Feast Of Fun : Gay Talk Show

Conservatives get nervous about art, because great art inspires people to see the world in new ways, and challenges the status quo. So it’s no wonder Trump supporters and the National Rifle Association were up in arms when they heard one of the most progressive pop stars ever, Lady Gaga, was going to perform during the the Super Bowl Halftime show.In a breath-taking feat, Lady Gaga jumped off the stadium, flipped around like a Cirque Du Soleil acrobat against a dizzying background of hovering drone lights, and then sang her hits while playing the piano and keytar.Edge of glory: Lady Gaga leaps off what looked like the roof of the stadium at her 2017 Superbowl Halftime Show. Edge of glory: Lady Gaga leaps off what looked like the roof of the stadium at her 2017 Superbowl Halftime Show.Today, we take a closer look at Lady Gaga’s spectacular Super Bowl Halftime show, and how she managed to sneak in a shoutout to all the brave folks around the country protesting President Trump and his overlords, Bannon and Putin

You only have to look at ancient art and writings to know that among human beings, same-sex attraction has existed across time and cultures. Even in the animal kingdom, you’ll see beasts of all shapes and sizes acting like they’re ready to march in a Gay Pride parade. But in our culture, studying homosexuality comes with a lot of political and religious baggage so it’s difficult making sense of why so many of us are gay.Today, science journalist Vince Gabrielle joins us to take a look at the sexy science of homosexuality: all the popular studies, some successful and some far fetched, that scientists have done over the past 60 years to try to understand what makes people gay.Plus– ➤ The gay best friend archetype and the dangers of eugenics.➤ Gay genes, gay brains, gay lions, and strong lizards that don’t need no damn man.

From hoo-ha to dingaling, from foo foo to weiner, in almost every family there’s no shortage of safe words parents come up with to describe private parts to their kids.In the family of award winning writer director Robert O’Hara, they called his fun stick “bootycandy,” so when he grew up he wrote a play called “Bootycandy” that tells the coming of age story of young boy who has to learn what it means to grow up gay and black.http://windycityplayhouse.com/bootycandy/Today, Bootycandy writer director Robert O’Hara who has been described as a cross between Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and RuPaul joins us to talk about “Bootycandy,” the cultural impact of Obama’s presidency, and how it’s Tyler Perry’s world and we are just living in it.Also joining us is Chicago actor Osiris Khepera who like Tyler Perry plays a wide range of characters in the play.You can catch Bootycandy at The Windy City Playhouse: http://windycityplayhouse.com/

One of the great challenges we face in bringing about political change is figuring out out how not to get overwhelmed by all the negativity we see in the news and our social media. As awful and terrifying as Trump and the Republicans are right now it’s easy for people to just tune out at a time when everyone needs to be paying close attention.As we’ve seen in the past, focusing on assets is the most powerful way to fight bigotry and intolerance. And now our friend, the insanely talented Meredith Kachel is raising money this year for charities that fight for human rights. She’s already raised $7,000 of her $10,000 goal in just this month so the rest of the year she’s just gonna be able to coast.Today, comedian Meredith Kachel joins us to take a look at how to best handle the people in your life who are still Trump supporters even after all the demented policy and appointments he’s made in his first week in office.MEREDITH KACHEL: https://www.facebook.com/meredithkachelPlus–➤ Madonna stands by her message of lo

The success of the 1994 Oscar Award winning film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which told the story of three drag queens making the trek across Australia’s outback, helped ignite a modern style of drag filled with campy, self-deprecating fun and trans inclusivity.The film was turned into a Tony award winning Broadway musical and now our local Pride Films and Plays is putting it on featuring Honey West who, as far as we know, is the first trans actor to play the role of the grand dame, Bernadette.Joining us today is the lovely Honey West, who has been a hit on the cabaret circuit since her debut in her 1990 one-woman show, A Taste of Honey.Listen as we chat with the legendary Honey West about her adventures in comedy, musical theater and the early days of LGBT radio.➤ A walk down LGBT Chicago theater: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Diva Diaries and the Wizard of AIDS.➤ Her longtime friendship with Transparent actor Alexandra Billings.➤ What’s Oprah’s friendship like with the raunchy transgender

