Readers! To wrap up ’22, Kyle and recurring librarian Jake Leizear pay homage to the oft-overlooked second outs of the season; the local drag scenes of Baltimore, Connecticut and Seattle; and our opinions on the 200 seasons of Drag Race we got this year (as both Drag Race OG and TSOIA approach our 200th episodes!) We *mostly* get away with discussions about this year’s 12(!) seasons without discussing the winners, so you can remain predominantly unspoiled. We also toss in some quick first impression thoughts on the imminent MTV-debut of Season 15! Why are WE going to win Drag Race? I mean, look at us! Like come on! (music: bensound.com)

Readers and beavers! Kyle and Dr. Ben are joined by second daughter of Columbiana, Ohio Kara Noel! There’s no shortage of asides and “twin talk” between Ben and Kara (despite them not being twins) as the trio discusses blood types (and our debilitating issues with giving blood), repetitive jargon, acceptable Wheel of Fortune guessing strategies, The Wiz, credit scores, oversized alliances and of course, the designs of the challenge and Vanna Fucking White as we discuss All Winners Episode 3: The Realness of Fortune Ball! Enjoy the eloguence! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, it's happening! The fans wanted them to compete again so bitches, they got in the ring and let's GO. For such an epic season to be ru-capped in true Legendary Legend style, Kyle made sure to be joined by none other than Katie and Sharron! We discuss why women kill (spoiler alert, it's men), what queens we'll always stan, the several many seasons of Drag Race that have aired since the librarians recorded last and our thoughts on the opening two episodes of All Stars 7, aka All Stars All Winners - "Legends" and "Snatch Game"! Participation points for everyone! (music: bensound.com)

READERS it’s happened! After spending a month and a half off celebrating their birthday 🎁 (not really…but alsoooo…), the Porter Twins are back to wrap up our Season 14 coverage with a joint episode covering the reunion AND the finale! More producer-fueled “drama”, more munties for the winner (and the runner up!), more questionable lip-sync performances - all will be Ruvealed, along with possibly the spiciest awards courtesy of Kayla, in our final Season 14 recap before we dive in to All Winners! (music: bensound.com)

READERS, this season’s been so long, Kyle’s another year older! To celebrate the occasion, Jake Leizear is back to chat with the birthday boy about terribad autotune, staring at the ceiling during performances, crawling on the floor when asked, natty Xtina wigs, and the “I’m a mouse - duh!” shenantergins of the final performance episode of season 14, “Catwalk!” In 10 days we’ll have a winner, baby - who’s it gonna be?! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS, are we at the penultimate performance episode of the season?! Returning to the Shade Table with Kyle this week is the newly and dually citizenshipped Gary Goldman, complete with overly seltzer alcoholic bevvies and a litany of opinions! We're discussing standup vs. roasts, immortal fascinating show stopping ingenue SUPER HAPPY TO BE THERE Norvina, ignoring feedback from the judges, terribad Frankenstein runway audio and the queens attempts at roasting the “hilarious” Ross Mathews! ***SPOILER ALERT*** if you’re an eager beaver reader listening to this in the 18 hours before the next episode airs: at the 1 hour 2 minute and 30 second mark, we briefly discuss the potential outcome of episode 14, so jump back in at the 1 hour 5 minute mark if you want to remain unspoiled! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS, have you heard that being vegan just makes you better than other people? Well Kyle got an afternoon of reminders courtesy of Dr. Ben and special West Coast visitor Katie Kaitchuck! The sound effects run rampant, along with thoughts on the corpse of ANTM, residual trauma from Snatch Game, editing (or lack thereof), the Broadway show with beef you should be seeing, and the quality of this week’s Rusical, “Moulin Ru”! (We also get REAL excited about the sniping on the runway with the “Who should go home tonight and why?”) Twelve episodes in with still 7 queens left - will the golden chocolate EVER be seen? 🙃 (Music: bensound.com)

READERS! A two-episode rucap rolled into one is made all the more poignant by bringing you the dynamic duo of Aries season - the Porter Twins! After two years, Kyle is joined once again by his twin sister Kayla to talk about Boscow, some contested lip sync decisions, some questionable celebrity impersonations, some world-view shattering blackface, and of course, the straight up WTFery of this year's Snatch Game - and it's aftermath! (Pardon the background guest appearances of Kayla's landlord investigating some steam, and Kayla's fur baby/Kyle's fur niece, Chima.) If ONLY Seduction could do that... (music: bensound.com)

READERS. It's one week later which was about the amount of time we needed to process the Bland Finale of Drag Race UKvsTWXYZ. Is Michael drinking this episode? Is Hollie over her Drag Race fatigue? Who's going to be the first to mention Wetherspoons? And did anyone make it through a full listen of the "prize" track for the winner of this potentially one and done season? All this and more as we sum up our thoughts in the final (for now!) episode of The Shade Of It All: Toad in the Hole Edition!

