WEBurlesque Podcast Network

(REUPLOAD: MUSIC HAS BEEN CRUDELY CHOPPED FROM THIS SESSION) The Music That Made WE  welcomes Joona Bae who has chosen 10 songs that up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Epik High, Brown Eyed Girls, Muse, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.   more Joona: https://www.instagram.com/joonabae/   The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produce...

(REUPLOAD: MUSIC HAS BEEN CRUDELY CHOPPED FROM THIS SESSION) The Music That Made WE  welcomes Joona Bae who has chosen 10 songs that up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Lauv, Toto, HUNTR/X, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.   more Joona: https://www.instagram.com/joonabae/   The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor De...

Sexy and sweet Chestnut Belafonte is delighting audiences in New York City, having gone from cheering with them to scintillating in front of them. Find out why he calls himself "the Prince of Nepotism," what he's learned from colleagues and his showgirl lover to be a performance artist in his own right; plus how he has met his namesake's family, navigating artistry from the Metropolitan Opera to g...

(REUPLOAD: MUSIC HAS BEEN CRUDELY CHOPPED FROM THIS SESSION) The Music That Made WE volume starts up with PNW luminary Obscura Fox who has chosen 10 songs that up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Crywolf, the Gerwshins, Lindsey Stirling, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track. more Obscura: https://www.instagram.com/obscurafoxburlesque/ The Music That Made WE is a creat...

(REUPLOAD: MUSIC HAS BEEN CRUDELY CHOPPED FROM THIS SESSION) The Music That Made WE volume starts up with PNW luminary Obscura Fox who has chosen 10 songs that up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Crywolf, Linkin Park, Daddy Yankee, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track. more Obscura:  https://www.instagram.com/obscurafoxburlesque/ The Music That Made WE is a creation o...

Honey Bee Rose (fka Ms B LaRose) talks before and after winning Miss Exotic World in 2024, from the rebranding to traveling the world, taking time for oneself, the deception of classic simplicity, sustainability, Chicago, learning what pasties are, and learning from the elders. This chat was recorded on March 5, 2026.  Give love to the folks… Honey: https://www.instagram.com/ohoneybeerose/ & https...

Trigger warning: Open discussion about addiction re: alcohol; and recovery. Also talk of ayahuasca and cannabis, representation of "hard drugs" on stage, and accountability. Take a listen to the 10th episode of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring: Lou Velvet:  https://www.instagram.com/louvelvetburlyq/ | https://linktr.ee/louvelvet   Blanche Bourgeois: https://www.instagram.com/blanchebur...

Nami Flare is taking crown and sashes, from The Ingenue for the Silver Tusk Awards 2026, Grandmaster Funk 2025, Best Debut Runner Up for Miss Exotic World at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and number fourteen in the world for the Burlesque Top 50 -- to name a few.  Nami and Viktor talk about the whirlwind year and a half Nami has experienced, with secrets from the BHOF backstage, Viva Las Vegas, and...

Hilarious and glamorous, goofy and gorgeous, we have Catty Wompass on the line!  She and Viktor delve into the sophisticated ridiculousness that we love about burlesque, intellectual bimbo-acity of the showgirl, and radical acceptance of kismet.  From climbing trees in muddy endurance to entitlement in the emails, Missipissippi to Iowa to Illinois, English major turned funny lady in a g-string, Ca...

Trigger warning: Open discussion about addiction re: alcohol; and recovery. Also talk of cannabis, representation of "hard drugs" on stage, and consent. Take a listen to the 9th episode of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring: Pearl Buttons:  https://www.pearlbuttonsburlesque.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/pearl_buttons   Rita D'LaVane: https://www.instagram.com/ritadlavane_official | ht...

Singing monster king burlesque entity POUNDCAKE has entered the chat.  He and Viktor Devonne talk about his beginnings as a young queer drag king wherein he learned truths and cosmic gender realities about himself and his art.  Celebrating 20 years as a demonic and dapper cad of the stage, we talk masculinity, music choices, sexuality, side quests, families versus houses, his home in Ohio, and the...

1 hour, 4 minutes ( Released: February 26, 2018 / Recorded: February 3, 2018) In this episode of WEBurlesque The Podcast, Viktor Devonne interviews Attica Wilde, a New Jersey based producer and burlesque performer. Attica Wilde passed away in March 2026 in a senseless act of violence.  We re-upload this episode in her memory, reminding us to remember her energy, style, and hope for the future. Att...

Sneaky Boo is taking over the world is one stocking peel at a time, having been crowned 2025 Hottest Heat at Kiss My Grits burlesque festival in Atlanta, first price at the Newcomers competition at Barcelona Burlesque Meeting 2025, and more to surely come.  She and Viktor talk title holding, socialization at different genders, drag queening, toxic positivity, oil versus acrylic, sculpture, gratitu...

