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

READERS! This week Kyle is joined by Baltimore's little buffoon court jester (his words, not ours) Jake Leizear at the virtual Shade Table! (It's a three take episode courtesy of Kyle's Service Battery warning from his refurbished Crapbook Pro - just a heads up.) Join the dolls as they discuss Pokemon Legends, eye rolls, questionable improv choices, loose interpretations of loose definitions of lo...

READERS…it's chocolate. 🍫 :( Kyle, Keith and Ben are united once more and joined by a fully stocked soundboard, constant, cutting shade, some lamentations about the shoe offerings at Payless when you're a size 13 or 14, and our full range of emotions about all FORTY-TWO LOOKS in this our summary of Season 14, Episode 3: A Pair of Balls! She should've brought the hat. (music: bensound.com )

READERS. Kyle, Keith and Ben are back discussing with the night shift queens, in addition to chatting about being born in the 1900s, severe back arches, more white woman nude illusion, what family members you can subject to Joan Crawford reenactments, questionable wigs, sexy sexy sexy gowns, a whole lotta lip-syncing and all of our thoughts on Episode 2 of Season 14 - Big Opening, Part 2! Check? C...

READERS! Our late fees have been paid off and our library cards have been reinstated. That's right - The Shade Table is back, bébés! The new year brings with it some new equipment, a new Shade Table, a new guest librarian and of course, a new season of Drag Race. Join Kyle and returning interim librarian Keith in welcoming Dr. Ben Wagner to the Shade Table, where they discuss milky twilights, whit...

READERS! What even is time? (No seriously. Because we're still dealing with a panini two years later...) We finally got around to finding the audio from our recap of the reunion and the finale of Season 12, which we recorded back in December of 2020 :| Quite a bit has happened since (including roughly 17 seasons of Drag Race and it's sibling shows), and we will eventually get around to summing up...

Ready, set, PRO! Happy "Boxing Day" episode, readers! We talk about our mystery jobs (both newly acquired and possessed for years), Zoom pregnancies, hepiphanies, Sharron's one-woman show "The Sound Lot", talking to people with our mouths, ideal show lineups, advice from Whoopi, professional bottomists, a record amount of bleeped out Jane moments, and the results of the various One Queen Shows! Di...

Readers, we'll wait. Today is DEFINITELY December 23rd, and Kyle is joined by returning guest librarian Keith (black black black again), along with Keith's sewer-dwelling tethered Dawn! The shade button is alive and well (if not a little delayed) as we discuss comedic stylings, QPOWs, problematic cis gays, "loud" white people fabrique vs. loud POC fabrique, the drama of playing Spellbreak (and wha...

READERS! With his specialty in American politics, Kyle could think of no better guest librarian to join him in the digital aether than political scientist Patrick Egan! Who better to discuss early bird special queens, off the cuff jokes vs. a well-paid writing staff, and good debate etiquette with? We also find out which recent election cycle debate Patrick attended and how to LOOK OVER THERE! It'...

READERS! Kyle is joined by our immensely bearddraggled Brillo faced friend of the pod Mike Soto for some quick chats about Drag Race Canada and Holland, goat fish Jantasies, weird quality Skype audio (sorry!), …CHAKA KHAN?, gay uncle at Easter attire, wiggling body parts, Trinity the Truck Traylor Thomas the Transformer, Mike's childhood Barbie, flying Sharpies, Chesté, and triggering eager child...

Everybody say THANKS MISS RONA! Readers! Kyle welcomes a return appearance to the Shade Table from tall and skinty legend Keith, and they're kiki-ing (KeiKei-ing?) about what they've been up to for the past eight months (spoiler alert: nothing), Rusicals past and present, DaftBoy fans presents DaftBoy fans by DaftBoy, OnlyFans contemplations, discorrections, Tragedy Mirror Time, cliffhanger thigh...

Take a trip in our time machine to the start of April 2020 - and the most recent gathering of your three head librarians at The Shade Table! Everyone's got ill-timed illnesses, Katie's got Death Wishes for people, Sharron's in...Hawaii? and Kyle is sorry we've got weird audio for this episode. We're asking for your sheltered-in-place forgiveness as remote recording was a new TSOIA frontier, but th...

Ayo sis! Ayo ma! READERS. It's a family affair at The Shade Table this week as Kyle is joined by his twin sister Kayla and mother Karen to kiki about this week's episode! Kayla talks about her admiration for look queens, Karen apparently really doesn't like Widow, Kyle divulges some tips about making the most of small parts in a show, and we recap the ups, downs and "Who should go home tonight and...

