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 96 - Grammys So White
February 14, 2017 01:12 - 53.9 MBBeyoncé was robbed by the only Adele who could get away with it, a lack of black at the Grammys, thoughts on the season 9 queens from Drag Race, Aneesh dating before sex, and much more this week!
BotM 95 - Waxing Poetic
February 07, 2017 01:17 - 60.7 MBThis week, Aneesh discovers the hidden wonders of Brazilian booty wax, we’re Surviving Trump, Beyoncé is having twins, Lady Gaga made everyone gag at the Super Bowl, and more!
BotM 94 - Stay Away from the Chickens
February 01, 2017 01:07 - 50.6 MBThis week we debut a new segment or two talking about our LGBT persona of the week, Surviving Trump & the things we’re thankful or happy for, Aneesh updates us on his third date with a fabulous fellow, Rihanna & Azealia get into it on Instagram, & much more!
BotM 93 - Not a Swift March
January 24, 2017 16:54 - 52.2 MBThis week we witnessed the largest protest marches in American history & talk about them, Taylor Swift’s absence from such an important women’s protest, trans feminism, and much more!
BotM 92 - New Year, Who Dis?
January 17, 2017 12:41 - 46.2 MBThis week, Aneesh debuts a scruffy new look, Sacha opens up about January funk, plus Martin Luther King Jr Day and its historical significance, as well as highlighting the extraordinary life of Bayard Rustin!
BotM 91 - Free Drink, Not Free Pass
January 10, 2017 20:09 - 58.1 MBThis week, Aneesh claps back at straight men getting free drinks at the gay bar and lazy drag queens, plus Meryl’s speech at the Golden Globes, boys wearing and doing makeup, & more!
BotM 90 — Doesn't Get Any Better than This
January 04, 2017 16:28 - 60 MBThe New Year came & went with Mariah’s meltdown, some racism in Phoenix, and a look back on how 2016 went & what our goals are for the year to come!
BotM 89 - Peace Out 2016
December 29, 2016 00:21 - 52.1 MBThis week, Christmas happened, Aneesh preps for moving house, we still had hope for Carrie Fisher, and we start our look back on 2016!
BotM 88 - Daddy Issues
December 20, 2016 22:58 - 67.2 MBIt’s not just Beyoncé, this week we’re talking daddy issues, a polyamorous encounter Aneesh stumbled upon, and more!
BotM 87 - Tardy for the Party
December 14, 2016 00:14 - 57.7 MBHappy birthday to Aneesh! We talk being Aneesh’s late to work drama, perspective on the election results a month out, Gaga’s publicity stunt for homeless LGBTQ youth, and much more!
BotM 86 - Lardi B in the House
December 07, 2016 00:00 - 52.4 MBThis week, Aneesh debuts Lardi B in her chola realness, gets to meet Coco Montrese at a local drag show, we talk over how much older is too much older, and much more!
BotM 85 - Thanksgiving Buns
November 29, 2016 19:04 - 50.2 MBThis week we give thanks for food and white people and their housekeeping, Aneesh talks about becoming Anita Top for charity, a Drag Race producer goes off the deep end, and more!
BotM 84 - A Kanye Moment
November 23, 2016 00:49 - 60.2 MBNo one is entirely sure what’s going on with Kanye or this year, the former governor of Indiana gets booed at the Hamilton musical, we discover a girl with an Indian tattoo on Twitter, Aneesh goes to the AMAs this week, and more this week!
BotM 83 - Election Update
November 14, 2016 14:01 - 77.6 MBWell, she done already done had herses. The election came & went, we dig deep into what happened, what it means, & where we go from here.
BotM 82 - Election Special
November 08, 2016 19:01 - 54.7 MBToday is election day in the US of A so don’t you dare not get out there & make your voice heard! Go vote, and listen to us chat about the election, a Kaskade concert, and more on this week’s episode while you wait!
BotM 81 - Keeping Up with the Marys
November 01, 2016 22:02 - 56.5 MBHappy Halloween! This week we talk consumerism & material gay culture, the tea spilled at the RPDR All Stars 2 reunion episode, and a new perspective on It Gets Better.
BotM 80 - He Doesn't Want the D
October 25, 2016 21:04 - 53.5 MBSacha’s hit a YouTube goal, Aneesh gets bolder & messier out & about being a homosexual, the curious case of a gay man who doesn’t like D, talking about when you just know someone else is gay, and much more this week!
BotM 79 - Are You Hearing Yourself?
October 18, 2016 16:48 - 54.6 MBAneesh is now at your service for all your wedding ceremony needs, starting with some of our favorite listeners this week! Drag Race All Stars finale fell a little flat, Phoenix gays demanding the impossible, and more this episode!
BotM 78 - Mean Girls
October 11, 2016 13:00 - 58.6 MBWe’re getting pretty suspicious of RuPaul’s Best Friends Race this week, Alaska throws a tantrum, we draw a question mark over Roxxxy’s exclamation point, Donald’s grabbing pussy & horrifying everyone, plus much more!
