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Episode 224: Sweet & Sour - Canada vs the World Season 2 Recap

READERS! Better late than never, oui? Kyle sits down with social media celebrity and Mayor of Montreal Laurence Collin to discuss their thoughts on the highs, lows and whoas of Canada vs. the World Season 2!

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Episode 223: Season 16, Episodes 7-16 - These Are Our REAL Thoughts, Heughnny!

READERS, school is back in session and so are we! Not content to leave you hanging, Kyle and Dr. Ben dust off their seats at the Shade Table to recap their thoughts on the remainder of one of their favorite regular seasons in a while (even if the narrative conclusion left a little bit to be desired). Join us ahead of our still-to-be-determined cadence for our RuCaps of Global All Stars with this Season 16 sum-up! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 222: Season 16, Episode 6 - The Dawls Are The DAWLS

At this point READERS, the dawls are the DAWLS! Avid dawl collector and fellow Aries Yair joins Kyle as they discuss their childhood journeys with toys and dolls, what aspects a collector looks for when expanding on their collection, the joys of getting a fresh challenge sixteen seasons into the franchise, and the many varied outcomes with the queens' foray into creating, branding and selling their signature limited edition dolls! Did the judges get it right? Which doll did you most want to add to your collection? (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 221: Season 16, Episode 5 - Quiet (Pussycat) Riot

Down on your knees READERS - Mother is in the spotlight! What happens when Kyle (who's kind of a bitch) and Keith (who puts your man on a leash) are drinking, having Keith cookies, and talking about made up Swedish bands? It means they're also talking latex for a mini challenge, self-producing girlies who don't think fully through their edits, being picked last in gym class, and the satisfaction of an underestimated underdog edit coming to fruition! Along with pussycat wigs (and mushroom, bus driver, Marcel finger wave and bowl cut wigs pretending to be pussycat wigs), we've got a quick (for us) rucap of Episode 5 of Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race - the girl group challenge! Make sure your Q doesn't heave on your angora carpet! We mean your cat.

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Episode 220: Season 16, Episode 4 - The Jannification of Loosey La-Q-Ca

SCHNAP OUT OF IT, READERS! Kyle and Keith are joined by Berlin-born, Boston based, bashful boy Patrick R to discuss hotel upgrades, stances on sketch comedy (or lack thereof), Chermit the Tiger the Frog, Babs and that emotional Eliminaysha and all that transpired in episode 4 of Drag Race Season 16, RDR Live! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 219: Season 16, Episode 3 - Mom Jeans & Mother Toilets

READERS - for the Mother of All Balls, who would you have summoned to the Shade Table? ("...Pass!") Kyle is joined by Keith, Ben and Holly for a 3 hour deep dive into the season so far, being kindofabitch, those WHO AIN'T NO DIVAAAAAA, what offended them about the various presentations of the episode (spoiler alert - there's a lot of things!) and opinions on all FORTY TWO! looks from Season 16's first full cast challenge, The Mother Ball! Who are your Mother Goose and Significant Mothers, and do you agree with the final Rate-A-Queen results? Were the right winner and Porkchop selected? Let us know, maldita perra! (music: bensound.com)

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Episodes 217 & 218: Two Star-Crossed Titties in VeRUna (Season 16 Split Premiere Review)

The wait is over, reading kittens! With a new year, new season of Drag Race and new equipment to break in at the Shade Table, Kyle & Ben dive into their thoughts on heel clacking, cross-eyed titty bibs, social media mugs, flippin to flip, political posters, AI racers, bananas and rating queens in our RuCap of the split premiere episodes of Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 216: We Need A Ruvolution

Grab your sixteen tunneled candles and pearl (h*rbor) thongs because The Shade Table is BACK IN SESSION! Fresh off the Sasha Colby Meet & Greet, Kyle is joined by Katie and Calvin Cato to give flowers and camouflaged shade at our latest crop of queens for Season 16 of Drag Race OG. (Spoiler alert: a past multi-visit Shade Table librarian is now a RuGirl!!!) Check out our rundown of the Season 16 Meet the Queens ahead of the NEW season kicking off on January 5th! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 215: All Stars 8, Episodes 7-12 - Buzzballing About Queen B

READERS, we've got more summer reading for your nerves! Kyle and Keith are joined by The Bronx's premiere andrologist Ricardo Cabanas at the Shade Table, having buzzballs and Strawberritas and a slew of various Drag Race opinions. We talk about Ricardo's job of helping people make babies, the revolving door of Hell's Kitchen gay bars, how to see Beyonce twice (Kyle's not bitter), and our thoughts on the outcome of the back half of All Stars 8. How did y'all find this season readers? And which franchise are you enjoying most (and should we cover next?) (music: bensound.com)

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Episodes 212, 213 & 214: Be Bold, Be Great, Beyoncé

Because you're holding up podcasting, green means GO!

READERS, it's our longest episode ever but I promise it's for all the right reasons - Kyle's joined at the Shade Table with Ben and Tom McDonald of bookseller fame to wax poetic about the greatest all-around performer of our time, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. We do a deep dive from the Destiny's Child days through the first 4 albums of her solo career, and of course talk about the *experience* Kyle and Ben had at the Renaissance World Tour. (We also spend time at the top talking about astrology, working at bookstores and some of Kyle and Tom's memorable celebrity encounters.) Break up the listen of the episode but don't break your soul - it's a fun listen that'll have you jumpin jumpin for our follow up (when we'll talk about self-titled and beyond in more depth).

