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FOF # 2872 – Matt Brown and the War Within

Comedian Matt Brown says it’s hard to be in an interracial relationship, with himself. He recently posted that “the black man and white woman that live in my head have been arguing this week” and it’s stressing him out.

Part of him wants to visit the beauty salon and the other half wants to see the world burn while he sits on the couch.

Today Matt Brown joins us to chat about being a biracial child who couldn’t fully embrace his blackness until he was a young adult.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2724 – Love for Sale

In the modern age privacy has become the key battleground. World War 3 is thankfully not being fought with nuclear weapons but with dick pics and headless torsos on Grindr.

Today performance artist and cooking drag queen Vita Santa Mamita joins us to take a look at the crazy mixed up world of gay dating apps, her outrageous and delicious drag performances and her adventures as an HIV educator in Malawi.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 6 years ago 0

FOF #2687 – E.G. Daily’s Big Adventure

Musician E.G. Daily is best known for bringing to life some of the most lovable rebels in film and television: Pee Wee Herman’s girlfriend, Dottie in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Buttercup in the Powerpuff Girls and Tommy Pickles in Nickelodeon’s Rugrats.

Today E.G. joins us from her home to talk about her amazing journey as a voice over star, her music from hit films of the 80s and working in her home studio with her family of musicians and filmmakers.

Posted in: Actors, Musicians, Podcast 6 years ago 2

FOF #2685 – The Most Famous Reindeer of All

Every Christmas, link bait pops up all over Internet hating on poor Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for portraying Santa Claus and Ru’s family as a bunch of hateful bigots.

Today we take a look at the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, a story written by a poor Jewish copywriter that became a Christmas song classic and a Rankin/Bass animated TV special that’s now linkbait for lazy bloggers.

Posted in: Podcast 6 years ago 0

FOF #2681 – Tie a Red AIDS Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

In 1991, a coalition of artists called Visual AIDS created the Red Ribbon public awareness campaign by boldly putting a red ribbon on the seat of all the attendees of the Tony Awards and brought the national conversation about AIDS out of the shadows and into the light.

Today we take a look at the history of the powerful statement that is the Red AIDS Ribbon that helped ignite a change in a world that would rather not talk about homosexuality, sex work or drug use, let alone HIV & AIDS.

Posted in: Podcast 6 years ago 0

FOF #2656 – Bettr, Fastr, Strongr, Kindr?

Comedian Matt Brown joins us to look at ways gay men use and abuse or please and tease each other on dating apps, from catfishing and buyers remorse to gay incels whose male privilege gets them into tizzy when someone says “no.”

After all, man’s rejection is God’s protection!

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 6 years ago 2

FOF #2601 – Vivacious on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Most Iconic Moments

Today Vivacious, mother of Ornacia takes a look at the most iconic moments from 10 years of RuPaul’s Drag Race including the recent Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie.

Listen as we dive deep into why Miss Vanjie struck a nerve, how to build your chosen family, drag queens who eliminated themselves and what really sent Willam packing from Season 4.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 7 years ago 3

FOF #2573 – The Loneliness Epidemic

Technology now allows us to connect with others more than ever, yet rates of loneliness have doubled in the since the 1980s. Today, over 40% of adults in the U.S. report feeling lonely, with some experts saying this may grow to become our #1 killer.

Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to look at the loneliness epidemic we are facing and the ways it’s manifesting itself in hook up apps and how we think about ourselves.

Posted in: Podcast, Politics & Activism, Writers 7 years ago 3

FOF #2492 – Getting Into Grindr

It’s the 8 year anniversary of Grindr, and the company behind the ubiquitous app where you get into arguments about how big someone’s dick really is, is now launching a new magazine INTO, a modern kind of LGBT media for the app generation.

Today INTO magazine’s new editor in chief Zach Stafford, who in the past has been one of the most vocal critics of the app joins us to talk about the company’s new launch into LGBT media. Will gay men enjoy consuming news & culture while they are looking for love in the digital age?

Posted in: Podcast, Technology, Writers 8 years ago 0

FOF #2461 – Drag Wars: The Shade Awakens

You know Drag Race season is gearing up when you see fights breaking out all over social media on what is and what isn’t drag. Good god girl, get a grip: it’s all drag!

Today, drag queen Eva Styles joins us to take a look at some legendary and not so legendary fights drag queens have had over the years- from big names in the business to queens who just can’t keep their opinions in their purse.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 8 years ago 1