The holidays are in the air & MeMe is in the mood to have a fun pod with the super fun & handsome @PapiOmnipotent!
Holiday Doggie Sitting | Adventures in Gogo Dancing | Dancing & Modeling | Social media thirst traps that break IG | For the love of Drag | Fluidity of sexuality | Ms. Dory wants to say hiiieeoouull | Speed Round |
MeMeCherry gets to be one of the last stops on Florida Man’s farewell tour AKA till we see her again in the new year! We also get the fun stylings of Mama Celeste as Peanut Gallery AND Game Player!
| “Last time on SOFEpod = Florida Mann” | Developing into a “Garbage Pail Pageant Queen” | Little Miss Monster | Mother Star Search | Post tech lyfe | Prodigal queen heads home | Re-visiting the rabbit hole | Going viral | How Dangerous is it to be this WoMan | The bridges that we build & burn | “Just the Tip” | “Speed Round” | “Go to bed Wig” |
| Mama Celeste IG |
Another amazing returning guest: Finn Deerhart!
Unexpected feedback from the last time Finn was on SOFEpod from "The Woman" | The humbling effect of being present & real | Survival mode vs SURVIVAL MODE | The Re-emancipation of MeMeCherry | Looking at queer sexuality through a new lens | Finn's work coaching queer men | Boundaries aka learning how to say "No" | Why/How/When do we celebrate "Pride" | Finn's work to help us all drop our "Shame" - Shoutout to @ShameBooth | Gay is the New Jesus | #Authenticity - "White Washed Tombs"| Ministry 2.0 | What is Social Madea talkin' bout | #KavanaughHearings | Shane Dawson's new series "Mind of Jake Paul" | Empathy for self | Make sure to check out Finn's website & leave a comment @ SOFEpod.com
Today MeMe has a blast w/ April Kidwell, aka Nomi in the upcoming "I, Nomi"
We chat about: Being a performer with Peaches Christ Productions| "I'm SO Excited! I'm SOO Exciiiteeed! I'm SO SCARED!" | Baby thespian years | April's work w/ Earthship Homes in Santa Fe, New Mexico & Aguada, Puerto Rico | Bay Area being the current home for so many Racially Tense viral videos (BBQ Becky/Permit Patty/Etc) | Nomi plays "Plead the Wig" | Anna Nicole Smith plays "Showgirls Trivia" & "Go to Bed Wig" | Speedround | Tearing your labia during a pre-show poo | April's #MeToo moment | Stop fighting on the internet & talk to each other! | Go see April at "I, Nomi"!
Today MeMe takes soft l's, no hard l's today! We chat with amazing local queen Venus Soleil:
Theater beginnings as a Venus Fly Trap | NYC living | Origins of a Venus Soleil | For the love of Drag | The pod is haunted once again by the ghost cat | Paco update | #FitnessQueen | Shoutout to The Port Bar! | BBQ Becky + her new boyfriend Lake Jogger | Best songs to celebrate pride Game | Got bed WIG Game | Plead the Wig | Speedround!
Today MeMe has the amazingly hot messes Andrea Allan & Emily Lubin (@HotMessPodcast) make a return visit to the pod! All the ladies are invading LA as budding media moguls & we all got to gab & get deep from MeMe's amazing room at the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles!
Andrea's adventures as a traveling KATG minion | Hot Mess Technical Issues while banking shows pre LA trip | The weirdness that is the LA "scene" | MeMe's adventures as a media mogul in the making aka first Press Pass to #DragCon #RupaulsDragCon | Transitioning from the VIP experience to the Press Pass level | Female Body Modifications | Dating in 2018 | Kanye or IG Inspiration Post | Plead the wig | Speed round!
Today MeMe is joined by the amazing Mahlae Balenciaga!
Beychella | Cardi B | Drag Race | Mahlae's RPDR Viewing parties | MeMe is invading LA Drag Con this year! | Mahlae's upcoming role in "Steel Dragnolias" | Wendy Williams | #LocalTouringQueen | New Game! Kanye or IG Inspo Post | Plead the wig | Go to bed wig | Speed Round!
The list of illustrious guests gets an amazing gold star on it as @thatonequeen = Bob the Drag Queen joins MeMe to celebrate the one year anniversary of the pod!
