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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowHappy Birthday Fausto!Happy birthday Fausto! Today it’s my husband Fausto Fernós’ birthday, he turns 52. Born and raised in San Juan Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós moved to Texas to go to university and then Chicago to become the performance artist, lesbian flag designer and podcast pioneer you all know and love. Today we’re looking at using your birthday to fearlessly pursue your dreams, a look back on the North American Solar Eclipse 2024 and going from being a fierce drag queen to professional bodybuilder in just 30 short years.Help celebrate my birthday by helping to support...
2024-04-1656 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFausto Turns 50!My name is Fausto Fernós and It’s my birthday! I’m proud to say that I’m 50 years old. I’m not one of those gays who’s afriad to tell their real age and I like to kick, stretch, and kick. I’m 50. 50 years old.Well you’re 50 everywhere except on YouTube-land, Podcast-land, Instagram, Facebook-land, Grindr, Scruff, Growlr, Adam4Adam,Boy Ahoy, Tinder, BeeGeeCee, Christian Mingle, and last but not least, all the other lands across the land.Ok, I’ll switch back after a couple of weeks to my original age, 33.Today we’re...
2022-04-1459 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowMaster Chef's Tommy Walton Sets the Kitchen on FireWe’re just crazy about Tommy Walton, who Chef Gordon Ramsay said was one of the most memorable people on his reality TV cooking competition MasterChef.But besides being a fierce queen in the kitchen, chef Tommy Walton also cuts it up in the sewing room as a teacher to the future Alexander McQueens of the world in the Fashion Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Today we chat with Chef Tommy Walton about his stint on reality TV, his wild fashion sensibility and how he managed to convince one of the co...
2021-08-1658 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show50 Shades of HalloweenOh sweet surrender! Whether it’s gristly doom or erotic orgasm, the buildup of tension and release is universal to pleasure, and that is why I put on my special black spandex outfit for you today. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, cough...We’re thrilled to present 50 Shades of Halloween: sexy gay tales of terror complete with monsters, ghosts, murderers, zombies, all downright evil bitches, read to you by some of our favorite guests.There’s more than enough tricks and treats to get you into the Halloween spirit.Listen as Joshua Granne...
2020-11-021h 03
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2890 - Chelsea Myers is Breaking Free from HypnosisListen to the sound of my voice. You are getting very, very excited. We are in total control of the horizontal, the vertical, but especially the horizontal. We can make things boring, or fabulously exciting.When people think of hypnotism, a lot of them conjure up the idea of a malevolent force like Dracula trying to get them to do their bidding.But in reality people turn to hypnotism to live better lives, from quitting smoking to forced feminization: the art of transforming yourself into a beautiful creation of your dominatrix’s imagination.It se...
2020-08-201h 26
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowJames St. James' Freak Show: When High School is a DragJames St. James next to photos of his club kid days in NYC. Photos courtesy of James St. James.Youth gay culture is exploding online and in high schools everywhere. Just take a look at our community forums here at Feast of Fools. Youth gay culture, GLBT teens, or whatever words you want to use to use to describe it: teenagers all over the United States are speaking up, talking about their sexual identity with the support of their parents and schools.You've come a long way, gay baby! Just PLEASE wait until you're old enough to...
2020-08-1749 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2888 – The Queens Battle for Miss ContinentalIn the world of female impersonation pageants there is no title more coveted than being crowned Miss Continental.Founded in 1980, The Miss Continental Pageant attracts contestants from all around the world and even some of the most beloved Ru Girls had their eye on the crown first before they went on to Drag Race.But with so many other pageants in the world, what is it that makes contestants so willing to sacrifice everything and return year after year in hopes of snatching the Miss Continental crown?The new documentary film, The Queens, looks...
2020-08-131h 10
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowDoes My Voice Sound Gay?How you talk and the way you sound matters, like, you know? A whole lot. Really!Our speech patterns, accents and word choices make a strong first impression. It influences the way people think about somebody when they know absolutely nothing about them.If you spend a lot of time around gay men, black women or drag queens, chances are you’ll greet them with a — hey girl!Many young male actors coming to Hollywood, some of them gay, some of them not, secretly hire speech coaches to train their voices to sound more sexu...
2020-08-061h 19
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFortune's Favorite DaughterDenise Chanterelle DuBois has lived an outrageous life right out of a TV show like Narcos or Orange is the New Black. A closeted trans woman in the 80s, Denise was a cocaine dealer in Southern California until she got caught with a kilo, went to prison, and then managed to get out after serving only four and a half months.In her new memoir Self-Made Woman, Denise takes us on a roller coaster ride through her adventures as a transgender gal surviving drug addiction, alcoholism, car crashes, risky sex and life behind bars.[Originally posted...
2020-08-041h 00
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2884 - Gigi Goode is the BestGigi Isn’t just good, she’s incredible. For top three RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Gigi Goode, theater and art is a family affair- Her mom inspired her passion for fashion and performance and even her brothers are designers and engineers.After growing up watching RuPaul’s Drag Race on TV as a teen, Gigi Goode’s dreams came true. Not only did she get cast on the show, she got to showcase her talent all the way to the season finale. Then the pandemic hit and instead of a non stop whirlwind tour of drag, Gigi’s at home on...
2020-07-311h 02
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2883 - Ben Widdicombe: How I Helped the Rich become Famous and Ruin the WorldFor much of history, the rich and powerful avoided the limelight because they knew once everyone knows your name and how rotten you are, the guillotine comes next.But then, something changed- “Keep my name out of your mouth” became “fake it til you make it" and fame and power became the ultimate goal. The rich hired publicists to capitalize on their image and now celebrity culture is another tool to keep terrible people in power.How did we get here?Today, gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, joins us to talk about how celebrity culture is des...
2020-07-291h 15
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF # 2877 - Brandon Ash Mohamed is Black, Queer and a CapricornWe always think of Canada, our neighbor to the north, as an idyllic place where fountains flow with maple syrup, moose roam freely and everyone is happy riding toboggans to work.But, just like the folks in the US of A, Canada has its own problems with race and police brutality.Joining us today is comedian Brandon Ash Mohamed, one of the few out gay black comedians in Canada, to talk about his new comedy album, Capricornication, where he talks about growing up black and gay in the Great White North.Listen as Brandon...
2020-06-171h 03
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF # 2872 - Matt Brown and the War WithinA Warhol inspired look of Marc Felion, Matt Brown and Fausto Fernós. Photo: Fausto Fernós.Comedian Matt Brown says it’s hard to be in an interracial relationship, with himself. He recently posted that “the black man and white woman that live in my head have been arguing this week” and it’s stressing him out.Part of him wants to visit the beauty salon and the other half wants to see the world burn while he sits on the couch.Today Matt Brown joins us to chat about being a biracial child who couldn...
