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FOF #2861 – The Rainbow Connection

Pride may be postponed this year, but rainbows aren’t going anywhere. Besides being a symbol for celebrating sexual and gender diversity, rainbows are all about hope, and right now we sure could use it.

One of the most timeless songs about rainbows is the Rainbow Connection, originally written for the Muppet Movie by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, which over the years became a huge cover song.

And now, Kermit the Frog is singing it again, socially distanced and unplugged from his lily pad in the Okefenokee Swamp.

Posted in: Filmmakers, Interviews, Podcast 5 years ago 2

FOF #2860 – Helping Others in the Time of ‘Rona

With The Rona turning our world upside down, a lot of folks are seeking help or offering to help others so now’s the time to give with kindness and receive with gratitude.

Today, documentary film director and reality TV producer Kerthy Fix, best known on television as the “Granola Lady” from MTV’s Teen Mom and to our long term listeners as the “9/11 Lady” joins us to talk about the challenges we face in the coronavirus pandemic and strategies to help each other survive these difficult times.

Posted in: Filmmakers, Interviews, Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2859 – Ridiculous Food Trends That Probably Will Perish After the ‘Rona

One good thing about Miss Rona is that she has us all in the kitchen making good food and stress eating the anxiety away. The reason they call it COVID-19 is because of the 19 pounds we’re gonna put on when this is all over.

Food trends come and go and while we are baking bread and living off dolonga coffee for now, some truly awful foods will thankfully be banished to the trash can.

Today we take a look at ridiculous popular food trends that will probably perish during the coronavirus pandemic and how folks are changing the way they eat at home.

Posted in: Food & Drink, Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2858 – Peaches Christ Looks at Her Twisted Home Movies

The most hated queen this season is Miss Rona! She shut down every club, gig, and festival so now all the other queens are scrambling trying to figure out how to keep their wigs above water.

Our ghoulish gal pal Peaches Christ is opening up her vault, An Evening With Peaches Christ & Her Home Movies – a rare viewing of her short films with a live Q&A.

Today Peaches Christ joins us to take a look at how drag queens are reinventing themselves in the times of Rona by looking at the weird videos they made back when there was no Internet.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 5 years ago 0

Bonus: Beneath the Peculiar World of Barbra Streisand

Today we’re joined by actor Michael Urie, best known for playing Marc St. James on the TV series Ugly Betty. Michael is now starring in Buyer & Cellar, a one man show that takes us on an imaginary journey of an actor hired to work as a store clerk in Barbra Streisand’s underground basement village.

Listen as Michael Urie takes us in depth into Barbra Streisand’s peculiar home and her obsession with her possessions and working with Vanessa Williams on Ugly Betty.

Posted in: Actors, Interviews, Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2857 – Peace, Purpose and Pleasure

With the coronavirus pandemic, the world has gone topsy turvy, What was once on the bottom is now on top- conservatives who used to try to shame LGBTQ folks into abstinence during the AIDS crisis are now the one’s transgressing public health concerns and are congregating for bareback barrier free church services and protests.

Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at peace, purpose and pleasure during the age of the coronavirus pandemic with safer sex options, calming techniques and how to get ready for the political fight of your life.

Posted in: Podcast, Writers 5 years ago 3

FOF #2856 – Ain’t No Bus Like a Party Bus

Like a 80s nightclub on wheels, party buses are a weird thing that attract a certain type of Joe Exotic crowd, one that wants the luxury of celebrating in a limo but wants to tell the world “I love to drink.”

For over two decades our friend Chris Churchill drove for a double decker tour and party bus company in Chicago and saw a lot of wild nights and tipsy celebrities hopping aboard his big red bus.

Today comedian, Cooking with Drag Queens camera operator and now author Chris Churchill joins us to talk about his new book “Twenty Years Without A Weekend” a collection of stories on driving a double decker bus for tourists and partygoers.

Posted in: Podcast, Writers 5 years ago 0

FOF #2855 – Vivacious’ Drag Queen Quarantina Dancerina

Always a pioneer, Vivacious made her most recent guest appearance on Drag Race from the safety of her home in New York City by doing a voice over for Ornacia who was guest judging on an improvised skit called “The World’s Worst Drag Queen.”

Today Vivacious joins us from her home discotheque studio Quarantina Dancerina to talk about Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, how drag queens are surviving the coronavirus pandemic and why she’s doing a DJ set live every day.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 5 years ago 1

FOF #2854 – How to Survive Your Quarantine Honeymoon

When we first heard we’d be self isolating at home, we thought: great! We’ll get all those things done. However, the reality for many of us is that we’re sharing so much love that we’re suffocating.

Today wellness consultant Michelle Keinan joins us to talk about being together 24/7 during the coronavirus pandemic with your love or just the folks you live with.

Posted in: Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2853 – The Adventures of Hattie, the Silver Sex Cougar

Happiness in life comes from figuring out what you love to do and then making it your profession. Our friend 81 year old Hattie Retroage was born to be a healer, so she made it happen as a dance instructor, a therapist or in the bedroom as a silver sex ent .

Years ago, Hattie stole the spotlight from Claudia Schiffer in a Dolce and Gabbana ad with her silver sexiness and since then she’s become an outspoken advocate for cougars.

Today Hattie, safe and sound from her home in Manhattan, joins us to talk about her roller coaster life as a sex symbol.

Posted in: Podcast, Writers 5 years ago 1