Like a Virgin
A new pop culture podcast with a mix of news, cultural criticism, and comedy through a queer-trans lens, hosted by Fran Tirado and Rose Dommu. Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are. Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down. Follow @rosedommu and @fransquishco on Instagram and Twitter.
Episodes
- Happy Pride 🌈 😈 at long last, it's the Madonna episode!!! Madonna stan & scholar Louis Virtel joins Fran & Rose to break down their favorite eras, albums, performances and signature Madonna righteous babe sass
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- Disney *CHANNEL Gay Gabe Bergado takes Fran & Rose to cable TV church to spread the gospel of the golden era of DCOMs from military propaganda like Cadet Kelly to transsexual merman propaganda The 13th Year
- Plus, Fran & Rose discuss seeing Caroline Polachek and Ethel Cain live, The Starling Girl, new Kylie Minogue and the POTENTIAL of playing Zelda
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- The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind episode you didn't know you needed featuring other indie sleaze tumblr-core hits like Garden State and the Virgin Suicides
- Plus, an update from Drag Race All Stars and the dark, twisted path to the Renaissance Tour
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- Actress & director Tommy Dorfman tells Fran & Rose what Spring Awakening and Friends have in common, with tangents on fame, her coming-of-age and her forthcoming film
- Plus, updates on Succession, Yellowjackets and a Rose's Book Corner tease about The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
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- Mikelle Street has been obsessing over and writing about fashion since he was a child. On today's episode, he schools Fran & Rose on all things Anna Wintour, the (waning? indestructible?) influence of Vogue, and outfits that make him gag
- Plus, Fran & Rose's faves and flops from the Met Gala red carpet, and Rose's review of Evil Dead Rise
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- Actor Mark Indelicato makes Like A Virgin HISTORY by being the first person who acted IN a TV show to guest an episode about that TV show!!!
- Mark gets into what it was like working with the whole Ugly Betty cast and crew, including America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams & costume designer and trend forecaster Patricia Field
- Plus, tidbits from the set of Hacks!! And lots of Fran & Rose audibly fangirling!!
- In this 4/20 Spectacular, Fran & Rose get high and spiritually connect over the 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film Mamma Mia!
- Plus, the coronation of Sasha Colby and a trip to the movies to see the latest film with Mamma in the title, Mafia Mamma
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- Fran & Rose catch up on Fran's brush with death at sea, new Yaeji and Boy Genius, their live show, last Sunday's Succession (big spoilers!) and whether or not they'll walk Cornelia Street again
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- Have you ever thought that Like A Virgin would be even better if Frankie Grande one-upped Fran & Rose on their knowledge of every franchise beloved by gay nerds?? This is our gift to the Virgins, with tangents on Boca Raton, Nicole Kidman and Frankie's new horror film Summoning Sylvia AND a sprinkling of accent work and gestalt therapy!
- Plus, Fran watched Swarmed, Rose went to the Ragtime Reunion Concert, and both have s...
- Writer & Lana expert Shon Faye joins Fran & Rose for a trans reading of Lana's canon
- The conversation with Shon was recorded pre Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, so Fran & Rose also share their thoughts on Lana's latest
- And they were both seated (separately) for Scream!!
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- A conversation about David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with actress Hari Nef ends up also being about old seasons of Drag Race, the forthcoming Barbie movie, the special relationship between gay men and dolls, Fire Island and Sex and the City
- Plus, Fran & Rose's thoughts on the current season of Drag Race, including that Kate Bush lip sync
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And features MORE of what you love, including episodes with Hari Nef, Frankie Grande, Honey Pluton, Gabe Bergado, Tommy Dorfman, Shon Faye, Mikelle Street, Mark Indelicato, Ashley Reese, George Civeris, Bobby Finger, Louis Virtel, and many more!
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- New York, New York a.k.a. the Fifth Character on SATC and Rose's New Boyfriend
- Plus, Sweeney Todd, the Oscars and a very special announcement!!
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- The shitpostiest gay pre-Oscars content out there
- Plus, a new music review rountable: Caroline Polachek, Kelela, Paramore, Miley, Lana & Ice Spice
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- hands down the best episode of Like A Virgin ever recorded about the greatest film of all time, Mrs. Doubtfire
- Plus, there are people alive that have rewatched And Just Like That and one of them is Rose Dommu
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- The girls are girling! An update from Fran's acting class, Rose's review of Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt in the Book Corner and a mid-season Drag Race & The Last Of Us update
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- happy season of Love, Virgins!! Fran & Rose delve into romcoms by talking about 80s/90s/kinda fell off in the 00s but love Meryl as Julia!!! rom com queen Nora Ephron
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- Fran & Rose gush about the original girlboss Dolly Parton - meeting her, watching her movies, idolizing her life and legacy and the incredible branding feat that is Dollywood
- Plus, fucking and getting fucked by the Beyonce tickets queue, The Grammys and Knock At The Cabin
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- Fran & Rose discuss the 1999 classic rich kid stepcest film Cruel Intentions
- Plus, love-watching The Last of Us, Poker Face, and the Gossip Girl Series Finale, and hate-watching Fleishman is in Trouble and Real Friends of WeHo
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