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What's up Big Wigs, we're back with an all new episode where we catch up on all things Birthdays! (Not ours, but Dre's mom and Jared's duh) We discuss the nightclub/restaurant Dre went to with her parents, a big wig BITE with Anna & her fried chicken deluxe dinner for Jared's birthday. There's a lot of TV to catch up on, White Lotus and the incest scenes, updates on The Baldwins and Hilaria bitching out Alec in public, Dre's new show Temptation Island, and more. We've got an amazing celeb sighting that Dre experienced during her mom's birthday dinner (shout out JERSEY SHORE) plus a brawl that happened at the restaurant! We still haven't been to Costco but Dre is teasing it for us so it will happen. Also, we're CRUISIN in a few week! So join us or get ready for content at sea! Dre brings a clip to the show today - Hilaria's ex boyfriend who apparently had a giant D that Alec has seen!!? So much tea coming from that show. We also go into how we talk about our boyfriend's exes... are you into it? Or just us! Anyway this is a fire episode and we had a blast. Watch our stuff on Youtube too!

Diplomatic Hell Hole.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels."Are we in the right place?" the stranger worried."I'm afraid so. Anais, you need to leave.""Not until you tell me what is going on here," she sizzled."She's not here to have sex, if that's what you worried about," I retorted. "Wait, are you here to have sex with me?""I barely know you.""That rarely stops me," I muttered."He's a master of bedroom antics," Pamela praised me. "He's pretty much at a loss at doing anything else.""Thanks Grandma," I griped."Your welcome, Grandson.""We, are here to meet someone," the stranger hedged."You came to the right place," Pamela preempted me. "He's definitely someone.""Fine, redo. I'm Cáel Nyilas," (deep breathe), "NOHIO, HCIESI-NDI, U HAUL, Magyarorszag es Erdely Hercege plus a bunch of other honorifics that have yet to be confirmed. I am single-handedly bringing back medievalism to the center of Europe and the Near East. The woman to my left is Pamela Pale, and she really is my bodyguard. The woman to my right is Sgt. Anais Saint-Amour, RCMP, my ex-lover and the person that needs to leave   right now.""I'm not sure I should leave at this moment," Anais shifted possessively. I had to recall earlier this morning, the part where we'd broken up by mutual consent. Yep. That had really happened. I had thought I was whittling down my current list of paramours. Why do the Goddesses hate me so?"Told you, she can't give up that cock," Pamela whispered."As you can see, I have limited control of my life," I told the strange woman. "I know you are here to meet somebody who isn't me. Now you know who I am. Who are you and your companions?""I'm Ms. Quincy.""Sorry; I'm on a first name basis with everyone I meet," I interrupted."What's your rank, Honey?" Pamela added."What makes you think,?""She doesn't think. That's what makes her so dangerous." I explained."Hey now," Pamela faux-complained."Okay. She's a fledgling telepath, or medium," I shrugged."Captain, Zelda Quincy.""In case you are mesmerized by her tits," Pamela tapped me, "she's packing some serious hardware.""One of those personal defense gizmos?" I leaned Pamela's way."Close, but no cigar. She's my kind of girl, big 'bang-bang', back-up at the small of her back and knife in her boot.""What!" Zelda gulped."She's his knife-fighting instructor," Anais answered drolly."Are you Special Forces?" Zelda regarded my mentor."Nah, I got kicked out for a consistent failure to observe even the loosest Rules Of Engagement. I'm a free-spirit.""Oh, you're a sniper," Zelda nodded."I like this one," Pamela smiled."Ah, thank you." Then, over her shoulder, "I think we are in the right place." Zelda entered the room, followed by a Hispanic panther of a man (kind of like a tanned, slightly shorter Chaz without the cool accent) wearing a long coat, and a Subcontinent-cast woman who looked at everyone as if she expected us to sprout fangs, or start quoting the Koran any second now. She obviously was a brain seconded to this mission very much against her will.The fourth person had that cagey 'when my lips move, I'm lying' look while seemingly unhappy with her current assignment. The heavy implication was that the lady was a career diplomat. Considering our current company and who we were talking to, she was State Department. She was in her late 30's or early 40's and giving off the sensation she had devoted so much to her career that she was starting to wonder if that was all that life had to offer.The fifth member was a military man clearly uncomfortable about what he was doing here, thus not a spook. His off-the-rack suit wasn't terrible, so he expected to socialize somewhat while performing his duties. He also looked like a man who expected other people to speak half-truths and obfuscated lies as easily as they breathed. Numbers three, four and five were dressed for the weather and unarmed.All of this meant they were good at what they did, though they probably didn't know the particulars of what was expected of them. They had their marching orders. Those orders were about to be made irrelevant in the company they would be keeping. The latter weren't the 'doing it by rote' kind of people they would normally be dealing with."I bet you she's a doctor," I murmured to Pamela, "she's with State and he's some sort of Foreign Service type.""I bet the first guy is Air Force," she countered."Like one of those Para-rescue guys?""No. More like one of those Battlefield Air Operations guys, I'm guessing," she corrected me."That guy?" I nodded to the final guy. "Pentagon wonk?""More likely he's one of those embassy guys. I'm going to take an educated leap here, Office of Military Cooperation, Mongolia?""That is pretty clever of you. Kazakhstan. Major Justin Colbert.""I bet some people in the White House, Pentagon and Langley are disappointed with you right now," I reasoned. His jaw grew tight."Don't worry, Major," Pamela grinned. "We consider that a good thing. We don't like the people in charge and have a low opinion of their opinion on just about everything, including their habit of blaming the blameless for their government's fuck ups.""Who are these people?" the first man whispered to Quincy."She's a telepath." That was Zelda"She's a psychic-medium." That was Anais."She can see through time." That was me. "Nice to meet you. Who are you?""Chris Diaz. Lieutenant Colonel, USAF.""Dr. Saira Yamin," the second woman introduced herself. "Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies. Are you the man from Johnston Island?""Why yes, yes I am," I beamed."The APCSS is in Waikiki, Hawaii," Pamela educated me. "Your arrival probably cost her some prime surfing time.""I was more interested in the fact that he survived a plane crash in a Category Four Cyclone," she admitted."Mother Nature hates me. No matter how hard I try, she refuses to kill me," I confessed. "My suffering is an endless source of amusement to that bitch.""That, that wasn't the helpful answer I was looking for," she stammered."So, Lt. Colonel Chris Diaz, you must be with JSOC, I have a deep and abiding respect for you guys. If you need something, just ask," I greeted him. "Captain Zelda, you are not with JSOC.""She's with the DCS ~ that is the Defense Clandestine Service," Pamela kept going. "Zelda, you love being in your uniform, you're proud, yet happy with the concept of dying in an unmarked grave for Constitution and Country. You are too old to have been in the first female class at Ranger School, so that means no 'in the field' JSOC for you. You've gotten around that stone wall by joining the US Defense Department's own little pack of killers.""Also, you felt it was necessary to bring a Benelli M4-11707. That's a close-in action shotgun, but a bit over-kill considering the paper-thin walls in this building. That tells me you are used to being in the kinds of places where such a tool is a necessity. Or in other words, since you think you are meeting a band of terrorists, you brought along your favorite toy.""Your personal weapon is a SIG Sauer P229R DAK in .357 which is a new weapon still under trial by the US Army and Air Force. Your boot dagger is ceramic so it will pass a cursory exam, or scan. You hate the idea of being trapped on a public aircraft weaponless. You have also given up killing power for a proper balance for throwing. I like a forward-thinking gal.""Air Force ~ you've recently come back from Asia, most likely Tibet. It shows in your breathing brought about by a close call with Altitude Sickness. The only reason for an Air Force guy to be here is because he's familiar with the Khanate military and you are not US Army, or Marine Corp Special Forces. I know the type.""You went with the MP5K in the standard 9mm, so you are more interested in sending bullets down range than looking into someone's face as you kill them. You may be a 'light' Colonel, which means you are almost somebody. What your higher-ups haven't appreciated is that our guests will respect you because they are like that ~ remembering past friends and comrades in arms. Of greater importance, you have Cáel's gratitude which will count for more than you currently believe."I pledged then and there to be as good as Pamela at determining that kind of stuff before I died. She had assured me it was as much a matter of psychology as eagle-eyed perception. People were often a type that gravitated to various forms of destruction, be they old school, or going for the latest gadget."I told you all that firepower was excessive," State softly chastised her associates (what they really were, not the underlings she saw them as)."So, you appeared to have forgotten to tell us your name," I regarded the State lass."Nisha Desai Biswal. I'm with the government.""Oh, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, I've examined your website," I told her. It clearly pissed her off somewhat that I so swiftly disregarded her crude attempt at subtle manipulation."Hey. I've got some real enemies at State, so it pays to know who might be the next suit trying to cock me over," I explained. I had to prioritize. It would take some serious effort to convince Zelda to have a MFF three-way straight out the gate and she was definitely the hotter number."Major, you came here unarmed," Pamela noted. "That won't do. They expect you to be armed because you are a warrior, damn it. Cáel get him one of your Glock 22's.""Gotcha," I nodded. I went to my room, tipped away the false back to my closet (that Havenstone had installed recently so Odette wouldn't accidently fire off one of my weapons) and retrieved one of my spare Glocks, but not the one with the laser sight. Such over-the-top fancy gear would be inappropriate. I only gave him one mag. If he couldn't get the job done with 15 rounds, he wouldn't have a chance to reload.Mind you, I took two in a twin-rig shoulder holster and four 22 round magazines, because I tend to shoot two-handed which doesn't exactly give you a bullseye every time. I returned to our crowded living room, handed the Major his weaponry, and then directed the US group to the far side of the room (towards Timothy's bedroom. Saira and Nisha took the couch.Because this tiny space wasn't crowded enough, there was a knock at the door. I checked. It was Juanita, oh yeah, my real bodyguard."Listen up everybody," I announced to the room. "This is my other bodyguard, my official one. Her names is Juanita Leya Antonio Garza, she's from the Dominican Republic via Buenos Aires and she is armed, so don't freak out." I opened the door."What is going on?" Juanita hissed."I'm having a private meeting with a few heavily armed friends. The other side to this party hasn't arrived yet. Why don't you come in?" She came in."Why didn't you warn me?" she whispered her complaint."Long night, worse wake-up, needed to do some soul-searching. Pamela was looking after me, then this came up and I forgot. I apologize," I lowered my head in shame. Juanita was only trying to do the job she'd been entrusted with and by not thinking of her, I was making that so much harder.I made the introductions, first names only."Juanita, Anais, Pamela; please slip into the kitchenette," I suggested.Anais "Why?"Juanita "Where are you going to be?"Pamela "Sure. I'm starving. I'm going to raid the fridge.""Anais, because I need my faction in one place. Juanita, I will be refereeing this meeting, so I will have to remain in the living room, roughly six feet from you." It was really a small apartment. "Pamela, if it is edible, it isn't mine and you'll have to replace it."Great Caesar's Ghost! No wonder Big Wigs had their personal assistants handle this pre-meeting crap. I was on my last two fucking nerves and one of those was already stressed and tender. And the real reason for being here hadn't even arrived yet."Why am I in your faction?" Anais mulled over threateningly."Because you haven't walked out that door. There are going to be three sides to this meeting, not three plus Anais. That is the way it is going to be. Now, are you going to behave, or are Juanita and Pamela going to toss you out?""You are threatening me!""Finally catching on to that, aren't you, Sweetie?" Pamela chimed in."I'm only staying because I believe you are in trouble," Anais grumped."Why is she (Anais) here?" Nisha inquired heatedly. "This is supposed to be a very, very private encounter.""I know Anais. I don't know you. I trust Anais with my well-being despite the fact she has numerous reasons to distrust me. She's staying because she is a straight arrow. That's good enough for me.""But is she going to keep her mouth shut about what happens here today?" Nisha pressed."Anais, this is a clandestine meeting that isn't going to be recorded by anybody so, barring a crime being committed, you can never discuss this with anyone who isn't already in the room. Agreed?"Pause."I agree," she nodded. I really was going to have to fuck her again. Not today. Well, maybe not today; I had to keep my options open. Her investigator mind was going into overdrive. Give it a week and she'd be knocking on my door late one night. Inquisitive, truth-hungry dames are like that, trust me. Then it would be 'bask in my genius' sex. It had been a while since I'd experienced that, with Lady Yum-Yum.There was another knock at the door. I checked before Juanita could do the checking for me, in case someone was going to shoot me through the door. Fuck it. I was going to talk to Timothy about moving. Him, me and Odette. I couldn't give those two up. It was Kazak bookends. I opened up and invited them in. It turned out they had names besides Bookends #1 and #2, Nuro and Roman.Nuro (I think) checked out the rooms while Roman (I was pretty sure) kept an eye on my guests. I made introductions, first names only and specifying who was with who. Technically, they could trust my side because I was the Great Khan's brother and thus my servants were his servants. Technically.Iskender came next followed by OT. A woman I didn't know (sadly, not OT's daughter) came in behind him while the other two quintuplets stayed in the hallway. Iskender and I hugged."Ulı Khaan s yikti ağası," he smiled. That was 'Prince-something'. My Kazak was a bit rusty. He then whispered into my ear. "OT bows to you first. His title is Hongtaiji." What?"Ulı Khaan s yikti ağası," OT bowed."Hongtaiji Oyuun T m rbaatar," I bowed back. I remembered I had to rise first. It was an etiquette thing. In retrospect, Iskender had stretched the bounds of tradition by hugging me, his titular superior. "Welcome to my humble abode.""I thank you for your hospitality," he 'grinned'. His face wasn't made for that gesture so that faint gesture came across as rather unnatural.My mind finally finished translating what Iskender and OT had called me. It wasn't 'prince'. It was 'beloved brother of the Great Khan'. Mother fucker!"Wait," Justin, the military attach  guy muttered, "we are here to meet this guy?" indicating me."What do you mean?" Saira questioned."The title Mr. Nyilas was identified with means 'beloved brother of the Great Khaan'," he explained. "The Kazakhs don't go tossing honorifics like that around. This guy," again pointing at me, "is a really important somebody.""Thanks for dropping this grenade in my lap, OT," I joked. "I'll get you for this, and your little yak too.""Odette is going to be so miffed that she missed this," Pamela chuckled."Mr. Nyilas," Zelda began."Please, call me Cáel. It is how I roll.""Cáel, can I ask you a stupid question?""Go