Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Spencer Duncan from Big Queen to Big Muscle

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the hardest things about building muscle is being able to consume vast amounts of food. And that’s why we say competitive eating is bodybuild...

Dan Cass Survives the Aftermath of an Accusation

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Republicans trip over themselves trying to explain why Jeffrey Epstein’s emails are “no big deal,” we’re all being reminded how easily the ...

A Trans Perspective on Wicked

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Transformations are often quite painful. Whether we’re growing emotionally or undergoing a physical metamorphosis, real change usually demands disco...

I Almost Went Blind

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes life forces you to hit the pause button. Not because you wanted to, but because your body says, “sit down honey, we’ve got work to do.”...

Topher Payne: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most divisive books in children’s literature is Shel Silverstein’s "The Giving Tree," the story of a dysfunctional relationship between...

Dan Cass Escapes from Alligator Auschwitz

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After threatening Americans with raising their taxes by 68%, President Trump managed to strong-arm Republicans in Congress into passing his Big Burgla...

Queeny Bitch and the Windy City Comedy Festival

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the world is falling apart, sometimes the best thing you can do is make art. Just because Republicans are doing everything they can to crush the...

From Burlesque to Bikes: Tamale Sepp on Dykes on Bikes, Pride, and Queer Power

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A beloved Pride tradition around the world is the roar of Dykes on Bikes: a fierce motorcade of motorcycle mamas who kick off the parade with a chrome...

Dan Cass - April Showers Bring May Flowers

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spring is here, and things are getting rough. T.S. Eliot called April "the cruelest month,” and honestly, he had a point. After a long, cozy winter...

Kate Bornstein’s 101+ Helpful Hints for Living Your Best Queer Life

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

About 20 years ago, Kate Bornstein wrote Hello, Cruel World to give people permission to stay alive in a world that makes that feel impossible.Today, ...

Dan Cass - MAGA the Musical!

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Conservatives are always forcing their outdated vision onto culture, education, and policy because deep down, they know they’re losing the long game...

Hello, I'm Jeffrey Jay

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the United States slides deeper into fascism, Republicans are ramping up attacks on trans people, immigrants, and pretty much anyone who stands in ...

Kyle Smolinski - Muscle, Mass and Rainbows

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chicago’s very own Kyle Smolinski is a rising star in the Open Bodybuilding scene, dominating some of the top NPC heavyweight contests—including a...

André Robert Lee Looks Back on Starrbooty, RuPaul

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of our all-time favorite wacky and wild films is RuPaul’s Starrbooty.Created during a lull in her career, the film revives one of Ru’s early c...

Cleve Jones Takes on America’s Armageddon

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America is under attack by the wolves in the federal government who are chewing it apart. As the nation spirals into confusion and despair, we are lef...

Tiny Thickemz and OhJay Lamont - Couples Who Laugh Together Stay Together

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Americans are now queerer than ever! A new Gallup poll shows 9.3% of folks now identify as something other than straight—up from 7.6% in 2023. And G...

Caleb De Casper is a Wicked Witch

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In The Wizard of Oz, Glinda asks, “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” As it turns out, most witches are good—because the bad ones end up curs...

Emilia Perez vs Wicked

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix’s Emilia Perez is a hot mess of a movie. This musical crime drama, written and directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, follows a de-gr...

Amanda Cohen Battles the LA Fires

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The LA fires impacted thousands of lives, with entire neighborhoods and landmarks reduced to ash. In moments like these, it’s easy to feel a sense o...

Tik Tok, You've Been Clocked - Dan Cass

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world feels like it’s teetering on the edge of an apocalypse, or maybe just a really dramatic season finale. Lately, we've witnessed a wave of ...

The Grinch Who Stole Cher

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not easy being green—especially when your heart is three sizes too big. No, we’re not talking about someone abusing anabolic steroids; we’...

Golden Girls’ Bea Arthur Lives on in Luke McQuillan

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The TV sitcom The Golden Girls went off the air 32 years ago, but thanks to reruns, Dorothy Zbornak and her gal pals live on in the hearts of many, es...

Make Kindness Great Again

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Americans watched Nazis march in Columbus, Ohio, we are left wondering: why is fascism on the rise? More young people in the US are voting for MAGA...

Wicked is Popular!

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wicked is popular! The film adaptation of the musical adaptation of the literary reimagining of the Wicked Witch of the West is surpassing all box off...

Brian Yuen - Bodybuilding with HIV

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re living in a new golden age of bodybuilding, thanks in part to the Internet, which provides endless resources for building muscle, and to medic...

