The Drag King Cast
Join best buds Loose Willis and John Travulva as they delve into all things DRAG KING.
The Drag King Cast is a brand new comedy-cum-queer-culture podcast from the boys of award-winning, all women and non-binary Drag King collective Pecs Drag Kings.
Esteemed kings John and Loose are used to performing in front of screaming crowds. During lockdown, gazing at themselves in the mirror hasn't quite cut it, so they're bringing the world of kinging to delight your ears instead. Expect interviews with the best Drag Kings and Things on the scene, dips into queer history, sex and fashion through the ages with your favourite kingly experts and a delicious sprinkle of smashing the patriarchy.
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Episode 1 - Sweet Anxious Queers with Christian Adore
Episode one kicks off with us interviewing the lovable soft-boy Christian Adore who is known for his brilliantly funny improvised songs, sketches and raps. Subjects range from performing masculinity, non-binary pride audience trust in ‘female’ performers and getting emails that open with “Hi Girls!” 🤢
Victor Victorious delves into cowgirl queerness and the gender-fluidity of the costume design in the 1953 Doris Day classic ‘Calamity Jane’ and Izzy Aman takes us home with a seductively sapphic reading of Wu Zao’s poem ‘For The Courtesan Ch’ing Lin’.
Episode 2 - A Messy Mango with TriniDad & TooGayThough
It’s nearly Christmas and Loose Willis is joined by a very special guest and masculine icon - Santa Claus! Jodie and Katy discuss their lack of Christmas spirit and nerves about performing live again before heading into an interview with the powerhouse that is TriniDad & TooGayThough (aka Emily Aboud)! We talk: becoming the subject in a culture that wants you to be the object, performing drag in Trinidad, Morrissey and Bob Dylan impressions and, of course, we couldn’t not talk about *THAT* mango act.
Pecs’ resident drag historian MR GB gives us a profile on Victor Lemaure and the world of the Philosopher King and Izzy Aman gets presidential with some erotic letters by Warren G. Harding.
Big love and christmas queer!
Episode 3 - Welcome to the Bank of Daddy with Beau Jangles
Our wise kings John Travulva and Loose Willis end the year with self-reflections and dick jokes, while Jodie and Katy try to process the new tier announcements, their first time performing drag live since February and their favourite Jackass boy. They are joined by Pecs drag son, swoon-worthy jazz singer and self-professed “vintage fuckboi” Beau Jangles (MAN UP! finalist, member of The Family Jewels and Feathers of Daedalus Circus). Topics range from: travelling in drag, performing live vs digital drag, Beau’s creation of MXNGROVE at The Chateu and elevator music.
Pecs boys Victor Victorious and Izzy Aman stop by to give us a profile on the daddy of haute couture Charles Worth and an erotic reading by Anaïs Nin.
Happy New Queer!
Episode 4- Big Woolly Ones with Oedipussi Rex
Loose Willis and John Travulva are good feminists and allow space for Jodie and Katy to have what is definitely NOT a rant about Drag King costuming.
They are joined by the beardy drag barbarian Oedipussi Rex - host of Phantasmaglorious show, scar-tist in residence Pop Horror UK. Topics include: beards, prop-making, more beards, drag peasants, Brian Blessed, binding, a few more beards and the worst places we’ve ever had to get changed before a show.
Mr Golden Balls looks at drag family and ball culture with a profile on the iconic Jesus la Divange of King Factory Paris and Isabel Adomakoh Young treats you to not one but TWO sexy poems, by Abu Nuwas and Miller Oberman, because let’s face it - you deserve it.
Episode 5 - Two Queers Processing the Apocalypse with CHIYO
Anxious kings John Travulva and Loose Willis try to process this week’s events and share their coping mechanisms, while Katy and Jodie talk about their history of performing male characters outside of Pecs and share tips for character development. This week they are joined by drag legend, the wonderful CHIYO! They talk about periods, Chiyo’s journey to becoming a Mr Gay England finalist, make-up, nudity on stage, self-confidence, consent, transphobia and their collective love of Lilly Snatchdragon!
Queer Histories: Fashion Edition is back with Victor Victorious looking at Afsaneh Najmabadi and the beauty and gender-fluidity of 18th century Persian portraiture. And of course, Isabel tucks us in with Sexy Story Time and a lush and languid reading of the story of Hermaphroditus from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Episode 6 - The Cookie of Love with Mr Wesley Dykes
Loose Willis regales John Travulva with his love life woes and Jodie and Katy discuss sexism in stand up comedy. They're joined by the phenomenally talented Mr Wesley Dykes to chat about their album launch with Wastewomxn and work with The Cocoa Butter Club, as well as the possibilities of the London drag scene.
In Queer Histories Mr Golden Balls profiles Shammy des Vices Jr, who uses drag kinging to celebrate desi masculinities and deconstruct colonialism and Sexy Storytime returns with some poetry from the OG lesbian Sappho.
Episode 7 - The Quantum Queer of London with Don One
John Travulva educates Loose Willis about Tories, Jodie and Katy talk about feeling sexy in drag and the dapper Don One drops in to chat building community, three piece suits and serenading seniors.
Fashion King Victor Victorious explores the ‘Golden Age of Crossdressing’ and Izzy Aman delights us with a short story from Bridget Minamore in Sexy Storytime.
Episode 8 - Go See Drag Shows with Sigi Moonlight
John Travulva and Loose Willis are concerned about their disheveled lockdown looks, and Katy and Jodie discuss working collaboratively and drag family. They're joined by drag dreamboat Sigi Moonlight to chat about the fabulous cabaret collective The Bitten Peach, body-contouring and Marlon Brando.
The Pecs boys pop in with a profile on Juda la Vidange and the importance of lesbian culture for drag kings from Mr Golden Balls and another Sexy Storytime from Izzy Aman.