kink-shaming Shade Table for the first time, Keith Avery! Life’s not fair that Kyle’s surrounded by these beauteous recipients of God’s Photoshop, but we manage to sneak in references to fish hiding kids in their mouths, personal pandemic problems, murder elevators, being blessed and highly flavored, Fruit Roll Up suits, AT&Teeth, bad improv with some unfortunate character names, Rubles, buttons, bows, bus driver wigs, ASMR & vodka - all while discussing Episode 3 of Season 12, The World's Worst! Full disclosure: our recap starts at the 24 minute mark, but just make yourself a quarantini and enjoy the ride! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Kyle’s joined by the current f*cking reigning Miss Nerd New York, Megami! We spend a little bit of time discussing the giant disqualified elephant in the room but then get into a discussion of sad girl music, painting with the S12 girls, Destiny’s LaTavias, the Cardi B Collection for Fashion Nova, Janne Hathaway and premiere 2 of 2 for Drag Race Season 12: You Don’t Know Me. (Their Venmos do work, by the way: @megaminyc and @kyle-steven-porter - help some poor uneducated womyn out!) (music: bensound.com)

READERS. Sharron’s wearing her TEAMWENDY shirt, Katie’s getting her cake sitting pants on while getting increasingly blonde (she’s 40!), and Kyle is…hard to hear (he has an excuse though - he’s sick!) as we get the gang together to drop some *big* Shade Table Season 12 News. We also talk emoji mashups, pangolins, capybaras, skinty legendts, tiny tiny couches, getting refunds AND credits, All Stars 12, leprosy and premiere 1 of 2 for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12. IF YOU STAY FREDDY YOU AIN’T GOT TO GET FREDDY! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, can y’all hear the beauty? POSE’s own B. Hawk Snipes of the legendary House of Reign sits down with us to kiki about episodes 5-7 (What Would Candy Do, Love's in Need of Love Today, and Blow). We talk preschool academics, pudding, Sue Simmons, Solid Gold, Elektra’s rejects, and sitting beside Patti Lupone. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, quick-- squeeze in our latest Summer Reading episode before this week's POSE! Katie, Sharron and Kyle welcome to the Shade Table Tito (the model who was just talking) to discuss opulentils, signature moves, Instant Hotel, Dorito Loco Tacos, killing Cousin Oliver, and calling the cops on Dorian Corry. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron pull up to the Shade Table to talk Caroline in the City, Rachael Leigh Cook, Victim-Crime Vision Boards, and NIPPLES EVERYWHERE as we dish about RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 11 Finale! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather at the Shade Table about dressing a fupa, horse feathers, functional unf*ckability, Daryl Strawberry, and Wood Glue as we assess the Season 11 reunion! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! It's a family reunion at the Shade Table as Kyle, Sharron and Katie retake their places and mics to talk Kyle tendencies, Sharron’s drag padding, and play Hotep Pyramid (NOT explained by Dr. Katie Ganache). AND, Season 11, Episode 12: Queens Everywhere!(music: bensound.com)

Alright readers - this one's a doozy! Katie is booked and blessed ("she's so busy") and Sharron is wrapping up her Eurotrip ("she's STILL in Sweden?!") so Kyle is joined by one of his best judies, the infinitely quotable Holly Louise Gooden! Tune in to find out which queen makes Holly want to rub her boobs, opinions on lacefront beards vs. weave beards, whose tuck could have been better, BIKE SHORTS? and more! It's our longest episode yet for what feels like the longest season yet - start at the 19 minute mark if you want just the show coverage (but we'll keep you laughing if you listen to all 132 minutes, promise). :) (music: bensound.com)

Readers, we're back on Lawn Guyland! ("We're" being Kyle - Sharron's in Sweden and Katie's sick, no bueno!) Our extra special guest librarian is flight attendant Nico Dragone and his spicy opinions - we're discussing golden pigs, ball pairings, Da Black Magic (or lack thereof), being Stanjies and our other feelings on Season 11, Episode 10: Dragracadabra! All while drinking peach wine product! When will your fave?! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Sharron and Kyle are Blacking Out™ and discussing resting bitch voice, scream-laugh-cries, diabetic comas, acquiescing to scene partners, the season of So Many Pants, and the Dreamgirls: Lurleen Lumpkin, Lyle Lanley and Laverle. Oh, and also Episode 9 of Season 11 - L.A.P.D.! (NOT brought to you by Zenni Optical.) "I call her Paula and I keep her hidden." Give that b*tch a Peabody! (music: bensound.com)

Readers! The power of 3 will set us free as Kyle, author of Why Are You Yelling?, and Sharron, author of From Ho To Housewife: It IS Possible (who may or may not be astral projecting) are joined by good judy of the Salt Table - hey Tauruses! - Megami (who may or may not be a ghost). We’re discussing the queens several salty sides, B*g D*ck B*tch dot com (thanks Bing!), how hard it is having to be a real person and the other shenanigans of Season 11, Episode 8 - Snatch Game At Sea! You know damn well we've got some thoughts on THAT LIPSYNC too! (music: bensound.com)

The cheese stands alone, readers! Due to a combination of our Shady Ladies being booked and blessed (including out of state!) and Kyle’s birthday shenanigans (Happy Belated Kyle!), our regularly scheduled podcasting program hit a delay this week. To not leave you with TSOIA FOMO, we’ve got a one-time-only one-man show from our resident Aries himself, as he recaps the happenings of From Farm To Runway, Episode 7 of Season 11 (Hey, 7/11! Seriously though, where does denim come from?) (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Joining Kyle and Katie in Sharron’s absence is comedy-horror writer (and returning guest librarian) David Nora! We’re going back to our Kameron Michaels shit as we talk Swan Lake with Death Drops, if daftboy is Banksy, being the most Vanjie, Metro Pollis and the Draglympics for our recap of Season 11, Episode 6! Onusthing is possible! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, while Kyle's away, Katie and Sharron have Mike Soto at the Shade Table talking curmudgeon eleganza, blurred hairlines, the gay Situation, Cara Delevawgne and Rex and the City. Sharron gives a TED talk and we unicorn the house down hooves as we chat about Season 11, Episode 5: Monster's Ball! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and Sharron are back to watch Kyle flip the Shade Table. We get political about The Quinns, Sharron gets Abducted in Plain Sight, and Kyle explains dance belts as we talk girl crushes and recap Season 11, Episode 4 - tRump: the Rusical! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Katie’s in Mexico & Sharron’s moving to a brand new soundstage, so Kyle’s holding down the Shade Table with two of his good Judies - Pedro Guerrero, writer & cheesecake maker extraordinaire, and Hector Torres, renowned Puerto Rican & digital marketing manager at [REDACTED]. While sipping on some champagne, the boys talk about why Team Britney was Stronger, why Team Mariah was A No No, rain dancing with the Grandma from Dinosaurs and the rest of our thoughts on Episode 3 of Season 11! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, check your latitudes! Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather at the Shade Table to talk FashionNoma, sunburns, fish wings, and various crèmes as we get into Season 11, Episode 2! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle bring their bibliographies to the Shade Table to discuss entrance looks, A$AP Backstory poochie prints, whose box we want, fanjies, and extra-special guest judge Hip-Hop Harrimy Bearimy. Get into Drag Race Season 11 with us! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, our teacups runneth over at the Shade Table as Sharron astral projects out of the podcast, we show off our Brandy tones, and we introduce Fancy Leftovers, aka Trinity "the Track Record" Taylor Thomas. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Kyle, Sharron and Katie welcome Megami D. Vil to the Shade Table to celebrate cola wars, Black Cat History Month, back roll shaming, rogue eyebrows and Megamilfs PLUS All-Stars 4, Episode 9: Sexy and the Kitty Girl! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Sharron, Katie and Kyle welcome Matt F to the Shade Table to live a French Vanilla fantasy complete with Yankees-themed weddings, Olympia Dukakis, lacefront beards and podcastles in the sky PLUS All-Stars 4, Episode 8: RuPaul's Best Judy Race. (music: bensound.com)

