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Remembering Heklina: Heklina Will Not Be Silenced

Remembering San Francisco drag legend Heklina, who died this week in her hotel room in London. She was 55.

Heklina is a living legend- she started her amazing drag show in San Francisco way back in 1996 that ignited the careers of countless entertainers including Lady Gaga, Peaches Christ and Ana Matronic.

Today, Heklina joins us to take a look at the horrific shooting in Orlando and how gay bar owners are responding to the violence.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 12 months ago 0

Dancing with the Stars – Rory Davis

San Francisco theater has had a long history of inviting everyone to shine onstage and shake their groove thing. But when you have a lot of performers with stars in their eyes and two left feet, the show can grind to a halt if the choreography isn’t accessible.

Today San Francisco choreographer to the stars Rory Davis joins us to talk about his work wrangling the top drag queens, movie stars and entertainers into fabulous shows.

Posted in: Artists, Podcast 2 years ago 0

Muscle Worship for Entertainment – Andrew Dombos

Bodybuilding is now a competitive sport, but its roots lie in show business. Strongmen have long been a staple of circus acts for their feats of strength but it was Prussian bodybuilder Eugen Sandow, who went from lifting heavy objects onstage to capturing the world’s imagination by posing and flexing his muscles for fun and entertainment.

Today, bodybuilder Andrew Dombos joins us to talk about putting together his muscle worship quarterly events, inspired by classic live muscle worship videos.

Posted in: Lets Grow Big Together, Podcast 2 years ago 1

FOF #2932 – Nicki J!zz is Jazz Hot Baby

Some names are just begging to be adopted by drag queens, kings and other colorful shape shifters: Robin Banks, Poo Ping, Ima Hogg, Peter Gozinya or Izzy Hung.

So what happens when two queens in the same city come up with the same name at the same time? Who gets to keep the exclusive rights to the name?

Today San Francisco drag queen Nicki J!zz, that’s Jazz with I, joins us to tell us how a queen came for her drag name while performing in one of Peaches Christ’s shows and how black drag queens are organizing to put pressure on gay bars to fight racism.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2779 – Peaches Christ Goes Death Metal on Dragula

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, the reality tv show where 11 doomed contestants battle it out to become the world’s next drag supermonster, is now streaming season 3 on Amazon.

Today Peaches Christ joins us to take us behind the scenes of the 3rd season of Dragula and co-hosting with punk performance legend Henry Rollins.

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

FOF #2757 – Peaches Christ Threw The First Brick at Stonewall

With the 50th anniversary of Stonewall just gays away, everyone’s ready to party like it’s 1969, so gather your rhinestone covered bricks because there is going to be a queer reckoning!

Today Peaches Christ joins us to take a look at Pride 50 and the new interest in drag from the early 90s, from TV shows like Pose, HBO’s Wig Documentary and Ms Blakk for President now playing at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.

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

FOF #2732 – Karen From Finance Wants to Speak to the Internet’s Manager

A strange trend is emerging online- folks are posting memes of unlikeable women causing trouble and labeling them with the name: Karen.

Today Australia’s lovable drag queen, Karen from Finance, joins us to talk about the rise of Karen mockery and how she’s dealing with the influx of Karen memes stuffing her inbox.

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

FOF #2344 – Heklina Will Not Be Silenced

Heklina is a living legend- she started her amazing drag show in San Francisco way back in 1996 that ignited the careers of countless entertainers including Lady Gaga, Peaches Christ and Ana Matronic.

Today, Heklina joins us to take a look at the horrific shooting in Orlando and how gay bar owners are responding to the violence.

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

FOF #2250 – Photographer to the Drag Queen Stars

Pretty much all of your favorite drag queens have been at one time or another photographed by San Francisco’s very own José Alberto Guzman Colón.

You’ve probably seen his work in Peaches Christ’s movie posters or plastered over many drag queens’ Facebook pages.

Today José Alberto Guzman Colón joins us to talk about the outpouring of support he received after getting all his camera equipment stolen and how to bring out the best in a drag queen’s photo shoot.

Posted in: Artists, Interviews, Podcast 8 years ago 6

FOF #2173 – After Caitlyn Jenner

With Caitlyn Jenner’s new TV show, Orange is the New Black’s upcoming 3rd Season and genderqueer Violet Chachki crowned as America’s Next Drag Superstar, there’s a lot of exciting trans moments happening right now.

Riding this new wave is one of the hottest trans comedians, our very own Jeffrey Jay, who joins us to talk about his wild year and his love for humanity now that he’s back on the T.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 9 years ago 6