WEBurlesque the Podcast

WEBurlesque the Podcast

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July 14, 2025 76 mins

Miss Exotic World 2025 Jessabelle Thunder is on the pod to talk about the whirlwind month since her win on the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender stage.  From her tentative start that wasn't even her idea to conquering the world, this Los Angeles queen of burlesque talks what classic means, the first gig after the crown, and what's to come.  This chat was recorded on July 8, 2025.

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Regal Mortis, neoburlesque performer and collaborator of the Emolesque Festival at Coney Island, New York. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Santana, Avril Lavigne, Helium, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

more Regal: https://www.regalmortis.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/regalmortisburlesque/

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Regal Mortis, neoburlesque performer and collaborator of the Emolesque Festival at Coney Island, New York. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Shakira, Bikini Kill, Postal Service, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

more Regal: https://www.regalmortis.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/regalmortisburlesque/

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Charlie Quinn Starling is a delightful showgirl working in Las Vegas for Spiegelworld's Absinthe; she and Viktor talk about working in Sin City as a Geordie, how Julie Atlas Muz got her heel in the door, what she has in common with Sally Rand, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, The Box, pussy fascinators, context/conflict, the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum, and a long glance at the community at large in this moment in time.  This chat w...

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Harlem Nyte, burlesque star and resident of Chicago. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Sade, Cleo Sol, Art of Noise, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

Harlem's links: shopharlemnyte.printful.me & https://www.instagram.com/missharlemnyte

 

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Harlem Nyte, burlesque star and resident of Chicago. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson, Maxwell, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

Harlem's links: shopharlemnyte.printful.me & https://www.instagram.com/missharlemnyte

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Chicago’s compact Casanova Matt Adore is on the line with Viktor Devonne and they're talking drag kings, things, and more.  From stripping to identiity, on-stage presentations, local scenes, binders, being sparkly, the perfect moustache, and the state of the world, we're going in.  This chat was recorded on May 28, 2025.

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Whisper De Corvo and Viktor Devonne reconnect for the pod after sharing a stage at the Kiss My Grits burlesque festival in Atlanta.  We chat about origins from print fetish modeling, stagework, the controversy of asking for money, being goth, and the present state of things. This chat was recorded on May 12, 2025.

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We enter the Dahlhouse with Susie Dahl, and she talks with Viktor Devonne about her Heaving Bosom (her romance novel inspired NYC revue), learning from Jo Weldon, being the main character, fashion, TeaserFest, and the before and after times. This chat was recorded on May 12, 2025.

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Bobbie Burlesque of LA talks about his lengthy career in burlesque from fan to producer, from influential Los Angeles shows in the 2000s to the Exquisite Burlesque Festival.  After a hiatus, Bobbie is taking on stages again to take on ambitions not yet realized.  He and Viktor Devonne talk cat dad, gay voice, theatrical administrative roles, peacocks, business, and putting on a show. This chat was recorded on May 8, 2025.

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Miss Brawling Beauty of Utah and Nevada. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Madonna, Ella Fitzgerald, Suicidal Tendencies, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

  • Brawling's links: https://www.instagram.com/thebrawlingbeauty & https://linktr.ee/missbrawlingbeauty

 

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Miss Brawling Beauty of Utah and Nevada. She's chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Sarah McLachlan, Heart, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

  • Brawling's links: https://www.instagram.com/thebrawlingbeauty & https://linktr.ee/missbrawlingbeauty

 

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Viktor Devonne speaks with Dinah Dare based out of the Central Belt of Scotland. We talk cultural differences, aggressively complimentary behavior, trapeze, what is classic, the royal family, and (post-)covid (tw: eating disorder talk at 32-38 minute mark). This chat was recorded on April 29, 2025.

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Purris Stilton of Nebraska. She;s chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Luther Vandross, RuPaul, Teena Marie, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

  • Purris' links:https://www.instagram.com/purrisstilton/

 

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Purris Stilton of Nebraska. She;s chosen 10 songs that make up her story, with a soundtrack that includes Hole, Whitney, Foxy Brown, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

  • Purris' links:https://www.instagram.com/purrisstilton/

 

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Bee Bee Sanchez joins Viktor Devonne to talk life in Portland, the recent Burlesque Hall of Fame news, the MET Gala, Harlem Renaissance, tributing Gladys Bentley, stop versus yield signs, being full of hyphens, the power of peer review, storytellers, civics, and what's next. This chat was recorded on May 6, 2025.

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Fresh from the RVA Burlesque Festival, Bert Shaffer joins Viktor Devonne to talk about masculinity in burlesque, the word boylesque, his origins in burlesque, from harnesses to fringe, whether he has one of 'those websites,' and whether the eyeshadow is compulsory when playing a toy cowboy. This chat was recorded on April 28, 2025.

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The Music That Made WE volume 5 continues with Luna DeLyte of Washington. They've chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Jill Scott, Cascada, Anna Nalick, and more. + Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.

 

  • Luna’s links:https://www.instagram.com/lunadelyte/

 

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