Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

FOF #2624 – Miss Understood Looks at the Wild, Juicy, Messy 90s.

07 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The early 90s were wild, messy and outrageous times. At the height of the AIDS crisis, after a decade of Reagan and Bush, performance artists, comedia...

FOF #2623 – Erthe St James: The Duke of Soul

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the most important musical contributions to modern American music have come from African Americans, whose musical roots in African slave spiri...

FOF #2622 – Own Your Happiness

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With all the opportunities to connect on social media and dating apps today, there’s never been a time where more people have also been able to reje...

FOF #2621 – Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson Brings Back Buddy Cole

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most influential comedians of our time has been Scott Thompson with his work on The Kids in the Hall, the pioneering sketch comedy show whe...

FOF #2616 – Bianca Del Rio’s New Book Will Kill You

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows that Bianca Del Rio can read a bitch, but did you know this bitch could write?As if she wasn’t busy enough with her comedy career and...

FOF #2608 - Hold My Beer Hunty

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Just when you thought The Vixen couldn’t make white people more nervous, Tyra Sanchez ups the ante with the threat of nuclear annihilation at this y...

FOF #2604 – You Gonna Love Yuhua Hamasaki

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yuhua Hamasaki says she’s “witty, sassy and gay but don’t worry she’s also cray cray” and just to prove she is indeed cray cray, she’s on ...

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

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When Vivacious entered the workroom with Ornacia perched on her head it instantly became one of the most iconic moments on RuPaul’s Drag Race. But t...

FOF #2595 – Lady J Martinez’s Wild Drag Her-Story

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most interesting artists we met at the Austin International Drag Festival is Lady J Martinez, a drag queen who studies why folks have been ...

FOF #2591 – Vivacious Answers the Question: Who is Ornacia?

13 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With just one more episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3 to go before they crown a winner and, with BenDeLaCreme out of the way, it’s now the ...

FOF #2565 - Disney's Captain EO: We Are Here to Change the World

19 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 1986 audiences were dazzled by Captain EO, Michael Jackson’s 3-D movie spectacular at Disney’s Epcot Center in Florida. In the short 17 minute ...

FOF #2561 - Disasterina, the Creature from the Drag Lagoon

19 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Some girls wear pink. Disasterina, photos by: Disasterina Dragkwene, Marcel Dejure.One of the most talked about drag queens from Season 2 of Dragula i...

FOF #2559 - A Cee-Cee LaRouge Christmas

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody celebrates Christmas quite like Puerto Ricans, so we invited our boriqua gal pal Cee-Cee LaRouge to come over to sip on coquito and take a look...

FOF #2552 - Peaches Christ's Evil Little Children

28 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are upon us and we are about to be treated to the screaming sounds of children throwing tantrums in shopping malls and screeching as they...

FOF #2550 – Matteo Lane’s Never Ending Coming Out Story

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not like gay comedians are followed onstage by unicorns and rainbows to clue the audience in that they are gay, so in order for the jokes to ge...

FOF #2535 - No Dumb Bunnies Here - 10.03.17

04 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has sparked a heated discussion on sexuality in the media and whether the Playboy lifestyle ushered in the se...

FOF #2511 – Arrivederci Scaramucci

01 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a busy week for conservative talk radio host Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci. In just ten days he got hired by the White House as Trump...

FOF #2510 - Drugs Not Hugs

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on social media, Tennessee queen Aurora Sexton called out some RuPaul’s Drag Race girls for their unprofessional behavior for showing up l...

FOF #2508 - The Wildest Moments in Bodybuilding

25 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

People have an unabashed love for those burly jocks who chase balls or ripped comic book superheroes who fight crime but many folks don’t quite know...

FOF #2490 - Vivacious Tears it Up with Katy Perry on SNL

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most underrated drag queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race is Vivacious, mother of Ornacia, whose fan slapping, club couture and sassy sayings h...

