RuPaul: What's the Tee? (also known as RuPaul: What's the Tee w/ Michelle Visage) is a comedy podcast first released on April 9, 2014 hosted by American entertainers RuPaul and Michelle Visage. The hosts discuss a wide range of subjects and usually have at least one celebrity guest appear per episode. They often discuss behind-the-scenes topics from RuPaul's Drag Race, where RuPaul and Visage are also hosts. The podcast won a Webby Award in 2018.

RuPaul: What's the Tee?
Presentation
Hosted by
GenreComedy
Format
  • Discussion
  • Interview
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Original releaseApril 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)
Related
Websitewww.rupaulpodcast.com

At the 2018 RuPaul's DragCon NYC, RuPaul and Visage held three live tapings of the podcast.[1]

Guests

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Celebrity guests have included Anastacia,[2] Emma Bunton,[3] Frances Bean Cobain,[4][5] Elvira,[2] Lady Gaga,[6] Debbie Harry,[2] Marc Jacobs,[2] Rose McGowan,[7] Moby,[2] Kathy Najimy,[1] and Henry Rollins,[2] among many others.

Episodes

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No. in series Title Length Release date
1"Drag Race Auditions, Meditation, & Nail Art"1:05:51April 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)
2"Beyoncé, Monogamy, & Let the Music Play"1:03:32April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
3"Disco Jesus, Facelifts and Juicing"1:08:19May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
4"Creating your own Luck, Bowie & Lace Front Wigs"1:07:27May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)
5"Navigating the Matrix with Lucian Piane"1:01:35June 4, 2014 (2014-06-04)
6"Perseverance & Oil Pulling with Alaska"TBAJune 18, 2014 (2014-06-18)
7"Timeline Failure with Mathu Andersen"1:08:53July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02)
8"22 Inch Weave with Ts Madison"1:08:34July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16)
9"Making it Last with Jamal Sims and Tom Campbell"59:46July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30)
10"Objectification with Miles Davis Moody & Jason Carter"1:13:38August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13)
11"Becoming the Observer of your Mind"1:03:06August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)
12"Personal Breakthroughs With Tamar Braxton"56:08September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)
13"It Gets Butter with Latrice Royale"1:03:34September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)
14"Granny Chaser Featuring Chi Chi LaRue"1:13:20October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)
15"Bareback Betty"58:39October 23, 2014 (2014-10-23)
16"Uncle Tom With Leah Remini"1:03:43November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05)
17"Heart On My Sleeve With Mary Lambert"1:09:28November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)
18"Blame It on The Lupus with Kristen Johnston"TBADecember 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)
19"Don't Blame It On The Edit"1:02:00December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)
20"Even Divas Need Day Jobs with Deven Green"1:10:25December 31, 2014 (2014-12-31)
21"Clocking In Overtime with Mariah Balenciaga"1:08:04January 14, 2015 (2015-01-14)
22"Mothers Against Drunk Drag With Raven"1:15:14January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)
23"Resurrection With Anastacia"1:07:10February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)
24"Anti-Porn Unicorn With Colleen Ballinger & Miranda Sings"1:11:46February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)
25"I Kissed a Girl...and I Didn't Like It!"1:02:09March 11, 2015 (2015-03-11)
26"Gay For Thai Food With Dan Bucatinsky"1:01:48March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)
27"The Traffic Dummy with Wendi McLendon-Covey"1:13:59April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)
28"Ruenactments"1:01:12April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22)
29"The Big Brother Episode"1:03:57May 6, 2015 (2015-05-06)
30"Retaining Your Brows"1:12:58May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)
31"Recapping...The Finale!"1:10:22June 3, 2015 (2015-06-03)
32"Abandoning We For I With Henry Rollins"1:24:23June 17, 2015 (2015-06-17)
33"Eye See What You Did With Todrick Hall"1:12:09July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)
34"Harriet Tuckman With Morgan McMichaels"1:08:52July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)
35"Big Queen Entrance With Laganja Estranja"1:06:52July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)
36"The Crunch Heard Round The World With Shangela"1:08:09August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)
37"The Mirror Has Two Faces"1:05:37August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
38"Poop Noodle With Wendy Ho"1:04:28September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)
39"Hurricane Bianca With Bianca Del Rio"1:09:46September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)
40"Bossy By Nature With Big Freedia"1:09:48October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)
41"RATS!!!"59:44October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)