2020-06-031h 25
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFrancois Clemmons: Being Mr. Rogers’ Gay Black NeighborA perfect friendship: Francois Clemmons and Fred Rogers’ friendship helped change the course of children’s television. (From left to right: Daniel Tiger, Francois Clemmons, Fred Rogers, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Photos courtesy of Fred Rogers Center and Francois Scarborough Clemmons.One of the unexpected surprises from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the documentary film on Mr. Rogers, was just how fierce and unapologetically gay in real life is Francois Clemmons, the actor who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.Francois joined the pioneering children’s TV show as a young man and spent decades playing Office...
2020-06-021h 16
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowMatt Alber’s Velvet GoldmineMatt Alber’s music career exploded in 2009 after the video for his song “End of the World” got well over half a million hits. Since then, he’s gone the independent route, touring the country as a solo artist and sometimes as the featured singer with gay choirs.Today we are happy to present a live music session with with Grammy Award winner Matt Alber– playing music from his latest album Constant Crows. Listen as Matt plays his songs and talks about growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, his unique singing style and falling in love.Plus–
2020-05-2352 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2866 - Jackie Beat Invents the Video Conferencing SitcomComedy has an amazing power to heal, and Jackie Beat and Sherry Vine’s brilliant video series is getting us through the worst of the quarantine by bringing back to life some of our favorite sitcoms and campy film stars.From Joan Crawford chastising Christina via video Facetime, to Stephen King’s Carrie getting berated by her twisted Trump loving mother, Jackie Beat along with her pals Sherry Vine, Mario Diaz, and Alaska Thunderfuck put the sickoning into sitcom.Today, Jackie Beat joins us from her home in LA to talk about her quarantine parodies of Thre...
2020-05-141h 12
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2865 - A Look at Drag Queens in Movies & the Life of Little RichardSince the beginning of Hollywood, crossdressers have had their place in film as either a comedic foil or as a threatening monster.In mainstream movies like Mrs.Doubtfire and Tootsie, the straight men dress up in drag to win hearts or get a fabulous job but rarely do they show the boys dressing as girls just for the fun of it.Today, Miss Understood, one of the drag queens from the film Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, joins us to look at ways drag queens are portrayed in Hollywood films, what they got...
2020-05-121h 23
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2863 - Amanda Cohen: Fashion in the Age of Coronavirus"Fashion experts may have told her What Not to Wear, but in the end Amanda Cohen was years ahead of her time."One of the biggest changes in the age of the Rona is our fashion. Folks are still trying to express themselves in their video teleconferences and sometimes the results are hilarious.As Heidi Klum says, “In fashion, one day you’re in and the next you’re out” but right now we aren’t even wearing pants.Pants? What are pants? Folks wear pajamas all day long, heads are shaved and if they go ou...
2020-05-051h 27
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2862 - Donut McQueen's Horror Film HideawayDuring the times of ‘Rona we’ve been satisfying our craving for something frightening by watching Donut’s Scary Movie Night- a fabulous streaming and screaming web show where drag queen Donut McQueen gets high and comments on horror films.Donut recently streamed Cursed, horror film legend Wes Craven’s tribute to werewolves starring Christina Ricci, her forehead and a pantheon of mid 2000s celebrities. The film is so-so but the commentary is to die for!Today horror hostess Donut McQueen joins us to take a look at horror films, Wes Craven's porn career and how werewolv...
2020-05-041h 26
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowBrian Sweeney Joins us to look at Wild Sexy ScienceBEST OF FEAST OF FUN: Originally posted as "FOF #2683 – Wild Sexy Science" on Dec 6, 2018.Scientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begins.Who knew science could be so sexy?Today Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at some of the most memorable, wildest and hilarious scientific studies that we’ve reported on our show.BRIAN SWEENEY: https://www.facebook.com/BriansDongListen as we take a look at why guys care...
2020-04-241h 24
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2859 - Ridiculous Food Trends That Probably Will Perish After the 'RonaOne good thing about Miss Rona is that she has us all in the kitchen making good food and stress eating the anxiety away. The reason they call it COVID-19 is because of the 19 pounds we’re gonna put on when this is all over.Food trends come and go and while we are baking bread and living off dolonga coffee for now, some truly awful foods will thankfully be banished to the trash can: charcoal based foods, rainbow colored foods, and unicorn anything, basically food that looked like the key ingredients is makeup for drag queens.
2020-04-2256 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2858 - Peaches Christ Looks at Her Twisted Home MoviesThe most hated queen this season is Miss Rona! She shut down every club, gig, and festival so now all the other queens are scrambling trying to figure out how to keep their wigs above water.One queen Anahi Santos went viral on Facebook live for falling asleep after her act and netting over $1900 in tips which said was “the best night of her life.”Lady Bunny and Bianca Del Rio are streaming drag concerts, keeping the raunchy outrageous humor drag queens have soothed us during times of crisis alive and well.And our ghou...
2020-04-211h 26
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowMichael Urie Takes Us Beneath Barbra Streisand's Wonderfully Weird WorldENCORE PRESENTATION! ➤ Check out Michael Urie in the live streaming version of Buyer and Cellar, the solo show inspired by Barbra Streisand’s weird underground village in the basement of her Malibu mansion.https://youtu.be/emrBCitmIbABarbra Streisand’s unusual coffee table book “My Passion for Design” gives the reader an unprecedented look into her lavish beachfront home, where she built an underground village of stores below her barn to showcase her vast collection of antiques, dresses, dolls and various other tchotchkes.Like a small scale Disneyland, the diva can literally shop for her ow...
2020-04-201h 10
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2857 - Peace, Purpose and PleasureWith the coronavirus pandemic, the world has gone topsy turvy, What was once on the bottom is now on top- conservatives who used to try to shame LGBTQ folks into abstinence during the AIDS crisis are now the one’s transgressing public health concerns and are congregating for bareback barrier free church services and protests.Meanwhile disgraced former republican congressman Aarron Schock is self-isolating in Mexico with no less than 6 of his most instagrammable muscular friends, feeding the social media rage machine.Sure you could be mad about it, but what can you really do about ri...
2020-04-161h 06
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2856 - Ain't No Bus Like a Party BusLike a 80s nightclub on wheels, party buses are a weird thing that attract a certain type of Joe Exotic crowd, one that wants the luxury of celebrating in a limo but wants to tell the world “I love to drink.”For over two decades our friend Chris Churchill drove for a double decker tour and party bus company in Chicago and saw a lot of wild nights and tipsy celebrities hopping aboard his big red bus.Today comedian, Cooking with Drag Queens camera operator and now author Chris Churchill joins us to talk about his new...