Pls excuse the teeny tech issue at front - worth sticking around for | Purse first! | Bob's amazing credits including his current role in Angels in America @ the Berkley Rep Theater | Adjusting to the gender spectrum in the Bay Area's Grinder | "If they can, why can't I?" aka Bob's version of The Secret | The pig roast = The roast of Heklina | Working w/ "Boy-once" aka Todrick Hall | "Suspiciously Large Woman" on Amazon Prime & iTunes = Bob's comedy special, also The first time Bob's dad saw him on stage | The RPDR/Rupaul gender identity controversy | Catch bob's opinions on twitter | The continuous fight against misogyny in the Queer community | We are all born naked & the rest is drag | Trannsiiiiitiiiooooon! The spectrum of the transition journey | One year Anniversary of the Pod!!! | Genesis of Bob The Drag Queen | Kitten w/ a Whip => Bob TDQ | Bob's RHOA intro | Bob as a feat guest on THE TRIXIE & KATYA SHOW | "Let me keep it on" aka season 9 face crack via Valentina | All Stars 3 parties @ The Port Bar | #TeamTrixie | Drag Race viewing parties = Queer football season leading to Gay Superbowl/Drag Race finale | New Games! Word Assoc & Plead the wig | Old school games: Speed Round & Go to bed Wig! | Drag fandom convo = new digital era we live in as fans/performers |
Today MeMe chats with the delightful Belle Bottoms!
Ru's problematic Guardian interview | The gender debate in drag continues | The face crack heard around the world aka Bendelacreme's exit from All Stars 3 | Belle's origin story | San Francisco Drag Cabaret | Speed round | A new game is born? |
Today MeMe is chatting with the delightfully sweet queen, Vanilla Meringue!
We chat about Vanilla's childhood in Philadelphia | Her amazing creative endeavors in the Bay Area art scene | Winning the Oasis Star Search Pageant | The pink shades of gender identity | Speed Round! | The return of the Dragtionary game!
MeMe is joined today by a post Dragula, Erika Klash!
The re-emancipation of MeMe | The unofficial miss congeniality Erika Klash joins us to dish on her Dragula experience! | Dragula = Drag race meets Fear factor meets Cinema Realness meets Pink Flamingo, the search for the next Divine | What do the gigs look like post Dragula | Pastel Gore at The Stud | First "Pastel Gore" show will be Ghost Town Pokemon | Nerdy Drag + Spooky SF Drag | The drag "Theme Scene" that is the amazing scene in San Francisco | Erika is the queen to have faced & survived the most extermination challenges in the history of the show | "You have not done drag till you have tucked in the woods" | Episode breakdown of Season 2 | Erika tests MeMe on drag/gay lingo | A "Legends" season of Drag Race? | Request Erika & the Boulet brothers crew at a club near you!
Today MeMe is joined by SF Drag Performer - Mama Celeste |
Mini life update from MeMe | Mama Celeste's origin story | The evolution of Mama's drag once she landed in SF | Life in the Haus of Tips | The current Bay Area drag scene | TRISH = The Drag-a-zine | San Francisco vs Oakland Drag | Mama's plans for expanding the local scene | Mama turns the tables on Meme & instead of the usual Dragtionary game we play "Trish-ionary" | Courtney Act on CBB UK as drag ambassador | What is drag? | Dragula chat | Speed round - Break down the hustle edition | Mama Celeste Twitter | Mama Celeste IG
Today Meme's list of illustrious guests adds a super star to that lineup - the legendary: Peaches Christ!
The birth of baby Peaches | Coming up in the era of John Waters & Dreamland | Initial sources of inspiration | Early Trannyshack days | All about Evil | She-Devil w/ Sharon Needles | Midnight Mass | Legally Black w/ Bob the Drag Queen | Star Search Competition from Trannyshack to Mother days | Upcoming shows on Peaches' calendar | Outloud Storytelling Series | Peaches as a judge on The Boulet Brothers' Dragula | Peaches Christ Productions Volunteer Orientation 2018 | How is Peaches Christ dealing with the Trumpito reign of terror | Speed round! | Make sure to check out a Peaches show near you when you get a chance!
*Bill haley & his comets - "Ooh! look-a there, ain't she pretty"
Today MeMeCherry chats with San Francisco Drag Legend: Heklina!
