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

READERS!!! It's a quick and dirty (well…quick and dirty for Shade Table standards) episode as Ky-Ky and Kei-Kei, most *definitely* recording on a weekend because Kyle's sister didn't bail on him last minute, virtually discuss to eliminate or not to eliminate, the...interesting…sonic prize of the "winner's" "prize" from UKvsTWXYZ with Nubian Queen Ebony Goddess RuPaul, "caked up" celebs, and the wildly varied understanding of both shoulder pads and Menzeseses in our recap of Seasons 14, Episode 9 - Menzeses! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS! Hollie's having gin, Michael's having pineapple juice, and Kyle's having dragonfruit energy drink to kept us hydrated and moderately critical of the penultimate episode of the show. We're talking two pussies, Mystery Mall, outfits that you hate a little more every time you see them, shitty soap operas, scones vs. biscuits, and how thrilled the queens likely are having to record a RuPaul song in a competition where the prize is recording a song…with RuPaul… The Drag Race Ouroboros is alive and well! (Music: bensound.com)

Your favorite girl group is back, readers! Kyle is joined by recurring librarian Keith and longtime gal pal Holly Louise Gooden to start the reunion tour of KWA (that's Knitters With Attitude!) As per yewzh when these 3 get together, there are a lot of laugh-filled tangents before we start recapping (around the 16:20 mark; at the 30 minute mark if you ONLY want to hear about this episode), but we talk about who our crushes for the season are, belated opinions of Season 13, the trash user interfaces of the numerous streaming platforms, the library, the music stylings of our family elders and the girl groupings of Season 14, Episode 8 - 60s Girl Groups! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS! Hollie and Michael are back with Kyle at the Shade Table to talk about everyone's "favorite" challenge - The Snatch Game! Did the Family Feud/Family Fortunes twist help? Is playing a straight up man a copout at this point? Will we get in a Wetherspoons reference? What about another UK girl group? And is there any point in watching the rest of the season after THAT ending? All of this and more as we cover Drag Race UK vs The World, Xcuse You Zery Much Episode 4: Snatch Game! Get your mushy peas ready... (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we've got a lot of hot air to let out after that episode. (Get it? It's a fart joke, the cream of the crop of humor.)

Kyle is joined by the Latin from Manhattan Francisco Alegria to talk about the leftover feelings from the Glamazon Prime runway, having your tortillas made vs. being a tortilla maker, how much y'all need to get caught up on Dynasty references, what role we'd go after as THESPIANS (and some acting tips as well from said THESPIANS), and the incredibly polarizing final product of the Director's Cut of Season 14, Episode 7 - The Daytona Wind! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Kyle and Michael are here to differentiate between the West End and the Bell End as we talk nondescript white guy guest judges, Jujubee rendering everyone illiterate when it comes to the library, how appealing throwing a tantrum is multiple weeks in a row (spoiler alert: not at all appealing!), whether Meryl Streep should be nominated for this episode, and of course, our thoughts on Episode 3 of UK vs the World, an increasingly questionable season of our favorite show! Does Michael get in his weekly Wetherspoons reference? Will anyone else get a win on this season? Most importantly: IS THE VENGABUS STILL RUNNING? (music: bensound.com)

READERS! This week, the Shade Table has seats for the newly American Gary Goldman and the STILL reigning Miss Nerd NY Megami! After determining whether we could pass the American citizenship test (spoiler alert: Gary can; Megami and Kyle can't), we talk about floppy jacks and other objects available on Glamazon, diarrhea thoughts, dated Sex and the City references, that homeless woman at the resort talking about her lover who isn't there, and even get an assist from Dr. Ben Wagner to teach us young'n's about Chappaquiddick. And we discuss episode 6 of Season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race for almost two hours! PULL UP A CHAIR - YOU'RE IN DRAG, MAN! (music: bensound.com)

'ELLO READERS AND GUBNAHS! Break out the bangers and mash (and your blaccents 🙄) - we're back for another across the pond edish of The Shade Of It All! Our interim British librarians Hollie and Michael are back at the International Shade Table with Kyle, and it's another absolutely mediocre episode as we talk whelming middle names, S Club 7, Wetherspoons toilets, and how many Quality Street dresses we got on the runway in this episode of RuPaul's Drag Race UKvsTWXYZ, "The RuPaul Ball." Did this episode moisten your catnips?! (Probably not but let us know!) (music: bensound.com)

READERS! You're in store for a second episode this week, as Kyle and Keith are joined by K-Pop stan and The Cut staple Jaime Aguilar to talk about the molesty mini-challenges, curious runways, and THAT lipsync of this week's episode, Save A Queen. Hope you rememberized your lines! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS - You alright babes?! For the first time in Shade Table herstory, we're getting international and trans-Atlantic, and bringing you a special show within a show! (Do you want to play?!)

American Kyle is joined by two British Kyles, the lovely Hollie Charles and Michael Kenny! (The only British lot we know are the ones with multiple first names, sue us.) On the first of this special six part series, we spill the English Breakfast as we discuss queens with diminishing returns, great gowns beautiful gowns, cherry-picking Ru, the plethora of Spice Girls merch we grew up surrounded by, and the debut episode of Drag Race UK vs The World (or the MUCH BETTA title of International All Stars). When life gives you lemons... 🍋 (music: bensound.com)