Feast Of Fun : Gay Talk Show

Since Lady Gaga tweeted her support for RuPaul’s Drag Race many years ago, fans have been clamoring to get Mother Monster on Mama Ru’s show. Well hold on to your weaves hennies, cause on the season premiere, Lady Gaga walks into the workroom like any other contestant to join the 13 queens (and one mysterious 14th goil).It’s a huge win for drag queens and for RuPaul’s Drag Race, and it beautifully brings an artist full circle whose roots comes from the New York City drag scene.Today, Jackie Huba, author of two books on Lady Gaga and drag queens joins us to talk about how successful drag queens turn their followers into super fans and what you can learn from these gals to make your own business and life a sparkling success.

For many LGBT folks in the past, hearing other people tell their coming out stories was a great source of inspiration for they themselves to finally take the leap out of the closet.Nowadays, it’s not as hard to be out and proud so it’s easy to dismiss the impact someone’s coming out storiy can have on others.Today, comedian Rachel McCartney joins us to take a look at coming out stories, how LGBT stories were a big part of the early days of the Internet and what coming out will look like in the future.Plus–➤ RuPaul gets a TV show based on her life.➤ ‘Power Rangers’ makes history with the first gay superhero on the big screen but it’s not the Pink one.➤ Ellen DeGeneres breaks her finger.

Audiences had their pitchforks and torches ready to kill the live action Beauty and the Beast over Disney’s inclusion of their first gay character ever.But in the end, the new film was a beast in the box office, roaring into a record breaking opening weekend becoming the biggest ever for the month of March.Did somebody bend unexpectedly?Today, comedian Cody Melcher joins us to take a look at Disney’s live action remake of Beauty and the Beast, and all the delicious gay subtext from this and the classic 1991 Disney animated film.Plus–➤ Queer Beauty and the Beast fan art.➤ Disney’s prequel/sequel or “inbetweenquel” – An Enchanted Christmas with Tim Curry and Paul Reubens.➤ Sesame Street introduces Julia, a new puppet with autism.➤ Why everyone’s part of some kind of gay community whether they like it or not.

For many gay men of my generation, we grew up thinking we weren’t just the only gays in the village, but in the whole world.If we had any chance of sleeping with a guy, we thought he would have to be straight, not realizing gay guys come in all kinds of flavors.Today, we take a look at the facts, fantasy and phenomena of gay men having sex with straight identifying men. What’s really going on here? Listen as we take a look at a new study about straight guys who get it on with other men and the internet industry that makes money from gay men’s straight trade fantasies with spammy videos that promises to land you the man of your dreams with this one weird trick.Plus-➤ Katy Perry says she spent much of her youth trying to pray the gay away at Jesus Camps, and as an adult does not identify as straight.➤ California Democrats plan to launch a statewide single payer healthcare system.➤ Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart reveals he uses marijuana daily to deal with arthritis.➤ Felicia O’Dell, the video cooking super

Forget about Trump’s paranoia that Obama was spying on him through a microwave oven, the tech company We-Vibe just settled a $3.75 million class action lawsuit over storing information about users’ sex toy habits without their knowledge.It just so happens our friend comedian Jeffrey Jay uses the smart vibrator to get intimate with his boyfriend over long distances, and now is wondering what to do with the settlement money.Today, Jeffrey Jay joins us to talk about our sexual anxieties in the digital age. How much does the NSA know about our orgasms? And are we boring if we always eat the same kind of foods, listen to the same music and have the same kind of sex?Plus—➤ Trump thinks Snoop Dog should get arrested for shooting him in a music video.➤ Cooking sensation Auntie Fee is on life support after suffering a heart attack.➤ Beauty and the Beast live action director Bill Condon reveals Disney lyricist Howard Ashman’s battle with AIDS shaped the animated Beauty and the Beast.➤ Condragulations to RuPaul Andre Le

You know Drag Race season is gearing up when you see fights breaking out all over social media on what is and what isn’t drag. Good god girl, get a grip: it’s all drag!Just because you don’t like what a queen is serving doesn’t mean somebody else finds it’s delicious.Today, drag queen Eva Styles joins us to take a look at some legendary and not so legendary fights drag queens have had over the years- from big names in the business to queens who just can’t keep their opinions in their purse.Plus-➤ A child comes out as trans to their parent with a surprising twist.➤ Grindr releases controversial new emojis.➤ A couple gets into trouble with the police for faking a murder with ketchup.➤ Joni Sledge, the singer best-known for the disco anthem We Are Family, has died, she was 60.

Jordan Peele’s new satirical comedy horror film Get Out is so good that we had to do another another podcast about it!The other day, we spoke to Zach Stafford, a black guy who finds himself in awkward situations with some of his white family, and today we’re joined by Meg Grunewald, a white gal who enjoys diversity in her romantic life, and whose parents are into hypnosis and brain surgery.Join us as we kiki about Meg’s romantic life and all the awesome stuff we find on the Internet, like Funny or Die’s brilliant Trump/Get Out parody.Plus—➤ Vampire websites are nothing new, but they now seem to be targeting progressive news sites.➤ Digital 3D printer pizza comes to NASA.➤ All pink Starburst edition.➤ Starbucks whiskey barrel roasted coffee beans.➤ Arnold Schwarzenegger says President Trump is in love with him.

