ICYMI: RuPaul’s Drag Race Has Finally Logged On

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined again by Daisy Rosario to talk about the premiere of season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. They talk about how the season seems to understand more than ever how the pandemic has affected the lives of its contestants, how the series’ relationship with the internet has changed over the years, and if this is the real way forward for the show. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	You know, they say that social media is taking over the world. But this week, Rupal's drug race is going to take over the whole internet.
0:43.1	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:45.0	And I'm Daisy Rosario, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:48.1	In case you missed it.
0:49.5	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.0	Hello and welcome back, Daisy. What is this back-to-back appearances?
0:57.0	We get a double feature. Oh, yeah. Oh, thank you. I mean, as you have rightfully pointed out before,
1:03.1	I would be here either way, but it is nice to be here with the mic in my hands. It is funny that
1:09.6	it's just like, and Daisy is here on Mike but she's always here both in our
1:13.5	spirits and actually on the Zoom call like she's here lording over you staring.
1:18.4	Mm-hmm.
1:18.7	It's true.
1:19.7	It's true.
1:21.7	So I am always excited to have you here, but I am especially excited because today I watch the first episode of season 15 of Rupal's Drag Race, and I need to discuss it with you because you are a scholar of drag race, like a PhD.
1:43.7	I'm like bursting over here, yeah.
1:46.3	When did you first start scholarly?
1:48.5	When did the scholarship begin?
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