Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Episodes
Building Muscle with Boobie Hypnosis - Erica Nix
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Folks used to discourage training your legs because they thought it would make your butt too big! Today we know better, weightlifting not only gives y...
Year in Review: Set My AI Robot Bussy to Goblin Mode
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We ended last year with a look at the Great Clickbait Wars: how news organizations gave up on journalism and turned to divisive articles about people’...
Charlene Unger and Her Big Christmas Poinsettias
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing says Christmas like quite Charlene Unger, a demented housewife from Berwyn, Illinois whose bubbly enthusiasm for singing in her nightgowns is ...
Who Wants to Die for AI Art?
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Divine screamed “who wants to die for art?” in the film Female Trouble, nobody thought it would be the Terminator delivering the deadly blow....
Climbing the Bicep Peaks - Hamilton Parks
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of great bodybuilders begin their journey by overcoming huge challenges. Some people’s bodies fall apart long before they begin to build them ...
Courtney Act Looks Back on Her Life as a Drag Icon
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The drag entertainer Shane Jenek, better known to the world as Courtney Act, has lived a pretty remarkable life and she’s just getting started.A fro...
The Collapse of Social Media – Dan Cass
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the days of Friendster and MySpace? With Facebook laying off almost 12,000 employees and Twitter canning half its workforce, it looks like de...
Voguing at My Bodybuilding Show - John Paul O’Neil
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve never been to a bodybuilding competition in person, it might seem quite intimidating with all that muscle painted dark and greasy, strutti...
Let Your Freak Flag Fly Freely - Matt Brown
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite hardship, bigotry, indifference and general ennui, love is the most powerful force in the universe. As William LaTour sang in the 80s: “peop...
Maggie Faris - Outrageous Holiday Arts and Crafts
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we discovered comedian Maggie Faris’ outrageous show “Dyke It Yourself” web series that parodies craft and home renovation shows we practic...
Fearlessly Building Muscle: Derek Bolt
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to building muscle, it helps to fearlessly be yourself. Amateur bodybuilder Derek Bolt raised eyebrows and shook the bigots when he comp...
Halloween Candy Horror Stories
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It wouldn’t be Halloween without trick-or-treating, a tradition that goes back centuries but became super popular with the proliferation of mass pro...
Musical Theater Muscle: Jimmi Cook
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of musical theater you don’t often think of bodybuilders, but the roles of Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gaston in Beauty and t...
Bros Before Ho’s
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pride season may start in June, but it really ends on Halloween, the night when drag queens are born and gay men find a way to incorporate being shirt...
Amanda Cohen Takes on Carol Channing as the Borg Queen
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s great staying friends with people through the years, and nobody’s seen this show grow as much as comedian Amanda Cohen. Amanda came into our ...
The Jacked Priest: Father Ethan Jewett
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Going to the gym can make some folks want to shout “Hallelujah!”In a world that often positions the body as sinful, taking the time to build muscl...
The Trials a Natural Bodybuilder - Aaron "Iron" Curtis
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To form those legendary bodybuilder physiques, athletes have long relied on hard work, good food and lots of drugs.But not everyone takes this path.Cr...
Going on a Muscle Holliday - Scott Holliday
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pop culture artist Andy Warhol once predicted that in the near future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. But with the advent of social media an...
Saxon for Mayor
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Even though it does get pretty breezy here, Chicago got the nickname “The Windy City'' from its boisterous politicians who have a lot to say. Over t...
Dancing with the Stars - Rory Davis
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
San Francisco theater has had a long history of inviting everyone to shine onstage and shake their groove thing. Since the 1960’s, with performance ...
Monkeying Around with Monkeypox
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Step aside AIDS, move over Covid, there’s a new plague in town: Monkeypox. This week the World Health Organization declared the spread of Monkeypox ...
Muscle Worship for Entertainment - Andrew Dombos
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bodybuilding is now a competitive sport, but its roots lie in show business. Strongmen have long been a staple of circus acts for their feats of stren...
Becoming a Mass Monster - Pawan Lapborisuth
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to bodybuilding, most people reach for the stars but then reassess their goals when their bodies simply don’t cooperate with the maste...
Big Mickey Takes No Prisoners
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves Big Mickey. Born and raised in LA, the hilarious and unapologetic comedian started their showbiz career as a child actor on the hit TV...
Listener Questions: Overcoming Obstacles
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building muscle is a heck lot of fun when you’re getting good workouts, great pumps and plenty of food and rest.But beware when you push your body h...