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Episodes 210 & 211: All Stars 8, Episodes 5 & 6 - The Zaddy of All Shade Of It All Podcasts!

Happy Zaddy's Day, READERS! One of the longest episodes of The Shade Of It All to date is here for all of the best reasons: via satellite call from Lebanon, the humble, honest, humongously talented, handsome and hot Haaz Sleiman joins (a VERY geeked and internally fanboying) Kyle at the Shade Table! Adorable nieces and brief internet outages were no match for a full-range conversation, discussing Haaz's introduction to acting, the other actors whose work inspires him, which of his roles led to him owning a custom $1k human hair wig, and being named a Daddy by Queerty for Father's Day this year. We also kiki quite a bit about Drag Race (and lightly spoil episodes 5-7 of All Stars 8, for the record). Which crowned queen did Haaz work with and encourage to go on the show? How many seasons of Drag Race and the numerous spinoffs has he seen? What type of queen would he be if he performed regularly? (Hint: there may be a reason Haaz asked what age range our audience is.) ;) Truly, we're honored to have had the time with him, and hope you enjoy the episode and if you aren't already, familiarize yourself with Haaz's work as his star continues to shine brighter!

(Kyditor's note: Moving On is now available on streaming, as is Breaking Fast which everyone should see!)

(music: bensound.com)

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Episode 209: All Stars 8, Episode 4 - Ass (Not) Seen On TV

Well another episode happened readers! Kyle and Ben play around with some new sound effects, share some thoughts on old school drag, new drag television (hiiiiiieeeeee, Drag Me To Dinner) and begrudgingly relive their thoughts on Episode 4 of All Stars 8, "Screen Queens". (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 208: All Stars 8, Episodes 2 & 3 - Beige Against The Machine

Kyle and Keith return to the Shade Table with several many cups and opinions. Some discussion points include the Dead Puppies dirge from Kyle’s acting days, the show’s current Production Problem, Tears of the Kingdom, Don’t Attack My Sisters, mismatched kitty bibs, internet Qawk therapy, and ALL OF THE FEELINGS about the “skits” and “designs” from Episodes 2 & 3 of All Stars 8. How many drinks might we need to get through the rest of this season? #HeidiWasRobbed (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 207: All Stars 8 Premiere - Whiskey Barns of the Rich & Famous

We're back back back back back back back back again, READERS! For the premiere of the 8th(!) All Stars season, it's family as Kyle has Katie and Sharron at an IRL Shade Table to talk egg whites in a bag, Katie's jet setting ways, Sharron's fascination with artifice, deeply offensive velvets and our thoughts on the opening episode (and twist!) of All Stars 8, "The Fame Games". Cashews is back on our screens! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 206: Season 15, Episode 6 - ☜︎⌧︎◻︎♏︎♍︎⧫︎ ❄︎♒︎♏︎ ☜︎⌧︎◻︎♏︎♍︎⧫︎♋︎♌︎●︎♏︎

👎︎❒︎♋︎♑︎ ✋︎⬧︎ ☠︎□︎⧫︎ ✌︎ 👍︎❒︎♓︎❍︎♏︎, readers! Helping to sum up the first full MTV season, Kyle is joined by recurring Shade Table fixture Keith Avery to talk about the fashions, the interviews, the performances, the injuries, the tantrums and the definitely not at all expected outcome of the finale of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15! We also chat about what this means in this moment, what it means for the future of the franchise, and give some flowers to our stars of the season, all while laughing far more than we have any right to. Are you satisfied with the outcome readers? And do you have any opinions on what season we should cover next, since the Drag Race machine is running full steam ahead? (Just 3.5 weeks until All Stars 8! 🤯) (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 205: Season 15, Episodes 14 & 15 - Blame It On The Aries

READERS, be amazed by the ample artistic Aries awesomeness as Kyle is joined at the (birthday!) Shade Table for the 3rd time this season by his fellow birthmonth sister, Andrilisa! (Andrili is April 3rd and Kyle April 13th - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!) While they do share their fleeting thoughts on the music video, final runway presentations and lipsync of "Blame It On The Edit" as well as the snap impressions of the reunion lewks, please also relish the incredibly helpful advice for creatives, understand the purpose of well-placed critiques and how they can influence you, as well as the word in the Spanish spelling bee that cost Andrilisa the regional title (as well as the word that also tripped up Kyle on his spelling bee championship journey). It's the home stretch to the Season 15 finale - which queen will be the first main season queen to bank over $200,000?! (music: bensound.com)

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Episode 204: Miss Husky Timbre Is Missing

Readers, please welcome to the stage: Miss Husky Timbre! (Sidebar: Why is that pronounced “tam-berr?) Two red hot redhead teachers - Ben and Holland - join Kyle at both the physical and virtual Shade Table. We discuss our teachers’ favorite grades to teach, our thoughts on the current state of education, signature challenges from the show’s history, guests doing and giving absolutely nothing in the mini challenge, and the varying results of this season’s makeover on their charges: a group of teachers! Who’s makeover was your favorite? Are we heading into the home stretch with your favorite final 4? And of course: have you finally LET LOOSE? (music: bensound.com)

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