HIGHKEY! With Yvie Oddly and Ryan Mitchell

HIGHKEY! With Yvie Oddly and Ryan Mitchell

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Yvie Oddly and culture critic Ryan Mitchell host HIGHKEY! — a boldly queer LGBTQ+ podcast where pop culture, chaos, and surprisingly real conversations collide. It’s like being a fly on the wall for the most unhinged, hilarious, and heartfelt side convo at the party — with past guests like Laverne Cox, Rico Nasty, Bob the Drag Queen, and Lena Waithe, and more queer icons on the way. Welcome to the party — BYOB, pull up a chair, and settle in because this one’s just getting started.

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February 16, 2026 58 mins

In this episode, Willam is in the studio and absolutely nothing is off-limits. We talk about wanting to be famous, what fame actually costs, and how OnlyFans changed the game when it comes to owning your image and making your own money. Willam gets real about RuPaul controversy, speaking out when it’s not popular, and what happens behind the scenes of Drag Race. Plus, we dive into being a sexual being in the public eye, confi...

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Ryan and Yvie are back in the studio with the one and only Trinity The Tuck, and nothing is off-limits. The three dive headfirst into drag queen hookups, drag queen sisterhood, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7, being a drag parent, whether Trinity would ever compete again, and how queens end up clocking who’s taking the crown long before it’s handed out. Trinity The Tuck is VERY honest—and it’s exactly w...

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Ryan and Yvie are live in the studio hosting Naomi Smalls. These three walk down memory lane talking all things RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8, Naomi’s distaste for authority and how she’s unlocking her fullest potential in this next stage of her life. Our favorite Virgo “control freak” gave us exactly what we needed during this new episode of HIGHKEY!  Comment end . 

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We’re BACK! Ryan and Yvie are catching up on 2025 and gearing up for 2026, spilling on OnlyFans, nude festivals, porn, spicy card games, therapy… and the longest they’ve gone without sex. It’s messy, hilarious, and totally unfiltered, full of confessions, laughs, and “did they really just say that?” moments. Part life update, part therapy session, part chaos—this episode is pure Highkey! e...

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January 23, 2026 55 mins

Highkey! is back 🎉 New episodes drop every Monday with some amazing guests you won’t want to miss. To get you ready for our return, we’re sharing a few Highkey! highlights!

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An episode unlike any previous– Ryan and Yvie are live in the studio hosting Alaska Thunderfuck! She philosophizes about the art of getting shit done, expressing mental illness on reality tv, and how Willam choosing chaos and Alaska choosing “middle child” make their dynamic work. She doesn’t care about making art for places where drag queens are deprioritized and misunderstood. “That makes me feel lik...

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Heyyy, HIGHEKY! listeners! Check out this very special trailer for Tell Me Something Messy—the raw, hilarious, and heartfelt podcast hosted by actor, writer, and activist Brandon Kyle Goodman.

 

✨ Tell Me Something Messy is the podcast where vulnerability meets humor, hosted by Brandon Kyle Goodman (Big Mouth, Human Resources). Each week, Brandon and guests unpack the beautiful contradictions of being human—se...

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November 17, 2025 68 mins

Is it hot in here, or is it just King Molasses? The first King of Drag talks about why they almost didn’t audition in the first place and the kind of pressure they felt to make sure the first season of a new kind of reality drag show was the best it could be. Yvie and Molasses compare and contrast their experiences with reality tv, the performance industry, and how misogyny still shapes the way culture understands both drag k...

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Ryan’s coming out (as that gamer) and Yvie’s an internationally wanted criminal (okay, maybe just kicked out of Australia). Plus, what’s it like when the whole world has an opinion on your family business? The Queen of Chicago who’s name is in everybody’s mouth lately, Shea Couleé graces the pod with her side of the story. The Marvel cinematic universe star makes a serious case for being a misun...

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November 3, 2025 52 mins

It’s Hovember, girls. How are we dealing? We chat with God’s favorite transsexual, Bosco, to get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be insanely hot and newly engaged. Now that the Drag Race and All Stars legend has a fiancé, how long until she’s a suburban mom of four? And just who is this mysterious Mr. Bitches? We hear about what keeps her open relationship healthy, the personal growth of a great...

