Podcasts by Drag in the Peg
A podcast exploring the lives and careers of drag queens in Winnipeg, Canada.
Further podcasts by Graeme Houssin
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Special Episode: GORGE Festival from 2021-03-17T18:00
Are you feeling 𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮 ?! We’re BACK for a special episode all about GORGE, a drag & queer arts festival founded by Synonym Art Consultation and co-curated by Sunshine House, happening o...
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Episode Twenty-Nine: Anita Stallion from 2020-05-12T00:09:09
Save a Stallion, ride a cowboy! For the grand finale of season 2, we're trying something different: a video interview with one of Winnipeg's most beloved performers. Anita Stallion, Matron of Cl...
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Episode Twenty-Eight: Purple Haze from 2020-04-18T17:00
#fuckafrenchtip! Entrepreneur, nail expert and party-starting princess Purple Haze discusses working through mental illnesses, the stigma surrounding HIV, finding the Sunshine Bunch, meeting her...
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Episode Twenty-Seven: Miss Assuma Gender from 2020-04-11T18:08:34
Fun, fresh and fibromyalgic: meet Miss Assuma Gender! Assuma opens up on her beekeeping background, performing in drag at last year’s Winnipeg Fringe Festival, pronouns in and out of drag, findi...
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Episode Twenty-Six: Olivia Limehart from 2020-04-04T18:24:53
What’s a queen to a drag princess? Winnipeg’s youngest drag queen Olivia Limehart joins us to dish on what’s it like to be an 11-year-old drag queen, drag spaces for minors, how she found drag a...
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Episode Twenty-Five: Carlos Las Vegas from 2020-03-28T17:18:08
Viva Las Vegas! The original Winnipeg drag king Carlos Las Vegas talks representation of drag kings in mainstream media, touring for and starring in the documentary “Ladies as Gentleman: Drag Ki...
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Episode Twenty-Four: Lady Quinnzarr from 2020-03-21T17:00
Half dragon, half superhero, all incredible: it's Lady Quinnzarr! Winnipeg's premiere weird-drag genius opens up on mastering the saxophone, studyinng capoeira martial arts, finding the Like Tha...
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Episode Twenty-Three: Dusty Rhodes from 2020-03-14T17:00
Eat your heart out, Jesus: the King of Kings is in attendance! Emperor XX Dusty Rhodes addresses his subjects on standing up for consent, the legacy and the future of the Court System, how worki...
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Episode Twenty-Two: Sandi Bay from 2020-03-07T18:00
All the way from Crane River where they give'er: it's Sandi Bay! Sandi discusses her legendary jigging career, founding the Asham Stompers, doing youth outreach through jigging and drag, her introd...
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Episode Twenty-One: Jaryd from 2020-02-29T18:00
Ever wonder what the inflatable tube guy would look like in drag? Jaryd's here to deliver! Jaryd talks rejecting gender norms for drag, transitioning from turning club looks to performing onstag...
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Episode Twenty: Slaytana D'Sloot from 2020-02-22T18:03:31
Another day, another Slay! Slaytana D’Sloot opens up about privilege, power, substance use, her debut on CBC’s Now or Never, mental illness, serving as Duchess 19 for the ImpCourt and - of course -...
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Episode Nineteen: Rose Mortel from 2020-02-15T18:15:12
Did somebody call for a scandal? Rose Mortel, the scene queen Subway manager of your best nightmare, is here to spill on her iconic drag beat, the Drag Rennaissance, handling AFAB queen haters a...
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Episode Eighteen: Joan Costalotsa from 2020-02-08T18:32:12
Class in now in session, and on the menu! The oldest performing drag queen in Winnipeg, Joan Costalotsa, covers over three decades in her drag career as the longest-performing queen in the city, in...
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Episode Seventeen: Hari Vijaijay from 2020-02-01T18:00
He’s your uncle, my uncle, everyone’s uncle: he's Hari Vijaijay! Hari joins us to talk about 2SQTBIPOC representation in academia and literature, joining the legendary Genderplay Cabaret in the ...
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Episode Sixteen: Feather Talia from 2020-01-25T18:00
Fun, stupid, beautiful, free: the Mother of the House of Wolves is here! Feather Talia talks moving to Winnipeg from Regina a year ago, religion and queerness, winning Regina’s top title in her sec...
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Episode Fifteen: Soleil Midowne from 2020-01-18T20:08:54
In the West End of Winnipeg, born and raised… here’s Soleil Midowne! The polyglot queen of Winnipeg stops in to chat about the politics of drag, her intentional approach to drag, Euro-centric be...