READERS! We're back with a Vanjieance and laughing like a bunch of sinister men as Kyle and Katie talk surgicially precise editing, an influx of apostrophes, T-Rex arms, MISS VANJIE!, and shade that 2 hour "RuVeal" while praising the Meet the Queens videos as we...well, Meet the Queens of Season 11! Are we conceited? Or are we GORGEOUS?

READERS, Katie and Kyle are joined at the Shade Table by Avant Garbage while Sharron fulfills maid of honor duties. We talk cellophane couture, the IKEA Illusions lounge, RuPaul’s Valentina Race, trimming and tucking, and All-Stars 4, Episode 7: Queens of Clubs! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and Sharron are at the Shade Table with Sue Funke. (Kyle joins us remotely from San Antonio for about 14 minutes before we say "byeeeeeee!") Our stomachs are in our asses as we chat self-driving cars, American Ninja Warrior, dancing dongs, and open-toed boots for All-Stars 4, Episode 6: LollapaRuza. (music: bensound.com) 

READERS, Hennything is possible as Katie, Kyle and Sharron gather around the Shade Table to talk funeral plans, glitterati, interrupting, roasting roasts, and leaving everybody alone for All-Stars 4, Episode 5. And then we found $20! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Nana Sharron, General Kyle Sassie, and guest Jenn "Gam-Gam" Mundia gather at the Shade Table to talk severed hands, strategery, booty-boos, Marge's mangled Chanel suit, and five-star reviews. Check out Jenn's original songs, now available on Ethel Music! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron gather at a (new-to-us) Shade Table to talk Candy Girl, Kwanzaa, VR Troopers, TSOIA Mad Libs, Gus and Keiynon, and how to tell tic-tacs from tomatoes for All-Stars 4, Episode 3. We're at peace with it! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, while Sharron is away, Katie and Kyle welcome Greg Kirkorian (friend of the podcast and winner of drag illustration contest Ms. Paint's Art Race), to discuss vocal performances, RompHims, Lucille Ball and Gia on the Great British Baking Show. Tell your frienemies & leave us a 5-star review! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we're at the Shade Table to tell! it! again!, talking upsetting makeup, roaming lace, pattern cage match, and bony people dancing, between recapping the first episode of #AllStars4. (music: bensound.com)

Readers, we need to calm down! We're back at the Shade Table talking lipstick assassins, psychic eyeballs, and the #DragRace Parthenon. We’re never gonna host the Oscars! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Tiger are back at the Shade Table with guest Calvin Cato talking JT grief porn, resting in peach, Florida Noir, and BWAPS. Oh, and occasionally we touch upon our new fave show, Claws! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron gather to talk the new Ryan Murphy show on FX, POSE! We chat about the 80's, The Beek, Professor Quiverfull, 8th Avenue, the Christopher Street pier, Paris Is Burning, Vogue-y Boys and Al B. Sure, the Marvin Gaye of our time. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron, Kyle and the smoky quartz he brought for all the haters break down chicken nuggets, Sharron’s k-pop group, Grameron Michaels, feather mattresses and lepidopteraphobia. You are shooting your wad early, young lady! (music:bensound.com)

HAPPY PRIDE READERS! Sharron and Kyle are Reunited as a throuple getting into throuble with returning friend of the podcast Mike Soto, and we're talking gesturing in directions, (not) looking your age or lying about it, Huge Tiny Fallacies, Bible fingering and being the Megazord of gay, as well as (eventually), the Reunion of Season 10 of Drag Race. Just a warning - we don't start talking about the episode until 29 minutes in. :|

READERS, for our last and very messy Untucked of the season, Kyle, Katie discuss cloacas, whether things happen for a reason, calling Asia. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Kyle and Kate oyster-shame Sharron to kick off this week's 'cast talking Biblical trade, Sharron’s list of -ists, grief bacon, unnamed titties, Kyle’s gay gaze and Camp Dramatica! (music: bensound.com)

QUEENS WALKING, Readers! Kyle and Katie untuck at the Shade Table with the six pressure points of the inner critic, avid fans, possessions, and White Elephant Yankee Swaps. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and Kyle have no idea how many weeks it’s been as they gather at the Shade Table to talk butterfly effects, Carl Hiaasen, inner saboteurs, the shield of Jante, peeing clear, and evil twins. (music: bensound.com)

READERS. Hating takes up way too much energy, so we're entering the work room as a bus driver and talking about these hoes during Untucked. Which hoes? Name names! Too vague! XOXO, Kelly Michaels

B***h, are you in a coma?! READERS, since Katie's still in LA, we've got Kyle and Sharron bringing you The Shade Of It All (and Poochie)! Fours across the board, jaunty hips, Frank'n Grandurrs, horny sassy Ru & our mutual obsession with men with fat asses are but among the many things to bring Sharron to tears twice as we discuss Episode 10 of Season 10 - brought to you by Sharron's super original and not at all sponsored content thoughts on water, by Water People. (Fun fact: Kyle may have gotten better at editing!)

