The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race

CORICORI (spelling?) LECTRICES! Kyle is joined once more by everyone's favorite Frenchman, Gary Goldman, for a brief but thorough espousing of all things Drag Race France! What elements of the show were quintessentially French? What would Gary have added to make it even MORE French? What Pokémon are serving c*nt? And how many bad French imitations made the final cut of the episode? (Spoilers for t...

READERS! For the design challenge, it's a double dose of artistic Aries articulations as Kyle is joined by the amazing Andrilisa, artist and creator extraordinaire (and one of Kyle's besties for over 20 years!) We discuss the art of taking critique, the passion required to be a creator, and of course the fabulous (and…other!) designs of this week's episode, House of Fashion! (And somehow Kyle mana...

READERS, EVERYBODY SAY (HOUSE OF) LOVE! To add some flavor to our supersized recap of Supersized Snatch Game, Kyle, Keith and Ben are taste testing 3 of the 6 assorted flavors of the House of Love cocktails and mocktails 24 pack! (This week's refreshments include the Ginger Mule mocktail, as well as the 7% ABV Pomegranate Lime Vodka and the whopping 12% ABV Tangerine Margarita. 🥳 ) Did the queens...

Readers! Ever wonder what it'll be like when we die? Us neither, but Kyle and Ben explore musings on Broadway, M3GAN, an inability to tell Black people apart, reality TV show edits, these truncated episodes and this week's afterlife-based improv challenge. Was heaven missing an angel? Did anyone go to Hell in a hand basket? Does Ru give a look of confusion and disdain to any queen this week? (Yes!...

A two episode premiere warrants a double-length episode of TSOIA! (We won't fault you for splitting this up into two listens.) Our two hour recap and the new $200,000 grand prize has the return of two return librarians and our thot shit - Jake Leizear is back, along with the four-years-reigning Miss Nerd New York, Megami! We dive into the show's move to MTV, the largest cast and talent show ever,...

New year, same us readers - deal with it! Kyle and other recurring librarian Keith Avery discuss their thoughts on meme brands, knitters, mismeasured sandwiches, being tricked by the new year and all of our travels this year. Oh, and our thoughts on the remaining nine episodes of All Stars 7 that we didn't cover when it aired originally! 😅 Which queen are each of us apologists for? Which runways...

Readers! To wrap up '22, Kyle and recurring librarian Jake Leizear pay homage to the oft-overlooked second outs of the season; the local drag scenes of Baltimore, Connecticut and Seattle; and our opinions on the 200 seasons of Drag Race we got this year (as both Drag Race OG and TSOIA approach our 200th episodes!) We *mostly* get away with discussions about this year's 12(!) seasons without discus...

Readers and beavers! Kyle and Dr. Ben are joined by second daughter of Columbiana, Ohio Kara Noel! There's no shortage of asides and "twin talk" between Ben and Kara (despite them not being twins) as the trio discusses blood types (and our debilitating issues with giving blood), repetitive jargon, acceptable Wheel of Fortune guessing strategies, The Wiz, credit scores, oversized alliances and of c...

READERS, it's happening! The fans wanted them to compete again so bitches, they got in the ring and let's GO. For such an epic season to be ru-capped in true Legendary Legend style, Kyle made sure to be joined by none other than Katie and Sharron! We discuss why women kill (spoiler alert, it's men), what queens we'll always stan, the several many seasons of Drag Race that have aired since the libr...

READERS it's happened! After spending a month and a half off celebrating their birthday 🎁 (not really…but alsoooo…), the Porter Twins are back to wrap up our Season 14 coverage with a joint episode covering the reunion AND the finale! More producer-fueled "drama", more munties for the winner (and the runner up!), more questionable lip-sync performances - all will be Ruvealed, along with possibly...

READERS, this season's been so long, Kyle's another year older! To celebrate the occasion, Jake Leizear is back to chat with the birthday boy about terribad autotune, staring at the ceiling during performances, crawling on the floor when asked, natty Xtina wigs, and the "I'm a mouse - duh!" shenantergins of the final performance episode of season 14, "Catwalk!" In 10 days we'll have a winner, baby...

READERS, are we at the penultimate performance episode of the season?! Returning to the Shade Table with Kyle this week is the newly and dually citizenshipped Gary Goldman, complete with overly seltzer alcoholic bevvies and a litany of opinions! We're discussing standup vs. roasts, immortal fascinating show stopping ingenue SUPER HAPPY TO BE THERE Norvina, ignoring feedback from the judges, terrib...