right ahead," Pamela snorted. "Cáel does stupid real well. It is a critical part of his skill set. It makes him adorable instead of annoying. Trust me, you'll learn that soon enough."Too much 'trust me' was flying around in a room where nobody trusted anybody."Thanks for that encouragement, Teach," I grumbled. "Ask away, Captain Zelda.""Why are you playing this game with us?""I wasn't. Until thirty seconds ago I was sure I was here totally as a spectator," I gripped. "My buddy," the word dripped with sarcasm, "Temujin likes dumping these kinds of surprises on me.""Did you mean what Ms. Pale said about you feeling you owed me?" Chris asked."Absolutely.""We need help defusing this Thailand crisis before a shooting war begins.""What do you suggest?""We want the Khanate to back down," Chris stated firmly."I thought we had agreed that I would spearhead this delegation," Nisha reminded Chris."I think the situation had evolved and we need a different approach," Chris insisted."You should listen to the Lieutenant Colonel," I advised. "He knows a whole lot more about what is going on than you do.""Why don't you explain it to us?" she began her weevil-ling."You are engaging in linguistic niceties with men who have bled together, Ms. Biswal," I instructed. "Not that Chris and I have bled on the same battlefield, we have shed blood in the same cause; and that cause has been bringing our two nations, the Khanate and the US, together. The Khanate owes Chris for his efforts on our behalf and we pay our debts.""How so?" Nisha asked."National Security stuff," I evaded. "If you don't know, you shouldn't know and you probably don't want to know. Suffice it to say, the Khanate is willing to listen to Lt. Colonel Diaz's request as a friend.""But he doesn't speak for the United States Government," she corrected."Why not?" I riposted. "He's dealt with the Khanate longer than you have. He has a clue about the mindset of their rank and file.""But does he know their leadership?" she persisted."I don't know. Chris, do you think you have a handle on me?""Are you really capable of talking for the Khanate government?" Nisha preempted Chris. What she left unsaid was 'are you culpable in their atrocities?'"Let's find out," I then looked over my shoulder. "Hongtaiji Oyuun T m rbaatar, will my words and wishes reach my brother's ear?""That is why I am here," he replied."Don't you have the authority to speak for your leader?" she grilled OT. Nisha was relentless trying to stay in the limelight. "Aren't you a diplomat?""There is no need to insult the man," Pamela snidely commented."I am one of many voices that provide information to the Great Khan. I am not his brother. Cáel Nyilas is and has already proved his familial affection by proposing Operation Funhouse and brought whole nations as gifts," OT schooled her. "He is gifted with both tactical and strategic insight as well as sharing the Great Khan's love for his people and his hopes for their eventual freedom.""I didn't think you were a soldier," Zelda looked me over."Oh no," I wove off that insinuation. "I've never been a real soldier and am unworthy of that distinction. I know quite a few who have earned that title and they scare the crap out of me. I mean, they go looking for trouble. In my case, trouble comes looking for me. I'm damn lucky to still be alive and that's the damn truth.""Bullshit," Pamela coughed."What was that, Artemisia?" I winked at her."Bitch," she laughed "My men have become women, and my women men. At least you didn't call me Cassandra.""Well, she's Greek (a deadly insult to all Amazons), but you could be her Evil Twin because everyone believes whatever you say.""Can we get down to business?" Chris inquired."Damn," Pamela shook her head. "They haven't been paying attention.""What does that mean?" Zelda griped."Iskender, you know what I'm talking about, don't you?" I asked."Not a clue, Exalted One," he stood there like a stone statue. Note, the Khanate contingent really were standing there like the Altai Mountains, doing nothing. You had to carefully examine them to see that they did indeed breathe and blink."Use small words," Pamela advised."You really are a rude misanthrope," Anais told Pamela."Do you know what's going on?" Pamela volleyed."No.""Then sit back and watch how the madness works," she snickered. "It is all you, Cáel.""Okay. One; how did Artemisia escape the battle of Salamis?" I began. Nothing."Oh," Justin nodded. "She rammed an allied ship to make the pursuing Athenians think she was an ally. What does that have to do with our current predicament?""Achieve your ends by using violence as a distraction," I sighed. "The Khanate will invade Thailand in," I looked to OT, "tomorrow?" He nodded."How does that help us?" Nisha complained."Second example, Cassandra. She saw the truth through all illusions and falsehoods and no one believed her. Now, reverse that."Pause."We are waiting," Saira finally joined the conversation. I could hear those little microprocessors inside her noggin firing electrons at light speed."We fight a phony war. The Khanate and their buddies invade in a lightning campaign that appears to be successful. Shit like attacking the opposition where they ain't. Things that look epic on CNN where some retired colonel, no offense...""None taken," Chris responded."Where some colonel talks about seizing resources, severed supply lines and encirclement. We, the Khanate, bomb shit like bridges and supply dumps, things with no civilians to get killed. On the downside, to make this work the Khanate needs to put some level of force into Bangkok.""That will get civilians killed," Nisha reminded me, unnecessarily."Civilians are getting killed right now by their own government. This time they will get a chance to strike back," I stated firmly. "The Thai protestors aren't cowards. They are just grossly outgunned. We can change that.""How does that help the United States?" Nisha queried."The US gets to come in and save the day," I sighed. "The US can t get there until the day after, so you don't look bad about letting the first 24 hours of brutality happen.""Oh," Zelda blinked."The US gets to end the fighting that the Khanate has no desire to continue. The US brings peace, while whomever takes over owes the Khanate. Both sides look good. Both sides claim victory. The President gets a second Nobel Peace Prize (psychic, aren't I?). The US gathers some regional allies like Malaysia, the ROC and the Philippines along with our Marines to ensure free and fair elections. The Khanate isn't seen to be backing down against the Titan of Western Civilization. They are working with them to bring about a better world.""Win-win," Saira nodded in agreement."The Khanate is still an autocratic tyranny," Nisha commented."As opposed to the People's Republic's oligarchical tyranny?" Chris countered."Agreed," Saira said. "I now think we should work with the Khanate to bring stability to Central Asia which which was impossible while those member nations were being squeezed between Russia, Europe, China and India.""What are you a doctor of?" I asked."I specialize in 'failed states', among other things," Saira grinned."This could still turn into one bloody cluster-fuck," Zelda mused."My peopled don't have the resources to devastate Thailand," OT finally spoke. "If you, the US, agrees to intervene on our timetable, you will have our thanks, off the record, of course.""How do we know this isn't some ruse to allow the Khanate to overthrow Thailand's existing government?" Justin questioned."You have my word," I replied. No one said anything for several heartbeats."Really?" Nisha balked."Mr. Nyilas, Cáel, do you give me the Great Khan's word?" Chris studied me intently."Without reservation," I answered. "For what you have done for us and more, the Great Khan will honor this deal. We and the Thai's will do the bleeding. You will get your accolades. We avoid a pointless clashing of forces, which is why we are all here today.""I will give you my written recommendation in a few hours," Saira told Nisha.Chris stepped forward to shake my hand. He was an alpha-type alright. I gave as good as I got. His eyes bore into mine, looking for a faltering of will."What did you do in Romania?""I got a lot of good men killed.""Okay.""Okay?" Nisha squawked. "A handshake, a pat on the back and the deals done? Since when did our democratic republic do business this way? He admitted he got men killed in Romania. What is to say this won't be Romania writ large?""Ms. Biswal, he told the truth. He got good men killed and he isn't happy about it. I would be worried if he claimed one bit of glory from that episode. He didn't.""Nisha," I took a deep breathe, "When you unleash men with weapons, nothing is assured. Maybe the Thai government will see the hate coming their way and back down. Maybe the people will resist the intrusion. Maybe the Khanate's forces will get slaughtered at the starting line. It isn't like they have enough time to deploy enough forces to win a protracted war.""What happens if the Khanate decides it won't go?" she continued."Then they get destroyed on the ground in a war of attrition," Chris answered for me. "He's right. They can't bring enough in the time allotted to completely overwhelm the roughly 120,000 members of the Royal Thai Army that have remained loyal to the regime.""In three days they will be out of fuel, shells, rockets and bullets. It is logistics, Ms. Biswal," Zelda piled it on. "The Khanate war-fighting systems are not NATO compatible. That means they can't simply capture more material as they penetrate the frontiers. If they overstay their welcome, we can launch missile strikes against their fuel depots. The combat devolves back to World War I and that's a style of war they can't afford to fight.""What about stopping the Khanate from invading in the first place?" Nisha wouldn't give up."Had the US acknowledged the Khanate, none of this would have happened, Ms. Biswal," I became snappish. "Neither superpower talked to the other until other commitments had been made.""If you think you can come in and start dictating Khanate policy, you are dreadfully mistaken. The US doesn't have the power, or the resolve," I glared at her. "Don't try convincing the Khanate that isn't the case. We know better.""You don't know what the US is capable of," she snapped back."Abandoning Iraq with a fractured pseudo-democratic process? Abandoning Afghanistan without destroying the Taliban? The Syrian Civil War? The Donbass Crisis? The collapse of Libya? Boko Haram? Somalia? Yemen? Exactly how has the US's power and resolve solved any of those issues?" I countered."Ms. Biswal," OT spoke again. "We are willing to create a desert and call it 'Peace'. Our enemies know that. Your unwillingness to do so is neither a strength nor a weakness. It is a hallmark of your society in the same way that 'Total War' is a hallmark of ours. We are more than willing to leave you to manage the Peace. Let us manage the War against the forces opposed to civilized discourse.""As ugly and disagreeable as it is, we are willing to keep creating pyramids of skulls on every street corner until either they learn their lesson, or we kill them all. Let us do that and you will have your global stability and reap the economic benefits and accolades of Pax Americana. We are not your enemy. We are precisely the ally you need to keep the peace and we will do that, if you let us.""To allow barbarism is to become barbarians," Saira mused."That is complete fiction," I scoffed. "The United States didn't become communist because it allied with the Soviet Union in World War II. Truman didn't become Stalin. The enemy of my enemy is my friend is older than recorded history.""It is the Carrot and the Stick on a Global basis," Justin agreed. "Listen to the gentle words of the West, or you will end up feeling the wrath of the East.""As long as the Khanate accepts the limitations of is role," Saira added, "this might work. Please understand there will be factions in the Western Democracies who will not accept that status quo. It is not in the nature of our societies to stifle dissent.""Is it possible to get any political concessions from the Khanate's leadership?" Justin requested. "A pledge to hold some level of democratic elections? A Constitution with some strong provisions to protect individual rights and liberties would be nice.""Justin, in case your bosses missed it, the Khanate is still at a state of war with the PRC," I shook my head. "With their limited experience with democratic government throughout most of the Khanate's territories, that would be madness.""With limited concessions to the Imperial State, we have not interfered with the politics of Albania, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey. We are never going to become a Western-style democracy. We have had limited rule by consensus long before White Men arrived in the Western Hemisphere," OT informed them."Discounting the Irish Monks, Vikings and Knights Templar," Pamela interjected."If you say so," OT gave a minuscule bow to Pamela. "Long before your nation was anything more than the scribbled history of a long-faded Greek city-state, we had meritocracies, oligarchies of senior statesmen & warriors, thinkers and religious leaders, and we had codified judicial moral equality into the political arena. We have a far superior record of religious and minority freedom, of genuine multi-culturalism plus a deeper understanding of the arts and crafts as a means of uniting disparate peoples. We find your claims of cultural superiority to be childish.""Oh, snap," I snickered. "You get'em, OT.""I bet the boys in Foggy Bottom felt that pimp-slap," Pamela agreed."I bet the bronzed skull of some Harvard dean just fell off its pedestal.""They are called 'busts'," Anais groaned. "With a name like that, how could you forget it?""So true," I concurred. "All this responsibility must have clouded my normally hedonistic vocabulary.""That doesn't change the fact that you have employed biological warfare and genocide in this current day and age," Justin pointed out."Tell that to our Native Americans," I snorted. "They are easy to find. They live in trailer parks in whatever blasted Hell Hole we stuck them in, or in their casinos where they are buying back their country, one rube at a time. Ask them if they've gotten over it.""We don't claim to be perfect," Justin insisted."No, we merely claim to have the only correct form of government, economic policy and schools of philosophical, political, scientific and educational thought," I pointed out."We definitely should revive ethical utilitarianism," Pamela slapped a fist into her palm. "Oh, and the guillotine. Work houses for orphans and grist mills for the disabled, and A Modest Proposal for those chronically unemployed and terminally homeless, yes, and,""Pamela, what is it with you today?" I snickered."It is nearly sunset,""Ah, and you haven't killed anyone yet.""You know how cranky I get when I don't get my daily dose of homicide.""Are you two done?" Anais frowned. She did that a lot around me."And you don't hand out Mini-Uzi's to your preschoolers," Pamela glowered. "What is wrong with you people?"Pause, waiting for that punch line that was never coming. See, it was more difficult to sense Pamela was an immediate threat to your health if you thought she was completely off her rocker."Hmm, well, on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have a deal. Chris and Justin, I will leave you with my loyal Iskender to work out the gory details. Who wants to grab dinner?" I inquired."Are you serious?" Nashi gasped."Oh yeah. I had the Russian invasion of Manchuria figured out in this amount of time and Manchuria is way bigger than Thailand." Was it? I didn't know. Geography was not one of those subjects which gets you laid."What do you have in mind?" Zelda inquired."Whatever you want."