READERS, Kyle untucks with this week's guests Helen, Brian and David about processing emotions, literal dad jokes, saying "I love you," LiveJournal, and Kyle gets boom! Therapied. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, while Katie and Sharron are both away, Kyle will play with extra special guest librarians: noted Freemasons expert David, designer Helen and mathematician Brian are at the Shade Table chatting the James Cameron Bible, CLAT, tearaway pants, Miss Congenital, the show must go on, the aging process/clitoral prolapse, and Breastworld. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we let it out and go beyond the cauldron in this week's Untucked talking smiling at work, excuses, lipsync gags, $100 meet-and-greets, and LaKendra & Asia's future progeny. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we welcome Cher-ish guests LaKendra Tookes and Megami DVil to the Shade Table to discuss bitch slaps, head movement, Kyle’s Lonely Blue Island, cancellations and reboots, and Lady Kier’s Drag Race. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we’re back at the Shade Table to Untuck about our blooper reel, shish kebody, and managing our emotions as we wonder: where the hell is Barbara Walters? (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie returns from Iceland to join Kyle and Sharron at the Shade Table talking splooshing, sploshing, lemon emojis, pathological lying hips, hideous fish and Jepsen Derullo. We’ll take our check, America! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we're narrowly dodging glass bottles and howling birds as we talk about knowing what semmin is, EPS!, hearing people through filters and this week's Untucked. COME HOME A LOSER IF YOU WANT TO!

READERS, while Katie is gathering ice to bring back from Iceland, Sharron and Kyle are a dynamic duo talking about cake sitting (we're not shaming you, but we're not not shaming you), forgetting how to talk as one talks about talking, nipples everywhere and Jane Jetson at Columbus Circle playing the saxomatrumpet. (Kyle apologizes about the First Timer At The Editing Helm sound quality!)

READERS, we're talking drizzles, gold stars and pickup lines as we dissect this week's Untucked! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather to talk bashments, the food stations at our three-way wedding, full-fledged sexy baby tantrums, diminadiminadimina, creepy little debbie boys and posthumous/ belated birthday wishes. Tweet a "Happy birthday" to @sharronica!! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, can you handle this? Sharron glosses up to dash out for a date as Katie and Kyle break down this week's Untucked complete with craftiness, forming opinions, 2 Can Play That Game, secret television, drag trivia, and Whatcha Packin? (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather to kiki about playafoot, #Beychella, Becky with the Nutrish, scatological humor, Rainbow Shabertha, and Miss Spangie as we review celeb photobombs and three runways featuring THREE LERKS! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, it's tens across the porch as Katie and Sharron roll into Untucked with Dad and Alex to talk anthropomorphized lamps, debate malt flavor, call 911 for Blair, and discuss the hoes to whom we refer in Untucked: Season 10, Episode 3! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, while Kyle is in Boston, Katie and Sharron welcome two special guests back to the Shade Table: Dad and Max! It's the Ru-union you won't want to miss as we talk Daniel Day-Bottoms the lamp, Muppet Boobies, and Coco Chanel along with Season 10, Episode 3: "Tap That App." (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we recognize each other’s spirits and bang out a quick Untuck talking hard numbers, fruit, our authentic selves, and Kalorie’s Krying. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Anti-Kyle gather at the Shade Table to tongue-pop and talk Miss Vanjie, anal options, Monique's Drag Face, Cooking with Fernet Branca, sixth grade,  (music:bensound.com)

WE ARE SORRY ABOUT THE SOUND <3 <3 <3

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron let their dicks out and talk this week's Untucked, back on television WHERE IT BELONGS! We're more than your auntie as we chat about dress receipts, t-shirts, feelins', Xtina's ex, Aaliyah's estate, and Cucu vs. cookies. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle are at the Shade Table talking 5-star reviews, Mrs Garrett Sings Beyonce, thottin' and boppin', sleeping with Mayhem. and Horticulture. JAZZ, QUEEN! (music:bensound.com)

READERS, after a few days of unsuccessfully processing our emotions, Katie, Kyle and Sharron welcome guest Sue Funke to the Shade Table to talk the All-Stars 3 finale. We're talking Jerry AND Charlie O’Connell, My Strange Addiction: Why I Love Webs, the struggle bus, the Sunken Place, deleted queens, and JUSTICE! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and Kyle welcome Candice "Candy Crush" Boysen to the Shade Table to talk being fresh and new to Drag Race, Ornacia wearing Cornacia, Peppermint, hissing swans, and being curious for the rest of your life. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and friend of the show Mike Soto sit at the Shade Table while Sharron gets her steps in to talk green stuff, The Handmaid’s Tale, Glamberts, Kitty Spaghettios, and hot leaking Milk for #DragRace All-Stars 3, Episode 6. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, it's a quick little kiki with Kyle and Katie at the Shade Table talking about the Season 10 Meet the Queens and Facebook Live, Mugler & Le Gap, the Chipettes, and Joy from Barnes & Noble!

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READERS, while Katie is away, Kyle and Sharron welcome guest circus aerialist Caleb Jordan to talk Backstreet Boys, crush codenames, "Get out of my station," Baja Picante, Quite Black, Miss Cleo, a cognizant 4-leaf clover fish, a ho for Jesus, and A Tide Pod to Remember. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and a slightly drunk Kyle keep it high and tight this week along with guests Calvin Cole (not to be confused with Cato) and Caitlin Puckett (and their dog Veruca!) We talk Workroom Ben, Un2orgettable, Alexis Mateo, Mayor Quimby, and Gentlemen Prefer Gentlemen. 

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READERS, join Katie, Sharron and this week's guest, Calvin Cato, at the Shade Table as Kyle schools us on the origins of the genuine Usekh collar someone brought him all the way from Etsy! We talk Mariah breastplates, Aja's glow-up, and Thorgy the Kaiju!

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READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle are back at the Shade Table talking Drag Race Thailand, fun bitches vs. murderous bitches, Heelies, Avenue Q, cancerous loofah fashion, and what it means to be an All-Star. (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Sharron, Kyle and Katie reunite at the Shade Table to dish about VH1's new terrible show Scared Famous AND the forthcoming season of RPDR All-Stars 3! We're gooped, coughed and floamed about the AS3 queens and some of the ***SPOILERS*** we have in store, and we kick off our spinoff podcast, Two Whole-Ass Black People And A Katie. (music: bensound.com) 

READERS, Kyle, Katie and Sharron gather around a Business Shade Table to talk about their recent field trip to see Alaska and Jeremy in On Golden Girls, Katie's visit to a psychic, "centipedes in my vagina" meme, and Kyle's near-death experience in Episode 99. At the end we ask: do you have favorite TSOIA moments? Slide into our various DMs and tell us what they are! (music: www.bensound.com)

Sharron, Kyle and Katie (accompanied by podcast observer and Shriners expert David) gather on a Shade Sofa (!) to talk about the much-underrated Whatcha Packin? with Michelle Visage, looking cute in various outfits and glasses and hairstyles and shoes. And the Season 9 queens are also there! Sidebar: get at us with your favorite podcast moments for our forthcoming Best Of episode! XOXO, Gossip Hurl

READERS, Kyle, Katie and Sharron talk Anna Nicole, nucular millenimals, Holiday Barbie, #ninashouldhavebeenblacchyna, Kenan, and fidget spinners as Sharron has a Christian Bale breakdown and Kyle tells us about attending the NYC finale party. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, we were down a Kyle this week, but we did pick up a Max Wittert! We talk hamachi realness, Funky Monkey, Cameron Ughhhhhh, The Haus of Dad, libel vs. slander, salvia, Holly Robinson Peete, and tropical Skittles. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron are gathered at the Shade Table talking sensible bedfellows, Fashion House, their new Scooby van, body chocolate, Mayday, and Mrs. Garrett. We love us some squatty potty!

