At long last, the Housewives episode. Fran & Rose's favorite franchises, seasons, housewives, iconic quotes and taglines What they've been watching: the new Star Wars show, more Ewan McGregor movies, The Sex Lives of College Girls, The Staircase (plus a quick herstory of the True Crime genre), Jurassic Park, Legendary's Dolce & Gabbana flop And listening to: Ctrl b-sides, Christina's Spanish language album tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069 and BUY TICKETS to our live show in Brooklyn June...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 34
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 14, 2022•30 min•Ep. 33
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 wee...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 32
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 07, 2022•34 min•Ep. 31
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 Ab...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 30
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...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 29
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 likeavirgin42069 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 28
🚨 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...
May 12, 2022•56 min•Ep. 27
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 m...
May 05, 2022•59 min•Ep. 26
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 th...
Apr 28, 2022•57 min•Ep. 25
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 (!!!)...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 24
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. Fr...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 23
The Like A Virgin confessional (323-PENANCE) had b2b callers waxing poetic about the early 2000s hit movie reboots of the classic '70s TV series Charlie's Angels starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. Fran & Rose agree that Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), completely changed the world and all art created henceforth. Listen to find out why these movies were so good and why the Kristen Stewart reboot could barely keep diehard Krisbian...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 22
You came to the confessional booth (aka rang the Like A Virgin hotline @ (323)PENANCE) and now Fran & Rose absolve you with their takes on Showgirls, James Cameron's Avatar, The X Files, Ugly Betty, Twin Peaks & High School Musical. Plus, Krisbians lost the Oscars, a post mortem on the Gilded Age, seeing Lost City IRL and how is this season of Drag Race still going?! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 21
In 2003, reality television — and the world — changed forever when model, actress and now-mogul Tyra Banks launched America's Next Top Model (ANTM). This week, Fran & Rose are joined by journalist, social curator & ANTM devotee Tre'vell Anderson to discuss everything ANTM: the good (Miss J <3), the bad (Janice Dickinson), the extreme cringe (Tyra's racism, transphobia, homophobia, colorism, classism, etc.) & the very hot (Nigel Barker). Like A Virgin presents a nuanced conversatio...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 20
Fran & Rose deliver an oral herstory of the iconic actresses from the 1999 beauty pageant mockumentary Drop Dead Gorgeous, including: the original manic pixie dream girl Kirsten Dunst, the biggest movie star who is also a Housewife Denise Richards, politically woebegone Kirstie Alley, Amy Adams, Brittany Murphy, Allison Janney, and more. Plus, Grimes' secret baby and new reason to put anti=imperialist back in her bio, a Madonna bootcamp update, more disappointment on Drag Race, Turning Red, ...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
Fran & Rose's IRL viewing of The Batman not only inspires takes on Zoe Kravitz's stiletto parkour and Robert Pattinson's emo vibes, but sends them into their feelings about Bat-thems and Catwomen of yesteryears. Plus, Lexi's play, the agony of a double save and some streaming movie recs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 18
"The only thing gayer than gay sex is the anticipation of gay sex." -Fran Tirado, 2022 With gay sex in mind, Fran, Rose & our special guest and anime expert JP Brammer delve into the world of anime — from Neon Genesis Evangelion to Naruto to everyone's favorite magical moon cop to hentai to Miyazaki to Yuri on Ice. And, of course, they answer important questions about Pokemon like: which Pokemon is the gayest? Which Pokemon are Fran, Rose & JP? Which Pokemon killed Herman Cain? Plus, wha...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 17
Rose flexes her virginity as a person who hadn't until recently seen the 2009 psychological thriller Obsessed starring Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter and Idris Elba. Seasoned viewer Fran expands the conversation to talk about wtf was happening in other erotic psychological thrillers feminists hate like Fatal Attraction & Basic Instinct. Tangents include the direct line from Obsessed to Lemonade, the fashion trend Fran, Rose & Jason Mraz all once had in common (fedoras) and what a 2022 remak...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 16
A quarter of a century ago, an album was released and the world was never the same. That album is Alanis Morissette's yodel-packed Jagged Little Pill, and on this episode, Fran & Rose get into its wrath, lyrical genius and importance in the gay canon with prolific performer Charlene Incarnate. Tangents include the notes Idina Menzel can't hit, living with a Broadway curse and the messiest moments from Rose's drag career. Plus, find out how many times in one episode Fran & Rose can mimic ...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 15