BotM 77 - Questionable Choices
October 04, 2016 10:06 - 56.5 MBAneesh is now caucasian woman Ann Miller and she insists on speaking to the manager in Aneesh After Hours, our Drag Race recap for All Stars 2 this week, Kim Kardashian gets robbed at gunpoint, and more!
BotM 76 - This Is What I Want
September 27, 2016 10:34 - 72.8 MBThe spillover from last week is real as Aneesh goes to a local drag show & we go on & on about the “RuVenge” from the latest episode of All Stars. Plus, more shakeups in Aneesh After Hours, and a little bit about Gigi’s announcement that she’s a lesbian!
BotM 75 - All That Drag
September 19, 2016 22:22 - 56.2 MBThe Drag Race episode! We get into the twists & turns of the latest two episodes, spill the tea on how we really feel about all the queens, discuss RuPaul finally getting an Emmy for the show, and much more this week!
BotM 74 - Highly Anticipated Events
September 13, 2016 12:52 - 61 MBWhat a time to be waiting for things! We talk 9/11, giving back to the LGBT youth & learning from them, Lady Gaga’s ~smash hit~ single, and a little bit of Kardashian mess this week!
BotM 73 - Once Upon a Time
September 06, 2016 22:17 - 68.8 MBThis week Aneesh’s mic failed, Sacha has a cold, the show is a day behind, and we’re still here and going strong. Plus, we talk about the national anthem incidents and dig into nationalism/patriotism as well as go ham over Drag Race All Stars season 2, revealing our favorite queens & thoughts on what’s happened so far!
BotM 72 - Gold Star Gays ft. Britta Martin
August 30, 2016 01:18 - 58 MBWe have a special guest this week! Britta Martin of the Phoenix Gaymers joins us to talk about Gold Star gayness, nonbinary identities, zucchini, & much more! You can also find Britta at Phoenix Gaymers (phoenixgaymers.com) or @icleanwater all over the web!
BotM 71 - The Blond(e) Glory Is Back
August 23, 2016 14:35 - 59 MBThis week we glorify the glorious Glory, talk other long-awaited Blond albums and pop culture faux-intellectual art, explain last week’s title and talk about social media branding & food advertising, and much more!
BotM 70 - These Vapid Causation Homosexuals Are a Mess
August 16, 2016 00:04 - 62.8 MBWe predicted the future with Nico Hines’s disaster of a Rio gay-baiting article, get lost talking about a leaked single collab by Azealia Banks & Lady Gaga, go over what happened to Gigi Gorgeous in Dubai, & much more in this week’s episode!
BotM 69 - The Gag Is, It's Not for You
August 09, 2016 00:34 - 60.5 MBSacha shares a sordid tale of shared living past, Aneesh gets lost on a hike, Britney’s album cover is a disaster but she won the internet last week anyway, and why it’s unacceptable for straight women to get on Grindr, all in this week’s episode!
BotM 68 - Just Do Better
August 02, 2016 00:40 - 56.2 MBThis week Niantic has Pokémon Gone and pissed off a bunch of players, Aneesh has unified branding, the New York Grilled Cheese Company in Florida stood up for trans rights, Donald Trump is still the worst, the Looking movie was almost as awful, and everybody should have done better.
BotM 67 - The Personality, Not the Politics
July 26, 2016 10:16 - 60.1 MBThis week we can’t help but recap the slithering drama between Kim and Taylor, talk about white feminism and mediocre celebrities, and go in about how important it is not to worship political figures but instead dig into policies and the ways politics actually shapes our world.
BotM 66 - Pokémon Go & Come Out
July 18, 2016 21:51 - 56.6 MBPokemon’s got us Go-ing this week & we get into its incredible social effects, Aneesh levels up at a Poke-mixer, we talk the social impact of the game over its 20 year span, plus we talk about coming out in unusual ways, and much more!
BotM 65 - Clearly Not All Lives Matter
July 11, 2016 23:07 - 55.4 MBWe’re sick of people getting shot, we’re sick of racial injustice, and we’re sick of these cyclical trending topics. This week we talk about the events in Dallas, Baton Rouge, and beyond, and show our support for the black community, plus we talk about Serena winning Wimbledon and Aneesh’s Vegas weekend!
BotM 64 - Technical Difficulties
July 05, 2016 07:30 - 58.4 MBThis week Aneesh pops off about hate crimes being faked and white gays looking for attention, we talk about July 4th, get into why it’s important to take a step back from sensational stories coming directly from YouTube and other media starlets, and more!
BotM 63 - The Modern Conundrum
June 27, 2016 20:37 - 48.3 MBWhat kind of a toy on Target’s shelf are you? This week we talk app dating, Missouri’s lesbian Miss America contestant, the importance of Stonewall and not erasing POC in queer history, why it’s wrong to idealize the past, and more!
BotM 62 - Toes First
June 21, 2016 11:26 - 60.6 MBArriving Toes First into this new week of the podcast! We talk RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2 roster, our favorite queens, the history of Drag Race and its place in our community and culture, as well as talk a little bit about Pride post-shooting.
