Bottom of the Mainstream
199 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsPhoenix radio personality Aneesh & behind the scenes producer Sacha talking every week about all things queer/LGBT, what's up in Phoenix, pop culture, and more! 2015-2020.
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Episodes
BotM 246 - Started on the Bottom, Still Not Mainstream
February 22, 2020 12:06 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBWhat we think is going to be a success versus how it really happens, when colognes smell good but don’t work for you & our favorite colognes, being at the point in life where responsibilities set in, whether partners should get a pass for being stupid, plus the end of the podcast and what our favorite moments were of it, and much, much more! Thank you so much for listening with us over the years!
BotM 245 - The Penultimate
February 12, 2020 10:28 - 92.7 MBLooking back on trends and music we grew up with, the cast RuVeal of season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and our first impressions of all the new queens, and much more!
BotM 244 - Squeezing the Meat
January 25, 2020 18:36 - 61.8 MBThe joy of flatbread, whether dick pics are par for the course or offensive on Grindr, the value of random gifts from your parents as an adult, Aneesh gets squeezed into bottle service, waiting for the new season of Drag Race, & more!
BotM 243 - Tea All Over the Computer
January 18, 2020 14:23 - 69.4 MBOur thoughts on AJ & the Queen, Nikkie Tutorials coming out, Aneesh spills coffee on his computer and has a man telling him one thing and doing another, & much more!
BotM 242 - Fancy Home in the New Year
January 08, 2020 18:05 - 80.5 MBCelebs with and without taste on Architectural Digest as inspo, Oprah not knowing the words & other meme moments in pop culture, Aneesh got a hotel room and a smooch for New Year’s Eve, gay PDA, the importance of taking good nudes & having photo memories, Aneesh ordered a treadmill, what’s up with Drag Race, & much more!
BotM 241 - Trolling for the Holidays
January 01, 2020 18:29 - 72.3 MBThe things we love about Costco, why Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas, Aneesh’s story of getting no Christmas gifts and someone in the friend circle deliberately trying to be a troll, how bubbles form on the internet and lead to people believing misguided things, & more!
BotM 240 - A Raise for the Holidays
December 23, 2019 20:24 - 65.3 MBAneesh doesn’t want to talk about his birthday, got a holiday wish come true at work, thoughts on people turning up at work, Sacha’s got no time for the straights, when work is too much but you’ve got to get it done, & more!
BotM 239 - Wax It Off
December 18, 2019 12:10 - 70.2 MBAneesh was renamed Denise and is the queen of phone cases, our worst stories of phones breaking, thoughts on Trixie’s documentary Moving Parts, the tea on those viral videos of men getting waxed, & much more!
BotM 238 - Thanks-Gifting
December 10, 2019 17:59 - 89.8 MBGoing rogue and buying an illicit washing machine for your apartment, a laser hair removal update because it actually works, a big thank you to a lovely listener who gifted a game, Aneesh talks about this year’s Thanksgiving & family time, & much more!
BotM 237 - She's Not Humble
December 03, 2019 13:13 - 59.5 MBThe great toilet paper vs wipes debate, Aneesh has a cold and sells his breakfast nook to a white man who asks the “where are you from?” question, Flame Monroe lights up a debate with a terrible interview on trans pronouns, the finale and our winner of Drag Race UK, & much more!
BotM 236 - Disney Minge
November 26, 2019 00:39 - 84.6 MBDisney+ is here to hit us in the sweet spot of nostalgia, our thoughts on Pokemon Sword and Shield, the makeover episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is here, & much more!
BotM 235 - Extra Salty Water
November 19, 2019 14:22 - 79.3 MBAneesh gets sloppy and says just a little too much to his date, straight handymen helping with interior design, the gehls sell their own bottles of water on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, & much more!
BotM 234 - Dress Up, Bye Bye
November 11, 2019 22:06 - 68.5 MBRent’s due, our thoughts on dressing up for Halloween, buying too much clothing, Aneesh hacks a deal ordering in, when spa treatments turn into brand deals, the girls get split into groups on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, & more!
