Feast of Fun : Gay Talk Show

With monster hits like “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack,” the B-52s along with its lead singer Fred Schneider have been influencing pop music for decades. Today Fred Schneider joins us to look back on his amazing musical career with the B-52s, being gay at the heigh of the AIDS crisis in New York in the 80s and playing RuPaul’s angry manager in Ru’s first Christmas .

We just can’t wait till Christmas because on Christmas day, everyone is gay! Our gal pal Carma has been busy trying to get us the perfect gift, and let’s just say she nailed it. Okurrr? Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to take a look at how everyone celebrates the holiday season differently.

To make it as an artist today you have to have a side hustle and during the holidays, that sometimes entails slipping into an elf costume to become Santa’s little side ho ho ho.David Sedaris’ masterpiece, “The Santaland Diaries,” which explores the legendary writer’s gig as an elf at Macy’s Santaland in New York City, is now playing at the Goodman Theater starring Steven Strafford who joins us to look at all the odd holiday jobs we’ve taken over the years including his current job playing “Crumpet the Elf.”

This holiday season, thousands of LGBTQ youth are out in the cold. To combat this problem, the Chicago charity, Care for Friends, is inviting folks to spend a night in tents out in the cold in the middle of February to raise money to support homeless LGBTQ youth. Today JD Miller- chairperson of the Care for Friends joins us to talk about the complex nature of what it takes to motivate people to give not just during the holiday season, but to give all year long.

Fierce. Gorgeous. Glamorous. Dangerous. Peaches Christ’s new show for the holiday season, Femlins is a hilarious send-up of the Stephen Speilberg holiday classic Gremlins, but with an all drag queen cast.Today the glorious Peaches Christ, filmmaker and drag legend joins us to talk about the film Gremlins and her stage tribute Femlins, playing at the Castro Theater one day only, Dec 14th.

For a kid with curly ginger hair who is into the theater, landing the title role in the musical Annie is a dream come true. Unfortunately, if you’re a boy, it’s gonna be a hard knock life landing that role.Today, we got Kenny, well, Becket Kenny, a ginger haired comedian who dreamed of being cast as Little Orphan Annie and how he sometimes regrets roasting audience members.

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I’m telling you why. Why?Why? Why can't we just have a nice Christmas? Because Christmas can be scary, just look at some of our favorite Christmas movies- they will chill you to the bone. Today the very funny Brian Sweeney is back with a vengeance to look at Christmas Horror movies we all love.

When Drag Race was just getting started, RuPaul said in a candid interview: “Celebrities are all truly rotten people.” Meaning it’s hard to meet with someone who inspires you because they don’t always live up to your expectations. Today comedian Carly Ballerini joins us to take a look at what happens when marginalized people become stars and how the facade of fame usually comes with a few cracks.

Seven years after Whitney Houston's death, Robyn Crawford has a new book- A Song For You: My life with Whitney Houston, where she finally sheds light on her relationship with the singer and what she thinks really ruined Whitney’s life. Today comedian Matt Brown takes a look at Robyn Crawford’s new book and other wild celebrity stories from Richard Gere’s gerbil rumor to Rod Stewart’s Goblet of Man Juice, and who started them and why.

Pundits are calling the impeachment hearings a circus, so there had to be a clown – enter drag queen Pissi Myles who put a little pizzazz into politics by covering the hearings in full drag for the Happs News channel. At over six feet tall with big hair and heels, Pissi caused quite a sensation when she went through security to talk to the nation’s representatives.Today award winning drag queen Pissi Myles joins us to talk about her experience becoming “The Impeachment Queen."

As kids we asked for all kinds of wacky holiday presents but one 10 year old girl’s Christmas wish list is going viral for its particularly ambitious requests which include a new phone, designer purses and shoes, pink duct tape and $4,000 in cold hard cash. Today comedian Shannon Noll joins us to look at outrageous Christmas presents we wanted as kids and how much you’d need to spend if your kid asked you for all the things on this notorious list.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street, a revist to a Best of Feast of Fun episode. Listen as we talk to author Michael Davis about his book Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. In his book Michael takes an in-depth look at the groundbreaking program from it's inception to the present day, covering some interesting behind-the-scenes conflicts which were a part of the creative energy of the show.

Storm clouds were brewing on the day Maddelynn Hatter was up for elimination on The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. For over 12 years Maddelynn has been one of New York’s top drag queens, blowing audiences away with her outrageous looks and unbridled sexual energy.Today- Madelynn Hatter, the technicolor, psyhchopathic, sex-clown drag queen from Dragula joins us to share her wild stories of being on the show and why she got so upset.

Drag, Filth, Horror, Glamour – are all served up with wicked delight on the reality TV series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula – the Search for the World’s Next Drag Super Monster, now on Netflix.Today, the Boulet Brothers, Dracmorda and Swanthula, the hosts and creators of Dragula, join us to take a look at their groundbreaking third season and all the gore that didn’t make the final cut.

TV psychic astrologer Walter Mercado, the flamboyant astrologer who captivated generations of people all around the world just passed away in Puerto Rico at the age of 87.Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at the magical life of Walter Mercado and why this bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguious superstar meant so much to so many people around the world.