BotM 61 - The Problem Is That You Keep Shooting Us
June 13, 2016 23:55 - 62.7 MBThis week’s episode is a little different. We’re a little more somber, a little more angry, and a little more sad than normal, all because of what happened in Orlando. This episode is dedicated to the victims of Orlando, and we talk about the shooting, gun control, the debate around this cycle of events, and more. We also would like to dedicate this episode to other minority victims of mass shootings, as well as the numerous trans people who are cold-blood murdered consistently because of who...
BotM 60 - A Dash Of Queer
June 06, 2016 23:56 - 57.5 MBThis week we got tired of Stacey Dash and other negative attention-grabbers, talk about what it means to be ‘queer’, get into labeling in the LGBT community, and much more!
Episode 59 - When In Doubt, Choose A Queen
May 31, 2016 00:16 - 54.1 MBThis week shit got weird & we talk about Miss Trans International & its Israeli star contestant, what a Carnival Ride is, the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus retraction, and talk about whether being gay is a choice or not.
Episode 58 - Ruining Your Career 101
May 24, 2016 10:22 - 55.8 MBRuin your public image & maybe your career by following the example of the two cases we touch on this week: the 212-rapping Twitter troll & season 2’s sore loser from RuPaul’s Drag Race! We also talk about code switching at work, what happened with the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus & more!
Episode 57 - Not Just a Sex Toy
May 17, 2016 00:12 - 54.8 MBThis week the show is wide open & we want to hear from you! Let us know your thoughts on whether you would date or have dated a trans person, the differences between MtF & FtM trans people, different kinds of attraction, the idea of ‘de-transitioning’, Caitlyn Jenner, & much more that we cover in this episode! Find Melvin's video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLVx_w1LZ_0
Episode 56 - Frozen Target
May 10, 2016 00:49 - 51 MBWe're Frozen this week, talking about Elsa as a surprisingly progressive Disney princess, the petition for her to have a lesbian lover in the sequel, plus we talk about corporations riding the media wave with empty gestures amid the Target bathroom announcement, share our favorites for the Drag Race finale, and more!
Episode 55 - Serving Lemon Fresh Realness
May 02, 2016 22:06 - 61.6 MBWe’ve gotten our first tastes and thoughts of Lemonade since it dropped & revisit it, talk about Beyoncé’s specific kind of star power, the blackness of the album & who it’s meant for, as well as recap Drag Race and talk about representativeness in the media, drag vs female impersonation, and much more!
Episode 54 - All Daddies Matter
April 26, 2016 01:22 - 53.3 MBHappy birthday to Sacha this week on the show! Also, Prince died and no-names immediately took it as an opportunity to be awful, Aneesh goes off on #gaymediasowhite & Instagram not representing people of color, tangents about Andy Cohen being an executive ~daddy~, Hillary's hot sauce, and more!
Episode 53 - Double Tap Our Lemonade Stand
April 18, 2016 15:32 - 62.9 MBThis week, we're back to regular audio, we go over how trans is not a before & after phase, shout out our new listeners, Aneesh goes all out about Beyoncé, Britney’s coming yawning back, The Tea debuts, and more!
Episode 52 - A Year On The Bottom (of The Mainstream)
April 12, 2016 00:53 - 59.1 MBEpisode 52 means a whole year of episodes! Catch our new theme song done by Aneesh himself! We get blasts from Aneesh’s pants as well as the past, take a look back at the past year of our lives while podcasting, and catch up with our Drag Race recaps—find out our faves and who we think will win!
Episode 51 - Where Did Pride Go?
April 04, 2016 22:59 - 55.8 MBThis week Aneesh witnesses a crowd of rabid Bieber fans & we talk about why his newfangled dreadlocks are the worst new thing about him, we talk about Meghan Trainor’s new single, and we dig into what’s going on with modern Pride weeks & the sensation that Pride is fading away.
Episode 50 - The Privilege Of Peeing
March 29, 2016 00:07 - 56.7 MBHow can we be this podcast and not talk about RuPaul’s Drag Race? We can’t. Recaps & thoughts on the show start this week, plus we talk about white people with dreadlocks, heteronormative relationships & wedding pressures, and North Carolina’s new legislation targeting trans people who want to go to the bathroom in peace.
Episode 49 - Good Vibrations In Your Fan Box
March 22, 2016 01:52 - 50.5 MBGeorgia’s trying to pray the legal liability of discriminating against gays away and gets a slap in the face by the NFL this week, plus Aneesh shares his adventures with an ex & sex toys, and we talk about exploring nontraditional relationships & whether they’re more or less prevalent in the LGBT community.
Episode 48 - It Takes Village People
March 15, 2016 00:00 - 55.2 MBWe’ve got election fatigue this week, Hillary said some dumb things about the Reagans and HIV/AIDS, Donald Trump is the worst, Aneesh signs his contract and gets all official at work, and we talk about giving back to the community and being mentor figures to LGBT youth.