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READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather 'round the Shade Table in two different locations this week to talk about dogs with four legs. grayscale rainbows, Planet Unicorn. accidental timecops. peppernips and Season 9, Episode 11: Gayest Ball Ever!

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READERS, Sharron and Kyle need an adult at the Shade Table this week as we talk #DragRace Ep. 10: Crew Betta Work! (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, Kyle, Katie and Sharron welcome comedian Garry Hannon to the Shade Table to talk Totes McGotes, familiar demons, club kid stories, Wigstock, and Valentina as we come through for #DragRace Season 9, Episode 9. (Music: www.bensound.com)

Katie, Sharron and Kyle discuss The Realness, read their last iTunes review, discuss the Library challenge and crystal deodorant, praise Ross Mathews's FACE FACE FACE, tapeworms, and recount spotting Carson Kressley in the wild, as they talk #DragRace S9E8: #RuPaulRoast!

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Katie, Kyle and Sharron welcome guest Calvin Cato to the Shade Table this week to talk Madonna's looks, Peppermint's neck syllables, Monna Dartin Draguates, shady rattlesnake noises and and Episode 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race: 9021-ho!

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READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron gather at the Shade Table to behold Season 9's #SnatchGame! We talk urban nature, Zooey Deschanel, Gigi Gorgeous v. Gigi Hadid, Madonna's iconic looks, NeNe NoNos, and Cucus getting the f out of our faces. (music:www.bensound.com)

READERS, this week Katie and Kyle are joined at the Shade Table by comedian (and future Kathy Bates drag artiste) Marc Maietta! We drag the drag Kardashians, process the unexpected loss of a queen, send Meghan Trainor away, and come up with thirty additional names for Nina Bo'Nina Brown as we get into #DragRace Season 9, Episode 5.

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READERS, Katie, Kyle, and Sharron welcome Chicago's own Mo Ibrahim to the Shade Table this week (even after he asked why we call you our Readers, because as you know we are very merciful) to talk great American cities, bananas with tomato sauce, and destroying bathrooms before the 23-minute mark, we get to discussing Episode 4 of #DragRace: Good Morning Bitches! We've got a lot to say about Eureka, Heidi & Spencer, what happens when you get cardinal signs in a room, and this week's fly-over runway.

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READERS, Kyle and Katie welcome guest Sue Funke to the Shade Table this week (well, for a little while) to dish about #DragRace Season 9, Episode 3: Draggily Ever After. We compare notes and talk sidekicks, Medieval Times, and the hip pads struggle.

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READERS, Kyle, Sharron and Katie are joined at the Shade Table by the silently embattled Missy Baker this week to talk the perfect murder, Atlanta drag scene drama, Wendy, Sharron's secret romance with David Schwimmer, and we cheerlead the queens during episode 2 of #DragRace! Plus we introduce our shiny new Patreon!

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READERS, gather round the Shade Table with Katie, Kyle and Sharron to talk the #DragRace premiere! We discuss kangaroos, human basilisks, lace fronts, bb cream, Antz, and cheeseheads, plus touch on the latest RuCap and Todrick's new visual album. P.S.: Nobody’s trying to take your man with a lime-a-rita.

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READERS! If you don't want spoilers, SKIP THIS EPISODE. Otherwise, gather 'round while Kyle, Katie and guest Oscar Avila, who came all the way from Texas to attend the official #DragRace premiere party, dish about the first 20 minutes of the premiere, who's rumored to go home first (and second), everyone's live act, and #OhMyGaga.

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Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather at the Shade Table chez Sharron to discuss the best place to see #GetOut, what's upstairs at Sharron's house, the new #DragRace 30-second preview, the show's move to VH1 and Fridays, our Patreon, and everyone getting the f*ck out of our collective face.

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Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather at the Shade Table (with mics!) to discuss our theme song, Sharron's health (spoiler: SHARRON IS WOLVERINE), and our newly introduced Season 9 queens! (music: bensound.com)

Katie & Kyle gather at the Shade Table (Sharron was sick) to talk about a variety of topics, including Leah Remini, Puffs: The Play, Mariah's World, ANTM, and the Mystery of the Disappearing David Barton gym.

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With Sharron sickened (literally) for the evening, Mike Soto joins Katie and Kyle at the Shade Table to talk dental work, bodega cats, blaming the edit, and Drag Race standom. (music: www.bensound.com)

Katie, Sharron and Kyle welcome Sue Funke back to shoot the shade about the Drag Race finale, Alaska’s “The T” music video, Willam's new beard, resting on pretty, and the Bitch Whisperer. (music: www.bensound.com)

Katie, Sharron and Kyle welcome guest Calvin Cato to the Shade Table for the finale of All-Stars 2! We talk Cardi B, FAIR WARNING: We don't get into the episode for the first 30 minutes. Sorryboutit! (music: www.bensound.com)

Katie, Sharron and Kyle pull up to a Shade Table on Long Island to talk All-Stars 2, Episode 8. Kyle is deep in his feels as we debate the bottom three, process the elimination, vogue the house down, and hurl snake emojis across the table, along with reader shoutouts! (music: www.bensound.com) 

READERS, Sharron, Katie and Kyle are gathered at the Shade Table to discuss what happened while you/we were gone, processing Phi Phi's departure, Alyssa & Tati's return, Violet Chackhi & Rick James, butt-butt golf, Marcus-Lymoñé, Kyle's Go-Go juice, and skeet shooting. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron gather back at the Shade Table to talk All-Stars 2, Episode 5: Revenge of the Queens! in-depth Oreo analysis, Phi Phi's many Phaces, playing the victim, tandem stand-up, the Drag Race eliminati, and this week's Roscoe's tea and Reader shoutouts. (music: www.bensound.com)

