This Toxic Fandom
This Toxic Fandom celebrates over 15 years of RuPaul’s Drag Race, from the drama and conflama both on and off the show to the moments that made us feel something special. Join your hosts, Joe, David, and Steven, as they death-drop in, get silly, get fabulous, and get to the heart of this fandom - Be it toxique or iconique.
Episodes

Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Whether way your toilet flushes, one thing unites all humans: The desire, and the love, of brunch! And no one does brunch better than drag queens who are guaranteed to take advantage of bottomless mimosas! So, of course, that means the black sheep of the Drag Race franchise uses it as an excuse for a talent show that gives the bois a bit of agita. Questionable judging, insane outfits, FINALLY learning the story of BMX Bandits (maybe?) and more await you in the latest episode of This Toxic Fandom, where they watch RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Season 3, Episode 6: Drag Brunch! Pass the syrup and download this episode today, and make sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @ThisToxicFandom!

Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Not letting an ocean keep them apart even while vacationing, the bois manage to cobble together an episode like these girls managed to cobble together a girl group challenge! Themed after the famous (citation needed) Australian extreme sports flick The BMX Bandits, our top six girls have to sing, dance, and ride bikes to some of the worst music since BDE. Will they ride into the sunset or crash and burn? Answer: Both! And that's what makes for good TV! Which is still better TV than the reads from this mini-challenge. Will someone get that Ben fellow Joe's number? Will there be singing? Will there be audio issues? Well, yes to that last one, but only by downloading and listening now can YOU find out if the bois got the stuff to take off their training wheels and start riding motocross. Also, Motocrossdressing. Why wasn't that pun used this episode?!

Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
With one of the weirdest episode titles we've seen in a minute, it's Snatch Game, and that doesn't happen every season! Down Under has had its highs and lows with Snatch Game and the bois get into it, along with a long discussion about Kylie Minogue. Will an Italian accent win out over a Lord and Savior? Will Cardi B ever win a Snatch Game? Does Ru know any celebrity born after the Bush administration?
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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
The bois are back in town and they've never been loopier! Who are we? Where are we? Down Under, apparently! For this spicy episode we have TWO Lip Synchs For Your Lives to cover, a questionably improvised improv challenge, what qualifies as "fancy underpants," what makes a performance good versus Shakesqueer 2.0, and a villainous runway that has the bois gobbling up some poison apples.

Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Steven picked one hell of an episode to get out of town, leaving David and Joe to talk about one of the wildest episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under by themselves! Sexy boudoirs! Uncensored feet! Fashion! Beauty pageant contestants! And a queen goes down - but not under! Can the podcast manage without the stick-in-the-mud to keep things going? Yes! Because of the incredible Nicholas Edward, who guest edited this episode!
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Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
The bois are taking a trip down to the Southern Hemisphere to watch ten of Australia and New Zealand's best drag performers compete for... 50k? Geesh, Ru, was there no budget this time around? With two controversial seasons behind it, RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under kicks off its new season with a celebration of Mardi Grad Pride, and the bois are swept up into the drama and conflama of meeting a new cast of fabulous queens! Will Steven catch up in Jeoprudy? Will Joe give a hot take? Will David break into song? Find out in this new episode!

Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
We've made it to the end and it's Jimbo Vs Kandy! The Clown Vs The Producer! Who will win?! Well, it's kind of obvious considering the favoritism, but still, it's the season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8 and we need to see our finalists lip-synch, dance, and bare their souls for their last chance to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame! Or something like that. The Bois meanwhile have to sit there and wonder where exactly it went wrong - 'Cept for David, who for sure had the best time this week. It's a doozy of an episode so give it a download today!

Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
The bois are down a boi as Steven has caught something nasty and for once, he can't blame it on this season of All Stars! With him out of the picture (mostly), David and Joe get into the nitty gritty of a rather sh-- Not great episode where everyone returns to put on a talent show! But not Heidi, she's at home enjoying herself. Lucky. Join them as they share their hot takes on boob plates, the twisted twist of the Fame Games, and their feelings about flats on the runways! All this and more as they talk about RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars's "Fame Games Variety Extravaganza!"

Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Join us as we discuss RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8, Episode 10, The 'L' Word! Why? Because we're in lesbians with you, you lovely person! While Steven was out of town, David and Joe got together and tried to record without him! Did they do it? Yes! Is it good? Yes! In this double-wide episode the bois dive into makeovers, why lesbians deserve WAY more respect than they get, and how David struggles with technology! Kayla Kleinman joins in and even explores the world of the Toxic Fanspace as Jeop-Ru-dy continues to get cutthroat.

Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
The bois welcome special guest and honorary boi (who they've name-dropped about nine hundred times already!) Kayla Kleinman onto the show as they talk about their shared husband in Alexis Michelle and this very special roast of style superstar and resident Horse Girl of RuPaul's Drag Race, Carson Kressley! The husbands are being eliminated, the feelings are real, the cases are real, and the jokes are really, really good in the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Episode Nine!