Actor, writer, producer and drag artist John Epperson joins us to discuss the genesis of the singular Lypsinka. The multi-talented John Epperson is known for his meticulously rehearsed and performed works featuring the Dolores Gray inspired Lypsinka shows -- first workshopped and debuted in San Francisco at Josie's Cabaret & Juice Joint.

John gives us just a glimpse of the process involved in researching, writing, and producing the mixed media elements featuring, oftentimes, the voice of Barbara Feldon. Then we discuss his work on many performances of stage and film, including his experiences working with George Michael, Thierry Mugler, Joel Schumacher, and Charles Busch - to name just a few.

We love you and we love Lypsinka!

Episode Artwork by Nancy French. Photo of Lypsinka by Steven Menendez.

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D’Arcy Drollinger is back and right away we get real about the HBO mini-series “And Just Like That…”. Then we find out what’s going on in San Francisco, including the 23rd Annual Mother Star Search Competition, Mothership to Reno, and my very own one-woman show which debuted to sold out crowds at Oasis this weekend. 

We talk about D’Arcy’s film Shit & Champagne (2021), which is streaming practically everywhere, and she tells us all about the sequel in the works, Shit & Champagne: Temple of Poon. 

Then we remember the genius of Betty Davis (July 26, 1945 – February 9, 2022), the controversial and groundbreaking singer, songwriter, and model.

This episode was recorded in February 2022.

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We are back with another episode of Drag Time with Heklina the podcast! This time we got a chance to catch up with New York nightlife impresario and maestro of legends, Daniel Nardicio! He tells us all about working with Carol Channing, Chita Rivera, and Nina Hagen. He shares about producing ‘Love Letter to Liza, Celebrating Liza Minnelli's 75th Birthday’ with appearances by Parker Posey, Sandra Bernhard, John Cameron Mitchell, Coco Peru, Nathan Lane, and more! Then we get Daniel to spill the shocking secret of getting a good Liza story.

We had to ask Daniel about working with Levi Johnston for Playgirl (that’s the former GOP-candidate for Vice President Sarah Palin’s twice-former future son-in-law? we think we got that right…) What matters is whether or not Levi is potentially gay-for-pay? Asked and answered.

We find out what Daniel is most looking forward to when we finally go “post-COVID” — spoiler alert, it’s listening to Drag Time with Heklina! Don’t miss this episode.

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Hello from Iceland! Our very special guest this week is none other than celebutante-turned-celebrated author James St. James! He is bringing us real life behind-the-scenes story time about the New York Club Kids scene of the late 1980’s-1990’s. We find out all about the inspiration behind some of his fascinating looks including Leigh Bowery, Divine, John Sex, Diane Brill, John Waters, Billy Beyond, Sister Dimension, to name a few. As it turns out, James St. James is the originator of the indelible lunch box as an accessory….so thank you James. We ask him all about his book Disco Bloodbath, which became the movie Party Monster (2003) starring Macaulay Culkin as Club Kid King Michael Alig… and Seth Green portraying James St. James. The book and film are all about James’ relationship with Michael, and the culmination of Michael’s undoing resulting in the death of his roommate and drug supplier, Angel Melendez. Listen in to find out all about Culkin and Green’s process in the making of Party Monster (2003) and get a master class from James St. James on authoring your own great works! We love James St. James! 

Drag Time with Heklina is back! I’m on my way to Reykjavík for Pride but we spent some time with producer, actress, vocalist, musician, and author Calpernia Addams! 

We get into the weeds about how language can change, casual activism, and reflect on fighting and surviving the queer liberation. Calpernia shares some of her experiences growing up in a strict fundamentalist Christian cult and her journey coming to adulthood serving in the military as a combat medic in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Then she tells us all about how Navy lesbians contributed to her post-service glow up! 

Calpernia gives us an insider perspective on Hollywood casting of transgender, gay, and lesbian roles and she tell us about the work of her production company Deep Stealth Productions with Andrea James. We ask her about the film Soldier’s Girl (2003) which portrayed the 1999 hate crime murder of her real life boyfriend PFC Barry Winchell at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, USA. 

We ask her all about her very fun and irreverent podcast with Alec Mapa and Rachel True called Nooner. The podcast is on a hiatus but you can still catch the gang dishing with some of Hollywood’s most interesting people in all of the past episodes! But you will have to listen-in to this very sweet episode of Drag Time with Heklina to find out what’s next from Calpernia Addams! 

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This episode has it all: sex, murder, splatter, gore… and Hollywood lore! We ask Bruce all about Death Book, a shocking selection of LaBruce's performances, actions, film production stills and photography. He tells us about a new retrospective he has in the works. We discuss several of Bruce’s films including his new release “Saint-Narcisse” (2020), and spoiler alert, it’s a twincest re-telling of the Narcissus myth, with very recent showings in Berlin and Munich and we can’t wait to see it. We find out more about the vision and process behind Hustler White (1996), a film co-created with Rick Castro which explores the seedy underbelly of the world of sex for hire and taboo fetish, or what Bruce calls a cut rate version of Sunset Boulevard. We talk about the origin of the queercore movement and the punk zine “J.D.’s” and the queer zine scene. Bruce shares some hot inspirational memories from The Stud and Club Uranus days. This episode is not to be missed!

