The Queencast

Episode 37: You are hiding a child

Episode  |  June 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 42 mins

anthony bourdain, arrested development, children in cages, chloe dykstra, chris hardwick, drake, father's day, hawaii, human rights, ihob, illegal immigrants, instag.ramadan, jeffrey tambor, kate spade, morgan freeman, pusha t, ramadan, roseanne, the royal wedding, the world cup, volcanoes

This week on the Queencast:
It's a brand new episode! After several weeks of not quite as new episodes, there's finally a new one! Join Soha and Michael (Debra is doing Father's Day things but she joins us in spirit) as they recap the last few weeks in their lives and the world, as well as trying and almost succeeding in not using curse words with a little help from a sound effects app. It all takes place on Father's Day, so happy late Father's Day to all of the dads out there (unless they are hiding a child/are terrible fathers).

Episode 36: Queencast Bonus Mixtape Volume Two

Episode  |  June 12th, 2018  |  59 mins 32 secs

In the final pre-recorded episode of the Queencast before returning from our Summer break, we have Volume Two of our incredibly popular and very downloaded Bonus Mixtape series! You could just as easily say that the theme of volume two is as much food as the theme of volume one was about sex. Try saying it aloud. See? That was easy, right? Anyway. Here is what you can expect from this hot new mixtape:

1. Welcome back to the Queencast!
2. Use the effing word
3. Dingleberries
4. Hair all over your hair
5. Go chosou arigatogozaimashita
6. Delishusss
7. Crunchy Water
8. It's purple
9. Fertile octogenarian
10. A cupcake connoisseur
11. The hottest takes
12. A real rough Christmas
13. Milkshake duck
14. Horse
15. A racist and a richist
16. Macaroni and cheese

Episode 35: Queencast Bonus Mixtape Volume One

Episode  |  June 5th, 2018  |  1 hr 2 mins

art, avocado, bananas, bloopers, curly fries, deleted scenes, finders keepers, legends of the hidden temple, murder mysteries, pall mall, richard pryor, serial, skin care, speed art museum, spice girls, spitting, timberlands, whiskey

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes with the Queencast before or after the recording actually starts? Or have you ever wondered about the content that Michael chooses to cut when editing episodes? Well, an episode of this kind will answer allllll of your questions (as long as those are your only two questions). Yes, it's volume 1 of The Queencast Bonus Material Mixtape, in which you will hear deleted scenes, false starts, and other provocative content that the mics just happened to catch. The track listing for this episode is:

1. Intro
2. Skin care
3. Bananas
4. Women artists
5. I love cigarettes
6. Tim*Ber*Lands
7. An avocado for the lady pt. 1
8. Ratchet to damn death
9. An avocado for the lady pt. 2
10. The other Queencast Detective Agency
11. Supremely my bullshit
12. Birthday cake
13. Creative arts

Episode 34: Food Safety Dance

Episode  |  May 29th, 2018  |  59 mins 12 secs

bagels, birds, buffets, chinese food, chow wagon, coffins, food safety, french toast, funerals, ground beef, hawaiian bread, heart attacks, hepatitis, ihop, ketosis, lunch meat, mexican pizza, potlucks, raw milk, raw oysters, raw sprouts, sliced lemons, sushi

This week on the Queencast:
Take a trip with us back in time (to about three weeks ago) as we discuss the top 10 foods that food safety experts won't eat, which we follow up with a fun discussion about death, funerals and burial customs. Because we here at the Queencast know there are only two things in life you can't escape: Food and death. It's a fun conversation, and even though it's prerecorded, you can still listen well past the expiration date. Which is to say there isn't one. Enjoy!

Episode 33: Ramadan

Episode  |  May 22nd, 2018  |  1 hr 19 mins

addiction, alcoholism, allah, baptist, catholic, christian, church, fasting, food, god, heaven, hell, holiness faith, india, islam, jesus, money, mosque, muslim, racism, ramadan, recovery, religion, salvation, snake charmer, sobriety, spirituality

In this very special episode of the Queencast, Soha discusses Ramadan with Debra and Michael, and the group discusses religion, spirituality, and of course, food. It's a very educational and enlightening episode, but it's also entertaining. So it's...educalightentaining? Let's say that's what it is. Let's say that's what all of the episodes of the Queencast are, actually.

