Synopsis
Gay Fun Show: Feast of Fools podcast makes your iPod fabulous! Fresh, funny talk on odd news, social trends and celebrity interviews peppered with a dazzling assortment of cocktail recipes and how-to projects. Serving up sass with five new shows every week, listen to real-life gay couple Fausto Fernos and Marc Felion along with their hilarious regulars: Amanda Steinstein, Sal-E and Gregg Shapiro. Subscribe now and take a fresh new look at the media. Winner of the Peoples Choice Podcast Award for ~Best GLBT Podcast~ 2006 and 2007.
Episodes
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FOF #2313 – Latrice Royale Infuses Jazz with Pizazz
25/03/2016 Duration: 01h46sOne 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 Compton.Amazingly, she’s survived it all: having two brothers caught up in gangs and then she served time in prison for possession of a small amount of marijuana and a single pill of klonopin.Today, Latrice Royale joins us to talk about her new album “Here’s to Life,” a collection of jazz classics that pays tribute to strong black women in show business like Broadway’s Ruth Brown and jazz icon Shirley Horn.Latrice’s boyfriend Christopher Hamblin serves as the pianist and arranger for the album with fellow Drag Race contestant Mimi Imfurst as the album’s producer!Listen as we talk with Latrice about her amazing drag family of Jasmine Masters, Lady Red Couture and Kennedy Davenport. What do these gals kiki about when the cameras aren’t rolling?Chicago, check out her on April 2 at the Divas of Drag Showcase at the House of Blues.PLUS:➤ The origins of “Jesus is a bis
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FOF #2306 - A Gay Kiki with Jonny McGovern and Lady Red Couture
16/03/2016 Duration: 01h25minWe 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 the same things as we do, so we instantly clicked over our shared passion for the art of drag.Jonny and Lady Red recently premiered a new season of their hit Youtube talk show Hey Qween as well as unveiling a new website filled with more “gayest of all time” content.Today we kiki with Jonny and Lady Red from their home in L.A. about who is hot on this season on RuPaul’s Drag Race and what to expect at the Austin International Drag Festival.Listen as Jonny weighs in on why drag queens all of a sudden have to be nice, chastises us for not being timid enough, and Lady Red slut shames us to filth!Plus–➤ Madonna apologizes for dressing up as a clown.➤ Campy fitness guru Richard Simmons wants you to know he hasn’t been kidnapped, he just needs some peace and quiet after his knee surgery.➤ Cher relentlessly goes after Trump and his supporters.____________________FEAST
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FOF #2291B – Fox E. Kim: Brolitas, Bronies, Furries and Anime Queens - PART 2
17/02/2016 Duration: 31minIn 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 trans lesbian who supports Republican Carly Fiorina.Plus, Could Angela Bassett be the new Star Trek captain? Is Laverne Cox up to playing the iconic Frank N. Furter in Fox’s production of Rocky Horror.
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FOF #2291A - Brolitas, Bronies, Furries and Anime Queens
17/02/2016 Duration: 37minComic 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— horny fans who think they can do whatever they want to someone just because they are dressed up as a sexy comic book character.Our guest today is one of Chicago’s drag and cosplaying sensations, Fox E. Kim, gal pals with Drag Race cosplayer Dax Exclamationpoint and she helps run All Geeks’ monthly cosplay party.Listen as Fox E. Kim joins us to dish on the ever growing cosplay scene, brolitas, bronies, furries and sexy anime queens.PART 1 of 2. Plus—➤ What happens when your Facebook status outpaces your love life.➤ Scalia’s death and Hillary Clinton as our first female president.➤ Star Wars episode VIII and Wicked the movie musical are in the works.➤ Our review of the very queer and sexy new superhero film Deadpool. Honestly, go see it. But watch this first.