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We’re back in Palm Springs and bringing you Deven Green! She tells us all about working with her partner Ned Douglas to keep people connected and entertained bringing live streaming shows to the public during the pandemic. Deven and Ned are high-end smartypants funny-people and they have a TV show on Revery called “Versus: The Gameshow”  - a lighthearted but hilarious show that pits two celebrity contestants against one another in a series of mini-games as they square off on trivia skills, memory, and knowledge of their own social media content. We find out all about their Supper Club Music show coming up on July 30th at Wilma & Frieda’s in Palm Springs, CA. Deven gets us up to date on her new comedy music show with Handsome Ned, “WATCH THIN PEOPLE EAT - Tasty Songs of Food and Drink” which you can catch on August 6th and 7th at the Art House Theater in Provincetown, MA. Marc has to find out...what’s going on with Deven Green and Andrew Bradley’s “Mrs. Betty Bowers” and it turns out the Tr*mp years have been kind of intense for ‘America’s Best Christian’. Heklina and Deven theorize about how the pandemic has changed our wants, needs, and focus… and what kind of new revelations the future has in store for us after what has frankly been a really weird time! You can find out all about how to see Deven and Ned by visiting DevenGreen.com! Don’t miss this episode of Drag Time!

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We caught up with Chi Chi LaRue for a very special Pride episode. Chi Chi is coming out to California for a special residency engagement DJ’s at Palm Springs’ own Oscar’s. She’ll be playing her own style mix of disco, pop, 80’s, women vocalists, and more! “Chi Chi’s T” will be (mostly) held the first Sunday of every month but be sure to check Oscar’s event page for details.

We ask Chi Chi all about her assent to greatness in the porn industry over the past 38 years, including her first lesbian sex inquiry and her secret process for the difficult work of capturing boners on film long before computers OR Viagra! We spend some time talking about those we have loved and those we have lost, including Joey Stefano and his lasting resonance and the sheer obsession that many still hold for the beauty boy. This episode is a bit of a sweet tribute to our loved ones in the adult film industry and to the future of porn!

Chi Chi tells us about her recovery and we find out what Heklina would do for $2,000,000. This is an episode not to be missed. Happy Pride!

TW: this episode contains discussion of weight loss.

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On our latest episode we talked to Jinkx Monsoon and she tells us all about marrying her very charming sweetheart and living in her forever home of Portland, Oregon. Jinkx recollects our first meeting and explains exactly how I am responsible for her entire drag career! We do actually dig into the creation of Jinkx Monsoon and let me just say it is Absolutely Fabulous! If you were wondering about how Jinkx and Dela came to create the best holiday show of 2020 (in the middle of a pandemic, when we all really needed one) definitely check this one out to hear about the vision and execution of an awesome (independent) movie now under @televisionacad #FYC campaign. We get the whole Jinkx and Dela story including an exciting announcement about the 2021 holidays. Marc nerds out on Jinkx’s voice acting career and he asks her about her work on Steven Universe, Helluva Boss, and more! Listen in because Jinkx Monsoon’s Favorite Memory of Heklina is a classic!

We catch up with Pandora Boxx and give our predictions for the re-opening of drag and the quest for coin! She tells us about her debut on RuPaul’s Drag Race back in 2009 and the popularity of drag then and now. We ask her all about coming out in Rochester, New York — the drag hometown of Miss Darienne Lake and Mrs. Kasha Davis. She tells us all about working Club Marcella and gives us a history lesson on the happenings of Rochester’s Midtown Plaza. We ask her all about her writing including the theatrical fan favorite murder mystery/b-horror comedy, “The Lipstick Massacre” — and we talk about her heartwarming piece “My Queer Trek” recently published by StarTrek.com. We get way into the weeds on what we are watching including some of our favorite horror movies. There are so many that I love, but listen in to find out! We love Pandora Boxx! 

We’re back with a new episode of Drag Time with Heklina! Our very special guest this week is Varla Jean Merman, a renown drag performer, a comedienne, and singer who has filled cabarets and concert halls across the world… including the Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall! She's appeared on Ugly Betty, Project Runway, All My Children and the feature length independent films Girls Will Be Girls (2003) and Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads (2011)— but today she is all ours! We talk to Varla Jean Merman about her experiences performing drag from the early 1990’s until now, including her unique incorporation of video projections in her shows as well as her legendary use of props of tremendous scale over the years. Now synonymous with drag in Provincetown, we talk to Varla about doing shows today and what it is going to be like as things are beginning to open up in nightlife. She tells us all about living the sweet life of love! Join us for a fun time with Varla Jean Merman!