READERS!!! It’s a quick and dirty (well…quick and dirty for Shade Table standards) episode as Ky-Ky and Kei-Kei, most *definitely* recording on a weekend because Kyle’s sister didn’t bail on him last minute, virtually discuss to eliminate or not to eliminate, the...interesting…sonic prize of the “winner’s” “prize” from UKvsTWXYZ with Nubian Queen Ebony Goddess RuPaul, “caked up” celebs, and the wildly varied understanding of both shoulder pads and Menzeseses in our recap of Seasons 14, Episode 9 - Menzeses! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS! Hollie’s having gin, Michael’s having pineapple juice, and Kyle’s having dragonfruit energy drink to kept us hydrated and moderately critical of the penultimate episode of the show. We’re talking two pussies, Mystery Mall, outfits that you hate a little more every time you see them, shitty soap operas, scones vs. biscuits, and how thrilled the queens likely are having to record a RuPaul song in a competition where the prize is recording a song…with RuPaul… The Drag Race Ouroboros is alive and well! (Music: bensound.com)

Your favorite girl group is back, readers! Kyle is joined by recurring librarian Keith and longtime gal pal Holly Louise Gooden to start the reunion tour of KWA (that’s Knitters With Attitude!) As per yewzh when these 3 get together, there are a lot of laugh-filled tangents before we start recapping (around the 16:20 mark; at the 30 minute mark if you ONLY want to hear about this episode), but we talk about who our crushes for the season are, belated opinions of Season 13, the trash user interfaces of the numerous streaming platforms, the library, the music stylings of our family elders and the girl groupings of Season 14, Episode 8 - 60s Girl Groups! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS! Hollie and Michael are back with Kyle at the Shade Table to talk about everyone’s “favorite” challenge - The Snatch Game! Did the Family Feud/Family Fortunes twist help? Is playing a straight up man a copout at this point? Will we get in a Wetherspoons reference? What about another UK girl group? And is there any point in watching the rest of the season after THAT ending? All of this and more as we cover Drag Race UK vs The World, Xcuse You Zery Much Episode 4: Snatch Game! Get your mushy peas ready... (music: bensound.com)

READERS, we’ve got a lot of hot air to let out after that episode. (Get it? It’s a fart joke, the cream of the crop of humor.)

Kyle is joined by the Latin from Manhattan Francisco Alegria to talk about the leftover feelings from the Glamazon Prime runway, having your tortillas made vs. being a tortilla maker, how much y’all need to get caught up on Dynasty references, what role we’d go after as THESPIANS (and some acting tips as well from said THESPIANS), and the incredibly polarizing final product of the Director’s Cut of Season 14, Episode 7 - The Daytona Wind! (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Kyle and Michael are here to differentiate between the West End and the Bell End as we talk nondescript white guy guest judges, Jujubee rendering everyone illiterate when it comes to the library, how appealing throwing a tantrum is multiple weeks in a row (spoiler alert: not at all appealing!), whether Meryl Streep should be nominated for this episode, and of course, our thoughts on Episode 3 of UK vs the World, an increasingly questionable season of our favorite show! Does Michael get in his weekly Wetherspoons reference? Will anyone else get a win on this season? Most importantly: IS THE VENGABUS STILL RUNNING? (music: bensound.com)

READERS! This week, the Shade Table has seats for the newly American Gary Goldman and the STILL reigning Miss Nerd NY Megami! After determining whether we could pass the American citizenship test (spoiler alert: Gary can; Megami and Kyle can’t), we talk about floppy jacks and other objects available on Glamazon, diarrhea thoughts, dated Sex and the City references, that homeless woman at the resort talking about her lover who isn't there, and even get an assist from Dr. Ben Wagner to teach us young'n's about Chappaquiddick. And we discuss episode 6 of Season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race for almost two hours! PULL UP A CHAIR - YOU'RE IN DRAG, MAN! (music: bensound.com)