2020-04-141h 13
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2855 - Vivacious' Drag Queen Quarantina DancerinaDespite being sent home too soon on season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Vivacious and her all-seeing sidekick Ornacia have been on pretty much every season of the show since.Always a pioneer, Vivacious made her most recent guest appearance on Drag Race from the safety of her home in New York City by doing a voice over for Ornacia who was guest judging on an improvised skit called “The World’s Worst Drag Queen.”And naturally, mother turned her sound clips into a single- Ornacia Reads: the fundamental mix, available on Apple Music.VIV...
2020-04-131h 11
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowTeri Garr talks about Surviving Hollywood, Tootsie, Star Trek and David LettermanOne of our earliest interviews, actress Teri Garr talks about her life and amazing acting career from her Oscar nominated role in Tootsie, her various appearances on David Letterman and how she almost became a regular cast member on Star Trek. Originally air date Dec. 15, 2005. "FOF #211 – Does This Wheelchair Make Me Look Fat?"____________________Teri Garr considered naming her autobiography “Does This Wheelchair Make Me Look Fat?” But instead, she decided on “Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood.” The result is a hilarious and touching book that begins with growing up in a vaudevillian family, dancing in Elvis Pres...
2020-04-1037 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2854 – How to Survive Your Quarantine HoneymoonWhen we first heard we’d be self isolating at home during the pandemic, we thought: great! We’ll get all those things done that we’ve been putting off, learn new skills and share time with the love of our life.However, the reality for many of us is we’ve become championship nappers and stress eaters and we’re sharing so much love that we’re suffocating.Today wellness consultant Michelle Keinan joins us to talk about being together 24/7 during the coronavirus pandemic with your love or just the folks you live with.For yea...
2020-04-091h 04
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2853 - The Adventures of Hattie, the Silver Sex CougarHappiness in life comes from figuring out what you love to do and then making it your profession. Our friend 81 year old Hattie Retroage was born to be a healer, so she made it happen as a dance instructor, a therapist or in the bedroom as a senior sex symbol.Years ago, Hattie stole the spotlight from Claudia Schiffer in a Dolce and Gabbana ad with her silver sexiness and since then she’s become an outspoken advocate for cougars.Today Hattie, safe and sound from her home in Manhattan, joins us to talk about her ro...
2020-04-081h 07
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowMy Life with Terrence McNally: Corpus Christi, Lips Together Teeth ApartThe lights on Broadway are dimmed in the early weeks of the coronavisu pandemic: the great playwright and dear family friend Terrence McNally died at the age of 81 as result of complications from COVID-19. As you can imagine, we're deeply saddened by the news.Family are people who share love. I consider Terrence family, in so many ways he was my gay uncle.Back in high school mom and Terrence dated and stayed close friends throughout their lives.Besides writing or being part of hundreds of amazing shows, plays and films, Terrence was...
2020-04-081h 01
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2852 - Broadway Baby Colin O'Leary is All Grown UpOne thing we’ve long been fighting for is for everyone to fearlessly be themselves. So it’s great to see folks like Colin O’Leary shine on YouTube in his videos where he lip syncs rapid fire medleys of Broadway songs in wild costumes with full support of his family.Today YouTube superstar Colin O’Leary, joins us to talk about how he started making his Broadway show tune lip sync videos in his family’s SUV while his mom Carol served up deadpan hilarity behind the wheel of the car.Thankfully the only thing they’ve cr...
2020-04-0645 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2851 - Transgender Visibility Day is Everyday with Tracy TylerBack in the early days of Feast of Fun, when the trans visibility we have today wasn’t so visible, musician and actress Tracy Tyler lit up the podcast with her wild stories of meeting men for romantic rendezvous.Since then, the world’s gotten to know trans and gender non conforming folks a lot better, but we still have a special place in our heart for our songbird Tracy Tyler who sang at our wedding and participated in so many of our online spoofs.Today musician Tracy Tyler joins us to celebrate Transgender Visibility Day by l...
2020-04-051h 05
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2850 - Silver, Sexy and Sixty-NineAs we see gay folks living longer, there’s a new found appreciation for silver daddies and even grandpas as sex symbols.But even though Dwayne Jonson and Paul Mason make aging look delicious, getting older isn’t always as sexy as it looks- your back hurts, the D don’t work and the text size on your phone is now set to “billboard.”Today, gay publishing pioneer and now comedian Louis Weisberg joins us to look at aging and raging gracefully. What are the never ending ways your body betrays you and how to ride the rapids...
2020-04-021h 22
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2849 – The Big Momma of Cellblock COVID-19We’re all going through hard times during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s so rough, folks are comparing self-isolation to being locked up behind bars.So maybe we can learn a thing or two on surviving all this from someone who has actually done some time in the pokey.Today comedian Lindsey Shaw, who did a stretch in the big house, joins us to talk about surviving self isolation by looking at ways she dealt with being in the jail.LINDSAY SHAW: https://www.instagram.com/linsashaPlus,➤ Donald Trump...
2020-04-011h 08
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2848 - Tiger King: Gay Rednecks, Caged Animals, Guns & MethFolks cooped up during the coronavirus pandemic are wild for Netflix’s Tiger King, a true crime docu-series about an eccentric group of private zoo owners battling it out over who is king of the caged jungle.The show has everything: wild animals, queer throuples, a one armed trans guy, alligator arson, mullets, a missing husband, pizza made with expired Walmart meat, multiple zoo based sex cults, a crazy cat lady and country songs about tigers and gay love.Who knew all it took for the country to forget their troubles is a gay redneck seducing st...
2020-03-281h 01
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2847 - Uncle Jack's Gay Glory DaysJack Ryan with Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion. Photo: Fausto Fernós.For most folks it’s been a little over a week of self isolation to ward off the coronavirus pandemic. Marooned in our own places like the Swiss Family Robinson, we have to make the best of what we got, and it sometimes feels like things may never get back to that dirty word “normal.”Today queer media pioneer Jack Ryan joins us to chat about his adventures in Chicago’s club scene in the 70s and 80s before the AIDS crisis hit hard.
2020-03-251h 10
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2846 - Fighting Coronavirus by Looking at the History of AIDSFor folks who lived through the AIDS pandemic of the 80s and 90s, there’s a real sense of dread concerning coronavirus. Republicans failed to take early action on AIDS and to this day we are still living with the repercussions of their deliberate negligence.Just like HIV and AIDS, LGBTQ+ people are especially vulnerable to contracting and then dying from coronavirus. Not to get too doom and gloom here but, we have to ask: are we prepared to suffer the same fate as we did with the AIDS crisis?Today, Dr. Steven Thrasher, professor of jo...
2020-03-241h 29
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2845 - Matt Brown Hunkers Down in His Sex DungeonIn every disaster film you’ve ever seen, corporate greed turns any calamity into a disaster by sheer selfishness and stupidity. From the mayor in Jaws to the lackeys fronting the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in Aliens, movies make us understand that the quickest way for it all to go to hell is to leave greedy bastards in charge.Today comedian Matt Brown joins us from his quarantine bunker/ sex dungeon to talk about how celebrities are creating terrible online content to get us through the pandemic.Listen as Matt chats with us about Madonna’s fried fish fail...
