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Watch out! Christeene is driving her way to you.https://christeenemusic.comPaul Soileau’s drag character is exploding across the South, exploding onstage with her back up dancers as they spill out a hot mix of raw sexual shamlessness and original rap music. Is it too much to say that Christneene might replace Britney Spears as the new pop sensation from Louisiana?Today we continue our shows from the heart of Texas with gender bending drag terrorist Paul Soileau. Paul shares with us his journey becoming both the outrageous Christeene and his other drag alter-ego, the more conservative Rebbecca Havemeyer.Listen as Paul chats with us about Christeene’s chaotic sensibilities, his videos banned from YouTube that are making sites like Funny or Die rich, and the crazy things they eat in the bayou.Plus hot news:➤ A prankster overtakes WallMart’s intercom system, announcing “all black people must leave immediately.”➤ Ampo, Indonesia’s soil snack food, eaten for generations in the village of Tuban, really is soil baked into squares. It’s eaten as a painkiller and to improve the skin of developing babies. Will we see it at Whole Foods anytime soon?➤ Prinny the little cat from Australia that learned how to swim.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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Deep in the mountains of rural Tennessee there is a thriving, vibrant network of communities of queer people whose origins go back to the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement with the Radical Faeries.Planet IDA, Short Mountain Sanctuary and Pumpkin Hollow are just some of the places where folks live in an open and free environment with the goal of stimulating personal growth and creativity.Today we’re talking to two well known residents of IDA, Tom Foolery and Maxzine Weinstein from the Eggplant Faerie Players, the community’s traveling performance group.What were you doing a week after Sept. 11, 2001? I was hanging out with Bitch in the mountains of Tenn. in drag Fausto and Marc share a kiss, Faerie Gathering at Short Mountain, Tennessee- May 1, 1999. Fausto at the 1999 Faerie Gathering, Short Mountain, TennesseeWe met Maxzine and Tom 11 years ago on the first night of the Feast of Fools Cabaret, the live performance series that gave rise to this podcast you’re listening to right now-Feast of Fun.Listen as we talk about living in a commune of gay musicians, trans pirates, lesbian warriors and pagan witches. What are the challenges and rewards of living in a modern tribal community?We’ve got a lot of music and fun- including a live performance of Tom Foolery’s famous song “Big Girl,” so stick around!

While we never had a chance to talk to Carrie Fisher on the podcast, we did get the opportunity to talk to her mother, Debbie Reynolds.As star of Singing In the Rain, one of the most loved Holllywood musicals of all time, Debbie Reynolds made a name for herself with her sparkling voice and uninhibited sense of humor. Dick Cavett called her “one of the first ladies of Hollywood.”With over 30 films, two Broadway shows and several TV series under her belt, Debbie Reynolds still continues to captivate audiences with her one woman show.Today we’re talking to Hollywood’s Golden Age diva — Debbie Reynolds on her conservative roots, her divorce from Eddie Fisher and being the mother of the Princess of Sci Fi- Carrie Fisher.What was it like to rehearse the dance sequences with Gene Kelly? Is it true he made her feet bleed? What’s it like living next door to her daughter?Debbie Reynolds on a date with Tab HunterListen as Debbie shares with us her stories of dating closeted gay men in Hollywood, being a mother to all her fans and she dishes on drag queens making it big in show business.In the photo on the right is Debbie Reynolds with Hollywood hunk Tab Hunter, who later came out as a gay man in the late 80s. What was it like dating him?Originally posted on Aug. 5, 2009 "FOF #1033 – Shine on Debbie Reynolds"

Out of Africa and onto American television- Bebe Zahara Benet is on today show!As the front runner in RuPaul’s Drag Race, she’s captured our hearts with her glamorous embrace of the “untamed beauty” and brought a delicious African flair to the show.Will Bebe be America’s Next Drag Superstar?Trading the wilds of Africa for the Midwestern prairie, Bebe left her homeland of Cameroon West Africa to pursue a more creative life in the U.S.Bebe fell into drag at a runway show when some female models didn’t show up. They quickly needed someone as a replacement, and the high-fashion ladies dresses fit Bebe like Cinderella’s slipper so she sashayed and shantayed down the runway and made drag history.Bebe Zahara Benet Bebe Zahara BenetBebe Zahara Benet Bebe Zahara Benet Bebe Zahara Benet Bebe Zahara Benet Bebe Zahara BenetListen as we talk about how everything will change if she does indeed win the coveted title, and whether or not she had any second thoughts on being on a TV show that pits drag queen against drag queen. Can You Find Cameroon on the map of Africa?Can RuPaul find Cameroon on a map? Can you? Getting the love and support you need from your family. Embracing the drag queen inside you. Bebe shares with us her secret recipe on how to “cook your face.” No, it’s not a cannibal thing, it’s a make up application technique.Plus questions from you our listeners via Facebook!

