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The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina
by Pride House Media
Welcome to The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie and Lina, a new weekly podcast hosted by DJ/activist Lina Bradford and fashion legend Connie Fleming, the show offers unprecedented access to the icons, secrets, and untold stories that shaped queer culture. Lina and Connie are both trailblazing women of transgender experience, with deep backgrounds hosting and performing in NYC’s most storied clubs—and pioneering on fashion runways. They bring their knowledge, stories, and relationships to “The Cutting Up,” offering audiences a backstage pass to authentic conversations that can only happen between true friends and industry legends. “The Cutting Up” goes deep on fashion, music, activism, and identity.
Episodes
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The Cutting Up: Previously On…Nicole Ari Parker, Kerri Colby, Carson Kressley & More
Before we launch into our shiny new Season 2, Connie and Lina and everyone at “The Cutting Up” take a look back over the past year. Our “Previously On…” romp through Season 1 features producer Matthew Breen (also known as “HR”) and co-producer Josh Rosenzweig (aka “Palmolive’). We look back on…
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House of Field, Space C*nt & Downtown Drag: David Dalrymple Tells All
We’re joined by David Dalrymple, designer, downtown fashion legend, and longtime House of Field creative force, for a kiki about iconic New York nightlife and the looks that shaped downtown culture, from Patricia Field’s collaborations with the Keith Haring Foundation to the jumpsuit inspired by...
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Cruising, Kink and a Bath House Kiki with Dr. Lee Phillips
This week, we're CUTTING UP with Dr. Lee Phillips @drleephillips): sexologist, former psychotherapist, comedian, and professional shame-dismantler. Nothing is off the table. We trace Dr. Lee's path from mental health and substance use treatment to sex therapy and social media, and how he's built…
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Real Art in a Fake World
What happens when fashion photography, AI, dating apps, and stem cell therapy end up in the same conversation? Chaos. Insight. A little shade. Legendary fashion photographer Ezequiel De La Rosa (Ez to his friends) joins us for a no-filter talk on art, AI, and where creativity is headed, from...
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A Summer Cookout Chaos Cutting Up
Summer vibes only! Lina, Connie, and Producer Matt take Summer by storm. It’s all music, cookout food debates, beach energy, Fire Island plans, tan lines, and how you know summer has really started (hint: shirtless runners and sandals). They kick things off riffing on The Pointer Sisters, Cher,...
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Fire Island’s Hidden History + Madonna’s Next Act
Pop icon debates, queer history deep dives, and insider cultural storytelling! This week Connie and Lina are joined by writer-producer Jess Rothschild. First up, Madonna’s Confessions Two album. What do we know and what do we really want Madonna to deliver? Plus a deep dive on mother’s…
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Moral Panic & Queer Cinema with Blue Film director Elliot Tuttle
Buckle up. This week we’re joined by debut filmmaker Elliot Tuttle, director of Blue Film, one of the boldest queer indie films in recent memory. The film follows a cam boy hired by an anonymous client who turns out to be his disgraced former middle school teacher. It’s not comfortable and it was...
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Drag Legend Shequida, The Roxy & Boy Bar: ’90s NYC Nightlife Tea
This week on Cutting Up: Roxy. Boy Bar. Mars. Absolute chaos. The legendary Shequida joins us to spill iconic ’90s NYC nightlife tea — from first seeing Lady Bunny at Mars to getting into The Roxy on opening night and navigating the East Village vs. big‑club wars. We get into: ✨ Boy Bar boyfriend...
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Inside the Movement Defending Trans Equality Nationwide
What does it actually take to defend trans rights in 2026? This week, Connie and Lina sit down with Victoria Foster James of Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) to talk about the legal, political, and cultural fight shaping transgender equality in America. Formed from the merger of the National...
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Laverne Cox on Trauma, Trans Youth & Legacy
Connie and Lina are back with Part 2 of their conversation with Laverne Cox, and from the jump we are talking about whether trauma is necessary for strength, the political fight over trans youth and puberty blockers, and the real harm of taking kids off medication. Laverne shares how she uses her...
