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The flaming blue Fausto Fernos and his boyfriend Marc Felion chat with some of the most compelling and outrageous personalities about news, culture and gossip. This is NOT "Will and Grace" but a honest, humorous look at the world around us. If Seinfield w Primary Format : Comedy Language : English / Spanish Also Listed as: City : Chicago State/Province : IL Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Feast of Fools Podcasts Methings.com listings of Feast of Fools Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

FOFA #1422 – Inside Oral Roberts’ Gay Family – 12.21.11 Today were are joined by Randy Roberts Potts, the good-looking grandson of the late Oral Roberts who recently came out as gay. With the recent attention paid to youths dealing with bullying and suicide, Randy wanted to tell his story not just for himself but for his uncle, Ronnie, Oral Robert’s own son who committed suicide in 1982 because he was struggling with being gay himself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1493 – Krampus and the Strange but True History of Christmas – 12.20.11 The War on Christmas has been fought through the ages and been won time and time again, not by the little baby Jesus, but by Santa Claus. Today cultural anthropologist Gerald Cole joins us to discuss the unusual origins of Christmas, the battles over the tradition, Krampus and the many demonic companions of Santa Claus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1502 – Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 4 – 12.19.11 Our annual holiday series: “Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, vol. 4″ continues with a collection of rare, twisted holiday songs that will punch up your eggnog and set your yule log on fire. Christian Dummies, 8-Bit Christmas music, demented parodies and songs about booze. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1310 – Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 3 – 12.16.10 We working on Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 4 which should be available Monday. Until then, please enjoy this classic from last year, Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 3. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1497 – A Real Body – 12.09.11 The sexual revolution has pretty much been won, due in part to the Internet. But of course people are also looking to just date, make new friends and form strong relationships. Mikey Corona and Brian Riggenbach, the gay couple behind YoSoy are back to talk about relationships, what it means to have a “real body” and the sex culture of hookup apps and websites. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1492 – Like Mah Interview with Miles Jai – 12.02.11 Miles Jai had had it “up to here” with people asking him to “like my status” on Facebook, so he made a video to poke fun at it all, and it went viral. Listen as Miles talks about handling his new celebrity and getting suspended from school for giving a guy in his drama club a Valentines Day Card. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1465 – Coco Peru is a Very Nice Person – 11.25.11 Join us today as we talk with the hilarious Coco Peru. Coco’s put together a brand new one woman show, “There Comes a Time” where she looks back at 20 years of being a drag queen entertainer and gives us a peek into her future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1478 – The Impact of Internet Superstardom to Chris Crocker – 11.24.11 Listen as we talk with Chris about his upcoming documentary “ Me at the Zoo,” his porn career put on hold, acting with Don Johnson and Shangela in a failed pilot and why we all got frisky backstage at Pridefest Milwaukee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1487 – A Very Gaga Muppet Thanksgiving – 11.23.11 Once again, Lady Gaga is serving up a holiday special- "A Very Gaga Thanksgiving" while the highly anticipated new The Muppets films hits theaters. Why wasn't Gaga in the Muppets and the Muppets not in Gaga? L.A. puppeteer and performance artist Marsian DeLellis joins us to speculate about what surprises we’ll find Lady Gaga’s Thanksgiving Special and in the new The Muppets film. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1484 – Let’s Go to the Candy Shop – 11.18.11 Let's go on a date! Liberace once said “too much of a good thing is wonderful” but I think he was talking about rhinestones and not hot men by his poolside, or was he? For some guys it’s easy to find the sex they want but impossible to find romance. Listen to find out what you can do to get the most out of your love life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1455 – Evie Harris Thinks She’s Famous – 10.11.11 One of the most beloved films featuring drag queens of all time is Girls Will Be Girls, where three actresses at various stages on the Hollywood food chain navigate the minefield of love, aging and... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1475 – 50 of the Most Incredible Moments of Anything – 11.04.11 Today comedian Becky Donohue joins us to talk about how they make commentary clip shows where funny, insightful people share their thoughts on video clips in between commercial breaks. Plus: Lesbian Haggis, Adult babies and Stinky Sexy Occupy Wall Street hunks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1470 – Lady Bunny Ain’t No Lady – 10.28.11 Our favorite illiterate, raunchy, demented drag diva of Wigstock fame, Lady Bunny, is back with a one wo-man show “That Ain’t No Lady,” jam packed with some of her funniest bits from the past decade including her tacky tribute to Amy Winehouse plus all the behind the scenes dirt from RuPaul’s Drag U. Join us as we talk with Lady Bunny about wigs, costumes, drag queen brawls and Occupy Wall Street. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Edition FOF: Let’s Get Freaky – 10.26.11 Of all the live podcast forums we’ve done with Lifelube, one of the best received was Tunnel of Love, where people probed deeply and asked anything they wanted from sex experts and doctors about their booty. Today we’re going to get our freak on and try to answer as many questions you have here and at home about sex. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1466 – The Secret Gay Sex Lives of Straight Men – 10.21.11 At times, some guys find themselves having sex with other men, not because they are in denial, but because they are attracted to the speed, taboo and the thrill of two guys getting it on. Can you really seduce a straight man and if so how much beer do you have to bring to the party to make it happen? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1464 – Change is Coming – 10.19.11 In the years since we started podcasting, a lot has changed about how we think of gay men’s health and sexuality. Join us today as we walk down memory lane with Jim Pickett to look back at the live podcast forums we’ve done together and the life lessons we’ve learned. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Martin Scorcese’s 1967 Short “The Big Shave” This is why some people don’t use a wet razor. Not for the faint of heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Trick Goes Awry I had high hopes for this video, but unfortunately their trick didn’t work out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Herman Cain Pizza Song Herman Cain sings "Imagine" but instead of world peace, he's singing about pizza. Maybe he wouldn't be so bad as Prez after all. Just kidding! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Santorum Says He’s Being Bullied by SNL Poor Rick Santorum thinks he's being bullying by SNL. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steam Punk Darth Vader It was only a matter of time before Darth got the Steampunk treatment. After all, isn't Star Wars already kind of Steampunkisk? I mean really, who would use a light saber when a phaser could blast an enemy from so far away. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: The Most Delicious Music Video Ever Featuring stock footage of food usually used in TV ads, check out this delicious music video by the electro duo Mason. Food explosions are awesome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Lady Gaga Says F*ck You in Front of President Clinton I probably would have done the same. Wrapping up her set at the 10th anniversary gala for the William J. Clinton Foundation, the great costumed one gushed her enthusiasm for the former President. “If someone... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: How to Look Like Elvira Ever wondered how to get that iconic Elvira look? Wait no further as Christian Greenia, Elvira’s makeup stylist, gives a step by step instruction on how to look like the Mistress of the Dark. Wait... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Insane, Hungry Cats Too much of a good thing is somethings too much. Those kitty cat meows are going to be haunting my dreams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frank Kameny, Coined “Gay Is Good,” Dies at 86 Frank Kemeny, longtime gay rights activist and Father of the Gay Rights Movement died in Washington on Oct 11, 2011 at the age of 86. For all his hard work on behalf of the community he wanted to remembered most for being the person who coined the phrase "Gay is Good." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Day-Day Says OWW!!! Day Day is fabulous! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1457 – One Woman, One Voice, One Ukulele – 10.11.11 This is part one of a two parter with the fabulously funny Deven Green. Listen as Deven shares with us her insights into staying creative in Hollywood's very competitive entertainment industry and gives with us her secret recipe for hairy sausage. This part one of two shows with Deven released today. To listen to part two, sign up for a Feast of Fun Plus+ account. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: “Gay In America” Book Trailer We’ll be talking Scott Pasfield, the author “Gay In America” today, but if you want to meet him in person here in Chicago he’ll be signing books on Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 PM at 1441... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: America’s 5 Favorite Ways to Ignore Jesus America’s best Christian Betty Bowers is back with a scathing new video taking a look at people’s hypocrisy when it comes to following their own religious beliefs. Written by Andrew Bradley and narrated by Deven... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Movies Reimagined: John Carpenter’s the Thing First it was Silence of the Lambs, then Conan that got the musical treatment and now John Carpenter’s The Thing has been musicalized. ENJOY! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1456 – Vote for Feast of Fun – 10.10.11 We’re delighted tobe nominated for the fifth year in a row for two People’s Choice Podcast Awards, in the GLBT category and in the top spot of People’s Choice. Will this the year Feast of Fun finally wins the top prize of People’s Choice or will iTunes favorite gay podcast be forever doomed to be the Susan Lucci of the Podcast Awards? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco Well young ones… you probably won’t know this one…but this was an earworm of a song for me… silly as it is. Cookie Monster with a Disco Beat Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Hair Show Fit for a Drag Queen I watch this and think the Little Rascals could have kicked these queens butts in doing a show… but then again… The Little Rascals might have been very progressive and most of you probably don’t... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Feel the Rainbow Glitter Bomb Anti-gay congressman Paulsen got glitter bombed at a Minnesota Faith and Freedom Coalition strategy session by Eric Paulsen. –read more Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Girls Will Be Girls – Girl Stalk Evie Harris, Varla Jean Merman and Coco Peru in a “Girls Will Be Girls” Short. There’s a new movie coming in 2012 and our guest on tomorrow’s show is Jack Plotnick who plays Evie. Click... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Evie Harris- Shining Star Poor Evie Harris, she doesn’t quite realize that she never really made it big in Hollywood. Watch as she tries to find her star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Here’s Jack Plotnick first film... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Steve Jobs Narrates Here’s to the Crazy Ones Steve Jobs also narrated this version of Apple's famous Think Different ad in 1997 that never aired. It remains to this day one of my personal favorites and represents his vision (and mine) for a different way of thinking. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Conversion Therapy I’m from Driftwood interviewed this young man who underwent conversion therapy which included treatments such as electrocution, freezing cold, and intense heat. I think he posted this a while ago but it’s worth a second... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: 100 Year Old Grandma Gets Stripper for Her Birthday! What great family this woman has for getting her a stripper for her 100th birthday! I love how the she’s partly embarrassed by her birthday request but with assistance she smacks the stripper’s ass. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1453 – The Zombie Musical – 10.05.11 Annie get your gun, and shoot the zombies in the head! Join us as we talk with the creators of "Musical of the Living Dead," Marc Lewallen and Brad Younts, about the appeal of zombie films, zombies as a reflection of our times and a sugar-free recipe for stage blood that won't send you to the hospital, cause that would be really confusing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Don’t Scratch that Itch Drag Queen Misty teaches you how to get rid of that irritating itch and still keep your make up in tact. In another video, she also discusses applying Milk of Magnesia on your face to... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: My Favorite Italian Horror Films Here’s some of the Italian horror films that we talked about in the podcast with Peaches Christ. While I was researching these films, they all appeared on YouTube but now that I go to write... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1452 – Horror Film Geeks – 10.04.11 Peaches Christ joins us to talk about our favorite Italian horror films, American Amanda Knox escaping her own real-life Italian Horror, the future of the growing fan base for the movie Showgirls and one of the first instances in American cinema where a gay man kicks ass in bar full of rednecks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Lady Gaga “Born This Way” Skeleton Makeup Tutorial I have one thing to say about this costume idea- if you try to do this for Halloween, do a practice run a few das before so you can perfect the look. But otherwise, it’s... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: 1979′s “Savage Weekend” Horror Film Features Ass Kickin’ Gay Man Sex addicted New York city slickers head upstate to a country house to watch a boat being built only to get stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask. They movie is not the greatest... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Dumbest Man on the Planet This fool robbed a gas station in broad daylight with more than one clerk behind the counter, lots of customers, and A POLICE OFFICER STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HIM!!  Ok, so, he is the dumbest man... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Moo and Oink Closes The iconic Chicago based Moo and Oink grocery stores have closed after filing for bankruptcy. They were in business for 150 years! I haven’t seen too many commercials for the stores lately, but I was... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Man Falls Off at Horse at Royal Wedding Watch for the poor horseman in full regalia fall off his horse which keeps on going without him at the 0:12 mark. He gets up and stands to the side as the Prince William and... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Jamey Rodemeyer – 250 Balloons to Remeber the Fallen Tear jerker alert- it could almost be a scene from the movie UP as these balloons are set adrift to remember the victims of teen suicide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1451 – Side Mullet Nation Uprising – 10.03.11 Comedian Cameron Esposito, loves her asymmetrical haircut, or as she calls it her “side mullet” - it’s not just fashion, but a symbol of how we’re all interconnected by being a little off kilter. Join us as we chat with Cameron about her new show in NYC, invading Wall Street, and how Obama recognizes Lady Gaga as out supreme leader. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1451 – Side Mullet Nation Uprising – 10.03.11 Comedian Cameron Esposito, loves her asymmetrical haircut, or as she calls it her “side mullet” - it’s not just fashion, but a symbol of how we’re all interconnected by being a little off kilter. Join us as we chat with Cameron about her new show in NYC, invading Wall Street, and how Obama recognizes Lady Gaga as out supreme leader. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Big Waves Take Down Runners and Cyclists Along Lake Michigan We usually don't get very big waves on this side of Lake Michigan, but when we do, this spot along the lakeshore can get troublesome. Watch as bicyclists and runners try their best against Mother Nature. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1450 – Back to the Future – 09.30.11 Today we’re taking Feast of Fun into a bold new future, as we announce Feast of Fun Plus+ our new premium content podcast and site, chock full of unique fabulous stuff you won’t find anywhere else. What is Feast of Fun Plus+ exactly? And can I get my dessert in a to go container? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1450 – Back to the Future – 09.30.11 Today we’re taking Feast of Fun into a bold new future, as we announce Feast of Fun Plus+ our new premium content podcast and site, chock full of unique fabulous stuff you won’t find anywhere else. What is Feast of Fun Plus+ exactly? And can I get my dessert in a to go container? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Adele Cruises Paris for “Someone Like You” Sad and beautiful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Conan Reacts to Tyler Perry Being Named Top Dog The Conan show reacts to the news that Tyler Perry was recently named the highest paid man in entertainment. Oh if drag were that easy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VIDEO: Gay Solider Comes Out to His Mom We’ve fallen in love with the mysteirous gay solider who first came out to the world, his dad and everything seemed to go great. Now he’s come out to his mom. Notice his slouch, how... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1449 – Google’s New Gaydar – 09.29.11 This week Google, the search media giant incorporated one of the most common search queries – “is this person gay” into their search results, giving the formal response: “Best guess for so and so’s sexual orientation is Gay.” Join us today as we turn the tables on Google and see if any of their public figures are gay. Do search engines have a right to make this information public? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1449 – Google’s New Gaydar – 09.29.11 This week Google, the search media giant incorporated one of the most common search queries – “is this person gay” into their search results, giving the formal response: “Best guess for so and so’s sexual orientation is Gay.” Join us today as we turn the tables on Google and see if any of their public figures are gay. Do search engines have a right to make this information public? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1448 – Wig Bully Titty Twisters – 09.28.11 Our friends Hugo Rosado and Charles Hall have started a new gay theater group here in Chicago, Wig Bullies named after one of their more popular sketches where two bullies force a kid on the playground to compliment them on how fierce they look wearing their dad’s wig. Wig Bullies? Awkward! Don’t they know there’s a lot of awarness about bullying right now? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1448 – Wig Bully Titty Twisters – 09.28.11 Our friends Hugo Rosado and Charles Hall have started a new gay theater group here in Chicago, Wig Bullies named after one of their more popular sketches where two bullies force a kid on the playground to compliment them on how fierce they look wearing their dad’s wig. Wig Bullies? Awkward! Don’t they know there’s a lot of awarness about bullying right now? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1447 – Lady Gaga Woos President Obama – 09.27.11 Even the world's greatest pop-star needs to fork out the cash when it comes to gaining access to the President to talk about bullying. Join us as we take a look at bullying, teen abuse, concrete steps you can take to help make things better, vanity activism and truly make things better for all young people everywhere. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1447 – Lady Gaga Woos President Obama – 09.27.11 Even the world's greatest pop-star needs to fork out the cash when it comes to gaining access to the President to talk about bullying. Join us as we take a look at bullying, teen abuse, concrete steps you can take to help make things better, vanity activism and truly make things better for all young people everywhere. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1446 – I Joined the Peace Corps – 09.26.11 During the height of the Cold War, Americans responded to the threat of communism in developing nations by forming the Peace Corps. Today we are talking to Peace Corps volunteer Dave Massey about his extraordinary experience living in Africa and Asia for 4 years! Why did a young gay man enlist in the Peace Corps to teach English to people in developing countries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1446 – I Joined the Peace Corps – 09.26.11 During the height of the Cold War, Americans responded to the threat of communism in developing nations by forming the Peace Corps. Today we are talking to Peace Corps volunteer Dave Massey about his extraordinary experience living in Africa and Asia for 4 years! Why did a young gay man enlist in the Peace Corps to teach English to people in developing countries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #987 – Esteban Cruz and the Benefits of Being a Homo – 09.23.11 Sexy, crazy and exhilarating–that’s Esteban Andres Cruz. His one-man show “Stuffed” is a collection of hilarious songs and stories about growing up gay in a macho super jock Hispanic household in Cicero, that’s on the west side of Chicago, yo! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #987 – Esteban Cruz and the Benefits of Being a Homo – 09.23.11 Sexy, crazy and exhilarating–that’s Esteban Andres Cruz. His one-man show “Stuffed” is a collection of hilarious songs and stories about growing up gay in a macho super jock Hispanic household in Cicero, that’s on the west side of Chicago, yo! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1445 – It’s the End of the World as We Know It – 09.22.11 The rock band from Athens, Georgia that lit up queer culture in the early 90s with such anthems as “Losing My Religion” and “Shiny Happy People” announced they are disbanding after more than 30 years together. What killed the band? Did the band just simply come to an end, or were they sick of looking at Michael Stipe’s penis? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1445 – It’s the End of the World as We Know It – 09.22.11 The rock band from Athens, Georgia that lit up queer culture in the early 90s with such anthems as “Losing My Religion” and “Shiny Happy People” announced they are disbanding after more than 30 years together. What killed the band? Did the band just simply come to an end, or were they sick of looking at Michael Stipe’s penis? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1444 – You Can’t Stop the Beat – 09.21.11 Today is a glorious day, as the nation finally repeals Don't Ask Don't Tell and ends decades of oppression over gay, lesbian and bisexual people serving in the military. Join us as we salute warriors everywhere, from the battlefields to the dance floors and examine how the repeal of DADT will profoundly impact everyone's lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1444 – You Can’t Stop the Beat – 09.21.11 Today is a glorious day, as the nation finally repeals Don't Ask Don't Tell and ends decades of oppression over gay, lesbian and bisexual people serving in the military. Join us as we salute warriors everywhere, from the battlefields to the dance floors and examine how the repeal of DADT will profoundly impact everyone's lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1443 – Fighting Bullying Means Working for Better Schools – 09.20.11 Today we’re talking comedian and openly gay public school teacher Meg O’Rourke. She’s working hard to start an anti-bullying program within the Chicago Public School system. At the same time she’s being bullied by one of her own co-workers. She feels their pain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1443 – Fighting Bullying Means Working for Better Schools – 09.20.11 Today we’re talking comedian and openly gay public school teacher Meg O’Rourke. She’s working hard to start an anti-bullying program within the Chicago Public School system. At the same time she’s being bullied by one of her own co-workers. She feels their pain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1442 – Jane Lynch Has a Hot Gay Agenda – 09.19.11 As Sue Sylvester, the villain on Glee, Jane Lynch can sabotage a promising event that everyone’s looking forward to and reduce it to a cheap feel good moment where we learn the true meaning of whatever it is we are supposed to be learning. But that’s not the Emmys- no one looks forward to it and no one learns anything except that Madmen and Modern Family rule. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1442 – Jane Lynch Has a Hot Gay Agenda – 09.19.11 As Sue Sylvester, the villain on Glee, Jane Lynch can sabotage a promising event that everyone’s looking forward to and reduce it to a cheap feel good moment where we learn the true meaning of whatever it is we are supposed to be learning. But that’s not the Emmys- no one looks forward to it and no one learns anything except that Madmen and Modern Family rule. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1441 – Nancy Upton is the Next Big Thing – 09.16.11 Recently, American Apparel promoted the launch of their plus sized clothing line by holding a modeling contest. Dallas based actress Nancy Upton submitted some hilarious photos of herself in various states of undress, eating obscene amounts of food and sploshing in a bathtub full of ranch dressing. The photos went viral & everyone declared her the winner, everyone except American Apparel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1441 – Nancy Upton is the Next Big Thing – 09.16.11 Recently, American Apparel promoted the launch of their plus sized clothing line by holding a modeling contest. Dallas based actress Nancy Upton submitted some hilarious photos of herself in various states of undress, eating obscene amounts of food and sploshing in a bathtub full of ranch dressing. The photos went viral & everyone declared her the winner, everyone except American Apparel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1440 – America’s Proud Gay Marine – 09.15.11 On Tuesday September 20th, the U.S. will officially end “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” a policy that has made life hell for gay, lesbian, or bisexual people serving in the military. Today we’re talking to Corporal Edward Clayton, America’s Proud Gay Marine, who was discharged from the Marines in 1987 before DADT was even implemented to talk about the new set of challenges for those who serve this country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1440 – America’s Proud Gay Marine – 09.15.11 On Tuesday September 20th, the U.S. will officially end “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” a policy that has made life hell for gay, lesbian, or bisexual people serving in the military. Today we’re talking to Corporal Edward Clayton, America’s Proud Gay Marine, who was discharged from the Marines in 1987 before DADT was even implemented to talk about the new set of challenges for those who serve this country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1439 – Exotica and Yma Sumac – 09.14.11 After World War II, American soldiers returned home from the Pacific with a taste for Exotica, the music, images, food and sex from other cultures they perceived as strange and sensual. Join us as we celebrate the impact of Exotica music on our generation and generations past. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1439 – Exotica and Yma Sumac – 09.14.11 After World War II, American soldiers returned home from the Pacific with a taste for Exotica, the music, images, food and sex from other cultures they perceived as strange and sensual. Join us as we celebrate the impact of Exotica music on our generation and generations past. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1438 – Eye of the Tigress – 09.13.11 There’s no hiding in the closet when you are a six foot, one inch, 230 pound trans bodybuilder, so why not just bust out and be all you can be! Today we’re talking to trans body builder Chris Tina Bruce who just started a gym and now after almost 20 years she’s competing again in bodybuilding, but this time in the women’s category. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1438 – Eye of the Tigress – 09.13.11 There’s no hiding in the closet when you are a six foot, one inch, 230 pound trans bodybuilder, so why not just bust out and be all you can be! Today we’re talking to trans body builder Chris Tina Bruce who just started a gym and now after almost 20 years she’s competing again in bodybuilding, but this time in the women’s category. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1437 – Slicing the September 11 Cake – 09.12.11 It's not easy to make sense of the events of September 11. Even ten years later we're still struggling to understand why these terrorists committed this horrific act and how the United States respond to it. One of the best ways to handle the immense tragedy is through humor because it lets us cope with the insurmountable. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1437 – Slicing the September 11 Cake – 09.12.11 It's not easy to make sense of the events of September 11. Even ten years later we're still struggling to understand why these terrorists committed this horrific act and how the United States respond to it. One of the best ways to handle the immense tragedy is through humor because it lets us cope with the insurmountable. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1436 – Gay, Gay, Gay, Yay! – 09.09.11 If life is like a box of chocolates, then our friend Dwayne Speaks is a big piñata filled with rainbow fun! Listen as we chat with Dwayne about his dreams of becoming his small town’s first gay mayor, finding himself a boyfriend and his very special poetry on healing a broken heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1436 – Gay, Gay, Gay, Yay! – 09.09.11 If life is like a box of chocolates, then our friend Dwayne Speaks is a big piñata filled with rainbow fun! Listen as we chat with Dwayne about his dreams of becoming his small town’s first gay mayor, finding himself a boyfriend and his very special poetry on healing a broken heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1435 – Where Have All The Flowers Gone – 09.08.11 It seems like Madonna and Lady Gaga may have had a bit of a falling out since their chummy appearance on Saturday Night Live when they pretended to have a cat fight only to kiss and make up at the end of the skit. Join us as we take a close look at Madonna’s latest hijinks, why she hates hydrangeas and why she may think Lady Gaga’s obsession with her is superficial. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1435 – Where Have All The Flowers Gone – 09.08.11 It seems like Madonna and Lady Gaga may have had a bit of a falling out since their chummy appearance on Saturday Night Live when they pretended to have a cat fight only to kiss and make up at the end of the skit. Join us as we take a close look at Madonna’s latest hijinks, why she hates hydrangeas and why she may think Lady Gaga’s obsession with her is superficial. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1433 – Get a Little Closer, Don’t Be Shy – 09.07.11 Let’s face it- a lot of us have no clue what we’re doing when it comes to love and relationships. Today Dr. Frankie Bashan, a licensed psychologist and matchmaker joins us to talk about ways we undermine ourselves when we want to get close to somebody else. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1434 – Get a Little Closer, Don’t Be Shy – 09.07.11 Let’s face it- a lot of us have no clue what we’re doing when it comes to love and relationships. Today Dr. Frankie Bashan, a licensed psychologist and matchmaker joins us to talk about ways we undermine ourselves when we want to get close to somebody else. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1388 – Ronnie Kroell and His Mom – 09.06.11 Supermodel Ronnie Kroell was discovered by his mom snuggling in a sleeping bag with his high school boyfriend in his back yard, at the age of 16. His mother Charlene was shocked and didn’t react... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1388 – Ronnie Kroell and His Mom – 09.06.11 Supermodel Ronnie Kroell was discovered by his mom snuggling in a sleeping bag with his high school boyfriend in his back yard, at the age of 16. His mother Charlene was shocked and didn’t react... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1433 – Country Queen, City Queen – 09.02.11 For many gay folks, moving to the big city may be an important rite of passage but in some ways it's become a lot easier to lead a happy life in your own hometown. Do gay people still need to move to urban cities to lead happy lives? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1433 – Country Queen, City Queen – 09.02.11 For many gay folks, moving to the big city may be an important rite of passage but in some ways it's become a lot easier to lead a happy life in your own hometown. Do gay people still need to move to urban cities to lead happy lives? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1432 – You Make Me Feel Like Dancin’ – 08.01.11 We’re back! And not a moment too soon, Cher is on a rampage lashing out at the haters of the world who are attacking her trans son Chaz for being on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Plus, join us as we take you into one of the world’s smallest Pride Parades in Marc’s hometown of Erie Pennsylvania! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1432 – You Make Me Feel Like Dancin’ – 08.01.11 We’re back! And not a moment too soon, Cher is on a rampage lashing out at the haters of the world who are attacking her trans son Chaz for being on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Plus, join us as we take you into one of the world’s smallest Pride Parades in Marc’s hometown of Erie Pennsylvania! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1376 – Looking for a New Love Baby – 09.31.11 Man-hungry Tracy Tyler has satiated her appetite. As a trans woman, Tracy's now looking for deeper relationships and new way to connect to other men and the world around her. Could it be possible that Tracy has really limited her appetite to just one or maybe three men? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1376 – Looking for a New Love Baby – 09.31.11 Man-hungry Tracy Tyler has satiated her appetite. As a trans woman, Tracy's now looking for deeper relationships and new way to connect to other men and the world around her. Could it be possible that Tracy has really limited her appetite to just one or maybe three men? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1431 – Lola Von Miramar Takes Over the World – 08.25.11 We're in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Larry La Fountain, the man behind the fabulous Lola Von Miramar from the "Tostones" video. Join us as we have a fabulous talk about drag queens, Puerto Rican drag queens and building a college course on the cultural fringe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1431 – Lola Von Miramar Takes Over the World – 08.25.11 We're in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Larry La Fountain, the man behind the fabulous Lola Von Miramar from the "Tostones" video. Join us as we have a fabulous talk about drag queens, Puerto Rican drag queens and building a college course on the cultural fringe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1430 – Bisexuals Rock the World – 08.24.11 A new study in the journal of Biological Psychology finally gives proof of the existence of the often misunderstood sexuality of forest preserve aficionados, horny hipsters and Etsy enthusiasts. The news is rocking some people’s world more than the East coast quakes, saying bisexual men are real! Now that there’s proof, what will people complain about in online sex forums? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1430 – Bisexuals Rock the World – 08.24.11 A new study in the journal of Biological Psychology finally gives proof of the existence of the often misunderstood sexuality of forest preserve aficionados, horny hipsters and Etsy enthusiasts. The news is rocking some people’s world more than the East coast quakes, saying bisexual men are real! Now that there’s proof, what will people complain about in online sex forums? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1429 – The Fagbug Keeps on Rolling – 08.23.11 Beep, beep! Today we’re talking to Erin Davies the lady who drives the now rainbow colored Fagbug! Erin turned her Volkswagen Beetle that had been vandalized with the word “Fag” into an art project and tours the country documenting people’s reactions to the unusual automobile Listen to Erin’s amazing story and what’s next for the unstoppable Fagbug. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1429 – The Fagbug Keeps on Rolling – 08.23.11 Beep, beep! Today we’re talking to Erin Davies the lady who drives the now rainbow colored Fagbug! Erin turned her Volkswagen Beetle that had been vandalized with the word “Fag” into an art project and tours the country documenting people’s reactions to the unusual automobile Listen to Erin’s amazing story and what’s next for the unstoppable Fagbug. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1428 – Mister Leather Europe’s American Vacation – 08.22.11 Although leather as a sexual fetish came from gay men's appreciation for the masculine independence of the 1950s American biker culture and films, Europeans took it to new heights with the super sexual imagery of the artist Tom of Finland. Today we're chatting with the very cute Martin Cedergren, Mister Leather Europe 2007 who Marc just happened to run into at Hollywood Beach, our local Gay Beach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1428 – Mister Leather Europe’s American Vacation – 08.22.11 Although leather as a sexual fetish came from gay men's appreciation for the masculine independence of the 1950s American biker culture and films, Europeans took it to new heights with the super sexual imagery of the artist Tom of Finland. Today we're chatting with the very cute Martin Cedergren, Mister Leather Europe 2007 who Marc just happened to run into at Hollywood Beach, our local Gay Beach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1427 – Adam Carolla’s Anti-LGBT Rant – 08.19.11 Interview with Matt Siegel, the openly gay man who worked for Adam Carolla, weighing in on the recent controversy over Carolla's anti-LGBT rant. The audio clip is part of the show: FOF #1426 - Boost Your Fabulous Energy Levels posted on August 17, 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1427 – Adam Carolla’s Anti-LGBT Rant – 08.19.11 Interview with Matt Siegel, the openly gay man who worked for Adam Carolla, weighing in on the recent controversy over Carolla's anti-LGBT rant. The audio clip is part of the show: FOF #1426 - Boost Your Fabulous Energy Levels posted on August 17, 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1426 – Boost Your Fabulous Energy Levels – 08.17.11 Today- group fitness instructor Brian Heckler joins us to talk about how to get more energy into your life and examine some ways you might be thwarting your vitality. Also, we talk to Matt Siegel, Adam Carolla’s gay former personal assistant about the recent scandal over Carolla's anti-LGBT rant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1426 – Boost Your Fabulous Energy Levels – 08.17.11 Today- group fitness instructor Brian Heckler joins us to talk about how to get more energy into your life and examine some ways you might be thwarting your vitality. Also, we talk to Matt Siegel, Adam Carolla’s gay former personal assistant about the recent scandal over Carolla's anti-LGBT rant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #480 – The Unsinkable Paula Poundstone – 7.18.11 When Paula Poundstone was arrested in 2001 for drunk driving and child endangerment, she temporarily lost custody of her adopted children, went into a deep depression and was forced by the courts to go to AA. Not one to hide, Paula took her struggles that she endured under the glare of the media and put it to work in her courageous stand-up act. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1319 – Trends And Predictions for 2011 – 08.16.11 Tell us what we got right so far from this show in January where we predict "what 2011 will be like by looking at the events and trends that made the headlines in 2010 and warping them into the future. Ripsters, GagaFlauge, Micro-Fruits, Cash Cats and Temporary Face Lifts, all coming your way." Joining us is LA based puppet artist Marsian Delellis- described as “a crazy hall of mirrors on which society can see itself.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1220 – Marga Gomez’s Rainbow Road to Hell – 08.15.10 We had a great time last year talking to Comedian Marga Gomez as she was heading off to the legendary Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Listen as Marga Gomez shares with us her experiences at the event over the years, including her fear of porta potties and the time when bondage loving lesbians dropped pamphlets over the crowds from an airplane to gain acceptance at the event. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF Special Edition: The Gay Intern Show It’s been great literally hanging out with Marc who has let me edit videos and eat way too much ginger peanut caramel corn. Fausto is in Texas but Marc is my guest and co-host on my first ever attempt at creating a podcast, which still needs a name! (Please send help). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1221 – Bruce Vilanch on the Star Wars Holiday Special – 08.10.11 Today we’re talking to comedy writer and gay legend Bruce Vilanch, who worked as a writer for The Star Wars Holiday Special, and also on many lavish, campy TV specials of the 1970s including The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Listen as Bruce talks to us about the wonderful tacky world of TV specials from the 1970s and he also reveals that there is a documentary on the Star Wars Holiday Special in the works! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1271 – Amy and Freddy Got Talent – 08.09.11 For over 15 years, Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen have been celebrated in nightclubs and gay resorts across the world for their hilarious mix of comedy, gay anthems and blue b-side songs. Today Amy and Freddy join us to talk about life as entertainers, how a good gal pal can fight the blues and Amy’s long time romance with Chicago drag queen TeriYaki- yes folks, they almost got married, if you can believe it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1368 – Lisa Lampanelli is Not Afraid of Anything – 08.08.11 Lisa Lampanelli does not hold back on anything or anyone, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, or penis size. Her new DVD “Tough Love” delivers every juicy dirty joke too hot for Comedy Central, and even her wild Donald Trump Roast is included. Listen as we talk the the Queen of Mean on why Donald Trump will never be the President of anything, except his own ego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1339 – A Funny Indian Lady – 08.05.11 Comedian Sapna Kumar was born in India but raised in Indiana. There’s more than corn in Indiana. She came out as a lesbian a while ago, but only recently did her mother refer to her as gay and not “one of those people.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1425 – Growing Up Feast of Fun – 08.04.11 For all the unhappy stories we year about LGBT youth today, for many their experience is one filled with excitement and wonder as the world has never been so accepting. Today we’re joined by our summer intern Ryan Burdick who started downloading the podcasts when he was in high school. With his parents permission, of course. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1424 – Cameron Esposito is in Love with You – 08.03.11 Oh the crazy things we do when we're in love. Many people lament not being in a relationship, while others go insane feeling trapped by their loved ones. Today the hilarious Cameron Esposito joins us to take a look at how the nation’s changing attitude towards Marriage Equality affects us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1423 – Surviving the Norway Massacre – 08.02.11 What would you have done if you were one of the people caught under fire during the Norway Massacre, where as many as 76 people were killed by a deranged right wing lunatic? Today we read to you the astounding first-person account of Adrian Pracon, the gay man who miraculously survived the horrible experience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1422 – Inside Oral Roberts’ Gay Family – 08.01.11 Today were are joined by Randy Roberts Potts, the good-looking grandson of the late Oral Roberts who recently came out as gay. With the recent attention paid to youths dealing with bullying and suicide, Randy wanted to tell his story not just for himself but for his uncle, Ronnie, Oral Robert’s own son who committed suicide in 1982 because he was struggling with being gay himself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1353 – How to Be a Glamorous Drag Queen – 04.01.11 Hi there everyone, in case you just stumbled upon this podcast, and are now looking at the photo of the two of us wondering "just who are these two beautiful, glamorous mysterious women?" This is not the Feast of Fun, it's the Glamour Diva Power Hour Experience Extravaganza, with Saltina Obama Bouvier and Daphne Dumount! Get ready for a wild ride. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1421 – Social Media Anxiety Disorder – 07.28.11 Last month, Google launched with great fanfare, its third attempt at social media- Google+, waving goodbye to Google Wave and swatting Google Buzz. Today comedian and tech pundit Heather Gold joins us to take a look at all the new social networks that are cropping up to compete with Facebook and why LGBT folks understand social media and SEO more than anyone else. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1420 – Kitty’s Battle for Equality in New York – 07.27.11 The recent landmark victory for Marriage Equality in the State of New York was a close call. One key Republican, Senator Mark Grisanti changed his vote at the last moment in favor of equality because one woman, Kitty Lambert and her friends at the organization OUTspoken for Equality persuaded him to do so. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1419 – Lesbian Heroes – 07.26.11 Now that several days have passed since the horrific massacre in Norway where as many as 76 people, mostly children were killed by a deranged right wing lunatic, details are surfacing about heroic acts done by people in the area. Officials are saying that a lesbian couple may have saved as many as forty people from the mad man. Join us for this and all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1418 – All My Favorite Superheroes Wear Tights – 07.25.11 This year’s summer movie blockbusters feature what we like- hot, muscular hunks in tight body suits which leave little to the imagination. Why does Hollywood all of sudden have such a hard on for movies based on comic book superheroes? Today Peaches Christ joins us to take a closer look at these leading men’s packages and all the erotic subtext in the summer films. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1417 – Amy Armstrong Sails the Seven Seas – 07.21.11 Bon Voyage! Today we’re taking you on a fabulous adventure with one of our favorite cabaret divas Amy Armstrong! Join us as we talk with Amy about how we thwart our own creative process, feeling fabulous at forty, and how the world can open up to you again if you just let it happen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1416 – Rupert Murdoch Gets His Just Desserts – 07.20.11 Real-life supervillain Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul at the center of the phone-hacking scandal, was in the hot seat yesterday before the British Parliament when he got struck with a pie in his face. The extraordinary scene was captured on live television where Wendi Deng, the 80 year old's hot Asian wife rushed to protect her assets, er husband and slapped the perpetrator in the face before cops could take him away. