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 196 - She Took a Left at Dramatic
January 21, 2019 19:58 - 71.4 MBAneesh resolves to be a better Judy & gets stuck with relationship drama as a result, all of the flavors of things Aneesh has experimented with downstairs, our thoughts on the roast of Lady Bunny for episode 5 of All Stars 4, & 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 195 - Dial Up out the Closet
January 15, 2019 10:46 - 76.9 MBThrowback to the old days of technology, new people and routines at the radio station, Aneesh deals with a man who doesn’t understand coming out of the closet, our thoughts on the Jersey Justice of All Stars 4 and everything that happened, & 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 194 - Perfect on Paper
January 13, 2019 22:43 - 66.6 MBBoardgames and peak organization for New Year’s Eve, Aneesh goes on a date and feels absolutely nothing for someone who is perfect on paper, the Snatch Game of Love and our thoughts on episode 3 of All Stars 4, and 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 193 - Hey Sis, Single on Christmas
December 31, 2018 14:37 - 85.5 MBThe power of the habit of food, Aneesh’s knee goes cleek right when he had a Christmas gig, dealing with casual disrespect & constant relationship questions, some reflections on the end of the year & not being into resolutions, our thoughts on episode 2 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 192 - Big, Mysterious Packages
December 31, 2018 12:37 - 67 MBAneesh gets a mystery delivery of LaCroix for his birthday, saw some RuGirls on their holiday tour, the gays and their discomfort at functions that aren’t exclusively gay, our thoughts on episode 1 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 191 - The Tea Was Too Hot
December 22, 2018 13:43 - 67.8 MBOur mixed Ru-view on the Holi-Slay Spectacular, the return of Sonique, our thoughts on musicals, when spilling the tea goes too far & backfires on you, Aneesh gets a fake phone moan of an Instagram DM, & 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 190 - Shut Your Pie Hole
December 20, 2018 15:28 - 74.6 MBTumblr ditches porn, we go down memory lane & see what Aneesh’s first Amazon purchase was, Aneesh learns the hard way about having the right message and the wrong delivery while out at the bar, biphobia in the LGBT community, the preview of the Holi-Slay Spectacular 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 189 - Accidental Thanksgiving Meat
December 06, 2018 13:56 - 64.6 MBTalking Thanksgiving, Aneesh’s parents splitting turkey day, our thoughts on eating meat, all of the people Aneesh dated showing up to the same restaurant, not dealing with people who don’t have a plan, our thoughts on public bathrooms & how people use them, Gia Gunn drumming up the drama in the All Stars 4 promo, & 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 somet...
BotM 188 - Hey, Big Spender
December 01, 2018 16:32 - 74.6 MBAneesh goes to Vegas for a friend’s birthday and sees Drag Race legends Coco Montrese, Shannel, & India Ferrah, the very American way of gift-giving, the value of designer things & materialism, people assuming Aneesh’s sister can’t take care of her own car, doing yoga as an Indian-American, All Stars 4 coming so soon, & 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 s...