{1 am, Sunday, August 31st ~ 8 Days to go}"How did I end up in bed with you?" Zelda sighed happily, her body splayed halfway over mine and her head resting on my chest, listening to my heartbeat."You aren't the first girl to ask me that question."On the other side, Anais moaned in her sleep. Yeah, she was over me. Abso-fucking-lutely. If you recall, she'd try anything once. I convinced her the military babes were totally different than that Goth chick we'd blown the mind of back in Montreal.Zelda was with me because I had caught her in a lie. She claimed to be a lesbian when I first hit on her. She was adamant. I destroyed her with incontrovertible evidence.A) She hadn't scoped out Anais when she came in. A glance didn't count and Anais oozed sexy when she was angry, which was most of the time.B) She hadn't scoped out Juanita's figure when said worthy went to the kitchenette. I look for such things and Juanita has thighs to die for.C) When I told her she had a wicked sense of humor, she blushed. Honestly, lesbians rarely care about strange men complimenting their personalities.D) Then I double-downed by asking her if she preferred a shower, or bath. She said shower (because that's the butch thing to say). When I asked her 'when was the last time she'd had a bubble bath', she blushed again. Lesbians don't like it when a man imagines them naked. Straight chicks, unless you are a creepy, stalker guy, like it when men fantasize about them swathed in bubbles, thus semi-clothed, thus not creepy.E) In a final and fatal act of evasion, she asked a grumpy Anais what she liked about me. Anais was blunt."He can fucking hammer you all night, sneak in a romantic quickie in the shower, cook you a delicious breakfast then give you another round of mind-numbing intercourse up against the wall before you have to go to work. And still find the time and energy to fuck your neighbor."Woot!"So, this happens to you often?" she mused, it was a trap. She really wanted to know if I was an egotistical scumbag who took advantage of every woman I came across. At the same time, she wanted to know if I considered her a 'whoe' ~ a woman who gives up the goodies for free."Do you mean 'am I taking advantage of you'?" I replied."That is not what I asked," she persisted. That meant 'yes'."Let me see," I laid back and looked up at the ceiling. "I have a fiancée, six women I am close enough to to spend quality time with, a fuck-buddy who is a sweet girl and trusts me too much and a passel of ex-girlfriends who have found my infidelity to be reprehensible.""Six women?" she frowned."Four co-workers (Rhada, Oneida, Yasmin and Buffy), the girlfriend of a co-worker who dumped her in a very public fashion (Brooke) and that woman's friend (Libra). She was the wing-chick who was stuck with me on a quadruple-date and was underwhelmed with me when we first met."I didn't count my 'hook-ups' and I wasn't sure how to qualify Nicole."Ex's?""'No' is not a word in common usage in my vocabulary. I've dated a best friend's girl, a mother, sister and aunt of the same girlfriend, basically, I'm either highly immoral, incredibly loose, or a letch.""Don't you take responsibility for any of those, relationships?""Hell yeah," I tilted her chin up so that we could make eye-contact. "I've never blamed a woman for taking out her frustrations on my flesh, ran away from a screaming fit (Big Lie!), or blamed them for any failing in our relationship. It is always my fault because I can't stay loyal.""That's depressing," Zelda moped."Don't get me wrong. I don't find fault in any of the women I have spent time with. That is my problem, I find women fascinating; never boring, or bland. Quite frankly, it is a gift that I don't regret having. I may be a fuck-up, but I'm a fuck-up who will give you the very best attention.""Full of yourself, much?" her attitude shifted. I had short-circuited her fears; I was a cheater, I confessed to it without shame because I was inexorably drawn to her beauty, personality and charm. With Anais around, I couldn't claim to be solely enchanted with Zelda, so I had to think quickly on my feet. After all, Zelda was energetic and had great stamina."I promised you pleasure," I countered. "Did I deliver?""Yes, you are full of yourself," she slapped my stomach. I wasn't full of myself. I was a confident sex machine."Thank you.""Huh?""Wonderful sex, taking a chance with me, agreeing to a three-way, being awake after," I looked at the bed-table clock, "six hours.""I run five miles a day," she bragged."I try to have ten hours of sex a day," I teased. Zelda slapped my stomach again. Anais stirred."Do any women like you, for any reason beyond your cock?""I'm considered loyal where sex is not concerned, reliable and brave," I offered."What happened in Romania?""Have you ever been in combat?""I've been in violent confrontations, but not a true firefight," she admitted."Hmm,""Is it something that you can't relate?" she asked."No. You are a soldier so you probably know more about combat than I do. It was, not chaotic at all. I never lost perspective of what was going on despite the bullets flying around. The Romanian Captain in charge knew his stuff, directed his company well and all I had to do was figure out where the terrorist leader was.""What happened?" she perked up."I am here talking with you and he's in a morgue in Bucharest.""Oh," She wanted more."I have to live with the knowledge that I set all of that in motion, Zelda. I convinced the Romanians that they had to confront that terror group before they moved on to their next target, me.""I knew they would come after me and my friends, no matter where we were. Which would have ended up as a blood bath in some urban center. So I felt compelled to strike first. Based on information I provided, the Romanian Army sent two battalions, the 22nd and 24th, of the 6th Mountain Troops Brigade into battle.""It was a massacre," I remembered sadly."But you won," she tried to comfort me."Of the four companies involved in the battle, the Romanians suffered nearly two hundred dead and wounded. I hardly consider it anything other than a massacre. Yes, we won. Only three of the terrorists escaped. Their leader died. I don't think I've ever felt so hollow in my life," I finished."Forty percent losses, that is horrific," she crawled on top of me."The kicker is the Romanians sent some men of the 24th to hunt me down when I was kidnapped. A squad was in the group that rescued me and my companion from Johnston Island. I thought they would never want to deal with me ever again.""Don't be so hard on yourself. If they thought well enough of you to send their men out to rescue you, then you must have done right by them.""Chaz said something like that too," I felt sheepish and sleepy."Chaz? Who is she?"Honest to God, one day I want to find a girl who thinks I'm talking about another girl and asks if we can have a three-way, instead of trying to compare herself to this unknown person. Wait... I already had someone like that. Her name was Odette."Chaz is Color Sergeant Charles 'Chaz' Tomorrow of Her Majesty's SSR," I corrected her assumption."SSR? Those are some tough people. How do you know him?""Black Bag directives from the National Security Council, sworn to secrecy upon penalty of death, pinky-promise kind of stuff," I grinned. Maybe I wasn't all that sleepy after all."You really are a Man of Mystery," Zelda purred. She had truly exceptional stamina. "Maybe I can convince you to talk.""Maybe I can find another use for my tongue," I countered and off we went. Somewhere along the process, Anais woke up and joined in.It wasn't all fun and games. Anais' parting words were "You are a pig," then she sauntered out of my room and out of my life. Had she remembered to take her Serge with her, I would have bought the act. As it was,"Is she always so volatile?" Zelda remarked."Volatile? That's not her being volatile. That's Anais being affectionate. Volatile usually is accompanied by thrown objects and bodily harm," I sighed happily. Meeting her one more time couldn't be all that bad, could it? Zelda looked hungry so I shoved that thought to the back of my mind and got to work.That was the highlight of my Sunday. Zelda had to fly back to Washington D.C. and I had to go to work with JIKIT. It seemed that the Khanate and the US military were heading for a showdown. I unloaded all my Saturday's activities to the team and we got to work, no recriminations. I was the Khan's spiritual brother and sometimes that meant I had to do him favors.I asked Addison when she thought he would return the favor. She laughed, then smiled and told me that wasn't how it worked. He was a world leader now and I was merely his kooky kinsman that he would keep throwing problems at until one day I broke. Then it would be some other poor saps turn.Then she told me she was kidding and clearly the Great Khan thought the world of me. I chose to believe the second lie because it made me feel better, and it was promising to be a long weekend/start of the week.Note: Geopolitical DevelopmentsWhat follows are snippets of the Battle for Thailand that takes place late in the night of September 1stand continued into the early morning of September 3rd. If this does not interest you, you can rejoin Cáel's exploits in four pages)On the eve of battle, the Royal Thai High Command had decided to strip all but one armored unit from the 2nd Army in order to give the First Army's offensive against the rebels more of a punch. It's decision to strip the tank battalions from both their infantry divisions as well as the armored and one of the two mechanized regiments would prove to be disastrous. It was as if the leadership of the Royal Thai military were idiots.The least economically valuable part of the country was the northeast which the 2nd Army warded. They had severely underestimated the airlift capacity of the Khanate as well as the willingness of Laos and Cambodia to both use their armed forces in an invasion as well as their willingness to let Vietnamese troops cross their countries.That thinking had led the Thai military to adopt a 'forward defense' strategy, the desire to fight the enemy at the borders, as opposed to having stronger formations deeper within the country. Considering the relative weakness of the Cambodian and Laotian militaries, that policy had made sense:- The baseline Laotian and Cambodian tank was the T-54/55, a 1950's Soviet relic. The normal anti-tank capabilities in all Thai infantry formations was more than equal to such a threat.-Neither country had an air force worth worrying about.In contrast, the Khanate's primary tanks, the T-90SM and T-95 were resistant to most of what the Thai Army could throw at them, at least from the front. The seven hundred combat aircraft the Khanate and the Vietnamese were able to field was an equal catastrophe for the Thais. It greatly compensated for the relative small numbers of invaders.Finally, there was a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Alliance's goals were. Military logic dictated the destruction of Thailand's mobile force followed by the capture of Bangkok. As long as the Thai regime held the capital, it would remain the legitimate power in the country.Due to the altering political landscape, the Alliance's only option was to make the government 'look bad'. The loss of peripheral provinces, while of negligible immediate strategic value, looked great on the maps the world-wide media would be showing to their audiences. It would appear that the Thai army had failed to defend their country. That would (hopefully) make the Thai Third Army look like the legitimate authority in Thailand.That was the plan anyway, and you know what they say about battle plans and the enemy, right? H-hour was 4 am, September 1st.The commander of the Zuun stood up and waited to be recognized. The staff officer from the Yunnan Command pointed at him."Sir, why are we doing this? I am not afraid to fight for the Great Khan, but this action seems to be suicidal. We will be far behind enemy's lines while our offensive force will be grossly under-equipped.""You will have to rely on our ability to supply you by air.""We only have supplies for two days of operations. What happens then?""We rely on the Americans to come and save us," the senior officer responded bitterly."Allah save us from allies," the young commander muttered. What else could he do?He was part of the 2nd Mountain Sultan Mehmet Tumen which had just arrived in Yunnan to replace the exhausted 1st Mountain Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Tumen. His men were from Turkey, inexperienced in combat and using new equipment they were not familiar with. They would be working with a unit he had never worked with before, the 1st Airmobile Tauekel Khan Tumen, Kazaks, who would be seizing the small airport his men needed to land in.From there, they were to 'run amok'. That was the technical term for racing south down a highway in Central Thailand, attacking the headquarters of the 3rd Cavalry Division, an armored unit. Once that was accomplished, they were to attack the local police precinct. Provided they were still alive after that, they were to return to the air strip to resupply then they were to 'spread chaos' until they were finally hunted down by the vastly larger Thai division his 100 men would be fighting.Of course, there was the plan for the rebel Royal Thai Third Army to force their way through the larger frontline forces of the loyalist Royal Thai First Army and come to his rescue. How would the Thai troops respond when ordered to fight their fellow Thais? No one was sure. If there was any hope in this mission, it was the knowledge that several other Zuuns had the exact same mission in other areas of Thailand.  It was H-hour minus twenty-two.It was 11 o'clock in the evening when the general in charge of the Royal Thai 9th Infantry Division was woken up. The Marines were leaving. That was correct; the three Royal Thai regiments were heading west to Sattahip Naval Base, because they had been ordered to by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize why this was going on.Seven hours earlier, the Royal Thai Army had seized all the Air Force bases in the 1st and 2nd Army districts as well as ordering the 4th Army to do the same thing (The Royal Thai Air Force had been trying to remain neutral in the upcoming civil war).Undoubtedly the navy had decided to make their assets less 'hijack-able'. A few phone calls later confirmed that most of the Navy had set sail for parts unknown and the naval air units at Ban Sattahip Air Base (U-Tapao International Airport) had also departed either out to sea, or to ports and bases in the South.He made a personal appeal to the commander of Marine Forces to no avail. They wanted no part of the upcoming struggle and advised the general to do the same. The general had other problems. The Royal Thai Marines were the frontline forces facing the southern border with Cambodia. He quickly reorganized his regiments, sending them to take the old Marine strongpoints to await further orders. Stopping the Marines never entered his mind.That was a bloodletting he wanted no part of. The last thing he did was inform his superiors, thus avoiding any stupid orders to the contrary. Suddenly the nebulous movements along the Cambodian border developed a haunting significance. He wondered how much longer he had before something happened.  It was H-hour minus five.At midnight a loyalist commander of a company of mechanized infantry in the 2nd Cavalry's 11th Battle Group (named after their axis of advance, Highway 11) decided to send a motorized section of his command forward to the advance position his battalion was to occupy come sunrise. Either later in the day, or tomorrow morning, the forces loyal to the regime would launch a coordinated assault against the rebels main supply center at Phitsanulok.He had a cot set up in his communications hut and had just nodded off when the radio squawked to life. His lieutenant in charge of the advance made a hurried report. They had encountered serious opposition in a confusing night action, then he went silent. The captain immediately swung into action. He put the rest of his men on alert, then contacted the neighboring Tank Battalion. He needed some armored support. He made a similar call to the attached artillery component.The Tank Battalions night officer quickly put a platoon of light tanks at his disposal. The artillery were ready for any fire mission he sent their way. Before the armor could arrive, the company commander found himself being called to the carpet by the Duty Officer at the 3rd Cavalry (two regiments of the 2nd Cav. had been attached to the 3rd's command) over his 'offensive' action and the relief mission was called off. What had happened to the patrol of 20 Royal Thai soldiers? He was ordered to wait until sunrise to find out.Little did anyone know, these were the first combat casualties of the upcoming rebel offensive. His patrol had stumbled across a battalion of mechanized troops arriving at their jump off point for the attack that was less than six hours from beginning. Neither the commander of the 11th Battle Group, the 3rd Cavalry Division, or First Army was informed that the enemy had already advanced twenty kilometers south of where they were supposed to be.  