2020-03-231h 21
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2843 - Peaches Christ Battles the ApocalypseDuring difficult times, we usually turn to movies and entertainment to escape our problems, but the most popular films on streaming websites right now are ironically films about pandemics and apocalypses.So maybe there’s hope. Maybe we are learning a thing or two about surviving end times but besides knowing that you gotta shoot a zombie in the head, what can these films teach us?Today film fanatic Peaches Christ joins us to take a look at some of our favorite campy disaster and post-apocalyptic films and stars: Tina Turner in Mad Max: Beyond the Th...
2020-03-201h 31
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2842 - Pissi Myles Takes on Sherri Pie’s Catfishing and RuPaul’s Fracking Money2020 has been a rough year for RuPaul: first her Netflix series AJ and the Queen gets canceled, then DragCon and Drag Race Live in Vegas are postponed because of the coronavirus, and then allegations of sexual predatory behavior against contestant Sherry Pie threatens to derail season 12 of VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race.And if that wig of misfortune is stacked high enough already, in a recent interview, a nervous RuPaul seemingly admitted the ranch she and her husband Georges Lebar own makes freaky money from fracking.Yes, momma Ru is here to slay- slay the envi...
2020-03-181h 04
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2841 - Sam Pancake Takes on Gay Ageism and the Coronavirus PandemicAgeism affects everyone at different times of their lives. When you're young, no one takes you seriously or they tell you to wait your turn and when you’re old, you are sometimes dismissed as useless or you simply become invisible to others.A few months ago, comedian Sam Pancake appeared on a talk show where he talked about how some young people have such a fear of getting older that they’d rather be dead than get old. His conversation went viral and it really struck a chord with they way gay men view aging.CHEC...
2020-03-171h 25
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2840 - Hygge: Self-Isolate and ChillDuring the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, folks are encouraged to stay home and self isolate to keep the virus from spreading and hurting the most vulnerable.So now you're stuck at home- now what?It’s a great time to explore the wonders of your mind and soul, from stress baking, to launching erotic crowdfunding sites to streaming drag shows from your bedroom.Today Marc Felion’s cast-mate from Alt for Norge and co-artistic director of Akvavit Theater, Kirstin Franklin, joins us to look at creative ways to make the most out of staying at home...
2020-03-161h 08
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2839 – Jake Noll on Surviving the Corona ApocalypseWith annoying music festivals canceled, colleges suspending classes and once crowded airports are nearly empty with flights at rock bottom prices, is coronavirus such a bad thing?Yes, yes it is.The World Health Organization just classifed the coronavirus virus outbreak as a pandemic, with no nationalized healthcare system, folks are fighting over hand sanitizer and toilet paper like it’s Tickle Me Elmo dolls at Christmas in the 90s.It feels like the apocalypse is finally upon us, and if our new overlords are gonna be anything like Tina Turner in the Max Ma...
2020-03-121h 02
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2837 – The World’s Most Fabulous News Anchor: WGN’s Sean LewisSince WGN’s call letters originally stood for the World’s Greatest Newspaper, I think I could comfortably say that WGN Morning News Weekend Anchor Sean Lewis is the world’s most fabulous news anchor. The handsome and charming Sean Lewis started his broadcast news career years ago being out and proud.He also lives with his co-worker and friend, the World’s Greatest Weatherman, Tom Skilling in a condo overlooking the Worlds’ Greatest lake, Michigan. Sean tells us it’s like living in an episode of the Golden Girls.https://wgntv.com/author/sean-lewis/Today...
2020-03-101h 12
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowInterview with Eartha Kitt's daughter Kitt ShapiroOne of the most influential women in my career and life is Eartha Kitt, who I was lucky enough to develop a brief pen pal relationship with in the early 90s, before she became a household name again with her vocal appearance on Disney's Emperor's new groove. Please enjoy this encore presentation of FOF #1805 – The Purrrfect Legacy of Eartha Kitt, an interview with Eartha Kitt's daughter Kitt Shapiro. FEATURED WEBSITE:http://www.earthakitt.com/The late great Eartha Kitt is probably best remembered for her role as the iconic Catwoman in the 1960s TV...
2020-03-091h 18
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2836 - Aaron Schock and Elizabeth Warren Are OutShocking news! After years of posting shirtless photos of himself online with other men at circuit parties the former disgraced congressman Aaron Schock came out as gay saying “I am gay, which should come as no surprise.”You might remember Aaron from back in the day when the internet went gaga over his pool party ensemble- a cute gingham shirt, white shorts and turquoise belt that bent straightness so far it curved back into itself.Aaron later was forced to resign for using taxpayer money to fund lavish trips and redecorating his office to look like it w...
2020-03-061h 05
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowInterview with the Hideously Beautiful ChristeeneWe first met Christeene, the wonderfully wild drag queen from Louisiana way back in 2010 while waiting in line at the SXSW Music Festival. Since then, taking an opposite approach than most drag queens trying to get on RuPaul's Drag Race, Christeene has become a sensation with her outrageous music and chaotic style. Please enjoy this encore presentation. ___________________Watch out! Christeene is driving her way to you.http://www.christeene.org/Paul Soileau’s drag character is exploding across the South, exploding onstage with her back up dancers as they spill out a hot mi...
2020-03-0556 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2835 - Take Rachel Hall's Black History Month ChallengeSome folks celebrate Black History Month by reading good books, attending cultural events or just kicking back, pouring a Hennessy and coke and listening to some Luther Vandross on the reel to reel.But our friend, Rachel Hall entertained her friends by posting a new Black History Month Trivia question on social media every day in February.Today, comedian Rachel Hall puts us to the test to see just how much we know about black culture in the US with questions like “Where do you keep the paper plates?” or “Your mother calls you from the other...
2020-03-041h 07
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2834 - Wonder Woman and Super TuesdayOne of the campiest TV shows ever was the 1960s Batman, whose success not only shaped television, but helped propel the careers of broadway stars like Eartha Kitt and Lee Merriweather into superstardom.In order to capitalize on Batman’s success, ABC television scrambled to put together several pilots of the popular Wonder Woman comic book, until they struck gold with Mexican American model and dancer Lynda Carter whose on-screen charisma and gorgeous looks cemented the show and helped pave the way for today’s blockbuster films and television shows.Today we take a look at the...