Will the Real Matt Brown Please Stand Up?

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is very well known to listeners of the show, or so you think.For the past six years, we’ve been delighted to get to know comedian Ma...

The 2024 Post Election Blues

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Folks are shocked at the results of the 2024 US Presidential Election. Despite insulting everyone they could and promising to end free elections, Trum...

Shaw Knight - Muscle for Hire

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bodybuilding isn’t cheap- food, gear, training, and coaching can make the road to becoming a legend super expensive.  Now that’s where the genero...

Keep Kamala and Carry On-a-La

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris made an appearance for two and a half minutes on Saturday Night Live’s opening sketch to address people’s anxie...

2024 Halloween Horror Election Special

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It seems fitting that in the U.S., Election Day is so close to Halloween. Despite promising to be a dictator on day one, despite doing every horrific ...

Great Advice from the Butch Queen David Brandyn

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Category is: get your freak on! We’re huge fans of sex expert, comedian and educator David Brandyn. Hailing from NYC’s ballroom scene, David got ...

Damon L. Jacobs' Project $20.25

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 US Presidential election is a real nail biter. It’s now a choice between maintaining our democracy or turning the government over to a dict...

Celebrities Do the Darnedest Things

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most jaw dropping news stories to come our way in a while is the arrest of music producer and performer Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on charges of...

Outsider Music Legend Jan Terri

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Long before folks enjoyed watching oddball viral videos on the Internet, the only way to see these outrageous movies was to share physical video casse...

Devon Poole Salutes the Wild Women of the Internet

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re enthralled with comedian Devon Poole’s hilarious videos where he dresses up in drag and pays tribute to the wild women of the internet, from...

Gold Medal Dong

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For all the heroic triumphs that took place at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, one of the most talked about moments has been pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati...

Goodbye Ellen, Hello Kamala

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s hard to quantify the importance comedian Ellen DeGeneres has had on LGBTQ+ visibility.Coming out on her own sitcom in 1997 was initially rough ...

Dan Cass - Violence is Contagious

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we first heard the shocking news that a disgruntled Republican tried to shoot former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, all kin...

Tom Goss is in the Big Leagues

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Being a musician is tough- streaming services keep all the money, crappy diss tracks go viral on TikTok, and now AI is muscling in on the action. It's...

Nadya Ginsburg Wrestles Madonna

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When God closes a Madonna Celebration Tour, she opens up an all new podcast with Nadya Ginsburg!Nadya Ginsburg is so well known for her satirical port...

Plus Sized Mobility - Roy Belzer

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For those struggling with fitness and building muscle, coaches can sometimes do more harm than good by not meeting clients where they are at. This ca...

Saving Mommie Dearest

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Box office poison! Critics hated the film Mommie Dearest, the film adaptation of Christina Crawford's tell all book chronicling the physical and menta...

Matt Brown Channels Bad Little Girl Energy

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We all have days when we just want to tell authority figures, the teacher, the manager at work that you’re done with them and it’s time to go home...

How to Get into the Met Gala For Free

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another Met Gala has come and gone. The annual charity fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute always draws the world’s at...

Getting Rid of Gym Anxiety

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re not used to going to the gym, working out can seem like you’re walking through a field of landmines. Am I doing this right? Will I hurt...

The New Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get on the bus loser, we’re going to the Australian Outback in drag, again! It’s the 30 year anniversary of The Adventures Priscilla Queen of the ...

Ménage à How Many? - Tristan Taormino

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Lesbian Visibillity week, where we take a look at some of the most wonderful women who have shaped Feast of Fun over the course of 20 years. J...

The Legendary Gaye Adegbalola

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Lesbian Visibility week, where we take a look at some of the most wonderful women who have shaped Feast of Fun over the course of 20 years. One...

Pole Dancing for Jesus

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you wondered where all the male strippers went from your local gay bars, they are now shaking their hips at church.At the Christian fundamentalist ...

The Queeny Bitch Spreads the Love

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to makeup tutorials, there’s a lot of great stuff on the Internet, but there’s also a lot of bad ideas that at best will make you lo...

Happy Birthday Fausto!

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy birthday Fausto! Today it’s my husband Fausto Fernós’ birthday, he turns 52. Born and raised in San Juan Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós moved...

Susan Powter's Fight to Stop the Insanity

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1990s fitness guru Susan Powter rose to fame with her sassy late night TV infomercials, short cut platinum hair and her catchphrase: “stop th...