42"A Pit Crew Christmas"1:18:12November 4, 2015 (2015-11-04)
43"Sweet Piece Of Baklava With Rebecca Romijn"1:05:30November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
44"Satan With A U With Raja"1:11:07December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)
45"Queer Eye For The Queerer Guys With Carson Kressley"1:08:46December 16, 2015 (2015-12-16)
46"Whoreders"1:04:48December 30, 2015 (2015-12-30)
47"Charge It To The Game With Tiffany 'New York' Pollard"1:06:33January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)
48"Fried Chicken With JuJu Bee"1:09:17January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)
49"Finding Your Purpose With Cheyenne Jackson"1:07:57February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)
50"Gaye & Gayer With Ross Mathews"1:08:33February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)
51"EnterTaintment"1:12:44March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
52"Gotta Have Faith With Faith Evans"1:19:56March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)
53"Punk Rock Herstory With Blondie"1:04:02April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)
54"Unsung Sondheim With Vivica A. Fox And Thomas Roberts"1:10:32April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)
55"Born Naked With Marc Jacobs"1:13:41May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)
56"Supermodel With Gigi Hadid & Chanel Iman"1:16:13May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)
57"The Struggle is Real but the Hustle is Deep with Alyssa Edwards"1:13:02June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)
58"Babies With Glasses With Moby"1:07:39June 15, 2016 (2016-06-15)
59"All In The Family With David & Amy Sedaris"1:01:15June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)
60"Theraposer with Delta Work"1:09:41July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)
61"Surgery Vacations with Candis Cayne"1:34:07July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)
62"Lisa Kudrow"1:26:32August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)
63"Quinn Cummings"1:01:29August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)
64"Manila Luzon"1:07:19September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)
65"Nicole Scherzinger"TBASeptember 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
66"Detox"TBAOctober 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)
67"Elvira"TBAOctober 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)
68"Suzanne Somers"TBAOctober 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)
69"Justin Tranter"TBAOctober 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
70"Aubrey Plaza"1:08:45November 2, 2016 (2016-11-02)
71"Raven-Symoné"TBANovember 9, 2016 (2016-11-09)
72"Melora Hardin"TBANovember 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)
73"Graham Norton"TBANovember 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)
74"Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman"TBANovember 30, 2016 (2016-11-30)
75"Chi Chi DeVayne"TBADecember 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)
76"Katya"TBADecember 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
77"A What's the Tee Christmas"TBADecember 21, 2016 (2016-12-21)
78"Bruce Vilanch"TBADecember 28, 2016 (2016-12-28)
79"Anna Chlumsky"TBAJanuary 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)
80"Niecy Nash"TBAJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)
81"Ear Hair Trimmers"1:20:47January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
82"Anna Faris"TBAFebruary 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)
83"Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything)"TBAFebruary 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
84"Timothy Simons (Veep)"TBAFebruary 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
85"Leah Remini Returns"TBAFebruary 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)
86"Siedah Garrett"TBAMarch 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
87"Tyler Henry (The Hollywood Medium)"TBAMarch 8, 2017 (2017-03-08)
88"Dan Levy"TBAMarch 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
89"Lady Gaga"TBAMarch 23, 2017 (2017-03-23)
90"The B-52s"1:07:32March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)
91"Missi Pyle & Zach Selwyn"1:10:50April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
92"Our Three Year AnniRUsary"1:20:53April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06)
93"Naya Rivera"1:09:59April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12)
94"Meghan Trainor"1:12:25April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19)
95"Denis O'Hare"1:03:12April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27)
96"Jennie Garth & Tori Spelling"1:03:55May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)
97"Peeno Noir (An Ode to Ru's Paul) with Tituss Burgess"1:18:17May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)
98"Lisa Robertson & Noah Galvin"1:05:47May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)
99"Marc Maron"1:06:59May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)
100"Barkmitzvah with Andie MacDowell & Joan Smalls"1:06:02May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)