FOF #2484 - Lady Bunny Finds the Joy in Everyday Life

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

She looks like Dusty Springfield, sounds like Carol Channing and speaks like Bernie Sanders- it’s Lady Bunny– the queen who comes with no trigger ...

FOF #2481 – Chick with a Schtick

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Like a real life Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, Dina Nina Martinez writes about her romantic life, but instead of being Jewish New Yorker with a ...

FOF #2477 - Bebe Zahara Benet Wants You to Get Fierce

26 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been almost a decade since Bebe Zahara Benet, the drag queen from Cameroon became the first America’s Next Drag Superstar on RuPaul’s Drag ...

FOF #2475 - Don't Do What Daphne Dumount Does

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Daphne Dumount done fucked up drag, but it’s all right, because drag is all about shaking things up (or down.)This Saturday, here in Chicago at The ...

FOF #2474 - Lee Dawson RuCaps Drag Race

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the best things happen when crazy TV shows become popular is the fans grab a hold of past episodes and remix them into hilarious, brilliant wor...

FOF #2471 - Jaymes Mansfield's Blond Bombshell Explosion

05 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler alert! It broke our hearts to see blond bombshell Jaymes Mansfield be the first contestant to go home on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9. But th...

FOF #2467 - Zach Zimmerman: My Twink Dating Disaster

26 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all had dates that went horribly wrong, but then later, as we tell our friends about the bad romance over and over again it becomes comedy gol...

FOF #2466 - RuPaul and Lady Gaga Make Magic

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Since Lady Gaga tweeted her support for RuPaul’s Drag Race many years ago, fans have been clamoring to get Mother Monster on Mama Ru’s show. Well ...

FOF #2465 - Rachel McCartney is Coming Out

22 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For many LGBT folks in the past, hearing other people tell their coming out stories was a great source of inspiration for they themselves to finally t...

FOF #2464 - Beauty on the Streets, Beast in the Sheets

20 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Audiences had their pitchforks and torches ready to kill the live action Beauty and the Beast over Disney’s inclusion of their first gay character e...

FOF #2463 - Gay Sex with Straight Men

20 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For many gay men of my generation, we grew up thinking we weren’t just the only gays in the village, but in the whole world.If we had any chance of ...

FOF #2462 - Somebody's Watching Me

15 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Forget about Trump’s paranoia that Obama was spying on him through a microwave oven, the tech company We-Vibe just settled a $3.75 million class act...

FOF #2461 – Drag Wars: The Shade Awakens

14 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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

FOF #2460 - Mixing Fruit Loops and Milk

09 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Peele’s new satirical comedy horror film Get Out is so good that we had to do another another podcast about it!The other day, we spoke to Zac...

FOF #2459 - Zach Stafford Looks at the Horror Film 'Get Out'

08 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Get Out, the exciting new film by comedian Jordan Peele takes a look at racism and the fetishization of black people by drawing on provocative element...

FOF #2458 - World Clique

07 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Despite all the amazing advances we’ve made as LGBT folks, many of us feel lonelier than ever. And even though the internet is tying us all together...

FOF #2457 - Up Past Bedtime

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On the day that SNL writer Katie Rich was suspended for tweeting that the youngest son of the president “will be this country’s first homeschool s...

FOF #2456 - Brian Sweeney: Foul Language

01 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Many of our guests, before we start recording, ask us if they can cuss on the podcast and we say “Hell yeah!” I mean F*ck yeah.” But, we discour...

FOF #2455 - I'm Not Mad at the Envelope, I'm Mad at Price Waterhouse Cooper!

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The 89th Academy Awards began with a political message to the world as host Jimmy Kimmel asked everyone watching to reach out to one person they disag...

FOF #2454 - Umlauts Arë Nïpples för Vöwëls

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Our friend Amanda Cohen feels comedians are having a hard time dealing with the current political situation because this administration is already suc...

FOF #2453 - Hieronymus Bosch, The Beatles and LSD

21 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The nightmarishly dark images of 16th century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch are credited with inspiring countless generations of artists to explore t...