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1415 – Scott Herman is the Captain America of Fitness – 07.19.11 The hot days of summer are finally here but it’s not too late to get that beach body you’ve always wanted. Today Scott Herman, one of our favorite fitness experts and YouTube hunks talks with us about getting into the best shape possible so you can feel fit and enjoy the rest of your summer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1414 – The Mermaid Wars Rage On – 07.18.11 The fishy feud between Katy Perry and Lady Gaga over who wears a mermaid outfit best and who ultimately, is the power music diva of this generation has opened up on a new front: Bette Midler. Join us as we fill you in on all fishy goodness of the continuing saga of the Mermaid Wars and what Bette Midler doesn't want you to know about her own mermaid shtick. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1413 – The Drag Queen Elvira – 07.14.11 Behind every diva, inevitably there’s a fabulous drag queen- today we’re talking to Christian Greenia, the man best known as Cassandra Fever, the number one in command to Elvira- Mistress of the Dark! Join us as Cassandra Fever gives us the scoop on being the world’s best known Elvira impersonator, what’s up with all the drag queens in LA, and of course Elvira herself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1412 – Clash of the Mermaids – 07.13.11 Whip out your tar-tar sauce! A fishy feud is steaming up between Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Shortly after Gaga teased fans with her new mermaid alter ego Yuyi, Katy Perry posted a photo of herself planking as a mermaid saying “this is how Ariel would do it.” It's not the first time the two pop stars have clashed and we are sure it won't be the last, but who wins this fishy round? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1411 – Bryan Safi is so Gay – 07.12.11 The weekly segment "That's Gay" is a hit on iTunes and YouTube and it’s made Bryan Safi a star on the Internet. Today we’re jumping in the gay jacuzzi with the hilarious Bryan Safi to talk about the terrible things he had to do to launch That’s Gay, all the behind the scenes dirt and the ridiculous idea of a magical gay best friend that can fix anything. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1410 – Behind Every Diva There’s a Fabulous Queen – 07.11.11 One of the more remarkable moments in Mo’Nique’s comedy act these days is the part where she not even onstage. Female Impersonator Ivy White is opening for Mo’Nique by lip syncing ten minutes of the Diva’s tried and true material with flawless precision leaving audiences to wonder – is that the real Mo’Nique? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1409 – We Love Mo’Nique – 07.07.11 Join us as we talk to the very funny queen of sass, Mo’Nique, about her amazing journey from stand up comedian to Oscar winning actress and what’s happened to her since she won the award. Mo’Nique answers all your hard questions- about Oprah, Barbara Walters, Richard Pryor, and why Holllywood struggles with diversity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1408 – Is Michele Bachman Hiding Her Husband in the Closet? – 07.06.11 Michele Bachman can’t tell the difference between actor John Wayne and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, but the scary kooky lady from Minnesota is a front runner in this year’s Republican Presidential primaries mostly because of the conservative leanings of three of the most important early states. Meanwhile, her husband Marcus Bachman is lighting up the Internet as everyone’s calling him a closet queen! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1407 – The Secret Gay Lives of the U.S. Presidents – 07.05.11 Let’s face it, most ambitious men love attention, and that means having it come from just about anyone. From Washington to Obama, there’s always been some speculation about the love lives our nation’s leaders but what about affairs of the same sex kind? Join us today as we try to uncover the facts and myths on the secret gay lives of our nation’s leaders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1406 – The Drunk Homeless Bag Lady of Darkness – 07.01.11 Amy Winehouse’s website was hijacked Thursday morning by a group of hackers — who claim they targeted the singer because they want to “take back the internet from the white devil.” She may have sunk pretty low but we’d hardly call her the Prince of Darkness, more like the drunk Homeless Bag-lady of Darkness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Edition FOF: Prevention Revolution or Magical Thinking? – 06.15.11 One of the most exciting developments in the fight against HIV is a recent study that hasn't received much media attention, even though this type of preventative treatment could dramatically reduce HIV infections. Some doctors don’t even know about it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1405 – The Grinch Who Stole Gay Pride – 06.29.11 Spirits were high at Pride celebrations across the country this past weekend due to the landmark passing of the Marriage Equality Act in New York, granting same-sex couples full marriage benefits. But even here in Chicago, where vandals slashed the tires on 51 floats scheduled to be in the Pride Parade, the mood was still incredible. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1404 – How to Come Out of Everything – 06.28.11 For many LGBT folks, coming out is one of the most important things they can do in their lives to be the best person they can be. But sadly, it’s not always so easy or obvious and for some, it could put their lives in danger. And then with social media, some wonder: “should I just get it all over at once and simply post a status update?” What is the best way to come out? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1403 – A Date with Destiny – 06.24.11 Hi there everyone- it's me Saltina Obama Bouvier, we have an amazing show for you today. Marc and Fausto are too busy celebrating Pride to do this podcast, and so I took it upon myself to fill in while the boys are out to play. Once again, the women have to do all the work the men don't want to do. Oh, and Daphne is here too. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1402 – Rainbow Pride Explosion – 06.23.11 All across the country, Pride is in full swing with events celebrating LGBT folks and the 1969 Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern gay rights movement. Although Pride Parades have their roots in political action, today they have become a wildly colorful hootenanny, a delicious rainbow colored version of Mardi-Gras. Some think it’s tragic, we think it’s fabulous! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1401 – Inside Madonna’s Aerobics Studio – 06.22.11 Rumors were spreading that Madonna was to make a guest appearance on Inside the Actors Studio opposite the deliciously serious James Lipton. Sadly, it was all just gossip. Today we recreate the hilarity that could have been by having the world’s best Madonna impersonator, the woman of a 1000 voices, Nadya Ginsburg channel an in-depth interview between Lipton and Madonna. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1400 – Stick It in Me – 06.21.11 For thousands of years, Chinese medicine has been sticking it in people to cure what ails them but it’s only been recently that acupuncture has started to catch on in the rest of the world. Today we’re talking to our friend Michael Oliphant a comedy writer who took his life on a different course five years ago when he started to study acupuncture. He’s given up the late nights telling jokes in smoky bars for an office where he pokes willing patients to help them heal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1399 – Don’t Get GLAAD, Get Mad – 06.18.11 After our sizzling expose of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s bizarre support of the AT&T / T-Mobile merger, the organization, whose main goal is to protecting the image of LGBT people in the media is struggling to protect its own image. Due to the public outcry over the orgnazations’ endorsement merger, which many consider a sell-out to corporate interests, will ultimately work against the interest of a free and open Internet. And now, El Presidente Jarrett Ba ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1398 – Inside the Olympic Village with Gay Skater Blake Skjellerup – 06.17.11 Although nothing can compare to the thrill of going for the gold at the Winter Olympics, for speed skater Blake Skjellerup fighting for equality in his native New Zealand really gets him going. Listen as we talk with Blake about his intense training, getting on the box of Fruity Cheerios, who has the best ass in sports, and being the only gay in the Olympic Village. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1397 – The Misunderstood Judy Garland – 06.16.11 Judy, Judy, Judy! Today Peter Mac, one of the best known Judy Garland tribute artists in the country joins us to take a closer look at Judy Garland as a misunderstood artist, portrayed by the media as messy and tragic, when in fact she was a triumphant woman who used humor as way to cope with life’s enormous challenges. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1396 – Lez Get Real – 06.15.11 The lavender curtain has been lifted on two very popular blogs for the ladies who love the labia revealing that they are actually written by men. Blogger Tom MacMaster came forward as the man behind the blog Gay Girl in Damascus after he faked the kidnapping of his online persona, Amina Arraf, a young muslim girl living in Syria. And the supposedly deaf lesbian editor of the blog Lez Get Real actually turned out to be Bill Graber, a straight man living in Ohio. Why do straight men want to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1334 – I Think My 4 Year Old Son Is Gay – 02.24.11 Today we’re talk to C.J.’s mom who writes the blog, Raising my Rainbow where she anonymously shares her story about raising her 4 year old son C.J. who she thinks he might be gay. Listen as C.J.’s mom shares with us the messages she’s gotten from thousands of people from all around the world for being a mom who supports her kids to be whoever they want to be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1395 – Don’t Believe The Fairy Tale – 06.09.11 Tech experts insist the AT&T merger will threaten free speech and openness on the wireless web. So why are many civil rights groups, including the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation endorsing the merger? GLAAD's support of the merger is being seen as a misguided attempt to curry favor with board members and one of their largest sponsors, AT&T. Joining us today are Jarret Barrios, President of GLAAD, Timothy Karr, Campaign Director for Save the Internet and Daniel Villa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1394 – Weiner Roast – 06.08.11 While you were worrying about Weiner's wang, a whole lot of stuff went down that the nation has mostly ignored. Judge Clarence Thomas accepts a 100k bribe, Net Neutrality is up for grabs and war marches on in the middle east with the number of deaths till piling up. Can our democracy handle its insatiable hunger for sex scandals? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1393 – I Survived RuPaul’s Drag Race, part 2 – 06.07.11 Today is part two of our special with the fabulous queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Can I get an Amen around here? One of the most controversial moments on the 3rd season of the reality TV show was the factions created by the self-proclaimed "pretty" queens who called themselves “Heathers” and called the other contestants "Booger Queens." Up till now, RuPaul could pick any booger as winner! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1392 – I Survived RuPaul’s Drag Race – 06.06.11 Drag- for some girls it’s not just a job, it’s an adventure. A revolution in drag is exploping thanks to the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Today we’re talking to three of the fabulous queens from the reality TV competition who all scored high in charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, and if you take the first letter of that list, these ladies give it in abundance! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1391 – I Survived Gay Pride in Russia – 06.03.11 The European Council on Human Rights may have ruled that the Russian people have a right to hold a Pride Parade, but that didn’t stop the authorities in Moscow from banning it anyway. Today, Andy Thayer joins us fresh from his return from Russia (with love) to share his amazing story of participating in the Pride Parade and what it was like to face down hunky but violent Russian police officers and fascists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1390 – Strangers in the Night – 06.02.11 Have you ever fallen for someone who pretended to be somebody else? Today we’re talking to visual artist and personal trainer Tim Webster about his online romance filled with lies and deception. Join us as we talk about Facetious disorder- fake Internet profiles, con artists and co-dependency. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1389 – Love is All You Need – 06.01.11 One of the most perpetual questions found everywhere on the Internet is people's insatiable hunger for romantic relationships. Are we all just fools in love or is there something deeper to our yearning for meaningful relationships? Join us as we talk about how to cultivate love in your life and find out if you need a man like a fish needs a bicycle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1307 – Mamie Van Doren is Still a Troublemaker – 05.31.11 At one point in Hollywood, Mamie Van Doren, along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, was considered one the most beautiful women on the silver screen. Today, Mamie Van Doren is as alive and kicking as ever and has a new album “Still a Troublemaker.” Listen as she talks about her amazing life and dating many of Hollywood’s Golden age hunks, and even Henry Kissinger! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1388 – Ronnie Kroell and His Mom – 05.27.11 Today- famous gay men and their moms! Ronnie Kroell from the reality TV show Make me a supermodel and Playgirl cover hunk joins his mom Charlene Sonenberg to offer some good advice for young people and parents everywhere about coming out and supporting your gay teen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1387 – Bring in ‘da Sexy, Bring in ‘da Funk – 05.26.11 Want to look hot? If you’re trying to capture the attention of someone who fancies masculinity, try not smiling so much to turn him or her on. A new study shows that heterosexual men like smiling women, but hetero women like men who don’t smile. So what do LGBT folks like? Join us as we take a look at sexyness and emotion. What gestures do we do to turn other people on? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1386 – Divas, Drag Queens and Tornadoes – 05.25.11 We met entertainment producer David Charpentier backstage, as a tornado roared through Pridefest, the world’s largest LGBT music festival. David can handle just about any intense situation with any artist, no matter how extreme the circumstances. Now he's managing some of the biggest drag queens in entertainment while living with Addison’s disease and type one Diabetes. How does it do it? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Edition FOF: Trans-Body Politics – 05.24.11 Today our live podcast with Project Crysp from the Center on Halsted in Chicago, Illinois- Trans- Body Politics. The original T-Party. Join us for an extraordinary conversation with three groundbreaking people involved in the forefront of the trans rights movement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1385 – Trannypocalypse Now – 05.23.11 Judgement day came and went without a hitch, and if you’re listening to this show and didn’t jump off a cliff, you might be wondering, what happened? Are we in hell, or was Belinda Carlisle right all along- oooh heaven is a place on earth. Today we’re introducing two of our favorite tranny gal pals to each other for the first time- Victoria Lamarr and Tracy Tyler, who have up to now, occupied different spaces in our lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1384 – Saturday Night Rapture – 05.20.11 The Rapture is a perfect slacker holiday- it means not having to wash the dishes, file your taxes or show up to vote, since you know, the world is going to end. Why bother doing anything at all? Today our friend and blogger Michael Lehet joins us, to take a look at the Rapture and all the hot, fiery brimestone news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1383 – Jumping the Broom – 05.19.11 Someone’s getting married! Don’t get too excited, it’s not me. Today our friend blogger Michael Lehet is finally tying the knot to his longtime boyfriend Darryl, in a wedding we think is going to rival any Tyler Perry movie. Join us as we talk about tying the knot with your boo and much more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1296 – The Answer to Our NeverEnding Story – 05.18.11 Disease, suicide, abuse and discrimination, all stem from the same disorder- homophobia. How do we get to the root of this hate and create an environment where we are respected and nurtured? Today, health advocate Pete Subkoviak joins us to talk about fighting homophobia and his own experience being a trans guy, and how he got the support from his family to transition at the young age of 18. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1382 – Gay Divorce, Canada Dry – 05.17.11 One of the biggest challenges facing marriage equality anywhere is that legislators often overlook divorce and international law. Today’s show is all about Gay Divorce. One of our long time listeners, Wayne Hicks found love and had a Civil Partnership in the UK, but when a fight erupted in Canada, he found himself on the street without legal protection because their union was called a partnership and not a marriage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1381 – Six Degrees of Lady Gaga – 05.16.11 If you thought Lady Gaga’s song Born this Way sounded a lot like Madonna, it may in the blood. Celebrity genealogist Chris Childs has traced the family linage of both the Material Girl and Momma Monster, and it turns out that Lady Gaga and Madonna are real life kissing cousins! Plus, CNN Anchor Don Lemon comes out of the closet as a gay man. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1380 – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – 05.13.11 CNN anchor-stud Anderson Cooper is rumored to officially and finally come out of the closet as a gay man, as soon as next week just in time for Pride -- with a series of interviews with over a dozen major celebrities doing the same thing. Don't hold your breath, but it could be a very hot week on CNN. What will the mass exodus of celebrities coming out mean for you and me? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1379 – Hooked on a Feeling – 05.12.11 Actor Joshua Devore is a jack of all trades, and by trade and jack, we really mean it. Better known as adult film star Tober Brandt, Joshua started out as a baptist minister, then turned into a muscle hunk who starred in Titan Media and Chi-Chi Larue’s films. He’s now taking a new turn in the San Fransisco based Thrillpeddlers theater company’s new play – Vice Palace, a modern update of the Cockette’s notorious show “There’s Blood on Your Face” that starred Divine and Mink ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1378 – I’ve Got You Babe – 05.11.11 The wait is over. Chaz Bono’s documentary “Becoming Chaz,” debuting on Oprah’s new network OWN, shows the famous child of pop singer Cher and Sonny Bono’s female to male sex confirming surgery. Chaz joins many other trans people who not only document their transition as a way to educate others about the trans experience but also to capture what is certainly a very challenging and fascinating time of their lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1377 – Schock and Awe – 05.10.11 Republican Aaron Schock has said many times he does not want to be objectified for his killer body, but today the congressman from Illinois almost took it all off for the cover of Men’s Health Magazine to encourage all Americans to take the time to eat, sleep and exercise. Why did he do this? Is Schock secretly enjoying slapping our faces with his muscle, or does he just want to be loved? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1376 – Looking for a New Love Baby – 05.08.11 Man-hungry Tracy Tyler has satiated her appetite. As a trans woman, Tracy's now looking for deeper relationships and new way to connect to other men and the world around her. Could it be possible that Tracy has really limited her appetite to just one or maybe three men? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1375 – Growing Up with Lola – 05.06.11 We all love Miss Lola Rose’s sassy videos where she opens up her heart and speaks the truth about her own shortcomings and celebrities that creep her out. Today we conclude the second part of our two part series, as we talk to Miss Lola Rose’s lesbian daughter, film maker Jill Abrams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1374 – Miss Lola Rose is Right About Everything – 05.05.11 Today we’re talking to video blogging sensation Miss Lola Rose. When her two kids came out as gay, she panicked and asked them to remain in the closet. Since then, Lola fully supports her kids and is a proud advocate for Equality. So much in fact, her most popular video “Mom on Her Two Gay Kids” was yanked off of YouTube when haters flagged it enough times to set off their automated system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1373 – The Death of the 50 Foot Woman – 05.04.11 If you thought Osama Bin Laden and Donald Trump had a bad week, try being the 50 foot woman- Yvette Vickers, 60s sex symbol, Playmate and star of the camp horror film classic ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ was found mummified in her Beverly Hills Mansion several months after her death. Join us as we talk about Yvette Vickers and all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1372 – The Kooky World of Lauren Maul – 05.03.11 Comedian Lauren Maul, our favorite gal behind the felt puppet shows in Chicago’s hit comedy group, The Best Church of God, joins us to take a look at some of the reactions to Osama Bin Laden's death. Which celebrity seemed to know about the take down before the President? The biggest mindfucks, Fox news’ big fail and what exactly did they do with Bin Laden’s body, since no one wanted it? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1371 – The Royal Family Jewels – 05.02.11 You probably know that this past Friday, Prince William married his sweetheart Kate Middleton amidst a sea of crazy hats, royal pageantry and celebrities. What you may have missed though is Prince Harry clutching the family jewels and Kate making a surprisingly funny photo. And of course, last night, Obama got Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind of the attacks of September 11, eight years to the day from Bush's Mission Accomplished speech. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1370 – 30 Years of AIDS – 04.29.11 This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis in the U.S. It’s difficult to measure the devastating impact AIDS has had on humanity, not just the horrors of the disease itself but the inadequate response of governments and health care institutions to this incredible loss of life. Today, we take a look at three decades of AIDS with David Ernesto Munar, the newly appointed President and CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1369 – Peaches Christ, Bring Me the Axe! – 04.28.11 With Mother’s Day right around the corner, it’s a great time to chat with our drag queen role model, Peaches Christ, about our favorite film on motherhood- Mommie Dearest. Join us as we talk with Peaches about our favorite films on motherhood including the unusual film Secret Ceremony with Elizabeth Taylor and the Alien movies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1368 – Lisa Lampanelli is Not Afraid of Anything – 04.27.11 Lisa Lampanelli does not hold back on anything or anyone, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, or penis size. Her new DVD “Tough Love” delivers every juicy dirty joke too hot for Comedy Central, and even her wild Donald Trump Roast is included. Listen as we talk the the Queen of Mean on why Donald Trump will never be the President of anything, except his own ego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #85 – The Power of Glitter – 04.26.11 Way ahead of his time, George Harris Jr., better known as Hibiscus, was in the forefront of the gay liberation movement and a pioneer in theater with the Cockettes. Today we talk with director and documentary filmmaker David Weissman about his film about the legendary San Francisco Cockettes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1265 – My Coming Out Story is a Gay Telenovela – 04.25.11 Tired of playing junkies, maids and ice cream vendors, comedians Hugo Rosado and Michael Villarreal joined Salsation, a Latino sketch comedy troupe to take some juicer roles that better portray the complexities of the Latino... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1367 – Deven & Joel’s Big Time Fun Show – 04.22.11 Today, two of our favorite guests, YouTube’s comedy queen Deven Green and Joel Bryant! Joel was cast as an understudy in a major Broadway comedy and Deven has a new video where she’s the judge, jury, executioner and host of a fashion show from a time when nuclear bombs could destroy everything so you had to look good on the runway or the commies win. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1366 – Awkwardly Hip – 04.21.11 NOH8, It Gets Better, Lady Gaga, and even YouTube’s Honey Badger- all started out as small projects that grew into viral phenomena when LGBT folks jumped on the bandwagon. What happens when our favorite outsider things become the monster ballads of popular culture? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1365 – Auditioning for Greatness – 04.20.11 Our gal pal comedian Cameron Espositio has been clawing her way up the entertainment ladder to become America’s next top lesbian comedian and she recently had the prestigious opportunity to audition for one of the greats of late night television. What’s it like to audition for a gig that could launch your career into the big time, and does it involve ice cubes and pique turns? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1364 – Circuit Mom Knows How to Throw a Party – 04.19.11 If you were in Chicago in the 90s, you probably know Circuit Mom, the queen of the circuit party scene. Guys who liked to go to circuit parties were sometimes called circuit boys and Matthew Harvart was their Momma! Today Matthew talks about the fabulous circuit party scene that once was and may still be again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1293 – The Wit and Wisdom of Lady Bunny – 04.18.10 oday New York City drag legend Lady Bunny, one of the smartest drag queens in the world talks politics with us. She’s the founder of Wigstock, former roommate to RuPaul and current judge on Ru Paul’s Drag U. She’s taking your questions and weighs in on the charade of war and security. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1363 – Victoria’s Secret – 04.15.11 Victoria's got a secret! Want to know what it is? For the past month she's been transitioning to living full-time as a woman. For V-Marr, this is a new a new chapter in her life. For us, it's having a friend we've known for years come to the realization that they are happier as a woman. This doesn’t happen every day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1362 – Damiana Garcia Works the Red Carpet – 04.14.11 Damiana Garcia, one of my favorite drag queens on YouTube, never fails to make me laugh with her frenetic, nervous energy as she engages all sorts of celebrities on the red carpet. Today we’re talking to Damiana Garcia about her unusual interviewing style and dealing with all these crazy new celebrity drag queens that the RuPaul factory is churning out like a puppy mill on estrogen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1361 – Eggs! Eggs! Eggs! – 04.13.11 What if we were all inside an egg inside an egg inside Lady Gaga's egg-shaped vessel? Think about it people. Today, artist and blogger Angela Wells joins us to crack the case on the origins of egg decorating, strange party games and how the humble egg has inspired everyone from ancient Persians, to chocolatiers to Lady Gaga. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1360 – Betty White vs. Lindsay Lohan, Everyone Wins – 04.12.11 Recently Betty White spoke about the latest meltdowns of Hollywood brats Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen: “I cannot stand people who get wonderful starts in show business- and who abuse it.” Lindsay’s fought back through Twitter, this could turn out to be be a diva death match! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1359 – Tom Goss Turns it Around – 04.11.11 The wait is over, Tom Goss‘ new album “Turn it Around” hits iTunes tomorrow, but before that happens, we’ve got Tom in the home studio to play a live music session of some of his favorite songs from his new album. Stick around for "Turn it Around," you don't want to miss this speical show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1358 – The Battle Over HIV Prevention – 04.08.11 The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a national ad campaign to discredit PrEP or Pre Exposure Prophylaxis, a new HIV prevention technique that involves taking Truvada (an existing HIV medication) on a daily basis. Why is the leadership of the nation’s largest AIDS organization arguing against a treatment that could potentially save millions of gay men from becoming HIV positive? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1357 – Tranny 3000 BC – 04.07.11 Move over Raquel Welch! There’s a new pre-historic diva making headlines across the world and she’s 997,000 years younger than you. Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old skeleton which they believe is the remains of a transgender person. Found in the suburbs of Prague, the male skeleton was found buried in the same manner as women who were laid to rest at that time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1356 – Collaboration is the Future of the Internet – 04.06.11 The future of the Internet belongs to websites that allow interesting folks to do interesting things together, whether it’s for sex, politics, art or just trolling around. Today comedian Heather Gold joins us to take a look at some new sites for collaborating and how the Internet is changing the way we relate to each other. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1355 – This Ain’t No Dress Rehearsal – 04.05.11 On April 25, Damon L. Jacobs turns 40, and he's dedicating a series of blog entries–”40 Lessons of 40” to celebrate the aging process and forge a new path for anyone who has been told to fear the inevitable. Listen as we chat with Damon about how Cher inspired him, and how to become strong, sexy and open-minded at any age. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1354 – Madonna’s Malawi Disaster – 04.04.11 A year ago Madonna laid the ceremonial brick for a planned girls school in the African country of Malawi- a noble mission for a nation where only 27 percent of girls attend secondary school. Last week, it was announced the school will not be built and federal investigators are now looking into any possible fraud inside Madonna's Raising Malawi charity and her Kabbalah center. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1353 – How to Be a Glamorous Drag Queen – 04.01.11 Hi there everyone, in case you just stumbled upon this podcast, and are now looking at the photo of the two of us wondering "just who are these two beautiful, glamorous mysterious women?" This is not the Feast of Fun, it's the Glamour Diva Power Hour Experience, Extravaganza, with Saltina Obama Bouvier and Daphne Dumount! Get ready for a wild ride. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1352 – All I Really Need To Know I Learned from Watching Showgirls – 03.31.11 Hold on tight to the handrail girlfriends, Elizbeth Berkley is back with a self-help book for teenage girls- Ask Elizabeth: Real Answers to Everything You Secretly Wanted. Will she give girls advice on how to sell it, do a pique turn and usurp their place in a Las Vegas nightclub extravaganza? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1351 – Archie’s Gay Pal Kevin Keller Gets His Own Comic – 03.30.11 Today, we talk once again with Archie Comics’ writer and artist, Dan Parent, about Kevin Keller, their ground breaking gay character and the surprisingly muted response from conservatives. Also joining us again are Chicago comedians Seth Dodson and Kellen Alexander to chat about virtual girlfriends, Ghandi's gay love and Internet initialisms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1350 – Seriously Gay – 03.29.11 Some people just don't know how to take a joke- maybe they’ve had a rough life or their current situation is bad, but not being able to find the funny side of life can actually make things worse. Today we're joined by Chicago comedians Seth Dodson and Kellen Alexander to explore why we find it so hard to laugh at ourselves, especially about our sex lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1349 – Remembering Elizabeth Taylor – 03.28.11 Elizabeth Taylor- today we salute the Hollywood legend, friend to man and beast- whose tireless efforts, starting in the mid-80s, to fight against AIDS, gave comfort to the afflicted and brought about change in the public’s perception about the misunderstood disease. Listen as we take a look at the impact of this remarkable woman’s life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1348 – Things That Make You Go Woof – 03.24.11 Actor Taylor Lautner is considered by many to be the sexiest werewolf in showbiz, but he has some tough competition for the hottest Wolfboy title from Michael Trevino from The Vampire Diaries. This past weekend we spent some time at the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo and we had a chance to catch up with Michael and I got him to go "woof" for all the fans and the bears out there. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1347 – Million Dollar Coming Out Story – 03.23.11 Today is a big day for L.A. realtor Josh Flagg, co-star of the reality TV show “Million Dollar Listing” he’s coming out with a BIG secret, can you guess what it is? Join us as we chat with Josh about his new book, the art of selling, how not to come across as despreate and the one thing you can do to help sell your property. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1346 – Saving Wonder Woman – 03.22.11 Great Hera! The new “Wonder Woman” costume is a disaster, with folks calling it tacky and garish, at best a cheap vinyl get-up found hanging on the discount rack a week after Halloween. Join us as we take a look at the TV reboot of Wonder Woman, and give her wardrobe a make-overt to bring some fashion sense to Mount Olympus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1345 – The Queen Of Kitsch – 03.21.11 You may not be instantly familiar with cultural visionary Allee Willis, but the songs she wrote just may be on your iPod. She's sold over 50 million records, including Earth Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done To Deserve This.” Listen as Allee Willis shares with us stories of her incredible career, her online Museum of Kitsch and her up-coming collaborations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1344 – Dating in the Digital Apocalypse – 03.15.11 Today our friend Michael Titus Parkes, app designer and performance artist, walks us down the memory lane of the Internet and gives us an in-depth look at how the rapidly changing digital world is effects us and our relationships. Listen as we talk about how YouTube is the new performance art scene and the five type of photos you need to make a sexy connection online. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1343 – Pee Wee Herman is Back! – 03.14.11 In the late 1970s, Paul Ruebens developed the character of Pee-wee Hermanas a challenge by the LA based improv group, the Groundlings, to create a comic that could never make it in real life. Joining us is film maker Kerthy Fix- her new documentary “Who Took the Bomp: Le Tigre On Tour,” that focuses on the electroclash band Le Tigre premiers at SXSW. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1342 – Christeene is the Queen of Trash – 03.10.11 When we told our listeners that we were going to Austin, Texas, everyone said “Bring back Christeene,” one of the trashiest drag queens in the Southwest. The creation of Paul Soileau, Christeene rose out of the skanky waters of Hurricane Katrina like a greasy Venus floating in a garbage can. She's a lost child, with the soul of killer shark! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1248 – Restoring America’s Deep Rich Flavor – 03.09.11 We love Tom Goss, a former wrestler, who almost became a priest, and now gay music hunk. There are wedding bells for Tom and his hus-bear Mike, they are tying the knot this October in a miniature golf themed big gay wedding. Join us as Tom plays us three new songs and we take a look at how gay Christianity really is and Lauren Bacall's 1970s Coffee Ad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1341 – Lady Gaga Lawsuits – 03.08.11 Celebrities and lawsuits go hand in hand like pizza for breakfast and your loss of dignity. No matter how rich or famous people get, rest assured that they will sooner or later get dragged into court. Today we take a close look at celebrities and their pain and misery in the court of law. Lady Gaga is threatening to sue over Baby Gaga ice-cream. Did her cease and desist letter come in a jewel covered egg? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1226 – Mink Stole is Hard to Kill – 03.07.11 It’s impossible to talk about the hilarious cult films of John Waters without mentioning one of his greatest actresses, Mink Stole, who appeared in all of his films. Join us as we talk with Mink about all of here wonderful lines from the films, her friendship with Divine, John Waters and Peaches Christ and why she gets butchered to death in so many movies, including All About Evil. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1340 – Gay Robots and Trans Bionic Beauties – 03.04.11 In reality most robots are just fancy machines that help build stuff, or glorified sex dolls that help us get off. But in many sci-fi books and films, robots come off as kind of gay. Joining us today is trans bionic beauty AJ Durand who mesmerizes audiences with his androgymous, robotic character, Trandroid. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1339 – A Funny Indian Lady – 03.03.11 Comedian Sapna Kumar was born in India but raised in Indiana. There’s more than corn in Indiana. She came out as a lesbian a while ago, but only recently did her mother refer to her as gay and not “one of those people.” Listen as we curry dish the dirt about this and all the hot news: Lady Gaga, Westboro Baptist and how to get out of jury duty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1338 – We Are All Bi-Winners – 03.02.11 Singer Nelly Furtado apologized over Twitter yesterday for performing for dictator Qadaffi for a million dollars & now she’s promised to donate that money to charity. On today’s show we talk about how artists can impact political change and how the song “Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa. On today’s show we talk about how artists can impact political change and how the song “Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” helped bring an end to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1337 – The Battle for Gay Rights in Russia – 03.01.11 For the last 6 years, people have faced police beatings & arrests to hold gay pride parades in Russia. In Russia, gay pride parade marches on YOU. What a country! Today activist Nikolai Alexeyev talks about his recent landmark win that re-affirmed their right to march, plus drops a bombshell on how your favorite stars might be secretly performing for rich anti-gay global tyrants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1336 – King’s Speech Reigns Supreme at the Oscars 2011 – 02.28.11 "The King’s Speech” was crowned Best Picture at this year’s Oscars showing that Hollywood likes films that demonstrate their ability to make anyone into a star, even a king! Joe Fitrzyk joins us to make sense of this years Oscars and figure out why co-host James Franco was such a dud- his drag wasn't even funny. James, sashay away. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1335 – The Westboro Baptist Church vs Anonymous – 02.25.11 One of the most controversial guests we’ve ever had is Shirley Phelps-Roeper, the spokesperson for Westboro Baptist Church, best known for picketing funerals with signs like "God Hates F*gs." A new battle exploding on several fronts for her church- one, a huge fight with Anonymous, a group of internet freedom fighters and another fight with the U.S. Supreme Court. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1334 – I Think My 4 Year Old Son Is Gay – 02.24.11 Today we’re talk to C.J.’s mom who writes the blog, Raising my Rainbow where she anonymously shares her story about raising her 4 year old son C.J. who she thinks he might be gay. Listen as C.J.’s mom shares with us the messages she’s gotten from thousands of people from all around the world for being a mom who supports her kids to be whoever they want to be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1333 – Bruce Vilanch Takes Us Inside the Oscars – 02.23.11 For over two decades comedian Bruce Vilanch has written some of the best received Academy Awards shows. Although the writing process starts months in advance he really shines when he’s in the hot seat, coming up with funny things for the hosts. Listen as Bruce takes us inside the Oscars, his best and worst Oscar memories, and how he still might be able to get James Franco to dress up in drag! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1291 – The New Adventures of Chris Tina Foxx Bruce – 02.22.10 Transgendered people and bodybuilders share a lot in common- they work very hard for the body they want to have. Chris Tina Foxx Bruce has transitioned twice- from fit to fabulous! First, she became a 230 lb male bodybuilder and now she’s a 180 lb female fitness guru, 6’4″ in heels! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1246 – Scott Herman Explores Ten Reasons Why You’re Not in the Shape You Want to Be – 02.21.10 Fitness expert and reality TV hunk Scott Herman joins us take a look at ways you may be sabotaging yourself, why too much fruit is not good for you, how getting mad makes you fat, booze, muscle memory and the myth of discipline. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1332 – Bill Cruz’s Secret Sex Life – 02.18.11 Comedian Bill Cruz is in hot water for his top ten list of Chicago male comedians he’d like to get jiggy with. Most straight guys got mad not because they were on the list, but because they didn't make the cut. Listen as we talk about who'se hot in Chicago's comedy scene, rotten celebrities, and Lady Gaga confirms her latex costumes were inspired by condoms to promote safe sex. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1331 – Burlesque Baby, Lady Gaga Must Pay – 02.17.11 Drag queens step a side, a little Asian kid is taking the Internet by storm with a full-on tribute to one of Christina Aguilera's songs from the movie Burlesque! Sadly, just as the video soared to popularity it was yanked off YouTube, either due to copyright issues or because the video sharing giant frowns on minors shaking it without an adult’s stamp of approval. Luckily, DListed ripped it so you can still watch it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1330 – Get Your Butt Out of the Sand – 02.16.11 Your body is a magical wonderland waiting to be explored, but proceed with caution because risks may be lurking around the backside. You can’t just stick your butt in the sand and pretend there’s nothing behind there to deal with. Today health advocate Jim Pickett joins us to answer your vital questions about your butt. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1329 – Born This Way – 02.15.11 Lady Gaga finally talks about the similarities between “Born This Way” and Madonna’s “Express Yourself” saying Madge gave her the stamp of approval. Plus, National Condom Week is in full swing so don’t stop celebrating! These condoms don’t get stretched out and left in the alley by themselves people! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1328 – We Are All Lady Gaga – 02.14.11 Happy Valentine's Day! After months of teasing her little monsters, Lady Gaga finally dropped her new single, ‘Born This Way’ that's causing quite a commotion for it's similarities to Madonna's song 'Express Yourself.' Why did she thank Whitney Houston at the Grammys? Today we look at the impact the song is having and the history of other LGBT liberation pop songs that share the same title. Plus- Tracy Tyler discusses the Grammy's, the Egyptian Revolution and a gay cruise aboard the Dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1214 – Ronnie Kroell Bares it All – 02.11.10 Supermodel Ronnie Kroell, whose steamy bromance with fellow contestant Ben DiChiara, on the reality TV competition “Make Me A Supermodel” is out to change the way we look at our own nude bodies. Listen as we talk with Ronnie about baring it all for Playgirl, why he knows that showing off his nakedness won’t hurt his modeling career and his new reality TV show project in the works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1327 – That’s a Real Pretty Facebook You Got There – 02.10.11 Stalkers, identity thieves and your annoying family are all watching your every update as if to say, "That's a pretty Facebook you got there, be a shame if something happened to it." Today, Facebook expert Dave Awl, author of "Facebook Me" joins us once again to navigate us through the choppy waters of the world's largest social network. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1326 – Mimi Imfurst Gets Carried Away on RuPaul’s Drag Race – 02.09.11 True to her dramatic nature, when up for elimination, Mimi Imfurst picked up contestant India Ferrah and carried her across the stage like King Kong on a bad hair day. Listen as we talk with Mimi Imfurst about why she got so physical and if she has any future in wrestling, plus does Adam Lambert need a diaper? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1325 – Faster Peaches Christ! Thrill! Thrill! – 02.08.11 Today filmmaker drag queen Peaches Christ, well known for her love of horror films joins us to take a look horror films where people literally get their hearts ripped out. Plus her recent travels to Thailand, where he was chased by an elderly massage woman demanding to give him the “happy ending” she thought Peaches wanted. Talk about horror of horrors! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1324 – Superbowlesque – 02.07.11 First Burlesque, now this! Can Christina Aguilera get anything right? Wonder if Cher noticed how she fumbled the lyrics to the National Anthem at Superbowl XLV. Today we continue our annual tradition, six years of podcasting to find the juicy tidbits of the nation's top entertainment and advertising event- the Superbowl. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1323 – Welcome to Cherlesque – 02.04.11 Comedian Nadya Ginsburg has an amazing ability to morph from one sassy gay diva to another by effortlessly switching from Britney to Winona, from Lady Gaga to Madonna or even Cher. Today, Nadya Ginsburg gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of Burlesque, impersonating Cher for Jane Lynch and her upcoming one woman show the Madonnalogues. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1322 – Out in Hollywood – 02.02.11 Today we're talking to James Duke Mason- son of 80s pop star Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go’s, and grandson of Hollywood actor James Mason. Join us as The Duke shares with us important advice he got from Dustin Lance Black and stories of hanging with Elton John and David Furnish and their new baby. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1321 – Civil Unions Come to Illinois – 02.01.11 Hooray for Illinois as Governor Pat Quinn signs civil unions into law! Illinois is now one of a dozen states with significant legal protections for same-sex couples. And yet, some are saying that it's simply more Jim Crow laws, creating a second class status for people locked out of Federal marriage rights. Listen as we talk about Carol Mosley Braun knows who's on crack and SNL's controversial trans skits. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1320 – Making Love out of Nothing at All – 01.31.11 Our gal pal Tracy Tyler has 80s pop music flowing through her veins, and she can easily imitate the song stylings of Styx, Culture Club and her favorite Air Supply. Join us today as we take a look at Lady Gaga’s new song lyrics for “I Was Born This Way"- so far, nobody knows what the melody is like, so why not marry it with Air Supply? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1319 – Trends And Predictions for 2011 – 01.28.11 Today we predict what 2011 will be like by looking at the events and trends that made the headlines in 2010 and warping them into the future. Ripsters, GagaFlauge, Micro-Fruits, Cash Cats and Temporary Face Lifts, all coming your way. Joining us is LA based puppet artist Marsian Delellis- described as “a crazy hall of mirrors on which society can see itself.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1178 – Queen Joan Sings to the Animals – 01.27.11 We just love Queen Joan, the boogie woogie queen from the Bayou. To ring in the new year, Joan posted her cover of Elvira, a country pop song made popular by The Oak Ridge Boys. Think of Joan as the horse whisperer but instead of whispering to the horses she's banging on her accordion and wailing out her favorite ditties to all the cats, dogs and cows on her farm. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1318 – My Sputnik Moment – 01.26.11 Pleading for U-N-I-T-Y in a newly divided government during his State of the Union Address, the President asked lawmakers to move forward by comparing the country’s challenges to the Space Race of the 50s and 60s. Join us today as we take a close look at the State of the Union Address, and try to figure out why so many female politicians like to wear red. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1317 – Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves – 01.25.11 Big TV day! Oprah Winfrey surprised everyone yesterday when she introduced a sweet looking woman as her half-sister, in what she called her “Beloved Moment.” It was also the first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race and this season's contestants are funnier, sexier and wilder than ever before. Who do you think will win? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1316 – Oprah’s Favorite Gay Prince – 01.24.11 In 2006, Prince Manvendra, the 39th direct descendant in the 651-year dynasty of Rajpipla, a princely state in Western India, made headlines around the world when he became the first Indian royal to come out as gay. One of Oprah’s favorite guests, Prince Manvendra, is now a gay rights leader, a health advocate and publisher of a new gay magazine called "Fun." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1315 – He’s a Magic Man Mamma – 01.21.11 Do you believe in magic? Magic that makes you feel groovy like an old time movie? When did the awe and wonder of magic become corny and the domain of creepy men at birthday parties? Today we are joined by the fresh faced award winning comedy-magician John Sturk. He’s here to tell us about the history of modern magic and what it takes to make a living pulling rabbits out of your hat. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1193 – Deven Green Had Me at Hello – 01.20.10 With the success of her parody videos on 80s soap opera stars and her recent re-dubbing of Lionel Ritchie’s ridiculous video “Hello,” Deven Green practically owns the word “Hello” on the internet. Today Deven Green and her hunky husband Joel Bryant join us today to give us a sneak peek at their upcoming projects which include a cooking reality TV show , a vampire/zombie web series and a song written on the ukulele just for us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1314 – Call Me Anytime – 01.19.11 HRC came under fire last month with activists when they set up an HRC branded gift shop in Harvey Milk's Camera Shop. Now, they want to join the youth bandwagon by partnering with The Trevor Project to run a youth call center from the shop. Is this HRC trying to play nice or is it looking to tap the cash cow of teen suicide? And a call center in one the most expensive neighborhoods in the country- couldn’t they do it someplace cheaper like in India? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1313 – Thank You Bayard Rustin – 01.18.11 Today we salute one of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement, a fabulous gay black man named Bayard Rustin- the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sadly, Rustin is largely ignored in the history of equality in this country because of his sexuality, so today we also remember the importance of his influence on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his desire for non-violent protest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1312 – Golden Globes Go Gay – 01.17.11 The Golden Globes! Not quite the Emmys and it’s not quite the Oscars, but you get to watch a lot of drunk celebrities on TV. You don’t get completely bored like you would at the Oscars, but you get a good show. Listen as we mine for gay gold at the champagne infused extravaganza that is the Golden Globes. Congratulations Chris Colfer! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1311 – The World’s First Glitter Day – 01.14.11 Glitter Day, the world's first LGBT centric winter holiday came and went without hitch in most parts of the world but sadly, the horrific shootings in Arizona left the US in mourning. Film maker Kerthy Fix joins us to take a look at some of the more extraordinary news and spread the word about her new documentary Strange Powers, an in-depth look at Stephen Meritt and the Magnetic Fields. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #780 – Ménage à How Many? – 1.13.11 How many are in your party? For some people monogamy is just right, but for a growing number of people, open relationships is where they find true happiness. Tristan Taormino, award-winning author, columnist, pornographic film director joins us to talk about her book "Opening Up: A guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1203 – Green Acres Goes Gay – 01.12.10 Josh Kilmer-Purcell was once Aquadesia, a popular drag queen living in New York City known for her acrylic bra that held live goldfish. He wrote all about it in his book, “I Am Not Myself These Days“- one of the best drag queen memoirs ever. Today, he and his partner live on a rustic farm in upstate New York, the focus of Josh’s new book and a reality TV show “The Fabulous Beakman Boys.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #690 – Shirley Phelps: An Unlikely Champion – 01.11.11 Shirley Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church presents TWO choices for America: ONE, imprison and then execute the gays because that’s what the Bible says or TWO, give gays all the same rights that every other American enjoys. Join us as we chat with Shirley from "America’s Most Hated Family” with Josh Kilmer Purcell of "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" about religion and discrimination. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1124 – Frolicking with the Faeries – 1.10.11 Deep in the mountains of rural Tennessee there is a thriving network of queer communities whose origins go back to the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement with the Radical Faeries. Today two of our friends Tom Foolery and Maxzine Weinstein from IDA play their hilarious music and share their experience of living in a commune of gay musicians, trans pirates, lesbian warriors and pagan witches. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1292 – Glitter Day – 01.07.11 There are a lot of holidays during the winter months but none of them are really gay. Sure we have National Coming Out Day in October, Pride Month in June, Celebrate Bisexuality Day in September, International Drag Day in July and Fat Tuesday for the Bears, but where’s our winter holiday? Well, we’ve devised a new a new gay holiday- Glitter Day! And no, Mariah Carey is not invited. Today, blogger Michael Lehet joins us to open early his Glitter Day presents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1165 – Don’t Cry for Pandora Boxx – 03.31.10 People are outraged that one of their favorite drag queens, the hilarious Pandora Boxx was booted from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Listen as Michael Steck, the man who is Pandora Boxx, takes us under the hood of this season’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and shares with us his wild ride on the reality tv show. Will she hug the hateful judge Santino Rice at the reunion show or will she read him and refuse his affection like Shannel did last year? Plus, questions from you! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1208 – Tyra Sanchez is Sorry About Nothing – 01.05.01 Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent- that’s what you have to have to win RuPaul’s Drag Race and this year’s winner Tyra Sanchez has it in abundance! But how did this quiet guy from Flordia get to make it as “America’s Next Drag Superstar?” Listen as we take you in-depth with Tyra Sanchez and get her thoughts on fatherhood, RuPaul, her drag queen co-stars and how she handles her reputation for being a b*tch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1179 – How to Succeed on Etsy without Really Trying – 04.22.10 Arts and crafts, once the domain of housewives, gay men and tortured children, the art of making things is having a renaissance on the internet. Today we’re joined by Brian Kenny who makes glittery postcards with vintage images of hunks, pin-up gals, mugshots and circus freaks. Listen as Kenny shares his stories on fighting with Christian nut-jobs on Etsy and the horrific craft atrocities on Regretsy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1247 – Nellie Oleson Saved My Life – 01.03.11 Alison Arngrim is loved and feared by people all over the world for playing the mean little rich girl Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Alison credits the role with saving her sanity. Today Alison joins us to talk about her funny and heart breaking memoir, “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch” which recounts her time on Little House, growing up in a crazy Hollywood, and her work on behalf of HIV/AIDS charities and victims of sexual abuse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1184 – You Can Learn a Lot from a Whore – 12.28.10 Smart, funny and sassy, Elizabeth Pisani is a superstar in the HIV/AIDS healthcare crisis. As an independent researcher, Elizabeth has interviewed hundreds of sex workers all around the world to figure out how best to fight sexually transmitted diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1119 – A Gay Mormon in Russia – 12.27.10 Spending the winter in the coldest parts of Russia can be hard, especially when you’re a closeted gay Mormon. Today we’re joined by J Seth Anderson talking about being in Russia for two years while struggling with his sexuality and trying to convert Russians to Mormonism. Plus: the hilarious Summer Nettles joins in to talk about Mariah Carey’s drunken speeches, Obama’s trannylicious appointee Amanda Simpson, and the viral video of the walrus working it out! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1310 – Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 3 – 12.23.10 Few manage to get commercial success with making Christmas music, but it sure doesn't stop them from trying. Today we continue our annual holiday series: Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, vol. 3- oddball holiday songs that deserve a second listen. Star Wars Christmas, annoying animals and even Cthulhu carols. Happy Holidays! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1113 – Incredibly Strange Christmas Music, Vol. 2 – 12.22.09 Christmas is so bizarre- the loud colors, the strange rituals and the omnipotent bearded Santa all lend a special psychedelic flavor to the winter months. Listen to our annual collection of lesser known Incredibly Strange Christmas Music. Buy the music and make a trashy Christmas mix CD! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1309 – What up with DADT? – 12.21.10 Even thought the top brass in the military still have to approve the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the ban is as good as gone. Many politicians and celebrities are rushing out to claim credit for the repeal, but who can truly claim the fame? Dan Choi? HRC? Bloggers? President Obama? Lady Gaga? The Internet? Plus, Barbara Streisand’s new book takes you on a never before seen tour of her lavish home, including the tiny cobblestone village built in her basement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1308 – Happiness for the Holidays – 12.20.10 The holidays, with all its pressures & expectations can leave many with feelings of isolation and despair. What's the best way to get through it all? Kate Bornstein, author of “Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws,” joins us to talk about the dangers of wanting to fit in, the future of Eqaulity, and how to bring peace and joy into your holiday season and the rest of your life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1307 – Mamie Van Doren is Still a Troublemaker – 12.17.10 At one point in Hollywood, Mamie Van Doren, along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, was considered one the most beautiful women on the silver screen. Today, Mamie Van Doren is as alive and kicking as ever and has a new album "Still a Troublemaker." Listen as she talks about her amazing life and dating many of Hollywood's Golden age hunks, and even Henry Kissinger! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1306 – Hollywood’s Underbelly – 12.16.10 Joe Fitrzyk was an ad executive working in Detroit when he had an epiphany, quit his job and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of becoming famous by chasing celebrities. Joe looked for a lot pretty people but found lots of ugly details. Today writer and pop culture junkie Joe Fitrzyk shares with us his notes of what he hopes to become his tell all book on Hollywood’s underbelly. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1305 – Instant Christmas – 12.15.10 Any song can be turned into a Christmas classic by simply adding a couple of words like "season" or "jolly" into the lyrics and throwing some jingle bells into the beat. Today we transform your favorite gay anthems into new christmas classics. Listen as we tear apart the thin veil of Christmas music and rebuild into something fabulous, that everyone can enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1304 – Christmas Madness – 12.14.10 Everyone loves the bright lights and bold colors of the holiday season, so why then are so many people miserable at this time of year? Surreal, confusing stories of snowmen come to life, flying reindeer and green grinches only add to the fog of war that is Christmastime. Blogger Michael Lehet joins us to take a look at our love hate relationship with the holidays, annoying holiday music by celebrities and a delicious meat centric Nativity scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1303 – Black Swan Diva – 12.13.10 Gay men love movies with flawless costumes, intense dancing and crazy women who tear each other apart to get ahead in show business. Soon to join your collection of campy movies is Black Swan- a psychological thriller set in the competitive world of professional ballet. Join us as we talk about the film and don't worry, we won't spoil it for you. (Thank to Rei Sato for the amazing anime drawing!) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1302 – Deven and Joel’s Christmas Spectacular – 12.10.10 On today’s show, comedy duo Deven Green and Joel Bryant bring enough holiday cheer to light up the Yule Log in the fireplace and keep the egg nog nice and frothy. Listen as we go caroling with Deven and Joel and unwrap the seldomly known extra verse to Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1301 – Complaints Choir Confidential – 12.09.10 People never seem to stop complaining. Well, instead of writing a book about their bellyaching, some have turned to putting their grousing into song and have formed Complaint Choirs. Joining us today is Chicago blogger Mia Jones who participated in the Chicago Complaints Choir which sang about about the public transportation system, out of town baseball fans and how everyone is a moron. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1300 – The Power of Being a Bitch – 12.08.10 Comedian drag queen Jackie Beat, best known for her outrageous songs, has in recent years, received a lot of attention for her online videos which parody reality television, celebrities and the dangers of high fructose corn syrup. Listen as we chat with Jackie about the power of being a bitch, her gastric bypass surgery and how come all the no talent drag queens get all the bookings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1299 – WikiLeaks Everywhere – 12.07.10 The internet is hard to control. Trying to censor something on the net usually backfires and draws more attention to it than it would have ever have gotten in the first place- case in point: photos of Barbara Streisand's mansion, or Wikileaks. Today the hilarious Kristen Studard joins us to take a closer look at how CNN is turning into Perez Hilton with its odd coverage of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Plus, all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1298 – Hard Candy Christmas – 12.06.10 Step right up! Hard Candy Fitness is open for business. After some delay, Madonna's new gym franchise opened their doors in Mexico City to women, gay men and cholos everywhere who want to "Get Into the Groove" during their workout. Today Chicago diva powerhouse Amy Armstrong and her pianist extraordinaire Freddy Allen join us to weigh in on Madonna's new venture and to play some of their favorite holiday classics. Plus, they give us a fresh Christmas twist to their signature piece “The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1298 – Teri Yaki’s Got Talent – 12.03.10 Our drag queen gal pal Teri Yaki wasinvited to audition for the reality TV show America’s Got Talent based on her performance from our live podcast at Steamworks. Like most gay divas, it looks like she'll get her big break from performing in a gay men's bathhouse. On today's show the wacky and tacky Teri Taki joins us to talk about her Christmas wish, her drag audition and the new Civil Unions in Illinois. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1296 – The Answer to Our NeverEnding Story – 12.02.10 Disease, suicide, abuse and discrimination, all stem from the same disorder- homophobia. How do we get to the root of this hate and create an environment where we are respected and nurtured? Today, health advocate Pete Subkoviak joins us to talk about fighting homophobia and his own experience being a trans guy, and how he got the support from his family to transition at the young age of 18. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1295 – Lesbian in a Bridesmaid’s Dress – 12.01.10 Comedian Cameron Esposito talks about hosting a burlesque show, circus life and her Nancy Drew like experience of discovering her friend’s secret sex dungeon. Cameron recently took a lipstick bullet and femmed it up for her sister’s wedding, with hilarious results. Plus- Celebrities die digitally for AIDS, Beer for Dogs, Mountain Climbing Pumps and Rhinestone Covered Guns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1294 – Show Me How You Burlesque – 11.30.10 Burlesque hasn't done well in theaters, but the romp through a fantasy burlesque theater is a hit with gay men and drag queens everywhere. Join us today as we talk about Cher, Christina, hunky Cam Gigandet and Alan Cummings' straight to DVD performance. Also: gay rights advocate Wayne Besen, founder of Truth Wins Out, talks about the ex-gay movement focusing on pre-teens, George "Carry My Luggage" Rekers and anti-gay iPhone apps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1293 – The Wit and Wisdom of Lady Bunny – 11.23.10 Today New York City drag legend Lady Bunny, one of the smartest drag queens in the world talks politics with us. She’s the founder of Wigstock, former roommate to RuPaul and current judge on Ru Paul’s Drag U. She’s taking your questions and weighs in on the charade of war and security. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1155 – Gagalicious Live Show from Steamworks – 11.22.10 Teri Yaki was recently asked to audition for "America's Got Talent' based on her her performance in this live show at Steamworks. Congrats Teri Yaki! Get ready to release the pressure! Today we put our homemade gyroscopic metal outfits to the test for a live show at the sexiest place on earth: Steamworks gym sauna and baths. Listen to the hilarious Keith Ecker, Teri Yaki, and Cameron Esposito with special musical guest Stephen Leonard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1292 – Glitter Day – 11.19.10 There are a lot of holidays during the winter months but none of them are really gay. Sure we have National Coming Out Day in October, Pride Month in June, Celebrate Bisexuality Day in September, International Drag Day in July and Fat Tuesday for the Bears, but where's our winter holiday? Well, we've devised a new a new gay holiday- Glitter Day! And no, Mariah Carney is not invited. Today, blogger Michael Lehet joins us to open early his Glitter Day presents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1291 – The New Adventures of Chris Tina Foxx Bruce – 11.18.10 Transgendered people and bodybuilders share a lot in common- they both work very hard for the body they want to have. In many ways, enhancing gender characteristics on either side of the male or female spectrum is a difficult transition. Chris Tina Foxx Bruce has transitioned twice- from fit to fabulous! First, she became a 230 lb male bodybuilder and now she’s a 180 lb female fitness guru, 6’4″ in heels! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1290 – A Very Klingon Christmas – 11.17.10 Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is credited with restoring the holidays in Britain to joy and celebration after a period of somberness in the early 1800s. Today the classic tale is keeping the spirit of Star Trek alive in "A Klingon Christmas Carol" - the first play to ever be produced entirely in Klingon. No joke. Listen as we talk with the director and the Klingon Scrooge about the the warrior race and the true meaning of Klingon Christmas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1111 – Pagan Christmas – 11.16.09 We’re bringing some nutty holiday cheer on today’s show with our very own ginger witch Shivian Balaris- he’s here to cast a sexy spell for good fortune, and to get even with our enemies. Comedian Chris Condren also joins us to play some insane songs about time travel and finding that perfect kind of love. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1289 – For Gay Boys – 11.15.10 Can Tyler Perry bring to life one of the most important works about the black female experience? After all, he's best known for playing Madea, which some people classify as a characature of black woman. So, does he have the depth? Believe or not, our answer is "oh yes, baby!" Join us as we talk about our experience seeing "For Colored Girls," plus, all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1288 – American Gothic’s Gay Roots – 11.18.10 American Gothic is one of the most parodied paintings of all time and a symbol for anti-gay groups even though Grant Wood, the artist who created the work was gay. Today art historian R. Tripp Evans talks about his new book on the artist- Grant Wood: A Life- detailing the full rich gay life behind this American master. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1287 – Late Bloomers – 11.17.10 Lesbian rumors! Although many lgbt folks know from an early age their affinities for the same sex, some come out late in life not because they were in the closet, but because these feelings rised up late in life. Today, writer Trish Bendix the managing blog editor for After Ellen joins us to talk about “Dear John, I Love Jane” which features her essay on how she suddenly discovered her lesbian love one day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1286 – Howard Brown Health Center on Life Support – 11.10.10 It’s been a pretty bad year for Howard Brown Health Center, one of the nation’s largest LGBT health care providers. They've let go some of their top personel and they are now facing a huge financial crisis. On this special edition, Jamal Edwards, the new CEO of Howard Brown, talks about their uncertain future, his recovery plan, dealing with past scandal and plans to be more open in the future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1285 – Tracy Tyler’s Gifts and Colors for the Holidays – 11.09.10 It seems like the holiday season creeps into the stores earlier each year - before you know it, we'll be preparing for next year's Christmas before this one is even over. Today our trantastic gal-pal Tracy Tyler shares her gift giving ideas, what colors are hot for the holidays and the perils of tying a major celebrity to your product. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1284 – Will Clark’s Well Lubricated Ride – 11.08.10 In 1995, writer Will Clark took his acting career in a new direction by starring in the gay adult leather film “Dr. Goodglove” and has since appeared in 48 different films. Will leveraged his adult film career into blogging on gay sex and politics and he joins us today to share the story of his long, hard slippery road into porn and life as an HIV/AIDS advocate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1283 – Youth on the Streets – 11.05.10 Every night in this country, over an estimated 400,000 LGBT youth between the ages of 13 and 21 spend the night out on the streets. The reality for many of them is that they face violence, isolation, abuse and rape, and often wind up in jail, addicted to drugs or living with HIV. Listen as we talk to filmmaker Susi Graf about "Lost In The Crowd," an extraordinary film about transgender youth and the celebrated Ballroom Scene in New York City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1282 – Tony Award Winner Levi Kreis and Friends – 11.04.10 Nobody was more surprised than Levi Kreis when he won the 2010 Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Muscial for his explosive portrayal of the legendary rock and roll pianist Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet. Listen as Levi Kreis joins us with his very own boyfriend Jason Antone and Eric Himan for a live music session you don’t want to miss. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1281 – A Rainy Election Night – 11.03.10 The 2010 mid-term election results are pretty gloomy- Republicans took over the House of Representatives and many liberal long-time Senators lost their jobs. Still there is good news- evil former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman, ultraconservative Carly Fiorina and ding dong, Christine “I Am Not a Witch” were both defeated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1157 – Craig Seymour Bares it All – 11.02.10 Visiting a strip club when you first come out can be a very liberating experience as it validates your desire to look at other men. CAs a young college student, Craig Seymour was so fascinated by his experience at the strip club he became a stripper himself and eventually wrote a book about his experience. Listen as Craig Seymour talks about his tell-all book: "All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1280 – Project Runway Takes a Dive – 10.29.10 Mondo Loses! People are outraged that Mondo Guerra, the fabulous HIV positive, Dia de Los Muertos inspired fashion designer got second place on the Season Finale of Project Runway. Join us a we rate the runway and talk about some of the worst costumes we’ve ever worn worn for Halloween. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1279 – Suzanne Westenhoefer Loves Her Fiestaware – 10.28.10 As a stand-up comedian, there was never a time when Suzanne Westenhoefer wasn't out and proud on stage. For 20 over years she has boldly entertained audiences with her hilarious outlook on life and culture.Listen as Suzanne shares with us hilarious stories of working as a young comedian in Provincetown 20 years ago, dishes the dirt on the Dina Shore Classic and the changing face of gay and lesbian humor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1278 – Halloween Costume Ideas From Hell on Acid on Steroids – 10.27.10 Halloween, drag shows and comic book conferences all have one thing in common: they allow people to dress up in outfits they wouldn’t otherwise get caught dead wearing in public. Today we’re taking a close... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1067 – Twilight of the Gigi – 10.26.10 Satanist soccer-mom Gigi Deluxe Gross shares with us her tips and tricks on harnessing the powers of darkness to make Halloween fabulous, fake blood recipies and how to make your eye look like it got bit off by a wild beast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1083 – Hocus Poke Us – 10.25.09 Get ready to cast a spell, a sexy spell that is. Halloween is just days away, so we’ve invited Shivian Balaris — a real-life cute gay witch to help us get into the spirit of the season. Listen as this Ginger Witch talks about hoodoo hijinks, warlocks, wiccans, sex magic and the seven highly effective habits of successful witches. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1277 – My Mom’s Message to Parents of Gay Teens – 10.22.10 On today’s show my mom, Patricia Fernós joins us to take a look at the powerful movement to bring comfort and support to young LGBT people everywhere, and what parents can for their children when they do come out. Listen as Fausto’s mom tells embarassing stories on how she knew Fausto was gay and how she bought a book to try to cure him with dubious results. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1276 – Why It Gets Better Isn’t Good Enough – 10.21.10 There is no argument that the “It Gets Better” campaign is a runaway success with literally thousands of people coming forward to speak about their experience being abused as teenagers Today Damon L. Jacobs, therapist and author joins us to take a look at other ways we can help prevent teen suicide and make lasting changes in our community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1275 – A Gay Conspiracy for Fabulousness – 10.20.10 Today we’re joined by writer and zine publisher Larry-bob Roberts, who for over two decades has been boldly creating a cultural ecosystem for alternative gay voices in zines and blogs. His new book- “The International Homosexual Conspiracy,” a collection of rants on a wide range of topics, from getting turned on by your own bully to the mainstreaming of underground culture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1274 – Mimi Imfurst, Second to None – 10.19.10 Today we’re talking to one of rising stars on the drag scene, Mimi Imfurst. She’s part of the web based reality tv series The Queens of Drag: NYC and she’ll be performing in Chicago at Haunted Halsted, our haunted house style pub crawl through the heart of Boystown. You don’t want to miss it! Listen as Mimi shares her heart breaking story of being a homeless teen and how she made it better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1273 – It Gets Better, Broadway Style – 10.18.10 The response to the “It Gets Better” campaign is overwhelming! Even musicians are giving their support in song and the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus and the stars of Broadway have both created songs to inspire LGBT youth. Today comedian Kristen Studard joins us to discuss the musical versions of “It Gets Better” and the celebrity breakdowns that are happening because of this incredible awareness campaign. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1272 – Big Gay Horror Films – 10.15.10 Today we’re joined by horror film fanatic and writer for Fangoria and Big Gay Horror Fan, Brian Kirst. He’s here to talk about some gay moments from classic horror films that you may have have missed. Listen as we talk about our favorite horror movies and Brian shares with us fantastic stories about some of the amazing actors he’s interviewed over the years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1271 – Amy and Freddy Got Talent – 10.14.10 For over 15 years, Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen have been celebrated in nightclubs and gay resorts across the world for their hilarious mix of comedy, gay anthems and blue b-side songs. Today Amy and Freddy join us to talk about life as entertainers, how a good gal pal can fight the blues and Amy’s long time romance with Chicago drag queen TeriYaki- yes folks, they almost got married, if you can believe it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1270 – Being Lady Gaga – 10.13.10 We’re thrilled to announce that Chicago comedian Kristen Studard, winner of the “Impress these Apes” comedy competition will portray Lady Gaga in all her zombified glory for the Haunted Halsted Pub Crawl. Today Kristen joins us to talk about being tortured as a teen while working in a suburban haunted house and of course getting ready for the role of a lifetime, playing Lady Gaga. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1269 – Archie Comics Gay Character Kevin Keller is a Hit – 10.12.10 Archie Comic's teen sensation Kevin Keller, the first gay character in the Archie-verse, is a hit with young and old fans alike. Today Archie Comics writer and artist Dan Parent joins us to break even more exciting news about Kevin Keller- he's going to get his own four part mini-series due out in summer 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1268 – National Coming Out Day – 10.11.10 Come out, come out, wherever you are! Today is National Coming Out Day, where everyone is encouraged to, as Macy Gray likes to put it, “express what is taboo in you, and share yo’ freak with the rest of us, ’cause it’s a beautiful thang.” Join us for National Coming Out Day and all the hot news! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1267 – The Many Lives of Tracy Tyler – 10.08.10 Our tranny gal-pal Tracy Tyler genuinely believes she’s had many past lives. She was once an actor in Shakespeare’s theater company, later a singer at a piano bar in a New Orleans brothel and then a cigarette girl at a swanky club in the 1940s. Join us as we examine some of Tracy's past lives and discuss all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1266 – It Gets Wetter – 10.07.10 Nothing but good can come out of the overwhelming public response to the horrific teen suicides that have been in the news lately- an estimated 1600 teenagers kill themselves every year over abuse they've received from being or being perceived as queer. On today's show we'd like to add to the conservation and draw attention to things we love, that excite us and get us out of bed in the morning- It Gets Wetter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1265 – My Coming Out Story is a Gay Telenovela – 10.06.10 Tired of playing junkies, maids and ice cream vendors, comedians Hugo Rosado and Michael Villarreal joined Salsation, a Latino sketch comedy troupe to take some juicer roles. Today they join us to talk about why its harder for Latinos, Blacks and Asians to embrace the rainbow flag, trashy Latino gay bars in Chicago’s South Side and why so many gay men’s coming out stories are as melodramatic as a Spanish telenovela. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #390 – It Gets Better – 10.05.10 Tragially over 1600 teens commit suicide in the U.S. every year due to bullying and abuse over being percieved as LBGT or outsiders. Originally posted on Sept. 18, 2006, we had a remarkable interview with writer and humorist Kate Bornstein talks about teen suicide and 101 alternatives to killing yourself. It still holds up to this day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1264 – The Social Network – 10.04.10 Aaron Sorkin’s film “The Social Network” about the rocky beginnings of Facebook and the lawsuits surrounding the site’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a hit at the box office. Today we dive deep into the world of tech start-ups, new media and Facebook with our personal take on the movie as co-founders of Feast of Fun. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1263 – Hold on for One More Day – 10.01.10 Things have been a pretty rough for queer folks lately with the recent suicides of four young gay men as a result of school bullying. People everywhere are outraged and saddened over these terrible tragedies and are left wondering how to cope with this enormous loss. On today's show we're taking a look at our own struggles with staying happy and offer some lighthearted reasons not to kill yourself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1262 – Whiskey, Steaks and Women – 09.30.10 On today’s show we’re joined once again by Erica Bethe Levin, creator and editor of Cheeky Chicago, an online magazine for women. Listen as we also talk about Rahm Emanuel’s return to Chicago and his run for mayor, Erica’s new radio show that’s in the works and why the number 22 bus in Chicago is the best singles bar in town. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1261 – Roasted Nuts – 09.29.10 To outsiders, most comedy roasts seem horrific. Usually the guest of honor gets insulted and humiliated in such a vulgar manner that you’re left wondering if the party really consists of friends or it’s just an angry mob who loves to talk. Today comedian Bill Cruz talks about his own roast that his friends gave him to celebrate his birthday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1260 – Strangers with Candy – 09.28.10 We could have brought anyone onto this show: Paula Poundstone, Suzanne Westhoffer, Ellen DeGeneres. Cameron Esposito is what Feast of Fun is all about! She’s dazzling, she’s exciting, and very, very sexy! I mean funny. Join us as we meet Cameron’s new comedy sidekick and talk about the roast of Bill Cruz and performing in Provincetown and meeting Varla Jean Merman. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1259 – Best Friends with Gay Jesus – 09.27.10 Terrence McNally's passion play "Corpus Christi" is one of the most controversial tellings of the “Greatest Story Ever Told.” Fausto's mom Patricia Riddick-Fernós was close friends with Terrence in high school and the character of Patricia Rudd in Corpus Christi is based on her. Join us as we talk to Patricia Fernós over the phone about Corpus Christi, and her lifelong friendship with Terrence McNally. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1258 – Haunted Halsted – 09.24.10 Halloween is just around the corner, and to help you get your freak on, we're throwing Haunted Halsted, a Gay Haunted House Pub Crawl in the heart of Boystown. Join us on Sunday October 24 at 2pm as we go from bar to select bar on Halsted Street for a ghoulish cavalcade of depraved delights. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #834 – The Legacy of Liberace – 09.23.10 Join us as we talk to the President of the Liberace Foundation Darin Hollingsworth in 2008 from inside the Liberace Museum about the man behind all the glitz and glamor. Sadly, the Liberace Museum is closing its doors after 31 years, but it’s going on tour. So catch it if you can- too much of a good thing is wonderful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1257 – Release the Beiste – 09.22.10 Glee’s season premiere kicked butt! We can't get enough of the new football coach,"the Beiste." Has Sue Sylvester finally met her match? Ms. Bieste is so ultra-butch, she makes Sue look like a lipstick lesbian. Joining us today is Lola Le Cont, a new drag queen on the scene to talk about all the hot news- DADT is stalled, Lady Gaga calls out the haters and the Liberace museum is closing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1256 – Pete Burns It Up – 09.21.10 Like many pop stars of the 1980s, Pete Burns cultivated an androgynous look to capture the imagination of the public. Since then, he has been in the news for not just his music but for his extreme plastic surgery and emotional outbursts on reality television. Today we're talking to Pete Burns over the phone from who knows where? Maybe a piercing parlor where he just got a lot of work done. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1255 – Wild Sex Stories – 09.20.10 You’re in for a treat today as an old friend of ours, Tracy Tyler joins us to share our sexy sex stories of wild lust and abandon, with strange and funny results. Join us a we share with you three terrific tales of sexual trysts and dates gone horribly wrong-- Tracy’s gets naughty at a tranny party, Fausto falls into a sexual safari at a taxidermist’ house and Marc’s frozen food date that ends in a Valentine’s Day Massacre. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #742 – Live from Steamworks – 09.17.10 We packed up the microphones and recording equipment and took our booties down to the “Sexiest Place on Earth,” also known as Steamworks on 3246 N Halsted Street in Chicago. Listen as Jim Pickett, Tracy Tyler, Sal-E and his surprise guest Teriyaki, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós share our wit and wisdom with the good people at Steamworks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1254 – Guys Gone Oscar Wilde – 09.16.10 We're joined by graphic novelist Jon Macy- he's got a powerful new graphic novel "Teleny and Camille" an erotic love story between a celebrated musical genius and an aristocratic young man. Join us as we take a look at the roots of modern gay culture in Victorian England, one guy one jar, and the complicated man that was Oscar Wilde. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1253 – Rubber Lover – 09.15.10 Your new boyfriend may give you a whole lot more than just a box of chocolates. Most people know that using condoms for casual sex is important, but new studies show that an alarming number of HIV infections happen when guys fall in love. So when is it okay to stop using condoms with your boyfriend and still be safe? How soon is too soon? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1252 – Join the Lady Gaga Army – 09.14.10 At the VMA's, Lady Gaga called on lawmakers to end DADT and guess what? Sen Harry Reid was listening and he now promises to schedule a vote next week on major defense budget legislation that contains language to lift the ban. Get ready to enlist queer folks, you may be able to serve in the military sooner than you think. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1251 – Lady Gaga Yard Sale – 09.13.10 Today we're taking you behind the scenes of our yard sale- the cute Mexican kids we dressed up in drag, our kooky neighbors and the hot guys who sifted through our stuff. Also on today’s show- Ian Benardo, the eccentric former contestant on American Idol who famously sang “Gloria” out of tune, is suing Idol for $100 million. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1156 – A Gay Man’s Return to the Muslim World – 09.10.10 To many, the Middle East is a tantalizing mix of danger and desire. To a gay travel writer it’s an adventure to a world where same-sex affection blurs in the sand. Today Michael Luongo joins us to talk about his book tour through the Middle East to promote “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” a collection of true stories of men sexually attracted to other men in places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1250 – Betty White for Mayor of Chicago – 09.09.10 Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley pulled a Steven Slater by shocking everyone when he announced that he won't run for office again. So, who will be the next mayor? Can't people just check in on Foursquare to become Mayor of Chicago? Chances are, if you leave it to Facebook, Betty White will become the next queen of the Windy City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1249 – Chris Crocker Wants the Best of Both Worlds – 09.08.10 Chris Crocker proves he’s got what it takes to make it big, not just on YouTube, but as a musician too. Will he choose a music over being a video blogger, or will he have the best of both worlds? Join us as Chris talks about the changing face of YouTube, clearing up all the rumors and gossip, and why he changed his look and is no longer a blond. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1248 – Restoring America’s Deep Rich Flavor – 09.07.10 We love Tom Goss, a former wrestler, who almost became a priest, and now gay music hunk. There are wedding bells for Tom and his hus-bear Mike, they are tying the knot this October in a miniature golf themed big gay wedding. Join us as Tom plays us three new songs and we take a look at how gay Christianity really is and Lauren Bacall's 1970s Coffee Ad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1247 – Nellie Oleson Saved My Life – 09.02.10 Alison Arngrim is loved and feared by people all over the world for playing the mean little rich girl Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Alison credits the role with saving her sanity. Today Alison joins us to talk about her funny and heart breaking memoir, “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch” which recounts her time on Little House, growing up in a crazy Hollywood, and her work on behalf of HIV/AIDS charities and victims of sexual abuse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1246 – Scott Herman Explores Ten Reasons Why You’re Not in the Shape You Want to Be – 09.01.10 Fitness expert and reality TV hunk Scott Herman joins us take a look at ways you may be sabotaging yourself, why too much fruit is not good for you, how getting mad makes you fat, booze, muscle memory and the myth of discipline. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1245 – Poppers O’Plenty – 08.31.10 Poppers! No we’re not talking about delicious deep fried cheese filled jalapenos, we’re talking about the drug- those little brown bottles that people huff to loosen up while getting jiggy with it. Join us as we talk about all the hullabaloo around this iconic little bottle, the dangers surrounding the drug, poppers pigs and why John Waters has a whole case of it in his freezer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1244 – Gay TV Shows Shine at the Emmys – 08.30.10 Who knew this year's Emmys would be so gay? Glee and Modern Family ruled the awards show and even their cute host Jimmy Fallon sported a red hanky in his back pocket to let the world know he was ready to bottom when Neil Patrick Harris outed him. Join us as we give you all the delicious moments from this year's Emmys and fill you in on some of things you may have missed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1243 – Supervillian Ken Mehlman: “Yep, I’m Gay” – 08.27.10 Hold the phone Dora! Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican party during the aggressively anti-gay Bush years, has unexpectedly come out of the closet, saying “It’s taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life.” What do we make of this Johnny-come-lately to the gay rights agenda? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1242 – You Can’t Stop the Music – 08.26.10 Out of the ashes of Disco’s demise, DJs in Chicago developed a new sound for a new generation which became known as House Music. This style became a hit in clubs catering to black, latino and gay folks, and is now what most electronic music is based on. Today we’re talking to one of the pioneering DJs of House Music, Ralphi Rosario. Recently, the City of Chicago named a street after his DJ group “The Hot Mix Five” for their contribution to the international House Music scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1241 – Sherry Vine is Taking Over YouTube – 08.25.10 Listen up my little monster babies! We couldn’t bring you Lady Gaga, but we’ve got the next best thing- Sherry Vine. She’s hot, very funny and very, very sexy. Sherry Vine is what YouTube is all about! Join us as Sherry discusses the challenges of making parody videos on YouTube and why gay people are held to higher standards for online content. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1240 – Love! Valor! Coco Peru! – 08.24.10 Hundreds of gay men, queens, daddies and studs came to check out Coco Peru’s fabulous live show at the Dunes in Saugatuck, and there wasn’t a dry seat in the house. Joining us today is full-time professor and part-time drag queen Larry La Fountain. Larry is here to give us his review of Coco Peru’s show and share with us the sexy highlights of our weekend trip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1130 – Rena Riffel Loves Showgirls – 08.23.10 Audiences were horrified when the movie Showgirls came out in 1995. Today it's a cult classic and one of MGM’s top selling DVD’s of all time. Rena Riffel, who plays the tragic stripper Penny Hope, joins us over the phone from California to dish the dirt on Showgirls and talk about her upcoming projects which includes a musical version of Showgirls! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1239 – Stop Hitting Yourself – 08.20.10 Today we’re taking a look at our love hate relationship with our families and how they both mentally and physically impact our lives. Why is there so much sexual diversity not just in people but all over the animal kingdom? Listen as we share some of your heart touching stories and offer some perspective on what to do once you’ve come out to your family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1238 – World Keep On Turning – 08.19.10 Remember pointing to your wrist to ask for the time or a time when bandages came in only one skin color? The Beloit College Mindset List, an index of cultural experiences that shape the lives of students entering college for the first time was just released. Join us as Blogger Michael Lehet walks with us down memory lane and shares his amazing story of self-pleasure from a second story window at the gym. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1237 – Vampire Weekend – 08.18.10 Respect to all the drag queens! On today’s show we fill you in on all the delicious hi-jinks of our trannylicious vampire weekend at the Chicago premier of “All About Evil.” Plus, Politics and Activism blogger Phil Reese joins us to make sense of the stay on Prop 8, Mark Kirk's ex-wife joins his campaign, Blago found guilty on only one charge and the Target Boycott. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1236 – Return of Coco Peru – 08.17.10 It’s always a good time with Coco Peru, the drag queen best known for her work in the films Trick, Too Wong Foo and Girls Will Be Girls, as well as her unforgettable appearance on TV’s Will and Grace. Join us as Coco talks with us about the status of her Spanish marriage after the repeal of Prop 8 in California, hustling for an audience in Provincetown and if there will ever be a sequel to the camp classic “Girls Will Be Girls.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #641 – Powerhouse Diva – 09.16.10 There is a presence is in the room today! The spirit of Janis Joplin is haunting us in a very good way since we’ve been joined by her modern day equivalent- the rockingly awesome Jen Porter. Listen as we talk with Jen about the music industry and why she prefers to be an independent artist, how she comes up with her original songs and being a third generation Girl Scout. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1235 – Eat Drink Sex – 08.13.10 Who needs to Eat, Pray and Love like Julia Roberts when you can recharge all sorts of fabulous ways and have a sexy good time? Today we’re talking to Scott Gatz, gay dad, internet tycoon and CEO of Gay Cities, the gay travel community and city guide. Listen as Scott shows us how to use Gay Cities and other social networks to find something amazing to do and so you can shut up about being bored all the time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1234 – I’m a Whore for Gore – 08.12.10 Drag horror queen, Peaches Christ, is rolling across the country screening her directorial film debut “All About Evil,” a black comedy about a mousy librarian who discovers her inner serial killer to save the family business- a failing movie house. Today we have Peaches Christ in the home studio talking about making of the movie "All About Evil" and how she managed to direct some of the biggest names in cult film. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1233 – I Love Men – 08.11.10 In case you haven’t noticed, the sexual revolution is back at full throttle. So how are we going to keep up? Today we’re joined by Ryan Lanning and Cameron Johnson from the hot play “Fucking Men” now running in Chicago. The show takes a look at the sex lives of urban gay men as they navigate the rocky waters of lust, love and feeling fabulous. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1232 – Gagapalooza – 08.10.10 All hail our supreme commander- Lady Gaga! This weekend Lady Gaga invaded Chicago and like Queen Amidala in Star Wars, she came with many drag queen look alikes who were spotted throughout the city. From downtown to Boystown- we all have Gaga fever. Joining us today is Curtis Jensen as we dish up the good, the ugly and the fabulous, from hunks, to skunks and drunks and the mad mayhem at the Steamworks Twisted Twister booth at the gay Northalsted Market Days Festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1231 – Prop 8 Blowback Mountin’ – 08.06.10 Prop 8 has been overturned, whee! But a hater's work is to fight against civil rights and as long as they are getting paid, they’ll do the job. Still, we’re confident that soon everyone will be able to marry each other, everybody except robots. Today we’re joined by robot-loving Curtis Jensen to talk about what some of the haters are doing to foil equality. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1230 – Ronnie Kroell and Taylor Proffitt Celebrate with Us – 08.05.10 Good news! Judge Walker declared Prop. 8 unconstitutional! To celebrate we're joined by the hot & adorable Ronnie Kroell from “Make Me a Supermodel” and “Playgirl” magazine who, with his boyfriend, actor Taylor Proffitt. Listen as we talk about Prop 8, the future of marriage and Ronnie and Taylor’s new reality TV show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1229 – I Wish I Knew How to Quit You – 08.04.10 Today's is the big day when the Big Gay Judge Walker in California electronically files his decision on the legality of "Proposition 8" -where a majority of voters in California voted to take away the State's ability to issue same sex marriage licenses. And guess what? We've got our predictions! Find out how the crow will caw. Plus all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1228 – Hello Carol Channing – 08.02.10 For over five decades, Carol Channing has delighted audiences with her bubbly personality and unique voice to become one of the most beloved entertainers of all time. Today we’re delighted to talk to Carol Channing about arts education, why everyone loves to imitate her, especially drag queens, the Carol Channing Ventriloquist doll, and which President had her on his enemies list. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1227 – Love is a Battlefield – 07.29.10 Today we’re joined by Jessica Halem who recently made some Chicago politicians very nervous in her stand up act talking about men having sex in the newly renovated public bathrooms at the gay beach. Listen as we talk about about the perils of love, New Orleans, and St. Agatha of Sicily, the patron saint of trans men. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1226 – Mink Stole is Hard to Kill – 07.28.10 It’s impossible to talk about the hilarious cult films of John Waters without mentioning one of his greatest actresses, Mink Stole, who appeared in all of his films. Join us as we talk with Mink about all of here wonderful lines from the films, her friendship with Divine, John Waters and Peaches Christ and why she gets butchered to death in so many movies, including All About Evil. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1174 – Bye Bye Miss American Pie – 07.27.10 Bon Voyage Bertha! Our friend Michael Bowen best known as Drag Queen and Pie expert Bertha Mason, is moving to the Big Apple to bake tasty pies with hot toppings! Joins us as Bertha tells us how to make the perfect pie and what he's going to do about her long term sexual relationship pretending to be a coach and why so many women loving women love vegan desserts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1173 – License to Gay – 07.26.10 Dreams do come true! Teen sensation Greyson Chance, famous for his performance of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi on YouTube, met her after her concert in NYC. What advice did the Costumed One have for the teen piano player? Join us for this and all the hot news including, Shrek the Musical comes to Chicago, "Priests Gone Wild," the monkey man and Dan Choi. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1223 – Jessica Halem Likes You – 07.23.10 Comedian Jessica Halem joins us to talk about living in New Orleans after the devastation of hurricane Katrina and the impact of the BP Ecological disaster. Jessica is touring through out the country with her hilarious one woman show. Catch it if you can! Listen as we talk with Jessica about life in New Orleans, Michigan Womyn’s Fest and all the hot hews. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1222 – I’m Burning Up – 07.22.10 We are gearing up for Market Days, Chicago’s hottest street fair located in the heart of Boystown. Join us this year at Steamworks‘ booth and play Twister with some of the Midwest’s hottest hunks dressed in swimsuits. Cabaret baby Melissa Young joins us to give an update on her weight loss regiment and her all cat cabaret show. Plus, all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1221 – Bruce Vilanch on the Star Wars Holiday Special – 07.21.10 Today we’re talking to comedy writer and gay legend Bruce Vilanch, who worked as a writer for The Star Wars Holiday Special, and also on many lavish, campy TV specials of the 1970s including The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Listen as Bruce talks to us about the wonderful tacky world of TV specials from the 1970s and he also reveals that there is a documentary on the Star Wars Holiday Special in the works! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1220 – Marga Gomez’s Rainbow Road to Hell – 07.20.10 This August, Comedian Marga Gomez is sharpening her cougar claws and heading off to the legendary Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Listen as Marga Gomez shares with us her experiences at the event over the years, including her fear of porta potties and the time when bondage loving lesbians dropped pamphlets over the crowds from an airplane to gain acceptance at the event. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1079 – I Believe in Love B. Scott – 07.19.10 Everybody loves Love B. Scott. With over 2.3 million channel views, 30 million views of his videos, he’s one of the top 100 most watched people on YouTube of all time- he reaches a larger audience than most televised daily talk shows. Listen as B Scott gives us a behind the scenes look at how he comes up with his sassy videos and infectious catch phrases. Will there be a B Scottpedia to keep track of his sassy slogans like "love muffins," "Bitch boo bye" and "splendiferous?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1219 – I Love Carole Cook – 07.15.10 Actress Carole Cook comedic skills impressed that Lucille Ball so much that she took her under her wing. It was the start of a lifelong friendship and working relationship between the two, with Carole appearing in many of Lucielle Ball's TV shows including The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Today we talk to the legendary Carole Cook about her work and friendships with many of comedy’s leading ladies and her behind the scenes apperances in such cult films as Sixteen Candles and TV dramas like ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1218 – Understudy to the Divas – 07.14.10 Joining us today is Deven Green to talk about Green Bay, Wisconsin's Pride Alive Festival, Twisted Fairy Tales and the world’s first public appearance of Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian. Later on blogger Michael Lehet joins us to take a look at President Obama's new National AIDS Strategy and Clay Aiken on Don't Ask Don't Tell. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1217 – Disco Inferno – 07.13.10 July 12th is the 31st anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night, a PR stunt that turned into a violent nightmare as an angry mob rioted against disco music and its association with gay culture by tearing apart Comiskey Park. Interestingly enough, thirty one years later, on the same day, the YMCA announces it’s re-branding itself as just “the Y.” Is the organization trying to escape the gay disco anthem YMCA by the Village People? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1216 – Cassandra Peterson on Elvira, All About Evil – 07.08.10 Everybody loves Cassandra Peterson’s alter-ego Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She's taking a new turn in “All About Evil” by playing a mom. Listen as we talk with Cassandra Peterson about working with directing drag queen Peaches Christ, the origins of her beloved character Elvira and her thoughts on the movie “Showgirls.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #680 – Do You Believe – 07.07.08 Tracy Tyler’s aura is purple because a friend told her it is. Some people believe that everyone has a paranormal “glow” around them and the color of this glow reveals a lot about their personality and ultimately their destiny. Depending on which school of crazy you go to, some folks glow yellow, while others are pink and purple. Does anyone have a polka dotted aura? (Originally posted on 01.10.08) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #298 – The Joy of The Wet Spots – 07.06.10 Cass King and John Woods stopped by the studio in 2006 to tape a show about how music and sex play into their act called The Wet Spots. Think of them as the sex-ed class you never had but should have had, reincarnated as a jazzy cabaret musical show. Listen as we hear some of their fantastic music and talk about bisexuality, polyamory, religion and sex. (Originally posted on 04.27.06) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1021 – The Dumpster Diving Drag Queen – 07.05.09 A classic podcast featuring Victoria Lamarr doing what she does best- wrestling with the pronunciation of Rod Blagojevitch's name. V-Marr figures out where the famously impeached Governor lives and dives through his dumpster in search of hidden treasures! What bounty does she find? Originally posted on 07.10.09 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1215 – Viva La Coacha – 07.01.10 In the past year La Coacha has exploded in popularity with her hilarious music parody videos and red carpet interviews. She wields her Spanglish sense of humor like the tip of Zorro’s gay blade. Listen as we talk with the lovable La Coacha about her wild adventures in Hollywood, her thoughts on Lady Gaga, being banned by Oprah and if she will star in the Real Latina Housewives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1214 – Ronnie Kroell Bares it All – 06.30.10 Supermodel Ronnie Kroell, whose steamy bromine with fellow contestant Ben DiChiara, on the reality TV competition “Make Me A Supermodel” is out to change the way we look at our own nude bodies. Listen as we talk with Ronnie about baring it all for Playgirl, why he knows that showing off his nakedness won’t hurt his modeling career and his new reality TV show project in the works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1213 – Melissa Young Will be Cat – 06.29.10 We’ve been trying to inspire our friend Melissa Young to develop an entire cabaret show based on songs about cats and guess what? She’s well on her way. Melissa Young joins us to take a look at Chicago’s Pride festivities and our interview with Pro-Hockey player Brent Sobel. Plus, Melissa gives us a fitness challenge and we even measure our midsections live to determine how many inches we need to lose by September first. Listen for the results! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1212 – A Sporty Gay Parade – 06.28.10 Chicago’s Pride Parade took a sporty twist this year as the Blackhawks defense-man Brent Sopel brought the Stanley Cup to share with the excited crowd. We salute you Brent and the Chicago Gay Hockey Association who lobbied hard to make it happen, dreams do come true. Joining us on today’s show are Feast of Fun pop culture blogger Ryan Justice and political blogger Phil Reese to talk about the fun times at the parade, our sunburns and all the hot news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1211 – Raise the Cup Up High – 06.24.10 Chicago’s Pride Parade is just days away, and this year the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Cubs are joining in on the gay fun. Blogger Michael Lehet joins us to talk about all things Twilight, the Racist Kitty and his video response to our Lady Vera Parker video. We also have a special treat for you – Deven Green takes us behind the scenes of the reality TV show “From Inedible to Incredible!” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1209 – Lady Gaga Backlash – 06.23.10 Is this the beginning of the end for the Costumed One? After a diva temper tantrum at a Yankees game, Lady Gaga was moved into comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s box to keep her from being chased by the papa-paparazzi. Today we take a look at the inevitable blow-back that comes when an artist skyrockets to fame and success. Is there a backlash growing against Lady Gaga or is this just a few moments of celebrity bitchiness? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1208 – The Snookiefication of Pride – 06.22.10 All across the world Pride Parades and Celebrations reach their peak during the month of June, as millions gather to celebrate GLBT culture. But there is trouble under the rainbow- many people feel the celebrations wash over the ongoing problems of prejudice and that these rowdy festivals actually hurt our cause. Does acting like Snookie from Jersey Shore hurt us in the end? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1208 – Tyra Sanchez is Sorry About Nothing – 06.18.10 Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent- that’s what you have to have to win RuPaul’s Drag Race and this year’s winner Tyra Sanchez has it in abundance! But how did this quiet guy from Flordia get to make it as “America’s Next Drag Superstar?” Listen as we take you in-depth with Tyra Sanchez and get her thoughts on fatherhood, RuPaul, her drag queen co-stars and how she handles her reputation for being a b*tch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1207 – For the Survival of the Human Race – 06.17.10 Closing arguments were made in the landmark Prop 8 case yesterday, where not just the future of marriage equality but gay rights hang in the balance. Nobody knows how it’s going to turn out. Joining us today is Bill Pritchard, of Chicagopride to weigh in on the Prop 8 trial, tell us about what it was like hanging out with Kathy Griffin at Milwaukee Pridefest and share his experience at the Tony Awards this past Sunday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1206 – Down Under Brett Every – 06.16.10 As a young man, Australian musician Brett Every had to beg his family to drop sports in favor of music. And lucky for us! Join us as Brett takes us to the land down under for a live music session with songs about Rue McClanahan, gay sailors and finding your Prince Charming. Listen as we talk all things Australians- from pop culture items like Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mad Max, Sydney Mardi Gras and Aussie Bum underwear to what tastes better, kangaroos or emus? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1205 – Aiden James’ Love of Indie Music – 06.15.10 According to Radiohead’s frontman Thom Yorke, the music industry is on the brink of collapse. Many established musicians have cut their ties to their label and are now free agents in a brave new world. But for many openly gay musicians being Indie has long been their only career choice. Join us for a live music session with Aiden James as he plays songs from his new album On the Run, making it as a musician and of course, Lady Gaga. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #855 – Levi Kreis Live! – 06.14.10 Levi Kreis brought some southern sensibility to this Sunday's Tony Awards when he won for featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of rocker Jerry Lee Lewis in "Million Dollar Quartet." We interviewed Levi as he had just moved to Chicago to perform in the trial run of "Million Dollar Quartet" the musical that won him the Tony. Congratulations! (Originally posted on Oct. 9, 2008.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1204 – The Russian Gay Bear Goes Grrr – 06.10.10 Money is no object when it comes to stopping gay rights in Russia. Even though the Russian constitution guarantees the right to assembly, Moscow’s mayor has spent a lot of resources trying to stop the city’s annual Gay Pride Parade. How did the Russian gays outwit the mayor? By setting up a smart mob! Listen to today's show as activist Andy Thayer reveals the fascinating details on how they did it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1203 – Green Acres Goes Gay – 06.08.10 Josh Kilmer-Purcell was once Aquadesia, a popular drag queen living in New York City known for her acrylic bra that held live goldfish. He wrote all about it in his book, “I Am Not Myself These Days“- one of the best drag queen memoirs ever. Today, he and his partner live on a rustic farm in upstate New York, the focus of Josh’s new book and a reality TV show "The Fabulous Beakman Boys." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1202 – iPhone Sexting 4.0 – 06.08.10 Apple's new iPhone is out of the closet! Thin in size and rich and graphics the new device allows for video chats which will probably be used by people for sex. Hollywood is getting is gay groove on with many celebrites ejoying media attention from their same sex kisses. Plus: Elton John isn't the only whore at Rush Limbaugh's wedding and Patrick Stewart gets knighted by the Queen of England. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #283 – The Man Who Put the F.U. in Funny – 06.07.10 We are really excited to see Bruce Vilanch perform at Milwaukee Pridefest this weekend. Back in 2006 we had the opportunity to interview him about his life and career when he was coming to Chicago to host IML. Please enjoy this classic podcast with the very funny Bruce Vilanch and please join us this weekend in Milwaukee on the Summerfest grounds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1201 – Just for Laughs – 06.04.10 Chicago is about to be invaded by an army of very funny people for the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. To kick off the event, they’ve picked Cameron Esposito, who gonna get this party started, quickly. Join us we talk about our adventures at IML (International Mister Leather Contest and Conference) and all the hot news including: Rue McClanahan's death, the oil spill in the gulf, and strange ice cream flavors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1032 – Kristine W and the Power of Music – 06.03.09 We’re very excited to have in the home studio the award winning, chart topping dance diva- Kristine W. With thirteen No. 1 Billboard Dance hits, Kristine is one of the top 5 dance artists in the country alongside with Madonna, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, and Mariah Carey. After listening to her latest single “Be Alright” I’m convinced this song might be a chart topping hit for this fierce musician. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1200 – Work That Look – 06.02.10 Many celebrities are busy echoing the style of other famous people in order to be a celebrity other than themselves. Look at Lance Bass as Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga as Madonna and Kathy Griffin as Bettie Paige. Meanwhile, here in Illinois, Republican State Representative Mark Kirk may be impersonating a straight man. Political blogger Phil Reese talks about the man chasing after Sen. Obamas former seat as a hypocrite who votes against gay rights while secretly being gay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1199 – Jonnie Jenkins’ Crazy Gay Voice – 06.01.10 Remember Paul Lynde’s snarky laugh, or Richard Hunt’s meeps as Beaker on the Muppet Show? The memorable affectations delivered by these wonderful gay men amused audiences for years. Even now, actors, podcasters and video bloggers continue this great tradition, but as openly gay men. Today video blogger Jonnie Jenkins (known on YouTube as the Phat Gay Kid) joins us to talk about his endearing voice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1198 – How to Love Sex and the City 2 – 05.28.10 Bow down to the high priestesses of sex, friendship and fashion! Sex and the City 2 hit theaters last night and we loved it. This champagne soaked, roller coaster ride of fun features a lot of over-the-top fashion, hunky guys and an gay wedding officiated by Liza Minnelli, who sings and dances Beyonce’s Single Ladies. And because of all these great reasons, the new Sex in the City movie is getting panned. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1197 – You’ve Come a Long Way Michael Buckley – 05.26.10 Today we celebrate YouTube's 5 year anniversary with one of the site's most successful creators, Michael Buckley. His entertainment news video blog, “What the Buck,” is one of the top shows of all time, with over 200 million views since he started in 2006, and he's really funny too! Join us as Michael reflects on his journey and serves up sass on Lady Gaga, Kevin Jonas, Jason Mraz and Tom Cruise. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1196 – Land of the Lost – 05.24.10 That’s all folks! Last night, ABC aired the final episode of LOST, the popular series about the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island inhabited by polar bears, smoke monsters and hot guys who couldn’t seem to die. Today we’re joined by Marcus Leshock and Anna Roberts of the “Last Minute Lost Podcast” - a podcast entirely dedicated to the hit TV show to try to make sense of the final episode and discuss the sex appeal of the actors and the religious themes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1195 – Crank the Gay Up to 11 – 05.20.10 We’re not always aware of it, but every day we all negotiate how we want to appear to others- at work, on the street and even at home. For many gay men, how we think about our sexuality is always up for grabs, which leads us to ask ourselves, “how gay do I want to be today?” Today film maker Randall Jenson and his friends Timur ✩ Tugberk and Aaron Gray talk about his new documentary web series, 50 F*ggots which follows 12 gay men as they navigate the waters of life and reflect on w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1194 – Cut and Paste Your Way to Success – 05.19.10 During uncertain times, a little magic is all it takes to get through the rough spots. So grab your crystals and follow along as talk radio diva Summer Nettles takes us on a Visualization Journey to find the hidden pathway of life’s wonders and riches. Warning: You will need lots of wax paper for this project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1193 – Deven Green Had Me at Hello – 05.18.10 With the success of her parody videos on 80s soap opera stars and her recent re-dubbing of Lionel Ritchie’s ridiculous video “Hello,” Deven Green practically owns the word "Hello" on the internet. Today Deven Green and her hunky husband Joel Bryant join us today to give us a sneak peek at their upcoming projects which include a cooking reality TV show , a vampire/zombie web series and a song written on the ukulele just for us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1192 – Everybody Likes Pandora Boxx – 05.17.10 Pandora Box was left for dead after lip-syncing for her life on RuPaul’s Drag Race. But on the reunion show, the viewers voted her Miss Congeniality. Today we’re joined in person by Michael Steck, the man better known as Pandora Boxx to talk about handling overnight success, his feelings about judge Santino Rice and what he really thinks about this season’s winner Tyra Sanchez. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1191 – The Joy of Being a Drag Queen – 05.13.10 Peaches Christ’s debut film “All About Evil” is getting rave reviews, with many declaring the comedic bloodfest an instant cult classic. But it’s not always been glamorous. Today Joshua Granell the man behind Peaches reveals for the first time his story of hitting rock bottom, his battle with alcoholism and how he rediscovered the joy of being a drag queen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1190 – She’s the One – 05.12.10 People are outraged over the Illinois Department of Public Health’s bizarre ad campaign targeting gay men called “He’s the One.” And no, it’s not “He’s the one,” as in “Ooh la la, he’s Prince Charming” it’s “He’s the one, that will infect you.” What was the ad campaign supposed to accomplish, and why did it even run in the first place, in a gay newspaper of all places? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1188 – Sweet Tea and Sympathy – 05.07.10 Writer and oral historian E Patrick Johnson spent two years traveling the South to interview almost a hundred men for his extraordinary book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South. He's now briging these men's stories to life with a theatrical adapation of the book. Listen as we talk about the responsibility of performing these men’s powerful stories and on the unnerving use of slur words in books, films and theater. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1187 – Raw and Wild – 05.06.10 Fresh off his solo show on a doomed chocolate whale, Marsian De Lellis is high on a rampage, after consuming platefuls of raw, vegan food on mother’s day. So try to keep up! Listen as we chat with Marsian about the wonders of a raw food, Biblical diets, the changing nature of being gay, drag queen Nina Flowers and Iron Man 2 the movie, featuring plastic man Mikey Rourke. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1187 – Queen of the Apes – 05.06.10 Comedian Kristen Studard believes that many of the objects in your home lead secret lives: your lamp, you computer, your iPad, the wall clock and even a half-empty can of diet cola all pass judgment as you do those dirty things you do. Listen as Kristen joins us to talk about her new show “Small Victories,” where her characters take us to silly and absurd places while giving voice to irrational fears and sexual confessions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1186 – We’ve Got the Duke – 05.05.10 Being born into a famous family is never easy, so it’s refreshing to hear that James Duke Mason, the son of 80s pop star Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go’s, and grandson of Hollywood actor James Mason is not only well adjusted, he’s fabulously gay.Today Duke talks with us over the Internet from his home in the south of France. Listen as we talk to Duke about his film debut in You Can’t Have it All and his mom’s new autobiography "Lips Unsealed" where she admits it was cool in the 80 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1185 – Gay Hands Across America – 05.04.10 Since the National Equality March in October 2009, the gay rights movement is at a crossroads: we have the people, the money, and the will, but there is a raging debate on how best to proceed. Today Nik Maciejewski, project coordinator for Equality Across America talks about how to keep the equality movement diverse and at the same time unified. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1184 – You Can Learn a Lot from a Whore – 05.03.10 Elizabeth Pisani has interviewed hundreds of sex workers from all around the world to figure out how best to fight sexually transmitted diseases and what she found out, may surprise you. Today Elizabeth talks about her fabulous book, “The Wisdom of Whores," on how sex and drugs relate to AIDS and how your government foolishly spends money trying to deal with crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1018 – Run, Lady Vera Parker, Run! – 04.30.09 We loved hearing Teri Yaki’s take on the scandalous life of drag queen Lady Vera Parker. Originally posted on 07.07.09 - Drag queen Lady Vera Parker moved to Chicago with the hopes of making it big as... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1183 – One Night in Heaven – 04.29.10 Tired of just having a one night stand with Jesus and he doesn’t call you back? Well, maybe it’s because you’re not listening. There’s no escaping God’s massive love, so get ready for the Best Church of God, the only church God goes to, ever. Today, the hilarious sister Lindsay Goldapp and brother Scott Levy help us to find the true meaning of the Bible and boost our self-esteem with the knowledge that, thankfully, not everybody will go to heaven. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1182 – What Turns You On – 04.28.10 Sexual desire is powerful, it shapes us in many unconscious ways. Many psychologists agree that it is the core of who we are as people and so it's worth reflecting on and making art about it. Today teacher, comedian and bondage babe Miss Tamale joins to talk about “Bound and Determined,” her art installation of self-help books beautifully tied up with red ropes in Japanese bondage style and her performance piece where she reenacts a day in the life of a sadomasochistic high school teac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1181 – Woeful Tales of a Chocolate Whale – 04.27.10 “Is chocolate the meaning of life?” thought the fudge whale as he swam deeper into the chocolaty sea. Little did Fudgie know, that this would be his last journey into the rich, dark brown abyss. Puppeteer and performance artist Marsian De Lellis joins us to talk about about “Fudgie’s Death” an excerpt from “Growing Up Linda,” a puppet play based on his fictitious take on the Carvel Ice Cream family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1180 – The Right to Love – 04.26.10 It’s been an intense week! The Chicago Tribune published a feature on the Feast of Fun, calling us the "Oprah of Gay Podcasting," describing how we took a little cabaret show and transformed it into the world's biggest gay talk show. Our good friend Michael Lehet joins us to hold our hand and to make sense of it all, talk about his Equality Illinois Bus Trip and why some gay podcasters can’t seem to enjoy seeing one of their own make it big. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1179 – How to Succeed on Etsy without Really Trying – 04.22.10 Arts and crafts, once the domain of housewives, gay men and tortured children, the art of making things is having a renaissance on the internet. Today we’re joined by Brian Kenny who makes glittery postcards with vintage images of hunks, pin-up gals, mugshots and circus freaks. Listen as Kenny shares his stories on fighting with Christian nut-jobs on Etsy and the horrific craft atrocities on Regretsy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1178 – Queen Joan Sings to the Animals – 04.21.10 All Hail Queen Joan, the boogie woogie queen from the Bayou! We are thrilled to have discovered musician Joan Atwell’s YouTube channel, Ivory Tickler Mama, where she plays love songs on her accordion to all the animals on her farm. Listen as Joan wows us with her accordion and talks about her life as a video blogger, eating beaver and singing telegrams as Elva, Elvis’ kissing cousin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1177 – Bright Lights, Big City – 04.20.10 Small towns are starting to embrace the gays, but for some people, the big city is the answer to all their problems. Today blogger Ryan Justice rolls out the Big Gay Welcome Wagon, his blog dedicated to the needs of small town gays who move in search of happiness. Plus all the hot news: Grace Jones says she’s “pissed” that Lady Gaga has copied some of her looks, a couple is arrested for providing breast and butt implants without medical training, Scott Herman wears a bold red suit, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1176 – Comic Book Confidential – 04.19.10 Among all the hunky guys in superhero costumes at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo was writer and cartoonist Dan Parent, who for over two decades has worked for Archie Comics helping to bring to life the classic teen comic about Archie Andrews and his friends from the fictional town of Riverdale. Veronica Comics will soon debut a new character Kevin, who will be the first openly gay teen in the town of Riverdale! You heard it here first folks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1175 – Tom Goss and Jeremiah Clark Beautiful Love Songs – 04.16.10 First he was a wrestler, then he almost became a priest, and now Tom Goss is one of the rising stars in the nation’s gay music scene. He's touring the country with his musician pal Jeremiah Clark, and they made a quick stop on their way from Nashville all the way to Appleton, Wisconsin just to tape a show with us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1174 – Adios Ugly Betty – 04.15.10 Ay dios mio, Ugly Betty is over! The TV show was not only a huge breakthrough for Hispanic people, but for gay folks as well, giving us some incredibly touching moments between gay men of different generations. Ugly Betty will always be beautiful in our hearts. Join us as we talk about convicts escaping prison disguised as sheep, the Evil Swiss clown who makes a living stalking children for their birthdays, Larry King files for divorce and Mike Huckabee responds to his “adopt puppies” ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1173 – All Hail Lady Gaga – 04.14.10 We just received our 4th People’s Choice Podcast Award in the mail and to celebrate we invited songbird Melissa Young to come over and shoot the breeze. Listen as we chat with Melissa about the iPhone Madonna app, the upcoming Madonna Glee episode and the unusual Facebook page asking for a million people to have Lady Gaga be the single voice for gays. Plus all ht hot news- Twitter, Lady Gaga, gay moths, Liza Minelli, Mike Huckabee and Billy Elliot at the Oriental Theater. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1172 – Live to Tell – 04.13.10 People are hard-wired to learn through storytelling. Stories connect us to each other and tap into our deep past. Today writer Keith Ecker joins us to talk about the art of storytelling. But before we start the show we can’t keep our eyes off the video roulette! Listen as we cajole an anonymous stud in West Hollywood to climax for you. Plus a tell-all book on Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Taylor tweets, J-Lo loves to pander to drag queens and a 40 year old man gets his 12 year old daughter t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1171 – Baptism by Steam Heat – 04.12.10 Cameron's comedy album has dropped! Join us as Cameron talks about making the album performing at our live show at Steamworks bath house for men. Find out what Cameron thinks of the space, the naked men and the mouthwash drinking fountain. Plus all the hot news: Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, a gay rights advocate dies on the plane that killed the Polish president, Designing Women actress Dixie Carter dies and the little actor who played the coroner in The Wizard of Oz is now ‘really most sinc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1170 – Sexual Revolution 2.0 – 04.09.10 Stop the sexual revolution, I want to get off! While many are celebrating the way social media is opening up ways to connect and have a sexy time, others feel isolated by all the new technology. Today we are talking with etiquette expert Steven Petrow on navigating the new frontiers of possibility. Listen as Steven takes your questions, and we read your sexy stories and share your freak with the rest of us, 'cause it’s a beautiful thang. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1169 – A Wicked Little Town – 04.08.10 Constance McMillen lives in a wicked little town- in a plot stolen right out of a John Hughes film, Candace was duped out of going to the prom and Molly Ringwald wasn’t there to save the day. On today’s show blogger and activist Phil Reese joins us to take a look at the bigot’s prom and all the hot news stories: Schools duped by anti-gay propaganda, amazing young man who sings like Whitney, and a social network to rag on your coworkers and another to celebrate the most fabulis gay m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1168 – Women of the Bible – 04.07.10 Just because the Good Book isn’t so good to women doesn't stop us from having a good time. Today we’re taking a look at the women of the Bible with drag queen pie expert, Bertha Mason and Cindy Sunday from the hilarious Best Church of God. Listen as Bertha and Cindy talk with us about the multitude of hot religious beliefs that surround us all, robot babies and how Michael found a sexy good time on a chat line. Plus: ruby slippers, prison rape, loneliness and a Chinese grandma goes bac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #1065 – Come Fly with Pam Ann – 09.29.09 Today we're talking to Pam Ann, the funniest and most glamorous airline hostess in the world! Pam's outrageous commentary on flying has endeared her to airline pilots, flight attendants and service crew throughout the world, which means, the gays love her, and you will too. Listen as Pam Ann tells what's in her fantasy push cart, how the TV series Lost will really end and how to smuggle contraband on an airplane. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1167 – Egg Hunt for Red October – 04.05.10 While kids were busy searching for eggs and candy this Easter weekend, Apple fans eagerly awaited the iPad, the new tablet computer features a larger screen and faster processor than the iPhone, and like the iPhone it doesn’t do phone calls. Join us as we ponder the future of the almighty iPad with blogger Michael Lehet and discuss the hot news: the Pope's priest's outrageous statements, Lourdes and Madonna's fashion line, the UK's great rhubarb shortage, Dr. Who hunk stopped at airpor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1166 – Feast of Fabulousness – 04.01.10 After a year of using the name Feast of Fun, we’re switching it back to Feast of Fools! Actually we’re changing the name once every year. This year, we're the Feast of Fabulousness. Today blogger Michael Lehet joins us to take a look at some of the great pranks in history. In the news: the man who wanted an “IM GAY” license plate in Oklahoma was found dead, LL Cool J calls out Sarah Palin for faking an interview with him, a new study suggests bacon is a drug, and will Queen Joan go ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1165 – Don’t Cry for Pandora Boxx – 03.31.10 People are outraged that one of their favorite drag queens, the hilarious Pandora Boxx was booted from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Listen as Michael Steck, the man who is Pandora Boxx, takes us under the hood of this season’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and shares with us his wild ride on the reality tv show. Will she hug the hateful judge Santino Rice at the reunion show or will she read him and refuse his affection like Shannel did last year? Plus, questions from you! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1164 – Ricky Martin and Cristal Connors Come Out – 03.30.10 Latin pop star Ricky Martin announces that he’s gay, ending years of speculation but surprising no one. Will Ricky Martin shake his bon-bon at the next gay charity fundraiser? We’re also delighted to talk to the man who creates the hilarious virtual Cristal Connors on Facebook, writer Jim Nash. Plus- An x-rated Easter basket and GLADD demands the film “Ticked of Trannies with Knives” be cut. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOFA #387 – Set Your iPod on Fun – 03.29.10 "Mom, I'm NOT going to the Star Trek 40th anniversary convention" the teenage son in the photo was probably thinking when his mother sewed up costumes for the whole family and took them to the suburbs of Chicago to parade around for strangers to take their picture. On today's show we're talking to several die-hard star trek fans about their obsession with their favorite film and TV series, why they chose the costumes they wore, and why are they so into it all. [Originally posted on 09.13. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1163 – A Cultural Nexus – 03.24.10 Every community has individuals who function as a hub that bring ideas and people together to make the big gay carousel spin around. Today we’re joined by Kate X Messer (the “X” is silent) – a cultural nexus for Austin, Texas. Join us as we recap of the delicious Gay Bi Gay Gay queer music festival. Plus: a cheap acne drug fights HIV, a Robo Hawk soars to scare off birds, and President Obama sends me an emails thanking us for passing health care reform. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1162 – Sex and Sensibilities – 03.23.10 Heyd Fontenot talks about his work as an independent film maker and visual artist dealing with the intense feelings and confused reactions people have to the nude body. Listen to find out how we infuse sex into every thing we do and how polyamory is the new sexual identity. Plus: James “The Amazing” Randi, skeptic and magician, comes out as gay, George Takei tv ad and the anti-gay organization Americans For Truth About Homosexuality gets listed as a hate group. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1161 – A Decade with Stephen Meritt and the Magnetic Fields – 03.22.10 Stephin Merritt is known as “the Cole Porter of his generation” and as the most miserable man in rock music. Today filmmaker Kerthy Fix talks about her new film- “Strange Powers: Stephen Merit and the Magnetic Fields" on the ten years spent making the film, the zip-a-dee-doo-dah controversy and what love song she thinks represents him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1160 – Christeene’s Ugly is the New Beautiful – 03.19.10 Christeene is exploding across the South in a hot mix of raw sexual shamlessness and original rap music. Today we're continuing our shows from Austin, Texas with the man behind the mad woman, musician Paul Soileau. Plus: A prankster overtakes WallMart’s intercom, Indonesia’s soil snack food, and Prinny the little cat from Australia that learned how to swim. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1159 – Heather Gold Is Gay for the Internet – 03.18.10 Today we kick off our series of interviews from deep in the heart of Texas in Austin during SXSW with comedian Heather Gold. Listen as Heather talks with us about her talk show Tummelvision, the queering of this year’s conference, how Sarah Palin works the internet and why entertainers need social media to keep their audience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1158 – Butching It up with Sinclair Sexsmith – 03.14.10 For gay, lesbian, bi and trans folks blogging is an exciting way to discover their sexier side by reflecting on their experiences with others. Today we continue our series of interviews with well known bloggers. Kinky writer, queer butch top, Sinclair Sexsmith of the Sugarbutch Chronicles talks about her journey writing erotica, coming out and New York City's Lesbian Sex Mafia! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1157 – Craig Seymour Bares it All – 03.11.10 Visiting a strip club when you first come out can be a very liberating experience as it validates your desire to look at other men. For Craig Seymour, he was so fascinated by his experience at the strip club, he did his college thesis on the subject of stripping and interviewed many male dancers and their clients. He eventually felt that if he was really going to know what it's like to be one of them he'll have to take it all off and work the pole. Craig put it all in his book "All I Could ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1156 – A Gay Man’s Return to the Muslim World – 03.10.10 To many, the Middle East is a tantalizing mix of danger and desire. To a gay travel writer it's an adventure to a world where same-sex affection blurs in the sand.Today Michael Luongo joins us to talk about his book tour through the Middle East to promote "Gay Travels in the Muslim World" a collection of true stories of men sexually attracted to other men in places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1155 – Gagalicious Live Show from Steamworks – 03.09.10 Get ready to release the pressure! Today we put our homemade gyroscopic metal outfits to the test for a live show at the sexiest place on earth: Steamworks gym sauna and baths. Listen to the hilarious Keith Ecker, Teri Yaki, and Cameron Esposito with special musical guest Stephen Leonard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1154 – Oscarcast 2010 – 03.08.10 It’s another year at the gay Superbowl- the Oscars! Listen as Curtis Jensen, the gay Roger Ebert joins us to look at this year’s winners, all the hot gay moments, and celebrity trainwrecks that made the Oscars a roller coaster of crazy. Women dominated this year’s ceremonies as they swept the awards for best director, best picture, best actress and best supporting actress! Plus- Ben Stiller as a Na'vi, Farrah Fawcett snub, and Oprah goes gay for Gabourney. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1153 – Wish I Were an #oscarweiners – 03.04.10 This year's Oscars with a new ranking-voting system. Our friend and movie buff Curtis Jensen shares with us his insights about the awards and how the new system impacts who wins. Plus: Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin tear up the Windy City, a woman gets an unexpected breast augmentation, death by Sauna, breath by Chocolate, Killer whale woes and a letter from listeners in San Diego looking for a little friendship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FOF #1152 – The Adorable Chris Rushton – 03.03.10 A gay youth revolution is underway as young people connect with a mass audience by telling their coming out stories on Youtube. One such video blogger, Chris Rushton shares with us his tips on video blogging, being stalked by his fans and all the steamy details of his one night stand with American Idol finalist Adam Lambert. Plus: Robert Pattinson offered t