Podcast appearances · Radar

Rose Levine

Drag performer and Guinness World Record holder as oldest still-performing drag queen; iconic Fire Island figure since 1955.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jul 16, 2026

Finding Fire Island

Finding Fire Island

6. Broadway on the Beach

Jul 16 · 29m

Jess RothschildHOST

2:42

Back in season one, we explored how the HIV and AIDS epidemic transformed Cherry Grove.

Rose LevineGUEST

2:49

We saw it.

Rose LevineGUEST

2:50

We saw it happen right under our nose.

Rose LevineGUEST

2:53

We had the restaurants like the Monster and the Sea Shack, and they were packed before 81.

Rose LevineGUEST

3:01

In 81, we saw the crowd stopped.

Rose LevineGUEST

3:06

There were no lines.

Rose LevineGUEST

3:08

There were no crowds.

8 MINS LATER

Jess RothschildHOST

10:53

Sherry Grove legend Rose Levine.

Finding Fire Island

Finding Fire Island

5. Pantry Girls & Firefighters

Jul 9 · 39m

Jess RothschildHOST

27:16

So I had to ask, has Rose ever considered joining the fire department?

Rose LevineGUEST

27:21

It's a lot of work.

Rose LevineGUEST

27:23

You have to love it.

Rose LevineGUEST

27:24

I don't have the time and I don't have the energy for that.

Rose LevineGUEST

27:27

But I mean, I admire them.

Rose LevineGUEST

27:29

My time is already on shows.

Rose LevineGUEST

27:32

They don't do shows and I don't do fire.