WEBurlesque Podcast Network

WE's still got some creeps and crawlies with episode 5 of MOVIES T HAT MADE WE (Ooky Spooky) featuring Mia the MVP (NYC) and Holly Ween (NJ), two masquerade enthusiasts who talk their favorite demonic possessions, space aliens, cults, inept vamps, and evil children.  Put on another cauldron. WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS. Film discussion includes Alien, The Innocents, What We Do In the Shadows, Rosema...

Today we discussed Call Outs, Bigger Stages for Black and Brown Performers. We discussed being Legendary. Also, spoke on Learning to excuse yourself to Powder your nose. A great lesson I was taught from my Burlesque Mother the Legendary  @theperlenoire  . Background is from  @burlesquedeck . Guests @4022brandon @simonedelmar @__manyshadesofbaambii__

The newly crowned Miss Coney Island 2022 is our guest for the Music That Made WE, and discuss the songs that paved the way.  An accomplished entertainer already, with a weekly show in NYC, Miss Frankie Eleanor explores her inspirations, passions, and soundtracks to her life. You may listen to this playlist featuring Selena, Erasure, A Perfect Circle, Nirvana, and Carole King, and more at:  https:/...

More frights galore in store in episode 4 of  MOVIES THAT MADE WE (Ooky Spooky) featuring Amoxie Villain (Pittsburgh) and Desiree de Sade (NYC), diabolical burlesque devils waxing poetic on witches, well dressed vampires, slashers, and an always game Eartha Kitt this a double feature Alfred Hitchcock wouldn't let you come in late for. WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS. Film discussion includes Bram Stoker...

Today was one ole discussion with @misty_rose11th and @tru2u_promotions We talked about the importance of research and building the exotic communities in Burlesque and in the Strip Clubs. We talked about Promotions. We talked shit and loved each other all at the same time. Check in with Egypt: Tuesdays on Instagram, and mirrored on the WEBurlesque Podcast Network.  Catch the conversation live at ...

Viktor Devonne is a producer, performer, and podcaster who hosts the WEBurlesque Podcast Network projects, The Podcast, Music That Made WE, Movies That Made WE, WE-Boo-Lesque, and more.  He is the current Mr Hollywood Burlesque, and has celebrated fifteen years in the biz as director of White Elephant Burlesque. He talks to Viktor Devonne on the pod about the oddness of hosting a pod in 2020-2021,...

Hank E. Panky tells stories to Viktor Devonne, featuring the music that shaped their life, from their time in the military to awkward school dances to stagetime from childhood to now. You may listen to this playlist featuring Dolly Parton, Imani Coppola, The B-52's, The Queers, and John Phillip Sousa, and more at:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yuUEPmV114FXueSdws3WM?si=c4c8485bfa344401 This i...

The thrills and chills continue with episode 3 of MOVIES THAT MADE WE (Ooky Spooky) featuring impassioned discussion on classic figures of horror, brought to you from the minds of Craven, Carpenter, Romero, Landis, Spielberg, Kubrick, and beyond.  Hear from 2 authorities on the subject, beloved nerdlesque vixens of doom, Ellie Quinn of Richmond, VA and Betty Brash in Brooklyn, NY.   From sharks to...

Burlesque Ghost Stories, a special bonus episode of WEBurlesque the Podcast, hosted by Viktor Devonne In this edition: a) Visits from the Past Jane the Dame recounts a glitch in time when she, as a child, stumbled upon a figure from an elementary school's past. ( @dame_the_jane ) b) The Moving Toys Margo Mayhem and her mother visit colonial Gettysburg, with an unexpected change in decor occurs dur...

HoneyTree EvilEye is a professional enthusiast on human sexuality, feminist intersectionality, sociopolitical ethics, dance, accessibility, and burlesque.  Hailing from Nebraska and living in Philadelphia, HoneyTree spills it all on her philosophy on the fiction of burlesque scarcity, her passion for queer representation, her love of pandas(!), and emergence in the scene from gogo dance to Slut Ch...

Noctua is a drag artist and burlesque entertainer in New York City and surrounding burroughs.  Winner of the Silver Tusk Award for The Heart Wrencher All-Star in 2021, Noctua's blend of pathos and self expression extends into passionate lip syncs and tremendous wardrobe. Their stylized wit blends pop culture camp and explorations in devastation, and while their version of praise music has changed...

It should surprise no one that WE is bi-coastal. To celebrate the queerest of holidays, we have multi-facted co-producer of LA's longrunning shockfest WTF-lesque chatting up episode 2 of MOVIES THAT MADE WE (Ooky Spooky) from favorite childhood frights to sophisticated creepers. Furthermore, WE has NYC's Last Chance Dancer herself, the fabulous Maggie McMuffin telling you exactly what blood feasts...