BotM 187 - Deceptive on the Down-Low
November 23, 2018 13:37 - 89.4 MBPeople’s descriptions of themselves on the “dating” apps being bold-faced lies, what the diamond emoji means, the Democrat actually won the Arizona seat for the Senate, plus the cast reveal for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 getting delayed by 22 hours, all of our thoughts on the cast, & 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 186 - Sitting on Swarovski
November 14, 2018 09:48 - 70.4 MBSex toys and the glassy materials they can be made with, not being a weenie in the sex shop, people being insecure on their phones, Caitlyn Jenner donates money to the LGBT youth in Phoenix to much critique, her complicated legacy in the community, & 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 185 - Twinks at the Pool
November 07, 2018 00:47 - 79.8 MBAlyssa Edwards’s Dancing Queen on Netflix gets a mixed review from us, whether you should get drunk at the work party, apple pie moonshine, people’s fantasies on the apps & the daddy dynamic, pool parties for twinks, & 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 184 - First Time on the Grind
October 30, 2018 01:02 - 78.4 MBTalking Grindr, people engaging with blank profiles, conceptions of masculinity based on appearances, dating someone who’s come out of the closet late & having their first experiences, when you just want to hook up & not date, & 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 183 - Hurricane at the Club
October 22, 2018 11:37 - 65.3 MBThe Aneesh Pledge hike keeps getting washed out by rain, hurricanes in Europe, Aneesh gets it going for the ladies and gets pursued by a particularly attractive man, the gays not being honest at brunch, learning how to read people & the value of being open, & much more! You can get our new merch now at http://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 182 - There Is No D in Hiking
October 14, 2018 16:08 - 63.7 MBFriends in throuples having issues, Aneesh's hiking date takes a twist at the end, our thoughts on smoking, the official launch of our merch, & much more! To get your own Slo Mo Sexual, Professionally Petty, or Read My Lisp merch, head on over to https://teespring.com/stores/botmainstream!
BotM 181 - Grindr in Church
October 07, 2018 18:38 - 98.6 MBNetflix goes Bravo with Made in Mexico, Aneesh gets on Grindr in church, the point when you’re over a relationship & what to do with it, the truth about closure, Kim Chi’s garment drama for DragCon NYC, & much more!
BotM 180 - Not on Beyoncé Day
September 29, 2018 16:53 - 82.1 MBAneesh looks just like his dad, the actual worst day ever leading up to seeing Beyonce, including emergency room visits and bad organization, getting flirted with for business opportunities, the biggest red flags in online dating, using the wrong skin tone emoji, & much more!
BotM 179 - Date in the Park
September 21, 2018 16:40 - 73.1 MBSacha gets a cold & weighs how much productivity is necessary when sick, what self care really means, Aneesh’s struggle between sex positivity and feeling like the dating pool is a small village, the worst date idea ever, our thoughts on which holiday is for which season, and more!
BotM 178 - Vegas On, Makeup Off
September 16, 2018 11:22 - 86 MBAneesh goes to Vegas and gets kicked out of a bar for talking about blowjobs, when getting ready to go is too much, getting your palms AND your toes read, meeting Mariah Carey, the beauty industry self-imploding, and much more!
BotM 177 - From Zero to Kardashian
September 08, 2018 11:38 - 72.6 MBTaking the Aneesh Pledge one inch at a time, Aneesh meets Sam Smith in a wedding dress, high school drama between the adults at LGBT youth summer camp, India overturns its colonial-era ban on homosexual relations, and much more!
BotM 176 - Ghosts in Your Bush
August 29, 2018 11:26 - 58.3 MBThis week is all about clearing the weeds: we talk manscaping and finding your sweet spot with trimming your bush, plus friend ghosting & our thoughts on it, and more!
BotM 175 - Drop Dead Dancing
August 25, 2018 20:31 - 81.7 MBAneesh got sick from working too much and lived to tell us all the juicy details, including how the charity dance-off went, plus a bit of our thoughts Pearl’s RuPaul moment, and more!
BotM 174 - The Aneesh Pledge
August 19, 2018 16:26 - 88.9 MBThis week is all about the Aneesh Pledge: the moment that started Aneesh’s meltdown and the things that went through his mind while it was happening, body image and coming to terms with yourself about your body, the moments that lead up to deciding to take action, and much more!
BotM 173 - Swinging Threesomes
August 10, 2018 00:30 - 80 MBSacha survived the hell that was the Iberian heatwave, Aneesh shares thoughts on fundraising for charity and the catty gays who are quick to judge, working on a new drag competition, the trouble with your bar becoming the threesome bar, Shane Dawson’s series on Jeffree Star, & much more!
BotM 172 - She Threw Her Drink
August 02, 2018 11:59 - 77.5 MBAneesh witnesses the drink-throwing incident at Aquaria’s show firsthand, talks about hanger and entitlement, how to not be a terrible person, when the drinking goes awry with your friends, plus a moment you won’t want to miss at the end!
