Closet Disco Queen Pot-Cast

Drop us a line or two . . . We open mid-coffee, mid-chaos. Queenie is on her second decaf (which, she notes, doesn't really count), her hair is doing something, and TT is fresh off a long weekend in Milwaukee with her twenty-year dinner group — yes, twenty years of the same rotating cast of couples, one of whom has since become a singleton, and at least one pair that does, apparently, wife-sw...

Drop us a line or two . . . The episode kicks off mid-chaos, as usual — Queenie confesses she spent a solid twenty minutes deep in a Temu rabbit hole pricing out pet rocks, gable boxes, and crinkly nesting paper for what she envisioned as a charming craft activity at their upcoming fiftieth high school reunion. Markers, rocks, a time capsule element, maybe something for guests to take home and pai...

Drop us a line or two . . . Pull up a chair, queens, because this one's got everything: migraines, gummies, hashables bumping microphones, shame lips, and a landlord who needed to be put in her place. Just another day at the Closet Disco Queen Potcast.  Queenie enlightens us about a movement in Europe called Schamtalus (the shameless movement) campaigned for years to replace it with the neutr...

Drop us a line or two . . . This episode is part time-warp, part grief journal, part "would you rather" game night — and somehow all of it hangs together the way only a real friendship can hold contradictions.  Queenie kicks things off with a piece she read about time compression — why the years feel like they're moving at warp speed the older you get. The culprit? Routine. When you...

Drop us a line or two . . . ## LONG SUMMARY This episode opens mid-life, mid-mess — which is pretty on-brand for CDQ. Queenie kicks things off with a life update that's equal parts exhausting and quietly heroic: her mom, Mumsy, has been transferred to Sunnyview Hospital for acute rehabilitation following a pelvic fracture complicated by pneumonia. And it has been, to put it mildly, a week. Th...

Drop us a line or two . . . This one hits differently. The episode opens with Queenie still finding her footing after what can only be described as a vacation that got yanked out from under her. She and TT had been soaking up the final glorious days of Cape Cod — doing absolutely nothing of consequence, seaside, blissfully unbothered — when Queenie got the call. Mumsy had taken a fall on her way i...

Drop us a line or two . . . Queenie and TT are recording from Cape Cod Bay — or as they're lobbying to rename it, "Queenie and TT's Water" — and the vibe is pure decompression energy. The vacation is going swimmingly, except for the part where it literally isn't: the inflatable boat has sprung a leak. Did that stop them from staying out on the water for a couple of hours?...

Drop us a line or two . . . Queenie and TT are recording this week's episode from the actual Cape Cod shoreline — specifically Days Cottages in North Truro, Massachusetts, sitting across from each other with water views and, apparently, a front-row seat to a squid situation nobody saw coming. It's a vacation episode, which means the conversation is looser, warmer, and occasionally derail...

Drop us a line or two . . . This one opens the way all the best CDQ episodes do: mid-ramble, mid-weather report, mid-Cape Cod. TT is live from the cottage and the vibes are immaculate. Queenie is back home and very aware that she's exactly one week away from showing up at four twenty-two because, yes, someone absolutely got busted trying to beat Queenie there last year with a little gifty bag...

Drop us a line or two . . . The older we get, the less we’re willing to audition for people who were never going to clap anyway. Save this for the next time you catch yourself over-explaining, people-pleasing, or trying to win someone over.  Here’s the real shift: Not caring less about people, caring more about your energy Saving your best self for the people who actually matter If someone doesn’t...

Drop us a line or two . . . Season five, and the queens are still at it. Queenie kicks things off solo while TT is dialing in from what sounds like an actual dream — lovely North Truro, Massachusetts, right on the water. Queenie is clearly dying to be there. The episode opens on something genuinely heady: a Vice article Queenie read about the "morbidity gap" — the growing distance betwee...

Drop us a line or two . . . The episode kicks off with Queenie sharing a genuinely sweet midweek adventure: she took two of her assignee's kids — a 17-year-old and a 13-year-old — to the Cheesecake Factory while their parents were opening a bank account. The older one was laser-focused on driving regulations and motorcycle licenses (Queenie admirably held her tongue on the motorcycle safety s...

