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A celebration of all things Drag Race, from the chunky yet funky, to the bold and beautiful, to the drama and the conflama - both on and off camera! Let Joe, Steven, and David go into the depths of This Toxic Fandom, every Monday!

Episode 121 - All Stars Variety Show (All Stars 10, Episode 11)
#120
Yesterday at 4:13 PM

In the penultimate episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10, the remaining eight girls are tasked with performing their padded asses off in a variety show to show off talents, bitch tracks, saucy outfits, and possibly even their actual talent! Before that, Mistress Isabelle Brooks brings the capital-D (mm, love a capital d) DRAMA with a petulent attitude that has some of the bois wondering if this is the appeal but, hey, whatever, Bosco is there and Bosco is so pretty. Join the conversation today and listen up, because it's the last week before the grand finale!!!


Episode 120 - Tournament of All Stars Snatch Game (All Stars 10, Episode 10)
#119
07/07/2025

The girls are back for the semi-final round of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Tournament of All Stars! With nine queens remaining, it's time to seperate the wheat from the chaff with RuPaul's favorite challenge: The Snatch Game! Who will come out on top, and who will do so bad that they BLANK? Find out this and more in the newest episode of This Toxic Fandom!


Episode 119 - The Golden Bitchelor (All Stars 10, Episode 9)
#118
06/30/2025

The bitch is back as the girls of the Purple bracket pair off (again?) to try to woo the heart of... Some guy none of the bois know but all find GORGEOUS. All this with Daya deciding that Alyssa is the worst person alive for not giving her a point, Cynthia wearing the worst thing ever worn on the Drag Race runway and yes I will stand by that statement fight me Christine, Ginger Minj continuing to destroy the competition because she's better than you and she knows it, AND did we mention the really pretty man whimpers a...


Episode 118 - Stagecooch (All Stars 10, Episode 8)
#117
06/23/2025

This week on the pod we have extra special guest Kat Robichaud of Misfit Cabaret and The Voice Season 5. With her, Joe and David discuss the 8th episode of season 10 Stagecooch AKA the girl group challenge. Apparently Drag Race was just pandering to David as the mini challenge is based on Clueless, Orville Peck shows up, and the runway is Night of 1000 Mileys. How many Clueless references are made? Do we agree with the winner of the week? And how many references do David and Kat make that go over Joe's head? All this and more! 


Episode 117 - Wicked Good (All Stars 10, Episode 7)
#116
06/16/2025

I was all prepared to go to Boston to get called a slur by Plane Jane but then it turned out to be an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10 that was sponsored by the upcoming musical "Wicked: For Good!" This week we begin the Purple Bracket featuring some all time classic queens like Ginger Minj and Acid Betty as they prepare to enter the gauntlet that is the Tournament of Champions! Who will come out on top, who will explain to Steven how Denali's talking head shirt works, and who will be joining our six other...


Episode 116 - Starbooty: the Rebooty (All Stars 10, Episode 6)
#115
06/09/2025

On a very special episode of This Toxic Fandom, the bois go deep under cover as sex workers in 1990s New York City to help out the international superspy Starbooty! Okay, that's not true, but wouldn't it be wild if we did the whole episode like that? Anyway, the girls of the Pink bracket of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 are given a Rusical so Jorgeous can show off how good of a dancer they are, where they play with PUSS, DIC, and TITS! Or something like that. It's kind of a mess. It's a messy bracket with messy...


Episode 115 - Rappin' Roast (All Stars 10, Episode 5)
#114
06/02/2025

It's a new episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10, and it starts with an unintentional Mean Girls homage when the meanest girl in a one-inch heel decides to play dirty with her new lackey, causing every gay millennial to think "And none for Gretchen Wieners." Chapelle Roan shows up and blows us all away (or is it just a blow up doll?) and we have the six girls of the Pink bracket roast each other in a rap! Who will come out on top? Join us for a brand new This Toxic Fandom to find out!