What's up Big Wigs! We're back with a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Ahoyyyyyy Matey! We're going on the Absolutely Knot Cruise with Heather McMahan! We're so excited to bring Big Wigs to the SEAS, like God intended. It's going to be a blast so JOIN US if you need a good 4 day break and some laughs. Also, this week we're back with new celebrities catching up! Of course we had to get Kris and Caitlyn back together in the same room to celebrate St. Paddy's day and shoot the shit. These 2 can talk about the family for days. We chatted about Kimberly's Tesla shoot, why Kendall won't answer Caitlyn's calls, where is Rob, Kylie at the Oscars, the old house that Kris is selling, and more. It's one of the funniest duos we've got and I think you're going to love it. 

After the BIg Wigs live show last week at City Winery, the girls are back in studio to recap the Knockouts festival. Anna's rocking a raspy low tone on the show after talking for seven hours straight on two different panels while Dre spent the weekend house hunting with her parents all around Jersey. The Big Wig Bites segment is sooo back with a Hillstone Osaka style pressed sushi shoutout. Plus Dre tries Outback Steakhouse for the first time and gives her review of the blooming onion…because obviously. Also Wendy Williams drops a handwritten note from her window and plans to stop by The View on Friday for a TV appearance. Lady Gaga is back on SNL, Kylie and Timmy C popped up at Indian Wells and Bianca Censori may or may not be roller-skating to work fully naked (??). Rihanna just gave birth to her second baby in pearls and Celine sunnies, naturally. Over in reality tv land, The Traitors crowned a winner and Anna debriefs on the Love Is Blind Reunion. Watch the most recent Celeb-Catchup with Carolyn Tiger and Tom Sandoval on YouTube. And find us on Tiktok, & Instagram. Follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

