This week on the It Girl Podcast, we have Precinct Award Winning improvisers from Alaska Thunderfuck’s Drag Show 5000, Maureen San Diego and Fred Henson. Both are multi hyphenates dominating the performance art scene here in LA. Fred just released a country single “Ride Out” and shares his journey on his return to music, fundraising money for the last ever AIDS lifecycle (we solved it), and dabbling in drag. Maureen is the pod’s first female female impersonator and delves into the booming bioqueen scene and the importance for women to be just as bad at drag as the rest of us. She talks about the conception of her upcoming show “A Star is Aborted,” where she plays a fetus impregnated in Alan Cumming’s ass. We discuss creating the show in a post Roe v. Wade world and how gay men can be showing up more for their female counterparts. 

Then we get into the It Girls of the Week:

(Spoilers ahead!)

·      Los Angeles’ brand new D train and why everyone should Ride the D

·      Nithya Raman v Karen Bass and how we hope they’ll make each other better candidates

·      The Nicks winning the big game/championship/tournament

Niche Girls:

·      Tin Canned Fish Reviews – truly a recession indicator

·      Dyke Day

·      Mattie Meow’s bob – the local queen starts a new trend with her iconic look

It Girls Who Got Away:

·      Nadia Oh, a hyperpop diva ahead of her time

·      Patra’s Charbroiled Burgers, another affordable LA restaurant bites the dust

·      Maureen SanDiego’s lovelife, listen she’s bipolar so it’s like a two for one

It’s a conversation that is equal parts compelling as it is chaotic – it’s all over the place and we go there.