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October 27, 2025 51 mins

Emmy-winning legend Niecy Nash joins hosts Ryan and Yvie for a spooky season Halloween special that’s HighKey! hilarious. Our favorite “Reno 911” police woman and “Dahmer” diva opens up about her new Ryan Murphy show “All’s Fair,” marriage to Jessica Betts, what it means to love out loud, and whether or not she’s a scream queen. You won’t want to miss Niecy’s wedding...

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Jussie Smollett joins Ryan and Yvie for a raw, emotional, and hilarious conversation about art, love, and redemption. Fresh off the release of his new album Break Out, Jussie opens up about how authenticity and healing have reshaped his artistry — and how he’s learned to “go where the love is.” The trio dives deep into identity, fame, and chosen family, reflecting on how community shifts when you’re co...

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It’s officially spooky season, and Ryan and Yvie are summoning the queens of darkness themselves — The Boulet Brothers! The masterminds behind Dragula join Highkey! for a chilling, hilarious, and deeply queer dive into the magic of horror, the art of drag, and how embracing your inner monster can set you free. The Boulets reveal the origins of their horror obsession, how they built a global cult following, and why queer...

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September 28, 2025 59 mins

Ryan and Yvie welcome the iconic Kim Chi — Drag Race legend, fashion queen, and beauty mogul. Kim opens up about her whirlwind tour life, the balance between artistry and survival, and why she thinks modern Drag Race has lost some originality. She spills on launching KimChi Chic Beauty, writing a cookbook, and navigating the toxic mix of body image and online hate while still pursuing her passions.

Expect plenty of shade and ...

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September 21, 2025 52 mins

This week on HighKey! we bow down to the Queen of the North herself — Brooke Lynn Hytes! From ballerina to Drag Race royalty, Brooke spills on rivalries, evolution, and running her own franchise. She gets real about navigating the in-between spaces of her own gender and sexuality, learning to live with fan opinions, and why finishing second to Yvie in Season 11 still felt like a win. Plus, the ladies spill tea on the Emmys, Y...

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September 15, 2025 55 mins

Taylor Hale joins Yvie and Ryan on HIGHKEY! for a no-holds-barred dive into her journey from pageants to Big Brother history to The Amazing Race. She opens up about setting boundaries with fellow contestants in reality TV, why stan culture can get toxic, and what it means to be labeled a “girl’s girl.” Taylor also shares stories about pageant life, growing up surrounded by queer family, and navigating fame while k...

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Yvie and Ryan ditch the guests and share their own origin stories. From Yvie’s original Drag Race audition tape to Ryan’s early hosting cringe, they revisit the moments that shaped their paths. They spill on slutty massages, self-care routines, awkward exes, and what it means to grow up queer in Denver and Nashville. They dig into fandom drama, fashion fails (fake gauges included), and even why WALL·E might have ...

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This week on HIGHKEY, Ryan Mitchell and Yvie Oddly welcome the brilliant writer and activist George M Johnson (All Boys Aren’t Blue, Fighting Words). Together, they dive into internet discourse, the rise of banned books, and why Bugs Bunny in a dress still has conservatives clutching pearls.

George opens up about the realities of being at the center of cultural battles, the absurdity of censorship, and how community shows up ...

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Utica is more than just a Drag Race alum — she’s rewriting the rules of fashion, spirituality, and queerness. On this week’s HIGHKEY!, hosts Ryan Mitchell and Yvie Oddly sit down with Utica (aka Ethan from Project Runway) for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. From growing up religious in the Midwest to becoming a “slutty little party girl” in Chicago, Utica opens up about...

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August 15, 2025 58 mins

Emmy-winning writer, producer, and actor Lena Waithe (The Chi, Queen & Slim) joins Yvie and Ryan for a bold, hilarious, and heartfelt conversation about the myths of success, the pursuit of happiness, and creating without fear. From judging RuPaul’s Drag Race to building Legacy Talk, Lena shares how she balances ambition with meditation, why she makes art for herself—not the crowd—and what it means to tell Bla...

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