Feast Of Fun : Gay Talk Show

We got some 80s Cold War vibes when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 21, 2022. This horrible war is bringing back memories of pop culture moments like MTV videos of Nena’s 99 Red Balloons that caused a nuclear holocaust or Elton John wooing a Russian border guard named Nikita.Even pop star Sting has us wondering again if the Russians love their children too.Today comedian Dan Cass, who studied experimental theater in Moscow, joins us to look at how Russian propaganda infiltrates the internet and why people are sexualizing Ukraine’s hunky political leaders.LISTEN TO UNCLE DAN'S DAYCAREhttps://beams.fm/Dankass/KCF7jVMvQTug40RmP3zKSwPlus➤ How to spot misinformation on the internet when you agree with what it’s saying.➤ Was Ian Fleming’s James Bond based on Ukrainian super spy Sigmund Rosenblum?Episode #3015

As mask mandates get lifted once again, folks have spring fever instead of Covid fever.Although comedian BenDeLaCreme is happy in a long term relationship, her onstage persona is horny and ready to lay out the incense, wine and candles for a very freaky scene. Yeow.Today, the White Out bandit BenDeLaCreme joins us to look at dating and commitment as we near the end of the Covid pandemic.Dela’s new show “BenDeLaCreme is...READY TO BE COMMITTED” is coming to a town near you, and if it’s anything like her critically acclaimed holiday special on Hulu, you know it’s going to be a wild ride.This one-queen extravaganza is a hilarious and heartfelt spectacular that blends burlesque, comedy, and original music with her signature Terminally Delightful charm, and that’s not just her press release saying it, we really mean it!BUY TICKETS TO BENDELACREME'S NEW SHOW:https://www.bendelacreme.comPlus-- BenDeLaCreme reflects on her controversial decision to walk away from of one of the biggest drag competitions on television-

One of the artists who has had a profound influence on me is Eartha Kitt, the enchanting singer best known for her Christmas classic Santa Baby and for her portrayal of Catwoman in the purrfectly campy TV show: Batman.Onstage, Eartha was as Orson Wells called her, “The Most Exciting Woman in the World.” Eartha sang in multiple languages and flirted mercilessly with her audience. But as outrageous as Eartha was on stage, the one thing she really wanted in life, after suffering an abusive upbringing in the South, was to be a mother.That wish came true with the birth of her only daughter Kitt who grew up to be Eartha’s greatest life companion. Kitt toured the world with her mom and eventually went on to manage Eartha’s career and was with her when she died on Christmas Day in 2008.Kitt Shapiro tells the story of their close relationship in her new book "Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White.” The book feels more relevant now than ever as it illustrates Eartha’s groundbreaking positions on

Ease on Down the Road. The Wiz photo courtesy of Motown Productions.As Black History Month wraps up, we’re celebrating our favorite films featuring Black actors, writers and directors we can’t get enough of. Some of the films are mainstream Hollywood but it’s also the B movies and blacksploitation films that hold a special place in our hearts.Today comedian Rachel Hall, creator and host of the Hood Novel Book Club Podcast, joins us to celebrate the Black films we love.Listen as we chat about films like the Wiz, the movie adaptation of Charlie Small’s Broadway musical that features a grown up Diana Ross playing a little girl.RACHEL HALL: https://www.instagram.com/rachelhallisfunnyHOOD NOVEL BOOK CLUB PODCAST: https://apple.co/3H08vU9➤ Blackula’s first meal dining on a gay couple.➤ Rudy Ray Moore’s movies as Dolemite.➤ Eartha Kitt’s most hilarious film role in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang.➤ How the Color Purple became a camp classic.➤ The Fat Boys in Disorderlies, All of Tyler Perry’s films➤ How movies Breakin and