Hope you're ready for some unprecedented firsts on The Shade Of It All, readers! This is our first life-altering pandemic during the pod, so Kyle is trying out a Hail Mary pass (that's sports enough, right?) with recording first time guests (and the first ever call-in librarians!) Kevin Tallon (of the Gotham Knights rugby team) and two-time Olympic swimmer Amini Fonua! These athletic gentlemen fle...

#ThankGoodnes - Kyle-Steven's rejoined by one of his favorite Judys, Holly Louise, and welcoming to the kink-shaming Shade Table for the first time, Keith Avery! Life's not fair that Kyle's surrounded by these beauteous recipients of God's Photoshop, but we manage to sneak in references to fish hiding kids in their mouths, personal pandemic problems, murder elevators, being blessed and highly flav...

READERS! Kyle's joined by the current f*cking reigning Miss Nerd New York, Megami! We spend a little bit of time discussing the giant disqualified elephant in the room but then get into a discussion of sad girl music, painting with the S12 girls, Destiny's LaTavias, the Cardi B Collection for Fashion Nova, Janne Hathaway and premiere 2 of 2 for Drag Race Season 12: You Don't Know Me. (Their Venmos...

READERS. Sharron's wearing her TEAMWENDY shirt, Katie's getting her cake sitting pants on while getting increasingly blonde (she's 40!), and Kyle is…hard to hear (he has an excuse though - he's sick!) as we get the gang together to drop some *big* Shade Table Season 12 News. We also talk emoji mashups, pangolins, capybaras, skinty legendts, tiny tiny couches, getting refunds AND credits, All Stars...

READERS, can y'all hear the beauty? POSE's own B. Hawk Snipes of the legendary House of Reign sits down with us to kiki about episodes 5-7 (What Would Candy Do, Love's in Need of Love Today, and Blow). We talk preschool academics, pudding, Sue Simmons, Solid Gold, Elektra's rejects, and sitting beside Patti Lupone. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, quick-- squeeze in our latest Summer Reading episode before this week's POSE! Katie, Sharron and Kyle welcome to the Shade Table Tito  (the model who was just talking) to discuss opulentils, signature moves, Instant Hotel, Dorito Loco Tacos, killing Cousin Oliver, and calling the cops on Dorian Corry. (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Kyle and Sharron pull up to the Shade Table to talk Caroline in the City, Rachael Leigh Cook, Victim-Crime Vision Boards, and NIPPLES EVERYWHERE as we dish about RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 11 Finale! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, Katie, Sharron and Kyle gather at the Shade Table about dressing a fupa, horse feathers, functional unf*ckability, Daryl Strawberry, and Wood Glue as we assess the Season 11 reunion! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! It's a family reunion at the Shade Table as Kyle, Sharron and Katie retake their places and mics to talk Kyle tendencies, Sharron's drag padding, and play Hotep Pyramid (NOT explained by Dr. Katie Ganache). AND, Season 11, Episode 12: Queens Everywhere!(music: bensound.com)

Alright readers - this one's a doozy! Katie is booked and blessed ("she's so busy") and Sharron is wrapping up her Eurotrip ("she's STILL in Sweden?!") so Kyle is joined by one of his best judies, the infinitely quotable Holly Louise Gooden! Tune in to find out which queen makes Holly want to rub her boobs, opinions on lacefront beards vs. weave beards, whose tuck could have been better, BIKE SHOR...

Readers, we're back on Lawn Guyland! ("We're" being Kyle - Sharron's in Sweden and Katie's sick, no bueno!) Our extra special guest librarian is flight attendant Nico Dragone and his spicy opinions - we're discussing golden pigs, ball pairings, Da Black Magic (or lack thereof), being Stanjies and our other feelings on Season 11, Episode 10: Dragracadabra! All while drinking peach wine product! Whe...

READERS! Sharron and Kyle are Blacking Out™ and discussing resting bitch voice, scream-laugh-cries, diabetic comas, acquiescing to scene partners, the season of So Many Pants, and the Dreamgirls: Lurleen Lumpkin, Lyle Lanley and Laverle. Oh, and also Episode 9 of Season 11 - L.A.P.D.! (NOT brought to you by Zenni Optical.) "I call her Paula and I keep her hidden." Give that b*tch a Peabody! (music...

Readers! The power of 3 will set us free as Kyle, author of Why Are You Yelling?, and Sharron, author of From Ho To Housewife: It IS Possible (who may or may not be astral projecting) are joined by good judy of the Salt Table - hey Tauruses! - Megami (who may or may not be a ghost). We're discussing the queens several salty sides, B*g D*ck B*tch dot com (thanks Bing!), how hard it is having to be...