What's Up Big Wigs! We're back with a full recording of our LIVE show we had this past week! We were out of the stoods and up on the stage! This episode has it all: a Kris & Kourt opening, Anna and Andrea roasting their old clips before they were Big Wigs, and of course our annual Oscars recap. We discuss all of the best moments of the night, the memories we'll keep, the snubs we'll never forege, and of course the Oscars fashion with Teresa and Joan Rivers! We also had to tap into our favorite show, The Traitors as it came to a close this past week. We had the incredible Tom Sandoval, Carolyn Wiger, and our hero Alan Cumming on the show! Alan Cumming played by the hilarious Raymond Padilla (find him if you don't already follow!) Thanks to everyone who came to the show in person, and we'll be back this week with your regularly scheduled programming!The show will be out on Youtube too!

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Gird your loins Big Wigs…or maybe we should say double up on your Vitamin C's and wash your hands this week because the flu is out and about honey. This episode is a mix of travel tales, sick stories and reality show recaps. The flu hit Anna hard forcing her to cancel shows…she did power through to perform in Philly and NYC though. Dre happily escaped the cold and headed to Miami to welcome a beautiful nephew, but also was tasked with nursing her mom back to health after she also got sick with the flu. Plus Dre receives an interesting text from Anna relating to newborn babies which parlays into a conversation about baby pictures and holding newborns. Who gives off the most maternal energy? We'll let you decide. The SAG Awards gave us winners, losers, and a classic Jane Fonda speech. Meanwhile, TLC is rolling out The Baldwins (Ay Dios Mio), Dolores Catania's son Frank put a ring on it, and Traitors delivered an episode so wild it deserves its own emergency press conference. Elsewhere, Luigi Mangione showed up to court looking like a Banana Republic Ad and his shackled loafers should be in the Louvre. Frye Fest II tickets are inexplicably up for grabs, and Anna does the lord's work catching us up on Love Is Blind drama.SEE BIG WIGS LIVE AT CITY WINERY MARCH 5! LINK IN BIO And find us on Tiktok, & Instagram. Follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

What's up Big Wigs! We're back and ready to talk about our amazing weekend of shows with Heather McDonald for Juicy Scoop Live! We got into our wigs and got onstage in NYC, DC, and Red Bank, NJ. It was a blast and thank you to everyone who came out to see the shows! We also shopped, ate great meals, and had a blast Amtrak-ing all over the east coast! Truly a 10/10 experience and we're amped for our own live show on March 5th as part of the Knockouts festival in NYC! GET TICKETS HERE. Plus, we're talking all things SNL50 and our favorite sketches and performers who we got to see this past weekend on our screens again. Plus a Meryl Streep cameo on SNL? Perfection! Lastly, we've got Mike back in the studio with us this week to update us on his life and we're thrilled to have the family back together. Wait for Thursday, and make sure you're caught up on Traitors before you listen to our hilarious second episode this week.

This week we're all about the flared pant, the end of the Chiefs reign and Jalen Hurts. They get right to recapping the Super Bowl and the Eagles big win. They both had an insane 24 hours over the weekend: Anna had a special visitor and Dre traveled to NOLA ahead of the big game for a brand job. They react to the Superbowl's first ever red carpet, the biggest commercials and moments of the halftime show. Special shoutout to VPR's Ann Maddox for airing in a major commercial - Anna shares a funny story about that. Plus the Big Wigs prep for their shows this upcoming weekend with Heather McDonald in NYC, DC & Red Bank, NJ. Come see them live - ticket's HERE.And come see Big  Wigs LIVE March 5th at City Winery Loft in NYC. Link is in our bio!And find us on Tiktok, & Instagram. Follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

Even though Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Big Wigs are still showing up and showing out today. They decided Phil gives off Big Phil energy and he's definitely packing…..a lot of nuts away for the longer winter. Anna and Dre are in another new studio today and have a lot to cover. They go through the Grammy's best performances,  looks of the night and shocking moments. Plus Joan Rivers is revived to do a proper Red-Carpet Roast. Little monsters unite...cuz Lady Gaga is so back with her brand new single she released during the show. Anna gives her Brodaway rave review of ‘Gypsy,' and Dre does a Big Wig Bites segment. And just when we thought we were done hearing about the Blake VS Baldoni case, Justin launched a whole website over the weekend with receipts…yea he went there. Don't forget, there's an all new Celeb Catch Up episode dropping Thursday with Julia Fox & Paris Hilton. And listen the most recent episode with Kris Jenner & Kourtney. Come see Big  Wigs LIVE March 5th at City Winery Loft in NYC. Link is also in our Bio!And find us on Tiktok, & Instagram. Follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

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What's up Big Wigs! Reporting to you live from a new studio! It's a bittersweet day as we said goodbye to Slickback studios  (we love you Mike!) but onto a new chapter! It's only Bigger & Better guys. And you know why?! We MET THE QUEEN BETHENNY FRANKEL. It was just as SICK and INSANE as you'd hope. We saw her at a party and got to hang out and hey, we even made it to her Instagram. We're.. AT THE LEVEL! Also BIG ANNOUCEMENT We're doing a LIVE PODCAST RECORDING on March 5th at City Winery! Tickets Here. On this episode we also rival each other as we're Philly & DC born & raised, so Anna got to rub it in Dre's face that the Eagles won. Oddly enough, we wore each other's team's colors? A must see on our Youtube. We also discuss "Quietcations" (a new trend), Dre's charity event where she did impressions live onstage with Summer House stars & our fave Dorinda, and of course The Baldwin's new trailer on TLC. Hilaria drops in to discuss the show as well. It's a super fun episode and we're loving the new format! Are you?! Check out our clips on Instagram & Tiktok too. 

Disco! For most gay men of a certain age - like those of you who listen to 40 Plus: Gay Men, Gay Talk - Disco represented so much of our lives then and now. It was the age of freedom, fun, pushing the "extremes" and also the age of loss due the HIV/AIDS epidemic.In his newly released book, Author Frank DeCaro, takes us on a frolicking, entertaining, yet serious tribute to the overlooked art form of disco, which has never been given its proper due, nor taken its true place in the historic struggle for LGBTQ+, gender, and racial equality.Key lessons you'll learn: How Disco became a movement towards more LGBTQ+ rights Gain a glimpse into some of the stories in the Disco era that shaped us as gay men today Discover how Disco can still teach us so many thing about our present day struggls as LGBTQ+ individualsAbout FrankFrank DeCaro's work has appeared in myriad publications including the New York Times Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Vogue, and the Advocate. He is also the author of Rizzoli's Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business. on their journey.Connect With FrankWebsiteHey Guys, Check This Out!Are you a guy who keeps struggling to do that thing? You know the thing you keep telling yourself and others you're going to do, but never do? Then it's time to get real and figure out why.Join the 40 Plus: Gay Men Gay Talk, monthly chats. They happen the third Monday of each month at 5:00 pm Pacific - Learn More!Also, join our Facebook Community - 40 Plus: Gay Men, Gay Talk CommunityBreak free of fears. Make bold moves. Live life without apologies

What's up Big Wigs! We're coming to you live from Inauguration Monday, a day after the TikTok Ban fake out. Emotions are high, and the laughs are loud. We're catching up on all things TikTok - who cried? who was there in the end? how did it come back so fast? Plus we're discussing how Anna went viral on Threads with the WRONG Thread, the epic KISS at the Inauguration, where were you when TikTok shut down, bar fights, ABUARY and how Anna's parents think she's ridiculous, Dre's theories about TikTok, and of course we're giving a Big Wigs Sports update. With the EAGLES & COMMANDERS in the NFC Championship this is the year for Anna & Dre as they celebrate their hometown teams. May the best team win! Plus Anna & Dre are watching The Traitors for the first time and they're recapping it on the show! Follow us on Youtube and Instagram to watch these episodes!