FOF #2452 - Hurts So Good

18 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Cosmopolitan has their heart in the right place— for a major publication, they are pretty cheeky when it comes to giving their readers sexual advice...

FOF #2451 – Vappy Halentine’s Gay

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

LGBT folks come in all shapes and colors, even shades of miserable, conservative beige. A gay journalist who says he used to be liberal is now saying ...

FOF #2450 – Worst Dates Ever from Hell

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Love is hell! Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and while we are happily in love- it wasn’t always the case. We had to go on some really bad dates...

FOF #2449 - Jeffrey Jay is Cooking up Trouble

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The documentary TV series, My Trans American Road Trip, follows Abigail Austen – the first British Army officer to complete gender reassignment surg...

FOF #2448 – Vivacious is Taking DRAG tastic Measures

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Thirsty? Vivacious serves up a big tall glass of Drag Race juice as we kiki on Season 9.The trailer for Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race triumphantly ...

FOF #2447 – Peaches Christ: Don’t Fall in Love with a Drag Queen

08 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For a lot of gay men, being a drag queen is like being a comic book superhero – sooner or later, Clark Kent is going to have to tell Lois Lane that ...

FOF #2446 - Lady Gagabowl

06 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Conservatives get nervous about art, because great art inspires people to see the world in new ways, and challenges the status quo. So it’s no wonde...

FOF #2445 - The Biology of Homosexuality

02 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

You only have to look at ancient art and writings to know that among human beings, same-sex attraction has existed across time and cultures. Even in t...

FOF #2444 - Bootycandy

31 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

From hoo-ha to dingaling, from foo foo to weiner, in almost every family there’s no shortage of safe words parents come up with to describe private ...

FOF #2443 - Rebels with a Cause

30 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the great challenges we face in bringing about political change is figuring out out how not to get overwhelmed by all the negativity we see in ...

FOF #2442 - Go Honey West

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The success of the 1994 Oscar Award winning film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which told the story of three drag queens making th...

FOF #2441 - The Wall

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Like Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China, large walls often become symbols of authoritarian oppression.Donald Trump r...

FOF #2440 - Drugs and Hugs

25 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The last time we had cosplay drag queen Fox E. Kim on the podcast we had such a fun time talking about drugs, we had to have her back on to talk more ...

FOF #2439 - The Doll Life: Living La Vida Lolita

24 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dolly fashion, or as it’s better known in Japan as Lolita is all about putting babydoll dresses, frills and bows inspired by classic Victorian liter...

FOF #2438 - Madonna & Cher Want You to Think Pink

23 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Trump is now in the Oval Office so George W Bush- you can take a seat- you’re no longer the worst president ever.Now Trump promised to unite the cou...

FOF #2437 – Chugging Down the Fountain of Youth

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

When people ask about your age, it’s not usually because they are curious about your experiences, it’s likely they only want to judge how they hav...

FOF #2436 - The Most Outrageous Movie Fan Theories Ever

19 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Like all great art, popular films create their own world filled with such detail and nuance that it gets fans to come up with some amazing theories as...

FOF #2435 - The Experimental Sounds of Sxip Shirey

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most inventive musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing is Sxip Shirey who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains a...

FOF #2434 – Behind the Scenes with Alaska Thunderfuck

17 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Drag Race All Stars 2 winner Alaska Thunderfun slithered into town to put on a fabulous show for her new album Poundcake (available on iTunes) and inv...

FOF #2425 – The Boulet Brothers Create Dragula

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Swanthula and Dracmorda Boulet, best known as the Boulet Brothers are ready to unleash nine horrific queens on each other as they claw their way to th...

FOF #2420 - Make Thanksgiving Great Again

23 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

After a very long and divisive election year, a lot of us are dreading spending the holiday season with family members who don’t share the same valu...

FOF #2391 – A Conversation with Coco Peru

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most extraordinary and she-larious drag queens we adore is Coco Peru who came of age during New York City’s AIDS crisis in the early 90s ...

