Troy and Rick take a break from research and writing to talk fun stuff. This includes Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne and Uzo Aduba in Mrs. America, telling us the story of the ERA’s early days. And while we’re stuck at home, working in front of our screens, Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela lead us on a field trip through America’s small towns to preach the healing power of drag in We're Here. Purse first! Poet John Ashbery and activist Barbara Gittings are this episode’s Relevant Queers.

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With everything going on in the world, Troy and Rick have taken some time to process it all. Black Lives Matter, police brutality, the coronavirus, and social distancing. Yeah, it's been a minute. Troy and Rick are trying to get their heads around what life in 2020 looks like. There's nothing nonchalant about it.

This week Jean drops in (via FaceTime) to describe what her experience with social distancing has been like. She works for a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland but for the past ten days, she's been working from home. Oh yeah, she's started watching Drag Race too! (Spoiler alert: she's no fan of either Brita or Aiden!).

In the meantime, when not trying to get some research done, Troy's been finding time for Switch games Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Kentucky Route Zero.