Welcome back to Celeb Catch up! Where your fave celebs stop by the Big Wigs podcast. This week we've got some iconic guests, Kristin Cavallari and Jamie Lee Curtis! They discuss what's going on in Hollywood, the Spencer & Heidi comeback, they listen to Heidi's song of course, and chat about all kinds of music they like. Jamie Lee Curtis tells Kristen about her love of music but hatred of night. She is still riding out for a matinee Coldplay concert. Is 2025 her year? Kristin and Jamie catch up on beauty standards, and how this year is all about just letting it go! We discuss JLC'd latest movie "The Last Showgirl" and what it's like to be a Nepo Baby! Kristin is the best interviewer for JLC and we're so glad they came by the pod to catch up! Watch this episode on Youtube!

Our Big Wig hearts are heavy this week as we witnessed the destructive Los Angeles fires that devastated so many communities. As a proactive measure, we provided links to resources down below that we found most helpful. Please feel free to DM Big Wigs on Instagram with more ways to help people and animals in need. It's a stacked episode this week with updates on the Tik Tok ban, Hoda Kotb, Peacock's ‘Traitors' and Target's newest venture. Anna attended a theme party…what was the theme and does she have a new take on themed events? A security guard scolded Andrea at a recent movie premiere and it got even worse. They get into the Tik Tok banning…it feels like we've been waiting on this ban for….years. The ladies explain what TT's future holds and the appst they'll be using instead. Also, multiple news outlets are rumoring that Target will now offer margaritas in store. We were done with dry January anyway, it's time to Sip & Shop. Are Targaritas really happening, cuz if so, Big Wigs will absolutely be hosting a show at Targé this year.  Anna's deep into Season 3 of Traitors and tells her cast opinions. Zac Efron's hot brother is competing and that's all we need to say on that. All that and a Targ-Rita this week. Follow us on Tiktok, & Instagram. Follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!Resources to help Los Angeles Fire Victims:Donate to the Los Angeles Fire Department:https://supportlafd.org/donate/GoFundMe Supporting LA Firefighters & Wildfire Victims:https://www.gofundme.com/f/SupportLAFDandLAwildlife?attribution_id=sl:f2b52e4c-88f8-4be1-af39-3b39be4f72aa&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=twitterFoster a family in need or request aid:https://loveandethos.org/donatelafireRed Cross Response & Disaster Relief:https://www.redcross.org/local/california/los-angeles/about-us/our-work/california-wildfires-response-january-2025.htmlWays to help animals affected by the fires:https://ktla.com/news/local-news/heres-how-you-can-help-animals-affected-by-the-los-angeles-wildfires/

What's up Big Wigs! As we mentioned this is our BONUS episode that we're doing weekly! We love that you love our celebrity impressions so we're hoping to get you more and MORE of them! This week to kick us off in the new year we've got a hilarious conversation between Joan Rivers & Sofia Vergara who chat about the Golden Globes. Sofia may have lost to Jodie Foster but she sure wasn't quiet about it! Joan Rivers gives us the awards season voice we all love and miss. This catch up is pure chaos and we wouldn't have it any other way! Let us know how you like the new format and TELL US WHO YOU WANT TO SEE CATCH UP ON OUR CELEB CATCH UP EPISODES NEXT! Follow us on Instagram & Tiktok, and watch us on Youtube!

What's up Big Wigs, we're back in studio this week recapping Thanksgiving, and more importantly, what was in our carts for Black Friday slash Cyber Monday slash Travel Tuesday slash We're Still Shopping Weds, and so on lol. Dre has an issue with the length of the sales this year, Anna is buying too much Alo, and we're talking about our shopping habits! We're also talking Taylor Swift's last weekend of the Era's tour that Dre is going to, how we're preparing for the holidays, if we can finish these Christmas movies that are trending but are so bad (even tho LiLo looks amazing), what our number one Christmas movie is, and a challenge from Mike. Is Home Alone a Christmas movie? (Mike has a hot take!) We're getting into the BBL culture of Miami,  the energy we're bringing into 2025 (it's the Ethan Slater cheer from the JHud show) and how Khloe Kardashian is shedding her emotions in her 30s. Plus let's all go find the free fountain of wine in Italy, kk? Big Wig Goals! We have a great segment from Teresa and Luann as she's able to stop by mid-Christmas tour! It's a very fun episode and we look cute so go check it out on Youtube!

Happy Thanksgiving Big Wigs!! We're so grateful to each and every one of you who listens to our show, likes our videos, and makes us feel special every single day! We hope you're holding space for all of your favorite things today. This week, we absolutely get into Anna's review of Wicked, Andreas weekend at Bravo Fan Fest, our Thanksgiving plans, Luann making out with Hugh Grant in the Hamptons, Delta's plans to serve shake shack, Kelly Ripa trying to set up Scarjo's twin (she has a twin?!) weirdest plane foods we've witnessed, the new changes to Vanderpump Rules, and more! Plus we have a few special guests stop by to address the latest with Kristin Cavallari and her DM from Scott Disick. Kris Jenner gives Kristin some advice on what is going on with Scott. It's a hilarious episode and we're thankful to get to do this!! Cheers to you and the fam, love you Big Wigs! Check out our stuff on Youtube now too!

It's been a long week for Big Wigs, but the Wicked movie press tour has changed us all for the better...or maybe we just love to see a big wig budget on a global level. Anna and Dre get into the craziest wicked promos they've seen so far. Plus Anna checks off a bucket list item attending a DWTS filming! Dre reveals a personal struggle she went through this week and her plan moving forward. We're all about overcoming struggles and being kind to yourself in the process on this episode so it was perfect timing for Cher's autobiography, "Part 1: The Memoir" to release. And Dolls did you see the Skims X Dolce&Gabbana drop? Kris and Kourt give their thoughts. People dropped their Sexiest Man Alive and there's opinions. Did someone say MIWANDA!? Yea, It's true, the one and only Cynthia Nixon has officially responded to Steve. Of course Mr. Brady himself is on the show to share what this all means to him. See you next week with a side of mashed potatoes! To watch the full episode and support, subscribe to Big Wigs on  Youtube and follow Dre & Anna for more content.

What's up Big Wigs! We're back to make you laugh this week as we could all use a laugh after the stress of election day? You know who wasn't stressed? Kristen Cavallari and Hilaria Baldwin as they discuss their life updates, what they carry in their bags, and just being a mom, you know? It's the random duo you didn't know you needed again! Anna and Dre catch up on all the things - Anna's mom in LA, Dre's 6 month apartment rearranging itch, election day, Marathon fomo, Lady Gaga, Oprah, the brutal Love Is Blind reunion, Fall decor in apartments, and more. Anna and Dre praise the queen Martha Stewart for being real and telling it like it is, having watched her new documentary on Netflix. Should Anna and Dre do Thanksgiving commentary again?! Someone send them to the parade! Kris and Kourt pop in to chat about Kris Jenner's birthday, Rocky's first birthday (Disney theme duh), and the biggest debate of this episode? WHY OH WHY ARE WE STILL DOING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS! It's a fun episode and we're thrilled to spend this Thursday with you! Follow us on Youtube & Instagram!

It's a monumental moment for the Big Wigs podcast as we have our first ever guest! We are so lucky to have the hilarious, the gorgeous, the queen of comedy Heather McMahan on today's show! But we couldn't just let Anna & Dre interview Heather, so we called in a favor from Kris Jenner & Kourtney Kardashian who happened to love her special "Breadwinner" on Hulu! Kris & Kourt interiew Heather about being a Breadwinner, giving a 4 min BJ, are men really playing golf, who her favorite family members are, her upcoming cruise, and of course, 69-ing. Also on this episode Anna & Dre get into some Delta discussions, Dre's upcoming role as a boxer, Anna's puppies getting recognized in LA, getting screwed by gym initiation fees, and more. We're so excited about this new format for the show so please let us know how you liked our version of a guest interview!! Heather is one of the funniest so go watch this episode on our Youtube, follow us on Instagram, and absolutely go watch Breadwinner on Hulu! Your face will hurt from laughing. Breadwinner X Big Wig? Has a cute ring to it.

To celebrate National Book Month and the recent publication of his new book, "Disco: Music, Movies and Mania Under the Mirror Ball," GGACP presents this ENCORE of a 2019 interview with comedian and author Frank DeCaro. In this episode, Frank takes Gil and Frank through the history of drag performers and performances and discusses his book, "Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business." Also in this episode: Tommy Velour! "Jethrine" Bodine! The artistry of Charles Pierce! The other side of Flip Wilson! Uncle Miltie's "meaty tuck"! And Herman Munster becomes a cocktail waitress! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The touring national treasure Frankie Valli is going viral this week for his recent live performances and the Big Wigs are living for it. It's not funny, but it's also hilarious. Anna's been living on Valli Tik Tok and gets into why it's so good. During a much needed catch-up segment, Dre says her Eataly tour is over and explains why it's so hard for her to work in a restaurant and also brings up a funny, humbling moment she had at Hillstone restaurant on Park Ave. Anna spent the weekend performing Dolly Parton and putting out all new ‘Love Is Blind' sketches. She has a heroic moment when she finds finds a foster home for a  friend's kitty, but the foster mom is not following through on her side of the agreement. House of Villains premiered this week and Teresa Giudice makes an appearance to explain what her castmates think about her. Also airing this week, DWTS (new hot steamy romance) and RHONY Episode 2, but Anna and Dre explain why the premiere wasn't what they were expecting. Then we get into both the ‘Call her Daddy' Podcast and Howard Stern welcoming VP Kamala Harris. And a classic Catch-up from Kris and Kourt talking parenting styles, Kendall's new hair and the reality of a puff party. Love ya Dollskies, see you next week. Check out our last Celeb Catch-up with K-Cav and B-Frankel on YouTube.

