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FOF #2198 – Hell No to American Idol

Last year, musician Ryan Cassata auditioned for the reality TV show American Idol but he didn’t make the cut after being told he wasn’t “contemporary enough,” but now that being transgender is the new media darling, producers are banging down his down.

Today, Ryan Cassata joins us from his recording studio to talk about why he turned down such a big opportunity on American Idol.

FOF #2197 – One Hundred Wigs

On August 1, comedian Meg Grunewald celebrated her 100th character and her one year anniversary on Vine, the 6 second video sharing app where folks mostly post wacky clips of themselves yelling at the camera.

Today Meg joins us to talk about how she took her wig collection and became an internet celebrity on Vine

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 9 years ago 5

FOF #2196 – Bitch! I Am From Chicago and I’m Losing Weight

Mystique Summers is best known for her hilariously heated exchange on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2 where she yelled at one of the contestants “I will whoop yo fucking ass! Bitch I’m from Chicago.”

Today Mystique joins us to talk about her remarkable weight loss, and living a healthy lifestyle as a drag queen when you’re doing 200 shows a year.

FOF #2195 – Terri Runnels’ Wild World of TV Wrestling

In the mid 90s, wrestling personality Goldust became a sensation for using homophobia as a weapon. His wife at the time, Terri Runnels got in on the act by lampooning the flamboyancy of televised wrestling as his dominatrix manager Marlena.

Today Terri Runnels, joins us to talk about her wild life as a wrestling star!

Posted in: Actors, Interviews, Podcast 9 years ago 6

FOF #2194 – The Voguing Vixen

After 25 years, footage from Madonna’s Vogue video is online where Madge painstakingly perfects her moves while cursing her ass off. But what exactly is Madonna saying in the silent footage?

Joining us today is The Vixen, one of Chicago’s rising queens on the scene, whose dance style can be best described as making love to the stage.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 9 years ago 4

FOF #2193 – Hot for Alaska’s Anus

We’re all hot for Alaska’s Anus, her brand spankin’ new debut album, chock full of marvelous musical goodies. Not only is her music dominating the charts on iTunes, but it’s SHE-larious to talk about all the titles of her songs like Pussy, Nails, Beard and Anus.

Today the fabulous Alaska Thunderfuck joins us to talk about Anus, her new album, her drag dreams and nightmares, and the possibility of being on Drag Race All Stars 2!

FOF #2192 – Your Periscope is Terrible (But We Love You Anyways)

Did you know we’re on Periscope? It’s a great tool for this lonely generation who grew up in front of a screen. And, it’s an easy thing to really suck hard at. Lucky for you, we don’t.

Drag Queen Dixie Lynn Cartwright joins us to talk about our new tech obsession.

FOF #2191 – To Miss Understood, Thanks for Everything

It’s the 20 year anniversary of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the unusual film that featured pretty much every famous drag queen at the time including RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Coco Peru and Miss Understood.

Joining us today is Miss Understood to look at the movie and how through her company, Screaming Queens, she’s gotten to work with so many well loved drag performers.

FOF #2190 – 5000 Naked Against Equality

We just got back from our secret trip to New York but we really can’t tell you why we were there. Lets just say we had fun, but in other ways it was a real DRAG since we had to RACE all around the city.

One thing that’s great about New York City is the folks are very chatty and waste no time letting you know exactly how they feel.

Posted in: Podcast 9 years ago 4

FOF #2189 – Drag Queens Banned from Pride

Free Pride Glasgow, an alternative to the Scottish city’s main Pride celebration is raising over-plucked eyebrows across the world for banning drag queens from performing at their event because they make some trans people feel “uncomfortable.”

Listen as we take a look with Adam Guerino at why some trans folks are perfectly ok with drag queens and why some are offended.

Posted in: Comedians, Drag & Trans, Podcast 9 years ago 5