BotM 171 - Mama's Missing
July 26, 2018 08:54 - 69.7 MBAneesh’s mama went missing, white peoples’ casual racism firsthand, a followup on being Just Fine and how to deal with people whose social skills are subpar, when it’s necessary to back out of plans, how the internet cultivates an environment that glorifies self-loathing and low body image, and much more!
BotM 170 - She Got the Booty
July 20, 2018 14:42 - 93.7 MBA discussion of when, where, and how Sacha got the booty, trimming your nose hairs and other body grooming for men, all the gays migrating from one city to another to go to the same exact parties, staying connected with LGBT elders, God is a Woman, what to do when you’re not thrilled with dating, and much more!
BotM 169 - They're All Bottoms
July 12, 2018 16:08 - 55.5 MBThe gays go to the gym, Aneesh gets fed up with all the bottom shaming and assumptions, people being deliberately misunderstanding as a form of oppression, India’s Supreme Court making landmark moves toward legalizing & legitimizing gay existence, & much more!
BotM 168 - Bottom's Honor
July 04, 2018 09:51 - 71.4 MBAneesh gets stuck in the middle of a messy friend situation, the even greater mess that it turns out the Drag Race reunion was, the importance of the conversation about race in queer communities and on the show, our thoughts on the season 10 finale, & much more!
BotM 167 - Drama Reunited
June 28, 2018 18:58 - 84.2 MBAneesh experiences Netflix and awkward, our thoughts in the immediate aftermath of the Drag Race reunion, including Vixen’s situation, RuPaul getting messy, Asia O’Hara being the heart of the season, & much more! We would like to note that our thoughts and comments are on the show as it aired on the television—it has come to light since the episode aired that production was particularly heavy-handed in twisting the edit, which we did not take into account at the time of recording. We do not ...
BotM 166 - Daddy Day
June 20, 2018 23:46 - 74.4 MBAneesh is calling out being othered by straight people’s questioning, Twitter’s daddy issues, our thoughts on the top 4 episode of Drag Race, & much more!
BotM 165 - Bang on the First Date
June 14, 2018 17:45 - 86.8 MBHanger & popsockets, Aneesh joins a dance competition for the cause & gets roped into a Production™, goes on a date with a 23 year old, dating with & without experience, meeting people around the world on the internet & old-school camming, our thoughts on the top 5 episode of Drag Race, & more!
BotM 164 - Suck a D for Free
June 06, 2018 18:26 - 75.1 MBSexual one upping, queens that get off on whining, supporting the gayborhood, a white Latino friend coopting Aneesh’s brown struggle, the Miss Congeniality bot shenanigans, when the D pic is unappealing, and more!
BotM 163 - Big Gay Poker Face
May 30, 2018 23:30 - 70.2 MBAneesh gets bored at the ballet, the art of being gay and social climbing, being oblivious to how to flirt and click with guys, Sacha shares his story meeting one of the special makeover guests from this week on Drag Race, our thoughts on the episode, and more!
BotM 162 - What That D Do?
May 22, 2018 23:55 - 67.6 MBThe intricacies of facial hair, Instagram ruining Aneesh’s life and deleting his posts, the old man who fell and couldn’t get back up and then got lost in Phoenix, guys who are too afraid to gay date, gays working service jobs being awful to other gays, our Drag Race update, & much more!
BotM 161 - Twinks on Top
May 16, 2018 11:22 - 76.4 MBTwinks getting editorialized, learning how to tell when someone is just not that into you, the superior potato chip, our thoughts on The Vixen’s exit from Drag Race, and much more!
BotM 160 - Facts Are Facts, Herpes Is Herpes
May 08, 2018 23:14 - 82 MBFrench people stealing Sacha’s email, Aneesh gives us the down low on herpes, STIs and their stigma, people who fetishize them, Aneesh’s bizarre date to the straight strip club, the kids looking beefy, our Drag Race update, & much more!
