WEBurlesque the Podcast
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Episodes
Lillian Bustle (Jersey City, NJ) returns to the pod to celebrate 300 episode of WEBURLESQUE on your feed. Lillian was the first guest on the show, which aired January 23 (ignore all Viktor's references to 2017, he doesn't know what he's talking about.) Since then, the world ended, sort of came back, has changed somewhat where what fires are and the entrances to hell have shifted gentl...
Viktor Devonne presents: PASSION PROJECT, a series devoted to artists and creators behind really neat stuff. The latest episode is FRANTASTIC PART 2, with the author Marcus Heslop, who's Fran Fullenwider biography has just been published. Learn more about Fran's work in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, and THE MONSTER CLUB.
From the press release:"Actress, cult icon and unapologetic trailblazer, Fran...
Viktor Devonne was at the Ohio Burlesque Festival and snagged seven minutes with eight different performers at the Ohio Burlesque Festival: Daddea D'Vicious, Lady Za Za, Lucy Boheme, Lady Mabuhay, Kopycat, Thee HBIC, Elle EssDee, and Standing Room Luke. Find out more about Ohio Burlesque and the corresponding academy and festival, http://www.ohioburlesque.com
Viktor Devonne presents: PASSION PROJECT, a series devoted to artists and creators behind really neat stuff. The latest episode is FRANTASTIC PART 1, with the author Marcus Heslop, who's Fran Fullenwider biography has just been published.
From the press release:"Actress, cult icon and unapologetic trailblazer, Fran Fullenwider lived life on her own terms. From The Rocky Horror Picture Show, to classic British comedies such as...
Beloved burlesque legend Shawna the Black Venus, showgirl at age 78, joins Viktor Devonne for a glimpse into her past from Pittsburgh to Oahu, and the stages in-between. Shawna candidly shares about colleagues, venues, photoshoots, costumes, healthcare, history, and the time she needed her stage fire torches to keep warm in a broken down car on a cold early morning. She would retire in 1994, and return to the Burlesque Hall o...
Viktor Devonne speaks with Ida Banger and Roxie Sunshine of Arizona; we talk about their first few years in the biz, what they've learned, who they've learned from, and what their first BHOF Weekender was like.
This chat was recorded on July 10, 2026.
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Ida: https://www.instagram.com/ida.banger/
Roxie: https://www.instagram.com/roxiessunshine/
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The Music That Made WE welcomes Twen Peeks, from Memphis to New Orleans and now Germany, who has chosen 10 songs that up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Christina Aguilera, Halestorm, and Etta James, , and more. + Stick&n...
Aquarius Moon talks with Viktor Devonne about her groundbreaking traveling exhibit, what's it's like being a documentarian of the field of burlesque, surveillance culture, legendary children, working class burlesque, and getting what we want.
This chat was recorded on July 24, 2026.
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Amarillo's Lucho Lawless and Cru Hefnir join Viktor Devonne to talk about their start in burlesque just months ago, and what they have learned thus far--from cheering on stars at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender to crafting group acts with Pistol Holliday under the name Homo Erectors. A real-life couple embarking on this at the same time, they discuss relationship dynamics, Burlypicks, gay voice, and being entertainers in...
The Music That Made WE welcomes Bella Fire of Denver who has chosen 10 songs that up their story, with a soundtrack that includes the the Beach Boys, Rachel Platton, Donna Summer, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.
more stella: https://www.instagram.com/bellafire.colorado/
The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Networ...
Fresh from the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender's Tournament of Tease and walking away with Best Debut 1st Runner-Up, Mocha Mocha 2.0 is striking delight and awe in audiences with shows in Chicago and beyond. She and Viktor talk about her project Body Confidence For Queens, dance, keeping space for oneself, and sharing with the world.
This chat was recorded on July 2, 2026.
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The Movies That Made WE returns in chaotic form when Ginger Snaps, Mone't Ha-Sidi, and Ginger Snaps go on and on with Viktor Devonne about the movie musicals (and we're allowing some laxity with both terms so don't write in about it) that MADE them up. Films include All That Jazz, CATS, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and more.
Produced by Viktor Devonne for the WEBurlesque...
Isabella Ivy is a multi-talented actual musical genius who can sing opera and jazz and strip and dance and make costumes, and all the things. She and Viktor chat about the ethereal clown wihtin, neurological pathways, her stroke recovery, children singing opera when and how they shouldn't, actual primadonnas, contraltos, voicework, Puccini to Kristine W. and the drag identity Angie Nude.
This chat was recorded on June 3...
The Music That Made WE welcomes Stella Nova (Boombox Burlesque, Uptown Stripdown NYC) who has chosen 10 songs that up their story, with a soundtrack that includes the Beatles, Panic! at the Disco, the Cheetah Girls, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.
more stella: https://www.instagram.com/the.stellanova/
The Music That Made WE welcomes Stella Nova (Boombox Burlesque, Uptown Stripdown NYC) who has chosen 10 songs that up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Janelle Monae, Matchbox Twenty, Doechii, and more. + Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.
more stella: https://www.instagram.com/the.stellanova/
Olive YouMoore and Viktor Devonne speak together on burlesque, sideshow, nerdlesque, and the perennial goop of nothing. The Strippy Award winner of 2024, Olive is getting the blood racing in Arizona and surrounding areas before heading to the east coast this autumn. We discuss horror, club stripping (that inevitable chestnut of what is what for strippers and burlesquers), and things that make you go bump in the night.
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The Movies That Made WE returns in chaotic form when Rain Supreme, Petra Fried, and Maggie McMuffin go on and on with Viktor Devonne about the movie musicals (and we're allowing some laxity with both terms so don't write in about it) that MADE them up. Films include School Daze, Prince of Egypt, Sweeney Todd in Concert, Little Shop of Horrors, and more.
Produced by Viktor Devonne for the WEBurlesque Podcast Networ...
The conversation continues in the WEView panel, and the folks are chatting about the songs that we perform to and when the artists behind them become a distraction or worse because they're terrible. Also, ongoing discussions on burlesque industry and race and parenthood continue.
Take a listen to the 15th session of "The WEView" panel discussion show featuring:
- MISS AURORABOOBREALIS, your moderator ...
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