Before beginning this episode we want to pay our deepest and utmost respects to a Titan in our community who recently transitioned.

Our homey, bad bitch brigader, and one half of the Queer Walk podcast, Nikita Slade passed away last week.

Nikita was a sharp, insightful, hilarious person and podcaster, and we are so grateful to have been in community with her.

It's fitting that we were hosting this episode of Kula.

Remember that time that we met Nikita for the first time

when we did, what was it called,

the Smash the Homies episode with Money?

Yes.

And Money bought Nikita, this is before Nikita was even on the Queer

a Quirau podcast and money but Nikita kind of as like emotional support

podcasting friend. Nikita was just like in the back like,

like just like throwing like slight shade.

That money, yeah, to all of monies.

Like host stories and stuff like that.

And we were just like, okay, so Nikita has all the tea low key you know

and after meeting her that one time I just remember being so excited to hear that

I think it was like a couple of months later but time

as a construct but hearing that she was gonna then be co-hosting Queer Walk with

money like just being so fucking excited like this is a perfect duo the

like it's there dynamic it was there this is gonna be this is gonna be so

fun and then still not having known too much about Nikita at the time. It was just amazing to like

Queer Rock was already already a good podcast like money was doing the

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