Feast of Fun : Gay Talk Show

Things are going well for Blair St. Clair, the ingenue drag queen from season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race- she’s moved in with her hunky boyfriend and her album Call My Life is topping the charts. Today Blair St. Clair joins us to talk about her roller coaster ride through musical theater and drag, Butterfly gate on the Drag Race finale and what all young people can do to bridge the divide with their family.

The musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, is kicking off its national tour right here in Chicago.The bodacious singer Shug Avery says that Miss Celie “sure is ugly” but the audience can appreciates the beauty in Celie’s triumph over adversity. After experiencing trauma after trauma in the first act, we see Celie come of age and not only become her own woman, this Celie gets a lot more woman on woman action than Whoopi Goldberg ever did.Plus– Would Miss Celie have been a fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race?➤ Anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy thinks there’s a ghost in her living room. She posted a video online of her smart assistant making sounds insisting her piano was haunted.➤ The use of the slur word “f*ggot” is down by 90% in the past 4 years on Twitter.➤At 25, the kids are still alright.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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The musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, is kicking off its national tour right here in Chicago. After experiencing trauma after trauma in the first act, we see Celie come of age and not only become her own woman, this Celie gets a lot more woman on woman action than Whoopi Goldberg ever did.

In Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary “Whitney” we get a glimpse at the life of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century- her complex sexuality, her underlying trauma and the struggles that may have led to her untimely death. Today Vivacious, from RuPaul’s Drag Race joins us to take a look at the new “Whitney” film and all its shocking new revelations.

The most shocking revelation from the documentary “Whitney” is that Vivacious is not only a fierce drag queen, she’s also a time traveler who used to party with Whitney Houston, her gal pal Robyn Crawford and their two brothers Michael and Gary. Photo: The Estate of Whitney E. Houston.As an attempt to fight homophobia during the AIDS crisis in the late 80s, LGBT folks put a lot pressure on each other to come out of the closet. After all, silence equals death.One of the entertainers most widely speculated about was Whitney Houston, who was long rumored to be hiding her bisexuality.In Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary “Whitney” we get a glimpse at the life of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century- her complex sexuality, her underlying trauma and the struggles that may have led to her untimely death.Today Vivacious, from RuPaul’s Drag Race joins us to take a look at the new “Whitney” film and all its shocking new revelations.Plus— Lots of other great TV shows you must watch:➤ Ryan Murphy’s new series Pose gives trans actors a chance to shine.➤ “Nanette” Hannah Gadsby’s groundbreaking comedy special becomes a viral sensation.➤ Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who is America?” has Republicans shaking____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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We live in perilous times. Trump is president and if he gets his way, we’ll have a new supreme court justice who will roll back our rights.As tempting as it is to say “you’re moving to Norway” the reality is that we’re all stuck here together.Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at the political crisis that’s pulling the rug out from under us, and what we all can do to stick together and survive President 45.Plus–➤ Oklahoma says ok to medical marijuana and Vermont says hell yeah to recreational pot!➤ Russian bots are after Bette Midler.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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As tempting as it is to say “you’re moving to Norway” the reality is that we’re all stuck here together. Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at the political crisis that’s pulling the rug out from under us, and what we all can do to stick together and survive President 45.

In the early 70s, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a prime time TV staple. The real life couple Sonny and Cher Bono dressed up in outrageous Bob Mackie designed outfits, performed corny skits and sang medlies with their campy celebrity friends.But, at the height of their TV success, the couple called it quits, and Cher launched her own musical variety show, the Cher Show. Decades later, The Cher Show is back as a new musical that looks at the pop diva’s amazing career.Today, Cher enthusiast, Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at The Cher Show that’s playing in Chicago before hitting Broadway this fall.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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In the 70s, Cher launched her own musical variety show, the Cher Show. Decades later, The Cher Show is back as a new musical that looks at the pop diva’s amazing career. Today, Cher enthusiast, Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at The Cher Show that’s playing in Chicago before hitting Broadway this fall.

A lot of us enjoy some pretty far out stuff that others just don’t seem to get. Sometimes they act like we’ve lost our mind when we fawn over the latest gadget, TV show or comic book. But that’s at the heart of culture: people bonding over rare goodies that others think of as boring, grotesque or stupid. Today comedians Carma Nibarger and Tim Warner join me to take a look at all the wild things we all love, that we are secretly afraid to tell the world.

A lot went down while Marc Felion was away filming Norway’s top reality TV show “Alt For Norge” - Trump and Roseanne Barr got crazier and Brian Sweeney and I got exceptionally close. Today Brian Sweeney joins us to find out more about Marc’s Great Norway Adventure.

Folks were left gagging when Marc announced that after 14 years of podcasting, he was taking an indefinite break to go off on an secret adventure. His special assignment would put him out of communication with everyone near and dear to him for quite some time and he’d only be able to rely on his charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to survive the challenges that lay before him.Well folks, I’m thrilled to announce that Marc is back, and on Norway’s top reality TV show “Alt For Norge” the Great Norway Adventure.Listen as Marc joins me to give us a sneak peek at Season 9 of the Emmy award winning reality TV series, which includes folks like Star Trek fan fiction actor Evan Fowler and cabaret artist Julie Cascioppo who inspired many popular drag queens.Plus–➤ What kind of trouble did Fausto get into with drag queens this summer?___________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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Some folks seem to know everyone! Like today’s guest, Coco Sho-Nell, whose grandmother was besties with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson and in high school Coco was gal pals with Nelsan Ellis, the late actor best known for playing Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood.Today Coco Sho-Nell joins us to talk about her life as a Chicago drag queen, her roots in musical theater, to physically building the stage at The Call bar and celebrating the life of her close friend Nelsan Ellis.Listen as we kiki with Coco about her magic fingers, the amazing Godfather of Rap Rudy Ray Moore and Lady Reed / “The Madam” / Queen Bee and her iconic advice album “The Sensuous Black Woman.”Plus—➤ What’s the problem with Jay-Z and Beyonce’s new album?➤ What can we do to stop the Republican concentration camps for immigrant children?

Some folks seem to know everyone! Like Coco Sho-Nell, whose grandmother was besties with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson and in high school Coco was gal pals with Nelsan Ellis, the late actor best known for playing Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood. Today Coco Sho-Nell joins us to talk about her life as a Chicago drag queen, her roots in musical theater, to physically building the stage at The Call bar and celebrating the life of her close friend Nelsan Ellis.

In most films effeminate men are portrayed as villains- sissies who are morally weak because of their homosexuality. But when its comes to comedy: sissies are heroes because they are the mistfits who have the courage to tell it like it is. Today the faaaabulous Brian Sweeney joins me to take a look at some of the greatest sissies in culture and entertainment. Listen as we sissy that walk down memory lane as we look at Frank Nelson, the yeeeeeess man from the Lucy Show to Scott Thompson’s Buddy Cole from The Kids in the Hall.