Katie, Alex and Janine are back together for THE RE-RU-NION YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (we assume).  Here it is, our very own Shequal: the West Coast goes pants to pants for part two of this week’s dueling episodes.  The founding Mothaaaas of The Shade of It All wax nostalgic about this week’s AS2 episode, investigate basement flooding insurance, pop multiple garbage bubbles and defend their tickle-things.  How much scandalous overlap will there be between the episodes? Listen with your eyes readers, and find out! (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, dueling episodes this week as Sharron and Kyle wear the shahhhhhh and recap the twist-filled, script-flipping All-Stars 2, Episode 4: Drag Movie She-quels! (Katie is in LA-- stay tuned for a BONUS episode with the OG TSOIA cast of Dad, Katie, and Janine!) The NYC Shade Table talks Sharron's EGOT, LOGO's unedited clapback, Phi Phi, Beyonce Del Rio, and the latest tea from live viewings with the queens. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, this week Jelizabeth, Jamanda and Jerrica welcome Sue Funke (aka Jabigail) back to the Shade Table for All-Stars 2, Episode 3! We talk citrus-flavored fish poop, suspicious padding, bald caps, all the tea from Phi Phi & Tati's recent Roscoe's viewing, and Reader shoutouts.

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Kyle, Sharron and Katie gather at the Shade Table to talk emojis, scary clowns, sensitive "millennimals," and latex sweats as we get into All-Stars 2, Episode 2: The Snatch Game!

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FACE!  We made it readers!  All Stars 2 is real, and it’s spectacular!  This episode we are back on the West Coast with Dad, Kelly and guests Masi Thomason and Todd Masterson. Don’t let our even tones deceive you, this was an exciting night for RPDR and hopes are high for a great season full of twists, puppets and MORE KATYA!  (music: www.bensound.com)

Due to an excited lack of communication, the East Coast Shade Table and the West Coast Shade Table recorded All Star ramp-up episodes SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT THE OTHER KNOWING IT!  But you win in the long run Readers as we present the West Coast episode only days after the East Coast one dropped.  Now you can get twice as excited about All Stars Twice.  Will there be overlap?  Will there be wildly contrasting viewpoints?  Will Alex, Caitlin, Kelly and special guest TODD MASTERSON wear caftans in spin class and reveal the ALASKA 5000 SCANDAL 2016?  Listen to find out!

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READERS, Sharron, Katie and Kyle gather at the Shade Table for a summer 'cast before Sharron and Katie go away JUST LIKE KYLE'S FATHER! CAUTION: Potential spoilers abound as we (well, Kyle) Nancy Drew our way through the All-Stars 2 trailer and discuss dick pics vs. ass shots, the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, and Aubrey O'Day. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS, Katie and Sharron are joined for the All-Stars preview at the Shade Table by new regular host Kyle-Steven Porter! We discuss and disagree on funfetti, Phi Phi O'Hara, the All-Stars armada of Season 5 queens, that time Ru was on Project Runway when she and Mathu were in a tiff, the poetry of Jewel, Britney, SYTYCD and Louis Comfort Tiffany Paul. (music: www.bensound.com)

READERS! We’re joined this week by Max Bernstein to chat about the #DragRace finale, Drake, threatening dicks, Josie and the Pussycats, Lucian, upskirt shots, the new AbFab movie, propergangers, a capella singers, and more. Fair warning: We don’t get to discussing the finale until almost 18 minutes in #sorryboutit

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Readers, this week Katie and Sharron are joined by Kyle-Steven Porter, talking Untucked and Bianca’s new special, Rolodex of Hate! We touch on Azealia Banks's Trump endorsement, organic White Castle, Kyle's synesthesia, Chi-chi’s congenitals, Avril vs. Rihanna, Iggy Azalea & Rachel Dolezal, and Newfoundland.

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READERS, this week we're talking small penises, Oreos, Sharron’s family of time-travelers, the quest for the right foundation, pork cracklings, flippers vs. veneers, Chastity K. Bonet, Simon Doonan, and this week's reader mailbag.

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READERS, this week we're talking small penises, Oreos, Sharron’s family of time-travelers, the quest for the right foundation, pork cracklings, flippers vs. veneers, Chastity K. Bonet, Simon Doonan, and this week's reader mailbag.

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Readers, this is the story of a girl…named Derrick.  We ALL Bennet This week with a California Queen sized episode from the West Coast.  Dad is once again joined by Janine Brito, Caitlin Gill and Kelly Young to ru-view possibly the BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON???  We gush over Seabiscuit or Sebisquie, reverse Gremlins, “hersky" queens and pumpkins full of Coke Zero.  Swaddle that walk!  (music: www.bensound.com)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun this week with our guest, the hilarious and talented Livia Scott! We talk intersectional oreo advocacy, Bob Mackie, JonBenet, Señor Frog’s, Red Lobster, the Hitachi Magic Wand, availability heuristics, exploding iphones, Thomas Roberts, hand-me-gowns, and even Episode 7 of the show.

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READERS, Katie and Sharron are joined at the Shade Table this week by comic Calvin Cato to talk about Kim-chi-Chichi, collard greens and turkey butts, Wendy vs. The Real, dry humping at first base, Snapped, the Sephora of books, Chichi in Cars getting Chipotle, and Clearly Homeless Furs & Baskets. (This may be the weirdest episode description we've ever posted, but it will all make sense upon listening!)

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This week, Katie is joined at the Shade Table by TSOIA regular Sue Funke and dedicated Reader and Madonna expert Dennis Sarlo. (Angrily tweet @Sharronica for missing out!) We talk halos, the need for a shoe-cam, butthurt Britney impersonators, Mirrors, Whoopi kimonos, Madonna, and the black pants of yesteryear.

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DAMMIT READERS!  Mad technical drama this week as Katie and Sharron recorded an episode only to have it disappear.  So the West Coast team of Dad, Janine, Caitlin and Kelly swooped in with an emergency episode…only to have one mic cut out.  WHY ARE WE CURSED AND WHO PLANTED THORGY’S JEWELRY ON US!?!?!  Apologies for sub-par audio quality and hard to hear voices, Readers.  Please forgive us, and listen as we discuss public RPDR viewings, Weekend at Blondies, high quality cheese, What Slays in Vegas and the Rulluminati.

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READERS, Katie and Sharron are joined at the Shade Table this week by guest Sue Funke (formerly of Logo, currently of TVLand) to help us process this week's episode, RuCo Empire. We talk lack of Shangela/return of Naysha, mouth pops, Derrick's face through the centuries, Ru on wheels, Captain Planet, Fido Dido, and Sharron's evident psychic connection with Season 8. 

