🎙️ What’s This Episode About?

Athena Barbital is a Liverpool-based alternative drag queen with a look that could kill — and a voice that just might heal you first.

Athena joins John to talk about their journey from PhD researcher to spiked-out, sci-fi drag siren, and how creating their own looks became a form of self-expression and survival. They chat about the origin of the name ‘Athena Barbital’ (yes, it’s pharmaceutical), their place in the alt-drag and club kid scene, and why singing torch ballads in full head-to-toe latex feels perfectly natural.

It’s a deep dive into aesthetic evolution, camp with a chemical twist, and the beautiful tension between visual chaos and emotional clarity.

Expect spikes, stories, a few surprises — and a reminder that not all queens lip sync.

🗣️ Why Listen?

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