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We’re back! And we have someone very special. You might know him from Imperial Teen or Faith No More and he’s been making music during quarantine! Roddy Bottum joins us to tell us all about the new project called Man on Man with his partner Joey Holman and we find out all about the making of their self titled album available May 12th. Roddy explains how he and Joey became “icons of body positivity” with the release of the video for their new song Daddy. There are a ton of super gay songs including one about The Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park. Along with their album they are launching a project called Chosen Family to create a real world connection with friends and fans and family. You can check out their website ManonManMusic.com and check out the album and join the Chosen Family (including the optional pen pal program) to connect with the music and the love. Then we talk about Roddy’s time recording and touring with Faith No More and the pandemic-delayed reunion tour. We try to make a determination about the term “nu metal” and ask the important questions such as “is Korn is retro now?” Heklina asks him all about opening up for Guns n’ Roses and the debauchery (and mysticism?) on the Use Your Illusions Tour. Marc insists on finding out more about Roddy writing Sasquatch, The Opera and his love for monsters with hearts of gold. We do a quick round of “Who Do You Prefer?” musical edition and we have so much fun! Join us for another episode of Drag Time with Heklina with Roddy Bottum.

We are back for a new season of Drag Time with Heklina! We have Monique Fauxnique! 

Fauxnique is an artist, a performer, a choreographer and a writer. You might know her as the first cis-woman to win a major drag queen pageant. Justin Vivian Bond calls her ‘the Jane Goodall of drag’ and you have never heard a Lady Bunny impression as good as Fauxnique's. She has a new book which literally will not stay on the shelves at City Lights Books, which examines a life of performance and recalls some of the more indelible moments of Trannyshack. It’s called “Fauxqueen: A Life in Drag by Monique Jenkinson” available January 25th, 2022 from Amble press  or wherever you get fine books, and we love it! 

Listen in to this episode to Drag Time to find out why!

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You probably know him from his work with Madonna on the Blonde Ambition Tour and bringing Vogue to the masses. Luis Xtravaganza is a vogueing pioneer. He has his own podcast called Werque, and a monthly vogue workshop he plans to bring back in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Luis tells us all about how he first started shaking it to Iris Chacón in front of the TV and later as a performer at the New York ballroom and dance scene where he was a member of the House of Xtravaganza. Luis recounts times spent with Madonna on tour and preparing for the MTV music video awards, and the making of the film Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), and Madonna’s support of his own work. We find out about ‘Bitchiest Bunch’ drag bunch happening outdoors every Sunday at Luis’ show club, Oscar’s Downtown in Palm Springs. Listen in for a really fun time catching up with Luis Camacho Xtravaganza!

Linda Simpson joins us to tell us all about her book The Drag Explosion, featuring snapshots of the downtown and East Village drag scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. We ask her about the history of the My Comrade zine and all about exploring the East Village scene of New York in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Linda brings us backstage memories about RuPaul, Tabboo!, Lypsinka, Leigh Bowery, Lady Bunny, Michael Alig, Coco Peru, Mona Foot, the Pyramid Club, the Palladium, and more.

We find out what’s going on with Linda Loves Bingo!, the online weekly Bingo game coming to you every Saturday at 8PM Eastern time via Zoom.

Look for The Drag Explosion book offered by Domain Publishing. Watch out for her soon to be released publication, Malibu Mondays, a fantasy storybook series about Caitlyn Jenner with illustrations by Drake Carr.

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We have the EGOT of awards show writers! It’s Bruce Vilanch! You might know him from the 90’s reboot of Hollywood Squares, or his contributions to Bette Midler’s shows such as “Clams on the Half Shell” or “Divine Madness.” He has been a recurring guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, but we have him all to ourselves this week.  

We talk to him about what’s good on the streams, including his contributions to the fantastic documentary The Fabulous Allan Carr, and he gives us some insight into working with Allan on the infamous 1989 Oscars. He tells us all about the good stuff that got cut from the show and what inspired some of the cringier moments. 

We ask Bruce about his love affair with the Castro Theatre in San Francisco; he confirms it’s still the best place to see an old Hollywood movie. Then we get Bruce’s take on the Ryan Murphy reboot of The Boys in the Band. Listen in for a really sweet time. 

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We have Landon Cider, the studly, glamorous, ghoulish Drag King and winner of Season 3 of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula! Landon is the first drag king to win a televised drag competition in the US. We hear from him about the countless talented kings that have preceded Landon, the fantasy of masculinity (it’s more than just grabbing your dick and waving it around!) and the inspiration behind Landon and how he fell in love with the transformative elements of makeup.

We ask about being in a successful relationship while being a drag artist and performer. Also, why is Marc always picking on RuPaul? We get Landon’s take on representation on RPDR. Listen in to hear more about Landon’s full digital video contributions to the Biqtch Puddiń’s digital drag revue, once a month on Twitch! #dragking

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The fabulous and talented Mink Stole is here! She delights us with a walk down memory lane, telling us all about working alongside Divine in John Waters’ cult-(now)classics such as Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Hairspray, Cry-Baby, and Serial Mom.

Listen-in for a sweet conversation about Cookie Mueller as we discuss the book “Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller” by Chloe Griffin with contributions by the people who knew Cookie her best including Mink Stole. 