Make Your Solar Eclipse Viewing Gay

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse is expected to be totally awesome, due to the event happening during a period of high solar activity. Because it’s prom...

When Good Bodybuilders Fall For Bad Ideas

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you’re busy making gains in the gym, it’s easy to overlook your own vulnerabilities.Because workouts can be exhausting, it’s easy to let yo...

Beyoncé is Risen, Again

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

She is risen! Just in time for Easter, Beyoncé is back in full force with her new album “Cowboy Carter,” which may be her most groundbreaking wor...

John Sturk and the Society of American Magicians

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Attention ye lovers of magic, the ballots have been counted! The world’s oldest magic society has a new leader: John Sturk! Just like Dumbledore in ...

Robert Cornelius Looks at Dreamgirls

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dreamgirls, the Broadway musical based on the showbiz aspirations of legends like Little Richard, James Brown, Diana Ross and the Supremes, is about a...

Matt Brown on Beyonce's Texas Hold 'Em

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everything Beyoncé touches turns into solid gold soul, even country music.Her latest single, 'Texas Hold ‘Em,' is a number one hit on the Billboard...

Matt Claussen - Coaching Bodybuilders for Success

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We live during an extraordinary time for building muscle. What started out over a hundred years ago as a theatrical curiosity has grown to become a sp...

20 Years of Fun

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Suck it haters! Taylor Swift, Joe Biden and the Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl LVIII (58). Everyone in America now has to be trans for a week, sorry...

John Coons and Jonah Wheeler Make Beautiful Music Together

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Couples that play together, stay together. Creating something fun and sharing it with the world is a great opportunity to connect with someone you lov...

Chris Condren Does the Space Time Warp Again

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of our favorite oddballs we’ve come across in the decades of doing the Feast of Fun podcast is musician Chris Condren, a comedian whose catchy t...

Joel Bryant on Jumping Through Obstacle Courses and Comedy

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a belief that fitness and comedy are at odds with each other. We’ve seen many comedians get jacked and then they don’t appear to be as f...

Dan Cass vs. the Comedy Machine

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When it feels like the whole world is falling apart, the art of comedy can help us laugh and feel better. So why are so many comedy giants bombing spe...

2023: The Year of Death, Resurrection & Muscles

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 began like a scene from a horror film, when you thought the monster had been defeated, it came back with a vengeance and all hell broke loose.The...

Alton DuLaney: Art & the Art of Gift Wrapping

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Performance artist Alton Dulaney might as well have Art as his middle name. As Public Art Program Director and Curator for all of the airports in Hous...

My First Bodybuilding Competition

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last weekend in Bloomington, Illinois, over 210 bodybuilders showed up to go for the glory at the NPC Mid-American Winter Classic. The competition was...

Meet My Coach: Matt Claussen

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When training for any athletic event, a lot can go wrong. Even worse: your mind can start playing tricks on you. So it helps a great deal to have a gr...

John Michael's Spank Bank Time Machine

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of the deadliest drugs facing Americans these days is fentanyl, whose potency makes it a cheap way to boost the high of other recreational drugs. ...

Celebrating Queer Horror Icon Vincent Price

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we think of classic spooky voices, the dictations of Hollywood's great golden age actor Vincent Price haunt our minds.Besides starring in some of...

Tyler Fluitt: Harm Reduction for Steroids

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Almost a third of American gym goers will use performance enhancing substances at some point in their lives.There’s always risks to consider when su...

D’Arcy Drollinger: San Francisco’s First Drag Laureate

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This year San Francisco made history by appointing the city’s first drag laureate, D’Arcy Drollinger, who is not only a fierce drag queen but also...

American Idol’s Jim Verraros Comes Out with New Music

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been 21 years since Jim Verraros made TV history as the first contestant from the reality TV show American Idol to come out as gay. Although he...

Charles Busch Looks Back on His Life & the Amazing Women Who Shaped It

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With semi-autobiographical books like “Whores of Lost Atlantis” actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, Charles Busch has fine tuned the r...

Matt Brown Says the Interest is Too Damn High

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. Department of Education’s COVID-19 relief for student loans has ended, and interest is now accruing once again. With payments due in Octobe...

Holly Hughes Takes a Trip to Barbieland

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For all the jobs Barbie’s had over the years, her most lucrative gig yet is now movie star, as the Barbie movie has just surpassed the billion dolla...

Matt Brown Tackles the Montgomery, Alabama Riverfront Brawl

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In case you were wondering what all these folding chair memes are about, a video of an outrageous fight between Black riverboat staff and white boat o...

