The Cult of RuPaul's Drag Race

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

If you don’t worship at the altar of this week’s “cult,” then simply sashay away! One of the most intense, vicious, fabulous reality TV fandoms in history is that of the competition show that put drag queens on the mainstream map: RuPaul’s Drag Race. Season 6 and All-Star queen BenDeLaCreme joins Isa and Amanda to offer an inside look at the most cult-like aspects of Drag Race, from the time she was physically stalked by a fan to the producers’ truly bonkers manipulation techniques. The tea is piping hot!!!

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0:00.0	We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable.
0:07.3	That's so true, babes.
0:09.8	And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town.
0:15.0	Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Lester Square Theatre in London.
0:26.4	It's going to be fucking lit.
0:28.2	Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that?
0:31.3	That was like, like, heistor.
0:32.8	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.3	We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.4	And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.
0:48.5	You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show,
0:54.0	so you really have to be there and then meet us after the show by some merch.
0:58.9	We're there to chat with you, babes.
1:00.6	Tickets are on sale now at soundslikeacult.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year at 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there, babes.
1:24.5	This is Sounds Like A Colt, a show about the modern day cults.
1:27.6	We all follow. I'm Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultish the Language of Fanaticism.
1:32.2	I'm Issa Medina and I'm a comedian.
1:34.4	Every week on our show, we discuss a different zeitgeisty group that puts the cult in culture from true crime lovers to
1:40.8	goop to try and answer the big question.
1:43.6	This group sounds like a cult, but is it really?
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