Happy Spooky Szn, Big Wigs! We're back and ready to drink all of the eye-ball martinis, the bloody murder cookies, the ghostface charcuterie boards. We're into it, can you tell? Anna and Dre get into their favorites of fall, Anna's 20 hours in the Hamptons, Andrea's visitors and her newest game obsession, and the end of the Eataly Era, their favorite moments from SNL's premiere episode, past halloween costumes, a little ASMR moment. We get into our love of Ryan Gosling, shout out, and have a whole session of talking about our favorite Gosling movies as ASMR. It's a turn on for sure. This episode takes a wild ride when we get into a video where someone poses the question, "Was the date fun? Or are you the fun on the date?" and we all have our own takes! Plus, this video is complete with a celebrity interview between Bethenny Frankel (new super model) and Kristin Cavallari who chats with us about her recent breakup from Montana boy. It's JUICY! Watch the episode on Youtube and find us on Instagram! XO

What's up Big Wigs. We're back with a jam packed episode full of recaps of our weeks - Anna went to the Golden Bachelorette tea party, Dre went to the RHONY premiere event (so consider this your MCU), Diddy and the charges against him (gross), the fact that Octomom is an Octo-grandmom now, Anna's broadway roundup of the week, and Dre coming in hot with Big Wig sports updates. We also discuss in detail the article that rated which US cities are the worst to date in and coming in at number one is NYC! We get into our childhood memories where Anna tells a story about getting lost in Disney World as a kid, and Dre remembers a fun house she used to go. Also, did you know that Mike worked at Disney world?! Now WE ALL DO! This episode is fun and nostalgic and unhinged...and we love that you're here. Follow us on Youtube & Instagram.

We're back in the stoods for a fresh new year (according to Anna, every Sept. is a new year)! We're catching up on all things family vacations, favorite cereals, the Kamala Harris / Donald Trump debate, the dramatic Bachelorette finale, and of course America's wildest new documentary, Chimp Crazy. In fact, we're so crazy for Chimp Crazy, we had an EXCLUSIVE interview between Tonia Haddix and animal/pink lover, Paris Hilton. You're only going to get this interview here, so check it out. Andrea and Anna also discuss the new Dancing With The Stars Cast, celebrity liquor lines like Beyonce's new whiskey and Jason Momoa's vodka, and do we workshop our own liquor brand? Yes. Yes we do. This episode is one of the best and we're so glad to start the school year together with you! Follow us on Instagram & Youtube to see our Big Wig faces!

In today's addition of "Two Intellectual Idiots Fostering Political and Cultural Literacy" Dan, Corey, and Bel "The Bodysnatcher"  take YOU, the disenfranchised or politically homeless sane person into: 1) The Wrap-Up of the Democratic National Convention and what we know about Kamala's policy plans going forward. HINT: Not much. 2) Big Wigs at Social Media Companies are "going down" as WESTERN European companies crack down on free speech and boost the autocracy. 3) Trump goes Left of the Democrats again. It's not the first time, kids. AND MORE!!  IF YOU LIKE: The Free Press Breaking Points With Krystal & Saagar The Fifth Column Reason Magazine The Reason Round Table The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie The Grayzone Dave Smith's "Part of the Problem" Blocked and Reported NPR Based Politics The Daily Wire StatusCoup The Jordan Harbinger Show The Jimmy Dore Show The Joe Rogan Experience Useful Idiots "Honestly" With Bari Weiss Matt Taibbi Glen Greenwald Aaron Matè Max Blumenthal  

This week's episode is stacked up with a ton of topics BIg wigs. IT'S BECAUSE WE CARE. We're sending you off briefed and informed ahead of LDW weekend. Right up front we're talking therapy stories, hotel freebies and celeb list serves. Then it's a blast from the past reminiscing on all our favorite 90's fragrances. Dre went to a Pitbull concert and has a full report and shares the most surprising realization from the whole night. Plus the Jools Demure trademarking case - which has got us thinking…what do Big Wigs need to trademark? And welcome to the world Baby Bieber. We also mention another baby on the way that's making us feel old! Anna watched the new Netflix doc 'Daughters' and introduces us to the world of Egg Flight Tik Tok. Also, Anna shares a phobia we never knew about! The episode closes out with two special guests talking their favorite 2024 Fall fashion trends. Enjoy your long weekend Big Wiggies! Watch and subscribe to Big Wigs on  Youtube and follow Anna & Dre for more content.

Brat summer you say? Very mindful, very demure. What up Big Wigs, we're feelin cutesy and demuretsy this week as we dive into all the drama surrounding the movie, "It Ends With Us." and why the internet is going after Blake Lively. We also get into Andrea's visit to Madame Tussaud's wax museum where she found a flaw in our family member Kendall Jenner's statue, Hilaria Baldwin stops by to chat about going to Spain, Kristin Cav gives us the tea on her new jewelry line, and we're thrilled to see the real Anna Delvey back on social media. What a wild time to be online. We're still celebrating Dre's 30th and maybe one day Anna will join her in Central Park for a fun afternoon. Check out the episodes on Youtube, find us on Tiktok and IG, and lets all have a Big Wig end to the summer! 

We're finally back in the STOODS, Big Wigs! After a week off (did you listen to our first ever "Best Of" episode?) we are finally catching up on all the big wig things we've been going through! First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANDREA! Our girl is finally dirty 30 and she's feeling good about it. We hear about her divine birthday staycation. Also, we get into the deets of Dre's amazing appearance at Watch What Happens Live, of course! Anna tells us the real tea (the good and the bad) about her Eurotrip to London, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. Have you ever been stopped at customs? Wait til you hear this story. Kris & Kourt pop in for a moment, we close out our Olympic chapter, and we discuss if we'd ever buy a plot of land in...get this...heaven! It's truly a chaotic and fun episode and we're so happy to be back together! Please subscribe to us on Youtube, check us out on Instagram & Tiktok, follow Anna and Dre, and tell a friends to get on the Big Wig Bus. Love you!

We made it to August BIg Wigs! Anna is in España and Dre is soaking up some rays on this well earned summer week off but have no fear, we bring you content nonetheless. In our first ever Big Wigs best of, re-live some of our favorite celeb impression catch ups. We start with Kris and Kourt getting ready for the holidays followed by Kristin Cav and Julia Fox recapping Stagecoach and Coachella. Stay cool Big Wigs, we'll be back with a new episode next week! Find Big Wigs on Youtube. And follow Anna & Dre for more content.

We're back and we're ready to take home the gold! Welcome to the Olympic commentary you've been waiting for, Big Wig style! We're talking all things Olympic opening, Celine Dion, controversy over some of the performances, and of course, what sports Dre & Anna would like to compete in. We have a drop in from Caitlyn Jenner too, of course. We also discuss expired beauty products, boomers and their internet habits, Anna's trip to Europe next week, what we studied in college LOL, and everybody's favorite hero, Jared! Andrea drops the BIG WIG news on her appearance on Watch What Happens Live as the bartender this Sunday after the RHONJ finale! Anna is about to become insufferable on social media in Europe. Oh and we try to convince Dre to get a puppy! It's a very funny episode and everyone who tunes in takes home an Olympic medal. Make sure to watch us & subscribe to us on Youtube, check out our Instagram, and follow Anna & Dre.

This week's episode starts in the Hamptons, makes a pit stop on the campaign trail and ends in Capri. Of course, no one is surprised because we're all just having a Brat Girl summer. Wait…didn't we coin it ‘Rat Girl Summer?' We digress. Anyway, nothing says summer like Jill Zarin's Annual Luxury Luncheon in the Hamptons. Anna ventured out east with friend Chef Stuart to attend the summer soiree and gives the deets on what went down. Meanwhile Dre is living in her antique dealer era helping her parents list random heirlooms on eBay. A 1972 silver dollar is bidding for how much!? Plus the big Biden Drop-out news and what it means. Also the Emmy Noms are in and Anna and Dre decide what category ‘The Bear' should actually be considered. And fresh off her Capri Yachting adventure, Kris Jenner is on the show with her **almost** favorite daughter Kourtney to recap the Euro trip. Kourt is busy with her newest Lemme launch and Travis's tour schedule. Oh, and Kim's latest obsession: the Salmon Sperm Facial. You're gonna love it Dolls! See you back here same place next week Big Wigs. Catch up on big wig episodes on  Youtube and follow Anna & Dre for more content.

Happy Birthday America? She a big wig but she a problematic one! We're celebrating our own holiday of being in the new studio!! Shout out from Slickback! We're discussing all of the unnecessary shopping we've been doing, travel plans for the 4th, and guess how many tabs we all have open on our phones? (Quick look at yours now) We're chatting Perfect Wife and Presumed Innocent and all the things we're watching, and then we have the greatest guests Kris & Kourt stopping by to recap Khloe's 40th “Khloewood” birthday party! Have a big wig holiday and remember to check us out on YouTube & Instagram! Love you Big Wigs, enjoy your red white and blue! Follow us on Youtube, Tiktok, & Instagram. And follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

This is our most gossipy episode ever! Jim and Frank, one of my favorite couples, spill the tea on the icons you want to know most if it were 1983. Sarah Mills, Andy Warhol, and yes, humiliating yourself in front of Merril Streep are all on topic. We discuss occasionally overstepping and finding their way to any and every premiere and the joys of being a fan who gets to talk to the people they love. We talk about overstepping and We talk about the exclusive chat forum known as The Stump and how it affected all our lives.  Bio: Frank DeCaro is the author of the Rizzoli bestseller Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business, and the forthcoming pop-culture history, Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Mirror Ball. Other books include Unmistakably Mackie, The Dead Celebrity Cookbook series, and the pioneering queer memoir A Boy Named Phyllis. A graduate of Northwestern University, DeCaro writes frequently for The New York Times and Emmy magazine. As a performer, he is best known for his 12 years as host of The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius XM, and his six-year stint as the movie critic on The Daily Show. In addition, he spent four years playing large venues across North America as the opening act for comedian Lisa Lampanelli.  DeCaro is active on social media at @frankdecaroshow. He and his husband, author Jim Colucci (All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television and Golden Girls Forever), live in Los Angeles and New Jersey with their puppy, Penelope Puggleston, who is the true head of their household.Jim Colucci is a Los Angeles-based freelance entertainment writer whose work has appeared in such publications as TV Guide and CBS' Watch! magazine, where he served as a Deputy Editor.  He has appeared on such shows as CNN's History of the Sitcom, and for a decade delivered a weekly on-air entertainment report on his husband Frank DeCaro's self-titled show on Sirius XM radio.  His books include the November 2021 release All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television, co-authored with Norman Lear, as well as Will & Grace: Fabulously Uncensored, The Q Guide to The Golden Girls and the New York Times best-seller Golden Girls Forever.  He recently completed his next book, Love Boat Forever, while being constantly interrupted by the couple's cookie-demanding pug mix, Penny.