2020-03-0355 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2833 - Trans Pioneer Kennidi Monroe is Back!The early days of podcasting were extraordinary. Celebrities had no idea what to do with the Internet, and because mainstream representation of LGBTQ folks was slim, the online world saw an eruption of talk shows where people could go in-depth about queer issues for everyone, everywhere.Before Lizzo preached the gospel of body positivity, before the drag race and trans explosion and even before folks started cashing in on their sex appeal on patronage sites, one of our favorite guests on Feast of Fun was Kennidi Monroe, the Voluptuous Diva who worked the scene producing her own singles...
2020-03-022h 11
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2832 - Diary of a Gal Pal to the GaysFor many gay men, our best friends have been the wonderful women who stood by us in our youth when we felt all alone in the world. This emotional bond can feel like an intensely passionate love affair but in reality you’re really just friends without benefits.Today comedians Lindsey Shaw and Matt Brown join us to take a look at gay men and their intense romantic friendships with women, from legendary stars like Judy Garland and Liza Minelli’s marriages to gay men to Lindsay’s own deep relationship with a man who later came out as gay...
2020-02-2658 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2831 - Mari DeOleo on Mardi Gras, Mangoes and Christian ClownsIt’s Mardi-Gras so catch some beads, gobble up some King Cake and get a load of Mango – Mango Braggadochio who describes herself as a party exploding in the produce aisle of a bodega that’s next to a sex shop.Mango is the creation of comedian Mari DeOleo, who was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in rural Pennsylvania where she partied with Amish kids, until got into Christian clowning which lead her to the wild side.Today, Mari DeOleo joins us to talk about her life as an artist and some unusual Mardi Gras celebr...
2020-02-251h 10
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2830 - The Boys in the Band Spills All The Hot TeaIn the mid 60s New York Times theater and film critic Stanley Kauffman laid down the gauntlet asking the era’s most famous gay playwrights why they wrote plays with heterosexual characters that “distorted American women, marriage, and society” and avoided writing about gay men like themselves.Hollywood screen writer Mart Crowley responded by writing “The Boys in the Band” a gay dark comedy which featured mostly gay actors playing gay roles in a brutally honest show that laid it all on the line, from their self loating and racism to their love and resilience.The Tony Award...
2020-02-241h 01
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2829 - Andie Main Takes a Look at Horrifying Animal AttacksNo matter how cute and cuddly animals look, most of them wouldn’t think twice about murdering you if given half the chance.You’d think we’d learn our lesson and keep our distance from them, but it seems some folks just have to jump into a giant aquarium with a killer whale or share a glass of wine with a monkey who's off their meds. In the end, someone is going to get hurtToday comedian Andie Main joins us to take a look at terrifying and hilarious animal attacks that she’s talked about on...
2020-02-191h 01
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2795 – In the Kitchen with Jade SotomayorThe great thing about a meal cooked with friends or family is how it brings everyone together to create something that will then be shared with everyone. The family that cooks together slays together.Today, Jade Sotomayor, from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season One joins us to talk about her episode of Cooking with Drag Queens with her best friend Monica Beverly Hillz.____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS
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2019-10-2440 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2789 – Dragula’s Hollow Eve is on the Bleeding EdgeWe’ve seen a lot of wild things on Season 3 of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: a cow fetus, ripped out cheek piercings, electroshock torture and furry butts, but contestant Hollow Eve took it so far, even the censors wouldn’t let you see it on TV.Hollow Eve. Photo: Alejandro Carvajal.https://www.instagram.com/holloweveFor all the outrageousness presented on the “Search for the World’s Next Drag Supermonster,” the one thing they couldn’t show us is a blood soaked tampon.Today, Hollow Eve, our favorite post binary, drag socialist with a penchan...
2019-10-091h 08
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2788 – Peter Mac Looks at Judy, the Film on Judy GarlandThere’s a lot of Oscar buzz surrounding actress Renée Zellweger’s uncanny portrayal of Judy Garland in the new film Judy. While the movie tries to show us the final year in the life of one of Hollywood’s most iconic legends it fails to deliver an accurate representation of what made Judy Garland a beloved figure who suffered greatly.Why is Judy Garland still so important all these years after her death?Starring in the Wizard of Oz made Judy Garland a household name, but it’s the rest of her amazing career and her e...
2019-10-091h 08
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2786 – Diary of a Muscle God: Thomas TerryYoung bodybuilder Thomas Terry is well known for his Instagram account Game of Swolls, which he started to show off his biceps and to make new friends.Thomas’ formidable build got the attention of a muscle worship company that specializes in creating videos of attractive men flexing for folks’ erotic pleasure. Thomas became a muscle god.But it came as a shock last week when Thomas announced that he was undergoing chemotherapy– prompting him to say “Everyone loves you when you’re dying.”Today bodybuilder Thomas Terry joins us to talk about his side hustle as a...
2019-10-0152 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2774 – Adventures in Forced Feminization: Amy VodkahausGender is so ingrained in us, that whenever we see those lines blurred or broken it can be quite thrilling.As much as people love drag it’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to playing with gender.Today, transvestite dominatrix Amy Vodkahaus, joins us to talk about her adventures in force feminizing people for fun and profit.https://www.amyvodkahaus.com/Plus–➤ Being part of Sharon Needles and Alaska’s House of Haunt in the early days before they got on RuPaul’s Drag Race.➤ Why...
2019-08-2950 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2771 – Vivacious Wraps Up Season 2 of POSEEver wonder why so many club queens aren’t invovled in the house queen shows of the early 90s? Vivaicous has the answer. ⭐ FOLLOW VIVACIOUS: https://www.instagram.com/vivaciousnycWhen you choose to be a mother, you choose to shape the world. In time, children may leave the nest, but true mothers never leave the heart of their children.FX’s hit series Pose is the queer family show we’ve longed for- it is a chosen family complete with mothers, fathers, and children who display incredible courage, humor and love while struggli...
2019-08-221h 18
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2764 – Sherry Vine is Coming to Your CornerWhen you’re buried under a TV show that doesn’t even recognize your existence and you’re just a blip in the latest big documentary on drag, you gotta keep on hustling to maintain that legendary status that few queens like Sherry Vine can claim.How does she do it?Today, Sherry Vine joins us to talk about her amazing 28 year career in drag performing the raunchiest of song parodies and her secret meeting with other legendary drag queens where they had to figure out what to do with RuPaul‘s Drag Race.Listen a...
2019-07-251h 01
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2743 – Frank DeCaro Dives Into His Drag BookSince the early days of show business drag queens have turned the status quo on its head by simply dressing up in women’s clothing.A lot has happened since Charlie Chaplin girled it up in the early days of film, a queer revolution took place, Herman Munster became a drag queen for a day, RuPaul became “Supermodel to the World” and it seems just about everyone these days is a drag queen.Today comedian Frank DeCaro joins us to talk about his new book “Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business” which takes a look at...