BotM 159 - Sleepy, Salty Cracker
May 01, 2018 23:56 - 68.7 MBAneesh meets Miz Cracker, bottom shaming, scouting your friends for a foursome, the weirdest things that have happened to us during sex, our Drag Race update, and much more!
BotM 158 - We Don't Live in a Porno World
April 25, 2018 16:04 - 64.7 MBAneesh has a gay-curious inquisitor, being the older one in the relationship and setting the example, Aneesh meets boy band 5sos, talking about goals and manifesting the things you want, our Drag Race update, & much more!
BotM 157 - Live, Laugh, Pay Your Bills, Love
April 18, 2018 10:19 - 67.6 MBAneesh goes No Tea NOLA & deals with messy friends and money, not feeling at home at the gay bar, this week on Drag Race season 10, and more!
BotM 156 - Bite Off a Piece of Pride
April 10, 2018 18:57 - 73.2 MBPride takes a bite out of Aneesh, messy children at the Bebe Rexha meet and greet, our Drag Race Season 10 update, how we felt about the Vixen in Untucked, & more!
BotM 155 - You Are the Company You Keep
April 04, 2018 11:01 - 73.7 MBWhen to cut toxic friends out of your life, how the people around you reflect who you are, our thoughts on the latest Ru-sical in Season 10 of Drag Race plus our thoughts on how the queens are progressing, and more!
BotM 154 - Auntie Aneesh Is Spicy
March 29, 2018 09:58 - 82.5 MBHow to up your peanut butter game, Sacha’s channel is growing & the haters are coming in, Auntie Aneesh, living your true self in public & internalized homophobia, the “village effect” being a turn off, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 premier, and much more!
BotM 153 - Sounds Like A You Problem, Not A Me Problem
March 21, 2018 23:22 - 59.1 MBAneesh on the apps, dealing with jealous people and being grown up about it, the weird finale to All Stars 3, and much more!
BotM 152 - Don't Call Me by My Name
March 15, 2018 10:42 - 102 MBNot-Aneesh had a problem with ha not-name on Facebook, Beyoncé has some stuff a’brewing, All Stars 3 had a dud of an acting challenge for the top 5, Sacha gets blocked by Jasmine Masters, our thoughts on the Queer Eye reboot, and much more!
BotM 151 - Get the Lipstick, I'm Going Home
March 07, 2018 21:32 - 102 MBA whammy of a week means it’s a special-sized podcast! Aneesh struggles with life, All Stars 3 has us reeling with the drama and the self-elimination to end all eliminations, RuPaul’s latest trans controversy, and much more!
BotM 150 - Slow Mo Sexual
February 28, 2018 20:06 - 64.1 MBAneesh’s best Judy death drops for the 'gram, when people convince themselves they’re dating and they’re not, the disco ball disaster of a week on All Stars 3, the cast ru-veal of season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and much more!
BotM 149 - Giving You Hot Dog Realness
February 22, 2018 11:45 - 72.7 MBAneesh was told by AppleCare that his calendar was going to be ready a day in advance and held a party to honor all bodies & support a youth LGBT organization, Sacha gets a Pixel, Drag Race gets cringeworthy in the Snatch Game episode of All Stars 3, and more!
BotM 148 - Professionally Petty
February 15, 2018 13:17 - 77.6 MBAneesh gets his contract renewed, gets busy feeling the fantasy in a weekend Airbnb, relationships that aren’t meant to be, this week’s sour Milk drama on All Stars 3, and much more!
BotM 147 - Going Down on Ghosts
February 07, 2018 23:08 - 87.3 MBSacha’s gay hands gesticulating are bothering the heterosexuals, Aneesh gets cleared up on getting ghosted, dating people with social and psychological baggage, all the drama from episode 2 of All Stars 3 & our thoughts on Thorgy & Milk, and much more!