Bonus Leonard Lopate Weekend Podcast: RuPaul!

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 5, 2016

It would be very hard to overstate the importance of RuPaul on drag culture, and pop culture in general. The award-winning reality competition show that bears his name, RuPaul’s Drag Race, is an undeniable hit, and it returns to LogoTV this Monday, March 7th for Season 8. To help you gear up for the big premiere, we’ve decided to re-release our conversation with RuPaul back in 2010. He was on the show to talk about his book, Workin’ It! RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style. So don’t sashay away before listening to this conversation.

Want to hear more of Leonard's conversations with RuPaul? Check out a look back at first conversation together, back in 1995.

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