FOF #2342 – Jaymes Manfsield: The Women Who Inspired Drag Queens

10 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Behind every great drag queen is a great woman- female entertainers who inspired them to be the outrageous drag queen we all love.Many queens cite Div...

FOF #2341 – Kerthy Fix: Taming the Fame Monster

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

With the rise of internet media and reality television, thousands of people with modest artistic and entertainment careers are now finding themselves ...

FOF #2313 – Latrice Royale Infuses Jazz with Pizazz

25 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One of the sweetest drag queens to ever come out of RuPaul’s Drag Race is Latrice Royale, who like Dr. Dre is straight out of Compton, or gay out of...

FOF #2306 - A Gay Kiki with Jonny McGovern and Lady Red Couture

16 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We met Jonny McGovern and Lady Red Couture in person at the Austin International Drag Festival, and fell in love. There are very few people who cover ...

FOF #2291B – Fox E. Kim: Brolitas, Bronies, Furries and Anime Queens - PART 2

17 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of “Brolitas, Bronies, Furries and Anime Queens” we continue chatting with Fox E Kim about Cosplay and how she was confused for a tran...

FOF #2291A - Brolitas, Bronies, Furries and Anime Queens

17 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Comic Book and Entertainment expos are drawing record crowds and a lot of fun loving folks who’ve been going for years are facing a new threat— ho...

FOF #2277 – PrEP Pioneers

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Since the AIDS crisis of the late 80s, condoms have been urged as gospel for gay men to prevent the spread of HIV. But that’s all changing now with ...

FOF #2268 – The Island of Misfit 80s Toys

17 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

During the holiday season, a lot of folks look back fondly on their childhood. For those of us who were kids in the 80s, we got to play with some incr...

FOF #2263 - Big Dipper Takes Our Christmas Quiz

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Big Dipper, our favorite gay bear rapper with Krampus and Le Befana, Italy’s Christmas witch.As they said on the Simpsons, Christmas is the season w...

FOF #2254 – Lady Red Couture is the World’s Biggest Drag Queen

12 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Inch for inch, pound for pound Lady Red Couture may well be as she calls herself “the world’s largest drag queen in captivity” but it’s not ju...

FOF #2226 – The New Adventures of Trixie Mattel

02 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been an amazing year for Trixie Mattel, the living doll who won the hearts of children of all ages when she made her appearance on Cooking with...

FOF #2218 – Matteo Lane Gets a Merit Badge in Comedy

18 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We’re thrilled to see our friend comedian Matteo Lane all over the TV set, from his appearances on Comedy Central and MTV, Matteo is making a big sp...

FOF #2217 – Peaches Christ's True Horror Stories

16 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This summer, Peaches Christ is having the time of her life performing her critically acclaimed show “Return to Grey Gardens” in the gay entertainm...

FOF #2191 – Miss Understood on To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

23 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the 20 year anniversary of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the unusual film that came out on the heels of the very successful...

FOF #2176 – How Trixie Mattel Turns Followers into Fanatics

12 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RuPaul may have told Trixie Mattel to sashay away three times, but fans of Drag Race have all said- chanté, you stay- in our hearts! Thanks to her do...

FOF #2170 – Ross Mathews Gives Us Straight Talk

01 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Talk show personality Ross Mathews has been involved in some pretty amazing TV projects-from his debut as “Ross the Intern” on the Tonight Show, t...

FOF #2159 – The Unsinkable Shangela Laquifa Wadley

12 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

One of the hardest working drag queens in showbiz, Shangela Laquifa Wadley succeeds because she ads DETERMINATION to her charisma, uniqueness, nerve a...

FOF #2151 – The Glorious Amazing Life of Peaches Christ

17 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

One of the hardest working queens in this business we call drag is undoubtedly Peaches Christ who is always putting on new big budget shows featuring ...

FOF #2143 – Trixie Mattel: A Deeper Shade of Pink

03 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Trixie Mattel weeped in front of a live audience in Berlin as she watched her dreams get crushed after unexpectedly getting booted off of RuPaul’s D...

