Knock Knock, Who's There? Bob the Drag Queen

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The stand-up comedian and drag star tells me about growing up around her mom’s queer club, bringing drag to small American towns, and all the people who pushed her to succeed.

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0:00.0	This is a great drag name.
0:03.1	Anna-sale.
0:04.4	Anna-saleant?
0:05.6	Oh!
0:06.6	Anna-saleant!
0:07.6	There's no one ever said to you.
0:10.3	Not once, it only.
0:11.7	No!
0:12.9	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:20.8	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:25.8	I need to talk about more.
0:28.7	I'm Anna-saleant.
0:36.6	Once upon a time, Bob the Drag Queen was 19 years old and working summer gigs at a children's
0:42.1	theater in Montana.
0:43.9	Then, she won RuPaul's Drag Race in 2016.
0:47.3	Take whatever you love about yourself and walk into the world, boys!
0:53.3	Since then, she's put out two stand-up specials and just finished filming the third season
0:58.0	of the HBO Max show We're Here, which is a reality show that I love about queer and trans
1:04.2	people in small American towns and cities, who with the help of Bob and her co-hosts get
1:09.7	comfortable taking up more space.
1:12.2	Each episode ends with a fantastic drag show finale.
1:16.3	When I connected with Bob on Zoom, she was in LA and holding her phone in the other hand.
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