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Mijon Zulu is funny, gay, and obsessed with Drag Race. Join him and his friends as he deep-dives into global queer culture, Drag Race, interviews other Whispering Huntys, and celebrates one of the best TV shows of the modern era.
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Drag this week taught that you need a lot C.U.N.T. Energy and that pussy had better be on fire if you want to beat Jasmine Kennedy in a lip-sync. Also, could queens just consider lowering our expectations and then wow us that talent? Controversial option, but wouldn’t it be nice to not see queens eat their words. On All Stars, we are here for Janey…
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With much joy and sass, we are so happy to be joined by Joey Sigona from EurovisioNYC - an inclusive party that celebrates all things Eurovision all year long! Thank Ru, GJKoijman, Marco Dreijer and Adam Unze for forcing the Huntys to get into the Eurovision situation. Joey served the deets about his Eurovision parties in NYC and Chill Bar - a safe…
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Reunited and it feels so good. Our dear friend, Barbara Busch Light joins us again with all the updates. Thus far, she has been slaying at Starsearch - an Iowa City drag completion at Studio 13. She is also now the hostess and producer of Dinner is Never a Drag at a diner that is literally called The Diner. While she may no longer be a beauty queen…
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Sometimes, if not all the time, we get it from our MAMA! That’s why we are super excited to talk to the powerhouse that is Mancie Mandell - the mother of Jasmine Kennedie. With a little bit of Honest Tea and L-O-V-E, Mama Mandell and I had a lovely kiki about her love of fashion, Gospel Drag, how she feels about the dress she made for Jasmine's run…
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Stop Everything. Who the F*@# are we? This is a day Whispering Huntys never thought would we happen! Our idol, our muse, our inspiration Jonah Kilday is in the Hunty House! Jonah is a queer creative and the co-host of The Queer Creative podcast, which is basically the drag mom to Whispering Huntys and so many queer creatives around the world. Getti…
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Undergarments everywhere, a talent show debut, jerking or twerking or improv, Kerri Colby’s face, and all the Kornbread. Season 14 is back and it feels so right! We still don’t know what Willow Pill did, but thank-the-Evie-Oddly it happened. We kick off this week with The-Bachelor-and-Drag- Race obsessed Kali Tripodis. Kali hosts the ultimate Bache…
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Well, Drag Race is about to give birth until season 14. Till then, we decided to have a kiki with the Queen of the Universe. How could we not? $250,000 for a 6 episode season, while the Drag Race UK has no prize and Drag Race Itaila €30,000? Luckily, it might even be more enjoyable than one of the bajillion franchises that have come through this ye…
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Ciao Huntys! Well, we are gagged, gooped, shooketh by yet another finale that surprised us. Thank the Lord, our beloved Italian-Dutch Nutella Versace joins us to break it down. While Amsterdam is back in lockdown, Nutella was lucky enough to host the annual Aidsfonds World AIDS Day fundraiser. While we are utterly convinced by the talent of the stu…
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Hiiiiiiiii! Zomg, it’s been forever. We know, but don’t worry. Whispering Huntys is still here, the love is still here, and rest is good for the soul. After a brief hiatus, we return with the finale of Canada’s Drag Race with the fantastic Canadian psycho-therapist by day and Drag King by night Cyril Cinder! Huntys, get ready for this kiki CAUSE WE…
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Happy Holidays Y'all. We are still recovering from Thanks/Friendsgiving and the shocker finale that blasted most people’s predictions. But, oh well, winning is something that needs to happen every season so someone has to do it. Congrats to Krystal Versace for winning Drag Race UK. The sky is the limit and we are excited to see you progress. Luckil…
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Could there be any more drag competitions happening at the same time? Drag Race France is coming soon and the UK, Canada, and Italy are airing at the same time!!!!!!!!!! It is the best of times for Nick and the worst of times for Mijon. But, for you, Huntys, we pushed through and watched all three. Day after Trans Remembrance Day, we salute our que…
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Another week, another double something. What on earth is happening that 2 billion new franchises are happening. It is so hard to keep up. Luckily, we have our British darling from across the pond this week, Coco Couture! We dish about everything: hosting drag brunch Kitty Scott-Claus, life before and after lockdown, the new Adele, and trashy Britis…