Pride Marches On
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the Stonewall Riots ignited the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement in 1969, most major cities have had Pride Parades until the Covid Pandemic of...
Drag Queens vs Fascists
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like St. Patrick’s Day or Mardi Gras, Pride month used to mean drunk, rowdy folks celebrating out in the streets, and now, for some, it means draggi...
Hattie RetroAge Uses Orgasms to Bring World Peace
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We live in very challenging times- increasing gun violence, inequality and a pandemic which makes it hard to connect with others.But one light in the ...
Burlesque for Bodybuilders - Chaka Corn
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most strip tease shows have a narrow idea on what makes a body beautiful, but newer burlesque shows invite everyone to fearlessly be themselves, no ma...
The Changing Face of Pride
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the first Pride celebration for many folks since the Covid shutdown. As we prepare to brave the crowds and celebrate sexual and gender...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Rainbow Capitalism
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Now with Bonus Trans Fats and Closet Free Eggs." Gayo Mayo concept parody art by Doctor Photograph.June is Pride Month, where folks all around the wo...
Building a Secret Agent’s Body - Agent Dave Oleksa
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s something irresistible about James Bond, a secret service agent who stops supervillains from destroying the world with diamond powered laser...
Muscle Worship Bill is Back
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We were shocked on the first episode of Let’s Grow Big Together when our guest, Muscle Worship Bill, delighted us with the story of hooking up with ...
Max Sage Makes the Judges Eat it on Chopped
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Love is my secret ingredient!” One of the most outrageous and charming drag performers I’ve had a pleasure of sharing a stage with is Austin, T...
Jeffrey Jay on the Reality Podcast Being Trans
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been ten years since comedian Jeffrey Jay first came on Feast of Fun to talk about being one of just a few openly trans men working in stand up...
Janey Jacké Rises Above the Crowd
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right now there are 184 drag queens who have competed to be the next drag superstar on RuPaul’s Drag Race TV shows all over the world.And that numbe...
Bodybuilding After 50 - Chris Lavoie
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you’re a spring chicken or a crowing rooster, the sun rises and eventually sets on your body’s ability to build muscle. But just because y...
Caleb De Casper, Our Favorite Xenomorph Femme Boy
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When queer rebel musician Caleb De Casper got an honorary day celebrating his musical contribution to Austin Texas, the Live Music Captial of the Worl...
Getting a Go Go Boy Body - Danny Wilcoxx
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to building your best body, it helps to have a passion for performance and getting an audience all riled up.Let’s Grow Big Together! T...
Sleeping with the Guests
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years we’ve had thousands of attractive, charming folks on the podcast, people we’ve had great chemistry with, and others who when we met...
Fausto Turns 50!
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My name is Fausto Fernós and It’s my birthday! I’m proud to say that I’m 50 years old. I’m not one of those gays who’s afriad to tell their...
Irene Tu: We’re Done Now
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s always a delight to talk to comedians about their new albums, because there’s always so much good, hilarious stuff to talk about with them ba...
Spencer Day Celebrates Broadway Musicals
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Musician Spencer Day didn’t know what to expect when he found himself in Mexico at the onset of the Covid pandemic. With nowhere to perform live, Sp...
Muscle Nerds - Kevin Giezy, That Singing Bodybuilder
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Competitive sports and physical education have traditionally been difficult spaces for most gay men to be in, but now more than ever, the gym is a pla...
Building Superhero Muscle - Joe Miksan
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many folks who are passionate about building muscle, they found their first inspirations in comic book superheroes. Superman, Captain America,The ...
Winning an Oscar Will Make You Slap Someone
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 94th Academy Awards were a pretty, oh so pretty event for West Side Story’s star Arianna DeBose.Six decades after Rita Moreno won an Oscar for h...
From Ukraine with Love
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We got some 80s Cold War vibes when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 21, 2022. This horrible war is bringing back memories of pop culture moments li...
BenDeLaCreme is Looking For Love
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As mask mandates get lifted once again, folks have spring fever instead of Covid fever.Although comedian BenDeLaCreme is happy in a long term relation...
Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the artists who has had a profound influence on me is Eartha Kitt, the enchanting singer best known for her Christmas classic Santa Baby and fo...
The Wiz & Fabulous Black Movies We Love with Rachel Hall
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ease on Down the Road. The Wiz photo courtesy of Motown Productions.As Black History Month wraps up, we’re celebrating our favorite films featuring ...
Feeding the Military Muscle
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to putting on muscle, if you want to get big, you have to eat big.But what kind of nutrition you need to get there isn’t always clear,...
