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This Toxic Fandom

This Toxic Fandom

This Toxic Fandom celebrates over 15 years of RuPaul’s Drag Race, from the drama and conflama both on and off the show to the moments that made us feel something special. Join your hosts, Joe, David, and Steven, as they death-drop in, get silly, get fabulous, and get to the heart of this fandom - Be it toxique or iconique.

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01:44:49

Episode 17 - BMX Bitches (DRDU S3, EP 5)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/08/28

Not letting an ocean keep them apart even while vacationing, the bois manage to cobble together an episode like these girls managed to cobble together a girl group challenge! Themed after the famous (citation needed) Australian extreme sports flick The BMX Bandits, our top six girls have to sing, dance, and ride bikes to some of the worst music since BDE. Will they ride into the sunset or crash and burn? Answer: Both! And that's what makes for good TV! Which is still better TV than the reads from

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01:36:01

Episode 16 - Snatch Game - Down Under Season 3 (DRDU...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/08/22

With one of the weirdest episode titles we've seen in a minute, it's Snatch Game, and that doesn't happen every season! Down Under has had its highs and lows with Snatch Game and the bois get into it, along with a long discussion about Kylie Minogue. Will an Italian accent win out over a Lord and Savior? Will Cardi B ever win a Snatch Game? Does Ru know any celebrity born after the Bush administration? Follow us on social media at https://www.instagram.com/thistoxicfandom/ and don't forget to

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01:38:29

Episode 15 - Fake Housewives of Down Under (DRDU S3,...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/08/15

The bois are back in town and they've never been loopier! Who are we? Where are we? Down Under, apparently! For this spicy episode we have TWO Lip Synchs For Your Lives to cover, a questionably improvised improv challenge, what qualifies as "fancy underpants," what makes a performance good versus Shakesqueer 2.0, and a villainous runway that has the bois gobbling up some poison apples.

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01:08:56

Episode 14 - Muriel’s Bedding (DRDU S3, EP 2)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/08/07

Steven picked one hell of an episode to get out of town, leaving David and Joe to talk about one of the wildest episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under by themselves! Sexy boudoirs! Uncensored feet! Fashion! Beauty pageant contestants! And a queen goes down - but not under! Can the podcast manage without the stick-in-the-mud to keep things going? Yes! Because of the incredible Nicholas Edward, who guest edited this episode! Follow us on social media at https://www.instagram.com/thistoxicfandom/

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01:21:58

Episode 13 - Mardi Gras Pride (Drag Race Down Under...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/07/31

The bois are taking a trip down to the Southern Hemisphere to watch ten of Australia and New Zealand's best drag performers compete for... 50k? Geesh, Ru, was there no budget this time around? With two controversial seasons behind it, RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under kicks off its new season with a celebration of Mardi Grad Pride, and the bois are swept up into the drama and conflama of meeting a new cast of fabulous queens! Will Steven catch up in Jeoprudy? Will Joe give a hot take? Will David break

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01:48:25

Episode 12 - Grande Finale (AS8, EP 12)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/07/24

We've made it to the end and it's Jimbo Vs Kandy! The Clown Vs The Producer! Who will win?! Well, it's kind of obvious considering the favoritism, but still, it's the season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8 and we need to see our finalists lip-synch, dance, and bare their souls for their last chance to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame! Or something like that. The Bois meanwhile have to sit there and wonder where exactly it went wrong - 'Cept for David, who for sure had the best time this

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01:49:55

Episode 11 - The Fame Games Variety Extravaganza...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/07/17

The bois are down a boi as Steven has caught something nasty and for once, he can't blame it on this season of All Stars! With him out of the picture (mostly), David and Joe get into the nitty gritty of a rather sh-- Not great episode where everyone returns to put on a talent show! But not Heidi, she's at home enjoying herself. Lucky. Join them as they share their hot takes on boob plates, the twisted twist of the Fame Games, and their feelings about flats on the runways! All this and more as they

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01:47:26

Episode 10 - The ’L’ Word (AS8, EP 10)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/07/11

Join us as we discuss RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8, Episode 10, The 'L' Word! Why? Because we're in lesbians with you, you lovely person! While Steven was out of town, David and Joe got together and tried to record without him! Did they do it? Yes! Is it good? Yes! In this double-wide episode the bois dive into makeovers, why lesbians deserve WAY more respect than they get, and how David struggles with technology! Kayla Kleinman joins in and even explores the world of the Toxic Fanspace as

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01:59:31

Episode 9 - Carson Kressley, This Is Your Gay Life...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/07/03

The bois welcome special guest and honorary boi (who they've name-dropped about nine hundred times already!) Kayla Kleinman onto the show as they talk about their shared husband in Alexis Michelle and this very special roast of style superstar and resident Horse Girl of RuPaul's Drag Race, Carson Kressley! The husbands are being eliminated, the feelings are real, the cases are real, and the jokes are really, really good in the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Episode Nine!

