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It has been another insane week at Drag Holland. Thankfully, we have made two more Dutch Friends Amy Astoria and Victoria Vyper to help make sense of it all!

About our Guests:

Amy Astoria and Victoria Vyper are Dutch drag queens living in the city of Utrecht. They are a couple in 'real' life, have dated for 5 years, and they are also sisters in drag. Since then, they have evolved their drag and are now well known queens in the Dutch scene. Their main goal is to entertain the crowd, but also to contribute to the societal debate with regard to LGBTQ+ issues is important for them.

A year ago, Amy and Victoria started AbsolutelyDrag, an entertainment concept also aiming to give opportunities to new drag queens and kings. Amy and Victoria do not only envision their looks, but also create the outfits from scratch. Sometimes it feels like an additional full-time job: Amy is a certified auditor at the largest warehouse in the country and Victoria is a researcher and program manager at a university.

Questions and Issues Addressed:

Parking and Barking vs Dancing Divas. Whether anyone is ever sad to see anyone go on reality competitions. What on earth is De Bachelorette and why was that man on the show? Not all Bachelors franchizes are created equal, honey.

Ryanne is way better IRL. Where have the intimate chats been on the show?

Dads on RPDR. Parells between the US and Holland. The subtitles not making sense. Why the makeover challenge is a set up? Chelsea Boy’s guest.

Why are we being deprived of the pit crew? Sederginne’s well deserved booty call! The need for crafty queens. A moment of silence for Chelsea’s boys wig.

Don’t you worry, Huntys. We are definitely going in on the Sederginne gag and the Non-binary moments on the runway this week. Literally, the shock and awe has barely faded. Thankfully, we have the pod, you, and our guests Tim Murray and Lolo Benizna to help us process.

About our guests:

Tim Murray is a Stand-Up comedian who has performed all over the world. His podcast, Slumber Party can be found wherever you get your podcasts or on his YouTube Channel: @TMurray06 where he interviews famous drag queens, Broadway stars and has over 1 million views on his sketch comedy videos.

Lolo Benzina is an Italian (now almost Dutch) queen. After 16 years of working as a successful choreographer and modern dancer, Lolo got tired of the narrow confines that define the performing arts and began to flourish in the nightlife scene where a larger audience could be reached with more innovative performances.

In 2015, Lolo was asked by Jennifer Hopelezz to organize Superball, a fierce battle of drag kings and queens. Today, this legendary event continues to influence queer and drag culture throughout Holland as well as Europe (No, really. It is now the biggest international Drag Ball in Europe), organized by Lolo, DjPrisz (Priss), Darling Peter, and Maayan Bengal.

Lolo is the mother of the Vipers Squat through which she creates performance spaces and acts for many parties and festivals (Wasteland, Lowlands, Oerol festival). She is also a resident queen for Club Church and the House of Hopelezz, resident stylist for the team at Funhouse (Rapido Events), and has performed at parties in Paris, Istanbul, Italy, Belgium and, basically, all over Europe.

Benzina, like the name says, is an eclectic and highly flammable firecracker of a drag queen. Lolo is warm to the touch, but be careful not to get burned!

Questions and Issues Addressed:

Rage tweeting after watching the episode. Superball, Europe's biggest Drag Ball. The creation of Drag Houses in Holland. Filming Drag Race during a heat wave. Lolo Beniza’s quest to week masc for mascara. What happens when you mess with a drag queen? Who are all these Dutch people mentioned on the episode? Miss Brard’s moment with Robbie Williams. Body Positivity in the queer community. Sexualizing drag queens! Janey Jacké’s empowering story. Douching on Drag Race. The Non-binary Tipping Point.

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The last sip of that juicy tea from the Whispering and Huntys X Bacon and Leggs collab a couple of weeks ago did our bodies and souls so good that we had to go back for more! This week, we are joined again by the fabulous Noah Millman, Clownfish Drag Diety The Kameleon, as well as fellow Bacon and Leggs hottie Derek Mitchell for a deep dive into Drag Race Holland!

About our guests:

Derek is an actor, writer, and accomplished vers-bottom who splits his time between Amsterdam and London, especially when there is a pandemic. He and his writing partner in London produce absurd narrative character sketches and their show Bareback will next be performed in London at the Cavendish Arms on November 22nd, 2020. Check him out soon in his and Noah’s forthcoming podcast Unprofessional Help, the podcast where they tackle their mental health wrong so you can get yours right)!

The Kameleon - recently featured on Holland’s Got Talent - is the first and only drag clown in Amsterdam and the scene has been shook ever since. Known for her fierce lipsyncs and often crazy looks, she will serve you all the fish you need. Clownfish, to be exact!