'ELLO READERS AND GUBNAHS! Break out the bangers and mash (and your blaccents 🙄) - we’re back for another across the pond edish of The Shade Of It All! Our interim British librarians Hollie and Michael are back at the International Shade Table with Kyle, and it’s another absolutely mediocre episode as we talk whelming middle names, S Club 7, Wetherspoons toilets, and how many Quality Street dresses we got on the runway in this episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UKvsTWXYZ, “The RuPaul Ball.” Did this episode moisten your catnips?! (Probably not but let us know!) (music: bensound.com)

READERS! You’re in store for a second episode this week, as Kyle and Keith are joined by K-Pop stan and The Cut staple Jaime Aguilar to talk about the molesty mini-challenges, curious runways, and THAT lipsync of this week’s episode, Save A Queen. Hope you rememberized your lines! (Music: bensound.com)

READERS - You alright babes?! For the first time in Shade Table herstory, we're getting international and trans-Atlantic, and bringing you a special show within a show! (Do you want to play?!)

American Kyle is joined by two British Kyles, the lovely Hollie Charles and Michael Kenny! (The only British lot we know are the ones with multiple first names, sue us.) On the first of this special six part series, we spill the English Breakfast as we discuss queens with diminishing returns, great gowns beautiful gowns, cherry-picking Ru, the plethora of Spice Girls merch we grew up surrounded by, and the debut episode of Drag Race UK vs The World (or the MUCH BETTA title of International All Stars). When life gives you lemons... 🍋 (music: bensound.com)

READERS! This week Kyle is joined by Baltimore’s little buffoon court jester (his words, not ours) Jake Leizear at the virtual Shade Table! (It’s a three take episode courtesy of Kyle’s Service Battery warning from his refurbished Crapbook Pro - just a heads up.) Join the dolls as they discuss Pokemon Legends, eye rolls, questionable improv choices, loose interpretations of loose definitions of loose celebrity “looks”, and the sly genius of this week’s episode, She’s A Super Tease. (We’re both spoilerheads but we keep this episode spoiler free! But you’re welcome to slide in the DMs if you want some tea.)

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READERS…it’s chocolate. 🍫 :(

Kyle, Keith and Ben are united once more and joined by a fully stocked soundboard, constant, cutting shade, some lamentations about the shoe offerings at Payless when you’re a size 13 or 14, and our full range of emotions about all FORTY-TWO LOOKS in this our summary of Season 14, Episode 3: A Pair of Balls! She should’ve brought the hat.

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READERS. Kyle, Keith and Ben are back discussing with the night shift queens, in addition to chatting about being born in the 1900s, severe back arches, more white woman nude illusion, what family members you can subject to Joan Crawford reenactments, questionable wigs, sexy sexy sexy gowns, a whole lotta lip-syncing and all of our thoughts on Episode 2 of Season 14 - Big Opening, Part 2! Check? Check. (music: bensound.com)

READERS! Our late fees have been paid off and our library cards have been reinstated. That's right - The Shade Table is back, bébés! The new year brings with it some new equipment, a new Shade Table, a new guest librarian and of course, a new season of Drag Race. Join Kyle and returning interim librarian Keith in welcoming Dr. Ben Wagner to the Shade Table, where they discuss milky twilights, white darkness, white woman nude illusion and other white hot takes on the Season 14 Big Opening of RuPaul's Drag Race (Part 1!) (music: bensound.com)

READERS! What even is time? (No seriously. Because we're still dealing with a panini two years later...) We finally got around to finding the audio from our recap of the reunion and the finale of Season 12, which we recorded back in December of 2020 :| Quite a bit has happened since (including roughly 17 seasons of Drag Race and it's sibling shows), and we will eventually get around to summing up Season 13 (and All Stars 5 & 6) - but in the meantime, take a time warp with Katie, Kyle and Sharron as we discuss coronation of the Essence of Beauty, Jaida Essence Hall. (And prepare yourself...our Season 14 recaps are imminent. For real! And they're gonna be FUN.) >:)
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