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What a week! Vanity Milan lives to see another slay, a timed challenge that could not be real, we are still confused as to who and what Grimes is, Eve 6000 has 6000 problems, and Cynthia Kiss has risen from the dead. Coming to you from a vacation in the Catskills, Mijon is falling love with the country and Nick is all in favor. Like upstate, this i…
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Cybil War is finally done hiding from the pandemic and was getting ready for a show! The world and Halloween have been missing her! We learn all about the phenomenon of “strip pubs” in the UK. Then, we catch up on Cybil’s House (her formerly monthly, but now quarterly party at The White Swan) and the trials and tribulations throwing queer parties h…
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We are back in Ireland this week with Victoria Secret who honored us with her presence before popping to the George in Dublin for one of her first live gigs now that bars are open for business! Irelan is 95% and putting many countries to shame. Well done!! Victoria has recently retired from Snapchat and we are all broken-hearted about it, but we un…
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We are back up north and chatting with our friends in Canada. Sunshine Glitterchild has been doing Ottawa Drag Race competition while WigZaddy has been busy working on the new TV show Call Me Mother. We also learn about how Toronto’s drag scene has changed since COVID. Then, we dive into so much Drag Race!…
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How lucky are we to have the darling Adam Johannesson grace on the podcast this week. An illustrator and graphic designer, Adam’s drawing of queens like Miss Fame and Violet Chachki garnered so much attention that queens themselves started following and reposting.. We get to hear about how he collaborated with Miss Fame and has recently featured Th…
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It is Tulip planting season in Holland, so we circled back again to plant some seeds for Drag Race Holland Season 3 and to speak with Drag Queen extraordinaire Hoax LeBeau (Remy could never). This 11-year-old drag-entrepreneur got her first job offer after attending a theme party and turn that into a drag, DJ, and host career! She also founded The …
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Hurray for the Vanessa Van Cartier! Welcome British Drag! And, Happy Belated Rotterdam pride. We are busy, we are swamped and there is just so much good drag. This week we are joined by deep friend of the pod, Drag Costumier (featured on Drag Race Uk and Drag Race España), and Fashion Designer Phillip Brown. We get a full scoop of news from across …
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What the actual F*$% Y’all. We gagged, we are gooped by the cheek, the nerve, the audacity, and the gumption of this final four. I mean. I mean! Our thoughts and prayers to Keta Minaj. Luckily, in our time of need, deep friend of the pod, Noah Millman (events producer, professor, and fitness savant) joins us with Miss Cartier (Matt Geuze), the daug…
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Happy Bushwig and congrats to one of our two new Miss Bushwigs! On the pod, we are joined by the fabulous Toronto writer and podcaster Brynn Byrne (be sure to check out the That Was a Show? podcast). From across the pond, we reconnected with our spicy Dutch diva The Lady Galore. Brynn starts us off with the full scoop on Canada’s election and curre…
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What a week! Queen Kylie!!!!!!!!!! The love of Vanessa Van Cartier. Family Resemblance (normally, gross, but this week was fire (besides that lip-sync - EW)) Also, Henri who? Apparently, Ida was the one we all should have all been preparing for. This week, we’d also like to draw attention to friend-of-the-show and drag queen Essa Noche whose apartm…
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Another week and another Hurricane/Tropical Storm! What the hell is going on? Luckily, we still have drag race and two fabulous guests. Atlanta based award-winning photographer Toby of Just Toby served us amazing insider tea about Nicole Paige Brooks’ Boots, how Mariah Paris Balenziaga and Coco Montrose birthed his Photography career, and Wussy Mag…
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Could life be any crazier? Hurricane/Tropical Storm Henri tried to take down the East Coast (we survived). Cuomo's done! The game within a game was revealed and then we get a cliffhanger? Drag Race Holland’s Snatch Game happened on Episode 3! Thank goodness we had the fine company of Nutella Versace - “Donatella’s long lost Versace cousin” in the h…
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What a week! Inner demons were rampant on both franchises. We learned about polydactylism. We still have no idea what the game within a game is. We learned about colorism in the black community. We got all the elder energy from Tabitha, Vannessa Van Cartier and Fred Van Leer’s come to Jesus monologue to Love Masisi. And, now that World of Wonder is…