Noah is a Vancouver-born, Amsterdam-based events coordinator and drag producer. His first production experience was in Vancouver’s rave scene of the late 90s. After relocating to Amsterdam for a master’s degree in 2007, he became involved in production and promotion at Boom Chicago, the Amsterdam outpost of the American improv comedy world. Since 2017 Noah’s been involved in the production of drag shows and events in Amsterdam and in the UK. In 2019-2020, he launched Amsterdam’s first drag brunch, called Bacon & Leggs.

Questions and Issues Addressed:

National Coming Out Day! COVID-19 in Amsterdam :( Wave-gate! Craft Services! Donald Duck is a Them in Holland?! Amber Vineyard’s Them status. Is Diva Mayday the Dutch Rupaul? What happened in that vogue challenge? Claws on the runway. The triple lip sync. Why?

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The Dutch blessing are plenty this week as this transatlantic kiki continues.

About our guests:

Ana Camboim is a lesbian actor and comedian from Brazil, living in the Netherlands for the past 5 years. Ana is an active supporter of the drag community - she actually secretly hopes she was a drag queen herself. If there’s a tuck in Amsterdam, she knows where. Ana is also working on her inclusive tourism concept, set to launch in 2021 (Corono-you-better-don’t)!

Junior van Keulen is the marketing & communications manager for Amsterdam based club @nyxamsterdam and as art director responsible for their weekly queer party @3xnyx: a place without prejudice, where gender has no name and where self-expression is celebrated. At 3xNYX, Junior strives to create acceptance within the queer community by uniting people through music, performances & creativity. Providing a platform to showcase artistry without fear of being judged.

Questions and Issues Addressed:

The reception of the show in Holland. Abby’s feelings VS. Janey Jacké’s opinion. We learn about Junior’s amazing party 3xNyx. The loving community of queens in Amsterdam. Patty Pam Pam’s amazing skills that weren’t on the show. The song questionable choices on the Drag Race. Ana’s trip to Patty’s brunch. Who won Comment Gate. What was with the Queens Day games! Why Butch queens rule the world. What exactly is a Goische Vrouwen. The mermaids: Abby, Envy, and Ivy. Who is Rick Paul Van Mulligen? Envy’s journey to self-acceptance. Who is Juno Birch Why was Holland stereotype was in this episode? Will Dutch Them Anouk ever be on the show?

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We are beyond honored, humbled, and gooped as we gaggle and giggle with the Lovely Lady Galore! A staple of the Amsterdam Drag scene, a leader, and innovator. She’s just inspirational. The drag mother of Miss Abby OMG and “step” drag mother of Patty Pam Pam has lot of love and truth to share!

About our guest: This Diva isn't your regular Queen honey, she's Fierce, Legendary and Galore!

Please meet the glamourous Lady Galore, hailing from Amsterdam and created in 2009. After only 2 years of performing in the Netherlands, she has been strutting her stuff on an international level. Lady Galore has been performing in Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Berlin, Belfast, Glasgow and Stockholm, just to name a few.

After 200 solo shows, it was time to step up her game and Lady Galore invented a couple of huge concepts like “the GALORE Stage” on Europes Biggest gay festival “Milkshake Festival” and she is programming Europes biggest gay ski event “European Gay Ski Week” where she invites tons of Queens from all over the world to perform and show you the art of Drag.

Besides performing live on stage, Lady Galore acted in 2 movies and has won several awards / prizes for the documentary: Galore. Made by Dyzlo film. A film about her career, traveling the world, extraordinary lifestyle and winning everyone's heart. In 2019 she hosted “The Diva In Mij”, the first ever Dutch TV-show presented by Drag Queens together with Envy Peru and Hoax Le Beau. In 2021 she will release her first book about her life and the dutch Drag scene.

Last but not least, Lady Galore has been honoured to be an Amsterdam Gay Pride Ambassador and has been organizing the Gay Pride Boat with Drag Queens United yearly since 2012.

“Let’s make more GLAMOUR!”

Questions and Issues Addressed:

Dutch drag scene and how it has changed I’ve the years. Drag Race watch parties. Miss Abby OMG and Patty Pam Pam as drag babies. Scarlet Bobo’s trips to Europe. Creating a drag incubator. Drag Queens working together. Gay Pride in Amsterdam happens on boats! Why did Lady Galore said no to Drag Race? Splits and lip syncing? Can it be too much? How do the queens respect the judges when there are no Drag Queens on the panel? What did Roem Say when she left? What is up with the translation? Janey Jacké’s “stage presence”. Plastic surgery and queens. Diversity in the show and the drag scene in Holland. What on earth was the actual Maxi-Challenge? Which drag queens had major funds fo their outfits. Who actually won the Patty VS Madness lip sync?

