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 Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Because we never learn from our mistakes, we're doing RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE LIVE! But not really, because that would be gonzo. Yes it's the return of everyone's one-take-sketch-comedy show and we have notes upon notes to share before we get tickled pink on the runway! As the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 argue and fight over what's "good drag," we can't help but wonder - Has anyone ever taken a sketch comedy class on the production team? Find out in this week's episode of THIS TOXIC FANDOM!

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
It's a new day, and after the first elimination, the girls of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 are in their feelings, but so are the bois as they talk about Drag Race Alumni's OnlyFans, the rise and fall of J-O-E and don't forget the ELLA, and how we've already seen several girls pull ahead despite only having two real competitive episodes! Seriously, for an episode the bois aren't too fond of, they find a lot of ways to talk about it. Join in the conversation now!

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
This episode we bid farewell to season 5 of Canada! We get tea from a listener, Pope's hot take from the bathroom (He was sick and couldn't make it), crown a winner, hear who Joe wanted to get the crown, and celebrate David's Birthday. Oh, David also annoys Joe with how much he wants to just talk about his love Orville Peck

Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Fun fact, Steven misread this title as "menopause" and was very confused. Anyway! It's a new day in the Werk Room as the girls are given money honey and then asked to make outfits based on everyone's least favorite board game that we all have a copy of anyway, Monopoly! Will Steven keep the boardgamery in his pants? Will the girls serve the looks or end up not passing go and going straight to Jail? Find out in this week's episode of This Toxic Fandom as we dive into RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, episode 3!

Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
The top 5 girls are brought together to... Be interviewed by Brad Goreski? It's a weird one, folks, but it's Canada's Drag Race and we're almost at the finish line! We talk about Wicked, Munchkins, Canadians, Anita Bryant finally doing something good with her life by dying, and how if you squint really hard in some parts of the podcast you might see Steven hanging around. Will these jokes make sense? Only if you join us as we continue to talk about Canada's Drag Race on This Toxic Fandom!

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
We're back to find out who wins, who lipsync's against Acacia, and who goes home. We also answer questions like what does rollerskating lead to? Is standup a good talent? and what is a Badonk-a-dunk twist? All this and more! Sadly due to the ongoing fires in LA, Pope was not able to join us this episode. He will be back for Canada on Thursday!

Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Oh, I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You download your favorite podcast about the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race because you think you're too good for the international seasons, but what you don't know is that that episode is not just well produced, it's not just funny, it's taken from one of the greatest challenges ever produced on Drag Race Canada where the remaining contestants are asked to make custom outfits for the host of the program to model. You're so unaware of the fact that while America is doing Rate A Queen, Canada included that level of drama and gamery in at least two-thirds of its season. Fascinating. Does this need a belt? Find out in this week's episode of This Toxic Fandom!

Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
IT'S THE SEASON PREMIERE! I REPEAT: IT'S THE SEASON PREMIERE! Join Steven, Joe, and David as they explore the season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, The Squirrel Games! Fourteen new girls join the fray and enter the gauntlet as the hit reality TV show returns with the return of the controversial Rate A Queen and a jaw-dropping talent show filled with twists, splits, and lemonade! Join the conversation now and listen to This Toxic Fandom!

Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
The Snatch Game this week was so bad that it made Joe catch the flu bug! But seriously, people, wash your hands and get your flu shots, you morons. Anyway! David and Steven are left to summarize the Snatch Game and then be teleported to Mars by the intergalactic popstar runway! With Joe not there to moderate, let's ramble and talk about David Letterman, sad backstories, and the rare WOODEN BEAVER! All this and more in this week's This Toxic Fandom, so give it a listen and let's get impersonational!

Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Oh. My. God. Becky, look at her drag race podcast! It's just, like, so... Big. This week on This Toxic Fandom, we gave up on the new millennium and went back to the halcyon days of slap bracelets, beanie babies, roller blades, and making way too many hand gestures. That's right kids, we're totally bugging and going back to the 90s! The girls of Canada's Drag Race make their very own girl groups and then have to combine the fashions of grunge and glamour on the runway. Who will be a fly girl, who will fly away like Lenny Kravitz, and who will get beamed in the head with a giant cell phone? And which one of the bois is a virgin who can't drive?!!? Find out this week on THIS TOXIC FANDOM as they dive into CANADA'S DRAG RACE SEASON 5 EPISODE 5!!!