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FOF #2277 – PrEP Pioneers
26/01/2016 Duration: 01h06minSince 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 PrEP, the use of anti-HIV medication to keep HIV negative people from becoming infected.Despite the reality that we now have a powerful tool to eradicate the spread of HIV, many governments and agencies around the world are taking their sweet time to implement it.Today we’re joined by two pioneers working tirelessly to raise awareness for Prep: Damon L Jacobs , whose work on social media, PrEP Facts, has led to an acknowledgement by the World Health Organization for his efforts and Brandyn Gallagher whose group Outshine Northwest is currently working to raise similar awareness for trans men,TransMSM.Is taking Truvada really as safe as a daily course of aspirin? Listen as we tackle this, the rise and fall of slur words and how Damon and Brandyn handle controversy in running an internet forum on a delicate topic as HIV/AIDS.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE P
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FOF #2268 – The Island of Misfit 80s Toys
17/12/2015 Duration: 01h05minDuring 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 incredibly strange and wonderful toys.It’s a miracle we aren’t dead, demented or in prison.Today we’re taking a walk down memory lane of the strange 80s, a time when coked up conservatives ruled every facet of American politics and culture, and our toys were the stuff of nightmares.Joining us today is the fine ass Sith lord of popular culture and all things girly Robyn Pennacchia who writes about culture news and politics for The Frisky.Listen as we talk about: Gobbles the Goat and Baby Alive-creepy dolls who really ate things, toxic slime for kids, disturbing dating games for girls and those sad, depressing Sea Monkeys.Plus—➤ Carly Fiorina’s political career goes to the dogs.➤ Trump says he doesn’t have enough water to wash his hair.➤ People who still haven’t seen and will not see any Star Wars movie.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABU
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FOF #2263 - Big Dipper Takes Our Christmas Quiz
10/12/2015 Duration: 01h20minBig 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 where people from all religions come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is like an air raid siren during the holiday season, no matter how hard you try, it’s hard to ignore.Today, gay Jewish rapper Big Dipper joins us to take our insane Christmas quiz. Can you guess which oddball Christmas traditions are real or just really weird?Folks in Spain love to have "caganer" figurines of famous figures dropping a hot steamer in their nativity scenes. Plus—➤ You better watch out– our review of the new comedy horror film Krampus. Isn’t all that funny or scary, but still fun to check out. ➤ RuPaul’s low budget Christmas special.➤ Model Paul Mason gets gay men and moms’ heads turning as Fashion Santa at a shopping mall in Toronto.➤ Wu-Tang Clan reveals Big Pharma villain Martin Shkreli paid $2 Million for their new record.➤ Free priority shipping with e
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FOF #2254 – Lady Red Couture is the World’s Biggest Drag Queen
12/11/2015 Duration: 01h03minInch 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 just because of her size, but because she commands a room and fills our hearts with love.As Jonny McGovern’s sidekick on the fabulous talk show Hey Qween, Lady Red Couture keeps it real by throwing some legendary shade as she munches down on snacks while sitting on her own couch.Today we kiki with Judge Lady Red Couture about crowdfunding her new album “Stunt Qween,” her deep friendship with Jonny McGovern and the challenges she’s overcome to become the glorious person she was always meant to be. Living full time as your own drag creation.➤ The difference between shade and reading.➤ Fans vs Lady Lovers.➤ Her close friendship with Latrice Royale and Jasmine Masters.____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:❤️ https://youtube.com/feastoffun?sub_confirmation=1
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FOF #2226 – The New Adventures of Trixie Mattel
02/10/2015 Duration: 01h20minIt’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 Drag Queens, oh and RuPaul’s Drag Race.Trixie’s career has exploded- she’s traveling the world from Australia to Berlin, running into celebrities and even fans painted up as herself.Today Trixie Mattel joins us from her new home in West Hollywood to talk about her adventures on the road, managing her merchandise and her new one woman show “Trixie Mattel – Ages 3 and Up.”PLUS-➤ People losing their shit and getting kicked off airplanes.➤ Her close friendships with Trannika, Kim Chi and Katya Zamolochikova.➤ Cooking with Drag Queens is having a bake sale.WATCH TRIXIE MATTEL ON COOKING WITH DRAG QUEENS:➤ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7GWDMg7TY____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:❤️ https://youtube.com/feastoffun?sub_confirmation=1
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FOF #2218 – Matteo Lane Gets a Merit Badge in Comedy