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From politics to pride, this episode was a real podcaster party! Although Nick is currently MIA (Midwesterning In Action), we had an amazing chat with two fabulous guests: Marco Dreijer and Maxim Ibadov! Marco Dreijer is a Dutch arts and culture influencer and body positivity activist and is also the host of two podcasts: Ding-a-Dong, a Eurovision …
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Calling all Whispering Huntys! We are a global queer culture, drag, and Drag Race podcast. We love the TV show, but we’re also working to build a space to celebrate and learn about local drag scenes, queer artists and creatives, designers, queer communities around the world, queer allies, and the effects of COVID-19 on queer spaces. Basically, ever…
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Hello, August! This week was a real party on the pod; not only did we have two fabulous guests joining us, Brooklyn DJ Luis Mancheno and drag jewelry artist Genesis Knight, but we also welcomed comedian and friend of the pod Griffin Leeds back as a special guest co-host! Luis Mancheno (DJ name Luis Fernando) produces queer, inclusive parties in Bro…
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This week, the huntys are kiki-ing from the Garden State and welcoming two amazing new guests to the pod: fellow podcaster Kali Tripodis and costume designer extraordinaire Tony Iniguez. Kali is a comedy writer, performer, and host of the Chromaticast podcast and the Trashelor aftershow (check out her Insta and YouTube); and Tony has designed outfi…
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Happy birthday, Whispering Huntys! Mijon and Nick are flying solo this week and celebrating the pod’s one-year anniversary. That’s a whole year we’ve been spilling tea, kiki-ing, and chatting it up with some of the most amazing guests we could have asked for. Now Mercury’s not in "Gatorade" quite yet (...is that right?) but it sure feels like it wi…
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With the Huntys back in New York and Metropolitan finally open until 4 a.m., we are SO ready to dive back into Brooklyn nightlife; and who better to join us than nightlife expert Cameron Cole, a Brooklyn-based photographer, DJ, and writer who’s been working the scene for around 15 years. This week we discuss our favorite nightlife memories, being t…
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¡Hola, Caris! This week we’re kiki-ing from the Windy City and welcoming back Queer In Love podcast’s Diego Amado to help us unpack all this Drag Race. Queer in Love is a podcast that explores queer relationships from a queer lens, hosted by Diego Amado. Each episode he talks to queers to learn about how queer life and queer love thrive, but also h…
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Happy NYC Pride! Post-COVID anxiety is real, but we are living our best lives and getting back into the swing of things! With the premier of All Stars season six and a new episode of España, keeping up with all this Drag Race is like a full-time job! Luckily, we’ve got some incredible guests to help us out. This week, we’re joined by Joel Correa, a…
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New York nightlife is back in full swing and we are living for it -- Mijon even took a note from Art Simone and finally danced in the club to Chromatica!! With the first season of Drag Race Down Under coming to a close, it was only right to discuss the finale with a couple of fabulous Aussie queens; and the lovely Bree Vin-Ammyl and Krystal Kleer h…
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We are fresh from BK Pride and Mijon has the full tea on the joy that happened at the first Whispering Huntys power brunch and at Good Judy this weekend. The BK Queers had a blast and everyone was happy to hear about Whispering Huntys. Down Under is ending so strangely. And, now that Drag Race España has started it is high time that we had a guest …
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Hola Huntys!!! While Down Under has still been blessing us with drama, Drag Race Espana is in the house! Supreme, Ana, The Javiers, and these queens! Who knew that this was the season we’ve all been waiting for!!!!!! To take on the task of all of this Drag Race we could only bring an absolute expert, so we called upon the talents of friend-of-pod M…
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Ok Huntys, get ready for an international session of queer church because we get into it with Ottawa’s own Sunshine Glitterchild and Berlin’s Joe Von Hutch co-founder of daddy.berlin. So much has happened this week. New apartment alert! We learn the truth about East Williamsburg and coining the term Williamsburger. A trip to Good Judy. Jersey City'…