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Laverne Cox, Part 1: ’90s NYC Nightlife & Her Memoir
Laverne Cox is here, and she's giving us two full episodes. This is the conversation we've been waiting for! Laverne sits down to talk about 1990s New York nightlife, trans visibility, and her new memoir, Transcendent (out June 9, available for presale now). Before the Emmy nominations and the...
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Why Real Conversations Still Matter (NYC Edition)
This week, Connie and Lina welcome Zach Miller, host of the podcast Before We Cheers, and the vibes are very New York, very cultured, and just a little chaotic (in the best way). Zach describes Before We Cheers as “the emotional truths we tell before the toast.” The show was inspired by writing…
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What NYC Nightlife Was Like in the 90s (Before Social Media)
What was New York nightlife really like before phones, influencers, and bottle service? This week on The Cutting Up, we sit down with East Village legend DJ Gant Johnson to relive the chaos, glamour, and dance-floor magic of 80s and 90s NYC club culture. We’re talking: 🔥 Crowbar Tuesdays 🔥 Boy...
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Peppermint on Survival of the Thickest, Trans Rights, and Celebrity Traitors
Peppermint joins The Cutting Up, and the gloves are OFF. The icon, activist, and 2026 NYC Pride Grand Marshal comes through for what starts as a springtime kiki, and ends up being one of our most honest, most necessary conversations yet. From shouting out Sinners to going all the way in on…
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Cleansing Curses, Taking Leaps & Owning Your Power
This week on The Cutting Up, Connie and Lina are welcoming our brother-in-chaos and Pride royalty himself, David Correa. Shall we start with outfits and an I Love Lucy tangent? Yes, we shall. David and Lina go way back—all the way to 2016, when he booked her as the resident DJ for NYC Pride’s…
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Alvaro Takes Us Inside 80s NYC Art & Fashion: Antonio Lopez, Naomi & The Golden Club Era
Okay, first of all… yes. The camera betrayed us last time. But like true legends, we came back hotter. On this episode, we welcome back the incomparable Alvaro, an artist, fashion insider, South Bronx original. And this time the cameras stayed ON. Not only is his art all over our “studio,” but he...
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Music to Kiki By: Disco, House & the Albums That Raised Us
This week we are joined by producer Matthew Breen (who also doubles as HR, Sugar). We all spiral from the iconic Justin-Britney denim lewk into a full jukebox of memories. It’s all about MUSIC. The albums that raised us, the songs that cracked us open, the disco divas who built community, the…
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Kevin Aviance on Black Queer Legacy, Beyoncé, and Club Kid History
It’s a birthday episode and we are celebrating all month, Sugar and we’re setting intentions. Connie and Lena kick things off with a mystical little “circle of three” blessing before summoning the icon, the legend, the voice you definitely know — Kevin Aviance — for the ultimate backstage Kiki.…
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Joey Arias Unfiltered: Nightlife, Mugler & a Legendary Downtown Life
This week on The Cutting Up, Connie and I are kiki‑ing in Washington Heights like it’s a downtown séance — and our guest? Only a living, breathing piece of NYC nightlife history: the one and only Joey Arias. Yes. That Joey Arias. Performance art legend. Mugler muse. Warhol era mischief-maker....
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Glam, Grit & Glisten: Our Convo with Wilson Cruz
Baby… this episode? A whole mood. Wilson Cruz dropped into The Cutting Up and we started where all important conversations start: backstage glam. Because if we’re going to talk about surviving late-stage capitalism and political chaos, we’re at least doing it moisturized. But don’t get it twisted…
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Our First Times: Crushes, Chaos & A Married Man
This week’s kiki starts creamy… but quickly turns into a full-blown “the first time I…” chaos! . Yes, we open with creamsicles, Charlie perfume, and a head-to-toe cream moment (because aesthetics matter). But the real meat of this episode? Our firsts. We play a rapid-fire game of: First crush…
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Kiki, Chaos & Crisco (Yes, THAT Crisco): Backstage with Connie & Lena
Oooh Sugar, we are back and bring you a peek “backstage” - it’s unfiltered, off-the-rails and spiritually protected, okay?? Because why did we start the episode spraying “Go Away Evil” like we were cleansing demons… and almost took ourselves out in the process. I nearly gagged. Connie was no…
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Psychic Tea & Protection Spells
Hey Sugar, we’re back! 💋 This week on The Cutting Up, Connie and I start with a cute little backstage kiki — you know, just casually spiraling from Diane Freis dresses and YSL fantasy to vintage perfume memories and our retro TV crushes. As one does. But then… the energy shifts. I start talking...
