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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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01:43:11

Episode 36 - Girl Groups (RPDR S16 EP 5)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2024/02/05

Well, it's time to ask the age-old question: Does RuPaul actually know what ASMR is? The girls are broken up into teams for maximum carnage and forced to write lyrics to RuPaul's latest ear-worms such as ASMR Lover, Star Baby, and one other song I can't remember but will inevitably be humming for the rest of the week. One of the contestants continues to be a bully but a really ineffective one and we have OPINIONS on Dawn and the life she's found on Mars. Will the bois have the wherewithal to be the

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01:24:24

Episode 35 - RDR Live! (RPDR S16 EP 4)

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2024/01/30

It's not live and we're not in New York but dammit, we have a show to talk about and we're gonna make it work! The bois talk about Cher, the talents of a certain Plane, and much All Stars 8 we have RDR Live, a parody of SNL, which has devolved into a parody of itself. Like do we need to celebrate a show that came out forever ago, possibly lost it's luster, but matters because it's made some pop-culture icons that define generations? Wait, am I talking about SNL or RPDR? Or both! Doesn't matter

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01:45:15

Episode 34 - The Mother of All Balls with special...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2024/01/23

The bois bring back their honory boi (I guess goil?) Kayla as they talk about 48 looks and nearly die from all the fashion! Or just die from having to talk about 48 looks! Either way - Holy crap that's a lot of clothes to look at! The runways include Mother Goose, a famous mom (or really just anyone you can justify) and then making clothes for your mother out of clothes for your father! Clothes out of clothes, why hasn't anyone done this before? And don't say Canada, we both know we couldn't fit

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01:38:24

Episode 33 - Queen Choice Awards (RPDR S16 EP 2)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2024/01/15

The bois are gathered in Time's Square with a bunch of cardboard signs and they're DETERMINED to get X-Tina off of Carson's top 10 and get Brittney back in there because she deserves it! Oh, wait, no, it's the second part of the season 16 premiere! We meet seven new queens that make them go bananas, stop by the DMV with two special guest stars, and wonder: Why would you give the premiere guest star a bunch of air horns? We'll see beautiful cultural art lose out to boob jokes and we'll also see some

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02:09:47

Episode 32 - Rate A Queen with special guest Joel...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2024/01/09

Adult film star and generally amazing person joins the bois as they dive into the first real season of RuPaul's Drag Race they've watched since the podcast began! Hooray! No more asterisks and only one uncomfortable photoshoot! In the premiere episode, seven new queens join the title of Ru Girl as they put on a talent show that's inexplicably hosted by Derrick Berry (who's less of a get as Joel Someone IMHO) and themed after an MTV thing they used to do in the summer. Sure! As the bois gush over

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01:16:35

Episode 31 - The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Holiday...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/12/23

The season may be over, but that doesn't mean the bois don't have something to say about a Christmas movie that needs some Jesus. As Steven has a mental breakdown over poor writing, Joe tries to summarize it, and David... Actually seems to have a good time, good for them. Available on Paramount+ until it inevitably gets consolidated into a megacorporation for the holidays, join us as we watch what may be the worst Christmas special that the Drag Race franchise has ever been a part of! Don't @ me

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01:24:12

Episode 30 - Grand Finale (DRUK S5, EP 10)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/12/06

After ten weeks of shocking swerves, zigs, and zags, we've come to Coronation Street (or just a coronation!) and will finally see which one of our top three finalists will take home the crown and scepter and a show in a basement in Los Angeles! Ah, the glamorous life of a Drag Queen. For this celebration the bois have broken out their hottest takes, the silliest fakes, and Steven possibly stepped on a rake! Or he just needed a rhyme for the final thing since it's (technically) our last episode of

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01:35:31

Episode 29 - Dragiator’s Roast (DRUK S5, EP 9)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/11/27

Have you ever seen a title that has to bend over so hard to make sense that it probably needs a chiropractor? Not as much as that girl from the last episode needs one, but still. This week the girls are tasked with roasting their former competitors, the judges, and each other as they don their butchest of wrestling singlets and get this roast a cookin'! Then we get poofy (har har) with a runway of Poofs on Parade, where we find out that Gay Gasping is still alive and well! What do the bois think of

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01:08:34

Episode 28 - Hotline Makeover (DRUK S5, EP 8)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/11/20

You used to call me on my Toxic Fandom but now you're... Actually, I have no idea what the lyrics to Hotline Bling are and I don't think you'd be interested in a Hotline Miami joke, so instead: It's the makeover episode! Oh no! Oh yay? Who knows! It's a very special makeover episode, tho, as the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 5 makeover the volunteers of Switchboard, the UK's longest running LGBT crisis line! Will we be gagged by their beauty? Will the bois make it one episode without a

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01:12:29

Episode 27 - Melodrama-Rama (DRUK S5, EP 7)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/11/13