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There is a brand new podcast at the Apocalypse Podcast Network and guess who it belongs to? None other than friend of the pod Adam Unze! That’s right! The Spark Parade podcast is now official family! :) We are so happy and even more happy that Adam joined us this week. On the pod: Did someone say trash? Oh, wait. Art is back! Gag-o-tondra!!!! Any r…
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Family is everything, which is why we caught up with friends of the pod and the most fabulous Italians in all of Amsterdam: Lolo Benzina and Nutella Versace. Our friends in Holland gave us the full scoop on what’s going on in Holland, the latest news about Superball, Club Church - an Amsterdam hot spot, and then get in the Drag race. Karen is gagge…
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A Snatch Game full of bottoms on episode 2, Art Simone doing a Sashay, we knew things would be different on Drag Race Down Under, but, CRIKEY, this is house-down-boots-cray! Thankfully, we have two amazing guests to help process, cope, and keep calm! Kris Keochinda of Awf Magazine and Rockbar’s Coco Taylor join us take everything from drag race to …
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G’day Huntys! We are finally down under and it feels sooooooooooooo good. Things are fresh and these queens are saucy. Have you ever seen so much personality in one room? Where have they been!!!! But, real talk, were you also confused as to when exactly the episode was coming on and where to watch it? World of Wonder? What’s the tea? Literally, thi…
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Finally. Finally, it is the actual finale! Not the top 4 the first time, not the second time, not the reunion-time, but, like, the actual finale this time! We are so overjoyed to be here and we made sure to only bring the family for this moment. Our beloved Griffin Leeds and Barbara Busch Light are back in the house!!!!! Now to the episode! New Fri…
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Do not worry, you are not crazy, almost nothing happened at the Ru-union and yes they did photoshop in a shot of RuPaul asking a question from a completely different season. We still, we there was a lot of talk about. Luckily, our fierce femme friend of the pod Neon Calypso was here to help us break it down. We start with our mutual love of Merrie …
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Philadelphia is a stone’s throw away from NYC. And yet, Nick and I AND DRAG RACE still haven’t been blessed by the presence of a Philly Queen. Well, that ends today! Philly Icon and our new Whorespondent, Bev dropped in to let us know all about: The Boystown of Philly. Bev’s Live Nation Hocus Pocus show. Why no Drag Race queens seem to come from Ph…
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Drag Race Down Under is on the horizon, so we took a quick trip down under to get some tongue-and-cheek with friend of the pod Bree Vinn Ammyl. There is so much to learn about Australia: Wollongong, Sydney, and fun night Down Under. Ok, but back to Drag Race. Does anyone else smell production? Henny, this is a softball for Rose and Symone. Is it ju…
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This week, we are joined by the hilarious Oh Reinnette chiffonier/ Sister Sister collaborator Phillip Brown and Meme generator John McNamara. There is only one Drag Race show. At least, for now. So, thanks to Remy Germinario we came up with a different bonus episode. Drag Race memories! What is better than dishing about our favorite moments from Dr…
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The hands behind Sister Sister’s blue-lipped promo look and 1/2 of the infamous Chips-Gate drama are in the house! Also, could someone explain Utica’s delusions? How is this the first actually entertaining mini-challenge??????? Also, Norvina - stunning! Can someone please explain why this lineup literally helps EVERYONE? Could the judges have made …
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New Segment alert: Drag Race Memories! Does any remember the live Season 5 finale? The Pit Crew can speak? Wow! Maybe this is not the talent they should be showcasing? Branding challenge: Tina Burner, ummmmm, Utica is worrying, Gottmik is confused. Kandy got GAY BASHED! Omg! RuPaul on the Runway! Thank you, mama! Let these young queens know and fee…
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A light lunch? A tic/tac lunch? Are they never doing What’s the Tee again? Who won the interview portion? A Little Bit of Love is the most ironic song to ever end a series, right?! Why was the Final Challenge so off? Also, choereo-NOOOOOO! Also this final lipsync, poor Ellie and Tayce! WHAT IS WITH THIS KNEE DROP????????????? Honestly? Alright, we …
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Alright, y'all, it’s hard to talk about race, but sometimes you have just to. Utica and Symone's journey over the episode reminds us that we still have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating people about people cultural appropriation? When do good intentions become Karen-level woke behavior? We do our best to try to address a complex proble…
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