
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?
Episodes
78 episodes
Case File 078: The Mystery of Arizona & Khianna's Swapped Wins
This week on Slaysian Royale had one of the most insane, chaotic, intense episodes of Drag Race in a LONG time, all thanks to icon herself Sum Ting Wong. We'll discuss her antics, Yuhua's main character vibes, the insanely unbalanced girl group...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:21:34

Case File 077: The Mystery of Khianna's 2nd Premiere Slayage
It's the Premiere of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale and it's time for the Shutacca Pageant: Slaysian Edition! We have 36 looks to break down as well a wonky Q&A, a shocking elimination, a surprising snub, and so much more!Bel...
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1:41:41

Case File 076: The Mystery of How Slay is Slaysian Royale
Slaysian Royale season is here and The Rigged Recap is back! BelakBoy, our international connoisseur is here to bring all the knowledge about these international divas! We'll break down the promos, give the backstories of all of the...
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1:57:49

Case File 075: The Mystery of WHAT DOES THIS FANDOM EVEN WANT?!
Get ready for an unhinged one, folks. Kayla and I are ON ONE as we dissect and discuss the grand finale of Season 17. Public callouts from Derek, enraged speeches from Kayla, we go out with a bang as we enter our hiatus! We'll break down the fi...
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Season 17
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Episode 16
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1:00:47

Case File 074: The Mystery of How to Slay a LaLaPaRuZa (feat. Megami)
It's the highly anticipated LaLaPaRuZa episode on Drag Race this week, and we all have a lot of feelings.... Did it live up to the hype of last year's episode? Did the lip syncs slay? Did anybody get their Megami moment?? Well we brought the MV...
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Season 17
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Episode 15
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1:14:08

Case File 073: The Mystery of Suzie's Sudden Elimination
Breaking news, folks! Tooters all over the globe are in arms over her elimination from Drag Race, and Kayla and Derek are on the case to determine if it was rigged or not. This top 5 Vegas challenge was a LOT to take in, and has a LOT of questi...
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Season 17
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Episode 14
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44:58

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

Case File 067: The Mystery of How They Forgot Acacia
It's time for another rusical and this, yet again, was an absolute slayage. We'll talk about the iconic rusical and amazing runway, Onya's winning chances, why they hated Acacia so much. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed ...
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Season 17
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Episode 8
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56:50

Case File 066: The Mystery of the Snatch Game Flops
It's Snatch Game week! And unfortunately, this seems to be a turning point for the season as fans have turned against it and many of its queens. We'll talk about the Crystal Envy elimination, the hatred towards Lana Ja'Rae, and give our thought...
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Season 17
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Episode 7
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58:26

Case File 065: The Mystery of TarpGate (feat. Trisha Can)
It's the Sea Sickening Ball and we have 36 looks to discuss with the seamstress extraordinaire herself Trisha Can! We'll get into TarpGate, the insane stuff being said on Twitter, and disagree a BUNCH! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases ...
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Season 17
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Episode 6
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1:24:49

Case File 064: The Mystery of Making Piggy A Thing
Live from our bedrooms, we're talking about RDR Live! In another banger episode of Season 17 we see cliques forming, frontrunners pulling ahead, and the shocking end of the Badonka-Dunk twist! Kayla and I are here to give all our thoughts as al...
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Season 17
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Episode 5
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47:40

Case File 063: The Mystery of Forgetting the Ella (feat. RunnerEye)
It's time for a comedy challenge and this one was especially chaotic, so of course we had to bring back the chaos demon himself RunnerEye! We talk about losing Joella, disagree about everything, and make some sports puns!RunnerEye's Soc...
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Season 17
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Episode 4
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1:21:04

Case File 062: The Mystery of Kayla's Kleptomania (feat. Bucy)
It's design week on Drag Race Season 17 and who better to talk about the looks than the seamstress herself Bucy! We break down the ICONIC Onya/Jewels fight, all the tension in the workroom, and break down each look from the Monopulence challeng...
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Season 17
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Episode 3
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1:16:22

Case File 061: The Mystery of the Badonka-Dunk Twist
RuPaul's Drag Race is back for it's seventeenth season, and so are Kayla and Derek to break down every part of it! It's part 2 of the premiere talent show and the talents were....something! Kayla and Derek are especially unhinged as they break ...
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Season 17
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Episode 2
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59:05

Case File 060: The Mystery of the Katy Perry Cringe
RuPaul's Drag Race is back for it's seventeenth season, and so are Kayla and Derek to break down every part of it! So much happened in this premiere from the Squirrel Games, to the Rate-A-Queen twist to the....controversial guest judge. We'll b...
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Season 17
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Episode 1
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1:18:59

Case File 059: The Mystery of the Perfect Cast Announcement
A new season of RuPaul's Drag Race is just around the corner and we were introduced to the brand new cast of 14 queens on Season 17. From internet stars, famous drag daughters, and queens from exciting new places, this season is bound to be a s...
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Season 17
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53:06

Case File 058: The Mystery of the Insane Finale Backlash
It's finale time, which means stan wars, Twitter erupting into chaos, and Derek getting lots of hate for his takes! We'll dive into the current Derek discourse, discuss all of the controversial moments of the finale, give our final takes on the...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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51:23

Case File 057: The Mystery of the Recycled Lip Syncs
It's LaLaPaRuZa week! And the theme is reusing songs we've already seen be lip syncs previously. Kayla and I will give our opinions on the lip syncs and compare them to the previous versions, deciding which is ultimately better!Kayla's ...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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52:09

Case File 056: The Mystery of the Whack Lip Sync Choices
It's Rusical week on Drag Race, and we were given yet ANOTHER Rusical for the ages with RoseMarie's Baby Shower! Derek flexes his horror knowledge, Kayla gripes about the season, and together we give praise to the cast for an iconic challenge a...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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48:08

Case File 055: The Mystery of Shannel's Christmas Blunder
We're nearing the end of Drag Race All Stars 9, and Shannel is front and center as we dissect her storyline throughout the season, as well as some of the other arcs present in this episode. As always, Derek is living and Kayla is...not living. ...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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55:34

Case File 054: The Mystery of Shannel's Badge Envy
We're back with another episode of All Stars 9, and everyone is getting bitch slapped by the whiplash of this season. From an amazing episode, to another lackluster one, this time we saw the queens over-acting with RuPaul in scenes parodying so...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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51:50