Find out what’s on Mink’s watch list. Spoiler alert, there’s a Duke and a Duchess! 

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We have CHRISTEENE! She tells us all about living in New York, spending time with creative friends, and making some new music with folks like Roddy Bottum, Fever Ray, and John Grant. We hear about going on tour with Peaches (the famous one) and working with audiences in the UK. Then we talk about internet call-outs and getting to the bottom of being a human being. We discuss Heklina’s favorite memory of CHRISTEENE. Here’s a hint: it involves the Queen Mary ship and Murder She Wrote! This episode is straight outta Jessica Fletcher’s a-hole!

The song T.S.S.P by CHRISTEENE is featured with permission by the artist.

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It's a brand new season of Drag Time with Heklina. We're bringing it back around with our first-ever guest, The Peaches Christ. Listen in with us as we review the best and worst of drag holiday specials from 2020. We find out all about on-line film festivals and Peaches Christ gives us a tour de horror. We have an exclusive on what's next with Into the Dark productions and the future-coming of "Terror Vault: The Immoral Reckoning" opening in 2021 with enhanced health and safety protocols. Join us for a very special Season 2 episode of Drag Time with Heklina!

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It is Miz Cracker and we are delighted! She tells us about touring her show ‘She’s a Woman’ all across the US and Canada (as soon as it is safe) and we find out about how she became an advocate and activist for women’s rights. We ask Miz Cracker about her take on misogyny in the world of drag. Then Marc’s High School Drama club can’t help but try to stir the Drag Race pot and we have to know about Miz Cracker’s favorite lip synchs and least favorite eliminations.

Miz Cracker’s song ‘Eight Days of You’ ft. Jujubee is featured with permission by the artist.

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We have Peppermint! She tells us all about her experiences working in her first Broadway show, "Head Over Heels" featuring music and lyrics from The Go-Go's. We ask her about working on the concert broadcast "Drag Out the Holly: A Holiday Drag Extravaganza" with The American Pops Orchestra, Alexis Michelle, Jujubee, and Lagoona Bloo -- airing December 19th.

Peppermint brings us an update on Black Queer Town Hall, a collaboration with Bob the Drag Queen. We find out about her Twitch show all about classic Black cinema called "Pepp Talks." She has a trilogy of albums and you can hear a little something from the new release A Girl Like Me: Letters To My Lovers.

“Best Sex” song by Peppermint is featured with permission by the artist.

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We have the legendary Kiki DuRane AKA Auntie Glam, that's right... it's Justin Vivian Bond! She tells us all about filming her holiday special "Oh, Mary" at the legendary Joe's Pub (sans audiences). Viv and Heklina recollect sharing stages in San Francisco and then Mx Viv gives us a pretty jarring (canning?) account of Heklina's first ever drag performance... Marc is not sure if we should include a trigger warning: it involves creamed corn. We remember the recently departed Bambi Lake. Then, Viv regales us with stories about Eartha Kitt and Bambi Lake. We find out about the Bambi-Lake-inspired San Francisco origin story of Kiki and Herb's Kiki DuRane and all about the masterclass Eartha Kitt gave Vivian Bond on being absolutely glamorous and perfectly political.

"Golden Age of Hustlers" is written by Bambi Lake and performed by Justin Vivian Bond. The song is featured with permission from Justin Vivian Bond.

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Drag Time with Heklina is back! Our very special guest is an author, journalist, model, cultural curator, and glam icon Angie Bowie!

We ask her about her legendary work as an image maker, including 7 years of training in couture, followed by the fashioning of David Bowie with designer Freddie Burretti. She tells us about making the deals and getting the means to build the team to make the shows look the way they wanted them to look in those early days, including David Bowie’s transformation from folk strummer to glam superstar.

We wanted to know about her 1982 appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, with Mick Karn from the English new wave band Japan and she tells us everything!

Nerd Alert! Marc had to know all about Angie’s interest in Marvel and DC comics, including her role in visioning Wonder Woman (as we know her). It turns out to be one of those fascinating show-business gotcha stories. She and Stan Lee were both ahead of their time. We get to find out what they might have done together if only they had access to the technology of computers at the time…but you really have to hear her tell it.

You can also check out all of her books on her website www.AngieBowie.net, which is a great place to pick up a gift for that special someone such as an autographed copy Backstage Passes, Lipstick Legends, POP.SEX and more!

Listen in to this episode where we learn all about “bad hype”, Magic Fingers, and “getting to the nook!” with Angie Bowie!

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It is our 26th episode of Drag Time with Heklina and it is all about Cazwell. Let's just say it. He's sexy and he is a rapper. Cazwell joins us from Los Angeles where we get the latest about his new YouTube series MOISTURIZING WITH THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS, all about a good skincare routine and, yes, stories of alien abduction. Cazwell even gives us a little lesson in oil cleansers, moisturizing, and Retin-A treatment. We asked Cazwell all about making the wildly popular videos for Cakes, All Over Your Face, Ice Cream Truck, and I love You. He tells us how he casts his videos and his favorite collaborators for clothing and costume. Speaking of fashion, we have an Amanda LePore update! Hear a little about the Cazwell process that goes into writing and recording with artist-collaborators such as Richie Beretta (Major Lazer, Jillionaire), Justin de Nobrega (Die Antwoord), Nicky da B (Diplo), Peaches, Jesse Novak (M.I.A., Santigold), Big Dipper, RedTop (Beyoncé, Goldfrapp), Manila Luzon, DJ Fresh Direct, to name a few. We're so glad you're tuning in! We love Cazwell!