2019-05-151h 05
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2741 – Deven Green’s Amazing Decade of Drag Queens, Betty Bowers, Video Parodies and the UkuleleIt’s been an amazing decade for comedian Deven Green, the YouTube sensation best known for her celebrity vanity video parodies and for portraying the satirical Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian.Throughout her career, Deven has taught improv and inspired comedians and drag queens to zhoosh up their charisma uniqueness nerve and talent and she even made an appearance as a comedy coach on RuPaul’s Drag Race.Today Deven Green joins us to take a look at her creative process as a teacher, performer and musician, her passion for playing the ukulele and workin...
2019-05-1343 minFeast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2726 – Francois Clemmons: Being Mr. Rogers’ Gay Black NeighborA perfect friendship: Francois Clemmons and Fred Rogers’ friendship helped change the course of children’s television. (From left to right: Daniel Tiger, Francois Clemmons, Fred Rogers, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Photos courtesy of Fred Rogers Center and Francois Scarborough Clemmons.One of the unexpected surprises from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the documentary film on Mr. Rogers, was just how fierce and unapologetically gay in real life is Francois Clemmons, the actor who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.Francois joined the pioneering children’s TV show as a young man and spent decades playing Office...
2019-04-041h 16
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2686 - A Lady Bunny ChristmasChristmas isn’t quite the same without the raunchy outrageous humor of our beloved drag mom Lady Bunny. For over a decade Bun-Bun’s twisted holiday parodies have been a favorite of our end of the year Incredibly Strange Christmas Music special that celebrates the twisted holiday songs we’ve grown to love.When Bunny isn’t onstage tearing up her pantyhose, what kind of Christmas music does she enjoy listening to?Today, we get ready for the roller coaster ride of the holiday season by chatting with Lady Bunny about outrageous Christmas music we all enjoy.
2018-12-181h 07Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2683 - Wild Sexy ScienceScientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begins.Who knew science could be so sexy?Today Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at some of the most memorable, wildest and hilarious scientific studies that we’ve reported on our show.BRIAN SWEENEY: https://www.facebook.com/BriansDongListen as we take a look at why guys care about their teammate’s dong size, the average size of men all over the world and...
2018-12-061h 24
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2658 – Varla Jean Merman is the Beauty and the BeastA lot of folks fell in love with the she larious Varla Jean Merman after seeing her play the ingenue in the iconic camp film Girls will Be Girls. When she made the film, she was already over a decade into the world of drag and ever since, she hasn’t stopped selling out shows across the globe.But some things have changed for Varla, for the past several years she’s been hitting the gym hard, and it shows. While riding a New Orleans float at a Provincetown parade she got too hot in the summer sun so s...
2018-10-0352 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2656 – Grindr, Bettr, Fastr, Strongr, Kindr?It’s been almost a decade since the hookup app Grindr debuted on people’s phones and it’s been a shitshow ever since. But hey, it’s not all bad, if you can sort through all catfishers, racists, and toxic masculinity, you might have a good time.Maybe the users are just awful of maybe it’s the app’s fault for reducing everyone to their physical attributes rather than focusing on their personality.Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to look at ways gay men use and abuse or please and tease each other on dating ap...
2018-09-281h 04
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2640 – A Sneaky Peeky at Camp WannakikiHow do you tell the Sugarbaker Twins apart? Betty wears a beehive and Cherry is a tart. Photo: Bailey O’Neal.Attention all campers! Pack your bags. We’re headed to the wilds of Camp Wannakiki– the new reality series where eight drag queens compete for the title of “Queen of Camp” at an actual summer camp, deep in the woods of Northern Illinois.Cherry Pi discovers a drag queens natural born enemy: mud. Photo: Feast of Fun.The series is created by Ashley and Brandon Wright, the out gay identical twins behind the food and entert...
2018-08-031h 11
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2639 – Matt Brown: The Most Ridiculous Celebrity Endorsements EverCelebrities are just like us except when they fall on hard times, they get a boat load of money for endorsing embarrassingly crappy products. From useless fitness gadgets, to psychic phone services, to horrible food, the products that they are now schilling makes their fall from grace even more spectacular.Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to take a look at the most ridiculous celebrity product endorsements ever.Listen as we take a look at the best and worst celebrity themed restaurants, why everyone was a spokesperson for Pizza Hut and how computer generated graphics forced...
2018-08-031h 08
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2637 – Will Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette” Change Comedy forHannah Gadsby’s solo show “Nanette” is unlike no other comedy special you’ve seen before and may be the most important performance of the decade.The Australian comedian takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride through her own trauma stemming from violence and sexual assault but at the same time making a compelling argument that stand up comedy exploits people’s suffering.Today comedian Colette Gregory joins us to reflect Hannah Gadsby’s landmark performance “Nanette.” Colette is a trained mental health counselor who works on a wide variety of fields including LGBT folks and sexual assau...
2018-07-2456 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2636 – The Color Purple Musical is in the PinkThe musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, is kicking off its national tour right here in Chicago.The bodacious singer Shug Avery says that Miss Celie “sure is ugly” but the audience can appreciates the beauty in Celie’s triumph over adversity. After experiencing trauma after trauma in the first act, we see Celie come of age and not only become her own woman, this Celie gets a lot more woman on woman action than Whoopi Goldberg ever did.Plus– Would Miss Celie have been a fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race...
2018-07-2050 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2635 –Vivacious on the Whitney Houston Documentary, Pose and NanetteThe most shocking revelation from the documentary “Whitney” is that Vivacious is not only a fierce drag queen, she’s also a time traveler who used to party with Whitney Houston, her gal pal Robyn Crawford and their two brothers Michael and Gary. Photo: The Estate of Whitney E. Houston.As an attempt to fight homophobia during the AIDS crisis in the late 80s, LGBT folks put a lot pressure on each other to come out of the closet. After all, silence equals death.One of the entertainers most widely speculated about was Whitney Houston, who was long r...
2018-07-171h 24
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2633 – How to Survive 45We live in perilous times. Trump is president and if he gets his way, we’ll have a new supreme court justice who will roll back our rights.As tempting as it is to say “you’re moving to Norway” the reality is that we’re all stuck here together.Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at the political crisis that’s pulling the rug out from under us, and what we all can do to stick together and survive President 45.Plus–➤ Oklahoma says ok to medical ma...
2018-07-141h 02
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2632 - The Cher Show Musical is a Fun Pop Culture RideIn the early 70s, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a prime time TV staple. The real life couple Sonny and Cher Bono dressed up in outrageous Bob Mackie designed outfits, performed corny skits and sang medlies with their campy celebrity friends.But, at the height of their TV success, the couple called it quits, and Cher launched her own musical variety show, the Cher Show. Decades later, The Cher Show is back as a new musical that looks at the pop diva’s amazing career.Today, Cher enthusiast, Damon L Jacobs joins us to ta...