Get Out, the exciting new film by comedian Jordan Peele takes a look at racism and the fetishization of black people by drawing on provocative elements from films like The Manchurian Candidate, The Stepford Wives and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?In the film, a white girl brings her black boyfriend home to meet her parents, and while he’s initially apprehensive about being immersed in an all white environment, he soon finds himself terrified as he’s trapped in a Twilight Zone experience by the family who want to make him a slave in a very unexpected way.Today, Zach Stafford, editor at large for OUT magazine joins us to talk about Get Out’s indictment of racism in America and was the film Moonlight robbed of its Oscar moment.Be warned, there are many spoilers, so please go see the film first.Plus—➤ Ben Carson, the only black man in Trump’s administration says he has the ability to drill holes in people’s heads to hack the brain to perfectly recall books read 60 years ago.➤ Can LGBT media survive being ad based

Despite all the amazing advances we’ve made as LGBT folks, many of us feel lonelier than ever. And even though the internet is tying us all together in unprecedented ways, a lot of these digital friendships are virtual and not brick and mortar relationships that stand the test of time.Today, we’re taking a look at why some gay guys are feeling like they’re trapped at a bottom of a rainbow well while everyone else is having a fabulous party.Our guest today is a Cruise Director drag queen Alex Kay, who likes to pair up lonely folks at the bars so she doesn’t have to deal with their bullshit.Plus—➤ Orlando City Stadium puts in 49 rainbow colored seats in honor of the people who died at the Pulse Massacre in Orlando.➤ Producers of When We Rise are blaming the show’s low ratings on young gays for not being interested in their LGBT history.➤ RuPaul’s Drag Race moves to VH1.➤ A mannequin catches a murderer.

On the day that SNL writer Katie Rich was suspended for tweeting that the youngest son of the president “will be this country’s first homeschool shooter,” comedian Shannon Noll was just starting to promote a variety show that placed the boy as sympathetic character in the center of a political comedy.Shannon, who bears a striking resemblance to a young Ellen DeGeneres and to teenage boys everywhere wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of hate for something they considered a fluff piece.Today, Shannon Noll joins us to talk to about the controversy of comedians poking fun at the president’s kids and how to handle the haters online.Plus-➤ Have you done these 13 things in the nude?➤ Picky eaters and why Trump’s well done steak matters.➤ Pink Oreos’ pink poop problem.

Many of our guests, before we start recording, ask us if they can cuss on the podcast and we say “Hell yeah!” I mean F*ck yeah.” But, we discourage it anyway because as good as it feels to let it all out, cussing sometimes keeps people from speaking their minds.Recently Trump’s Public Enemy #1, the BBC, said they’re not f*cking crazy about cussing and decided to look into into why people love to swear.Today, Brian Sweeney, who every other word is BEEEP joins us to take a look at taboo words, why everyone doesn’t agrees on what foul language is, and will newscasters in the future cuss like sailors?Plus–➤ A managing partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers was busy backstage tweeting photos of Emma Stone and now is getting blamed for the Best Picture f*ck up.➤ Teletubbies and Crazy Frog turn f*cking 20.➤ Patricia Arquette is mad as HELL that her sibling Alexis was left out of the Oscar’s “In Memoriam.”

The 89th Academy Awards began with a political message to the world as host Jimmy Kimmel asked everyone watching to reach out to one person they disagree with and make America great again. Otherwise, it was a love fest celebrating diversity and freedom.But it all ended with a shocking twist, as presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read the wrong envelope and announced La La Land instead of the real winner for the Best Picture, Moonlight.Today we take a look at all the amazing moments of the 2017 Oscars you may have missed.Plus–• Is Gary Alan Cole and his fiancee Vicky from Chicago the real Oscar winner?• Trump announces he will not attend the White House Correspondents Dinner.• Muhammad Ali Jr., the son of the boxing legend Muhammad Ali gets detained at the airport for his “Arabic Sounding Name.”• TLC’s new reality show “Brother Husbands” takes a look at polyhipsterandry- having more than one hipster husband.

Our friend Amanda Cohen feels comedians are having a hard time dealing with the current political situation because this administration is already such a joke it’s hard to find a new twist to the humor.But hey, if we can’t joke about politics, you can always laugh about silly umlauts or their gross sounding doppelgangers diaereses.Today, Amanda reveals to us that she was invited to attend the series finale for the TV show What Not to Wear in Vegas and what her video message was for the hosts Stacy and Clinton.Plus–• Germany tells parents to throw out their kid’s My Friend Cayla doll because it could be spying on them.• A new study says that if you say “I have black friends” you won’t appear as hateful when you say racist things.• Shoutout to hunky college football player Conner Cox, who got a very special care package from his mom.

