RuPaul's Drag Race Recap

Joe Betance and Laurian K Roggenkamp are back for the Season 7 premiere of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. In “Horror in Oz,” twelve new monsters brave a blindfolded tornado obstacle course, then turn classic Oz characters into nightmares on the Floorshow.

Joe and Lauri pick their favorite looks, debate whether the judges got the top and bottom placements right, and try to make sense of the broomstick hunt that sends two monsters down a series of zip lines. Plus, a detour into the old Wizard of Oz VHS rumor and a Friday the 13th nod in the season’s first extermination.

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Joe and Nathan return from their week off, and apparently nobody got the memo! After a brief detour into a controversial news story, the boys revisit Lauri's Massachusetts lesbian bar drama, discover the emotional dangers of washing dishes, and consider whether Lauri would have sided with Thanos.

Nathan recounts his luxurious Disney cruise, including an encounter with some potential romantic interests that goes horribly wrong in a swimming pool. Meanwhile, Joe announces a new addition to the Afterthought family, explains why he traveled to San Francisco with emergency pee bags, and shares a series of increasingly bizarre encounters involving restaurant servers and an unexpected parade.

The Rumor Mailbox is overflowing! Shanita has a naming dilemma, Sasha needs Magic Castle fashion advice, Deck calls with a very thorough clarification, Tom Bombs comes clean about his investigation, Chloe brings news from Australia, and Sean from Kentucky raises a troubling question about Afterthought's future.

Plus, Queen Kong's appearance on The Traitors Australia, an update on Hello Uglies, and Joe assigns Afterthought personalities to the expensive-tier supporters.

And stick around for a special musical finale!
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Joe and Nathan are back with a story so perfectly chaotic it could only happen on the gay internet. This week, they dive into the increasingly unbelievable saga surrounding The Last Ditch, a progressive lesbian bar in western Massachusetts that found itself at the center of an online firestorm after making masks optional one night a week. There’s a struggling owner, a fractured polycule, clown school, angry Zoom meetings, “white they/them tears,” a GoFundMe for one of the owner’s biggest critics, and somehow even more lore Joe hasn’t uncovered yet.

Before getting to the main event, Joe recaps an unusually talkative night out with John Paul, gives his thoughts on the new Robert Pattinson film about the world of To Catch a Predator, and Nathan weighs in on the heated political argument that was removed from the latest episode of The Tea.

Plus, the boys lament the apparent death of the Discord, Nathan prepares for Singapore, Joe investigates whether two Scottish gay sportsmen have actually slept together, and—for the first time in Rumor Mill history—the voicemail bag is completely empty.

Oh, and Nathan would like everyone to know that gays are awful.

In this episode:• Joe apparently cannot stop talking• Nathan prepares for Singapore• Revisiting the missing argument from The Tea• The absolutely bonkers Last Ditch lesbian bar controversy• A polycule becomes a “monocule”• Clown school enters the chat• Mask mandates, angry commenters and a disastrous community meeting• Why the gays have now inserted themselves into lesbian drama• The mystery of Lewis and Deckhead• Zero voicemails?!• Nathan assigns Disney characters during the credits• A very special sad version of the Rumor Mill theme song
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Joe and Nathan are back with updates from the Afterthought Media universe, including what’s coming up on Drag Race Recap and some early talk about the new season of Dragula. Then, a check-in with the live chat somehow turns into an extended investigation of hookups, jockstraps, Isaac’s hole, and whether there are some things you simply don’t need to know about someone you’re sleeping with.

Later, Joe and Nathan dive into the week’s Ed Sheeran and Macklemore controversy before turning to your voicemails, with conversations about aggressive Australian wildlife, Tears of the Kingdom, vacation adventures, clothing-optional resorts, body confidence, and embracing your inner daddy.

Plus: Nathan worries about the things he says on the internet, Joe reveals more than he probably intended about his sex life, and “Big Apple, eat some hole” becomes a sentence that unfortunately now exists.
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Joe and Nathan are back at the Rumor Mill, and this week they’re digging into TikTok drama, revisiting some old Afterthought grudges, and somehow spending an alarming amount of time discussing other people’s asses.

Joe examines his long and storied history of being ghosted. That leads to memories of Robert, Joey Carlisle, Evan Markson and Daniel Brewer — plus plans for the upcoming “Carlisle Accords,” where Joe and Daniel will finally attempt to hash things out.

Then it’s time for TikTok drama as Joe breaks down the controversy surrounding creator Jesus Nalgas, his budding coffee business, accusations of doxxing and the internet pile-on that followed. Are younger generations obsessed with justice — or are they really obsessed with punishment?

Nathan has some celebrity sightings and entertainment updates, Joe shares the story of a mother who charged her 10-year-old for gas on his birthday, and the conversation takes several increasingly inappropriate detours involving coffee scrubs, nude beaches and the hypothetical Michelin Guide to assholes.

The voicemails bring listener reactions to the latest All Stars 1 recap, some very welcome praise for Afterthought Media’s audio quality, another bizarre development in the ongoing Tom Bombs saga, and an update from a listener preparing to explore opening up his 27-year relationship.

Plus: Practical Magic 2, The Wiggles, Dollywood plans, the empowering side of taking sexy photos, and Joe and Nathan finish things off by deciding which Afterthought members they would — or would not — rim.
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