Why did we change our name from Feast of Fools to Feast of Fun? This podcast on March 13, 2009 explained the name change. Enjoy! __________________It’s time to bring on the Samba or lay some blame on the Bossa Nova. We’ve got a gay fun show for you today with live music by Chicago Jazz singer Solitaire Miles and Brazilian guitarist Paulinho Garcia.Solitaire grew up with me in Erie Pennsylvania, and now she’s working the new media to expand her music and photo illustration career. Solitaire hosts the popular jazz and art related podcast called Tones, where she interviews artists and musicians. She’s also a star on flickr and Deviant Art for her romantic photo illustrations which have been used on the covers of romance novels.Paulinho Garica and Solitaire MilesPaulino Garcia came from sunny Brazil to the Windy City to be part of the thriving jazz scene and share his easy going sound with the American audience.Listen as Solitaire and Paulinho bring some jazzy Brazilian flavor to the show, singing songs about love, ducks and Cintura Fina, a real-life Brazilian Ninja Tranny Street Fighter. A teenage lesbian sues her high school after her principal refused to allow her to wear a tux to the prom. Are we living in the 1950s where a woman could be arrested if she wasn’t wearingthree pieces of woman’s clothing? If anyone has ever told you what you do in bed is not natural, then they’ve not been watching monkeys lately. Nine to Mine is a website dedicated to documenting all the kinky sexual acts that monkeys do which make us humans look pretty tame by comparison. A boy with two penises underwent surgery to convert the two penises into one penis. Is it better to have one big penis or two smaller ones? Everybody’s changing their name! What you talkin’ ’bout Willis? After 34 years the Sears Tower, the second-tallest free-standing structure in the Americas is changing its name to the Willis Tower to welcome the new London Based Willis Group Holdings as a tennant.Feast of Fun iTunes icon - March 2009 After 11 years, we’re changing the name of the site and the podcast to reflect upcoming changes and expanded programming. Say hello to Feast of Fun, a delicious daily mix of news, trends and interviews with a spicy gay twist.Pull up a plate and grab a helping of the Feast of Fun.FEATURED MUSIC:

Outrageous, bold and honest, that’s Coco Peru! Everybody’s favorite drag queen from the Bronx is on today’s show to talk about her career, her love life and drag queens.Coco is best know for her work in the films Trick and Girls Will Be Girls, as well as an unforgettable appearance on the groundbreaking TV show Will and Grace.Listen as Coco talks about how she came up with her famous catchphrase “It Burns” from the film Trick and how she was devastated after filming it because she thought nobody would find her funny.Coca started doing drag because she “wanted to change the world and make everybody love gay people.” Now she’s just trying to get by, but what happened along the way? One thing’s for sure, everybody who sees Coco loves Coco, especially her mother who takes her gray haired gal pals to see her drag show.Miss Coco Peru Coco Peru Coco Peru Coco Peru in the film "Girls Will be Girls" Coco Peru in ConcertMatt from Mary's Attic takes it off for charityCoco’s coming to Chicago on March 7 to the Park West as part of the Chicago Takes Off, the annual burlesque revue-style show that benefits Test Positive Aware Network, an organization that empowers people living with HIV through peer-led support and advocacy.See you there!This is a burlesque show, so will Coco show some skin? We’ll have to wait to find out but if Coco won’t take it all off, you can at least see your favorite bartenders take it off on Bar-lesque. If you donate enough money, they’ll go all the way down to a fig leaf.Everytime you download Feast of Fools podcast, a drag queen gets her wig.ACCESS OVER 2,800 OF FEAST OF FUN SHOWS with NO ADS:https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:https://facebook.com/feastoffunhttps://youtube.com/feastoffunhttps://twitter.com/feastoffunhttps://instagram.com/feastoffunCHAT WITH OTHER LISTENERS AFTER THE SHOW:https://facebook.com/groups/feastoffun