BotM 233 - The Wrong View
November 03, 2019 19:08 - 90.2 MBDrag queens sucking up to daytime TV Republicans, people’s obsession with not rewearing things, how we really feel about Halloween and costumes, people not paying attention when talking shit, the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK girls take on Snatch Game, & much more!
BotM 232 - Stir Shit, Get Messy
October 24, 2019 22:38 - 85.5 MBSacha explains just what exactly was going on in Barcelona’s protests, Aneesh has a disaster hosting a drag show in an aquarium, Tatianna gets a mugshot, gay men being catty to others who work in certain fields, how wealth works, an actress provoked the internet with the N word, the car boot sale design episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, & much more!
BotM 231 - No Debt, Much Better
October 21, 2019 21:02 - 71.8 MBOur thoughts on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK episode 2, our thoughts on shacking up with people with debt, money management and living within your means, and more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 230 - Her Tuppence Is Showing
October 14, 2019 15:39 - 89.8 MBAneesh goes to Vegas & the heterosexuals are nagging him to go out to the gay bars, our thoughts on the impeachment inquiry, a determined Judy playing matchmaker, the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is here, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 229 - Knee Jam for the Gram
October 06, 2019 16:41 - 69.3 MBRevisiting the vaping ban, flavored cigarettes & teenagers smoking, people’s eyes not matching their face, getting work done on your face, thin lips & fillers, Aneesh busts a knee for the ‘gram, getting the best photos on accident, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 228 - Vape and Grind
September 25, 2019 18:49 - 86 MBVaping coming under scrutiny versus smoking other stuff, guys who have impossible expectations about how you’re supposed to talk & meet on the apps, Aneesh has an experience with a straight man at a salsa bar, power and privilege dynamics, Werq the World passes through PHX, the grand finale of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s so...
BotM 227 - Rats & Heels
September 22, 2019 19:18 - 84.5 MBRats in the city, language and culture for second-generation immigrants, Aneesh challenges himself to wear heels, the neighbor’s porn was on blast, the top 4 challenge of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 226 - Don't Settle Too Soon
September 15, 2019 14:10 - 83.3 MBTrinity preaching the good word about taking your time before getting it on and not getting taken advantage of young, Aneesh goes to a housewarming party and feels out of place among all of the settled down gays, what it means to have interests and be interesting, the ball of season 6 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 225 - Bat Wing
September 09, 2019 06:00 - 70.3 MBAneesh discovers a whole new world of wangs, goes to a Chippendales show and saw a lot of man, the importance of the fantasy versus the reality of who you hook up with, sussing out whether someone you meet might be gay too, the wedding makeover episode of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 224 - The NSFW Episode
September 06, 2019 21:19 - 76.3 MBIt’s too hot for anything in Arizona, how it feels to come to terms with your clothing size & shopping for new clothes, guys who insist they need to use Magnums & their size complexes, whether and when size really matters, what to do when the D is either too big or too small, the talk show episode of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, the...
BotM 223 - Boycott Silent Letters
August 28, 2019 18:34 - 81.8 MBThe struggle for the perfect night cream, Drita doesn’t have time for two Gs in eggs, all the gays boycotting Equinox and the reality of corporate political donations, Aneesh has a wild Friday night walking in on cheating about to happen, the legendary comedy special episode of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race where Laganja is Feeling Very Attacked, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual ki...
BotM 222 - I Wish I Didn't Know That
August 25, 2019 11:57 - 74.9 MBSacha gets singed at his laser hair removal, that feeling when someone tells you just a little too much & everything is ruined, white people adopting a whole new personality around people of color, Aneesh rethinks an Insta post of the Trump Tower in Chicago, the queens sell RuPaul’s makeup in season 6 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something fo...