"Loose Wrists" song is featured with permission by Cazwell.

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We can hardly contain ourselves because we have the B-52's Cindy Wilson on episode 25 of Drag Time with Heklina! We find out what Cindy is up in Athens, Georgia while we wait for the world to begin again. First, we hear from her cow Lollipop! Then Cindy tells us about the joy of creating music with her brother Ricky Wilson and the rest of the B's. Marc's High School Drama Club has questions! Find out what's behind that iconic line "Tin Roof, Rusted!" and what the B's really thought about working with a fellow Georgian, RuPaul, on the "Love Shack" video. Then we remember Ricky <3. Cindy is in the kitchen with two recipes for Drag Time listeners. Find out how to make her hot-iron-skillet-banana-cornbread. Hold the sugar please! Then she tells us all about how to make and responsibly enjoy her "Terence McKenna Iced Tea" ...just a tip for the listeners, one woman's micro-dose is another woman's weird day. We know you're going to love this episode with Cindy Wilson on Drag Time!

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It is episode 24 of Drag Time with Heklina and we’re speaking with Leo Herrera, an activist/filmmaker, writer, and queer viral-art film artist. We discuss his prolific and timely micro essays as well as his multi-episodic, science fiction documentary The Fathers Project, which asks you to imagine a queer world if there had been no AIDS. We get deep into it about what’s at stake in the US Presidential election but also talk about what’s BEEN going on and how some must really plan for survival. Leo tells us about up-coming archival release from The Fathers Project, bringing you moving images from queer sanctums and sanctuaries throughout the USA. Find out more at iftheylived.org.

Willam is here! She tells us all about how she got started with her podcast Race Chaser with Alaska Thunderfuck, where they break down the weekly results of RuPaul Drag’s Race. We ask Willam about her friend Richard Simmons. She recollects the one time she made Heklina extremely uncomfortable on stage, tells us all about working on A Star is Born with Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Shangela. We find out how Willam is spending her time and it turns out it’s just working constantly!

We are joined by Aunt Jukie and we break down the utility of gloryholes in minimizing risk while getting laid in the age of corona. Special thanks to Sherry Vine for the use of her PARODY of Laura Branigan's hit Gloria about using glory holes as safer sex during Corona. Which Marc found out IS NOT one of the first 10 things that comes up if you google Sherry Vine Gloryhole.

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We are catching up with actor and nightlife impresario Mario Diaz. Let's face it. Us queens could not do drag without our boys! This (former) roller rat was raised by a pack of feral drag queens and he knows how to treat a wig. You may know him as the creator and casting daddy of the East Village’s The Cock bar, or for running all the best boy parties in New York and LA. He brought back the back room, he’s bringing back sleaze, and brought us the sweetness! Join us on this 22nd episode of Drag Time with Heklina!

Margaret Cho joins us to tell us about hosting San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair; this year it is going world-wide and virtual so you can join in from home.

It turns out she’s a total bottom.

We hear about Margaret’s lo-fi, low-key celebrity gossipy podcast "The Margaret Cho" on the EARIOS network. She gives us her take on social media as a less than desirable medium for comedy and serves up some hope by announcing that she has live shows scheduled for next year for "Fresh Off the Boat" touring world-wide.

Heklina asks Margaret about her work with comedienne Gerri Lawlor on the Be Robin movement in commemoration of Robin Williams. They remember Gerri and we find out a little about Margaret’s forthcoming book "The Mayor of Haight Street" which you can find via Chronicle Books later this year.

Lady Bunny alert! Or warning. Heklina and Margaret talk about some of their biggest influences including Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and Lady Bunny (I didn’t say they were good influences).

Plus what happened to all the Silver Lake Gays?

P.S. as in they all went to Palm Springs and that’s where I’m headed, too. Tune in to hear all about it.

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This episode we are joined by one of my favorites: comedienne and actress Julie Brown. Comedy in the age of cancel culture is something that we discuss a lot on Drag Time with Heklina and we get a real sweetheart’s take on political correctness in comedy. She tells us about meeting Michael Jackson while working on the dance number for her Madonna spoof entitled “Vague,” and then we reminiscence about her work on the set of Clueless (she was the lesbian gym teacher.) We play a game of “Who’s a bitch?” Listen in to find out if Zsa Zsa Gabor is one - and more! Julie Brown even tells us all about her warm spot for San Francisco!