Like A Virgin celebrates Valentine’s Day with Rose forcing Fran to watch a movie not about love or romance, but about a meek woman being coerced into a quasi-kinky relationship by a very rich man that she loves for no apparent reason. Of course we are talking about the most lucrative movie ever adapted from a work of Twilight fan fiction: 50 Shades of Grey. On today’s episode, Fran & Rose discuss the books, the movies, why it was a runaway hit, why Rose earnestly loves it despite… a lot of t...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 14
In every generation there is a Virgin — the kind who hasn't until very recently seen turn of the millenium hit TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This week, That Virgin is Fran, and this week, Fran gets inducted into Buffy fandom by superstans Rose and guest Watcher Evan Ross Katz, writer & Buffy herstorian. Their conversation spans teenage Buffy fandom — the message boards, fan fiction and the torture of real-time TV, the genius of Sarah Michelle Gellar, the ways that Buffy was the bluepri...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 13
There are numerous ways to rank the numerous, painstakingly-intertwined movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and on today's show, Fran & Rose bravely tackle many such hierarchies with comic book nerd and comedian Joel Kim Booster. Including: which movie features Scarlett's worst wig? Which franchises are anchored by STARS who are NOT actresses and which star ACTRESSES who are NOT stars? And of course, what is the gayest Marvel movie?? If you're a Marvel fan you'll love the deep-cut...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 12
Fran & Rose are musical theater girls. They're in recovery, but that doesn't mean they won't still passionately debate who is responsible for a lapse in believability in the latest movie adaptation of West Side Story. Is it the director Steven Spielberg? Or is it William Shakespeare, who wrote the musical's original source material, Romeo & Juliet? Spoiler: Fran has notes for Shakespeare. Rose: “no notes” for Shakespeare. Other tangents include: Amanda Bynes inventing Channing Tatum, the...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 11
If you’re a regular listener of this podcast, you might be able to guess that Rose has always liked scary movies and Fran has embraced them gradually after decades of being terrified of anything with a whiff of brujería. Now, both love the seminal 1996 teen slasher movie Scream and its increasingly meta sequels. This week, Fran & Rose discuss the rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie and explore important questions like, why isn’t Jamie Lee Curtis in ev...
Jan 13, 2022•59 min•Ep. 10
At its purest, this podcast trafficks in the kind of art that requires sustained evangelizing to ensnare a new fan. Works of art so maligned, so… memed that it’s difficult to tell on first watch if true fans like it earnestly or ironically. Rose has been trying to get Fran to love and appreciate Twilight for years. They did finally watch it together after many botched attempts, but Fran still isn’t convinced. So Rose recruited today’s guest, famous Twihard and writer Peyton Dix to help her persu...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 9
Inside you there are two wolves: one is Fran and one is Rose, and they both are obsessed with Moonstruck, the only movie where Nicolas Cage is hot. The 1987 Oscar-winning romantic comedy really has it all: a protagonist played by a woman on the pop star to leading lady pipeline, an iconic makeover, a cryptic prophecy from a witch, and valuable wisdom for the sensitive viewer. If you love love, if you’re a total Lothario, if you’re always looking for more nuanced discussions of cheating, or if yo...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 8
Merry Christmas, virgins! This year, you get the biblical origin story of religious Christmas AND Fran & Rose’s favorite secular Christmas’s offerings. Tangents include: how birthing the messiah would actually be really annoying, Lady Gaga’s not-so-classic Christmas Tree, and Cameron Diaz’s Big Stepmother Energy in The Holiday. Plus, the A24 trailer that’s looking like a True Blood prequel with a Bjork cameo, Yellowjackets on Showtime, flop TV creator Aaron Sorkin on queer representation, an...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 7
If you want to do The Holidays with Fran & Rose, you need three things: a hot butterbeer from the The Three Broomsticks at Universal Studios, Kelly Clarkson’s When Christmas Comes Around…, and the 2006 romcom Last Holiday, wherein Queen Latifah invents self care. This episode has all three and more. Ira Madison III is on the show to help explain why a movie with a plot that hinges on the results of a CT scan taken at a department store is a holiday season must-watch. Tangents include: workin...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 6
If you don’t get the title, immediately google “Kim Cattrall scatting.” In honor of the Samantha-less reprisal of their problematic fave TV show Sex and the City, Fran & Rose get into all the reasons why the show was so hilarious, so transgressive, and SO bad. Come for a journey through alllll the gay stuff (“yes ladies, I’m a lesbian”), stay to find out who Carrie really should have ended up with. Plus, musings on pressing questions like: is Kelly Clarkson the new Queen of Christmas? Whose ...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 5