BotM 221 - Turkey Leg at the State Fair
August 11, 2019 16:23 - 72.8 MBAneesh’s Instagram gets shadowbanned, so Auntie Aneesh has come back in full force and hashtags, discovers a new way to market his events on Growlr, the 90s rap episode of season 6 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 220 - Bereft of Sex
August 07, 2019 18:18 - 75.6 MBBeing the token gay at events, introducing new crowds to drag, Aneesh’s neighbors let their out of control dog run wild, Monet & Gia squash their beef, the Snatch Game of season 6, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 219 - Planes Are Nasty
July 23, 2019 21:02 - 71.3 MBOur favorite cheap skincare, going to the bathroom on planes, Aneesh goes to San Diego Pride and makes a point about not staying only in the group and people taking too long in the bathroom, continuing on with season 6 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 218 - So Pretty, Yet So Ugly
July 15, 2019 17:51 - 76.6 MBThe stories behind our stance on smoking, Sacha completes a year at the gym, the struggle of finding clothes that fit, Aneesh confronts gay speculation over the star of a recent meet and greet, the wrong opinions on the Ariel casting from miss Versace, the queens reunite & Vivacious goes home on season 6 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something...
BotM 217 - She Loves Lavender
July 12, 2019 20:49 - 97.5 MBSacha loves lavender and Roxanne, Pride as a concept all year, how to tell a Colorado accent, the long process of learning the conversational balance at brunch, the gays and their fancy underwear, the second premier of season 6 of Drag Race, the Pit Crew member who is lying about his age, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 216 - How About You Wear the Rainbow
July 03, 2019 17:21 - 73.8 MBWhere we stand on plastic surgery, the straights are at it again insisting on Aneesh wearing a rainbow & everything wrong with that, corporate pride, drive-by homophobia & the little things we all deal with, how positive public reactions can still be a problem as a queer person, our recap of season 6 of Drag Race begins, & much more! You can get our merch at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s someth...
BotM 215 - Corporate Pride Is a Fraud
June 22, 2019 15:11 - 68.2 MBAneesh gets some horny “straight” DMs, a French ASMR Grindr read, the old days of gay profiles online, a pigeon that may be Aneesh’s mother reincarnate, the gays not wanting to share the spotlight, our thoughts on Taylor Swift now embracing the gays, a new something we’re doing with Drag Race, & more!
BotM 214 - Summer Void
June 21, 2019 14:48 - 65 MBAneesh finds all sorts of treasures from his oldest archived photos, spills the tea on getting his face properly made up, Sacha has been entertaining family, the conversation dives into diet, all the Nintendo announcements, & a bit more!
BotM 213 - Big Odd Balls
June 09, 2019 12:37 - 58.7 MBThe return of ASMR Grindr, Aneesh gets an unusual message in the DMs, going through it and needing space, how much penetration is too much, our thoughts on the finale and winner of season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & much more!
BotM 212 - Embrace the Suck
May 31, 2019 12:32 - 93.6 MBBeauty gurus going nuclear, white girls not bathing properly & admitting to it on Twitter, our thoughts on Drag Race from Nina West going home to the reunion episode, how Aneesh is processing the news of his mother passing away and the experience of truly becoming an adult, plus much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 211 - Bippity, Boppity Oop
May 09, 2019 10:16 - 77.3 MBAneesh sounds like a potato, Hinge and the new crop of dating apps with overly specific dating questions, the Lisa Frank and Powerpuff Girls of our childhoods, Cinco de Mayo and friends who take their messy Twitter Gay™ personality into the real world, our thoughts on the Dragacadabra episode of Drag Race, & much more!