101"Kelly Osbourne"1:15:09TBA
102"Natasha Lyonne"1:14:06TBA
103"Norman Lear"1:07:45TBA
104"Carol Kane"1:13:33TBA
105"Bob the Drag Queen"1:14:31TBA
106"Adore Delano"1:16:41TBA
107"Rose McGowan"1:11:41TBA
108"Pat Cleveland"1:07:05TBA
109"Hawaii & Las Vegas"1:09:51TBA
110"Amber Rose and Dr Chris Donaghue"1:06:00TBA
111"Thelma Houston and Freda Payne"1:12:13TBA
112"Adam Lambert"1:07:57TBA
113"Bob Lefsetz and David Russell"1:33:53TBA
114"Tracee Ellis Ross"1:20:38TBA
115"Do It Yourself Colonics"1:01:46TBA
116"Maria Bamford"1:10:07TBA
117"Michael Patrick King and Jody Watley"1:24:47TBA
118"Deadly Manners with Alex Aldea"28:48TBA
119"Ilana Glazer and Eliot Glazer"1:09:32TBA
120"Jinkx Monsoon"1:14:18TBA
121"Chaka Khan"1:10:57TBA
122"Frances Davis"1:08:28TBA
123"Halloween"50:07TBA
124"Randal Kleiser"1:04:44TBA
125"Randy Rainbow"1:00:56TBA
126"Suzanne de Passe"1:01:45TBA
127"LeVar Burton"1:02:14TBA
128"Jenifer Lewis"1:08:55TBA
129"Party in the Margins"1:09:43TBA
130"A What's the Tee Christmas"1:11:46TBA
131"Billy Eichner"1:15:56TBA
132"Winifred Hervey"1:12:14TBA
133"Dan Harris"1:09:11TBA
134"Camel Potanties with Vanessa Hudgens"1:16:29TBA
135"Vanessa Williams and Ross Mathews"1:02:54TBA
136"Queer Eye Returns"1:00:44TBA
137"Constance Zimmer and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman"1:14:21TBA
138"Kristin Chenoweth"1:14:47TBA
139"Titus Burgess and Shay Mitchell"1:10:29TBA
140"Emma Bunton (Baby Spice)"1:10:28TBA
141"Chris Colfer & Garcelle Beauvais"1:02:34TBA
142"Matt Walsh"1:20:14TBA
143"Esai Morales"1:08:34TBA
144"Andrew W.K."1:11:57TBA
145"Christina Applegate"1:09:14TBA
146"Shania Twain"1:16:08TBA
147"Bob Harper"1:12:53TBA
148"Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon"1:21:28TBA
149"Audra McDonald"55:33TBA
150"Kate Upton"1:05:04TBA
151"Andrew Rannells, Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson"1:43:12TBA
152"Mary Steenburgen"1:14:26TBA
153"Gavin Newsom"1:14:41TBA
154"Miles Heizer"1:06:30TBA
155"Lena Dunham"1:30:59TBA
156"Ashanti"1:08:17TBA
157"Sam Richardson"1:01:59TBA
158"GLOP on GLOW"1:05:14TBA
159"Kay Cannon"1:15:53TBA
160"Paul Scheer & June Diane Raphael"1:27:32TBA
161"Falling Asleep in the Poppies"1:07:30TBA
162"Meat Talk with Carrie Preston"1:06:55TBA
163"If I Can't Sell It...I'll Keep Sitting On It!"1:07:40TBA
164"Cher-ing is Caring"1:07:51TBA
165"Lady Bunny"1:14:12TBA
166"Mindful Hydration"1:10:18TBA
167"Riverdon't"1:10:16TBA
168"Lola & Lillie (Michelle's Daughters)"1:36:00TBA
169"Ivana Chubbuck"1:08:50TBA
170"Don Norman"1:14:48TBA
171"The Emmys"1:15:19TBA
172"Rectum Radio Live"1:00:22TBA
173"Alyssa Edwards, Marc Jacobs & Kim Jones"1:08:30TBA
174"Patti LuPoop"1:07:51TBA
175"Mally Roncal (Live in NYC)"1:03:19TBA
176"Kathy Najimy (Live in NYC)"1:05:46TBA
177"Kids at the Pool"1:10:30TBA
178"Lyrical Missteps"1:06:49TBA
179"Thandie Newton"1:11:52TBA
180"Getting out of Jury Duty"1:04:54TBA
181TBATBATBA
182"Evening Shade"1:04:39TBA
183"Jenifer Lewis, Cindy Cowan & the Tenison Twins"1:05:20TBA
184"Ciara & Kacey Musgraves"51:17TBA
185"Gus Kenworthy & Keiynan Lonsdale"1:05:17TBA
186"Zoë Kravitz, Erica Ash, & Tim Bagley"1:50:16TBA
187"Cecily Strong & Yvette Nicole Brown"1:02:02TBA
188"Jamal Sims"1:09:36TBA
189"Suzanne Bartsch & Rita Ora"1:19:39TBA
190"Frances Bean Cobain & Ellen Pompeo"1:43:37TBA
191"Felicity Huffman & Jason Wu"1:02:05TBA
192"Explant"1:11:02TBA
193"Laura Bell Bundy"1:12:00TBA
194"Miley Cyrus, Alec Mapa, Ts Madison & Tiffany "New York" Pollard"1:51:30TBA
195"Sydelle Noel & Bobby Moynihan"1:37:07TBA
196"Troye Sivan & Guillermo Díaz"1:08:55TBA
197"Joel McHale"1:08:26TBA
198"Cara Delevigne"1:17:03TBA
199"Adam Rippon"1:13:00TBA
200"Kandi Burruss & Amber Valletta"1:10:15TBA
201"Tony Hale & Clea DuVall"TBATBA
202"Fortune Feimster & Cheyeene Jackson"TBATBA
203"Gina Rodriguez & Katherine Langford"TBATBA
204"London"TBATBA
205"Uncle Lotto"TBATBA
206"John Cameron Mitchell"TBATBA
207"Aldea Everydea"TBATBA
208"Masterqueef Theatre"TBATBA
209"Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje"TBATBA
210"Michael-Leon Wooley"TBATBA
211"Marc Singer (The Beastmaster)"TBATBA
212"Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman"TBATBA
213"Diane Warren"TBATBA
214"The L Word"TBATBA
215"Nile Rodgers"TBATBA
216"Whitney Cummings"TBATBA
217"Oklahummus"TBATBA
218"Adrienne Barbeau"TBATBA
219"Rujacking"TBATBA
220"Sean Hayes"TBATBA
221"Kate Moennig"TBATBA
222"Rachel Bloom"TBATBA
223"Allee Willis"TBATBA
224"Char Margolis (Psychic"TBATBA
225"Alan Carr & Graham Norton"TBATBA
226"Andrew Garfield & Maisie Williams"TBATBA
227"Dame Twiggy"TBATBA
228"Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice)"TBATBA
229"Jade Thirlwall (Little Mix)"TBATBA
230"Cheryl"TBATBA
231"Michaela Coel"TBATBA
232"Tia Carrere"TBATBA
233"Adam Shankman"TBATBA
234"Izzy G (AJ and the Queen"TBATBA
235"Katya Returns"TBATBA
236"Kevin Daniels"TBATBA
237"Raven Returns"TBATBA
238"Ru and Michelle are Ru-united"TBATBA
239"Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas)"TBATBA
241"Mary Kay Place"TBATBA
241"Natasha Leggero"TBATBA
242"Isaac Mizrahi"TBATBA
243"Charles Blow"TBATBA
244"Michelle with the Good Knee"TBATBA
245"Nicki Minaj & Leslie Jones"TBATBA
246"Robyn & Normani"TBATBA
247"Chaka Kahn & Whoopi Goldberg"TBATBA
248"Daisy Ridley & Jeff Goldblum"TBATBA

