The 2024 US Presidential election is a real nail biter. It’s now a choice between maintaining our democracy or turning the government over to a dictator, so it’s no wonder this election is causing a lot of anxiety, even pop stars and baby hippos are shooketh.
Damon L Jacobs joins us to look at the 2024 US Presidential Election between Trump and Harris, and why, like George Takei says, it’s urgent for all LGBTQ+ folks to take a stand and speak out.
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Today we take a look at the slew of terrible celebrities doing terrible things: P. Diddy, Ellen, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and more.
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Long before folks enjoyed watching oddball viral videos on the Internet, the only way to see these outrageous movies was to share video cassette tapes from person to person. One of the stars of the time was musician Jan Terri, whose wonderfully weird music videos got the attention of a lot of people, including celebrities Marilyn Manson.
Today counterculture legend Jan Terri joins us to look at her roller coaster life in music, putting out a children’s book and a cookbook for folks living in dorms and life as an accidental internet superstar, long before there was an Internet.
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We’re enthralled with comedian Devon Poole’s hilarious videos where he dresses up in drag and pays tribute to the wild women of the internet, from the ladies of Cougar International to the endless assortment of shopping addicts on QVC.
Today comedian Devon Poole joins us to talk about his journey to Instagram and TikTok success with his parody videos featuring women who have something to say.
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While we say goodbye to Ellen’s career, it’s a thrill to say hello to Vice President Kamala Harris who in two days has snatched up the nomination for President of the United States, and broke records by raising 100 million dollars in small donations.
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When we first heard the shocking news that a disgruntled Republican tried to shoot former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, all kinds of thoughts went racing through our heads: was this staged? Is this a lone gunman? Are we disappointed they missed? Who knew Melania would be such a bad shot?
Today Chicago comedian and comedy writer Dan Cass joins us to look at the political turmoil surrounding the 2024 US Presidential Election, the Supreme Court’s recent rulings granting themselves supreme power and the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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Happiness! Feeling good with the way things are can be tricky, a lot of miserable people wouldn’t know happiness if it came up to them and did a lap dance.
Today we’re taking a look at what made these guys happy over the course of their lives. Things you think will make you happy that really won’t and some easy hacks that will make you a happier person instantly.
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On the TV show Supernatural, Dean Winchester uses a spell to talk to animals to track down a killer in an episode titled “Dog Dean Afternoon.” At a dog shelter he encounters a little Yorkie […]
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Things are going great for Jinkx Monsoon. First she won RuPaul’s Drag Race and the $100,000 grand prize. Then an off Broadway theater asked her to do a one woman show for just one night, but instead she got them to agree to restage The Vaudevillians, a cabaret show she developed years ago with her best pal Major Scales.
Today Jinkx and Major Scales join us for a live music podcast, playing songs from their hit show.
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Good news everyone! It’s official. Illinois lawmakers passed Marriage Equality, beating out Hawaii and New Mexico as the fifteenth state to allow same sex marriage. What took you so long?
Joining us to celebrate is blogger Robyn Pennachia, who covers politics and all sorts of delicious topics for the blog Death and Taxes.
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Every year in the U.S. more than eight million dogs and cats enter shelters. Tragically more than half won’t make it out alive. After talking about it for years, Marc and I bit the bone and got ourselves an adorable two year old German Shepherd mix.
Say hello to Jessie Pinkman, bitch! For a dog that’s been abandoned, Jessie is surprisingly well adjusted and house trained. He knows how to sit and fetch on command and even types 40 words a minute.
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On November 10th, 2013 Berlin Nightclub will be celebrating 30 years of alternative late night fun. Here are some awesome pics collected by DJ Greg Haus. Listen to our podcast with Greg. http://www.blogdash.com/full_profile/?claim_code=477ef4af9e57fd506affb96ea9b4ef99
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For the past two decades, DJ Greg Haus has been working at Berlin Nightclub in Chicago as the Entertainment Department manager, bringing in some of the biggest names in gay underground entertainment, you know, pretty much all the judges on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Today, Greg Haus joins us to talk about all the celebrities that have torn it up at the club and the notorious drag queens who bombed at the venue.
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When Julie Brown’s song “Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun” first came out, it seemed ridiculous for a teenager to bring a gun to school to kill everyone.
Boy have times changed. Julie Brown’s hit song is being turned into a full musical now running in L.A. with Drew Droege as Debbie the murderous homecoming queen and Marsian Dellis as Nancy Reagan.
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Horror films are inherently ridiculous– besides the notion that whenever teenagers have sex they have to be immediately killed by a supernatural monster, the idea of a sustained drama where dread and tension are rolled into moral themes seems over the top.
But like cheesy haunted houses, people can’t get enough of their favorite horror films. Today’ we’re on a double date with Peaches Christ and Brian Sweeney talking about outrageous moments in horror films.