READERS, have you heard that being vegan just makes you better than other people? Well Kyle got an afternoon of reminders courtesy of Dr. Ben and special West Coast visitor Katie Kaitchuck! The sound effects run rampant, along with thoughts on the corpse of ANTM, residual trauma from Snatch Game, editing (or lack thereof), the Broadway show with beef you should be seeing, and the quality of this w...

READERS! A two-episode rucap rolled into one is made all the more poignant by bringing you the dynamic duo of Aries season - the Porter Twins! After two years, Kyle is joined once again by his twin sister Kayla to talk about Boscow, some contested lip sync decisions, some questionable celebrity impersonations, some world-view shattering blackface, and of course, the straight up WTFery of this year...

READERS. It's one week later which was about the amount of time we needed to process the Bland Finale of Drag Race UKvsTWXYZ. Is Michael drinking this episode? Is Hollie over her Drag Race fatigue? Who's going to be the first to mention Wetherspoons? And did anyone make it through a full listen of the "prize" track for the winner of this potentially one and done season? All this and more as we sum...

READERS!!! It's a quick and dirty (well…quick and dirty for Shade Table standards) episode as Ky-Ky and Kei-Kei, most *definitely* recording on a weekend because Kyle's sister didn't bail on him last minute, virtually discuss to eliminate or not to eliminate, the...interesting…sonic prize of the "winner's" "prize" from UKvsTWXYZ with Nubian Queen Ebony Goddess RuPaul, "caked up" celebs, and the wi...

READERS! Hollie's having gin, Michael's having pineapple juice, and Kyle's having dragonfruit energy drink to kept us hydrated and moderately critical of the penultimate episode of the show. We're talking two pussies, Mystery Mall, outfits that you hate a little more every time you see them, shitty soap operas, scones vs. biscuits, and how thrilled the queens likely are having to record a RuPaul s...

Your favorite girl group is back, readers! Kyle is joined by recurring librarian Keith and longtime gal pal Holly Louise Gooden to start the reunion tour of KWA (that's Knitters With Attitude!) As per yewzh when these 3 get together, there are a lot of laugh-filled tangents before we start recapping (around the 16:20 mark; at the 30 minute mark if you ONLY want to hear about this episode), but we...

READERS! Hollie and Michael are back with Kyle at the Shade Table to talk about everyone's "favorite" challenge - The Snatch Game! Did the Family Feud/Family Fortunes twist help? Is playing a straight up man a copout at this point? Will we get in a Wetherspoons reference? What about another UK girl group? And is there any point in watching the rest of the season after THAT ending? All of this and...

READERS, we've got a lot of hot air to let out after that episode. (Get it? It's a fart joke, the cream of the crop of humor.) Kyle is joined by the Latin from Manhattan Francisco Alegria to talk about the leftover feelings from the Glamazon Prime runway, having your tortillas made vs. being a tortilla maker, how much y'all need to get caught up on Dynasty references, what role we'd go after as TH...

READERS! Kyle and Michael are here to differentiate between the West End and the Bell End as we talk nondescript white guy guest judges, Jujubee rendering everyone illiterate when it comes to the library, how appealing throwing a tantrum is multiple weeks in a row (spoiler alert: not at all appealing!), whether Meryl Streep should be nominated for this episode, and of course, our thoughts on Episo...

READERS! This week, the Shade Table has seats for the newly American Gary Goldman and the STILL reigning Miss Nerd NY Megami! After determining whether we could pass the American citizenship test (spoiler alert: Gary can; Megami and Kyle can't), we talk about floppy jacks and other objects available on Glamazon, diarrhea thoughts, dated Sex and the City references, that homeless woman at the resor...

'ELLO READERS AND GUBNAHS! Break out the bangers and mash (and your blaccents 🙄) - we're back for another across the pond edish of The Shade Of It All! Our interim British librarians Hollie and Michael are back at the International Shade Table with Kyle, and it's another absolutely mediocre episode as we talk whelming middle names, S Club 7, Wetherspoons toilets, and how many Quality Street dress...

READERS! You're in store for a second episode this week, as Kyle and Keith are joined by K-Pop stan and The Cut staple Jaime Aguilar to talk about the molesty mini-challenges, curious runways, and THAT lipsync of this week's episode, Save A Queen. Hope you rememberized your lines! (Music: bensound.com )

READERS - You alright babes?! For the first time in Shade Table herstory, we're getting international and trans-Atlantic, and bringing you a special show within a show! (Do you want to play?!) American Kyle is joined by two British Kyles, the lovely Hollie Charles and Michael Kenny! (The only British lot we know are the ones with multiple first names, sue us.) On the first of this special six part...