Like Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China, large walls often become symbols of authoritarian oppression.Donald Trump ran on the campaign promise to build a huge wall on the U.S./Mexico border and he recently signed an executive order to make it happen but can he really get it done? And who is going to pay for it?Today, writer Robyn Pennacchia joins us to take a look at walls throughout history and popular culture.ROBYN PENNACCHIA: https://www.facebook.com/robynelysePlus-➤ Madonna denies rumors that she’s trying to adopt two more children from Malawi.➤ A 75 year old woman rides a bathtub through a tornado and lands in a forest.➤ A fortune teller convinces a woman to go into sex work to help pay off her own debts.➤ Rest in peace Mary Tyler Moore, the iconic TV personality who paved the way for so many women has died. She was 80 years old.

The last time we had cosplay drag queen Fox E. Kim on the podcast we had such a fun time talking about drugs, we had to have her back on to talk more on the subject – from flakka to crocodile to carfentanil. What are they, why would you take them and how can they kill you?The Oscars nominations are in and while they aren’t as white as last year, they are still pretty white overall, but at least one gay themed movie made it into the best picture category.FOX E KIM: https://www.facebook.com/FoxE.KimPlus–➤ Cuddling is the popular new drug with young folks.➤ Young people in Britain are doing more drugs than ever➤ Is Brexit doomed? Britain’s’ Supreme Court rules the UK parliament must vote before leaving the European Union.

Dolly fashion, or as it’s better known in Japan as Lolita is all about putting babydoll dresses, frills and bows inspired by classic Victorian literature like Anne of Green Gables. Lolita may have started on the streets of Japan but now it has conquered the world. You can see it popping up everywhere at cosplay conventions and drag shows.Joining us to talk about Lolita fashion is Steven Lopez, who plays the assistant to fashion designer Cyril Lumoy on the reality TV show “The Doll Life” which follows the behind-the-scenes antics of the dolly fashion brand Dolldelight.Listen as we chat with Steven about everything you wanted to know about Lolita fashion but were afraid to come across as a creep, how to put a good look together and what his parents thought the first time they saw him as a little doll.Plus--➤ How to handle the creepers who show up at Dolly fashion shows.➤ Take our quiz- which kind of Lolita are you?➤ Lady Beard the bearded muscled singer who dresses up like a little girl.

Trump is now in the Oval Office so George W Bush- you can take a seat- you’re no longer the worst president ever.Now Trump promised to unite the country and maybe he can- after all, Madonna and Cher, who notoriously don’t get along, came together, along with hundreds of thousands of people for the Women’s March for America.At the rally, Madonna went a little too far with her Revolution of Love by saying she “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House,” but we should instead choose love. Some folks like Piers Morgan weren’t liking it and that Madonna should be paid a visit by the CIA & FBI.Today, we take a look at the Women’s March and the rising resistance against Trump, Republicans and the Russian oligarchs who aim to control our government.Plus–➤ Say goodbye to the stickers on your fruits and vegetables!➤ A woman starts a cat café only to find out she’s allergic to cats.➤ The I’m not gay no more guy is back. A new smartphone accessory will send a kiss to someone you love.

When people ask about your age, it’s not usually because they are curious about your experiences, it’s likely they only want to judge how they have aged compared to you.So stop comparing yourselves to each other.Today we take a second look at one of our more popular shows, Guzzling from the Fountain of Youth. Listen as we examine some far out to totally sensible ideas on how to look and feel your best.Plus–➤ Pressure mounts on Celebrity Apprentice’s gay contestants Carson Kressley, Boy George, and Bob Harper to speak out against President Trump.➤ Nancy Sinatra is concerned Trump is going to dance to her father’s hit “I Did it My Way.”➤ Trump vows to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Arts.