You know we made this whole episode and didn't mention the seminal work by Lorde once? We're slipping. This week the girls of Drag Race UK series 5 have to pair off and do an acting challenge that inevitably involves objectifying the Brit Crew! With a long history of acting challenge flops behind us, can we look forward to more physical pain or will we actually get a laugh? Maybe both! Join the bois as they talk about theme park food, the upcoming sequel to Inside Out, and have SO MANY OPINIONS ON

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01:19:33

Episode 26 - Snatch Game (DRUK S5, EP 6)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/11/06

Well, it's Snatch Game, and we haven't had five of those this year yet, so let's jump on it! Or run up it, as we're joined by Kate Bush, played by Kate Butch, a dirty old lady that solidifies Ginger Johnson as a frontrunner of this "competition," DeDeLicious's creeping insecurity, jokes that go over our Yank heads, and a runway that's guaranteed to give you a heart attack! Or not; it was kind of underwhelming, but still! We got a wonderful episode edited by our wonderful guest editor and fan of the

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01:21:04

Episode 25 - Panto Dames (DRUK5, EP 5)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/10/31

LOOK BEHIND YOU! But not in a scary way! The bois are talking about Panto, the drag-tastic child theatre of England, as the girls of Drag Race UK Series 5 (since y'all don't have seasons) have to act and sing their way through a brand new Rusical called "Oh No She Panto Don't!" A name so bad it could have only come from this show! The thrilling story about Dick (the name, you pervert) trying to find his missing cat! I don't see any double entendres there and neither should you! Check out the latest

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01:32:42

Episode 24 - Disaster Class (DRUK5, EP 4)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/10/23

The girls are tasked with creating a comedic take on master classes based on working, partying, and love! But how can they do that if you don't give them suits, RuPaul?! The bois cover this and more while being sleep-deprived and talking about the majestic land of Northern California, where they can't pronounce "lachaim," and also join in on making fun of Posh Spice because that's the theme of the season! We're so tired, y'all. Do us a favor and give us a five-star review for the monumental effort

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01:37:37

Episode 23 - Club Bangers (DRUK S5, EP 3)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/10/16

The bois are all about that pop life this week as the girls of Drag Race UK Series 5 are forced to record a new hit club banger that's sure to sweep the musical charts, "Don't Ick My Yum!" The bois talk about Madonna, Kim Petras's drama with her recent concerts, what constitutes a pop star, and who among them hasn't screwed up a catchphrase or six in their time?! The runways this week are all about the divas and male-equivalents-of-divas who inspired us through generations, and the song is

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01:25:22

Episode 22 - Purr-fect Looks (DRUK S5, EP2)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/10/09

It's a cat pun! Get it?! In this week's Toxic Fandom the bois are missing their pigtailed partner as David is out and out leaving Steven and Joe to talk about catfights, fashion, sewing, and Linda the magical secret horse-pony! It's only week two of Drag Race UK's fifth season, and it is heating up when the girls are given stuff from the pet shop and told to make something worth of the cover of Vogue! And they brought in the editor-in-chief so you know they mean business! What fashions should be

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01:34:41

Episode 21 - Tickety Boo (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/10/02

Chip chip Cheerio and all that rot! The bois are deep in the United Kingdom with the Queen's English and it's going to be a wild ride when 10 new girls (plus someone who doesn't matter) compete for the prize of... Well, a trip to LA. That's something? Kinda? Hey, at least the badges are cool! Join us on this brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and a brand new season of This Toxic Fandom as Steven, Joe, and David discuss the fashions, the challenges, and the weird judging on this brand new

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01:44:25

Episode 20 - Grand Finale - Down Under Season 3 (DRDU...

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/09/19

It seems like just yesterday we were a young and simple podcast about overly competitive fashion clowns fighting for dominance, but now we're all grown up as we watch the Grand Finale of Drag Race Down Under season 3! Good luck and thanks for all the fish, it's been swell but the swelling has gone down, and about sixteen other ways to say goodbye to probably the best season of a VERY controversial gem in the Drag Race crown! Will the bois gush about Flor? Duh. Will they talk about the episode in

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01:38:14

Episode 19 - Terriers in Tiaras (DRDU S3, EP7)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/09/11

Woof woof, we've reached the makeover challenge and it's gone to the dogs! There, I've written the most obvious copy we could for this episode. As our top four queens get ready to makeover some beautiful folks and their cute dogs, the bois dress up David's dog in drag and give her an awful name and then discuss the long, sordid history of the makeover challenge in Drag Race. Bad jokes are made, salient points are had, and they also get REALLY into describing the queen community as "the rainbow

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01:53:20

Episode 18 - Drag Brunch (DRDU S3, EP 6)

This Toxic Fandom ·

2023/09/04

Whether way your toilet flushes, one thing unites all humans: The desire, and the love, of brunch! And no one does brunch better than drag queens who are guaranteed to take advantage of bottomless mimosas! So, of course, that means the black sheep of the Drag Race franchise uses it as an excuse for a talent show that gives the bois a bit of agita. Questionable judging, insane outfits, FINALLY learning the story of BMX Bandits (maybe?) and more await you in the latest episode of This Toxic Fandom,

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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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