It's a Full On Greg alert for all of the Sideshow fans. Heklina is joined by Greg Sherrell and we catch up on some old Sideshow drama. Listen in and help us decide who is inciting it more, Greg or Heklina. P.S. it is Heklina. Find out what's been going on with Greg since he began recording Big Bay Mornings from home. Greg gives us a personal review of Heklina's "Meals on Heels" delivery/performance benefitting SF Oasis. Then he has the audacity to confess to not tipping a bitch. Listen and learn about Trickle Down Gregonomics on this very special episode of Drag Time.

You don't know drag! Hear the backstory on how Heklina came to know and love our eighteenth very special guest, the total sweetheart Ms. Sherry Vine. She tells us all about winning over crowds on tour opening for Bianca Del Rio and making fans around the world. We theorize about the last time it was that Jackie Beat spent a dollar on a costume. Sherry then explains why she moved from New York to Southern California and we find out a little bit about how life has changed since the end of the last of her last live shows in Puerto Vallarta. She tells us all about I love Lucy, Golden Girls, and 9 to 5 parodies, quarantine parody music videos, and sherryvine.com online shows. We run through a lightning round of little ditties Marc dug up online about Sherry Vine; she tells us about some drama llama from the making Wigstock I & II, tells us all about some of her favorite projects from the past, and we get a few little hints about what’s coming. Listen in to find out what’s been happening with one of our (top 18) favorites, Ms Sherry Vine!

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This week our special guest is Ana Matronic! She tells us all about how she made her way from performing drag shows in SF+NY to joining Scissor Sisters, going on tour, and playing gigs all over the world. We hear about some of Ana's surreal celeb encounters with Faye Dunaway and Bono... then she gives us one of the very best Jane Fonda impressions we've ever heard. Listen in and find out the statistical likelihood of Ana rebooting with the Scissor Sisters. She tells us all about her BB2 radio show called Dance Devotion featuring 90-00's acid house, Chicago house, techno house, where the motto is "We'll dance to anything!" You can listen to it on airs every Sat nite/Sun morning on bbc.co.uk - we love Ana Matronic!

We are back with a brand new episode of Drag Time with Heklina! This time our very special guest is none other than the artist, poet, and total rocker Debora Iyall. She tells us all about the genesis of her post-punk/new wave band Romeo Void which formed at San Francisco Arts Institute in 1979.

Debora is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, a tribe of Southwestern Coast Salish and Sahaptan indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest located in Washington. She tells us a little about her time with Occupy Alcatraz at just 16 years old. Debora has some great stories, including the time that Miss X (Vegas in Space) did her makeup when Romeo Void opened for the Jim Carroll Band on NYE. It turns out, she was in the music video for “Brand New Dance” by our friend Timmy Spence!

She is still performing but now spends most of her time helping high school kids learn about creating visual art.

Don’t forget to find us on TikTok @DragTimeWithHeklina

This episode was recorded in October 2021.

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This week Heklina is joined by one of our favorite people, Traci Lords! Listen-in as we find out what's going on in Traci's world as she brings a little glamor to Drag Time. We catch up on her experiences of actively working in Hollywood and being a parent during these unprecedented times. She tells us all about TWO upcoming films and Heklina gets her to dish on her favorite times working with John Waters, Iggy Pop, and good times at San Francisco's The Stud bar.

It's episode 15 of Drag Time with Heklina and we have Bianca Del Rio! We find out all about her recent world tour and what it's like to be the first drag queen to ever play Wembley Stadium. We asked the hard hitting questions about XL, Tan Mom (remember Tan Mom?), Hot Mess, and to verify the legend of what inspired Bianca Del Rio to first make a go of RuPaul's Drag Race. She inspires us with some quarantine reading and streaming recommendations you don't want to miss. We hear about Peaches Christ's obvious conspiracy to cast Heklina in the worst parts in all of her shows. Then we get some great advice from Bianca about how to anticipate the dangers and protect yourself... if you should ever receive a phone call from Lady Bunny.

We hear from New York’s Flloyd, a visual, musical, and performance artist living and recording with us from the East Village. He tells us all about coming to New York from Atlanta in the mid-1980’s, where he met and collaborated with a pre-VH1/Supermodel RuPaul. First, Flloyd regales us with an historic tour of his memories from inside the club and party scenes of NYC, including a particular account of “the most glamorous party of all time” captured in the Nelson Sullivan tapes. We talk about Leigh Bowery, Anohni, Hattie Hathaway, Marti Domination, and Black Lips, the Butthole Surfers, and Larry Tee’s Now Explosion. Then Flloyd gives us his account of his twenty-year relationship with RuPaul, from cohabiting, struggling for and sharing resources, and Ru’s stony-hearted climb to mainstream solo-success. Listen-in to find out the three books that Flloyd found on RuPaul’s bookshelf when they first met and her attempts to exercise complete mind control (!) and become the Queen of the Universe! This episode features two songs, “Sugar…” and “You’re So Mean” from Flloyd’s band 3puen.

Episode Artwork Photograph by José Guzmán Colón and graphics are by Nancy French. Underscore sounds for this episode is by Free Sound contributor Arturo Bandini. 3peun songs are played with permission from Flloyd.

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Episode Lucky Number 13! Double episode! Thrice as nice, this time with 3 guests!

