WEBurlesque Podcast Network

The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Fleur the Tease aka Tricker Tease of Southern California. They've chosen 10 songs that make up his story, with a soundtrack that includes Green Day, Queen, Hozier, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track. Tease's links: - https://www.instagram.com/fleur_teases/ - https://www.instagram.com/lustykitten/ The Music That Made WE is a creat...

Fantastic emcee, enterainer, and trailblazer Alotta Boutté (San Francisco) joins Viktor Devonne to talk only so briefly about a fantastic 30 years on stage with the last 15 or so dedicated to burlesque. Let's get into it, as we go from Harlem Shake Burlesque at the goat farm, sideways up-and-downs from legends (and warm embraces from others!), feeling hot, relevancy, Beach Blanket Babylon, and wor...

Take a listen to the first episode of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring: Queerly Femmetastic , moderator: https://www.instagram.com/queerlyfemmetastic/ & https://linktr.ee/queerlyfemmetastic Twen Peeks , featured panelist: https://www.instagram.com/twen_peeks/ & https://www.elucidationproductions.com/links-out Harpy L'Amour : https://www.instagram.com/qweenharpy & https://www.facebook.c...

WEBurlesque is back! Our first episode is a dual video/audio format* featuring the Emolesque Festival producers Regal Mortis, Raina Sinclair, and Noctua of New York City.  We discuss the inaugural edition of the event, held in April at Coney Island, and set to feature gobs of eyeliner and pathos.  Including a primer on what "emo" is, the approach and mission to project these interpretations to the...

The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with our first collaboration; this one with Rex Halligan of #ShirtlessHistory to discuss Irish history (1740 to 1930s) as best can be abbreviated with the format. Rex is a sexy historian based in New York, where he also co-produces Fire and Fury Burlesque.  He began his Shirtless History series informally (and still only whenever the mood strikes) during t...

The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with our first collaboration; this one with Rex Halligan of #ShirtlessHistory to discuss Irish history (1740 to 1920s) as best can be abbreviated with the format. Rex is a sexy historian based in New York, where he also co-produces Fire and Fury Burlesque.  He began his Shirtless History series informally (and still only whenever the mood strikes) during t...

The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Irish Lashes of Seattle. He's chosen 10 songs that make up his story, with a soundtrack that includes Bernadette Peters, John Denver, Dropkick Murphys, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.   Irish Lashes' links: - https://www.instagram.com/irishlashesbq/ -https://linktr.ee/irishlashesbq   Register for Burlycon! https://burlycon.re...

The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Irish Lashes of Seattle. He's chosen 10 songs that make up his story, with a soundtrack that includes Evanescence, Mister Mister, John Denver, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.   Irish Lashes' links: - https://www.instagram.com/irishlashesbq/ -https://linktr.ee/irishlashesbq   Register for Burlycon! https://burlycon.regfox.com/...

(Part 2 of 2)  The Music That Made WE volume 5 starts up with Deja Louve of the Queen City Burlesque Festival and the new podcast series The Howling Tales. She's chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Tool, A Temple of the Dog, Ministry and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track. Deja Louve's links: - http://dejalouve.com/ - https://www.instagram.co...

The Music That Made WE volume 5 starts up with Deja Louve of the Queen City Burlesque Festival and the new podcast series The Howling Tales. She's chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Peter Gabriel, A Perfect Circle, Ministry and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track. Deja Louve's links: - http://dejalouve.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/dejalou...

Viktor Devonne talks to one of his dearest friends and collaborators Petra Fried to give a send-off to 2024, such as it was.  Talk includes health and wellness, Wicked the movie (ok, a lot of Wicked the movie), the election and that guy, Chappell Roan, artificial intelligence, and alleged wokeness. This chat was recorded on Dewcember 28, 2024. Silver Tusk Awards 2025 voting ends January 3rd at 12:...

Vena Kahlo and Viktor Devonne chat on the pod about Seattle burlesque, coming off of productive feedback at Burlycon's peer review, heavy burlesque, Frida Kahlo, hispanic and latino diaspora and multiculturalism, queer identity, and how the E Salvador civil war inspired her most personal act yet. This chat was recorded on December 6, 2024. Silver Tusk Awards 2025 voting  round 2 voting ends Decemb...

Viktor Devonne talks to Delta Rae Delise (formerly Dixon) of Utah via Tennessee discuss being Southern Fried French, geology, blue laws, criticism and competition, and being inspired by sexy cheese and bearded nipples, This chat was recorded on Decembr 5, 2024.   Silver Tusk Awards 2025 round 2 is December 15th 2024 to January 3rd, 2025.  To support the Tusks, you can throw dollars at viktordevonn...

