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Hi Jinkx! with Jinkx Monsoon

Varla Jean Merman

Hi Jinkx! with Jinkx Monsoon

Moguls of Media

Comedy, Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jinkx is joined by drag icon and Cross Fit enthusiast Varla Jean Merman. They talk about her start doing drag in New Orleans and New York, her expansive and varied performance career ranging from gay bars, to operas, and even on Broadway, and her iconic role in the film “Girls Will Be Girls.” Plus a little holiday cheer sprinkled in there too! Listen to Hi Jinkx Ad-Free AND One Day Early on Forever Dog Plus FOLLOW JINKX Website Instagram Twitter FOLLOW MOM PODCASTS HI JINKX! IS A FOREVER DOG AND MOGULS OF MEDIA (M.O.M.) PODCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, mom listeners. My Kelton here. I'm a comedian and host of the spiritual comedy

0:04.8

docu-pod beyond with Mike Kelton. And I'm absolutely vibing and excited to tell you that

0:10.6

our latest season comes out Tuesday, October 10th. On Beyond With My Kelton, I solve my problems

0:17.8

via supernatural means. In past seasons, I've chatted with my dead grandpa via a medium,

0:23.1

I found out I was a flapper in a past life, and I searched for a doorman who I genuinely

0:28.3

consider to be my guardian angel. And now, we are back with all new adventures. Will hypnosis

0:35.2

cure my diacocodiction? Did I actually hex my old pesky neighbor? Was there a blowout fight

0:41.8

with me and my producer over fairies? Well, sweetie, you're gonna have to listen to find out.

0:48.5

So, spirit girlies, unite and go subscribe to Beyond With My Kelton on your favorite podcast

0:55.1

platform. I genuinely can't wait for you to listen. And my hope is that you somehow reach

1:00.4

Nirvana while listening on your morning commute. Okay, gotta go eat a crystal. Goodbye.

1:13.7

Hello everyone. I'm Jinx Monsoon and welcome to another episode of Hi Jinx with me Jinx Monsoon.

1:22.3

Today, our guest is Barla Jean Merman, who not only played the voice of Nanog, the

1:29.8

sentient eggnog from my holiday special with Vendela Creme, but she is a living legend

1:36.8

in the old guard of drag, one of the most multi-talented, multi-faceted performers I know.

1:44.2

And also, she's a redhead, so she's got that going for her. So, hunker down and strap in for some

1:51.3

brand new. Hi, Jinx.

1:53.1

Hello everyone. I'm Jinx Monsoon. And welcome to Hi Jinx Monsoon.

2:23.6

A podcast where I, an internationally tolerated drag superstar, get to interview compelling and

2:30.4

fascinating people about how they became who they are and why they do what they do.

2:36.4

Today, we are joined by a jibby red-headed bimbo with broad shoulders and a voracious appetite.

2:44.8

It's Barla Jean Merman. Hi, Varla. Hi, Jinx.

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