Peace and Justice

Episode  |  May 15th, 2018  |  2 hrs 41 mins

#alabama, #art, #artofvisuals, #blackexcellence, #citygrammers, #citykillerz, #civilrights, #creative, #electric_shotz, #enter_imagination, #fatalframes, #gramslayers, #ig_color, #igersusa, #justice, #kwameakotobamfo, #loaded_lenses, #milliondollarvisuals, #montgomery, #moodygrams, #nationalmemorialforpeaceandjustice, #peaceandjusticesummit, #photooftheday, #sculptures, #slavery, #statue, #tonekillers, #visualambassadors, @enter.imagination, @ig_color, @purest.tones, @visualambassadors

In this very special episode of the Queencast, Debra, Soha, and Michael have an in-depth discussion about Debra and Soha's trip to the Peace and Justice Summit in Alabama, which is then followed by the Audio of Debra and Soha discussing their trip while returning home from it. It's a powerful episode, and it's longer than usual but it's definitely worth your time.

Episode 31: Put down your pack pack and listen

Episode  |  May 8th, 2018  |  1 hr 43 mins

alabama, beloved, buffalo rock ginger ale, depakote, diabetes, equal justice initiative, human trafficking prevention, kanye west, kentucky, kentucky derby, lithium, lynching, mental illness, one song only, peace and justice summit, slavery, stop traffic

In this all new (and mostly unedited) episode of the Queencast, Debra, Soha, and Michael reconvene at the table after taking a week off to discuss Soha's Stop Traffic gala, Debra and Soha's trip to Alabama to attend the Equal Justice Initiative's Peace and Justice Summit, Kanye West, and a deep dive into actual peace, justice, and equality. It's a long and sometimes heavy episode, but it's important and it's worth it.

Episode 30: Prequel Trip Mixtape

Episode  |  May 1st, 2018  |  47 mins 38 secs

alabama, barack obama, bryan stevenson, civil rights, concert for peace and justice, edmund pettus bridge, equal justice initiative, legacy museum, montgomery alabama, nashville, national museum for peace and justice, pancake pantry, pancakes, selma alabama, travel

This week on the Queencast:
Debra and Soha are in Alabama. You may be asking why. You may have heard discussions leading up to this episode, where they vaguely discussed going on some kind of trip, and thought to yourself "self, what do you suppose they're talking about?" Well, wonder no more! In this collection of deleted and bonus material recorded during the last few episodes, you will hear the exciting tale of two friends who are about to go on a roadtrip, where all will be revealed! The results of the trip are not included, because the future hasn't happened yet. But don't worry. Next week we'll get to hear the rest of the story!

Here are segments for this hot Queencast Mixtape:
1.Intro
2.The Queencast in the field
3.Driving Miss Soha
4.Nashville
5.A cool concert
6.Soha was right
7.Basic bitch pancakes
8.Small victories

Episode 29: BQOLLLAE

Episode  |  April 24th, 2018  |  59 mins 52 secs

alabama, arkansas, diamonds, diversity training, goodwill, harriet tubman, heine bros., hepatitis, kentucky derby, mcdonald's, mukhande singh, raw water, selma, spotify, starbucks, target, thunder over louisville, wal mart

Here at the Queencast, we keep on keepin' on in this hot new episode, wherein we discuss Thunder Over Louisville, The Harriet Tubman 20 dollar bill, and raw water! Also Debra gives Michael and Soha some diversity training.

We're strong in all the places that count this week, which now happens to include Spotify! So if you know someone who listens to podcasts on Spotify, tell them to look us up!

