The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina

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.

The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina is a arts podcast hosted by Connie, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Connie hosts The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina, a arts show with 43 episodes published.

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  Episode #143

  Mila Jam Gets Naughty: Pride, Broadway Bares & Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest

  Sep 17, 202646 minS2

  Season 2 is here, Sugar, and we are starting off with a bang! The one and only Mila Jam joins us for a hilarious, and completely unfiltered kickoff full of Pride stories, dating confessions, nightlife memories, snack debates, and trans excellence. Mila spills on her whirlwind Pride season, from making history as the first Black trans woman to headline Boston Pride to being invited back to Cincinnati Pride, performing in Broadway Bares for HIV/AIDS fundraising, landing the cover of The Advocate Pride issue, and appearing as herself on Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest . Then things get spicy: mile-high confessions, "first timer" protocol, diva demands, the four-boyfriends theory, and real talk on dating as a trans woman, chosen family, and why queer joy is an act of resistance. It’s part kiki, part confession, all celebration—and the perfect way to launch Season 2. And follow us on instagram: @TheCuttingUp @TheRealConnieGirl @TheLinaBradford @PrideHouseMedia “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina” is a Pride House Media production. Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen. Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond. Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit. Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Hair by Mariah Molina. Photography by Shane Reynolds. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.

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  Episode #142

  The Cutting Up: Previously On…Nicole Ari Parker, Kerri Colby, Carson Kressley & More

  Sep 10, 202642 minS2

  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 the unforgettable guests, the behind-the-scenes chaos, and the growing community that made it all possible. It’s honest conversations, chosen family energy, queer joy, drag history, pop culture obsessions, and a safe space where guests could truly open up. The Season 1 lineup was ah-maaah-zing, and included icons, legends, artists, activists, and culture-makers, including Nicole Ari Parker, Dianne Brill, Kerri Colby, Susan Powter, Joy Reid, Carson Kressley, Joey Arias, Kevin Aviance, Shequida, and many more. Lina and Con-Con celebrate the magic of these conversations while sharing gratitude for the fans, guests, and team behind the scenes. Baby, Season 2 is coming up and it’s gonna get ya, with Mila Jam, Raquel Willis, Basil Twist, Sutton Stracke, Dimitri Daskalakis, and Brian J. Smith with JJ discussing their documentary A House Is Not a Disco . Pour yourself a little drinkie-drink and join us all (including hair stylist Mariah Molina and photographer Shane Reynolds) as we all raise a toast to the bomb-ass kiki that is our crazy little show. Honey, we are just getting started. Write to us at Kiki@TheCuttingUp.com And follow us on instagram: @TheCuttingUp @TheRealConnieGirl @TheLinaBradford @PrideHouseMedia “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina” is a Pride House Media production. Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen. Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond. Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit. Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Hair by Mariah Molina. Photography by Shane Reynolds. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.

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  Episode #141

  House of Field, Space C*nt & Downtown Drag: David Dalrymple Tells All

  Jul 30, 202644 minS1

  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 Grace Jones’ body-paint era. We trace the origins of House of Field and working with Pat Field, from scotchlite and girdle-fabric magic to the iconic push-up “carnival” bra, then dive into Boy Bar’s “Space Cunt” era with Mona Foot and Lady Bunny stories, Matthew Kasten’s curation of that nightlife community, designing for the Brooklyn Nets, Knicks, and the Liberty’s mascot Ellie, dressing drag legends and rising stars, a last-minute Bette Midler costume rush, and rag rug couture. It’s fashion history, queer nightlife nostalgia, and drag excellence, all wrapped in chaos in the best way. Write to us at Kiki@TheCuttingUp.com And follow us on instagram: @TheCuttingUp @TheRealConnieGirl @TheLinaBradford @PrideHouseMedia “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina” is a Pride House Media production. Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen. Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond. Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit. Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Photography by Shane Reynolds. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.

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  Episode #140

  Cruising, Kink and a Bath House Kiki with Dr. Lee Phillips

  Jul 23, 202636 minS1

  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 a platform that makes talking about sex feel normal, and funny. Because if you can't laugh about it, you're probably still ashamed of it. The conversation moves fast: moving back to NYC in 2021 and reclaiming main-character energy, '90s club kid nostalgia, and why humor disarms sexual shame better than anything else. We get into being kink-affirming and sex-work affirming, how cruising migrated from clubs to gyms, and why dating apps function like casino algorithms built to keep you swiping. From there it's ghosting, decision fatigue, the situationship epidemic, Sniffies, steam rooms, dad bod discourse, and how COVID rewired the way we date and connect. There are bathhouse stories. There is seafood boil chaos. There is a fishbowl question game that could have gotten us canceled in 2004. And underneath the laughs, a real conversation about pleasure, connection, and why we deserve better than breadcrumbing and confusion. Smart. Messy. Educational. Unhinged in the best way. Out now. @ drleephillips Write to us at Kiki@TheCuttingUp.com And follow us on instagram: @TheCuttingUp @TheRealConnieGirl @TheLinaBradford @PrideHouseMedia “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina” is a Pride House Media production. Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen. Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond. Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit. Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Photography by Shane Reynolds. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.

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  Episode #139

  Real Art in a Fake World

  Jul 16, 202641 minS1

  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 capturing someone's true essence through a lens to what "photographer" even means now that everyone has a phone. We dig into AI's creep into art and acting, how phones and social media are reshaping dating and real connection, and whether love bombing is just a digital sport now. Then Ez pivots hard: a recent stem cell treatment for hip and knee pain, and whether regenerative medicine is the future of pain relief. We close with thrifted fashion finds, vintage obsessions, and friendships born from random encounters. Fashion. AI. Dating. Wellness. Vintage style. Thoughtful, funny, chaotic, real. Write to us at Kiki@TheCuttingUp.com And follow us on instagram: @TheCuttingUp @TheRealConnieGirl @TheLinaBradford @PrideHouseMedia “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina” is a Pride House Media production. Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen. Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond. Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit. Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Photography by Shane Reynolds. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.

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