18/09/2015 Duration: 01h22minWe’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 splash on the little screen.Matteo really nailed it on the Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore portrayinga gay man who got a little carried away when the Boy Scouts lifted the ban on gay troop leaders.He’s also the only gay guy on MTV2’s Guy Code and he recently went around the country to music festivals where he tried to get straight guys to kiss each other on camera.Today, Matteo joins us to talk about Kim Davis, the Republican Presidential debates and Ahmed the little clock builder from Texas.MATTEO LANE: https://twitter.com/MatteoLanePlus–➤ Russian pranksters admit they punked Sir Elton John by impersonating President Vladimir Putin, but now it seems the Russian leader would meet with the openly gay pop star for real.➤ A Facebook dislike button is coming for all your pathetic posts.➤ Liza Minnelli is no longer making it in New York, New York.➤ Actress Jennifer Lien,
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FOF #2217 – Peaches Christ's True Horror Stories
16/09/2015 Duration: 01h06minThis summer, Peaches Christ is having the time of her life performing her critically acclaimed show “Return to Grey Gardens” in the gay entertainment mecca of Provincetown.P’town brings in many of the top LGBT entertainers who are often required by the venue they are performing in to hustle the crowds to fill the seats for their shows, which some find absolutely humiliating.Girls just wanna have lunch. How many famous drag queens can you name out of drag? Photo: Peaches Christ. (Answer from left to right: Bianca Del Rio, Varla Jean Merman, Jesse, Penny Champagne, Ryan Landry, Astrid, Charles Busch, Coco Peru, Peaches Christ, and more.)Girls just wanna have lunch. How many famous drag queens can you name out of drag? Photo: Peaches Christ. (Answer from left to right: Bianca Del Rio, Varla Jean Merman, Jesse, Penny Champagne, Ryan Landry, Astrid, Charles Busch, Coco Peru, Peaches Christ, and more.)Today Peaches Christ joins us to tell us some true tales of horror- from barking with Jinkx Monsoon to the much dar
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FOF #2191 – Miss Understood on To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
23/07/2015 Duration: 01h09minIt’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 Priscilla Queen of the Desert. To Wong Foo put three A-list actors in full drag but unlike Priscilla, we bareley saw the drag queens out of drag as human beings, which gave the whole film a very surreal feel.On top of that, the beginning and end of the film featured pretty much every famous drag queen at the time, including RuPaul in a Confederate Flag dress as Miss Rachel Tension, the pageant queen who sends Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo and yes, Wesley Snipes on a road trip across America in full drag.Joining us today is one of the queens prominently featured in the opening scene, Miss Understood. She’s taking us on a road trip back in time, from her work at Lucky Cheng’s with Laverne Cox to booking some of the world’s top drag queens and all the Drag Race girls before they were on that show.Plus-➤ One thing you can do to get more bookings as a drag queen.➤ Ye
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FOF #2176 – How Trixie Mattel Turns Followers into Fanatics
12/06/2015 Duration: 01h03minRuPaul 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 doll-like makeup, her quirky sense of humor and her willingness to tirelessly engage fans, Trixie has a brand that’s peaked the interest of the business world.Forbes, a business magazine, recently wrote about what businesses can learn about connecting to their loyal customers by looking at how America’s top drag queens like Trixie relate to their super fans.Today Trixie Mattel joins us to talk about why it’s so important to say yes to everything, the taping of Drag Race’s season finale and how to get media (like us) interested in what you do.Jackie Huba with some of her favorite business savvy queens: Katya Zamolodchikova, Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel. Photos: Jackie Huba. Jackie Huba with some of her favorite business savvy queens: Katya Zamolodchikova, Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel. Photos: Jackie Huba.Also joining us is business writer Jackie Huba whose latest
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FOF #2170 – Ross Mathews Gives Us Straight Talk
01/06/2015 Duration: 49minTalk show personality Ross Mathews has been involved in some pretty amazing TV projects-from his debut as “Ross the Intern” on the Tonight Show, to co-hosting The View, and to even getting his own talk show Hello Ross, thanks to Chelsea Handler, his former boss on Chelsea Lately. And now he’s one of the most popular judges on RuPaul’s Drag Race.Today, Ross joins us to talk about his extraordinary life in Hollywood, how he manages to stay optimistic in an industry that can be very difficult and his new gig as a podcaster on Straight Talk.Listen as Ross gives us his take on where RuPaul’s Drag Race is going, and who he thinks Ru might pick as this year’s winner.Plus–➤ The Bachelorette gay couple turns out to be faking it for a little publicity.➤ Magic Mike XXL comes to theaters this summer in what Matt Bomer describes as Priscilla Queen of the Desert with male strippers instead of drag queens.➤ Madonna gets into hot water on Instagram for joking about her son Rocco’s dong.ACCESS THOUSANDS OF LEGENDARY FEAST OF
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FOF #2159 – The Unsinkable Shangela Laquifa Wadley