It's official…Hot Girl Summer is out…Rat Girl Summer is in and Anna and Dre decide how ratty they're down to get. This episode's got some big moments:  Anna went to the Kelly Clarkson Show with a super fun celeb friend plus the pups have a big procedure this week. Andrea recaps the highs and lows of her weekend celebrating her friend's surprise engagement and then returning to DC to help her parents pack up their family home. Plus a throwback to Motorola Razors and a Paris Hilton Run-in. They also get into the new trend: Rawdogging flights and share top 3 movie go-to's on flights. Also, the new Celine Dion Doc and Kourtney's Birthing experience on the most recent episode of KUWTK. It's all that and a bag of chips. See you next week Big Wigs. Follow us on Youtube, Tiktok, & Instagram. And follow Anna & Dre, your biggest wigs!

It's a celebratory week for BIg Wigs everywhere because we've got a birthday, the Tony Awards and Father's Day. Our Gemini Baby Anna recaps her birthday and how expectations change every year. The girls recap the 77th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Ariana DeBose. They get into the big wins of the night ie Stereophonic and the celeb that made a shocking red carpet shoe decision. Then a Kris & Kourt Katch-up to thank all the Zaddy Daddy's in their lives. Kourt explains which Father she chose to celebrate and Kris shares her favorite Daddy of the Kardash ~Krew~  Stay Golden Big Wigs and we'll see you next week.Follow us on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFPaTVvIbEf1QyLa5rXt2xg)Tiktok (https://www.tiktok.com/@big.wigs.podcast?lang=en  Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bigwigspodcast/ And followAnna https://www.instagram.com/annaroisman/ Dre   https://www.instagram.com/andrealopezcomedy/

We're back Big Wigs! On this week's episode Anna & Dre are back to discuss Anna's birthday week (it's coming up) and Dre's trip to the midwest. She gives us the lowdown on the big wig midwest food tour and decked out Bloody Mary, while Anna also updates us on the biggest scare she's ever had on a stage that happened last week! Bennifer and Judge Judy are selling their homes for millions of dollars, Teresa is letting us get a sneak peek of her new podcast, “Flipping the tables” and Mike and Anna learn a secret about Dre they will never forget: She ate dog food as a kid. You gotta listen to believe it! Don't forget to subscribe to us on Youtube. Love you Big Wigs, stay classy!

After 2 weeks, we are BACK and BIGGER than EVER. Truly the universe provided in those 2 weeks because we were booked, we were busy, we were traveling... a solid life improvement! We have 2 weeks to catch up on which cover Anna's LA travel tales, Andrea booked a fun movie, we chat with Sofia Vergara about her new coffee line, "Dios Mio!" and of course we discuss the major TV news of the TLC show, "The Baldwins" with Hilaria Baldwin herself. We have an amazing Big Wig Bites segment where we chat all things Goldfish (there are some epic flavors out there these days), and the trend of the summer, "Cold Salad Plate" or Grandma's special. This episode takes us through a lot because we missed you Big Wigs! Watch us on Youtube (go subscribe!) to see Anna's tired ass face and Andrea's spray tanned abs.

After 2 weeks, we are BACK and BIGGER than EVER. Truly the universe provided in those 2 weeks because we were booked, we were busy, we were traveling... a solid life improvement! We have 2 weeks to catch up on which cover Anna's LA travel tales, Andrea booked a fun movie, we chat with Sofia Vergara about her new coffee line, "Dios Mio!" and of course we discuss the major TV news of the TLC show, "The Baldwins" with Hilaria Baldwin herself. We have an amazing Big Wig Bites segment where we chat all things Goldfish (there are some epic flavors out there these days), and the trend of the summer, "Cold Salad Plate" or Grandma's special. This episode takes us through a lot because we missed you Big Wigs! Watch us on Youtube (go subscribe!) to see Anna's tired ass face and Andrea's spray tanned abs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a spicy new episode out this week Big Wigs, and there's a lot to cover! Anna and Dre catch up on life and talk about their feelings (get mushy with us for a moment please), a pup-date-traveling edition, and then of course we discuss the Bennifer of it all and the iconic paparazzi photos to accompany the rumors, Diddy's gross apology video, the Amazon registry for Giuliani's 80th birthday, the Avril Lavigne age old conspiracy theory, a tiny sports update, and more. It's a really fun episode and you can also watch it on Youtube if you're into that. Check us out there!!

We've got a spicy new episode out this week Big Wigs, and there's a lot to cover! Anna and Dre catch up on life and talk about their feelings (get mushy with us for a moment please), a pup-date-traveling edition, and then of course we discuss the Bennifer of it all and the iconic paparazzi photos to accompany the rumors, Diddy's gross apology video, the Amazon registry for Giuliani's 80th birthday, the Avril Lavigne age old conspiracy theory, a tiny sports update, and more. It's a really fun episode and you can also watch it on Youtube if you're into that. Check us out there!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What up Big Wigs! We've got a major catch up on the party of the century that Anna went to, Dre's Dublin Portal experience, the updates on the portal, the announcement of the Legally Blonde prequel show, and Sonja Morgan's house that's up for auction. Should we try and get it?! We have lots of theories as to why it's still on the market! Plus we have an epic conversation between Teresa and Hilaria Baldwin who discuss their mother's day, and learn a lot about each other. This episode will make you cry-laugh as it did for us. Follow us on Youtube to see our gorg faces!

What up Big Wigs! We've got a major catch up on the party of the century that Anna went to, Dre's Dublin Portal experience, the updates on the portal, the announcement of the Legally Blonde prequel show, and Sonja Morgan's house that's up for auction. Should we try and get it?! We have lots of theories as to why it's still on the market! Plus we have an epic conversation between Teresa and Hilaria Baldwin who discuss their mother's day, and learn a lot about each other. This episode will make you cry-laugh as it did for us. Follow us on Youtube to see our gorg faces! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and we're survivors of the 2024 NYC Earthquake and the Eclipse! Does Anna have sun eye damage? Only time will tell. We're talking about our Earthquake experiences, our Eclipse experience and of course Dre's new health trend: Fart Walks. Pretty self explanitory. We also expose our boyfriends morning fart routines, we do a Big Wig Bites segment trying the famous Panettone from Citarella, and of course this week's episode isn't complete without catching up with our girl Jojo Siwa! We had so much fun on this episode, no literally everyone loved it as soon as we finished. So ENJOY, BIG WIGS! Also you can watch us now on Youtube (heard of it?) and Instagram obviously! xoxo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and we're survivors of the 2024 NYC Earthquake and the Eclipse! Does Anna have sun eye damage? Only time will tell. We're talking about our Earthquake experiences, our Eclipse experience and of course Dre's new health trend: Fart Walks. Pretty self explanitory. We also expose our boyfriends morning fart routines, we do a Big Wig Bites segment trying the famous Panettone from Citarella, and of course this week's episode isn't complete without catching up with our girl Jojo Siwa! We had so much fun on this episode, no literally everyone loved it as soon as we finished. So ENJOY, BIG WIGS! Also you can watch us now on Youtube (heard of it?) and Instagram obviously! xoxo

Comic and host of the Big Wigs podcast Anna Roisman is in with Chelsea this week to chat about flying commercial dressed as Kris Jenner, why D&D almost destroyed her relationship, and how delusion can bring you the life of your dreams.  Then: A reality show producer struggles with a sabbatical.  A cheating co-worker gets found out. And a girlfriend wonders if she should overlook her honey's 0nlyFans habit. * Check out Anna's podcast Big Wigs here! * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at DearChelseaPodcast@gmail.com * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Podcast author, or individuals participating in the Podcast, and do not represent the opinions of iHeartMedia or its employees.  This Podcast should not be used as medical advice, mental health advice, mental health counseling or therapy, or as imparting any health care recommendations at all.  Individuals are advised to seek independent medical, counseling advice and/or therapy from a competent health care professional with respect to any medical condition, mental health issues, health inquiry or matter, including matters discussed on this Podcast. Guests and listeners should not rely on matters discussed in the Podcast and shall not act or shall refrain from acting based on information contained in the Podcast without first seeking independent medical advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comic and host of the Big Wigs podcast Anna Roisman is in with Chelsea this week to chat about flying commercial dressed as Kris Jenner, why D&D almost destroyed her relationship, and how delusion can bring you the life of your dreams.  Then: A reality show producer struggles with a sabbatical.  A cheating co-worker gets found out. And a girlfriend wonders if she should overlook her honey's 0nlyFans habit. * Check out Anna's podcast Big Wigs here! * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at DearChelseaPodcast@gmail.com * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Podcast author, or individuals participating in the Podcast, and do not represent the opinions of iHeartMedia or its employees.  This Podcast should not be used as medical advice, mental health advice, mental health counseling or therapy, or as imparting any health care recommendations at all.  Individuals are advised to seek independent medical, counseling advice and/or therapy from a competent health care professional with respect to any medical condition, mental health issues, health inquiry or matter, including matters discussed on this Podcast. Guests and listeners should not rely on matters discussed in the Podcast and shall not act or shall refrain from acting based on information contained in the Podcast without first seeking independent medical advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.