RuPaul: What's the Tee? (also known as RuPaul: What's the Tee w/ Michelle Visage) is a comedy podcast first released on April 9, 2014 hosted by American entertainers RuPaul and Michelle Visage. The hosts discuss a wide range of subjects and usually have at least one celebrity guest appear per episode. They often discuss behind-the-scenes topics from RuPaul's Drag Race, where RuPaul and Visage are also hosts. The podcast won a Webby Award in 2018.
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| Genre | Comedy |
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| Language | English |
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| Original release | April 9, 2014 |
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| Website | www |
At the 2018 RuPaul's DragCon NYC, RuPaul and Visage held three live tapings of the podcast.[1]
Guests
editCelebrity guests have included Anastacia,[2] Emma Bunton,[3] Frances Bean Cobain,[4][5] Elvira,[2] Lady Gaga,[6] Debbie Harry,[2] Marc Jacobs,[2] Rose McGowan,[7] Moby,[2] Kathy Najimy,[1] and Henry Rollins,[2] among many others.
Episodes
edit| No. in series | Title | Length | Release date |
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| 1 | "Drag Race Auditions, Meditation, & Nail Art" | 1:05:51 | April 9, 2014 |
| 2 | "Beyoncé, Monogamy, & Let the Music Play" | 1:03:32 | April 23, 2014 |
| 3 | "Disco Jesus, Facelifts and Juicing" | 1:08:19 | May 7, 2014 |
| 4 | "Creating your own Luck, Bowie & Lace Front Wigs" | 1:07:27 | May 21, 2014 |
| 5 | "Navigating the Matrix with Lucian Piane" | 1:01:35 | June 4, 2014 |
| 6 | "Perseverance & Oil Pulling with Alaska" | TBA | June 18, 2014 |
| 7 | "Timeline Failure with Mathu Andersen" | 1:08:53 | July 2, 2014 |
| 8 | "22 Inch Weave with Ts Madison" | 1:08:34 | July 16, 2014 |
| 9 | "Making it Last with Jamal Sims and Tom Campbell" | 59:46 | July 30, 2014 |
| 10 | "Objectification with Miles Davis Moody & Jason Carter" | 1:13:38 | August 13, 2014 |
| 11 | "Becoming the Observer of your Mind" | 1:03:06 | August 27, 2014 |
| 12 | "Personal Breakthroughs With Tamar Braxton" | 56:08 | September 10, 2014 |
| 13 | "It Gets Butter with Latrice Royale" | 1:03:34 | September 24, 2014 |
| 14 | "Granny Chaser Featuring Chi Chi LaRue" | 1:13:20 | October 8, 2014 |
| 15 | "Bareback Betty" | 58:39 | October 23, 2014 |
| 16 | "Uncle Tom With Leah Remini" | 1:03:43 | November 5, 2014 |
| 17 | "Heart On My Sleeve With Mary Lambert" | 1:09:28 | November 19, 2014 |
| 18 | "Blame It on The Lupus with Kristen Johnston" | TBA | December 3, 2014 |
| 19 | "Don't Blame It On The Edit" | 1:02:00 | December 17, 2014 |
| 20 | "Even Divas Need Day Jobs with Deven Green" | 1:10:25 | December 31, 2014 |
| 21 | "Clocking In Overtime with Mariah Balenciaga" | 1:08:04 | January 14, 2015 |
| 22 | "Mothers Against Drunk Drag With Raven" | 1:15:14 | January 28, 2015 |
| 23 | "Resurrection With Anastacia" | 1:07:10 | February 11, 2015 |
| 24 | "Anti-Porn Unicorn With Colleen Ballinger & Miranda Sings" | 1:11:46 | February 25, 2015 |
| 25 | "I Kissed a Girl...and I Didn't Like It!" | 1:02:09 | March 11, 2015 |
| 26 | "Gay For Thai Food With Dan Bucatinsky" | 1:01:48 | March 25, 2015 |
| 27 | "The Traffic Dummy with Wendi McLendon-Covey" | 1:13:59 | April 8, 2015 |
| 28 | "Ruenactments" | 1:01:12 | April 22, 2015 |
| 29 | "The Big Brother Episode" | 1:03:57 | May 6, 2015 |
| 30 | "Retaining Your Brows" | 1:12:58 | May 15, 2015 |
| 31 | "Recapping...The Finale!" | 1:10:22 | June 3, 2015 |