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01:31:20

Episode 8 - You’re a Winner, Baby! (AS8, EP 8)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/06/26

Costumes, costumes, and more costumes! It's a fashion challenge on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as the top five have to make an outfit inspired by a previous All Stars Winner! Will Lala make something better than the bags? Will someone glue something to a corset? And what will the bois say about a shocking (well, not THAT shocking) elimination from Steven's own reality TV show husband?! Find out this week on a brand spanking new episode of This Toxic Fandom, where we will finally answer the

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01:33:31

Episode 7 - Forensic Queens (AS8, EP 7)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/06/19

The bois find themselves in quite a pickle with low morale, nonsensible acting plots, throwbacks to 2013, and a low-effort runway. Oh, and the episode was bad too! Join us as we talk about one of the worst episodes of Drag Race in a dang minute, and talk about how production probably screwed up the closest we'll get to Early Outs ever! Will someone pull a Heidi and just leave? Will there be a Scooby Doo reference? And will Steven ever win a game of Jeop-Ru-dy?! Find out in this week's This Toxic

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01:52:02

Episode 6 - JOAN: The Unauthorized Rusical (AS8, EP 6)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/06/12

This episode contains spoilers for episode six of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, JOAN: The Unauthorized Ruscial. Gays into musical theatre?! Groundbreaking. In this energetic episode, the bois dive into choir performances of years gone by, the fact that Steven doesn't know musicals all that much, and that Joe is maybe a tenor. Maybe? Who knows! But we know this was the best episode of the season, and there is a lot to say about it, including us gushing about Grace Jones! Join us (or maybe

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01:49:59

Episode 5 - Snatch Game of Love (Taylor’s Version)...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/06/05

This episode contains spoilers for episode five of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, The Snatch Game of Love. While Steven and Joe lie in a pool of despair, David transforms into Taylor Swift and tries to lead the podcast through a very rough episode of All Stars 8, with a shocking self-elimination, a horrifying man-creature acting as Shirley Temple, and a very vulnerable conversation about representation and why that matters. Will the songs of Evermore be enough to lift the spirits of the

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01:36:30

Episode 4 - Screen Queens (AS8 EP4)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/05/29

This episode contains spoilers for episode 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, episode 4, Screen Queens! The boiz sit down and chat about the great, the good, and the ass-stounding as the queens of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars have to make trailers for their own television shows! Robbery and riggery is afoot and we premier the brand-new Toxic Fanspace and discuss who is secretly in love with Alexis Michelle, what qualifies as a good butt, and even share a bit of vulnerability because we

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01:54:14

Episode 3 - The Supermarket Ball (AS8, Ep 3)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/05/23

This episode contains spoilers for episode 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, The Supermarket Ball! The boiz hit up their local grocery store looking for something good to eat but end up with a frozen dinner and a very confused reference to literature, Switzerland, and Nice White Ladies. Join them as they go through thirty freakin' outfits themed around dairy, produce, and random crap brought to you by PitCrewDash. Tea is spilled, more alliances are discussed, and all I can say is..

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01:34:00

Episode 2 - It’s RDR Live! (AS8, Ep 2)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/05/18

This episode contains spoilers for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, episode 2, It's RDR Live! On this episode, we finish the two-episode premiere of All Stars 8 by staying up past our bedtimes and watching some SNL parodies with RDR Live! The boiz get into the drama and conflama or what qualifies as netting, what the hell someone means when they say a sketch has "game," and the two genders: Long Island and New Jersey. Put on your leopard print snuggie and pop some popcorn and let's get

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01:57:15

Episode 1 - The Fame Games (AS8, Ep1)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/05/15

This episode contains spoilers for the premiere episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8, episode 1, The Fame Games. The boiz dip into the waters of Darienne Lake, discuss one of the worst musical challenges the franchise has ever had, and try to talk about sixty different looks without going cross-eyed! Will they make it out alive? Will they ever learn what was on the back of Naysha Lopez's prison jumpsuit?! Oh, it said "beauty?" Okay, werk. Well, there's still plenty more to discuss and

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This Toxic Fandom - Trailer

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/05/08

This Toxic Fandom celebrates 15 years of RuPaul's Drag Race, from the drama and conflama both on and off the show to the moments that made us feel something special. Join your hosts, Joe, David, and Steven, as they death-drop in, get silly, get fabulous, and get to the heart of this fandom - Be it toxique or iconique.

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