When it comes to putting on muscle, if you want to get big, you have to eat big.But what kind of nutrition you need to get there isn’t always clear, especially when you’re pushing your body to get huge and freaky. It’s especially hard when there’s so much misinformation about food and supplements that don’t do anything at all, or even worse, hold you back.Let’s Grow Big Together! the podcast that always has room for J-Lo. The podcast that always fits your macros.In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks connect with bodybuilding.Today boot camp fitness instructor and nutritionist Jeff Kurtz from Ann Arbor, Michigan joins us to look at food, glorious food, bodybuilding nutrition and why inflammatory foods may be holding back your gains.JEFF KURTZ ON INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/fitgaymerPlus--➤ Is it best to oil up with grape-seed oil when you’re a big hairy muscle beast?➤ The Himbo esthetic.➤ Why are

Your body is an battleground. Whenever you post pictures online, there’s always someone ready to tear you down because they think you took some magic pill to look the way you do.Our friend Welshy in the UK is living his dream of being a jacked muscle god that makes the haters come out as being secret admirers, whether they admit it or not.Let’s Grow Big Together! The only podcast that comes with the Charles Atlas seal of approval.In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-Today bodybuilder Welshy joins us from his home gym in Cardiff, Wales to talk about getting huge, his swolle inspirations and making the haters eat it.FOLLOW WELSHY ON INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/mrwelshy• What’s it like when two competitive gay bodybuilders date.• The benefits of letting angry people rant against you online.Feast of Fun, Episode #3010

Although he’s new to the bodybuilding scene, Joey Kiening is a pro when it comes to competitions. Joey is better known to fans of drag as Natasha Douglas, winner of the 2016 Miss Continental Plus pageant for queens who weigh 225 pounds or more.Now after snatching the crown, Joey is dropping the wig and picking up the iron, setting his sights on winning bodybuilding contests like the NPC Illinois championship.Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that slays it at the gym and sashays it on the runway sweetie.In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-how to build it and keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-Today Natasha Douglass joins us out of drag as Joey Kiening to look at his new passion for bodybuilding.Are there any huge differences between bodybuilding competitions and drag queen pageants?Plus-- The world’s most famous drag queens who are also bodybuilders.And spotlight focus: smith machine hip thr

Comedian Karinda Dobbins isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. Having moved to California from Detroit to pursue a career in Biotech, Karinda is a now standup comedian performing for straight audiences who dont necesssarily want her to talk about being gay, does gay shows where they dont neccesarily want her to talk about being Black, and Black shows where they might not appreciate her talking about being gay.But everyone wants to hear her talk about mini homes, pampered pets and getting ready for Valentine’s Day.Today the she-liarious Karinda Dobbins joins us to look at growing up in Detroit, auditioning for lesbian roles in Hollywood and her new comedy album Black & Blue.FEATURED COMEDY ALBUM:KARINDA DOBBINS: BLACK & BLUE: https://amzn.to/3uwwYhwListen as we chat with Karinda about Biotech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, how to celebrate Black History Month and why Africa is calling her home.Episode #3008

At the age of 17, Joshua Garver suffered a terrible fall down the stairs that left him with bulging discs that required five surgeries and a spinal fusion.Amazingly, during his recovery, Joshua started bodybuilding and despite having limited mobility, he’s now huge and ready for his first physique competition this spring.Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that was born in the darkness and came out looking all jacked like Bane from Batman.In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-Today bodybuilder Joshua Garver from Hayden, Colorado joins us to look at his passion for muscle, how bodybuilding helped him to move past his broken back and how he plans to win big in the NPC Supplement Giant Northern Colorado Championships and swap meet.FOLLOW JOSHUA GARVER: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaclarkbtwPlus--➤ Planning your tiny meals to look big for