Heklina's Icelandic origin story | Trannyshack transitions into Mother | Heklina's stints on Jerry Springer & the Ricki Lake Show | Heklina's series of unfortunate events in Mexico in drag | The "Bio/Faux/Hyper Queen" "debate" & Heklina's long history of supporting all forms of drag | San Francisco drag theater | Heklina's collaborations w/ Peaches Christ | Coming up at the Oasis | Hosting post RPDR queens at the Oasis | The one time Heklina was star struck | "Dragtionary" game from Willam's "Suck Less" | Bawdy Storytelling presents Heklina: Infamous |
Heklina Twitter | Heklina FB | Get tickets to the upcoming Roast of Heklina!
Today MeMeCherry is joined by the amazing Gamer/Anime/Kawaii Drag Queen - Erika Klash!
Boricuas are Unicorns on the West Coast! | Erika's origin story | Gender equality in drag | Lone wolf Erika | Erika Klash IG | Queen of the Nerds Drag Aesthetic | Regional differences in Drag | MeMe's fundraiser "Heels for the Motherland" | Chef Relief in Puerto Rico - Chef Jose Andres | Puerto Rico still needs your help | Erika's upcoming appearance in The Boulet Brother's DRAGULA "Search for the World's Next Drag Supermonster | "Dragtionary" game - Suck Less by Willam | Explore your local drag scenes | "Go to bed wig" game |
"Dragula" by Rob Zombie
MeMeCherry's LA adventure continues with the return of her gay daddy: Jonny McGovern!
Coming to you from the Standard WEHO - MeMe & Jonny chat about: MeMe's SOFEpod journey since Jonny's first appearance | Jonny's adventures as the MC for The Art of the Teese - Dita Von Teese | Dita Von Teese’s New Year’s Eve Gala Show | Go Go Boy etiquette | Coming up on Hey Qween | "Go To Bed Wig" Game | MeMe's personal mini Hey Qween episode | Jonny cuddles all episode long with MeMe's super cute pup Paco Taco | MeMe LOVES being "Daddy's Girl" | "Tacones Para La Patria = Heels for the Motherland" MeMe's Drag Show Fundraiser benefiting Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria & Mexico earthquake victims
Jonny McGovern Twitter | "Gayest of All Time" - Jonny McGovern
Listen in to MeMeCherry giggle in delight as two of her favorite ladies join her on the pod: Julie Goldman (@MrJulieGoldman) & Brandy Howard (@TheBrandyHoward)!
| The hosts of the Dumb, Gay Politics Podcast join MeMe live from The Standard Hotel in WEHO! With a pool party in the background the ladies dish about: Julie & Brandy's many projects | Their friendship/partnership origin story | Smashing sugar glasses in Starbucks | FB Live adventures in Jersey land | Sexo Farmacia! | "Go to bed Wig" game | "Fuck it, I did it!" aka the new "Never have I ever" | Fergie - "Love is Blind"
| Julie Goldman | Brandy Howard | Dumb, Gay Politics
Today MeMeCherry is joined by an international drag performer, recording artist & San Francisco LEGEND: Honey Mahogany!
Today we chat about: Honey's experience on Rupaul's Drag Race | Life post RPDR | Drag scene Pre & Post RPDR | Honey's part in saving a SF queer institution: The Stud | Honey's work with the Compton Transgender Lesbian Gay Bisexual District (TLGB) | Working SF Pride | Drag queen story hour | Fundraisers to benefit Puerto Rico | "Look at you!"
Today MeMeCherry is joined by San Francisco drag legend: the Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy!
Katya's Countess Origin Story | Drag Queens with "older" characters | Growing up as a SF Bay Area native | Dive into the San Francisco ever changing & growing scene | Drag Scene Post-Rupaul's Drag Race | "Look at You!" inspired by Hey Qween's "Look at Huh" | Please donate to the Glittery Pirate Ship! ~> SOFEpod.com/Contact | "Dragtionary" game courtesy of Willam's "Suck Less" | Katya, A Bitter Sweet 90's Symphony | Katya's aesthetic sources of inspiration
MeMe is joined by the Theatrical Rock Power House - Kat Robichaud
Kat's origin story | Misfit Cabaret | The Voice | Song for David Bowie | The last waltz of the Wrights | The apple pie & The knife | Uh Oh | Everybody loves puppets! | Love of drag | Kat's Patreon | Willam's "Dragtionary" game | Kat will be performing at Project Runway 8: Sinfinity on Aug 19th