Drop us a line or two . . . We open mid-life, mid-rain, mid-chaos — and fully on brand. Queenie's kicking things off fresh off a family reunion that somehow pulled together around 60 people under a pavilion while the weather did its worst. The rain, she reports, was actually a blessing — it corralled everyone together and made for a genuinely lovely day. Her mom, the family matriarch, had som...

Drop us a line or two . . . LONG SUMMARY Queenie kicks things off fresh from a weekend packed with family events — her niece's bridal shower, a pool party at her sister-in-law's place, and what would have been her late mother-in-law Kay's third anniversary. The shower was a hit partly because the bride lives in Texas and had the good sense to put "just ship it" on the invi...

Drop us a line or two . . . ## LONG SUMMARY It's the day after the Fourth of July, and Queenie is calling in from Clifton Park, New York while TT is holding down the fort in Wisconsin. The holiday recap is suitably low-key — TT's dog was scared, the neighbors were mostly unbothered, and Queenie caught some fireworks through the car window while she was out on the road. But the big headli...

Drop us a line or two . . . Queenie and TT celebrate summer's arrival with TT's chaotic pickleball debut, a mortifying "it's an Indian name" moment, and a brand-new segment — Wait What? — launching with the news that a real mushroom causes consistent hallucinations of tiny mischievous people. They also debate when vs. how they'd want to know they're dying, TT fuc...

Drop us a line or two . . . Join Queenie and TT as they share their latest adventures, thoughts on current events, and humorous takes on life as seasoned queens. This episode covers everything from local events to global sports, with plenty of laughs and insights. And be sure to stay tuned for their newest podcast adventure--Pleasantly Confused! Welcome to the Closet Disco Queen Pot-Cast , a #1 ra...

Drop us a line or two . . . There's a BIG announcement from Queenie and TT, once they get through some talk about softball, pickleball, and body betrayals. They aren't on the same page with TT's Choice, but can see each other's perspective (of course!). And the F*** It List entry pushes back on the over-50 generations' focus on women being "good" and "nice,&...

Drop us a line or two . . . We open mid-chaos — Queenie's looking out the window at incoming weather and clocking the Belmont Stakes clock ticking down, while TT is recovering from twenty-one (count 'em, twenty-one) unsolicited phone calls from a porch enclosure company after the crime of simply browsing their website. One innocent look at three-season room options, and suddenly her phon...

Drop us a line or two . . . This episode opens the way the best ones do — mid-ramble, mid-life, totally unrushed. Queenie and TT kick things off with a digression about estate sales and thrift shops, specifically the unsettling realization that the stuff of their childhoods is now being tagged and priced at church basements across America. Harvest gold Tupperware. Avocado canisters. Country geese...

Drop us a line or two . . . This week, TT survives a heroic (if bruising) escape from a dream assailant via an impressive mid-sleep dismount, and Queenie's sister quits her toxic job with no safety net and full support from the hosts. The two dig into a JAMA study on why older adults are cannabis's fastest-growing demographic — and have thoughts about whether "I just like the way I...

Drop us a line or two . . . Queenie and TT check in from opposite sides of the country — one narrowly missed by a falling tree, one managing four international assignees and a rogue brain. They cover Target selling cannabis beverages in red states, a gummy rebrand nobody asked for, the question of which single hour of the day you'd choose to get high (they'd never pick the same one), and...

Drop us a line or two . . . Pull up a chair, kick off those platform shoes, and pour yourself something nice — Closet Disco Queen is back with another episode that proves midlife is anything but boring. This week, Queenie and TT are finally face to face — no camera, just vibes and good green — and they're covering everything from cemetery maintenance to artisanal cannabis brands, and a surpri...

Drop us a line or two . . . This episode kicks off mid-chaos, as all the best ones do. Queenie's smoking a Triangle Kush pre-roll from Ghost ("it's an Indica — very nice") and TT has accidentally consumed 25 milligrams of passion fruit gummy thinking it was maybe a half of a 20. She's boarding a 5:30 a.m. flight to come see Queenie, a flight that somehow routes through Atl...

Drop us a line or two . . . Queenie and TT are deep in spring mode — bonsai-ing trees, battling fence encroachers, and sending love to their inexplicably large fanbase in Hungary. They break down the latest cannabis rescheduling news, play a round of "Would You Rather," and stumble into a genuinely beautiful conversation about legacy, grief, and what people will say about you when you&ap...