As the youngest child in the famous Jackson family, Janet Jackson has been in the unique position of being near or at the center of some of the biggest moments in pop culture.Janet followed a path layed out for her by her father to become an actor and then later a pop star. Her career trajectory seemed unstoppable but then she faced repercussions for the problems her brother Michael experienced. And then she payed a high price for the Superbowl Halftime show controversy which drove millions of Americans away from broadcast television and onto the internet.Today comedian and music historian Matt Brown joins us to take a look at the incredible life of Janet Damita Jo Jackson, (Ms. Jackson if ya nasty) and her new documentary Janet Jackson, that takes us on an unprecedented look at the pop superstar’s incredible life and her career achievements and challenges.MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.comPlus—➤ What did Janet Jackson really want to happen during the Superbowl Halftime show?➤ A new study of over nine

Happy New Year everyone! As the Covid pandemic rages on, it feels like too many of our beloved entertainers are gone too soon. Betty White, Meatloaf, designers Theirry Mugler and Andre Leon Talley and comedians Bob Saget and Louie Anderson have all gone to that great Love Boat Special in the sky, where the buffet is always open, and cokehead Julie greets you with a warm smile and a suitcase full of drugs.Today we’re taking a look at all the celebrity deaths that’s happened --- all of a sudden. Even though we’re in the middle of a pandemic, January is still the month you’re most likely to die.Plus--➤ Taylor Swift says don’t come after me after to Gorillaz’ who Damon Albarn accuses her of not writing any of her music.➤ The unstoppable Jeopardy Trans Contestant Amy Schneder is still winning months later.➤ Ellen gets canceled againEpisode #3005

For the past 16 years we’ve been doing Feast of Fun, our end of the year show is sometimes called “The Year of Hell,” and while this year has been especially challenging, it hasn’t been all bad.There’s been a boatload of amazing documentaries, films and TV shows with representation everywhere- even the Hallmark channel has movies with LGBTQ folks, Puerto Ricans or both!And along with all the entertainment are thousands of linkbait articles pointing out how they all fail miserably. Is this just cultural criticism or divisive propaganda?Thankfully, we have each other. We are your Covid safe entertainment.Joining us to look back on the year are two of our favorite comedians we’ve had on the show, Matt Brown who now interviews Black divas on his Youtube channel and Dan Cass whose parody of Steve from Blues Clues really stroked our funny bone.MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.comDAN CASS: https://www.dan-cass.comEpisode #3004

There’s something irresistible about the Christmas season’s corny music that, just like a snowball thrown at a rich guy's top hat, deserves a little jingle jangle.Today we continue our holiday tradition of presenting strange and twisted Christmas music we think you ought to hear.Joining us is our pal Manny Petty for a live incredibly strange Christmas music session where Manny helps us parody some rotten Christmas songs. Fausto joins in on the act with a campy cover of our personal favorite Mae West holiday classic: Put the Loot in the Boot Santa.MANNY PETTY: https://www.instagram.com/mannypettymusicPlus-➤ A Catholic bishop makes children scream with his shocking statement on Santa.➤ Have no fear! La Befana, the Italian Christmas witch, who torments all children is usually a dude in drag.➤ RuPaul’s Drag Race Italia has lots of drama.➤ More folks are dressing up as sexy santas than ever.Episode #3002

When West Side Story hit theaters in 1961, it was a commercial and critical success, with Rita Moreno becoming the first Puerto Rican actor to win an Oscar for her role as Anita.This urban take on Romeo and Juliet created by four Jewish gay artists as a cautionary tale about the hate destroying forbidden love resonated with audiences worldwide. The musical is nowadays considered a classic, but it’s also been criticised for its portrayal of Puerto Ricans and for casting white actors in brown-face makeup instead of actual Latinx performers.60 years later, West Side Story is back, this time directed by Stephen Speilberg with new lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a new book by Tony Kushner and Executive Produced by and starring Rita Moreno in a new role as the motherly Valentina.The remake is being celebrated for its more positive portrayal of minorities, but some folks are still stung by the racist legacy of the original work and would rather see new films created for and by Puerto Rican people.Today we take a look at