Mr Welshy Makes the Muscle Haters His Motivators
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your body is an battleground. Whenever you post pictures online, there’s always someone ready to tear you down because they think you took some magi...
When a Drag Queen Becomes a Bodybuilder
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Although he’s new to the bodybuilding scene, Joey Kiening is a pro when it comes to competitions. Joey is better known to fans of drag as Natasha Do...
Karinda Dobbins is Black & Blue, and Hilarious All Over
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Karinda Dobbins isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. Having moved to California from Detroit to pursue a career in Biotech, Karinda is a n...
Joshua Garver: From a Broken Back to Bulging Biceps
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the age of 17, Joshua Garver suffered a terrible fall down the stairs that left him with bulging discs that required five surgeries and a spinal fu...
Janet Jackson Breaks Her Silence on the Super Bowl
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the youngest child in the famous Jackson family, Janet Jackson has been in the unique position of being near or at the center of some of the bigges...
Betty White, Meatloaf, Theirry Mugler and the Great Celebrity Deaths of 2022
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year everyone! As the Covid pandemic rages on, it feels like too many of our beloved entertainers are gone too soon. Betty White, Meatloaf, ...
The Great Linkbait Wars of 2021
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the past 16 years we’ve been doing Feast of Fun, our end of the year show is sometimes called “The Year of Hell,” and while this year has be...
Incredibly Strange Christmas Music 2021 Live!
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s something irresistible about the Christmas season’s corny music that, just like a snowball thrown at a rich guy's top hat, deserves a litt...
The Battle Over West Side Story
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When West Side Story hit theaters in 1961, it was a commercial and critical success, with Rita Moreno becoming the first Puerto Rican actor to win an ...
Back to Our Roots
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Feast of Fun first began in 2005, when there were only about 50 podcasts in the world and most of them were people doing Sex and the City epsiode reca...
FOF #3000 - And the Feast Goes On
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 3000th episode of Feast of Fun, the Gay Talk Show that (accoring to Apple) “helped pave the way to bring podcasting from an underground m...
FOF #2999 - Muscle Worship Adventures
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titill...
FOF #2998 - Dyke It Yourself: Make the Yuletide Gay
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to making the Yultide gay, lesbians with arts and crafts are where it’s at. There’s no better way to celebrate than by grabbing a gl...
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the bea...
FOF #2997 - Hot News: Remembering Stephen Sondheim
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More intense than a fight between white and Puerto Rican street gangs who just happen to have 5 years of ballet, jazz and modern under their dance bel...
FOF #2996 - Hot News: Adele, Britney, Sesame Street Banned and the RENT is Too Damn High
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the podcast that always has a fire in its heart, but thankfully you can see a doctor about it, it’s Feast of Fun! Now celebrating 3000 shows ...
Auntie Fee, Patti's Pies and Shirley Caesar: Great Moments in Black Viral Food Videos
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beans, greens, tomatoes, potatoes, you name it!Many African American people cherish family gatherings where food and love is abundant, so naturally ma...
FOF #2995 - West Side Story Comes Full Circle for Rita Moreno
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rita Moreno has had an incredible career, from her early appearance in Singing in the Rain, to winning the Oscar for West Side Story, to playing a cam...
FOF #2994 - Britney is Free At Last
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of the almost 3,000 shows we’ve done at Feast of Fun, one of the entertainers whose life and career we’ve talked about a lot is so...
FOF #2993 - Keep it Gay! Becoming the Producer’s Gay Hitler
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For as gay as the musicals on the Great White Way are, Broadway characters and their relationships are disturbingly straight.So when we get a characte...
FOF #2992 - Eric Clements Lifts the Veil on Forgotten Punk Music
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 80s, music was vital in bringing young people together in a spirit of rebellion and counterculture. Punk and post-punk was huge and Chicago had...
FOF #2991 - 16 Years of Lady Bunny on Feast of Fun
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even though Lady Bunny is legendary for her outrageous song parodies and DJ music sets, those who follow her on social media have certainly gotten a t...
FOF #2990 - Becoming Steve from Blue’s Clues
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Steve Burns unexpectedly left the children’s TV show Blue’s Clues it opened up some wild speculation among fans. Was it drugs? An illicit aff...
Bruce Vilanch on The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the strangest shows ever broadcast on TV is the Paul Lynde Halloween Special. The musical variety show featuring a campy highway pile-up of the...
FOF #2989 - Matt Brown Takes on the Dave Chappelle Controversy
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably already heard about the controversy or even weighed in on Dave Chappelle’s final comedy special for Netflix, The Closer, where the...