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READERS, Katie and Sharron pull up to the Shade Table (a little late this week) to discuss RPDR Season 8, Episode 2 and its Bitch Perfect challenge, PLUS both episodes of Untucked. We talk about who’s winning us over, who’s losing our love, human giraffes made of stilts, Toy Story, the Little Mermaid, Michelle's scary eyebrow, double eliminations, and our new drag show, Two-Wig Minimum.

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READERS, Sharron, Max and Katie are back at the Shade Table to discuss the Season 8 premiere of our beloved show! We talk crabs and money, finding the right underwear, microdicks with superpowers, and safety drops as we meet this season's bumper crop of queens.

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MORNING READERS! Our sleepy podcast has been kissed by a prince/princess (RuPaul) and awakened from it’s long between-season slumber!  While you’re getting ready for the premier tonight, listen to this special supplemental tailgate episode.  Dad and special guests Caitlin Gill, Kelly Young and Masi Thomason review all the Meet The Queen videos and the 11 minute snack of a Season 8 sneak peak Logo gave us.  Why do that?  TO GET PUMPED FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTUALLY GOOD SEASON!  GO BAYSIDE!

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READERS, guest Bowen Yang joins us at the Shade Table once again this week, when we had planned to start Season 5... but we watched the new Missy Elliott video, and spent the night reviewing those. We connect it to drag in parts! But this special edition is appx 98% dedicated to Missy. We introduce Bowen to Magoo and plan his surprise orgy, Sharron reveals the extent of her Trina, BSB and NSYNC fandom, and we roundly reject truffle butter. Throw any required shade at our email address!

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Readers, this week Sharron, Katie and Max return to the Shade Table discussing Season 4, Episode 10: Dads I'd Like to Frock. We talk the return of Kenya Michaels, fuck sticks, Kegels & Eggos, being distracted by butts, Bareback Dads, pulled sugar, and Katie's recent concussion.

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READERS, our best laid plans were dust in the wind as your humble hosts got busy this fall, so join us in being really excited to see one another again, along with our guest this week, Sue Funke (of the popular cAbernet & A #PLL podcast) We take our time getting down to business about #DragRace Episode 9: Frock the Vote! The remaining queens engage in a spirited debate as Katie, Sharron, Max, and Sue debate Chick-Fil-A, TSOIA's endorsements, K.I.M., and Breakfast at Tiffany's vs. Dinner at Sizzler's.

(music: www.bensound.com)

Readers, this week Katie, Sharron and Max break down the Ru-Vealed episodes 2 and 3 of Season 4 (and the fiftieth episode of our podcast)2. We talk Janet Jackson, Bitter Betties comic books, Ru's "just dessert" look, Ru's Jackson Pollock suit, RuPaul's Glamazon (available on iTunes!), leopard-print bones,

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We’re back bitches, and coming to you from sunny Los Angeles, CA.  The original @TSOIA_Podcast crew of Katie, Alex, Janine and Guy sit around the shade table and discuss the first episode of the new Season 4 RU-VEALED series.  We attempt to answer all the important questions: Have we forgotten enough about season 4 to make it enjoyable again?  Has Dad done any drag since last episode?  Is the great caftan renaissance upon us?  Take a trip back through the great fupa of time with us and ru-live the magic! (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week is a BIG and complicated episode for a big and complicated season.  The good news: KATYA IS MISS CONGENIALITY!  I mean, like it wasn’t gonna happen.  But with all the weird surprises of the season, it was still a reason for panic.  AND as long as we are on surprises, Alex has two for us this episode.  First, and worst: Dad is going out for cigarettes and never coming back.  That’s right, it’s with great sadness we announce that Alex is moving to LA and (for now) leaving the Shade Table.  Boo and double boo.  The second surprise comes in the form of a long overdue confession…but I won’t ruin this one.  Let’s just say Dad hasn’t been serving the realness for a long time.  Happy Season, Readers!  And in the immortal words of Katya, “OH MY GOD YOU FUCKING BITCH!” (music: http://www.bensound.com)

It’s Ru-view time Readers we welcome very special guest Eliot Glazer (Broad City, Younger) to Countdown the Crown because SHE A GROWN ASS MAN!  Max, Katie and Sharron sit through clips of all our favorite queens from previous seasons, providing an unfortunate contrast to the talent level of this season.  Take a look back with us at Beyonce-level yeast infections, the great Boners Of Fame and Anna Wintour's “stupid fashion hands.”  And Readers, always remember: GINGER IS 29 YEARS OLD.  (music: http://www.bensound.com)

With Katie and Sharron gone, It’s just between us Goys this week as Guy Branum joins Dad and Max at the shade table in this year of our Gawd 2015 A.K. (After Katya).  The boyz stay up past their bedtime to discuss the “Celebrity Duck Blind,” flowy units and the Spinning Bird Death Drop.  DISCLAIMER: We are not monsters.  We truly respect the sensitive emotional reveals in this RPDR episode.  We must shade, but we shade because we love.  (music: http://www.bensound.com)

OUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER RUSSIA @katya_zamo IS DEAD!  NYET!  NYET!  NYET!  NYET!  NYET!  Readers, how can we even go on?!?!  We might as well end it all!  Poor Max is gone for the worst disaster in Cold War history, but Katie, Sharron and Dad (with his purty purty nails) try to keep their heads up long enough to discuss Tibetan Vibration Deodorant, sperm stealers, Dance Mom mercy drownings, and retired basketball player turned sportscaster Santino Rice.  MR. RUPAUL, TEAR DOWN THIS VAGINAL WALL!   (music: http://www.bensound.com)

BELIEVE in the gender binary this week Readers as we split “hers” over @RuPaulsDragRace Season 7 Episode 10. Joining us at the shade table is comedian Garry Hannon to help us Dance With The Talent, smoke with the cool kids and marvel at the Radio City Hall Luncheonettes. (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Readers we have some dumdum and some fun dumb on this week’s episode as we run into He-Male Trouble with our guest the divine Marc Maietta.  Max, Katie, Alex and Sharron discuss alligator foam parties, Drone Rivers and get illuminaughty and illuminautical over Double Ru Double Ru.  Yaaaaaaaacht Queen!!!   (music: http://www.bensound.com)

While Dad is trapped on a plane in Albany, NY and Max is performing comedy in outer space, Katie and Sharron double-team Episode 8 with the help of TSOIA president pro tempore Guy Branum.  We wrap our conjoined brains around the Cashews vs. Sashews vs. Ol’ Backstory trifecta, call to order the Drag Race Black Caucus, explain “420 Boobs” and drill baby drill for drag.   (music: http://www.bensound.com)

We must have stepped in a big pile of fate because our big 41st episode coincides with THE SNATCH GAME!  And to sweeten the pot our guest this week is a real live drag queen: Daren J. Fleming AKA Ms. Grenadine Ross!  Things get 80% shady and 20% disgusting as Daren spills two tons of tea about the dearly departed Sahara Davenport and asks the age-old question,”Bitch, did you not download the packet?”  (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week Readers we dramatize and “morphasize” @rupaulsdragrace Season 7 Episode 6 (and our 40th episode!!!!).  Joining us is comedian Max Bernstein, plus we get podcrashed by our good friend Guy Branum as a bonus!  Both join us to discuss catnet fishsuits, radioactive chickens, “Barnum Bangers,” and our new series: Death Murder She Becomes Wrote Her.  Shant-Ho, you go!  (music: http://www.bensound.com)

AWARDS?!? Readers, @RuPaulsDragRace is clearly just stealing our ideas now!  This week we are joined again by the socially media-y Shawn Hollenbach to present slabs of golden shade to Season 7 Episode 5.  The nominees this week are: Meat Pennies, Joan Born Of Rivers, Mathilda’s Dad, and Rosschelle Rossage. 

