Like a Virgin
iHeartPodcasts
A new pop culture podcast with a mix of news, cultural criticism, and comedy through a queer-trans lens, hosted by Fran Tirado and Rose Dommu.
Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are.
Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down.
Follow @rosedommu and @fransquishco on Instagram and Twitter.
Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are.
Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down.
Follow @rosedommu and @fransquishco on Instagram and Twitter.
Episodes
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Nov 25, 2021 • 1h 14min
When you’re here (at Hot Topic) you’re family
Before Rose became the spooky girl with dark, foreboding energy she is today, she was the Eloise of the Boynton Beach Mall, taking cabs alone as a tween to go buy bondage pants and red Manic Panic hair dye. Meanwhile, Fran was on the other side of Hot Topic’s sex dungeon facade, eating an Auntie Anne’s pretzel and longing for gothness. Together they take you through their early aughts evolutions from mall goth to Alternative. Diversions include: the house of pale evil spirits that was Abercrombie and Fitch, Old Navy zip-off ski pants, and Evelyn’s Favorite Pasta.Plus, hot takes on Adele’s 30, Keanu’s algorithmically perfect Boyfriend moves, why Eddie Redmayne doesn’t need to talk, the latest in Marie Antoinette (2006) inspired girlboss period dramas, and which Housewives Fran & Rose would (and wouldn’t) send on an Ultimate Girls Trip.ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨¨°º¤ø„¸ Slipknot¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ OWNS!!! ``°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨¨°º¤ø„¸¨°º¤øCOPY IF U THINK SLIPKNOT OWNS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 18, 2021 • 1h 4min
Loving HER Was Red (feat. Bowen Yang)
Not everyone was radicalized as a Swiftie by Taylor’s groundbreaking 2012 album Red, but a young Bowen Yang — stressed, depressed and sipping pumpkin spice lattes while walking fast through the traffic lights of Midtown Manhattan — was forever altered. He joins Fran and Rose to answer key questions about the famously emotionally maximalist album like: Why is it called Red? Was it the first album where Taylor had bangs? How do you survive being doxxed by radical Swiftites? Plus, Fran and Rose opine their favorite lyrics (and merch) from the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), debate celebrity-assisted surprise proposals, and explain the cataclysmic events clinching Salt Lake City’s place in the canon of most memorable Real Housewives moments. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 11, 2021 • 1h 23min
Not me, Not Hermione, YOOAUR
Fran and Rose make history as the first friends to start a podcast. Their inaugural episode delves into the first media franchise Rose ever stanned and Fran’s first forbidden love: the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Their conversation spans the books, the movies, the horny fanfiction, the not-so invisibility cloaked queer identites of all the characters and the she-who-must-not-be-named of it all. Plus, Fran tries to stay awake at the movies and Rose draws a line in the sand on Hollywood queer-baiting. Expect hot takes on Wicked, Dune, Spencer and Eternals. And never forget: ACAB includes Harry Potter. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 1, 2021 • 3min
Introducing: Like a Virgin
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