FOF #2988 - Q-Force: From West Hollywood with Love
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As LGBTQ people, we’re connected now more than ever before. We live together, we fight together and we ride together- that’s what inspired comedy ...
FOF #2987 - Tom Goss is Living His Best Life
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The early days of the internet gave LGBTQ folks the unprecendted ability to take matters into their own hands, by creating blogs, podcasts, videos and...
FOF #2986 - Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A recent survey in over 27 countries reveals that 1 out of 5 young people identify as LGBTQ+. Another survey from last year found that almost half of ...
Elvira Comes Out!
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about your bombshells on bombsells! In her new memoir, Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, the Mistress Of The Dark herself, opens up abo...
FOF #2985 - Erthe St. James on the Summer of Soul
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The summer of 1969 was an extraordinary time- the Stonewall riots ignited the modern LGBTQ rights movement, astronauts landed on the moon, Woodstock s...
FOF #2984 - Tammy Faye: the Eyes of Matt Brown
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is coming out this week. Based on the documentary of the same name, the new film revisits the rise and fal...
FOF #2983 - Amanda Cohen on To Tell the Truth
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most brilliant comedians we’ve had the pleasure of working with in the past 16 years of doing Feast of Fun is Amanda Cohen. We met Amanda...
FOF #2982 - Mama Mia ABBA, Here We Go Again
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After 40 years, ABBA, the Swedish pop group that dominated the charts in the 70s is back with a new album “Voyage” that’s already broken pre-sal...
FOF #2981 - Martha Chaves' Lesbian Disneyland
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Martha Chaves once thought she’d become a nun so she could be around women and not have to deal with a family that expected her to like men...
FOF #2980 - OnlyFans Pumpkin Spice Underwear
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
That didn’t take too long! After announcing last week that Only Fans.com would delete all the adult content on their site in order to comply with pr...
FOF #2979 - The Joy of Gay Aging
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in modern history we have huge numbers of out and proud folks who are looking forward to getting the most out of life.As the old sa...
FOF #2978 - Miss Understood on Drag, Daytime TV and Divas
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we celebrate 16 years and 3,000 episodes of Feast of Fun, we’ve asked one of our all time favorite drag queen guests, Miss Understood, to join us...
Master Chef's Tommy Walton Sets the Kitchen on Fire
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re just crazy about Tommy Walton, who Chef Gordon Ramsay said was one of the most memorable people on his reality TV cooking competition MasterCh...
FOF #2977 – Jake Noll on LGBTQ Muppets & Superheroes
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With more and more young people identify as non binary and LGBTQ+, Hollywood is trying to tap into that youth market by going queer all of a sudden.Th...
FOF #2976 - Marga Gomez and Queen Latifah Love Science
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Robin Williams was so impressed with Marga Gomez that he called her the lesbian Lenny Bruce. It wasn’t long after that Hollywood cast her a...
FOF #2975 – Matt Brown Wants to Make DaBaby His Baby Daddy
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a while since people crowded into a music festival, so you can imagine how folks in Chicago felt when they held their breath hoping Lolla...
Big Dongs for Science: The Wildest Scientific Studies We've Seen
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begi...
FOF #2974 - David Wojnarowicz's Art Against AIDS
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the height of the AIDS crisis of the late 80s, LGBTQ folks turned to creating art, performance and music to act-up, fight back and fight AIDS.One o...
FOF #2973 - Queer Nightlife Around the World
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to talk about the lives of LGBTQ+ people without talking about the nightlife scene where so many folks find their home. But for all the at...
FOF #2972 - The Legal Battle to Free Britney Spears
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Britney Spears, you’re in trouble girlfriend.Since the very beginning of her pop music career, Britney Spears’ life seems to have been in turmoil....
FOF #2971 - A Covid Nurse’s Tale of the Pandemic
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the fog of the Covid Pandemic starts to clear, we’re left with even more questions about what happened.For example, why are folks still not wanti...
FOF #2970 - America’s Got Talent’s Danger Duo Momma Gigi Deluxe
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The headline read: “Simon Cowell Fears The Worst If This Mother/Daughter Danger Act Goes Wrong.” Now we knew they wouldn’t show on America’s G...
Comedian Julia Scotti is Funny That Way
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Julia Scotti has been doing stand up all her life.In the 80s, Julia was a regular alongside other comedy legends like Ellen DeGeneres and Jer...
Drag Race's Ginger Minj Serves up Some Sweet T
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things we adore about RuPaul’s Drag Race is how the show turns a group of drag queens fighting for the crown into an epic battle royale. ...