First, we couldn't be more excited to bring you The Boulet Brothers this week. We talk to Swan and Drac about the good old days at Queen Kong in Los Angeles, how much fun it is to make a transgressive and queer reality (hit!) television Dragula now streaming on Netflix. Listen-in to find out about what the Ghouls have lined up for Season 4. We've got (we'll just call it 'exclusive') info on Dragula branded content coming that you might not expect! We find out the Brothers' favorite memories about Heklina and hear a heartfelt message from Swan and Drac about keeping the conversation going during difficult times.

Then, James Arthur M, actor, comedian, choreographer, and the co-creator, host, and producer of of one of our favorite podcasts Minority Korner joins us as a special contributor! We are pleased to have him as we dig into to important and timely considerations about the upcoming Presidential and Senatorial elections in swing states, how you can get involved in a meaningful way that works for you, and we find out how to empower ourselves in the quest to un-learn oppression, racism, and center self-care while loving one another. James is a sweetheart and you are too, IF you tune-in!

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We have Jackie Beat! Join us in the ‘double-bubble’ as we find out what has been making her weak in the knees. We have the first ever occasion to use the ‘bleep’ sound on Drag Time. Jackie tells us all about her solo live shows on Instagram and online performances with Sherry Vine, reminisces about pre-pandemic times in beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, and we receive a command performance to a very special listener request!

We catch up with Lady Bunny and find out all about what's happening in her weird and wonderful world, including details on her new one woman show CUNTAGIOUS! premiering this Friday June 5th at 8PM Eastern on Voss Events.

She tells us all about filming a music video with Christeene, writing a new song, and then... Thanks to a very special call-in guest, Lady Bunny takes us back to the good old days (emphasis on old), when she and RuPaul first went to New York and performed as go-go dancers. We find out a little bit about what is happening in New York and a lot about what Bunny thinks about the 2020 Presidential election. We love Lady Bunny!

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This week we check in with our friends Iceland and talk to Icelandic pop singer, songwriter, DJ, and gay icon Páll Óskar joining us from Reykjavík. We’re bringing you the U.S. premiere of his new song, a breakup sex groove called "Djöfull er það gott" [translated as 'Damn That's Good']. It's a dance song that makes you want to give it one more go. We discuss everything-Björk (it's a super fan moment). Then we find out a little about the new music coming out of Iceland, what’s going on with Iceland’s re-opening, and the Eurovision Song Contest of 2020. Join us for Episode 10 (TEN!) of Drag Time with Heklina!

Next week Lady Bunny!

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Alaska Thunderf*ck is here! We spend a little time catching up about the tits-up-only world of virtual drag and reminisce a lot about a time when you could still get peed on in person during a real world drag show. Heklina tells us some of her favorite memories of a young Alaska making her West Coast drag debut. We find out everything we can about Heklina and Alaska's favorite Golden Girls episodes. Alaska tells us all about her old job and recent role in the 2019 Netflix documentary Circus of Books and the importance of gay bookstores in gay culture. We catch up on Alaska's take on this season's RuPaul's Drag Race, and find out about Alaska's twice-weekly podcast with Willam RACE CHASER. Then Marc asks Alaska the controversial questions that people Google about her. Listen in for loads of fun!

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BenDelaCreme, Fraiche!

This week we catch up with BenDelaCreme from her new home Los Angeles. We talk about the launch of her new podcast “WQUR: Queer Quarantine Radio” with Peaches Christ, Jinkx Monsoon, Peaches Christ, and Major Scales, as well as her controversial and long awaited debut on Cameo.

BenDelaCreme answers questions from Marc’s High School Drama Club (emphasis on the drama) about Carson Kressley, Ross Matthews, RuPaul, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3. She breaks down exactly what it means to “win” RuPaul’s Drag Race and the making of best-rated reality TV Drag Race has to offer.

New Segment! This week we indulge with Ben’s sweetie-pie and fitness coach Gus Lanza (@queer_strength_coach) about staying active at home during the shelter-in-place. Gus shares tups about getting back to the basics, not overthinking it, and what you can use around the house to build strength and mobility while in quarantine.

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Hey everyone in HEKLINALAND! We’re so lucky to have this week, the celebrated international Vocalist, Performing Artist and Comedic Monologist, Amber Martin. You may remember John Cameron Mitchell and Marc simply raving about her in episode 4. She supports his tour of Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig, so we find out a bit about that, and we talk about her amazing studio album, A. M. GOLD, co-written with award-winning Australian songwriter, Brett Every, which includes two songs featured in John Cameron Mitchell’s film, How To Talk To Girls At Parties, (starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman). We love this raw, Janis-Bette-Reba inspired, genre-hopping vocal dreamboat; listen-in to hear some exclusive vocal stylings she recorded with us. WE LOVE THIS SHOW PONY FREAK and you will too.

