Sasha Colby takes us to Drag college

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Sasha Colby is your favorite drag queen's favorite drag queen. That's because she's one of the most decorated and influential drag queens working today - she's Chappell Roan's inspiration, a Miss Continental winner and a RuPaul's Drag Race winner.

Sasha Colby joins Brittany following her 'STRIPPED' world tour to dish about her career, the mainstreaming of drag, and what it takes to persevere through drag's rhinestone trenches.

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0:29.5	Hello hello I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to it's been a minute from npr a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:35.0	A warning, this segment includes references to drugs and sex.
0:47.0	I'd like to introduce you to one of the most dynamic women in show business.
0:54.0	One of the most decorated and beloved drag performers working today
0:58.0	Chappel Rone's favorite queen, the one, the only Miss Sasha Sasha Colby, welcome to, it's been a minute.
1:06.0	It has been a minute.
1:07.0	Thank you so much for having me.
1:11.0	Our pleasure is so happy to have you.
1:13.0	She's funny.
1:14.0	All right, Bottoms, let's take it from the top, all right?
1:17.0	She's talented.
1:18.0	Cack the cold, now y'all know Sasha Kovi run the show.
1:22.0	And she's been building a legendary career in drag for over 20 years.
1:26.5	I am your favorite drag queens. Favorite drag queen.
1:30.4	And she's had one heck of a year.
1:33.0	She took her strip tour across America and the UK
1:36.7	and released a documentary series that chronicled the tour.
1:40.0	Our girl has been busy, so I felt lucky that she took a pause to talk with me about her life lessons from decades in drags,
1:48.6	winemstone trenches.
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