Folks are shocked at the results of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Despite insulting everyone they could and promising to end free elections, Trump and MAGA republicans are set to control our federal government, now with no judicial restraints.
Today comedian and comedy writer Dan Cass joins us to look at what happened during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Who's to blame? The Taco Bell Chihuahua? Everyone except Republicans.
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Famous bodybuilders like Arnold Schwartzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Kai Greene made money as muscle for hire and it wasn’t always as security detail. Muscle worship and muscle posing can sometimes bring in the bucks if you find the right audience.
Today long term listener, go-go boy and musical theater enthusiast Shaw Knight takes us behind the scenes of lavish muscle worship parties you’ve always heard about but seemed too wild to be true.
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The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election is here. As you can imagine, folks everywhere are in jitters as the Nation faces not just full on fascism but the threat of a prolapsed economy as a result of Republicans not understanding how tariffs work.
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris made an appearance for two and a half minutes on Saturday Night Live’s opening sketch to address people’s anxiety over the election. Harris said the best we can do is use our power to vote, and hold on tight to the promise that America will get through this.
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Today we take a look at the election to end all elections and this year’s Halloween costumes with comedian Dan Cass, one of Chicago's top comedy writers and performers, who spent time in Russia studying experimental theater.
Dan almost became a ghost after a bad accident on a Divvy bike, but thankfully what didn’t kill him just pissed him off. Listen as we take a look at the 2024 US Presidential election and Halloween costumes so scary, kids are dressing up as undecided voters wearing MAGA rainbow hats.
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Hailing from NYC’s ballroom scene, David got his start writing for television as a Sesame Street fellow and then got his big break starring in the comedy web series “No Shade” where a trio of queer Black men get their groove back with hilarious results.
David now goes to festivals to record his series “Butch Queen Advice” where he invites folks to ask burning questions or share their wildest adventures looking for love.
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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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Another Glitter Day has come and gone, and all the good people of the world are back at work, desperately searching for something to give them life.
Today we take a look at all the happenings that took place over the break, and all the hot, delicious news.
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Good evening world. It has come to our attention that RuPaul’s new TV show AJ and the Queen is red hot, with cameos from many Ru Girls as well as Beastmaster’s Marc Singer, Pee Wee’s Playhouse’s Lynne Marie Stewart and Adrienne Barbeau from the classic sitcom Maude.
Today Drew Droege joins us to take a look at AJ and the Queen, a campy road trip where mama Ru takes a gender non binary child on a road trip across America, and reads drag queens to filth while mending broken hearts along the way.
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2019 is at an end, and not a moment too soon. Today we wrap up the year by looking at the best and worst moments of the decade and check out things that were popular but didn’t survive.
Joining us to fa la la la la, la la la la are some of your favorite guests: Shannon Noll, whose had an incredible year with the debut of their award winning web series “Just Call Me Ripley,” comic Matt Brown who is hosting at the Comedy Bar from now till the end of January, and everyone’s favorite grumpy cat, comedian Brian Sweeney.
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With monster hits like “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack,” the B-52s along with its lead singer Fred Schneider have been influencing pop music for decades.
Today Fred Schneider joins us to look back on his amazing musical career with the B-52s, being gay at the heigh of the AIDS crisis in New York in the 80s and playing RuPaul’s angry manager in Ru’s first Christmas .
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Crab cakes! Many people who spent their summers near the sea have happy memories of catching crabs in their nets, pulling the meat out and packing it into delicious crab cakes.
Joining us today is one of our favorite drag queens in the whole world Peaches Christ, who is best known for her spectacular staged tributes to the campiest films of all time- from Showgirls, to Mommie Dearest, from Hocus Pocus to Grey Gardens.
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We just can’t wait till Christmas because on Christmas day, everyone is gay! Our gal pal Carma has been busy trying to get us the perfect gift, and let’s just say she nailed it. Okurrr?
Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to take a look at how everyone celebrates the holiday season differently.
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To make it as an artist today you have to have a side hustle and during the holidays, that sometimes entails slipping into an elf costume to become Santa’s little side ho ho ho.
David Sedaris’ masterpiece, “The Santaland Diaries,” which explores the legendary writer’s gig as an elf at Macy’s Santaland in New York City, is now playing at the Goodman Theater starring Steven Strafford who joins us to look at all the odd holiday jobs we’ve taken over the years including his current job playing “Crumpet the Elf.”
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This holiday season, thousands of LGBTQ youth are out in the cold. To combat this problem, the Chicago charity, Care for Friends, is inviting folks to spend a night in tents out in the cold in the middle of February to raise money to support homeless LGBTQ youth.
Today JD Miller- chairperson of the Care for Friends joins us to talk about the complex nature of what it takes to motivate people to give not just during the holiday season, but to give all year long.
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Fierce. Gorgeous. Glamorous. Dangerous. Peaches Christ’s new show for the holiday season, Femlins is a hilarious send-up of the Stephen Speilberg holiday classic Gremlins, but with an all drag queen cast.
Today the glorious Peaches Christ, filmmaker and drag legend joins us to talk about the film Gremlins and her stage tribute Femlins, playing at the Castro Theater one day only, Dec 14th.
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Christmas isn’t quite the same without the raunchy outrageous humor of our beloved drag mom Lady Bunny. For over a decade Bun-Bun’s twisted holiday parodies have been a favorite of our end of the year Incredibly Strange Christmas Music special.
But what kind of Christmas music does she enjoy listening to? Today Lady Bunny joins us to look at some outrageous Christmas music we all love.