FOF #2111 – Venus D Lite: My Addiction to Madonna

05 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drag queens never die, they just smell that way. Just kidding, but sometimes drag can really be a drag. After 12 years as a fierce drag queen, Venus D...

FOF #2071 – Trixie Mattel’s Poker Face

27 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Before she became an international superstar on RuPaul's Drag Race, Trixie Mattel was a regular in the Chicago and Milwaukee drag scene. Enjoy this le...

FOF #2051 – Matteo Lane’s Sex Life

22 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It’s hard to date men when you’re an openly gay comedian who talks about his sex life as part of his act.Comedian Matteo Lane is having a rough ti...

FOF #2047 – Disability After Dark: Andrew Gurza's Sex on Wheels

16 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not always easy getting the sex you want, whether you’re in a wheelchair or not.For writer Andrew Morrison Gurza, it’s important that peopl...

FOF #2041 – Coco Peru Gets Intimate

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

For over two decades, drag legend Coco Peru has appeared in many fabulous TV shows like Will & Grace and movies like Girls will be Girls, Too Wong Foo...

FOF #2033 – Cameron Esposito Comes Back

14 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

For years comedian Cameron Esposito was a regular on the podcast and even performed with us at a gay men’s bathhouse.Since then she’s moved to L.A...

FOF #1979 – RuPaul's Drag Race's BenDeLaCreme Rises to the Top

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Audiences around the nation booed as RuPaul sent BenDeLaCreme home after failing to lip sync for his life on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Even though Bendela...

FOF #1970 – We L.U.V. Madonna for Being Ridiculous

17 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Too often, pop stars seem more concerned with getting a little publicity than being good musicians. They made their careers as symbols of youthful sex...

FOF #1943 – Bianca Del Rio and Adore Delano Are as Bad as They Wanna Be

26 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Too many drag queens worry about being liked. They want to be miss popularity, even though they dress like Disney villains and sometimes even act like...

FOF #1929 – Bob the Drag Queen: Common Mistakes All Drag Queens Make

04 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of people think that being an awesome drag queen is all about the hair, make-up and costume, the more obnoxious the better.But in reality, being...

FOF #1916 – Bob the Drag Queen: How to Succeed in Drag Without Really Tucking

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Despite never having won any pageants and never being on any reality TV shows, Bob the Drag Queen is one of New York City’s hottest acts. Like Lady ...

FOF #1907- The Man Behind Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress

10 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the the most talked about and parodied costumes any pop star has ever sported is the meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music A...

FOF #1897 – Mateo Lane's Million Dollar Body Parts

14 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows insurance is a huge racket. You pay money over the years and when you need it, the company figures out a way of weaseling out on making...

FOF #1888 – Peaches Christ & Brian Sweeney: Outrageous Moments in Horror Films

30 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Horror films are inherently ridiculous– besides the notion that whenever teenagers have sex they have to be immediately killed by a supernatural mon...

FOF #1884 – Reina Valentino: A Real Sneak Peek into Lady Gaga’s Muppets Holiday Special

21 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Lady Gaga is back on TV, and this time around she’s not wearing Kermit the Frog, she’s singing duets with him and all the Muppets.On Thanksgiving ...

FOF #1862 – Coco Peru Comes to Chicago

18 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of our favorite guests is Coco Peru, best known for her hilarious appearances in the films Too Wong Foo and Trick where she famously says “It BU...

FOF #1843 – Is Comedian Evan Williams gay? Hop Aboard Matteo Lane’s Bait Bus

13 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Is comedian Evan Williams gay? Do you really want to know the answer?Sometimes when we have a sexy gay guy on the show, he nervously brings a friend a...

FOF #1768 – Jinkx Monsoon and Alaska Thunderfuck are on Fire

03 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been an incredible year so far for Jinkx Monsoon and Alaska Thunderfuck from RuPaul’s Drag Race.Right now these two drag queens are in the to...