Take a listen to the 8th episode of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring: Miss Harlem Nyte : https://www.instagram.com/missharlemnyte/ & https://www.instagram.com/nytesinharlem_productionco/ Foxy Belle Afriq : https://www.instagram.com/foxybelleafriq/ & https://linktr.ee/UncleFoxy Professor M : https://www.instagram.com/marvintheprofessor/ & https://www.instagram.com/scandaloussaturdaysbur...

Take a listen to the 7th episode of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring: Texas TeaCake$ : https://www.instagram.com/texasteacakesmpls/ & https://linktr.ee/texasteacakes Abby Fantastic : https://www.instagram.com/msabbyfantastic/ & https://www.instagram.com/bouncehouseshow/ Rain Supreme : https://www.instagram.com/rainsupremenyc/ & https://linktr.ee/RainSupreme Produced by Viktor Devonne f...

The amazing Maki Roll (winner Silver Tusk Award in 2025 as "Cosplay Club President") is on the line with Viktor Devonne to chat about nerdy favorites, disappointing final seasons, going viral, cosplay vs stripping, and the triumphant return of the International Nerdlesque Festival.   This chat was recorded on February 18, 2026.  Footnotes: The Black nerd viral performer Maki brought up in convo is...

Emerging Seattle entertaintrix Obscura Fox recently performed at Fatlesque with Viktor Devonne, and they get to resume their meeting of minds.  Chatter includes goth, emo, "Caribbean foolishness," shaking ass, and the state of things... so many things. This chat was recorded on February 9, 2026.  Give love to the folks… Obscura: https://www.instagram.com/obscurafoxburlesque/ & https://linktr.ee/ob...

Zara Estelle is giving us the breaking news in ATL burlesque, as the new endeavor Atlanta Creative Arts and Burlesque Academy looms for the community.  From Milwaukee, Chicago, to the Peach State, Zara has shared stages with troupes and soloists as an educator and 1/2 of The Estelles.  Zara and Viktor compare notes about dirty laundry for the masses on Facebook, what stories are ours to tell, danc...

CNY co-producer of Burlesque Buffet Dee Lightful sits with Viktor Devonne for a feast of discussion.  Topics include mentor red and green flags, happy accidents, shaking one's ass during the apocalypse, and life in the Finger Lakes. This chat was recorded on January 21, 2026.  Give love to the folks… Dee: https://linktr.ee/burlesquebuffet and https://www.instagram.com/deelightfullburlesque/ More V...

Viktor Devonne is on the line with Vivian Brass, Vancouver shimmy shaker, who talks parenting, military brat beginnings, gossip, disappointing pop stars ruining our music, competition, and living in the middle of nowhere between big city engagements. This chat was recorded on January 6, 2026.  Give love to the folks… Vivian: https://www.instagram.com/vivian.brass/ and www.linktr.ee/vivian.brass Mo...

Viktor Devonne welcomes you back to the podcast for season 10 for a chat with Chica Cabra of San Diego, CA.  We discuss folklore and heroes' journeys as the other, so much about effects makeup and fake body parts, (trigger warning maybe for blood and medical stuff?), monster cartoon shows, and we even talk a little about striptease. This chat was recorded on October 22, 2025.  Give love to the fol...

WE-Boo-Lesque returns with "burlesque ghost stories" and paranormal encounters, experiences, and startling moments as told by the burlesque community.   Warning: content may include sad things, loss, death, and other potentially unpleasant matters; some stories are more fun than others. This session features Lilly Rascal (Chicago), Petra Fried (Colorado), and Coco LaMarr (Vegas/San Diego). All tal...

WE-Boo-Lesque returns with "burlesque ghost stories" and paranormal encounters, experiences, and startling moments as told by the burlesque community.   Warning: content includes suicide, loss, death, and other potentially unpleasant matters; some stories are more fun than others. This session features Lita Spikes (Dallas, TX by way of Puerto Rico), Daphne Moon (San Diego, CA), and Mone't Ha-Sidi...

WE-Boo-Lesque returns with "burlesque ghost stories" and paranormal encounters, experiences, and startling moments as told by the burlesque community.   This session features Penny Slayne (Fort Smith, AR), Batsy Sinclair (Atlanta, GA), and Chichi De Peche (Salt Lake City, UT). All tales are those of the original storytellers; all unique recordings are property of WEBurlesque Podcast and Viktor Dev...

For the season finale of WEBurlesque season 9, Viktor Devonne speaks with the glorious Raven Rose of Arkansas. The stories range from parenthood, competition dance, intersectionality, codeswitching, Taylor, Dita, Pam, burlesque cosplay, and just a little bit about that weird Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender moment.  A self-described "Advocate of Grace, Glamour, and Grind," Raven Rose continues to...