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Love Bombs & Trash‑Bag Exits: The Dating Red Flags We Missed
🚩 If he says “I don’t really give compliments…” baby, that’s your cue. 🚩 This week on The Cutting Up, we’ve got outfit breakdowns, supermodel nostalgia, and mental Versace campaigns. But then we unpack our prophetic dreams and talk about men who should’ve been sent packing. We get into red…
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Connie & Lina’s Valentine’s Day Survival Guide
Okay Sugar, it’s Valentine’s Day and we are serving opinions and giggles. This episode is basically a heart‑shaped box of chaos. First up, dating apps that test my patience, then subway crushes that live rent‑free in our minds. What are the romantic gestures that actually matter? And why honesty…
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Cutting Up with the Cosmos: David Odyssey Reads Lina & Connie
On this episode of The Cutting Up, we went full cosmic with David Odyssey from Heavenly Bodies. Honey, that’s a crossover! And it felt magical, grounding, and just plain fun. We started out reminiscing (yes, The B‑52s DID come up 💃) before diving into what was really in the air: astrology…
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Hollywood, Casting & Life as a Trans Actress
This week on the pod, Connie and I are doing what we do best: talking fashion, reliving auditions we absolutely should have booked, and unpacking the absolute circus that is today’s news cycle. We get into door‑knocker earrings (obviously), guilty pleasures, iconic roles, and the very real...
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More Than Makeup: Beauty as Trans Power
Okay Sugar, strap in! This episode of The Cutting Up is serving beauty, history, and a whole lot of truth. This week, when the gong rashes, guess who it is… the iconic Bradley Miller—makeup artist, educator, and all‑around force—and she sits down for a kiki that starts with nostalgic movie...
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Training the Body, Feeding the Soul: A Kiki with Celebrity Trainer Kacy Duke
We were already in full kiki mode, but once fitness icon Kacy Duke stepped into the chat? Baby. It became a juicy, feel-good, soul-stirring conversation about fitness, confidence, and loving the skin you’re in, no matter the season. We talked about how our bodies survived the pandemic, laughed...
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Carson Kressley: Style with Heart
Slip on your favorite heels and settle in, because this episode is everything. We are spilling fashion tea from the early 2000s—the era that gave us questionable shoes, plaid overload, and confidence we maybe didn’t earn. And just when you think it can’t get better, Carson Kressley struts into…
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Connie & Lina’s Holiday Hot Takes
This week, our brother and producer Matt joins us to ring in the new year! We share some of my favorite holiday memories from childhood gifts to traditions that still bring the vibes. We talk about how we actually like to spend the holidays, debate overplayed Christmas songs, and give Mariah…
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Connie & Lina's Christmas Pajama Party
What’s the first thing a girl’s to do on a jubilant Christmas morning? Call a sistrix, of course! Sugar, this is unfiltered Christmas energy because if anyone is going to tolerate me before caffeine, it’s a sistrix. Your girl Lina woke up like this and your girl Connie Girl answered the call,...
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Pirate Boots & Punk Roots: Connie & Lina’s Tribute to the Iconic Vivienne Westwood
Okay Sugar, buckle up—because this episode was basically mine and Connie’s Olympics. From the moment we hit record, the energy was high, the accessories were rattling, and Vivienne Westwood was in the house hovering over the conversation like the patron saint of chaotic glam. We kicked things off...