We have the very cute Frankie Sharp! Frankie has nightlife in his DNA and we ask him all about his San Francisco start back in 1998, his influences like Trannyshack, spending time at The Stud, and throwing parties with Oakland-based writer, performer, and director Brontez Purnell at The Gangway. This episode is a masterclass for any of you P.T. Barnum hopefuls lurking out there. Frankie tells us about growing into the New York nightlife impresario he is today. Frankie is known for hosting popular NY parties such as Westgay at Westway and he loves bizarre and beautiful. He is now the owner/operator of New York’s brand new four-story nightclub “The Q” along with Jake Shears, Billy Porter, Charlie Carver, Zachary Quinto, Bob Fluet, and Alan Picus. We find out everything you need to know about the vibes, the programming, and the queer world created by Frankie and his supporters. Frankie Sharp says we’re entering a queer nightlife renaissance and The Q is the slightly seedy, very chic, towering enclave that is equal parts theater and club house, and 100% Frankie’s love-letter to New York. Frankie tells it all on this episode of Drag Time with Heklina!

This week on Drag Time with Heklina it is a cute little episode we are calling So Mignon! with D’arcy Drollinger. Listen in to find out why as we catch up on what’s going on with Oasis, the launch of Oasis TV! How you can get your Sexitude while we are all in Solitude! All of that and more including an update on D’Arcy’s Shit and Champagne, the Movie (2020).

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This week we are joined by the fabulous Miss Coco Peru, a household name in the LGBT community for more than 25 years. She is a veteran of New York's cabaret scene, holding it down with her original show, Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret. She performs intimate cabaret stages around the world including New York, LA, London, and has more than 9 million views on YouTube. You may also know her by her appearances in cult queer and LGBT-themed films such as Girls Will Be Girls (2003), Trick (1999), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). Her body of work includes a prolific career on television in shows such as Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development. She drops tons of names telling us how all that came to be and we find out about Miss Coco's favorite memories of Heklina. Marc's High School Drama Club submits questions and we find out everything you want to know about "THAT MONOLOGUE" from the film Trick! WE LOVE MISS COCO PERU! And Aunt Jukie is back! We ask her about how to make that shelter-in-place life a little more interesting if you are holed up with someone special.

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We are back! This time with very special guest John Cameron Mitchell who is weathering the stay-at-home order in a high desert yurt in California.

We get an update on the Return to the Origin of Love Tour: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig by JCM and Stephen Trask, featuring Amber Martin. JCM and Heklina chat about some of the inspirations for Hedwig & Trannyshack, including the storied Squeezebox bar.

John brings us up to speed on his effort to support the Burritos Not Bombs fundraiser for the first-ever LGBT Senior Center in all of Latin America, forced to shutter due to the pandemic. Their volunteers are launching a mutual aid food distribution service, and you can support them by tuning into John’s Digital Drag Fest on StageIt.com or send him a Cameo request to contribute.

It turns out JCM is obsessed with Barry Manilow, and that Burt Reynolds was obsessed with JCM. Heklina and JCM go full-circle on our obsession with Liza Minnelli.

We find out about JCM’s podcast Anthem: Homunculus starring, John Cameron Mitchell, Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, Cynthia Erivo, Marion Cotillard and Laurie Anderson, and more! Marc is obsessed with John’s timely film How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017).

John gives us an update on his role in the Aidy Bryant created Hulu show Shrill.

New Special Segment! Marc’s high school drama club submits questions for JCM and we find out a little bit about the creative process behind Short Bus (2006), learn about John’s favorite portrayal of Hedwig on Broadway, and more!

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Season 1 Episode 3: What in gay hell???

Everything is canceled, but we are back! This week with featured guest, the most Photographed Nun in the World, Sister Roma!

Tune in, because we really do end up having some fun this week, even through this extremely difficult time.

Marc gives us a a quick update on social distancing and the facts on the serious crisis we are all facing.

We find out about Sister Roma’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party’s audience reaction to the announcement about about Sherry Pie being accused of sexual harassment, catfishing, and getting kicked off Drag Race.

Sister Roma informs us about the Queer Nightlife Fund established by Race Bannon, Juanita MORE!, and Cleve Jones. Find out about donating to the fund or see if you qualify to apply for assistance for the fund. https://sfqueernightlifefund.org

Did you see what @Floridamaniac tweeted about @Sister_Roma and @Heklina?

Heklina pitches Creative Director Sister Roma on a porn idea that is, frankly, in very bad TASTE - and Roma thinks she should do it.

New Segment! Aunt Jukie joins us for a new segment about sex, sexuality, and sexual health and we find out what we know (and don’t know) about sexual health concerns that we know people have about the transmission of "IT!" Spoiler alert - any close contact can transmit this virus!

Email your sex, sexuality, and sexual health questions to Aunt Jukie for fugure segments to producer@dragtimewithheklina.com

Heklina asks for your quarantine recipes for her future cooking in the kitchen with Heklina video segments. Email your recipes to producer@dragtimewithheklina.com

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Special thanks to our special guests @Sister_Roma and @JukieSunshine Artwork is by @MisterBNation

Resources • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • World Health Organization • Johns Hopkins Medical Corona Virus Resource Center • Johns Hopkins Medical COVID-19 Global Cases Map

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