| 32 | "Abandoning We For I With Henry Rollins" | 1:24:23 | June 17, 2015 |
| 33 | "Eye See What You Did With Todrick Hall" | 1:12:09 | July 1, 2015 |
| 34 | "Harriet Tuckman With Morgan McMichaels" | 1:08:52 | July 15, 2015 |
| 35 | "Big Queen Entrance With Laganja Estranja" | 1:06:52 | July 29, 2015 |
| 36 | "The Crunch Heard Round The World With Shangela" | 1:08:09 | August 12, 2015 |
| 37 | "The Mirror Has Two Faces" | 1:05:37 | August 28, 2015 |
| 38 | "Poop Noodle With Wendy Ho" | 1:04:28 | September 9, 2015 |
| 39 | "Hurricane Bianca With Bianca Del Rio" | 1:09:46 | September 23, 2015 |
| 40 | "Bossy By Nature With Big Freedia" | 1:09:48 | October 7, 2015 |
| 41 | "RATS!!!" | 59:44 | October 21, 2015 |
| 42 | "A Pit Crew Christmas" | 1:18:12 | November 4, 2015 |
| 43 | "Sweet Piece Of Baklava With Rebecca Romijn" | 1:05:30 | November 18, 2015 |
| 44 | "Satan With A U With Raja" | 1:11:07 | December 2, 2015 |
| 45 | "Queer Eye For The Queerer Guys With Carson Kressley" | 1:08:46 | December 16, 2015 |
| 46 | "Whoreders" | 1:04:48 | December 30, 2015 |
| 47 | "Charge It To The Game With Tiffany 'New York' Pollard" | 1:06:33 | January 13, 2016 |
| 48 | "Fried Chicken With JuJu Bee" | 1:09:17 | {January 27, 2016 |
| 49 | "Finding Your Purpose With Cheyenne Jackson" | 1:07:57 | February 10, 2016 |
| 50 | "Gaye & Gayer With Ross Mathews" | 1:08:33 | February 24, 2016 |
| 51 | "EnterTaintment" | 1:12:44 | March 9, 2016 |
| 52 | "Gotta Have Faith With Faith Evans" | 1:19:56 | March 23, 2016 |
| 53 | "Punk Rock Herstory With Blondie" | 1:04:02 | April 6, 2016 |
| 54 | "Unsung Sondheim With Vivica A. Fox And Thomas Roberts" | 1:10:32 | April 20, 2016 |
| 55 | "Born Naked With Marc Jacobs" | 1:13:41 | May 4, 2016 |
| 56 | "Supermodel With Gigi Hadid & Chanel Iman" | 1:16:13 | May 18, 2016 |
| 57 | "The Struggle is Real but the Hustle is Deep with Alyssa Edwards" | 1:13:02 | June 1, 2016 |
| 58 | "Babies With Glasses With Moby" | 1:07:39 | June 15, 2016 |
| 59 | "All In The Family With David & Amy Sedaris" | 1:01:15 | June 29, 2016 |
| 60 | "Theraposer with Delta Work" | 1:09:41 | July 13, 2016 |
| 61 | "Surgery Vacations with Candis Cayne" | 1:34:07 | July 27, 2016 |
| 62 | "Lisa Kudrow" | 1:26:32 | August 10, 2016 |
| 63 | "Quinn Cummings" | 1:01:29 | August 24, 2016 |
| 64 | "Manila Luzon" | 1:07:19 | September 7, 2016 |
| 65 | "Nicole Scherzinger" | TBA | September 21, 2016 |
| 66 | "Detox" | TBA | October 5, 2016 |
| 67 | "Elvira" | TBA | October 12, 2016 |
| 68 | "Suzanne Somers" | TBA | October 19, 2016 |
| 69 | "Justin Tranter" | TBA | October 26, 2016 |
| 70 | "Aubrey Plaza" | 1:08:45 | November 2, 2016 |
| 71 | "Raven-Symoné" | TBA | November 9, 2016 |
| 72 | "Melora Hardin" | TBA | November 16, 2016 |
| 73 | "Graham Norton" | TBA | November 23, 2016 |
| 74 | "Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman" | TBA | November 30, 2016 |
| 75 | "Chi Chi DeVayne" | TBA | December 7, 2016 |
| 76 | "Katya" | TBA | December 14, 2016 |
| 77 | "A What's the Tee Christmas" | TBA | December 21, 2016 |
| 78 | "Bruce Vilanch" | TBA | December 28, 2016 |
| 79 | "Anna Chlumsky" | TBA | January 11, 2017 |
| 80 | "Niecy Nash" | TBA | January 18, 2017 |
| 81 | "Ear Hair Trimmers" | 1:20:47 | January 25, 2017 |
| 82 | "Anna Faris" | TBA | February 1, 2017 |
| 83 | "Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything)" | TBA | February 8, 2017 |
| 84 | "Timothy Simons (Veep)" | TBA | February 15, 2017 |
| 85 | "Leah Remini Returns" | TBA | February 22, 2017 |
| 86 | "Siedah Garrett" | TBA | March 1, 2017 |
