
Like a Virgin
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.
Latest episodes

Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 3min
Send in the Clowns (feat. Caleb Hearon)
Comedian, writer & actor Caleb Hearon joins Fran & Rose to talk about his favorite murderer John Wayne Gacy and other fictional and real gay killers This opens the door to tangents about everything from Garth Brooks' Sasha Fierce-esque alter ego to Lorena Bobbitt's ex-husband's porno to The Silence of the Lambs Caleb actually would rather have talked about Julia Roberts This podcast is hosted by a gay murderer You DMed us the tea on All-Stars' glaring constructive criticism void This week, Rose watched Down with Love & Fran watched the 1996 101 Dalmatians The Kate Bushaissance tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 7, 2022 • 34min
Girls Girling: Nightlife (Bonus)
As a gift to the Virgins this Pride 🌈 Fran & Rose are releasing an extra episode every week in June where they catch up about personal things from opposite coasts and tell each other secrets. tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 2, 2022 • 1h 6min
Anal Salty Weiner Bugers (feat. Sydnee Washington)
Comedian Sydnee Washington of Peak 2000s podcast joins Fran & Rose to talk about Paris Hilton and her groundbreaking show The Simple Life (with Nicole Richie, who was not Paris's first choice) It takes a turn into other leading ladies & chaos agents of 2000s culture and the reality TV genre: Jessica Simpson, LiLo, the Kardashians... Fran, Rose & Sydnee's Senior Superlatives Bimbo idiot culture & fighting girls Is Lourdes Leon the only interesting contemporary heiress? Downtown Abbey: A New Era and Top Gun: Maverick are in the running for Rose's movie of the year Fire Island is unquestionably the movie of the summer AND the century for all Fran & Rose exercise their newfound privilege to talk about Netflix content by praising the new Stranger Things tag our finsta likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 26, 2022 • 1h 20min
Herc was on T (feat. Matt Rogers)
Matt Rogers guest stars in an iconic mashup of the Las Culturistas and Like A Virgin cinematic universes To talk about: theme parks! Disney! Six Flags! Universal! Dollywood! All of them! Matt’s secret tip for skipping the lines at Universal Studios Orlando Lots of singing! A herstory of misguided ally bops 🎶 from Macklemore to Jewel 🎶 on the occasion of Kendrick’s new release Fran’s favorite show Legendary is back Jinkx’s Judy Garland snatch game was a religious experience Harry Styles’s adult contemporary debut tag our finsta likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 19, 2022 • 1h 8min
Aur Naurnia
Today we’re giving the Virgins what they really want by finally speaking on allll things Lord of The Rings Fran & Rose’s Middle Earth alter egos J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis’s gay romance Elf dick + Hobbit hole? Is it Surreal or So Real? Dance Fever, obviously An Into the Woods review The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are Back tag our finsta likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 12, 2022 • 56min
Dorer the Explorer
🚨 There are Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoilers in this episode! 🚨 Watching WandaVision together sealed Fran & Rose's friendship, so they saw Doctor Strange for Wanda and Wanda only Multiverses in pop culture: Russian Doll, Everything Everywhere All At Once Cheryl Strayed's concept of the ghost ship, and Fran & Rose's personal multiverses She came on this bitch mad as hell What Sara Bareilles & Joni Mitchell have in common Anticipating A Strange Loop & Into the Woods on Broadway Are Fran & Rose queer fracking rich or just living beyond their means? tag our finsta likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 5, 2022 • 59min
We Come to this Place for Magic
Fran & Rose are Nicole Kidman stans. Fran was in love from the moment their atheist bisexual bad girl neighbor showed him Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! and Rose’s love for the redheaded witch aesthetic has its origins in Practical Magic. Today’s episode is dedicated to Nicole’s wigs, noses, and iconic performances, her very few flops, and her legacy of representation for beautiful, depressed women everywhere. Plus: bicoastal bagel discourse, Nicole's latest film The Northman, new queer teen media Heartstopper and Crush, and Selling Sunset. If you're a real fan you'll follow our finsta @likeavirgin42069!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 28, 2022 • 57min
Shoshanna Rising
This podcast loves a 4 girls trying to find love and make it in the city show, and Girls — despite gestures wildly everything — is no exception. 10 years after its premiere, the girls are rewatching Girls, and Fran & Rose have 2022 takes on everything from Adam & Hannah's role plays to Jezebel's virulent fatphobia. And of course they argue about which Girl each other is. Plus, Fran & Rose hadn't watched the Drag Race finale at the time of recording because we had to record earlier than usual because of Fran's birthday (Happy Birthday Fran!) but they still have some opinions about it, Rose finished watching Our Flag Means Death, which got gayer, and Fran did some juicy original reporting about Omar Apollo's muse. If you're a real fan you'll follow our finsta @likeavirgin42069!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 21, 2022 • 1h 3min
Fuck They Island (feat. Honey Pluton)
The last time queers had real fun watching TV was in 2019, when Gay God gave us Are You The One? Season 8, known officially as the Sexually Fluid season and colloquially as the bisexual chⒶos slut takeover of an otherwise meh reality dating competition. Comedian Honey Pluton joins Fran & Rose to talk about all the cumming, advanced math and ✨growth✨ that occurred on this one-of-a-kind season of unhinged television. Plus, JK Rowling’s latest mega flop doodoo caca movie & predictions (!!!) for the Drag Race season finale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 14, 2022 • 1h 5min
The Jizzard of Oz
Like many queer children, Fran & Rose wanted nothing more than to be Dorothy, famously played by Judy Garland in the 1939 hit musical movie, The Wizard of Oz. Like many queer adults, they've figured out that The Tin Man, The Scarecrow and The Cowardly Lion were definitely fucking & sucking while Dorothy was asleep on the Yellow Brick Road. This episode contains many more Wizard of Oz theories, plus takes on everything Wizard of Oz that came before and after the iconic film: all the L. Frank Baum books, the much darker 80s sequel Return to Oz, and the more modern musical adaptations: The Wiz and Wicked. Plus, The Dropout finale, a response to the tenderqueer Twitter mania surrounding the Killing Eve season ending, Drag Race drags on but the viewing experience with real Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent is Everything Everywhere All At Once.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.