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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
Kiki, Chaos & Crisco (Yes, THAT Crisco): Backstage with Connie & Lena
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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 help. Pure chaos from the jump.
Then we get into these MEN…
Listen, we are not here to be fetishized. We are not here to be gaslit. And we are definitely not here for “so… what surgeries have you had?” over appetizers.
I said what I said.
We talk full disclosure, safety, comfort, and whether someone is actually OUT and emotionally available — or just curious and confused. There’s a difference.
And somehow — because it’s us — the conversation spirals into:
- Toe pic preferences (don’t ask)
- Proper dick pic etiquette (there are rules, gentlemen)
- Late-night text delusion
- Wild club memories
- Fake sponsors like Grindr, PornHub, and Crisco (Crisco, if you’re listening… call us)
There’s even a Crisco slip‑n‑slide story that probably shouldn’t have made the final cut. But here we are.
By the end, we’re talking Q-tips, tickle bottles, veggie alternatives, zodiac animals, spirit animals… and drawing sharks for absolutely no reason.
It’s messy.
It’s loud.
It’s inappropriate.
It’s even a bit educational.
But it is 100% pure cutting up!
So, buckle up, Sugar and prepared for the cackle!
Like, subscribe, comment and review- xoxo 💫✨
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cutting-up-a-kiki-with-connie-lina/id1849020008
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/200MOk48TaLRPLQvzx2UK0?si=6499dd094f704a10
iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-the-cutting-up-a-kiki-wit-303161901
Write to us at Kiki@TheCuttingUp.com
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@TheLinaBradford
@TheRealConnieGirl
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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.
Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.