Feast of Fun first began in 2005, when there were only about 50 podcasts in the world and most of them were people doing Sex and the City epsiode recaps.16 years and 3001 shows later, there are millions of podcasts participating in the great conversation of life, love and viral memes.To celebrate this milestone, we’re flipping the tables and we are the guests on our podcast!Today our good friend Kerthy Fix is interviewing the best guests in the world: us! Kerthy is best known as the on-camera producer Kerthy from the MTV series Teen Mom and for creating documentary films that examine the creative lives of LGBTQ musicians.Our roots with Kerthy go way back to the 90s performance art scene is Austin Texas, where drag queens wore dresses and wigs made out of aluminum foil and smearing your naked body with stuff was all the rage.Listen as Kerthy grills us about our life before the podcast, our break up, reconciliation and eventual marriage.Plus lots of fun and emotional stories from our past and new pathways for h

It’s the 3000th episode of Feast of Fun, the Gay Talk Show that (accoring to Apple) “helped pave the way to bring podcasting from an underground movement to a mainstream phenomenon.”Today we celebrate like a bridesmaid at a destination wedding who’s had way too much to drink. We are spilling all the delicious tea, iced of course and looking at how everyone’s lives have changed as a result of podcasting, the Internet and Feast of Fun.A lot for you and me has changed:Transgender and queer people of color visibility is at an all time high, PrEP is a pill that effectively blocks all new HIV infections, LGBTQ folks can now serve openly in the military, and most important, cake sitting activists finally brought marriage equality into reality.But it’s not all been good news, the Internet and podcasting ushered in a new rise of facism, social media is used as a tool for disinformation and a global pandemic is in full swing as right wingers deny it even exists.Over the years, we’ve had the honor and pleasure of chatti

When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titillation or distaste.But for those turned on by a muscular physique, whether it’s bodybuilders, bears, otters, or jocks in speedos, muscle worship is an exhilarating celebration of the body.Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that makes your legs weak, but that’s because yesterday was leg day.In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle: how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.Today we’re talking to a man we call Muscle Worship Bill, whose anonymous Instagram account Slave to the Muscle states “I pay to worship muscle.” While Bill’s identity is kept a secret, he’s happy to share his stories about what it’s like to kneel before a muscle god’s beefy brawn.

When it comes to making the Yultide gay, lesbians with arts and crafts are where it’s at. There’s no better way to celebrate than by grabbing a glue gun, some tinsel and some glitter and decorating your home to look like the church Christmas bazaar had a little too much eggnog.But if you faint at the thought of pulling out the drill press when need to make a hole in the wall, there’s the delightfully butch lesbian Hillary Klint with her new webseries “Dyke it Yourself” to show you how to do-it-yourself.Today Maggie Faris, the creator of “Dyke it Yourself” hosted by her alter ego Hilary Klint, joins us to look at the wild and wonderful world of how-to tv shows, from Martha Stewart to Amy Sedaris, from Cooking with Drag Queens to Dyke it Yourself!WATCH DYKE IT YOURSELF: http://dykeityourself.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkju8gglCdtJ73F0Nv6OC_QPlus--➤ ABC’s new TV show Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life casts Kathryn Hahn as 80s lesbian icon Jo Polniaczek.➤ Twitter says no to doxxing an

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette.Listen to Harsh Reality: http://wondery.fm/HR_Feast_of_Fun

More intense than a fight between white and Puerto Rican street gangs who just happen to have 5 years of ballet, jazz and modern under their dance belts, it’s Feast of Fun!Today- we remember the legendary Broadway titan Stephen Sondheim, best known for musicals like: West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Madonna’s Dick Tracy movie. Sondheim passed away this weekend, at the age of 91.Join us for this and all the sizzling hot news:➤ Tom Ford says Lady Gaga’s House of Gucci is tragic.➤ How the Sex and the City reboot gets by without Samantha.➤ Dave Chappelle tortures an entire high school during a mandatory special assembly.➤ A Drag Race queen is sick of cancel culture.➤ New Zealand Legalizes Drug Checking