12/05/2015 Duration: 50minOne of the hardest working drag queens in showbiz, Shangela Laquifa Wadley succeeds because she ads DETERMINATION to her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Most people know Shangela Laquifa Wadley from her appearances on RuPauls’ Drag Race and Dance Moms, but this hard working comedy queen has guest starred on many TV shows over the past five years, from Glee to the Bold and the Beautiful.Hailing from Paris, Texas, Shangela moved to LA to pursue acting but became an accidental drag queen when on one of the performers dropped out of an act she was choreographing and she had to step in at the last minute to save the show.Today we’re joined by the SHE-larious Shangela Laquifa Wadley, to talk about her life as an actor and comedy queen after Drag Race. What’s it like having Alyssa Edwards as a drag mom, and the death drop that almost dropped her dead.➤ They don't call it a death drop for nothing. Poor Shangela broke her leg. ➤ Her real life kiki with her Glee co-star Sarah Jessica Parker.Also, Shangela talks
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FOF #2151 – The Glorious Amazing Life of Peaches Christ
17/04/2015 Duration: 01h12minOne 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 some very beloved drag queens.If this sounds like a pretty amazing life to you, you’re probably right! Still, even with all the splendiferousness, Peaches manages to keep a good head on her shoulders right beneath her flawlessly coiffed wig.Today Peaches Christ joins us to talk about some of her hilarious tributes to some of her favorite films such as Grey Gardens with Jinkx Monsoon, which will soon premiere in New York City with Bob the Drag Queen as Jackie Molasses.Plus– ➤ Hoarders and why we hold on to things that represent dreams that never realized.➤ Feeding the queens meaty roles for Drop Dead Gorgeous.➤ Embracing aging as a performer with two drag legends, Coco Peru and Chad Michaels in Witches of Eastbay.Oh yes dahling— this podcast is full of kiki magic!____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUS
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FOF #2143 – Trixie Mattel: A Deeper Shade of Pink
03/04/2015 Duration: 01h07minTrixie 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 Drag Race.Audiences everywhere booed RuPaul’s decision, saying neither Trixie nor Pearl should have been up for elimination. Even Lady Bunny and Alaska voiced their support with #justice4trixie.Others say this is just a cheap attempt by the producers to get people talking and watching the reality TV show. If that’s the case, we’re all in.Today Trixie Mattel gives us a deeper shade of pink and she shares with us the intense emotions she felt after being forced to lip sync for her life against her gal pal Pearl.Plus,➤ Trixie’s past as gay country singer songwriter Brian Firkus.➤ How to move forward when you don’t get what you want.➤ How soon before Trixie releases her inevitable single.ACCESS THOUSANDS OF FEAST OF FUN SHOWS (AND NO ADS!) AT:https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:https://facebook.com/feastoffunhttps://youtube.com/feastoffunhttps://twitter.com
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FOF #2111 – Venus D Lite: My Addiction to Madonna
05/02/2015 Duration: 59minDrag 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 Lite is hanging up her high heels to become a club owner. But before she does that, Venus is traveling the country in a spectacular farewell tour.Today we’re having a kiki with Venus D Lite, who got sent home on the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 3. Venus didn’t win the $75,000 cash prize, but she did spent $75,000 in plastic surgery to look like Madonna.As Adam Guerra, Venus appears on the latest episode of My Strange Addiction to come to terms with his obsession with Madonna, which is so bad that his boyfriend and mom are begging him to stop.What happens to all that hair and makeup when drag queens call it quits?Listen as we talk about why gay men go gaga for strong blond female performers, the evolution of drag as a result of Drag Race, and Adam’s boyfriend’s secret past on Feast of Fools!____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE
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FOF #2071 – Trixie Mattel’s Poker Face
27/10/2014 Duration: 01h12minBefore she became an international superstar on RuPaul's Drag Race, Trixie Mattel was a regular in the Chicago and Milwaukee drag scene. Enjoy this legendary interview with Trixie Mattel.
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FOF #2051 – Matteo Lane’s Sex Life
22/09/2014 Duration: 01h17minIt’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 time dating guys because they worry he’s not only going to kiss and tell, but that he’ll be putting their dick size on blast.Matteo recently made an appearance on Adam Devine’s House Party and he’s booked for the next season of MTV’s Guy Code, so as his fame rises, will it be even harder for him to find a guy who can stand up to public scrutiny?Today Matteo Lane joins us to talk about this hot guy he’s been wanting to get lucky with but who doesn’t seem to want to put out.MATTEO LANE: https://twitter.com/MatteoLanePlus–➤ Joan Rivers rises from the grave to endorse the new iPhone 6.➤ Can we talk... on my new iPhone 6? It's to DIE for! Oh, oh, c'mon! You thought the grave would keep me from endorsing new products? You were wrong, DEAD wrong! ➤ The iconic American beers PBR, Schiltz and Lone Star are now owned by a Russian company.➤ Sesame Street sends Cookie Monster to