Episode 114 - The Eight Ball (All Stars 10, EP 4)
#113
05/26/2025

We begin the Pink Bracket with six new all-star queens, including a girl who hasn't been on the show since Season 2 and a girl who was on a season that finished airing A MONTH AGO! Wild discrepancies in ages and seasons abound as the six girls of the Pink Bracket of RuPaul's All Stars Season 10 are tasked with making a complete garment out of eight randomly assigned items that would flummox a lesser queen! That's right, after seventeen normal seasons and ten regular seasons, we're finally doing Drag Race Chopped! Join the bois as they talk about the return...


Episode 113 - Hoop Queens (All Stars 10, Episode 3)
#112
05/19/2025

The orange bracket queens of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10 are asked to take some GORGEOUS basketball-playing divas and turn them into drag family in the final challenge of the orange bracket! David has fled to Canada, so Steven and Joe have decided to debate over who was the second-worst girl of the week because this episode is a pulse-pounding thrill-a-minute escapade through some great looks, some truly horrific looks, suspicious padding, and the ever burning question: Is Bosco hot enough to make one of the bois straight? Who knows! Find out in this week's THIS TOXIC FANDOM...


Episode 112 - Murder On The Dance Floor! (All Stars 10, Episode 2)
#111
05/15/2025

All Stars 10 continues with the second episode of the not-a-two-part-premiere-but-they-made-us-do-double-duty-anyway premiere, this time with an improv challenge for Team Orange as they have to deduce who the murderer on the dance floor is! Turns out, it's Michelle, but who cares, this is a glass eye, and I lost this eye to glaucoma! We're blind! But more importantly, find out what you call an all gay Conclave, who is a Calculus Rising, and if David ever bought the merch he promised he'd buy from Bosco, all in this week's THIS TOXIC FANDOM as they cover All Stars 10, Episode 2, Murder on...


Episode 111 - Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner (All Star Season 10 PREMIERE!)
#110
05/12/2025

LET'S GET ALL STARTED! The bois are colorful, creative, and coocoo as they kick off a new season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars! As the Orange Team enters the work room, they discuss the growth of these queens, who they're rooting for, and most importantly, who will make it to the second round of the Tournament of Champions! Will a new format change bring out the best of a format that's been more miss than hit lately? Will this be what saves the world after Season 9 failed to do much? Will Joe ever get all that purple out...


Episode 110 - Season 17 Grand Finale! (RPDR S17 EP16)
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04/21/2025

Well, we've been dropped into a dunk tank, had our jokes stolen, held our lighters up in a jazz bar, saw a human tumbleweed, and learned never to trust thithers. We'd say we were big fans if we were all dressed as oscillating fans, but honestly, we've had a fun time with YOU, dear listener, as we've watched Season 17 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Now it's time to crown the winner and see who will take it!... You know who took it, right? Like, it was kinda obvious? Anyway, join the bois for one last splash in the Season 17 pond...


Episode 109 - Lip Sync Lapaparuza Smackdown! (RPDR S17 EP 15)
#108
04/14/2025

The ten eliminated queens of Season 17 are back back back back again to battle it out for the title of She Done Already Done Had Herses, and while we're lacking a Megami to pray to or a shot of Morphine, these girls show their Butthole and prove whose King and give us a pretty good Toot while they're at it as they trick, dip, and flip their way to $50,000 in one of the most entertaining episodes of the season. Join Joe and David as they talk about their lip sync dreams, New York, backpacks, and why it takes a...


Episode 108 - How's Your Headliner? (RPDR S17 EP 14)
#107
04/07/2025

It's time to toot (or really boot) the Vegas strip as the girls "audition" for RuPaul's Drag Race Live! The bois discuss what makes a good season, their highlights of S17, what they expect from the Lalaparuza, and the most important question: Is Latrice good at interviewing, or is she just charismatic? Find out this burning question and more on this week's THIS TOXIC FANDOM!


Episode 106 - Drag Baby Mamas (RPDR S17 EP 13)
#106
03/31/2025

Not a dry eye in the house as the top 5 queens of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 are asked to put their parents in drag! The bois of This Toxic Fandom talk about their own parents, the complicated relationships you can have with your adult child, how hard it is to be a queer child even with supportive parents, and some actually fun topics too such as fashion, how to be a proper clown, and LEGO! Join the conversation today and maybe call your mom while you're at it!