2018-07-1246 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2631 – Guilty PleasuresA lot of us enjoy some pretty far out stuff that others just don’t seem to get. Sometimes they act like we’ve lost our mind when we fawn over the latest gadget, TV show or comic book. But that’s at the heart of culture: people bonding over rare goodies that others think of as boring, grotesque or stupid.Today comedians Carma Nibarger and Tim Warner join me to take a look at all the wild things we all love, that we are secretly afraid to tell the world.Plus — With the reboot of Charmed...
2018-07-1158 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2630 – What’d I Miss? Marc's Adventures on Alt for NorgeA lot went down while Marc Felion was away filming Norway’s top reality TV show “Alt For Norge” – Trump and Roseanne Barr got crazier and Brian Sweeney and I got exceptionally close.Today Brian Sweeney joins us to find out more about Marc’s Great Norway Adventure. Did any romantic hijinks unfold between the contestants? And more importantly, how did anyone survive without ganja?Plus–➤ Why film universes like Marvel’s are killing franchises like Star Wars.➤ Koko the gorilla goes to gorilla heaven.➤ Folks are crying over the documentary on Mr. R...
2018-07-031h 00
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2629 – Alt For Norge: Marc Felion's Great Norway AdventureFolks were left gagging when Marc announced that after 14 years of podcasting, he was taking an indefinite break to go off on an secret adventure. His special assignment would put him out of communication with everyone near and dear to him for quite some time and he’d only be able to rely on his charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to survive the challenges that lay before him.Well folks, I’m thrilled to announce that Marc is back, and on Norway’s top reality TV show “Alt For Norge” the Great Norway Adventure.Listen as Marc joins...
2018-07-0346 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2625 - Hot for the Monster from Disney's FantasiaWhile some people would typically scream in horror at the sight of a ghoulish monster, others get horny at the thought getting their freak on with a sexy Sasquatch, assimilating with a Borg Queen or getting the d from the Creature of the Black Lagoon.Today it’s a special gal pal power hour with Wonkette’s Robyn Pennachia and The Onion’s A.V. Club Katie Rife. Listen as we take a look at the weird and wonderful world of sexy monsters and alien erotica.Plus—➤ The Moth Man, the next generation of Chupacabra...
2018-06-081h 04
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2624 – Miss Understood Looks at the Wild, Juicy, Messy 90s.The early 90s were wild, messy and outrageous times. At the height of the AIDS crisis, after a decade of Reagan and Bush, performance artists, comedians, musicians and drag queens were all busy challenging their audiences by sticking yams up their butts, throwing poop at them, and sucking whipped cream and cherries off their toes.So why does it seem like people today are more outraged than ever? Is this just a false perception due to social media?Today New York City drag legend Miss Understood joins us to take a look at the outrageous acts...
2018-06-071h 40
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2623 – Erthe St James: The Duke of SoulSome of the most important musical contributions to modern American music have come from African Americans, whose musical roots in African slave spirituals evolved into all our favorite styles: jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, country, pop and rock.Today Erthe St. James, the Duke of Soul joins me to take a casual look at modern black musicians that have inspired us from James Brown, Quincy Jones and Nile Rogers, to Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Erika Badu.Plus—➤ Roseanne blames her racist tweets on Ambien, the Pharmaceutical company who makes the sleeping drug says racism is n...
2018-06-051h 03
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2616 – Bianca Del Rio’s New Book Will Kill YouEveryone knows that Bianca Del Rio can read a bitch, but did you know this bitch could write?As if she wasn’t busy enough with her comedy career and her long awaited she-larious she-quel Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate, Bianca’s got a new book: Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything, the only self help book she says will help raise the rate of suicide.Today Bianca Del Rio joins us to give us a sneak peek at her new book, what she thinks of the...
2018-05-121h 22
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2608 - Hold My Beer HuntyJust when you thought The Vixen couldn’t make white people more nervous, Tyra Sanchez ups the ante with the threat of nuclear annihilation at this year’s RuPaul’s DragCon with the caveat “don’t say I didn’t warn you.”As if it couldn’t go more off the rails, drag queen Robbie Turner’s dead Uber driver still hasn’t turned up yet. Maybe she’s pulling a Dorian Corey and has him stuffed in a trunk somewhere.Today Chicago drag queen and future filthiest person alive C’est Kevvie joins us to take a look at the compl...
2018-04-2653 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2604 – You Gonna Love Yuhua HamasakiYuhua Hamasaki says she’s “witty, sassy and gay but don’t worry she’s also cray cray” and just to prove she is indeed cray cray, she’s on Feast of Fun.Like RuPaul, Yuhua uses the fabulous name her parents gave her as her stage name, but her parents don’t know that she does drag at all!Today Yuhua Hamasaki, a drag queen who has all her teeth, joins us to talk about her wild experience on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10.Listen as Yuhua takes us back to her roots in China, the “M...
2018-04-0949 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2601 – Vivacious on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Most Iconic MomentsWhen Vivacious entered the workroom with Ornacia perched on her head it instantly became one of the most iconic moments on RuPaul’s Drag Race. But throughout the 10 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, many moments have stood out that changed the way we all think about drag. Okurrr? Yes Mawma! C’mon listicle podcast, let’s get sickoning!Today Vivacious, mother of Ornacia takes a look at the most iconic moments from 10 years of RuPaul’s Drag Race including the recent Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie.Listen as we dive deep into why Miss Vanjie str...
2018-04-041h 14
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2595 – Lady J Martinez’s Wild Drag Her-StoryOne of the most interesting artists we met at the Austin International Drag Festival is Lady J Martinez, a drag queen who studies why folks have been dressing up in drag for centuries.She recently got her doctorate so that’s Dr. Lady J to you!Today drag queen historian Dr Lady J Martinez joins us to take a look at the controversial crowning on RuPaul’s Drag Race All stars 3 and give us a peek at the forced feminization and trans-ploitation films She-Man and Queens at Heart.Plus,➤ There’s a new webs...
2018-03-201h 17
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2591 – Vivacious Answers the Question: Who is Ornacia?With just one more episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3 to go before they crown a winner and, with BenDeLaCreme out of the way, it’s now the Trixie and Shangela show. But more likely, it’s just the Shangela show.Today, mother of Ornacia and mother to us all, Vivacious, joins us to take a look at the latest episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and New York Times’ big question this week: “Who is Ornacia?”Listen as The Divine Miss Vi chats with us about how she felt when Bebe Zahara Benet d...
2018-03-131h 00
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2565 - Disney's Captain EO: We Are Here to Change the WorldIn 1986 audiences were dazzled by Captain EO, Michael Jackson’s 3-D movie spectacular at Disney’s Epcot Center in Florida. In the short 17 minute film, Michael Jackson and his ragtag group of rebels face off against an evil monster played by Angelica Huston who gets transformed into an egalitarian happy queen through the power of love, music and rainbows.Maybe it’s a bit simplistic, but Michael Jackson’s Rainbow loving Captain might be just what we need today to melt the hearts of tyrants everywhere and change the world. Our guest today is writer Robyn Pennacchia who has her...