In the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the reality TV show created to produce the next drag superstar, one of the contestants, Ongina, tearfully revealed she was HIV positive.Today we’re talking to Ongina, also known as Ryan Palao, about what it was like to boldly share this intimate detail with millions of viewers and how it’s affected his life.Ongina also clarifies some common misconceptions people have about drag queens, gay men and Filipinos and brings some sass and class into our discussion on how costumes help us be the people we want to be.Ongina shares with us her behind-the-scenes insight into whether Rebbecca Glasscock was trying to manipulate the outcome of the challenge in her favor by having an emotional breakdown which forced the judges to keep her on the show and get rid of Chicago’s gal, Jade.How could the show kick someone off after they cried about having a friend with AIDS without appearing to be heartless jerks?One thing’s for sure, after winning half of the challenges on the show so far, Ongina is the girl to lick!Ongina Ongina Ongina OnginaI’ve asked several drag queens why they didn’t try to be on the Drag Race, since obviously it would have been great publicity and opened a lot of doors. They said they feared that drag queens would be negatively represented on the show and decided to steer clear of it.It doesn’t make any sense to me. If RuPaul told me to jump on an airplane, fly to Los Angeles and walk the runway in drag, I’d do it in second. And so should you.What makes these types of TV shows so fascinating to watch is how they illustrate the obstacles we all place in front of ourselves because we fear being rejected. We put those roadblocks in our way because we’re afraid to look at where we’ve failed. We feel that we aren’t good enough.What’s probably the most uncomfortable for the contestants is how the program asks them to take the wig and makeup off, and look in a mirror. The show asks us to embrace our strength and our flaws. In that sense, RuPaul’s Drag Race and the contestants are all winners. Listen as we also talk about Ioana Cioanac, the 71 year old Romanian woman who’s knitted an entire wardrobe out of her own hair. Irish police struggle after they confused the Polish words for Drivers License for 50 different driver’s names- Pradow Jazdy.Dustin Lance Black at the Oscars.Talk about giving mixed signals! The City of New York is now offering classes on how to be a better hooker in order to rehabilitate people who’ve been arrested for cruising for sex in a dirty book store.A big thanks to Iris for hooking us up with Ongina.

Note: This show is a conversation about Sesame Street podcast for adults. It is intended for people above the age of 18. Everyone is welcome to listen, however there are discussions on social topics, so parental guidance is suggested. Sesame Street began in 1969 as a result of a question posed at a dinner party: “Could television be used to teach children, could learning be a form of entertainment?”After forty years, the award winning program not only taught oodles of children how to count and recite the alphabet, but also taught them to embrace diversity and inclusiveness.Whether black or white, tall and yellow or small and green, everyone had a home on Sesame Street.We love the muppets because, much like ourselves, they aren’t perfect creatures. We see our own humanity in those furry faces with beady eyes as they deal with problems of everyday life.Sesame Street showed animals, monsters and people living together and working through their differences, which influenced a huge population of children that eventually grew up to enthusiastically support diversity, technicolor hair and our nation’s first black president.Street GangOn today’s show we’re talking 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.Listen as we talk with Michael about hipsters and squares and the program’s counter cultural influence, KAMI, the HIV Positive Monster from South Africa and Bert & Ernie as Gay IconsFind out how Sesame Street coped with the painful death of Actor Will Lee, who portrayed Mr. Hooper on the show, and the deaths of the behind the scenes masters: puppeteer Richard Hunt from AIDS, musician Joe Raposo from cancer and Muppet founder Jim Henson from toxic shock syndrome.Plus questions from you, the listeners.

Good drag queens are just like Christmas- loud, tacky and over the top!We’re so happy to have the award-winning drag queen, comedian and all around dirty bird- Jackie Beat for a very late night chat.We caught up with Jackie before her very very late night performance at Berlin nightclub, where she wowed the crowd that fought the terribley awful weather to see her all dressed up and perform in all her Christmas glory. How does the girl do a 40 minute set at 2 AM?Jackie is best known for her over the top song parodies warping the hits of celebrities with razor-sharp satirical lyrics and her one-woman show “Jackie Beat Is A Whole Lotta’ Love” ran a record 18 months at NYC’s premiere cabaret. She has appeared several movies including Flawless with Robert DeNiro and the cult hit Wigstock – The Movie.Jackie is a regular columnist in LA Magagazine Little Miss Know it All in which she berates the unsuspecting public. She is also a cruise ship performer and lead singer of the popular electroclash band Dirty Sanchez.Listen as Jackie shares with us the moment she decided on her name, her friendship with comedian Roseanne Barr and surviving the success of her band Dirty Sanchez.Giving you a ho, ho, ho for Christmas- Feast of Fools!