Episode 105 - The Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent Monologues (RPDR S17 E12)
#105
03/24/2025

This week the queens have to showcase their minds, bodies, and souls as they write monologues and create interpretive dances for the Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent Monologues. We have two hosts this week (David and Joe) who take a stab at writing each other's bios (a take on the mini challenge), talk about seeing Lexi Love at a viewing party (watching her watch the show was its own show), and find out why David and Pope haven't been in the same recording room for the past 3 weeks (feud of the decade). All this and more!


Episode 104 - Ross Matthews Vs The Ducks (RPDR S17 EP 11)
#104
03/17/2025

All these ducks but not one Mighty Ducks or Daffy Duck or Donald Duck reference to be seen? Despicable! While David's off doing dope shit Joe and Steven are left to discuss Ross Matthews Vs the Ducks, a parody sketch where the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 perform a parody of the limited series Capote vs The Swans. That's right, we have a character named Butthole, and we're going to teach you about Truman Capote. Who said reality TV was trash?! Parodies upon parodies are done as Steven and Joe discuss John Cena's heel turn, the ravages of...


Episode 103 - The Villains Roast (RPDR S17 E10)
#103
03/11/2025

Don't hate on us cause the episode is late, but we may let you roast us! This week we're covering the Haters Roast, where the queens have to roast 3 villains from Drag Race past (Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Plane Jane, and Kandy Muse). We also discuss if Jewels' order was fair, if Lexi's inner saboteur is getting the best of her, as well as Suzie Toot-y's fruity booty! 

 

This episode was edited by the amazing Nicholas Crawford 


Episode 102 - Heavens to Bestey with special guest ASTOR YANG! (RPDR S17 EP 9)
#102
03/03/2025

Designer to the stars and dollmaker to the fabulous Astor Yang joins This Toxic Fandom as the bois discuss the pink, the powerful, and the split-tacular Betsey Johnson in one of the most fun and well thought-out design challenges in the show's history! The girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 are given three of Betsey Johnson's most iconic collections and told to reinvent them in their own image, and there are some high highs, low lows, and a showmance for the ages. Kiss me deadly, it's This Toxic Fandom, and it's time to join the conversation by downloading now!<...


Episode 101 - The Wicked Wiz of Oz: The Rusical! (RPDR S17 EP 8)
#101
02/24/2025

In this latest recap of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, Steven has been kidnapped by Joe and forced to talk about A Chorus Line! I mean The Wiz. I mean The Wizard of Oz. I mean, Wicked? Eh, screw it, we'll just throw all of them in a blender and make a Rusical out of it! The remaining ten girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 show off their musical talents as they take on iconic Wizard of Oz characters such as Dorothy, The Scarecrow, Glenda the Good Witch, and... Cher, I suppose! Who will be getting a Tony and who...


Episode 100 - Snatch Game (RPDR S17 EP 7)
#100
02/17/2025

Well it's the snatch game. Again. Will it ever be fun again? Survey says... Maybe! But at least we have fun talking about it and talking about it along with a hair-raising and nail-biting exciting runway! Also, wait, oh lord, it's our 100th episode! Come celebrate with us and download now!!!


Episode 99 - Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball (RPDR S17 EP 6)
#99
02/10/2025

Oh dear, did a wet ball drop? Sorry, that joke was disgusting, but you know what's not disgusting? 36 sickening looks based on the 70% of the earth we can't live in! The girls of season 17 are tasked with making outfits out of sea trash, while also showing off a bathing beauty look AND a look inspired by marine life! And not a mermaid to be seen. Tragic, really. Meanwhile the boys talk about how they stan Hormona Lisa, why being pretty can be a bad thing, and who's afraid of the big bad Ru. Join the discussion and download now!<...


Episode 98 - RDR Live! (RPDR S17 EP 5)
#98
02/03/2025

Because we never learn from our mistakes, we're doing RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE LIVE! But not really, because that would be gonzo. Yes it's the return of everyone's one-take-sketch-comedy show and we have notes upon notes to share before we get tickled pink on the runway! As the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 argue and fight over what's "good drag," we can't help but wonder - Has anyone ever taken a sketch comedy class on the production team? Find out in this week's episode of THIS TOXIC FANDOM!


