What a miserable year! As 2009 comes to an end, we’re reminded of what a terrible year it was for not just the nation, but for gay folks as well.
Our hopes for the equality promised by President Obama were dashed as hate ran rampant across the world. What happened?
Blogger Alicia Eller at Chicago Now comprised a list of “The Top 25 Homophobic Moments of 2009″ and it’s getting a lot of traffic. Some of the highlights include- Carrie Prejean’s opposite marriage, manipulative sports officials leaking the inter-sex status of champion Semenaya, and politicians caving into the demands of fundamentalists with regards to marriage equality.
But it’s not all bad- 2009 was also a year where millions of people felt empowered to stand up and say “I want my rights.” More people came out of the closet and a lot of people had some sexy good times.
Comedian Adam Guerino joins us to find the healing power of laughter inside all the misery.
Listen as we look at the impact of the ugly Christmas sweater on this holiday season.
The worst Christmas presents ever given.
Health care public option dies.
Plus, snow forts, snowmen and Puerto Rican fashions in the 80s and the winners of our Aretha Franklin Walrus Fur Coat Contest.
We are thrilled to announce the development of the Feast of Fun iPhone app! Like many news and podcasting apps, the Feast of Fun app will allow people to quickly access all the fabulous shows and content on FOF with their iPhone. You’ll be able to interact with the site by submitting you own content, like comments or blog entries, directly from an iPhones.
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Great podcast guys. You mentioned the app you are developing for the iPhone. How about an app for the Android OS? My Droid would love to listen to the podcast!
Hi Fausto and Mark,
This is Richard a Vegas fan. You may remember me (or not) we were unable to get together when you were in Vegas and I (arg!) missed the listener party. You also villified my (what I thought was in jest) comment the other day on your podcast! Let me clarify I love Christmas and gift giving, I just hate shopping, the crowds and all the pressure! And you will be getting a gift from me this Christmas.
I’ve very excited about the iPhone app and will be making my donation today. Not as much as I’d like to but you know with the Christmas season and those 27.9% interest rate on my credit card, blah, blah, blah.
Finally, thank you for all the wonderful guest you’ve had on lately. I’ve enjoyed them immensely. Adam Guerino is hot. If he does wear pasties make sure you post pics!!!, Jen Zias has a lovely voice, and it was great to hear Summer Nettles twice in as many weeks!!!
Love love love you guys! Thanks for having me on your show and I hope we have another sexy ugly sweater photo shoot sometime soon!
I have a gPhone and would love to see an Android app as well! It’s open source so it shouldn’t be hard to find a developer who would possibly do it for some mentions on the show and/or a plug on the site. Wouldn’t cost you anything.
And yes, other than a few bright moments, it has been the year from hell. I have some friends who are having a calendar burning party for new years eve! I like the idea. If I’m someplace where I can burn one and not set a building on fire or get arrested, I may join in the sentiment.
Here’s to a better 2010 for all of us.