Jinkx Monsoon — won Tony Awards
Henry referenced drag performer Jinkx Monsoon winning Tony Awards as evidence that drag culture has become fully mainstream.
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Jun 17, 2026
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Drag as the Last True Showbiz & Farewell to Alaska
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Henry delivers a genuine tribute to drag as an art form, arguing it is 'the last bastion of the triple threat' — the old showbiz standard requiring performance, presence, and technical craft simultaneously. Jinkx Monsoon winning Tonys is his evidence that this is not niche: drag has arrived at the center of mainstream culture. Ed agrees, and Alaska — after plugging her website alaskathunderfuck.com for tour dates and her blue fuzzy bucket hat — answers Ed's question about the Alaska Thunderfuck marijuana strain: it still exists, is available in vape form, and her fiancée smokes it. The goodbye is warm and Henry confesses he finds having people from genuinely different worlds in the studio revelatory. He closes the Alaska segment by reminding listeners that no drag queen appears on the Epstein list — a rhetorical punctuation mark on the entire episode.
Drag Is the Last True Triple Threat
Henry and Ed close the episode by celebrating drag as the last surviving art form that demands the old-school showbiz triple threat — performance, presence, and craft. Jinkx Monsoon is winning Tonys. Alaska Thunderfuck is dropping singles. And there is not one drag queen on the Epstein list.
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