Burlesque Ghost Stories, a special bonus episode of WEBurlesque the Podcast, hosted by Viktor Devonne In this edition: a) Chablis Among Us Rita D'LaVane shares her experience of visitation from the grand dame of Savannah, Georgia's Club One: The Lady Chablis. (@ RitaDLaVane ) b) A Cute Haunting While cat sitting, Betty Brash of NYC, learns that she may need to prove her deserving to inhabit the sp...

ToTopic of Today: Menopause; DitaVonTeese Show; creativity.  special Guest @sepiajewel Check in with Egypt: Tuesdays on Instagram, and mirrored on the WEBurlesque Podcast Network.  Catch the conversation live at  https://www.instagram.com/goddessegyptblaqueknyle  Tuesday 9AM Pacific Time. This conversation is being released exactly as originally broadcast thru agreement with Egypt Blaque Knyle.  A...

One of the most beloved figures in modern burlesque, the leader of Ellington Academy, Lottie Ellington is extraordinarily candid with Viktor Devonne as she discusses her now famous media attention in 2015 due to being a teacher who dared have a separate professional life that included loving your body, her friendship and mutual mentorship with burlesque legend Toni Elling and the departed Lottie t...

Ellie Favola was resident chanteuse with White Elephant Burlesque for much of the last ten years, and has recently relocated to Atlanta, GA. She and Viktor discuss good driving music, blues and folk, formative stage musicals (including playing a mom for the first time); plus memories of being the balladeer in a series of strip shows. You may listen to this playlist featuring Dusty Springfield, Ras...

Viktor Devonne speaks to one of the great scream queens of burlesque, Fem Appeal is the inaugural MOVIES THAT MADE WE (OokySpooky)! She tells all about the first horror movie she ever saw in a drive in, the unexpected and inappropriate Friday night movie rental, how her original burlesque acts were inspired by the cinema, what horror she abstains from, and some super shocking secrets. Film discuss...

Beau Britches is a drag king balladeer, who made waves with WEBurlesque during their NYC residency, and with NJ's revue JC Burlesque and LiberTease; and the theatrical burlesque cabaret The Corsettes.  A trained singer from pop to opera, Beau discusses his ups and downs in the biz and off stage, from surviving cancer, developing his crooner persona, and his recent move to Houston, Texas from Jerse...

Raina Sinclair is producer of NYC's nerdlesque revue Magical Girl Burlesque and today she is discussing her emo roots, riot grrl leanings, Jpop devotion, and bubblegum pop affection.  You may listen to this playlist featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Spice Girls, SEATBELTS, and Bikini Kill, and more at:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLQ9g3eN4mTfgbBRXnxLu?si=3a3ab37124f64da2 This is...

Today we discussed Stripping back n the day vs now. We discussed how Stripping has become normalized. We discussed education and educated performers who are out here doing their shit. We really went in about BBW performances and teachings. Guest were @sun_chile1 @iamtaureanqueen please follow these beauties. Also, make sure u follow @tru2u_promotions for all shows   Check in with Egypt: Tuesdays o...

Dorian Bae is "The Picture of Class, with a Really Great Ass," based within the Washington DC/Virginia area. An exciting blend of Edwardian occult sensibility and deeply nerdy references, Dorian has been entertaining for just shy of 9 years.  He and Viktor Devonne discuss the matte life, the Jan 6 insurrection in his backyard, finding love within the scene, hypermasc in burlesque, his transition a...

Seraphina Wilder is a thrilling entertainer based out of Los Angeles.  She discusses the soundtrack to her life, from discovering industrial music, bizarro dance club pop, solemn jams, and what inspires her on the burlesque stage. You may listen to this playlist featuring Aaliyah, Deee-lite, Depeche Mode, Everything But the Girl, Frank Ocean, and more at:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s3anUV...

Check in with Egypt: Tuesdays on Instagram, and mirrored on the WEBurlesque Podcast Network.  Catch the conversation live at https://www.instagram.com/goddessegyptblaqueknyle  Tuesday 9AM Pacific Time. This conversation is being released exactly as originally broadcast thru agreement with Egypt Blaque Knyle.  All rights reserved to Egypt Blaque Knyle. Venmo: @EgyptBlaqueKnyle http://www.egyptsembo...

All Singing, All Dancing Margo Mayhem is based out of New York, w/ history in Nickelodeon game shows, Broadway theaters, and striptease joints across the country. She gives us a backstage peep at some of her Legitimate Theatre (Grease! Come From Away! On the Town! the upcoming Diana!) and Broadway Bares, plus being 1 half of an NYC burlesque power couple. Both the ingenue and the wackadoo, Margo r...

GoGo Gadget is a dancer/actor/DJ based in New York City. He and Viktor Devonne discuss the music that brought him to his multiple heights as an entertainer, from modern dance to award-winning immersive theatrical shows, burlesque revues, and record spinning. You may listen to this playlist featuring Gloria Estefan, Pink Floyd, Tracy Chapman, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, and more at:  https://ope...