Like all great art, popular films create their own world filled with such detail and nuance that it gets fans to come up with some amazing theories as to what’s really going on.Why were the Dursleys, Harry Potter’s adopted family, so mean to him? Why do Danny and Sandy take off in a car that flies through the sky at the end of Grease? And why does Biff Tannen in Back to the Future 2 bear a remarkable resemblance to Donald Trump?Today, we take a look at some of the most outrageous fan theories of popular films that give an amazing twist to your favorite movie of all time.Plus–➤ NBC is bringing back Will & Grace or as we like to call it the Jack & Karen show.➤ Alaska Thunderfuck sells motorcycles on Celebrity Apprentice.➤ Trump Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos thinks guns are ok in school to fight off grizzly bears.➤ The prankster who changed the Hollywood sign to Hollyweed surrenders.

One of the most inventive musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing is Sxip Shirey who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains and went on to became one of the world’s most beloved performers of unusual musical instruments.From the tampon applicator “tamponaphone” to a John Cage inspired Prepared Guitar, Sxip has traveled the world as a solo artist, circus performer and composer and now has a brand new album A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees.Today, my soul brother Sxip Shirey joins us to talk about his amazing journey traveling the globe with Amanda Palmer, the Bindlestiff Family Circus, Evelyn Evelyn, the Luminescent Orchestrii, Pe.A.Ch. (The Performance Art Church) and that one time we started a rainbow spaghetti food fight at Lollapalooza.Featured Music:

Drag Race All Stars 2 winner Alaska Thunderfun slithered into town to put on a fabulous show for her new album Poundcake (available on iTunes) and invited us onstage to be her sexy muscle daddy backup dancers for her song Chicken, which featured the clucking sounds of Miss Fame.We were delighted at the invitation, but got nervous when we realized it involved wearing skimpy wrestling singlets and poorly ventilated rubber chicken masks.Thankfully we survived.Today, we give you a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to perform with one of the world’s top drag queens.We didn't get much time to rehearse, so we had to wing it. Plus–➤ It’s all over: Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday says no no no no way, she’s not going to perform at Trump’s inauguration.➤ Caitlyn Jenner confirms she will be attending Trump’s celebrity free shit show.

Swanthula and Dracmorda Boulet, best known as the Boulet Brothers are ready to unleash nine horrific queens on each other as they claw their way to the title of the World’s First Drag Supermonster. Photo: the Boulet Brothers.October may be long gone, but the spirit of Halloween is still going strong in the Boulet Brothers’ new reality web series Dragula where a bunch of drag queens claw their way to the top for the title of drag supermonster and a cash prize donated by fans of the show.The production values are raw. The contestants are a motley crew of queens drawn from RuPaul’s worst nightmare. And the hosts send the eliminated queens to hell by killing them off one by one.This ain’t your drag momma’s beauty pageant! Think of them as the Addams Family’s not so distant drag cousins. Today, drag terrorists, queer provocateurs Dracmorda and Swanthula, better known as the Boulet Brothers join us to talk about the making of Dragula: the Search for the World’s First Drag Supermonster and how to collaborate on proj

After a very long and divisive election year, a lot of us are dreading spending the holiday season with family members who don’t share the same values.Thanksgiving with a combative family can be rough, but it’s also a great opportunity to bridge the divide and give thanks for what you do have in your life.Today, we’re talking turkey with the very funny Carma Nibarger, a nurse who heals people with the power of comedy and psychotropic drugs.Plus–➤ The three D’s to getting through the holidays.➤ Is pizza secretly a health food?➤ Deven Green welcomes Melania Trump to the White house.