Episode 97 - Bitch, I'm A Drag Queen! (RPDR S17 EP 4)
#97
01/27/2025

It's a new day, and after the first elimination, the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 are in their feelings, but so are the bois as they talk about Drag Race Alumni's OnlyFans, the rise and fall of J-O-E and don't forget the ELLA, and how we've already seen several girls pull ahead despite only having two real competitive episodes! Seriously, for an episode the bois aren't too fond of, they find a lot of ways to talk about it. Join in the conversation now!


Episode 96 - Grand Finale (CDR S5 E9)
#96
01/23/2025

This episode we bid farewell to season 5 of Canada! We get tea from a listener, Pope's hot take from the bathroom (He was sick and couldn't make it), crown a winner, hear who Joe wanted to get the crown, and celebrate David's Birthday. Oh, David also annoys Joe with how much he wants to just talk about his love Orville Peck


Episode 95 - Monopulence! (RPDR S17 EP 3)
#95
01/20/2025

Fun fact, Steven misread this title as "menopause" and was very confused. Anyway! It's a new day in the Werk Room as the girls are given money honey and then asked to make outfits based on everyone's least favorite board game that we all have a copy of anyway, Monopoly! Will Steven keep the boardgamery in his pants? Will the girls serve the looks or end up not passing go and going straight to Jail? Find out in this week's episode of This Toxic Fandom as we dive into RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, episode 3!


Episode 94 - What Just Happened? (CDR S5 EP 8)
#94
01/16/2025

The top 5 girls are brought together to... Be interviewed by Brad Goreski? It's a weird one, folks, but it's Canada's Drag Race and we're almost at the finish line! We talk about Wicked, Munchkins, Canadians, Anita Bryant finally doing something good with her life by dying, and how if you squint really hard in some parts of the podcast you might see Steven hanging around. Will these jokes make sense? Only if you join us as we continue to talk about Canada's Drag Race on This Toxic Fandom!


Episode 93 - Drag Queens Got Talent Part 2 (RPDR S17 E2)
#93
01/13/2025

We're back to find out who wins, who lipsync's against Acacia, and who goes home. We also answer questions like what does rollerskating lead to? Is standup a good talent? and what is a Badonk-a-dunk twist? All this and more! Sadly due to the ongoing fires in LA, Pope was not able to join us this episode. He will be back for Canada on Thursday!  


Episode 92 - The Devil Wore Custom (CDR S5 EP 7)
#92
01/09/2025

Oh, I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You download your favorite podcast about the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race because you think you're too good for the international seasons, but what you don't know is that that episode is not just well produced, it's not just funny, it's taken from one of the greatest challenges ever produced on Drag Race Canada where the remaining contestants are asked to make custom outfits for the host of the program to model. You're so unaware of the fact that while America is doing Rate A Queen...


Episode 91 - Squirrel Games - RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 Episode 1
#91
01/06/2025

IT'S THE SEASON PREMIERE! I REPEAT: IT'S THE SEASON PREMIERE! Join Steven, Joe, and David as they explore the season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, The Squirrel Games! Fourteen new girls join the fray and enter the gauntlet as the hit reality TV show returns with the return of the controversial Rate A Queen and a jaw-dropping talent show filled with twists, splits, and lemonade! Join the conversation now and listen to This Toxic Fandom!


Episode 90 - Canada's Snatch Game (CDR S5 EP 6)
#90
12/30/2024

The Snatch Game this week was so bad that it made Joe catch the flu bug! But seriously, people, wash your hands and get your flu shots, you morons. Anyway! David and Steven are left to summarize the Snatch Game and then be teleported to Mars by the intergalactic popstar runway! With Joe not there to moderate, let's ramble and talk about David Letterman, sad backstories, and the rare WOODEN BEAVER! All this and more in this week's This Toxic Fandom, so give it a listen and let's get impersonational!