Everybody loves animals. Even if you don’t have a pet, you can’t help but ooh and aw over a dancing squirrel, a skateboarding dog or a cute cat.Is our collective fascination over animals a genuine interest in them, or part of a larger desire to see our own human qualities in the world around us?Cartoons draw on our fascination with seeing human attributes into everyday objects or animalsDisney built his entertainment company on this desire to see human qualities in mice, dogs and ducks. But equally we’re just as attracted to singing teapots, desk lamps or even a candelabra.Cuteness is irresistible. Shows like ours depend on stories of animals doing extraordinary things, acting like people or even learning to speak their own names.But there is a another edgier, wilder category of animal based culture, and that is online viral phenomena.Like Disney cartoons, these videos, moving graphics or pictures pull us in with animals doing human activitiy, but unlike Disney, they also tap into our darker psyche. Like a tune that gets into your head, these online nuggets haunt your dreams until you spread them to someone else.Who can forget The Hamster Dance, Tyson the Skateboarding dog, Badger Badger Badger, the dramatic hamster, Crazy Frog (a.k.a. Annoying Thing) or the whole LOLcat phenomenon?Their repetitive, insane quality both unnerve and entertain us in exciting new ways. It gives you that feeling that the internet is like no other medium that’s come before it. And you, your boss and your mom can both enjoy and talk about it.We owe a great deal to these artistic creations, some of them anonymous, who helped extend the functionality of the internet from just a information sharing network into a fully fledged entertainment medium.Amanda Steinstein gets a little whipped upOn today’s show Amanda Steinstein looking like a fierce panther herself, joins us to talk about viral animals, freaky over the top sexual fetishes, the Phoenix Mars Lander’s first-ever touchdown near Mars’ north pole, Steven Speilberg’s new social networking website is out of this world, virtual Ouija boards and a follow up on the high school student who asked us if watching Desperate Housewives means you’re gay.Does it? Listen and find out.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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WWPCW? What Would Peaches Christ Watch? A campy horror film with lots of gratuitous sex, violence and wild women on the verge of insanity, of course!Brainchild of filmmaker Joshua Grannell, Peaches Christ is well known in San Francisco for the 10-year-running Midnight Mass movie events where drag queens perform tacky skits before the screening of a campy feature film.The hilarious, insane and loosely scripted performances with outrageous costumes (check out her film-dress here) hark back to the hippie Cockette shows of the late 1960s. Peaches is our kind of gal!Peaches Christ's EyesDon’t let the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence inspired eye make-up fool you. Peaches Christ is dead serious about her love of film and the success of Midnight Mass is a testament to her passion for great movies and the value of a gay sensibility.Like our friend Curtis Jensen says, Peaches is a guardian of our culture: “Peaches is presenting a forum for the screening of these films that have always had a special layer of meaning for Queer audiences. I see her as a the queer equivalent of the Cinematheque in Paris, where for years film enthusiasts could be educated about film. She is educating a new generation of queers about the rich cultural heritage of camp and cult film.”So much in fact that in 2007, Peaches Christ celebrated the ten year anniversary of Midnight Mass with guest appearances by John Waters, Elvira, and Tura Satana. Campy celebrities love Peaches.So kids, grab a bucket of popcorn and take notes! Class is in session.Join Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós as we talk with Peaches about some of the sickest, wildest and most hilarious movies of all time. What does Peaches think about such fabulous films like:• Valley of the Dolls• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls• Mommie Dearest• Showgirls• The Bad Seed• The WomenThe podcast that is ONE OF YOUR FANS!!! Feast of Fools.ACCESS THOUSANDS OF LEGENDARY FEAST OF FUN SHOWS 
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Get your booty in high gear people. The most famous drag queen in the world, RuPaul joins us for real on today’s show.Well known for her 1993 chart topping release Supermodel, RuPaul Charles is still going on strong as a drag queen, comedian, musician and filmmaker.RuPaul literally became the first drag queen supermodel after the success of her original hit song “Supermodel” when MAC cosmetics launched their product line and made her their first cover girl. It’s impossible to measure the impact RuPaul’s career has had on gay culture and music as the incredible success of his debut album permanently made drag queens a mainstream fixture in films, movies, music and television. As RuPaul says in the interview, be careful what you put out there because your dreams can come true.Director Mike Ruiz & RuPaul as Cupcake in the new film "Starrbooty"On today’s show we talk to RuPaul from the city of Corpus Christi (birthplace of Selena) about her new film “Starrbooty,” a re-visioning of her 1987 original cult classic inspired by the works of Russ Meyer and John Waters. Back in the day when she was struggling to make it in New York City, RuPaul edited her own movie with two VCR decks and showed them around gay bars in the city.Now she’s doubled her cock budget, brought on some fancy lights and cameras, but “Starrbooty” is a film true to its original spirit of drag queen mayhem and fun. Don’t expect good acting here or believable plots, just a lot of over the top drag queens, blacksploitation references and huge cocks.RuPaul (left) and Lady Bunny (right) meet with a fanListen as RuPaul goes back, back BLACK to her roots to talk about about her early years in Atlanta Georgia, the costs of superstardom, her jousts with celebrities, being a lady in a man’s world, and the controversy surrounding her friendship with blackface comedian Shirley Q Liquor.You don’t want to miss this show.RuPaul’s new movie, Starrbooty, a re-visioning of her 1987 original cult classic is showing at Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival this Wednesday at 8pm at the Lakeshore Theater. RuPaul will be there in person after the screening to answer your questions, and a After-Party at Goose Island brewery will take place after the show. Get your tickets now, as seating is limited and the event is expected to sell out. Click here to buy tickets to the screening or the screening and the after-party. See you there!ACCESS THOUSANDS OF FEAST OF FUN SHOWS without ADS AT:https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:https://facebook.com/groups/feastoffunhttps://twitter.com/feastoffunhttps://instagram.com/feastoffunhttps://youtube.com/feastoffun