One of the most extraordinary and she-larious drag queens we adore is Coco Peru who came of age during New York City’s AIDS crisis in the early 90s and after 25 years is still going strong.Coco just finished taping the pilot for her talk show Conversations with Coco financed through crowd funding where she raised an unprecedented $105,000. And if that’s not remarkable enough, her first guest is the legendary Lily Tomlin!Today, we chat with Coco Peru from her mom’s home in Florida about her friendship with Alyssa Edwards’ gay uncle, interviewing celebrities while in full drag and how those hilarious videos where she plays Grand Theft Auto were made.Plus–➤ The one thing every young drag queen needs to do to have a long and happy career.➤ Unusual slang words that have made it into the Oxford dictionary.➤ A Spanish urinal that will wash and dry your pinga.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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Behind every great drag queen is a great woman- female entertainers who inspired them to be the outrageous drag queen we all love.Many queens cite Divine as a key influence on their drag, but the iconic drag queen herself was profoundly inspired by the great Liz Taylor. RuPaul drew inspiration from Diana Ross, and Lady Bunny certainly mirrored Dusty Springfield’s look and life except the eating at the Y part.Like mixing an upper with a downer, these great ladies gave us the speedball that is drag.Behind every great drag queen is a great woman- female entertainers who inspired them to be the outrageous drag queen we all love.Many queens cite Divine as a key influence on their drag, but the iconic drag queen herself was profoundly inspired by the great Liz Taylor. RuPaul drew inspiration from Diana Ross, and Lady Bunny certainly mirrored Dusty Springfield’s look and life except the eating at the Y part.Like mixing an upper with a downer, these great ladies gave us the speedball that is drag.Today drag queen his

With the rise of internet media and reality television, thousands of people with modest artistic and entertainment careers are now finding themselves overwhelmed with success.Lady Gaga was right- fame is a monster: you lose friends and family over jealousy, you feel drained after too many gigs and are left wondering how you’re going to find the energy for your next project.You let the love you get from your fans turn you into a big jerk.And some show up as big jerks to become even bigger jerks. And some show up as big jerks to become even bigger jerks.And worse of all, you feel like you’re messing up your “one chance” at success and worry this opportunity will never come again.Jiggly Caliente will always have a permanent home in our hearts. Jiggly Caliente will always have a permanent home in our hearts.These are problems worth having, but problems nonetheless.Today we’re joined by reality TV producer and filmmaker Kerthy Fix to talk about common mistakes people make when they become famous because of reality

One of the sweetest drag queens to ever come out of RuPaul’s Drag Race is Latrice Royale, who like Dr. Dre is straight out of Compton, or gay out of Compton.Amazingly, she’s survived it all: having two brothers caught up in gangs and then she served time in prison for possession of a small amount of marijuana and a single pill of klonopin.Today, Latrice Royale joins us to talk about her new album “Here’s to Life,” a collection of jazz classics that pays tribute to strong black women in show business like Broadway’s Ruth Brown and jazz icon Shirley Horn.Latrice’s boyfriend Christopher Hamblin serves as the pianist and arranger for the album with fellow Drag Race contestant Mimi Imfurst as the album’s producer!Listen as we talk with Latrice about her amazing drag family of Jasmine Masters, Lady Red Couture and Kennedy Davenport. What do these gals kiki about when the cameras aren’t rolling?Chicago, check out her on April 2 at the Divas of Drag Showcase at the House of Blues.PLUS:➤ The origins of “Jesus is a bis

We met Jonny McGovern and Lady Red Couture in person at the Austin International Drag Festival, and fell in love. There are very few people who cover the same things as we do, so we instantly clicked over our shared passion for the art of drag.Jonny and Lady Red recently premiered a new season of their hit Youtube talk show Hey Qween as well as unveiling a new website filled with more “gayest of all time” content.Today we kiki with Jonny and Lady Red from their home in L.A. about who is hot on this season on RuPaul’s Drag Race and what to expect at the Austin International Drag Festival.Listen as Jonny weighs in on why drag queens all of a sudden have to be nice, chastises us for not being timid enough, and Lady Red slut shames us to filth!Plus–➤ Madonna apologizes for dressing up as a clown.➤ Campy fitness guru Richard Simmons wants you to know he hasn’t been kidnapped, he just needs some peace and quiet after his knee surgery.➤ Cher relentlessly goes after Trump and his supporters.____________________FEAST