Reading Drag Race

We finally got the break between seasons we've been asking for, but we just couldn't stay away. Conde Nasty, Hersula, and BFF Buffy Cummers got together to watch the Trixie Mattel documentary, Moving Parts. We felt all the feelings and fell a little deeper in love with one of our favorite dolls. We even manage to stay on topic for about 2/3 of the podcast, which is really a personal and professional best. But seriously, go buy Moving Parts on your streaming platform of choice. You'll be glad you did, and that girl has earned you $15.

We've come to the end of the season, and Conde Nasty, Hersula, and recurring guest and friend of the pod, Buffy Cummers have a brief, concise discussion about three queens and who won the crown. Just kidding. The finale of a decidedly very good season of Drag Race turned into a fucking symposium on drag, Drag Race, self-effacing British cultural norms, drug use in the queer community, and foundation tips for pasty girls. What we lack in focus, we more than make up for with delightful banter and being right about everything. So, condragulations [SPOILER] and see you gurls next season (which should be any second now).

It's makeover time and the gurls have to turn their sisters and mothers into stunning queens. Join Conde Nasty and Hersula as they discover the only thing more terrifying than processing their own mommy issues is watching Baga Chipz process hers.

Hi, it's Conde Nasty and Hersula, and we're your weather girls, and have we got news for you. It's the first over-produced episode of the season! Squirrelfriend of the podcast, Buffy Cummers joins us again to break down the episode and enjoy ogling the Brit Crew.

The queens take a trip to the library and then have to form dueling girl groups before trotting the runway in looks inspired by a day at the races. Hersula and Conde Nasty are joined again by squirrelfriend Val Kyrie to put the queens through their paces. And not to brag or anything, but we managed to get this episode out on time this week!

Gay Christmas came early this year. It's Snatch Game, hunties! Conde Nasty and Hersula had some very high expectation for these queens and they were not disappointed. At least until some of the runway looks.

Conde Nasty and Hersula are back, back, back again! A delightful season continues as the queens exchange their dimes for tuppence to scrape together looks from the back of Raven's car. 

That Gurl and Hersula are Double Ho Agents this week as the queens have to serve Bond Girl realness after serving tea in a BBC period drama. 

Welcome back! Conde Nasty, Hersula, and That Gurl have skipped to the other side of the pond for a new season of Drag Race. We meet the Queens and see them lose their heads in a mini-challenge dedicated to the many wives of Henry VIII, and on the main stage, they pay their respects to the one queen older than Michelle Visage, HRH Elizabeth II.  Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragracepodcast and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

You didn't think we'd stay away until the next season, did you? Conde Nasty and Hersula get some of their best squirrelfriends, Buffy Cummers and Willow Hosenberg, over for an afternoon of catching up, getting day drunk, and reminiscing about Season 5. We can proudly say that we almost largely stay on topic. 

Here we are at the end of another season. Join Hersula, Conde Nasty, That Gurl, and guest Jessica Feltcher as we break down the final episode, take a look back at Season 11, and most importantly, read the fuck out of the straight girls who acted a fool at the bar during the finale. 

A fairly tepid reunion, all things considered. We learn that Wiggate is still boring and everyone secretly hated Scarlet the whole time. Sure. But this episode does provide a platform for some very important work for Conde Nasty, Hersula and That Gurl: saying nice things about Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and Nina West. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragracepodcast and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

A combination of illness and work and life conspired to keep us from getting this episode together, but honestly, aren't YOU to blame for expecting drag queens to be on time? The flyer said 11pm, which means we aren't going on before 2am. If you're lucky. Anyway, we are joined by long time friend, first time guest, Val Kyrie to discuss the final episode before the finals. She is an absolute delight as we break down the season's dance challenge. There may be Queens Everywhere, but sadly there is not good judging anywhere.  We'll be back in a few days with our thoughts on the reunion. Byeeeee!

Hersula and Conde Nasty finally managed to be in the same room at the same time! Sadly, their reunion is marred by one of the greatest injustices in Drag Race herstory! The queens give each other makesovers this week, but no amount of liquid concealer can hide our tears, especially when it comes time for That Gurl to give this week's reading. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragracepodcast and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

Hersula is out this week attending the Met Gala (that's a lie, but she's needs this, so we're letting her have it), so Conde and That Gurl have invited their friend Patti Gayonnaise to discuss and dissect this magical episode of Drag Race. Delight as we get the Pit Crew Challenge we've been waiting for! Be amazed at what we all pretty much agreed was one of the best team challenges in Drag Race herstory! And for their final trick, the producers will make a queen...disappear! Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragracepodcast and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

After the last couple of weeks of epic fights and legendary lip syncs, we are treated to a fairly workhorse episode, noteworthy only for its fucking atrocious trip to the library* and A'keria finally getting the respect to which she is entitled. Conde is away this week, so it's left to Hersula and Special Guest Oblivia to navigate this episode armed only with their bourbon and their wits. And, as always, That Gurl joins us to read the newly and dearly departed queen. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragracepodcast and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet. *Seriously, though. I've seen more scalding humor on a CBS sitcom. From the 90s.

Sorry for the late post, squirrelfirends. Gremlins got into our computers and destroyed our first take of this week's show! But like the true professionals we are, we tightened our tucks and donned our armored breast plates and spent another hour and a half dissecting everyone's favorite challenge: SNATCH GAME!!! Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragrace and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

Conde is out of town this week, so it means Hersula and That Gurl are running the asylum alone, and while the kitty gurl is away, the mice will slay, hunty. Fortunately, their first solo assignment comes when there are finally less than 10 queens to lovingly shade in detail. Join us for the gaggery, the goopery, and as always, a reading for the dearly departed queen. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragrace and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

It's the games of the 11th Drag Olympiad! (See how fancy we are? Using words like Olympiad. See?) The girls challenge themselves in creating two dance routines honoring the history of Drag Race, and we here at RDR challenged ourselves to be awake to before noon to record this week's episode. For everyone concerned, there were highs, there were lows, and there was a lot of body paint. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Instagram @readingdragrace and follow That Gurl to get all her readings @thatgurldownthestreet.

Join Conde, Hersula, and their best squirellfriend Oblivia as they trudge through thirty-three whole looks, some which even actually correspond to the challenge. Amaze at Elviria, the only person on Earth more cinched than Miss Vanjie. And later, a reading by That-Gurl for the dearly and newly departed queen [SPOILER].