Get your salad fork ready because New York City’s finest drag queen comedian, Hedda Lettuce is here! The obscene green queen who makes Halloween seem serene joins us on today’s show.Hedda was forged in the fires of AIDS activism and in the New York City Cable Access television scene of the early 90s. Fifteen years later Hedda’s still going strong, traveling the country with her hilarious stand up act, and is a six time winner of “Drag Queen of the Year” by HX Magazine.Hedda joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to talk about why her hair is green, being Samantha’s boyfriend on the TV show “Sex and the City,” Miss Understood and running for President of the United States of America.We’re not sure if she’ll get on any ballot but she’s got my vote! As Hedda says, why be forced to choose between Hillary and Barack, when you can have both?Fausto Fernós, Hedda Lettuce and Marc FelionPictured here is a wonderful photo of the three of us taken by Sal-E at the Lakeshore Theater last month. Hedda’s show was hysterically funny as she spontaneously went from ribbing a gay couple sitting in the front row to being pummeled by twinkies.A ton of Chicago drag celebrities were there, including Sal-E, Kevin Aviance, Tina Torch, Velicity and Teriyaki. Why Velicity chose such a hard name to understand is beyond me, but Hedda explains it all.ATTENTION New York City listeners! Go check out Hedda’s hilarious act tomorrow night at the Vlada Lounge in the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood. Hedda is hilarious, you wont be disappointed. Show starts at 10pm. Vlada is one of my favorite places to visit, with cute customers and a fantastic selection of flavored, all-natural vodkas. Try a margarita made with gingered vodka. Yum!ACCESS OVER 2,800 OF FEAST OF FUN SHOWS with NO ADS:https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:https://facebook.com/feastoffunhttps://youtube.com/feastoffunhttps://twitter.com/feastoffunhttps://instagram.com/feastoffunCHAT WITH OTHER LISTENERS AFTER THE SHOW:https://facebook.com/groups/feastoffun

Proudly going where no other Star Trek actor had gone before George Takei got back into the national spotlight last year when “beamed” out of the closet as a openly gay man and spoke candidly about his 19-year relationship with his life partner Brad Altman.On today’s show we’ll be talking with actor George Takei who’s best known for playing the role of Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek television seires and in six subsequent Star Trek films.George Takei makes his podcast debut as he joins us today to talk about the 40 year anniversary of star trek, his personal experience as a gay man in hollywood, why he came out, and why Howard Stern was able to trick George into thinking he was arguing with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.If you live in Chicagoland area, be sure to come out to the Pride Parade on Sunday June 25 where George Takei and his partner Brad Altman will be the grand marshalls.The parade starts at noon at the corner of Halsted and Belmont, be sure to check us out too. We’ll give you something really special!FEATURED BOOK:

One of the most beautiful sounds that comes out of Puerto Rico besides the music itself, is the ambient gorgeous sounds of the tropical rainforest. Full of life, the ears explode in a majestic lush of sound that can only come from a dense canopy of thousands of lifeforms calling out to each other.http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/yunque.shtmlOkay, I’m waxing a bit too much poetic, but I AM from Puerto Rico. This music and these sounds and the Yunque itself (the name for the mountain/preserve) are a big part of my psyche, my personality and my idenity. So indulge me!Listen as Marc and Fausto take you on an audio tour of El Yunque Caribbean National Forest and some lovely Puerto Rican music, old and new.Check out these pics from our adventure in the rainforest.http://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/sets/72057594049696777/Check out these artists from Puerto Rico:Francisco LozaHector LavoeArdnaxela AlexandraBalúnhttps://www.balunonline.com____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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