2018-01-191h 17
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2561 - Disasterina, the Creature from the Drag LagoonSome girls wear pink. Disasterina, photos by: Disasterina Dragkwene, Marcel Dejure.One of the most talked about drag queens from Season 2 of Dragula is Disasterina, the rock & roll queen from a magical dimension. She who won our hearts with her goofy sensibilities and her love for transforming trash into treasure.Although her quest to become the World’s Next Drag Supermonster didn’t end as she’d like, her elimination which paid homage to the classic film Psycho, but with Madonna-inspired cone breasts, was the perfect send off for LA’s most disastrous queen.Today, Disateri...
2017-12-1957 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2559 - A Cee-Cee LaRouge ChristmasNobody celebrates Christmas quite like Puerto Ricans, so we invited our boriqua gal pal Cee-Cee LaRouge to come over to sip on coquito and take a look at some outrageous holiday moments and the gifts we loved getting as kids.Cee-Cee LaRouge has made a name for herself doing Facebook live videos where she gives makeup tutorials and reads some of her fellow queens to filth backstage!Listen as Cee-Cee joins us to chat about what everybody wants for Christmas-Peace on Earth and a five pound pound box of money!Plus--➤ The US...
2017-12-151h 05
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2550 – Matteo Lane’s Never Ending Coming Out StoryIt’s not like gay comedians are followed onstage by unicorns and rainbows to clue the audience in that they are gay, so in order for the jokes to get a laugh, the comedians have to come out of the closet every time they perform. You have to land running, or in Mateo Lane’s case – you have to land skipping.Today comedian Matteo Lane joins us to talk about the never ending process of coming out to your audience every single time you go on stage.Listen as Matteo kiki’s with us about his appearan...
2017-11-211h 20
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2511 – Arrivederci ScaramucciIt’s been a busy week for conservative talk radio host Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci. In just ten days he got hired by the White House as Trump’s director of communications, swore like a drunken sailor in a New York Times interview, got served divorce papers from his pregnant wife who then gave birth to their son without him and yesterday he got fired.We’re gonna miss you Moochie!Today we take a look at all the kookiness surrounding the Mooch-iness from the shade thrown by actress Kate Hudson, why Steve Bannon will never be able to...
2017-08-0149 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2510 - Drugs Not HugsThis week on social media, Tennessee queen Aurora Sexton called out some RuPaul’s Drag Race girls for their unprofessional behavior for showing up late, forcing clubs to rearrange the show order to suit their taste and the worst crime off all, demanding red M&Ms and champagne be put in their dressing room.Alaska the drag queen tweeted “I like red M&M’s,” to which Willam Belli replied “I like champagne.”Are we being too hard on green queens who are still learning how to manage the demands of their new careers as showgirls?T...
2017-07-271h 02
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2481 – Chick with a SchtickLike a real life Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, Dina Nina Martinez writes about her romantic life, but instead of being Jewish New Yorker with a passion for Manolo Blahnik shoes, Dina’s a sexy texy-mexi-trans-terminatrix who likes to tell jokes.Today, Dina Nina Bonina Osama Bin Laden Brown Martinez joins us for her birthday to take a look at putting her dating life as a trans latinx woman on blast. Happy Birthday Nina!Listen as Dina Nina Martinez chats with us about her love life, transitioning from showgirl to funny girl and her fa...
2017-05-041h 09
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #2475 - Don't Do What Daphne Dumount DoesDaphne Dumount done fucked up drag, but it’s all right, because drag is all about shaking things up (or down.)This Saturday, here in Chicago at The Call, Marc’s pulling Daphne Dumount out of storage and putting her to work. But is she really ready for it?Today, comedian Cody Melcher joins us to to look at common mistakes drag queens make and what are some easy tricks to dazzle the audience into forgetting you’re just a dude in a wig.Plus–➤ A Russian deputy prime minister insists a robot that...
2017-04-1959 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #1705 – Matteo Lane is BootyliciousMoving to New York has come with quite a few challenges for comedian Matteo Lane. With the recent hurricane and the tough comedy scene Matteo feels he’s treading water.But, one of the side benefits of living in a six story walk up apartment is that his butt has gotten a whole lot more bootylicious.So what’s he doing with his newfound badunkadunk? Is the junk in trunk landing him a hunk or is he just attracting skunks?They can guide my sleigh any night.Today, Matteo Lane is back in C...
2012-12-041h 03
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #1000 – Grand Slam BuffetPut on your party hats! We’re throwing a grand celebration with some of our favorite guests from the show’s 11 year history, and you’re invited.Feast of Fun began as Feast of Fools, an artist’s variety show in Chicago, Illinois. Today it’s the world’s most downloaded talk show for a gay and lesbian audience. We just might be the first podcast to ever post 1000 consecutive shows. Yeow!How did we get here? Come take a walk with us down memory lane as we look back on over a thousand podcasts.Three's...
2009-06-092h 36
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #644 – Hedda Lettuce, NYC's Cable Access Drag QueenGet your salad fork ready because New York City’s finest drag queen comedian, Hedda Lettuce is here! The obscene green queen who makes Halloween seem serene joins us on today’s show.Hedda was forged in the fires of AIDS activism and in the New York City Cable Access television scene of the early 90s. Fifteen years later Hedda’s still going strong, traveling the country with her hilarious stand up act, and is a six time winner of “Drag Queen of the Year” by HX Magazine.Hedda joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to talk a...
2007-11-0754 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #226 – Puertorican Rainforest SoundscapeOne of the most beautiful sounds that comes out of Puerto Rico besides the music itself, is the ambient gorgeous sounds of the tropical rainforest. Full of life, the ears explode in a majestic lush of sound that can only come from a dense canopy of thousands of lifeforms calling out to each other.http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/yunque.shtmlOkay, I’m waxing a bit too much poetic, but I AM from Puerto Rico. This music and these sounds and the Yunque itself (the name for the mountain/preserve) are a big part of my...
2006-01-1832 min
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk ShowFOF #205 – Kathy Griffin: the D-List DivaComedian Kathy Griffin was delighted upon seeing our resident drag queen Victoria Lamarr impresonating her last week when she flew into town to host Malibu Rum’s Holiday Self-Decorating Contest at Duffy’s.Today we talk to our favorite fiery redhead Kathy Griffin in the back seat of her limo about breastfeeding, Star Jones, her parents, and Jerry Seinfeld. We had such a good time Fausto wound up grabbing her right breast to see if they were real or not, a la Tyra Banks. Are they REAL? Listen and find out!Check out these fab photos of K...
2005-12-0951 min