Episode 89 - The One Where They Went 90s (CDR S5 EP5)
#89
12/23/2024

Oh. My. God. Becky, look at her drag race podcast! It's just, like, so... Big. This week on This Toxic Fandom, we gave up on the new millennium and went back to the halcyon days of slap bracelets, beanie babies, roller blades, and making way too many hand gestures. That's right kids, we're totally bugging and going back to the 90s! The girls of Canada's Drag Race make their very own girl groups and then have to combine the fashions of grunge and glamour on the runway. Who will be a fly girl, who will fly away like Lenny...


Episode 88 - Fast Fashion (CDR S5 EP 4)
#88
12/16/2024

We want to see some H&M on this runway for the first time! For this season's first design challenge, the girls will have to make fashions that look off the rack, which Steven thinks is a great idea because he's WHAT? Insane. The girls are also tasked with presenting a slow-motion outfit to varying degrees of success and somehow, Squirrel Girl from Marvel Rivals is brought up. Check out the latest episode of This Toxic Fandom and listen as we dive head-first into Canada's Drag Race!


Episode 87 - The Slayoffs: Teams Edition (Canada's Drag Race Season 5, Episode 3)
#87
12/09/2024

Steven is back back back back again with Joe and David after his hiatus and the bois are reunited and better than ever! The three of them dive into the world of Drag Race Canada, where they get into the Tim Horton Hears a Who of it all as the top ten girls of Canada's Drag Race Season 5 compete in a smackdown lip synch for glory, honor, fame, and the chance to distribute their golden beaver however they see fit. Alanis Morisette before her big break, Joe not knowing when songs were popular to their own detriment, and David...


Episode 86 - Grand Finale (RPDRUK S6 E10)
#86
12/02/2024

Well chickens, we've made it to the end of another season! This week we talk about who was crowned, the final challenge, some tic-tac lunches, and whether or not we agree with the crowned queen (spoiler alert: it's nuanced). Graba cuppa tea and enjoy this finale before we officially head true north and strong to Drag Race Canada.


Episode 85 - Send In The Clowns (RPDRUK S6 E9)
#85
11/25/2024

This week the queens are getting in a tiny car cause they're heading to a Roast dressed as clowns. Which queens will give you the tears of a clown and which will have you questioning your sexual attractions to Bozo? Plus being the semi finals, we now know our top 4! Want to know who Joe and David are supporting? Listen to find out! 


Episode 84 - All In The Drag Family (RPDRUK S6 E8)
#84
11/18/2024

This week on Drag Race UK it's the makeover challenge! The contestants need to make over members of their family and work with what they almost all already have... Family resemblance. We laugh, we cry (no really, we talk about how we cried, it's an emotional one), we both wish Chara Tea's mum was ours. So grab your fave (or the one you'd most likely makeover) loved one and enjoy this week's episode. It's sure to be a Pope-ular one! (you'll understand when you get to the end of the episode). 


Episode 83 - Pop of the Tops: The Rusical (RPDRUK S6 E7)
#83
11/11/2024

Oh what a beautiful mornin! It's time for a Rusical! This week the queens get to star in a brand new Rusical as some of the UKs most influential pop stars on a Top of the Pops parody! Joe and David talk about whether they have faith in Kyran getting another win and if Actavia can spice up her life or not. Regardless, much like the character Marmalade plays, the bitches are back! 


Episode 82 - The Snatch Game (RPDRUK S6 E6)
#82
11/04/2024

We are halfway through the season and finally at the snatch game! This week, the Queen’s have to start the episode by reading the house down boots yassss God… A.k.a. the reading challenge, followed by the snatch game! Is RuPaul being shady by having them do both of these in one Episode let us know in a five star rating in review on Apple podcasts. David and Joe truly have the best time discussing one of the best snach games in a minute. 


Episode 81 - Dance Like The World Is Watching (RPGAS EP 12 S1)
#81
10/31/2024

It's a Halloween treat as we finally finish Global All Stars! Yaaay! No one is satisfied and everyone wants to go home! We talk fashion, we talk lewks, we talk Wicked (because we have a problem), we talk about THE BORE WORMS and make references that Joe doesn't get, and we finally put this season to bed. Here's hoping that if we get GAS again, it'll be with some Tums or something. Join the conversation now with This Toxic Fandom as they say goodbye to RuPaul's Global All Stars!