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Episode Fourteen: Breyanna Burlesque from 2020-01-11T18:00
YYYEEEAHHH DADDYYY!!! Season 2 starts off RIGHT with Winnipeg’s favourite MILF, the pink puta goddess herself, Breyanna Burlesque! Breyanna opens up about her 20-year drag career, the history an...
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Episode Zero: Introduction, Part Two from 2020-01-04T18:00
Anyone call for an encore? Season 2 of Drag in the Peg kicks off with a brief update on the project from host Graeme Houssin, laying out the house rules...
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Queeries - Episode Two: Drag entrepreneurs from 2019-12-28T18:00
Over the past year, we've seen a boom in new businesses made by drag performers, for drag performers. Here to discuss the local drag economy, the pitfalls and rewards of running a drag business ...
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Queeries - Episode One: What is drag? from 2019-11-30T18:00
Drag isn't, and has never been, just about men wearing dresses. But with expanding borders and blurred lines between performance art forms, how exactly can we define what drag is? Do we need to?...
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Episode Thirteen: Prairie Sky from 2019-04-06T18:07:46
Season one of Drag in the Peg closes with one of the most esteemed queens in the city: an academic, an advocate, a CBC Manitoba Future 40 Finalist and a tireless organizer. Prairie Sky talks her...
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Episode Twelve: Foxy Beast from 2019-03-30T17:10:10
Once Foxy, always Foxy! The dancing diva of Winnipeg, Foxy Beast, joins us for the second-last episode of season 1 to talk her upbringing in and out of drag, drag families, the many evolutions o...
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Episode Eleven: Pictoria Secreet & Gloria Booths from 2019-03-23T17:00
SQUEEEEEEE!!! Winnipeg's bearded neon cartoon queens, Pictoria Secreet & Gloria Booths, explain their three principles of drag, how the dynamic duo met, marching in Pride and taking the piss...
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Episode Ten: Peppermint Phattie from 2019-03-16T17:00
She's minty fresh and phat as hell! Winnipeg's clown princess Peppermint Phattie talks building a drag brand, breaking gender apart, her friendship with Ruby Chopstix, the future of her drag and...
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Episode Nine: Tyra Boinks from 2019-03-09T19:05:27
Did someone order a circus clown? The legendary Tyra Boinks talks her comedy career, her sold-out Fringe show, consent in the drag scene, the thick skin that comes with drag, etiquette at drag s...
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Episode Eight: Cake from 2019-03-02T19:49:04
Double, double, toil and trouble! Cake, the current reigning Miss Club 200 and the Wicked Witch of West Broadway herself, is here to discuss her drag aesthetic, the self-realization that comes w...
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Episode Seven: Cheron Sharelike from 2019-02-23T19:00:36
The ravishing red diamond diva is here! Cheron Sharelike explains her love for Cher, touring Canada and the U.S. in drag, the discrepancy between treatment of RuGirls and local queens and the da...
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Episode Six: Slunt Factory from 2019-02-16T18:03:27
You’ve been blessed with the unholy trini-tea. Stara David, Moxie Cotton and Dirt of local drag production team Slunt Factory talking creating a platform for new drag performers, swathing a path...
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Episode Five: Vida Lamour DeCosmo from 2019-02-09T18:00
The witchy mother of the Lamour Coven is in the house. Vida Lamour DeCosmo talks the toxic early days of drag in our city, being a drag queen in the 90s, her sprawling drag family, the rise and ...
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Episode Four: Lita Takeela from 2019-02-02T18:06:48
Crazy, conceptual, comical: meet Lita Takeela! Lita discusses her legendary sense of humour, her makeup brand LT Cosmetics, the new era of crazy drag in Winnipeg, her namesake Lita the wrestler,...
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Episode Three: Ruby Chopstix from 2019-01-26T18:00
She's the queen of pulling moves and popping knees: it's Ruby Chopstix! Ruby explains being a young queen in a city full of drag history, rejecting Eurocentric beauty trends in drag makeup, Asia...
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Episode Two: Satina Loren from 2019-01-19T18:00
What’s next once you’ve snagged every crown in Winnipeg? Satina Loren talks her many titles, Disney movies, drag houses, channeling a Sophia Loren who’s eaten too much pasta and ruling the world...
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Episode One: Pharaoh Moans from 2019-01-12T18:00
Winnipeg drag is one of a kind, and no one embodies it like Pharaoh Moans. In the first episode of Drag in the Peg, Pharaoh discusses her inspirational muses, punk and drag, the messiest parts of d...
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Episode Zero: Introduction from 2019-01-09T17:05:15
Before we get the party started, host and producer Graeme Houssin lays down the ground rules and explains how Drag in the Peg came to be, why Winnipeg drag is so special, and what they have to d...
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