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We’re international! Thanks to our friends at Knap House we have connected with some members of the Amsterdam Drag Scene so we can deep dive into Episode 1 of Drag Race Holland. We are so grateful to get proper translations of what is actually being said and learn so many amazing things about the drag scene in Holland!

Our guests:

The Kameleon is the first and only drag clown in Amsterdam and the scene has been shook ever since. Known for her fierce lipsyncs and often crazy looks, she will serve you all the fish you need. Clownfish, to be exact!

Noah Millman is a Vancouver-born, Amsterdam-based events coordinator and drag producer. His first production experience was in Vancouver’s rave scene of the late 90s. After relocating to Amsterdam for a master’s degree in 2007, he became involved in production and promotion at Boom Chicago, the Amsterdam outpost of the American improv comedy world. Since 2017 Noah’s been involved in production of drag shows and events in Amsterdam and in the UK. In 2019-2020 he launched Amsterdam’s first drag brunch, called Bacon & Leggs. This year, he started work on Unprofessional Help, an upcoming podcast about how not to deal with your mental health.

Questions and Issues Addressed:

Bacon Legs the first drag brunch and Youseum in Holland. Porn at the airport. Super Ball - the actual drag race competition in Europe. What Janey Jacké meant by OG Miss Fish. What does this is a mustache mean? Which queens are Whos and which are Themselves? How Dutch people feel about royalty? These questionable prizes.

Explaining who Nikki Plessen actually is and what chocolate cake means. The origin of Drag Race Holland. Dutch honesty is American shade. Why does the studio have a such a huge echo?

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Calling all Whispering Huntys!

We are a global queer culture, drag, and Drag Race podcast. We love the TV show, but we’re also working to build a space to celebrate and learn about local drag scenes, queer artists and creatives, designers, queer communities around the world, queer allies, and the effects of COVID-19 on queer spaces. Basically, every week we learn about queer culture and then we a have kiki about our favorite TV show.

So get ready for insight, a little bit of shade, and a whole lot of love.

Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the kiki sometime!

We’re back for season 2 of Whispering Huntys!

Questions and Issues Addressed:

What’s with the diet version of Meet the Queens? Our feelings about dubbing. The Netflix foreign film conspiracy. Is the Category Dutch Royalty? Who is Fred Van de Leer? Who are hotter Dutch drag queens or Dutch queens out of drag? Nick’s new favorite drag queen, Chealsea Boy. What is a Flemish Queen?

Then, get your fans and tissues ready (no, really, we are crying on the podcast) Nick watched the Legendary Paris is Burning for the FIRST time. WE KNOW - as Upcoming Legendary Children this is required Drag Stan viewing. But now that this wrong was righted, Gurrrllllll, it is still transcendent. Though, we found our dark things about the aftermath and definitely shed some light on that. Everyone please also watch HOW DO I LOOK? We went to drag school to prepare for Holland. Realness, shade, Crystal Labeijia, Passing, Voguing, Categories, etc.

Also, could we get a Billy Porter MC/announcer level realness added to Drag Race? Also, POSE is Paris Is Burning. Really though.

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The Teavanna this week - Since this is the first time Nick and Mijon have done a complete season, we decided to pull out all the stops and have our BIGGEST KIKI EVER! We are bringing you a KKW X Kylie level super-sized episode. Reside Arab Dreamboat Gamal ElSawah is back with his entire Pod Kweens crew: Sajda Waite and Gylanni Carrington! Pod Kweens and Whispering Huntys are each posting their own version of the episode with exclusive content, so be sure to send them L-O-V-E with a listen.

Question and Issues addressed:

Winner Predictions. The Return of Traci Melchor. Who Should Be on the Panel Next Season? The Return of Deities RALPH and Hollywood J? That Autotune Moment. Who Slayed the Redemption Runway? Adele’s New Hair.

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The Teavanna this week - Nick, Mijon, and our friend of the pod Griffin Leeds dive deeply into the titillating events of Canada’s Drag Race Ep. 9. Griffin Leeds is an Indiana-to-Brooklyn transplant who writes and performs comedy around NYC. He produces and hosts various shows around town, including U Host? at The Rosemont and his Bedstuy apartment show, The Living Your Best Life Room. He is also the co-founder and executive editor of Awf Magazine, the first and only LGBTQ+ satire website in the universe, which launched March 2019.

Warning: all comments made on the episode are made in jest, so don’t take us too seriously.

Questions and Issues addressed: Cyberbullying. Why? JBC's departure from Twitter. Queer trauma. Better ways to voice yourself when your favorite queens leave the show. Santino Rice and Mariah Shade. Improv Skills. Balls. Privilege. Skiing. Jimbo's departure (spoiler alert).

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