Episode 28: Pooplets

Episode  |  April 17th, 2018  |  59 mins 59 secs

1000 island dressing, big mac, black panther, carbs, corn, credit card theft, elotes, impaction, keeneland, ketosis, las vegas, lemongrass, racism, starbucks, syria

This week on the Queencast:
Your favorite food podcast returns with all the stinky talk you love on the season 3 premiere! Join as as we discuss racism in Starbucks! Join us as we discuss food! Join us as we discuss us! If you're smarter than at least one sixth grader and you have an hour to borrow, then you've come to the right place!

Episode 27: The Queencast Detective Agency

Episode  |  April 10th, 2018  |  1 hr 31 mins

anniversary, barbie, choose your own adventure, commercials, fanfiction, fiction, frida kahlo, macaroni and cheese, pepsi, pole dancing, the queencast detective agency, time machines, twine engine, twine game

This week on the Queencast:
It's our six month anniversary special! The gang's all here to celebrate, even though there's some sad news at the top of the show. But don't let that ruin the party, because we then go through a little of The Queencast Detective Agency, a fun story Michael wrote about the group that you can read for yourself here:

http://www.philome.la/youeightit/the-queencast-detective-agency

Here's to another great six months, and to many more six month periods after that!

Episode 26: Zero Regards Given

Episode  |  April 3rd, 2018  |  54 mins 58 secs

april fool's day, discrimination, easter, empathy, fake news, human trafficking, kentucky derby, nursing homes, opposites, parents, stop traffic ky, zoophilia

The week on the Queencast:
The whole crew is reunited, and it feels so good! Join us in not giving several regards as we discuss Easter, fake news, our parents (and how we care for them), and perhaps the most important thing of all, Soha's benefit to stop human trafficking, which you can find more info about here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1851732968460988/

Episode 25: Alex Returns!

Episode  |  March 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 38 mins

asexuality, biology, depression, gender fluidity, gender roles, germany, gun control, march for our lives, nazis, video game violence

This week on the Queencast:
Debra is in Chicago, but Alex has returned and regales with tales good and bad from her recent trip to Germany! We then talk about March For Our Lives, followed by responding to a listener email for the first time on-mic! This is another long one, but it's worth it (and there are only so many hours in the day, to devote to editing, ya know?)

Episode 24: Get leeched!

Episode  |  March 20th, 2018  |  55 mins 41 secs

16 and pregnant, abortion, anita sullivan, attorney general, beyonce, bitcoin, cardi b, ice cube, ray's what-nots, sound effects, stormy daniels, surgeon general, the trump administration

This week on the Queencast:
Debra, Soha, and Michael talk about fake news like it's real, and somewhere along the way they learn that being technically correct is the worst kind of correct.

Episode 23: Yasss

Episode  |  March 13th, 2018  |  56 mins 16 secs

cha cha slide, daylight savings time, discrimination, electric slide, gun control, guns, kinder eggs, school shootings, snatched, steve bannon, technology, yassss

In this episode of the Kweencast, Debra, Soha, and Michael are all over the place talking about the proper ways to use a few slang terms in the most on fleek way possible. There's some Steve Bannon talk in there somewhere too, and eventually some actual gun control discussion. But the real news is that Soha will be unable to attend the royal wedding due to scheduling conflicts, so please don't be on butt; bring back some wedding food for her if you happen to be attending.

Episode 22: Derby City Consent

Episode  |  March 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 21 mins

#metoo, assault survivors, avalon sutherland, derby city consent, green dot, please and thank you, rainn, saving sunny, seven seconds, sex education, sexual assault

In this very special episode of the Queencast: Soha, Debra, and Michael have a powerful and candid discussion with Avalon Sutherland from Louisville, KY organization Derby City Consent about her own journey as a sexual assault survivor and how she uses her experience, strength, and hope to help others who have gone through similar experiences. She also explains the nature of her project and gives the rest of us helpful information on how we can better help and support the people in our lives who have gone through traumatic experiences.

Waning: This episode contains detailed discussion about sexual assault. If this is uncomfortable subject matter for you to hear, please feel free to skip this episode and join us again next week.