The nightmarishly dark images of 16th century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch are credited with inspiring countless generations of artists to explore the realms of consciousness to create works that defy the mundane.Recently, a Kansas City art museum discovered one of the Renaissance master’s works in their closet- “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” which portrays the saint surrounded by strange beasts and a figure smoking something out of a glass pipe. St. Anthony was the patron saint of those who suffered from Ergotism, a deadly hallucinogenic disease that plagued people in the Middle ages.Today, comedian Meredith Kachel joins us to take a look at Ergotism and how it eventually led to the discovery of LSD, which changed art, culture and music forever.Plus– Zima is coming back so you can party like it’s 1999. A Golden Girls themed restaurant opens in NYC. Which Asian Kit Kats are delicious to Westerners? A woman is arrested at a Taco Bell for offering to help an undercover cop with his pocket burrito.

Cosmopolitan has their heart in the right place— for a major publication, they are pretty cheeky when it comes to giving their readers sexual advice, but for some insane reason, much of that advice will land you in the hospital.Their latest article “The 10 Most Stressful Things About Having a Penis” continues their “50 Shades of Grey” fascination with making your bedroom activities more frisky by kicking guys in the nuts.Today, the hilarious Cody Melcher, who knows a thing or two about dicks, joins us to take a look at the painful and hilarious consequences when bondage goes mainstream.Plus–• For Valentine’s Day, Burger King in Israel is giving out sex toys in adult themed Very Happy Meals.• The CW’s new TV show Riverdale is hot for teacher.• Did Joe Jonas just come out as a gay pup?• Is this the most awkward soap opera cliffhanger ever?

LGBT folks come in all shapes and colors, even shades of miserable, conservative beige. A gay journalist who says he used to be liberal is now saying he’s ready to come out as conservative, claiming he’s a victim of all the outrage over his article on a alt-right gay scammer whose attempt at pissing people off is putting money in his pocket.Today we’re taking a look at the few but miserable lgbt folks who for some reason, are hot for Trump, Bannon and Putin’s Nazi dong.Plus–• A gas station cashier in Australia wants you to keep your sweaty titty money in your bra.• A new study says eating fruits and vegetables is great for lifting your spirits.• No surprise- Trump’s inauguration poster has a misspelling.• It’s Pun Day in the UK so we present to you some of our favorites.

Love is hell! Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and while we are happily in love- it wasn’t always the case. We had to go on some really bad dates and kiss a lot of frogs before finally catching a prince.Today, comedian and former Korean talk show celebrity Vickie Eisenstein, joins us to talk about the weird dates she had while living in Korea. Vickie now performs in the acclaimed Improvised Jane Austen and she loves to bathe in pumpkin spice lattes and french fries on YouTube.Plus— Beyoncé goes full mother Mary pregnant gorgeousness at the Grammy’s.Beyoncé gets tipsy at the 2017 Grammys in her fierce and fabulous pregnant glory. Beyoncé gets tipsy at the 2017 Grammys in her fierce and fabulous pregnant glory. A newspaper in the Dominican Republic mistakes Alec Baldwin’s Trump for President Bannon’s Cheetoh snowflake. The world’s first transgender doll.

The documentary TV series, My Trans American Road Trip, follows Abigail Austen – the first British Army officer to complete gender reassignment surgery from male to female – as she travels to North Carolina to investigate their controversial bathroom bill.Along the way, she met our friend, comedian Jeffrey Jay and his dad Mark (poppa Jay) who got a lot of attention for being loveable and for his unusual explanation on why everyone must embrace transgender people.Today Jeffrey Jay talks about his amazing dad and his obsession with Cooking shows on YouTube.Plus– Rosie O’Donnell says she’ll play Steve Bannon on SNL if asked. A town in Michigan saved its sewer system by not flushing their toilets during the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Donald Trump, like a lot of people is obsessed with the Easy D!

Thirsty? Vivacious serves up a big tall glass of Drag Race juice as we kiki on Season 9.The trailer for Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race triumphantly declares: “Drastic times call for drag-tastic measures.”Amen to that, RuPaul.These are drastic times indeed. What’s really drag-tastic for us is that there are more past guests of Feast of Fun on the new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race than ever before.Today, mother has arrived again! Jamaican born goddess Vivacious from season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race joins us to take a closer look at all the colorful creatures from the new season.Listen as we kiki on who is most likely to snatch the crown; who will most definitely get a bad edit and does a contestant’s weight gain or weight loss during the season tell us anything about how far they got?Plus– Mother Monster has arrived! Lady Gaga judges the queens on the season 9 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 


For a lot of gay men, being a drag queen is like being a comic book superhero – sooner or later, Clark Kent is going to have to tell Lois Lane that he puts on a cape and a fierce pair of red boots to tear it up in Metropolis.Today, we take a look at the trouble gay guys face when they have to tell someone they’re dating that they are a drag queen.Joining us is the she-larious San Francisco queen Peaches Christ, who somehow managed to break the news to her boyfriend that she does drag and he didn’t run away in terror.Plus,➤ 10 reasons not to date a drag queen➤ Does sister dick make you sick?➤ Who gets to use the walk in closet?➤ How to rope your boyfriend to running your merch table.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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