Marc Felion, Summer Nettles and Fausto Fernós as Chinese Opera Drag Queens - illustration by Fausto Fernós

On World AIDS Day, Obama Gets an D+. Now technically, is that passing grade? Today we’re taking a look on the day after World AIDS Day at how the world is dealing with dealing with HIV and AIDS.

Activists gave President Obama’s a D plus, due to the US Government’s funding of HIV and AIDS not keeping up the global rates of infection. In contrast, President Bush had an F minus. Should Obama drop out or take a pass fail?

How’s China dealing with AIDS? By opening a fabulous gay bar! But you’re going to have to wait- The Chinese government has postponed their attempts to fight AIDS by opening a gay bar due to the unprecedented media attention.

What will their best selling drinks be? A Maotini or a Singapore Sling?

Our talk radio gal pal Summer Nettles joins us to take a fresh look at the hot stories making it big online.

Speaking of big, pro baseball player Grady Sizemore’s hot naked iPhone photos leaked online, rumors persist that the full monty is yet to come.

Marilyn Monroe does Mary Jane.

Harry Potter can’t keep his clothes on.

Gingerbread Town Massacre.

And the skankiest and luckiest people of the week.

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Joe Walega and the Happy Hearts – Christmas Without Daddy

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Summer Nettles with Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós - photo by Fausto Fernós

We met Summer Nettles at a haunted house this past Halloween and fell in love. boy did we have some Summer lovin’. Summer brings her unique perspective as a talk radio personality and producer to Chicago’s 1035 Kiss FM.

She’s on today’s show talking about how she handles all the celebrity guests that come to her station and how she wooed the fabulous Wendy Williams to come in and tape an interview.

In college, Summer was involved with Snowball, a peer group advocating safer sex. It’s unusual name came from the hopes that the group would have a snowball effect, encouraging others to use protection. Luckily the Urban Dictionary wasn’t around back then, or they’d have to rename the group. Looks it up kids.

Summer’s had her own close encounters with STD’s of the third kind and is happy to talk about how angels or was it aliens, warned her off having sex with an ex-boyfriend.

Listen as we take a look at the tragic murder of 19 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado of Puerto Rico who was brutally killed and dismembered. His killer has confessed to the crime and is citing “gay panic” as his defense.

What is one simple thing you can do to fight back against violence? Call your state reps today at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to support the passing of ENDA, the Employment Non Discrimination Act.

A Chinese man with half a body opens up a half-priced grocery store.

Marc thinks he has the recipe for how the Chinese figured out how to fry and serve a fish while keeping it alive and breathing.

Obama is censored in China while speaking out against internet censorship.

And our review of the movie Precious based on what we’ve read online and overheard at cocktail parties. Three thumbs up!

Cristal Connors has voted and asked her friend to vote for us in the People’s Choice Podcast Awards!- have you voted today? Go to podcastawards.com and cast your ballot!

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Matt Alber – Hide Nothing: iTunes | Amazon

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Radio has always been a lifeline for people in peril. During the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, the only way the public could get access to life saving information was by turning on the radio. And not the big fat cat radio stations, but the low wattage local radio stations.

Someone found a letter you wrote me, on the radio. Radio killed the video star. Turn up, the radio. If you write a song about the radio chances are it will be played by some indulgent disc jockey. Especially if you say how hot the DJ is or that last night they saved your life.

Where is the “ode to the podcast” song? You hear me? If you really want your music played all over the net, write a song about how hot podcasters are.

On today’s show two hot local DJ’s from our weekly community GLBT radio program “Think Pink Radio” Erik Roldan and Ruth Batacan join us to talk about the future of community based radio and how they decide what type of music to play on the air. You can follow them along on Thursdays from 6-8pm at WLUW’s website.

What makes queer music queer? If a hetero artist is really popular with the gays, do they play the music anyways?

Things aren’t so pink for Think Pink Radio. They might lose their weekly slot at WLUW when Loyola University, who owns the radio station plans to take over management and perhaps reintegrate the programming into it’s curriculum.

How long will Think Pink last when the Jesuit school takes over?

Eric’s working on a music blog you can follow here.

Calpernia Addams hit single “Stunning” is becoming such a hit, with a little help from us, that even Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is taken by it.

After Tuesdays comeback in the PP, the Presidential Primaries, Hillary’s campaign sent a mass email describing her comeback as “STUNNING.”

Coincidence, who knows, but Calpernia herself doesn’t mind. We wrote to Cali and her response was “[Hillary] can use it if she wants. She’s pretty stunning, in that ‘iron-willed old bitch I think is cool’ kinda way.”

As Joan Crawford said- “Fellas, this isn’t my first time at the rodeo.”

A combo platter of crazy and fabulous- Feast of Fools.

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Hercules and Love Affiar: MySpace | Site

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