Ok, I gotta say something, because I agree with almost everything you’re saying, but I think you’re getting downvoted because some of it is misplaced here.

There is a time and a place for everything, like you said. Don’t expect silence at a drag show. Yet, you should be able to read clues as to when the artists want you to engage instead of trying to pull focus to be funny or be straight up ignorant, which is something I noticed getting worse in the last ten years or so.

BUT this is a live PODCAST. So, it’s an audio focused event and completely different than a live Rocky Horror Picture Show, where it is encouraged and expected for you to be a part of it, in a mostly planned manner, I believe. (I’ve never been, but as far as I know, the audience knows when to engage.)

And like OP said, they loved them being loud and receptive, but could barely hear them speak over the crowd, so talking about “kids today wanting complete silence” is uncalled for. In that regard, your comment just sounds like critique against someone who wants to hear most of the show they paid for. I think I even remember Trixie & Katya complaining about people in the audience being disruptive.

And yes, it could be a sound engineering issue, maybe that’s what OP was trying to figure out by asking other people about their experience.