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Joy Reid Unfiltered: Black Identity, Bold Truths, Fashion, and a Little Paranormal Tea
Buckle up, because this episode goes off the rails the way only our show can. Today we have Joy Reid! Yes, Joy freakin’ Reid, the first Black woman primetime news anchor, New York Times bestselling author, and the woman who tells it like it is. We jump right into the deep end with, what else,...
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The Insanity Redux! A Wild, Candid Conversation with Susan Powter
Connie and Lina get to sit down for an incredible, off-the-freaking-chain chat with the legendary Susan Powter. And trust, she holds nothing back, sharing her wild origin story, rise, and fall—and now her return to the stage. We’ve got exclusives! Powter went from being a broke single mom who...
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We're Serving You Stuffing, Quaaludes & Paper Airplanes This Thanksgiving
Gobble gobble, everyone! Connie and Lina welcome producer Matt for their special Thanksgiving episode — which, as usual, goes completely off the rails. From cocktail conversations to family traditions, sharing their favorite traditions, questionable recipes, and chaotic holiday stories — it is a...
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Fashion, Friendship & a Little Bit of Chaos: A Cutting Up with Kelly Bensimon
Get ready to laugh, strut and pick your jaw up off the floor — because this week’s episode of The Cutting Up is giving full runway meets “girl chat” . Hosts Connie and Lina are in the house, joined by none other than the fabulous Kelly Bensimon — author, fashion icon, reality legend, and…
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First Jobs: We Work Hard for the Money, Honey!
This week ladies are delivering fashion highs, hair flips, and hilarious flashbacks, and they are joined by their adorable and ever‑patient producer, Matthew Breen. From jaw‑dropping outfits to legendary first gigs, Connie Girl and DJ Lina compare their first gigs, unforgettable club nights, and...
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Dolls, DJs, and Zooted Yorkie: A Kiki with Kerri Colby
Before we turn to our regularly scheduled kiki, Lina has some household safety advice: Keep your houseguests’ THC cookies away from nosey little Yorkies. Bashert got zooted, honey! And we’re back! Drag Race double-alum and blonde goddess Kerri Colby must have heard the super doll signal because…
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Warhol, Ryan Murphy, and Falling off the Catwalk: A Kiki with Dianne Brill
We jump right into the wars—the fashion wars! Connie and Lina break down the rivalry between big NYC fashion designers—which models could walk for whom? And who were you disrespecting if you sat with whom? Child, the anxiety lingers! And then—ding dong!—enter the fabulous fashion designer, model,...
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Silk and Soul Food: A Kiki with Nicole Ari Parker
OK honey, we get right into it, with just a little side swerve into what the girls are fighting over, grammar lessons, The Eyes of Laura Mars, the commercial for DiAnes hair extensions, our “Labiquita” (LGBTQIA) community freedom fighters, and—ding dong!—star of And Just Like That, Nicole Ari...
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The Kiki Kick Off: Connie & Lina Have Something to Say
What happens when two women who’ve seen everything in NYC nightlife—from the Club Kid era to the 2025 Met Gala—finally get to tell their stories? Get ready to laugh, learn, and love with The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina. In this glittering debut episode, your fabulous hosts, NYC…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie and Lina, a new weekly podcast hosted by DJ/activist Lina Bradford and fashion legend Connie Fleming, the show offers unprecedented access to the icons, secrets, and untold stories that shaped queer culture. Lina and Connie are both trailblazing women of transgender experience, with deep backgrounds hosting and performing in NYC’s most storied clubs—and pioneering on fashion runways. They bring their knowledge, stories, and relationships to “The Cutting Up,” offering audiences a backstage pass to authentic conversations that can only happen between true friends and industry legends. “The Cutting Up” goes deep on fashion, music, activism, and identity.
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Pride House Media
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Welcome to The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie and Lina, a new weekly podcast hosted by DJ/activist Lina Bradford and fashion legend Connie Fleming, the show offers unprecedented access to the icons, secrets, and untold stories that shaped queer culture. Lina and Connie are both trailblazing women...
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