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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Initially drawn to belly dancing as a form of exercise, Kamrah soon discovered that it was a great way to express femininity which was something Kamrah always struggled with. But after a decade of gyrating those hips, Kamrah came out as trans male which put into question his identity as a belly dancer.
Today the fierce and fabulous Kamrah, Chicago’s first trans masculine belly dancer, joins us to talk about their journey in belly dancing
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When it comes to beauty treatments, nobody is on the cutting edge more than wealthy celebrities who will do anything to keep their faces from disintegrating like an evil Nazi gazing upon the Ark of The Covenant in the Indiana Jones movie.
Today our bestie estie (tician) Stacy Yaki joins us to take a look at outrageous beauty facials the rich and famous try out to look their best.
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With its gratuitous sex, drugs, violence and musical soundtrack, the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal became a hit with midnight movie goers, influencing films & TV shows like He-Man, Blade Runner and the 5th Element.
Today queer comic book publisher Zan Christensen joins us to take a look at Heavy Metal, it’s influence on Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and on Zan’s current project with illustrator Yves Navant- 13: The Astonishing Lives of the Neuromantics, a space opera adventure seen through a queer lens.
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As if getting into the college wasn’t hard enough, folks are reeling from the recent arrest and indictment of dozens of wealthy elites including actress Lori Loughlin, Aunt Becky from Full House, for what could become the biggest bribery scandal in college history. As baby Michelle would say, bad move dude.
Today we’re taking at the college bribery scandal and other celebrity scandals including Mr. Rogers’ sexuality.
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One of the gay liberation book Velvet Rage, despite all the great ideas presented, is that it misses out on the intersection of gender and sexual identity, and presents traditional, monogamous relationships as the ideal.
Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at why some gay men get angry when they are challenged and why it’s so hard to draw strength from understanding our weaknesses.
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Nobody spills the scalding hot tea quite like Vivacious, the RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar who gets a front row position whenever Katy Perry or Miley Cyrus need some dazzling queens to add opulence to their shows.
Today, mother has arrived, Vivacious, the girl underneath that floating head of Ornacia joins us to weigh in on the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 girls and help us decide who has what it takes to be America’s next drag superstar.
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Because one show with Vivacious just isn’t enough, here’s a bonus after the show episode for Feast of Fun Plus Subscribers. Thanks for your support!
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What’s fun about watching drag queens on reality TV shows and on the internet is how we struggle when it comes to comedy. Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because it’s bad, and when your favorite queen bombs on stage, it’s still funny as hell.
Today, comedian and improv teacher Meg Grunewald joins us to take a look at the unique demands drag queens have for comedy and how they transform failure into something she-larious.
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Comedian Carma Rae Gold just spent some vacation time visiting her family at their trailer parks in Florida and Alabama and boy was she surprised when they started quoting all the talking points from Fox news.
Today the she-larious Carma joins us to take a look at the benefits and drawbacks of living in a trailer park.
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From the day we we’re born, LGBTQ people are often at odds with a world that doesn’t understand or appreciate who we are. Like a phantom menace, this shame follows us even though as adults we are out and proud. Queer folks face significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety and drug and alcohol abuse.
Therapist Alan Downs describes this toxic cocktail of anger and rejection in his book “The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World, Second Edition.”