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OH THE HUMANITY, READERS!  Well, maybe not so much the “humanity” as the “Snake Person Vs. Doll Monster-y.”  Alex is out of town this week but while Dad’s away, the mice will sashay.  Max, Katie, Sharron and special guest Sue Funke hold hands and sob over the shock of the Episode 4 elimination, go dark and deep into Jessica Alba, ru-veal the secret-secret mini-min challenge, and out (our) Max backwards.  (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Things get hairy (yeah I said it) this week as we welcome back special guest Mr. Guy Branum to clock Season 7 Episode 3 in Shadeambic Pentameter.  It’s beard vs. Bard as we soliloquy on mystery loafs, pelican attacks and the Shady Pines Nursing Home For Queens.  TO READ OR NOT TO READ!

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Wow Readers! Season 7 is already poppin off like a false eyelash on the business end of a leaf blower.  This week Sharron, Katie, Max and Alex welcome special guest Bowen Yang to discuss who gave the best mouth, why a butt-stuff renaissance is upon us, newfound respect for the Minj and guest judge Larson Lessley.

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GOOD GODAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK!  Season 7 is officially on!  For this overstuffed first RPDR episode we said “game recognize game” with our own queen-sized episode and…A NEW CO-HOST!  Give a deep “SUP” to Sharron Paul readers.  She’ll be joining us at the shade-table to clock around the tuck all season.  Channel your inner Swamp Demon, black-out that ding-dong and C’MON RUSSIAN BUTTHOLE!  Season 7 HAS ARRIVED!

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And so Readers we come to the end of an era, to the close of a show and to the break of a new dawn.  This week we discuss Drag Queens of London episode 8, the final episode of the series.  Stories are concluded, new characters are inexplicably introduced, Rosie throws mud, and Alex and Max bond over a tiny misunderstanding surrounding the Holocaust.  Goodbye DQOL. We loved you.  Yes, even you, Lloyd.

OMG DRAG RACE SEASON SEVEN IS SO CLOSE!  COME ON, SLOW PROGRESSION OF TIME!

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Hit the slopes with us Readers as we glide through Drag Queens Of London Episode 7.  It’s European Gay Ski Week and the drama is as thick as a mogul.  Katie, Max and Alex marvel at the mystery of a Lloyd Vs. Silver wig fight, try to find Katie a gay hubby, goof on American Andrew and peddle petticoats for boobs.  We also check in on the Drag Race season 7 trailer that FINALY dropped.

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We get completely legless this episode, Readers, as we EXPLODE Drag Queens of London Episode 6.  Max, Katie and Alex shag Bagga’s swagga, fake sax, lament doomed Guinea pigs and produce a new house music single right before your very ears.

oh yeah, and …WHEN THE HELL IS RPDR SEASON SEVEN!?!?!

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Oh long suffering Readers, we’re officially back from hiatus!  We know you’ve been breathlessly waiting by your old-time transistor radios for us to sashay back.  On this, our THIRTY-FIRST EPISODE (!) we return to Drag Queens of London with episode five. 
Katie, Max and Alex believe in the Rosie Beav, make clothes out of hickeys, put some stank on their Pierre and barely avoid Benjamin In The Butt disease.

Oh yeah and THERE’S ONLY A FEW MORE WEEKS UNTIL RPDR SEASON 7!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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HELLO HELLO HELLO hunties!  We are BACK!  We did face Pilates to strengthen our side-eyes while we were on break and we got our shade on FLEEK!  In our first post-hiatus episode, Alex, Katie, Max and Janine break from Drag Queens of London and return to our one true love: RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE.  GOOD NEWS: It’s the Season 7 reveal!  BAD NEWS: we had to watch the NewNowNext awards to see it.  WORSE NEWS: This is Janine’s last episode, for reals this time, guys for real real.  :( :( :(  We send her off in style as we clock MRSA, quadriplegic queens, first crushes and DAFUQ else.

WARNING: episode contains gratuitous Rap Horn

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The Good News: Max, Katie and Alex have officially fallen in love with Drag Queens of London :)  The Bad News: We’re going on hiatus for a few weeks :(  Can we maintain a long-distance relationship with DQoL?  Will our love last?  Listen as we send our love to Rosie Beaver and consider an intervention for Lady Lloyd.  Hold tight dear Readers!  We’ll be back soon with Janine in tow!

Join Alex, Max and Katie around the Shade Table for Drag Queens of London Episode 3.  This week is all about falling in love with Nick, but we do find time to solve Horse Mysteries, shame Sexist Jeopardy and beat our faces with curry.

I know, I know, we have a lot of nerve returning to Drag Queens Of London after all that smack we talked.  But we did and we were pleasantly rewarded by a great second episode of the series.  Does that mean we stopped talking smack?  Of course not!  We still clock our favorite British queens and talk Courtney Love, Douglass Adams, hot coco and spill lots of Tea and Crumpets.

Get out your sash and sequins readers!  This week Katie, Max and Alex discuss the 2008 documentary “Pageant.”  It’s an all out spectacle of unrequited love, attempted masculinity and strategically placed Mountain Dew.  We find out what “dolls” keep Victoria “Porkchop" Parker in the zone, who is the most graceful recipient of food in the face and what is the tiniest part of Katie.

Oh the Dolls of it All!  This week we watched the trash classic Valley of the Dolls.  None of us had seen it before, and we’re still not sure if we’ve seen it now.  Max, Katie and Alex make a valiant, if not chronologically challenged, attempt to piece together the hazy plot.  In the end we were left us begging to get off this merry-go-round ASAP.