BotM 210 - She Jiggled at Publix
May 06, 2019 00:14 - 62.8 MBAneesh goes to Orlando on vacation and visits the Pulse memorial, Publix and people loving their grocery stores, how far is too far with pet kisses, Plastique Tiara can twerk, our thoughts on the LADP episode of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 209 - Vacation like a Queen
April 28, 2019 21:36 - 72.4 MBThe birth of Auntie Aneesh, Sacha gets ready for 27, Aneesh hosts a big ‘ol drag night to great success, our thoughts on this season’s Snatch Game, the double-save stunt-sync, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 208 - 4 Years of BotM
April 18, 2019 17:58 - 61.7 MBCelebrating 4 years of BotM with a touch more ASMR, Aneesh goes on a college-style country bender, Paris was literally burning, our thoughts on the farm to runway episode of season 11 of Drag Race, & more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 207 - ASMR Grindr
April 09, 2019 22:49 - 68.8 MBASMR readings of posts from r/lolgrindr, Aneesh goes to Pride, moves to his new apartment and doesn’t get shirtless movers as promised, & has a bizarre interaction with Coolio, our thoughts on the Draglympics of season 11 of Drag Race, & more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 206 - This Week Is Haunted
April 04, 2019 21:57 - 85.2 MBApril has Sacha on birthday prep, Aneesh deals with the murder of one of the youths from his volunteer gig and wraps up his wrecked car saga, plus our thoughts on Trump the Rusical and the Monster Ball of Drag Race season 11. You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 205 - Don't Be Rude
March 27, 2019 17:35 - 86.3 MBAneesh is moving into a 1 bedroom from his studio, dealing with horrible people in customer service in front of children, Iggy Azalea is gay-baiting us with drag queens, our thoughts on the 6-way lipsync episode of season 11 of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 204 - A Bold-Faced Lie
March 20, 2019 12:13 - 75.4 MBAn update on Aneesh’s car leaves him with a lemon, dealing with small talk, Instagram ruining everyone’s body image, our thoughts on the first acting challenge of Drag Race, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 203 - It Was Really That Bad
March 14, 2019 21:21 - 78.6 MBAneesh has the worst service at an Indian restaurant, all the Judies are dressing the same, the gay bars are full of drama & closing down, the first episode of season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 202 - Take A P, Get Some D
March 04, 2019 13:12 - 70.2 MBTrashy Australian reality TV, Aneesh scores big experimenting with Grindr photos, asking all the wrong questions at an AIDS march, Aneesh goes to Haters Roast, the mainstream appropriating queer lingo, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 201 - Take Two
February 26, 2019 14:38 - 72.8 MB200 episodes of Bottom of the Mainstream, RIP Karl Lagerfeld, learning about the Jussie hoax (recorded before we learned of the full details!) and feeling a type of way about it, which superpower we would like to have, a confused bi man on Instagram, our thoughts on the All Stars 4 finale, & more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 200 - T-Boned at Taco Bell
February 19, 2019 15:54 - 60 MBAneesh gets a taco-shaped surprise on his way to change his oil, people automatically asking the "but where are you from from?" question, our thoughts on the Sex & the Kitty Girls episode of All Stars 4, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 199 - Queen of the Club
February 12, 2019 17:57 - 60.4 MBAneesh goes to a party in the lap of luxury & ends up babysitting, what happens when you get too sloppy, the gays watch the Super Bowl, our thoughts on the controversial makeover episode of All Stars 4, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 198 - Sickeningly Sweet
February 05, 2019 11:24 - 84.3 MBTaking a tangent about food thanks to Coca Cola’s weird new “with coffee” flavor (not spon, thx), our favorite vegetables, what we thought of the RuVeal of the Season 11 cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the club night episode of All Stars 4, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!
BotM 197 - We Were Thinking About Going Anal
January 28, 2019 18:24 - 83.5 MBApartment hunting is stressful, when your friends definitely do NOT want you to date that guy, casually soliciting advice on anal, the lipsync smackdown LalapaRuza of All Stars 4, fans turning on Latrice, & much more! You can get our new merch now at teespring.com/stores/botmainstream! Whether you’re a Professionally Petty, Read My Lisp, or a SloMoSexual kind of queen, there’s something for you!