Pee Wee’s Last Big Adventure: Remembering Paul Reubens

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paging Mister Herman, Mister Herman to the Pearly Gates. Heartbreaking news, Paul Reubens, the comedian and performance artist behind the childlike al...

Barbie and the Hollywood AI Apocalypse

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back! When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.This spring we got a truck full of citrus, with my mom entering hospice, a nasty car wreck...

A Thousand Barbie Dolls

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

(Originally posted on Oct 9, 2014)Ever since he was a little boy, John Zanardi loved Barbie dolls but was too ashamed to admit it.That is until the ag...

George Ward Builds Impossible Muscle

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bodybuilding legend Ronnie Coleman loves to say “Everybody wants big muscles but nobody wants to lift no heavy ass weights!”But lifting heavy ass ...

Remembering Tina Turner: All the Tea on Tina Turner

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Long live the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner!With heavy hearts, we share the news of Tina Turner's passing at the age of 83, as announced by her ...

Kate Bornstein’s Gender in 4D: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The world is in crisis: climate change, pandemics, inflation and on top of all that, we’re about to face our greatest threat, the rise of the machin...

Dan Cass Gets Untucked

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After Tucker Carlson got fired from Fox News, folks are still hotly debating why he got canned: was it the allegations of sexism in the workplace, the...

I Have Cancer, Again

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2018 was an incredible year. After years of podcasting, Marc Felion got cast in the Norwegian reality TV show “Alt For Norge.” And just like that,...

Dr. Steven Thrasher on the Viral Underclass

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Even though Covid-19, Monkeypox and HIV/AIDS are three very different kinds of viral infections, they all impact some people more than others.When fig...

Remembering JoJo Baby and Heklina

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Long before drag was a mainstay of reality television, LGBTQ+ folks turned to drag for fun, to challenge society and explore their gender through an a...

Remembering Heklina: Heklina Will Not Be Silenced

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are heartbroken.San Francisco legend Heklina was found dead in her hotel room on Monday morning in London by her longtime friend, collaborator and ...

Caleb De Casper Battles Texas Anti-Drag Legislators

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As politicians attempt to pass anti-trans and anti-drag laws, it’s important to show up, speak out and voice your opposition for the public record. ...

Derek Bolt’s Recipe for Building Muscle

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to building muscle, eating is fundamental.Besides being incredibly good looking, bodybuilder and film star Derek Bolt is great at fixing...

Matt Brown is Mad at Cher, Happy with AI Mariah Carey

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cher better watch her back, cause Matt Brown is ready to steal her new man.Today comedian Matt Brown, who’s been described as 80% Kathy Griffin and ...

Tems’ Oscar Dress Blocks Will Smith’s Slap at the Oscars

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Oscars celebrate excellence in filmmaking, but most folks watch it for the celebrity gazing, the jokes and of course the fashion! Oscar nominee Te...

JoJo Baby Finds a Skull - Best of Feast of Fun

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sad news everyone. The legendary club and drag performer Jojo Baby, who for decades entertained people onstage and in every stage including everyday l...

Get Inspired at the Arnold Sports Festival

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bodybuilding can be very lonely as you toil away at the gym, make your meals and rest a lot all by yourself.So in the endless pursuit of building musc...

Shea Menchaca, Austin’s Bodybuilding Glamazon

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Every great adventure begins with an explosion that sets our heroes on a new path, and bodybuilding is no exception. When the journey begins, it’s g...

Nadya Ginsburg Takes on the Evolving Face of Madonna

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nadya Ginsburg loves to imitate celebrities, and celebrities love to imitate her in return.For years Nadya has been well known for her stage show and ...

Chris Bickley - Eat Big, Get Big

18 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to be big, you have to eat big. When it comes to building muscle, the cornerstone of bodybuilding is nutrition, not just what you eat, but...

Leave Britney, Madonna, Sam Smith and Rihanna Alone

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This summer marks the 2 year anniversary of the end of Britney Spears’ conservatorship, and despite all her fans proclaiming “Britney is Free At L...

Carter Kissick Squats Heavy, Lifts Everyone Up

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of the drawbacks of following bodybuilders on social media is you come across a few muscle giants who unfortunately have fallen for a lot of right...

Kitara Ravache, DC’s Next Drag Superstar

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Move over Lady Vera Parker and Sherry Pie, a new queen is on the scene to steal not just the hearts of voters but probably their social security benef...