This week we return to our Summer Tuckin’ series with the 2013 documentary “I Am Devine” about the life and times of legendary queen Divine…duh.  Alex, Janine and Katie also welcome our brand new co-host Max Wittert to the Shade Table!  We honor the memory of the great Harris Glenn Milstead by performing Edith Massey karaoke, slaying Drag Chimeras and choking out Max. - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

And now dear readers we come to the true close of RPDR’s first season.  We employed the help of Anonymous and Assange to secure a copy of a long sought after relic, THE lost episode of the lost season: The Reunion!  And we go out in style by bathing in the dead-air realness of some truly raw reality show moments, touching our inner Jeff Goldblum and of course walking those children in nature…to get away from Tammie Brown.  - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

All hail BeBe The First!  It's the crowning and Katie, Janine and Alex now know what pretty much everyone else does: BeBe won!  Hear us revel in her win, not call Rebecca a bitch even though we totally could call her a bitch, pronuciate all crappity and survive the end of the world.  Cowabunga loca! - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Loca, we’re only one episode away from crowning the first ever RPDR Next Drag Superstar and you know what the means Loca: CLIP SHOW!  Katie, Janine and Alex ru-view the season with RuPaul as our sherpa.  Along the way Loca we tune our ham radios, attend destination orgies and Loca the bright side of Loca, Loca.
(apologies for the uninvited cicada who crashed this episode)
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This week is TSOIA Podcast Episode 20, the most beautiful episode that knows it’s beautiful because it is.  Katie, Janine and Alex cuchi-cuchi-cuchi through Season One Episode Six, say goodbye to Shannel and hello their very special guest: a cantaloupe.  - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

IT’S THE FINAL MEOW MEOW!  Ok, maybe not, but it is the first MAKEOVER CHALLENGE in RPDR herstory!  The Glamazons overhaul the Amazons!  Katie endorses online erotic slashfic!  Janine drools over warrior princesses (princessi?)  Alex iPhone syncs FOR HIS LIFE!  Everyone strays way off topic!  It’s GLAMDAEMONIUM! - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Viva the glam of RPDR Season 1 Episode 4 as Katie, Janine and Alex gather round the Shade Table to praise Jade, marvel at The Most Quiet Room In The World, clock being a “Spiritual Person” and fear Gumby.    - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

RPDR Season 1 Episode 3 is in our crosshairs this week as Katie, Janine and Alex examine Swamp Egyptians, debate the best Mexican tuck-aria and crinkle Skinny Cow ice cream wrappers in an attempt to court a new sponsor.   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Alex, Janine and Katie continue to dig through the time capsule that is Season 1 (aka The Lost Season Ru-vealed!).  This week we read Episode Two, explore our childhood lip-sync roots, fear Tammie Brown and rage about appropriating pizza.   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week Readers we return to our RU-oots and embark on Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 1 (The Lost Season RU-vealed version).  Ahhhh it feels good to be back in the workroom…or a budget version of it.  Katie, Janine and Alex discuss the now infamous soft-focus camera effect, wooden grandmas and the power of Noodle Illusions.   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Katie, Janine and Alex are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!  So this week is a special BONUS EPISODE!  The first time we had Max Wittert on was for the RPDR Season 6 Countdown To The Crown.  We threw enough shade to fill a second episode, but some of it just wasn’t on topic enough for that week’s show.  So collected here are more random tangents than usual (if that’s possible) as we talk Moondust Menses, Stinking Roses and LOTS of Gia Gunn.  Enjoy!   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Cheerio Readers!  This episode Max Wittert returns to the Shade Table for a romp in the shire as we tear apart the British television series Drag Queens of London.  We discuss Episode One, Icelandic drag names, one-ply toilet paper and the horror of the Northern Lights.   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Oh dear readers…brace yourselves because this week’s Summer Tuckin entry is the infamous RuPaul movie: STARRBOOTY!  Sharron Paul joins us to talk Spice World, Ghostwriter, Denim, Diamonds and Dong. Basically ANYTHING BUT THE MOVIE!  Let’s just say you should be thankful we watched it for you.  - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

WARNING: this episode is very pun, penis and giggling heavy.

This week continues our “Summer Tuckin’” series with one of the most important movies in the drag canon: the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.  Guest Christian Cintron returns to explore the heavy personal and political themes of the film with us, while still finding time to discuss the “Occupy Backrolls" movement, Dude Zumba and drop some mind-blowing post-filming secrets! - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week we begin our “Summer Tuckin’: Reading is Supplemental” audio series.  Between RPDR seasons we’re clocking movies, shorts and shows in the “drag canon.”  First up is the 1994 import Pricilla, Queen of the Desert and joining us for our walkabout talkabout is Singer/Actor/Writer/Cabaretter Joan Estep.   - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

IT’S THE BIG FINALE (and reunion)!!!  We’re back to our core trio of Janine, Katie and Alex this week to gently soothe you as you come down from your season-long high.  Meditate on Roy-Lady’s big win, DILF shorts, The Emergency Hanky Code System, and some Bianca Del Poetry.  - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week we go off the rails with illustrator Max Wittert at the Shade Table to help us clown the Countdown to the Crown.  Things get weird as review-we-kinda-didn’t the episode, but we do slang some FroYo, “uncan" the XX-Men, and summer in Reggaeton, MA.  Tune in, dear Readers, won’t you?  - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

This week our guest at the Shade Table is Shawn Hollenbach, former director of social media for Drag Race and current bestie of Katie.  We dish about the tic and the tac of the top three, learn German, do the ultimate death drop and drink hella #SHADERADE (WARNING FOR KATIE'S MOM: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS LOTS OF PENIS) - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

In this DOUBLE QUEENSIZED episode Cole Escola and Guy Branum join us at the Shade Table to discuss Season 6 Episode 11, the sad end-ela of BenDeLa, pickles in the bible, and the Michael Vick of 1970’s fashion. - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

EPISODE 5: THE LOST EPISODE PART 2 - Head back to the Ru-ture as we discuss Season 6 Episode 8, Icelandic Whisper Elves and worship the great googly.

EPISODE 4: THE LOST EPISODE PART 1 - Head back to the Ru-ture as we discuss Season 6 Episode 7, go to Camp Camp and love us some Hatchetface.

In this week’s QUEENSIZED episode: Christian Cintron joins Alex, Janine and Katie to discuss Season 6 Episode 10, Gelfling weddings, implied pantsuits and The Gape. Plus, we introduce our new segment: “Guynalysis” with West Coast corespondent Guy Branum! - (music: http://www.bensound.com)

Alex, Katie and Janine FREAK THE FOX OUT over the chaos of Episode 9 and try to sort through the resulting rubble of Cher's aircraft carriers, questionable halloween costumes and #meatytucks.

Katie, Alex and Janine throw some dumb love at Gia Gunn and debate the existence of high-fashion goat cherubs