Black Ivy is a performing burlesque artist living in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She and Viktor talk about her 3 years in burlesque, transferring talents from pole dancing to chair dancing, festivals and major events of the year, psoriatic arthritis, Akasha, Landon Cider, mainstream burlesque, and what does mom think of all this? This chat was recorded on December 4, 2024.   Silver Tusk Awards 2025 ro...

Mx Dayton Gay Pride 2024, Sasha A. Bombfox, joins Viktor Devonne to talk pageantry at Walmart, nonbinary identities, Prince, Rocky Horror, The Crow (new and old!), furries, and more. trigger warning: some unpleasant medical talk (traumatic brain injury and stomach cancer) occurs from about 14 minutes in to about 19 minutes, This chat was recorded on November 15, 2024.   Silver Tusk Awards 2025 rou...

Haughty Hazelnut of Minneapolis talks with Viktor Devonne about post-election burlesque, tokenism, the glory that is Fatlesque, doing things for oneself, alleged cancel culture, and her personal origin story. This chat was recorded on November 17, 2024.   Silver Tusk Awards 2025 voting begins November 25, 2024.  To support the Tusks, you can throw dollars at viktordevonne on cashapp and venmo; and...

Ruby Tesla calls in from Florida to speak to Viktor Devonne for the first episode since the 2024 presidential election.  We talk uncertainty in the future, performance, sex work, the many places she has lived, Ursula the sea witch, and living in a state governed by DeSantis. This chat was recorded on November 17, 2024.   Silver Tusk Awards 2025 voting begins November 25, 2024.  To support the Tusk...

Cincinnati power couple Alex/Alexander Cameron and Ginger LeSnapps of Cin City Burlesque join Viktor Devonne to talk "wiggling for the people."  Topics including being saved by Party City, eating 8-tracks, performing whilst queer and interracial, being called brave, marketability, cancel culture when it comes to lipsycning, and what it's like being in love and married to their stage partner. This...

Cleveland's great masquerader Shrimp Cocktail sits with Viktor Devonne talk about nerdlesque, signs of non-scrotal nature, ADHD, cartoons, garbage Spongebob noncanon series, marine biology, breaking one's thumb at show choir, gingham, and classic spaghetti on the shoulders.  This chat was recorded on September 30, 2024 - The Count Censored:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM - Tom Waits...

Taryn Garters (Tucson, AZ) and Viktor Devonne talk about nerdlesque, producing before and after quarantine, giant tortoises(!), and more! This chat was recorded on October 14, 2024.  A note: there is osccasional but minor surface pops in the recording due to microphone spiking. We've removed the worst of it, but you may here it gently on some s's and t's, particularly if you listen on headphones....

Calling in from Los Angeles, Fleur the Tease aka Tricker Tease is our guest with Viktor Devonne today.  We talk their production company that they co-run known as Lusty Kitten; being a Historically Accurate Queer, gender as usual, gotcha moments, aggressive happiness, kink at pride, liminal identity, busting stereotypes, performative gender switches in 1 night, and more! This chat was recorded on...

Lady Drew Blood is out of Seattle, entertaining audiences as the evil queen of Snow White, and a variety of ooky spooky denizens on burlesque stages. She and Viktor Devonne chat Disney villain motivation, sexy-mean, being perceived as intimidating, roller derby, Garbage Pail Kids name generator, living with EDS, sex toy merchandising, tattoos, and the state of the world today. This chat was record...

Kitty Teasemore from Ohio shares with Viktor Devonne, stories from her first year of burlesque.  Topics include non-physical sex work, first festival experiences, act development, clowning tips, long covid, family dynamics, and when the burlesque name generator works. This chat was recorded on September 18, 2024.  Viktor Devonne will be appearing at Burlycon this November 7-10, 2024 and class regi...

Bear Trap is with us on WEBurlesque the Podcast with Viktor Devonne to talk about his recent win as Mr Hollywood Burlesque 2024, dance passion, reclaiming old school references, hetero and queer audiences, getting drinks without paying, dating and living with a drag queen, body changes, and embracing oneself while getting naked on stage.  This chat was recorded on September 12, 2024.  Viktor Devon...

Viktor Devonne chats the illustrious Joona Bae out of Chicago.  We go in on lots of topics including being bigender, boylesque, noncompulsive masculinity, BIPOC representation, billionaires, traveling, responsibility to the audience, and the burlesque people we love.  Joona produces Diverse Desires  and stick around for a bonus half hour of talk including self care, rotting, and burnout.  This cha...