| 87 | "Tyler Henry (The Hollywood Medium)" | TBA | March 8, 2017 |
| 88 | "Dan Levy" | TBA | March 15, 2017 |
| 89 | "Lady Gaga" | TBA | March 23, 2017 |
| 90 | "The B-52s" | 1:07:32 | March 29, 2017 |
| 91 | "Missi Pyle & Zach Selwyn" | 1:10:50 | April 5, 2017 |
| 92 | "Our Three Year AnniRUsary" | 1:20:53 | April 6, 2017 |
| 93 | "Naya Rivera" | 1:09:59 | April 12, 2017 |
| 94 | "Meghan Trainor" | 1:12:25 | April 19, 2017 |
| 95 | "Denis O'Hare" | 1:03:12 | April 27, 2017 |
| 96 | "Jennie Garth & Tori Spelling" | 1:03:55 | May 3, 2017 |
| 97 | "Peeno Noir (An Ode to Ru's Paul) with Tituss Burgess" | 1:18:17 | May 11, 2017 |
| 98 | "Lisa Robertson & Noah Galvin" | 1:05:47 | May 17, 2017 |
| 99 | "Marc Maron" | 1:06:59 | May 24, 2017 |
| 100 | "Barkmitzvah with Andie MacDowell & Joan Smalls" | 1:06:02 | May 31, 2017 |
Reception
editNoisey stated, "Honestly, this podcast slays the podcast game. After one hour of listening to RuPaul and Michelle Visage chat about sex, drugs, mental health, musicals, drag queens, Hollywood and the infinite wisdom of Judge Judy, you will feel as if your life is an empty vortex of nothingness when they are not making sounds into your ears."[2]
Hornet stated "Any Drag Race fan knows that if they want the scoop, they should listen to What's the Tee?"[8]
RuPaul: What's the Tee? won a Webby Award for Best Host in 2018, with both RuPaul and Visage being listed.[9][10] In 2017 and 2019 the podcast won the WOWIE Award for Best Podcast.[11][12] In 2020 the podcast was the runner-up for the Queerty Award in the Podcast category.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Daw, Stephen (October 1, 2018). "Five Things We Learned During the Live Taping of RuPaul's 'What's the Tee?' at RuPaul's DragCon NYC". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "How Not to Die From Boredom This Christmas". Noisey. December 23, 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Donnelly, Eric (March 5, 2018). "Emma Bunton Talks Spice Girls On RuPaul's "What's The Tee?"". Mix 104.1. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Gaca, Anna (February 6, 2019). "Frances Bean Cobain Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Record Deal Rumor". SPIN. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Thiessen, Brock (February 6, 2019). "Frances Bean Cobain Sparks Record Deal Rumours in RuPaul Interview". Exclaim. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ St. James, James (March 22, 2017). "Lady Gaga Joins RuPaul & Michelle Visage on "What's the Tee?" Podcast to Talk About Clubbing, Fame, and those Pesky Paparazzi". World of Wonder. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Urquhart, Evan (February 6, 2018). ""What Have You Done for Women?"". Slate. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Keeley, Matt (August 9, 2018). "RuPaul Got Hopped Up on Coffee While Filming 'All Stars 4' and Flipped His Wig". Hornet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "RuPaul: Whats The Tee With Michelle Visage". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Vogt, Bailey (April 27, 2018). "RuPaul's "What's the Tee" podcast wins 2018 Webby Award". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Bruno, Emily. "WOWie AWARDS Honor Best in Pop Culture 2017". Broadway World. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "World of Wonder's 2019 WOWIE Awards Winners!". World of Wonder. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Podcast Winners". The Queerties. Retrieved 19 September 2022.