Reception

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Noisey stated, "Honestly, this podcast slays the podcast game. After one hour of listening to RuPaul and Michelle Visage chat about sex, drugs, mental health, musicals, drag queens, Hollywood and the infinite wisdom of Judge Judy, you will feel as if your life is an empty vortex of nothingness when they are not making sounds into your ears."[2]

Hornet stated "Any Drag Race fan knows that if they want the scoop, they should listen to What's the Tee?"[8]

RuPaul: What's the Tee? won a Webby Award for Best Host in 2018, with both RuPaul and Visage being listed.[9][10] In 2017 and 2019 the podcast won the WOWIE Award for Best Podcast.[11][12] In 2020 the podcast was the runner-up for the Queerty Award in the Podcast category.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Daw, Stephen (October 1, 2018). "Five Things We Learned During the Live Taping of RuPaul's 'What's the Tee?' at RuPaul's DragCon NYC". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "How Not to Die From Boredom This Christmas". Noisey. December 23, 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ Donnelly, Eric (March 5, 2018). "Emma Bunton Talks Spice Girls On RuPaul's "What's The Tee?"". Mix 104.1. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ Gaca, Anna (February 6, 2019). "Frances Bean Cobain Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Record Deal Rumor". SPIN. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ Thiessen, Brock (February 6, 2019). "Frances Bean Cobain Sparks Record Deal Rumours in RuPaul Interview". Exclaim. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ St. James, James (March 22, 2017). "Lady Gaga Joins RuPaul & Michelle Visage on "What's the Tee?" Podcast to Talk About Clubbing, Fame, and those Pesky Paparazzi". World of Wonder. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. ^ Urquhart, Evan (February 6, 2018). ""What Have You Done for Women?"". Slate. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  8. ^ Keeley, Matt (August 9, 2018). "RuPaul Got Hopped Up on Coffee While Filming 'All Stars 4' and Flipped His Wig". Hornet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ^ "RuPaul: Whats The Tee With Michelle Visage". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. ^ Vogt, Bailey (April 27, 2018). "RuPaul's "What's the Tee" podcast wins 2018 Webby Award". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ Bruno, Emily. "WOWie AWARDS Honor Best in Pop Culture 2017". Broadway World. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  12. ^ "World of Wonder's 2019 WOWIE Awards Winners!". World of Wonder. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Podcast Winners". The Queerties. Retrieved 19 September 2022.