Drag Time with Heklina

About Drag Time with Heklina

Heklina is the creator, promoter, and hostess of the legendary Trannyshack! and Mother drag shows. She is an actor, drag star, performance artist and you may have seen her on the E! Entertainment Network, NBC’s “Trauma”, Margaret Cho's “The Cho Show”, VH1's “Playing it Straight”, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”, BBC Television’s “Around the World in 80 Raves”, the Scissor Sister’s “Filthy Gorgeous” music video, and as a guest on the Jerry Springer and Ricki Lake show. Drag Time with Heklina features a special guest on every episode to discuss drag culture, performance arts, sexual escapades, travel, generation gaps, political correctness & cancel culture, and events around the world. We talk about the state of drag, film & television, music, porn, sex & drug addiction, sex work/workers, homelessness & displacement, meme critiques, and just generally living the creative life!

Publisher

Heklina and Don Draper Davenport

Category

arts · society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

27 Feb 2020

Latest episode

6 Jul 2022

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jul 2022

   S3E3 - I Have It On Video Tape ft. Lypsinka

   Actor, writer, producer and drag artist John Epperson joins us to discuss the genesis of the singular Lypsinka (https://www.lypsinka.com/). The multi-talented John Epperson is known for his meticulously rehearsed and performed works featuring the Dolores Gray inspired Lypsinka shows -- first workshopped and debuted in San Francisco at Josie's Cabaret & Juice Joint. John gives us just a glimpse of the process involved in researching, writing, and producing the mixed media elements featuring, oftentimes, the voice of Barbara Feldon. Then we discuss his work on many performances of stage and film, including his experiences working with George Michael, Thierry Mugler, Joel Schumacher, and Charles Busch - to name just a few. We love you and we love Lypsinka! Episode Artwork by Nancy French. Photo of Lypsinka by Steven Menendez. Support Drag Time with Heklina by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina (https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina)

2. 

   13 Mar 2022

   S3E2 - That Was a Little Bit PTSD ft. D’Arcy Drollinger

   D’Arcy Drollinger is back and right away we get real about the HBO mini-series “And Just Like That…”. Then we find out what’s going on in San Francisco, including the 23rd Annual Mother Star Search Competition, Mothership to Reno, and my very own one-woman show which debuted to sold out crowds at Oasis this weekend. We talk about D’Arcy’s film Shit & Champagne (2021), which is streaming practically everywhere, and she tells us all about the sequel in the works, Shit & Champagne: Temple of Poon. Then we remember the genius of Betty Davis (July 26, 1945 – February 9, 2022), the controversial and groundbreaking singer, songwriter, and model. This episode was recorded in February 2022. Support Drag Time with Heklina by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina (https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina)

3. 

   25 Jan 2022

   S3E1 - Why I'm Here ft. Fauxnique

   We are back for a new season of Drag Time with Heklina! We have Monique Fauxnique! Fauxnique (http://www.fauxnique.net/) is an artist, a performer, a choreographer and a writer. You might know her as the first cis-woman to win a major drag queen pageant. Justin Vivian Bond calls her ‘the Jane Goodall of drag’ and you have never heard a Lady Bunny impression as good as Fauxnique's. She has a new book which literally will not stay on the shelves at City Lights Books, which examines a life of performance and recalls some of the more indelible moments of Trannyshack. It’s called “Fauxqueen: A Life in Drag by Monique Jenkinson” available January 25th, 2022 from Amble press  (http://www.fauxnique.net/book/) or wherever you get fine books, and we love it! Listen in to this episode to Drag Time to find out why! Support Drag Time with Heklina by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina (https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/drag-time-with-heklina)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

133 ratings

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