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

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 were (and were not) for us? How many minutes does it take for us to start discussing our thoughts on All Stars 7? (Spoiler alert: 26! Use the show's yellow plunger and jump to the 26 minute mark if you don't need banter in your 2023.) Dust off your library cards for our imminent Season 15 coverage with this hefty palate cleanser of Episodes 4-12 of All Stars, All Winners! (music: bensound.com)

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 discussing the winners, so you can remain predominantly unspoiled. We also toss in some quick first impression thoughts on the imminent MTV-debut of Season 15! Why are WE going to win Drag Race? I mean, look at us! Like come on! (music: bensound.com)

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 course, the designs of the challenge and Vanna Fucking White as we discuss All Winners Episode 3: The Realness of Fortune Ball! Enjoy the eloguence! (music: bensound.com)

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 librarians recorded last and our thoughts on the opening two episodes of All Stars 7, aka All Stars All Winners - "Legends" and "Snatch Game"! Participation points for everyone! (music: bensound.com)

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 the spiciest awards courtesy of Kayla, in our final Season 14 recap before we dive in to All Winners! (music: bensound.com)

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 - who's it gonna be?! (Music: bensound.com)

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, terribad Frankenstein runway audio and the queens attempts at roasting the "hilarious" Ross Mathews! ***SPOILER ALERT*** if you're an eager beaver reader listening to this in the 18 hours before the next episode airs: at the 1 hour 2 minute and 30 second mark, we briefly discuss the potential outcome of episode 14, so jump back in at the 1 hour 5 minute mark if you want to remain unspoiled! (Music: bensound.com)

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 week's Rusical, "Moulin Ru"! (We also get REAL excited about the sniping on the runway with the "Who should go home tonight and why?") Twelve episodes in with still 7 queens left - will the golden chocolate EVER be seen? 🙃 (Music: bensound.com)

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's Snatch Game - and it's aftermath! (Pardon the background guest appearances of Kayla's landlord investigating some steam, and Kayla's fur baby/Kyle's fur niece, Chima.) If ONLY Seduction could do that... (music: bensound.com)

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 up our thoughts in the final (for now!) episode of The Shade Of It All: Toad in the Hole Edition!