
The Rigged Recap
A podcast hosted by YouTube RuPaul's Drag Race creator The Drag Detective. Every week Derek the Detective breaks down the newest episodes of Drag Race with special guests and asks the age old question: is it rigged?
Podcasting since 2023 • 72 episodes
The Rigged Recap
Latest Episodes
Case File 072: The Mystery of How Derek & Kayla Got Spoiled
It's makeover week, Kayla's favorite challenge and we have a LOT to talk about. From the fandom coming for these queens' MOTHERS, to the weird critiques, a controversial lip sync, and much more! We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases a...
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Season 17
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Episode 13
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48:15

Case File 071: The Mystery of the Hoodie vs Sweatshirt Debate (feat. RunnerEye)
Kayla is busy in Amsterdam, so YouTube shitposter extraordinaire RunnerEye is here as my co-host for the week! We talk about the bizarre interpretive dance challenge, disagree on basically everything, and go on many tangents as we do. We'll be ...
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Season 17
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Episode 12
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1:13:09

Case File 070: The Mystery of Kayla and Derek's Origin Stories
In a rare miss for Season 17, we're talking about the dud that was the recent acting challenge, Ross Mathews vs The Ducks. We'll get into the Suzie and Lexi storyline, Lydia's devastating lip sync flub, Onya's winner arc, and Derek and Kayla's ...
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Season 17
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Episode 11
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48:48

Case File 069: The Mystery of the Best Semen Nomenclature (feat. AJ Nox)
We go a bit off the edge today with our iconic guest, runner-up of Drag Duel AJ Nox. We talk about Mayhem, all of the insane drama from the newest episode, the villains roast, and semen. But mostly semen. We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Clos...
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Season 17
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Episode 10
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1:18:14

Case File 068: The Mystery of the Questionable Fabrics (feat. Titanic Donavon)
It's time for another design challenge, this one inspired by Betsey Johnson. So to help us judge these.....interesting looks, we have Drag Duel contestant and outfit construction extraordinaire Titanic Donavon! We'll go through every look, talk...
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Season 17
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Episode 9
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1:00:25
