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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Interviews with amazing people, comedians and LGBTQ+ legends, with pop culture and politics wrapped up in a delicious candy coating of camp.

Hosted by Puerto Rican drag queen Fausto Fernós and his husband, Norwegian reality TV star Marc Felion, Feast of Fun began as one of the original 50 podcasts featured on iTunes in 2006, and celebrated by Apple: Feast of Fun “helped bring podcasting from an underground movement to a mainstream phenomenon.” Five time winner of the People’s Choice Podcast Award for Best LGBT podcast.

We’ve done thousands of shows with wonderfully wild people, LGBTQ legends and their friends, and tackle the tough questions like: is Sasquatch a drag queen? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop?

Subscribe and join us as we chat with gay musicians, counterculture comedians, trans pirates, lesbian warriors and pagan witches and celebrate the ridiculous and transform pain into pleasure.

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Latest Episodes:

Varla Jean Merman is the Beauty & the Beast Aug 04, 2020

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Muscle is the new drag.
A lot of folks fell in love with the she larious Varla Jean Merman after seeing her play the ingenue in the iconic camp film Girls will Be Girls. When she made the film, she was already over a decade into the world of drag and ever since, she hasn’t stopped selling out shows across the globe.
VARLA JEAN MERMAN: https://www.varlaonline.com/
But some things have changed for Varla, for the past several years she’s been hitting the gym hard, and it shows. While riding a New Orleans float at a Provincetown parade she got too hot in the summer sun so she took off her top and showed the world that the beauty is also a beast- a stunning, muscular hairy beast, with a fish tail!
Today Varla Jean Merman joins us to talk about how folks have reacted to her rocking bod and how she alters her drag to make room for bodybuilding.
Welcome to my wedding. Deven Green officiates Jeffery Roberson and Dewitte Loe’s wedding. Photo: Jeffrey Roberson.
Jeffrey Roberson (Varla Jean Merman) out of drag at the gym. Photo: Jeffery Roberson.
Plus,
➤ What Rupaul gave her when they first met.
➤ Tying the knot to her sweet heart Dewitte in a wedding officiated by Youtube superstar and super model Deven Green.

Fortune's Favorite Daughter Aug 04, 2020

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Denise Chanterelle DuBois has lived an outrageous life right out of a TV show like Narcos or Orange is the New Black. A closeted trans woman in the 80s, Denise was a cocaine dealer in Southern California until she got caught with a kilo, went to prison, and then managed to get out after serving only four and a half months.
In her new memoir Self-Made Woman, Denise takes us on a roller coaster ride through her adventures as a transgender gal surviving drug addiction, alcoholism, car crashes, risky sex and life behind bars.
[Originally posted as FOF #2532 - Fortune's Favorite Daughter - 09.25.17]
Listen as Denise Chanterelle DuBois joins us to talk about her life as a cocaine dealer, being a tour guide in Costa Rica and why she handed out donut holes to the public to celebrate a major trans victory.
Fausto Fernós, Denise Chanterelle DuBois and Marc Felion. Photo: Fausto Fernós.
Featured Book:
Denise Chanterelle DuBois - Self-Made Woman: A Memoir:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299313905/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0299313905&linkCode=as2&tag=feastoffools-20&linkId=340a8b6e7f9752b09a7d136e8b958d03

The Most Ridiculous Celebrity Endorsements Ever Aug 03, 2020

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Celebrities are just like us except when they fall on hard times, they get a boat load of money for endorsing embarrassingly crappy products. From useless fitness gadgets, to psychic phone services, to horrible food, the products that they are now schilling makes their fall from grace even more spectacular.
Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to take a look at the most ridiculous celebrity product endorsements ever.
[Originally posted as: FOF #2639 – The Most Ridiculous Celebrity Endorsements Ever – 08.02.18]
Listen as we take a look at the best and worst celebrity themed restaurants, why everyone was a spokesperson for Pizza Hut and how computer generated graphics forced celebrities to endorse products from beyond the grave.
Here’s a celebrity endorsement we love, Lauren Bacall for High Point Coffee. It’s a coffee lover’s dream:
Plus–
➤ Women who can’t sing who are famous for singing.
➤ Amanda Lepore gets photoshopped out of Travis Scott’s album cover.
➤ Who the hell is Rula Lenska?

LGBT History: Rainbow Magic at the Belmont Rocks Aug 03, 2020

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Although we like to think of our LGBT spots as permanent places that will always be there, the reality is that they come and go. Afterall, for much of human history, people were nomads, moving from place to place.
Today writer and historian Owen Keehnan joins us to talk about the rainbow magic at the Belmont Rocks, a very public space in the heart of Chicago’s lakefront park where gender and sexual non conformists hung out in the sun to find community and a little bit of love in the early days of the gay rights movement.
The Belmont Rocks are not what it used it be but so many people have fond remembrances of the place that Owen has started a community project “A Place for Us: LGBTQ Life at The Belmont Rocks” where people can submit their photos or stories of their time spent at the Rocks.
Listen as we talk about why the gay beach isn’t the same thing as the Rocks, the legacy of Chuck Renslow and IML, Jim Flint and the Baton Club and how Chicago became an international city of crossdressers and leathermen.

FOF #2884 - Gigi Goode is the Best Jul 30, 2020

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Gigi Isn’t just good, she’s incredible. For top three RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Gigi Goode, theater and art is a family affair- Her mom inspired her passion for fashion and performance and even her brothers are designers and engineers.
After growing up watching RuPaul’s Drag Race on TV as a teen, Gigi Goode’s dreams came true. Not only did she get cast on the show, she got to showcase her talent all the way to the season finale. Then the pandemic hit and instead of a non stop whirlwind tour of drag, Gigi’s at home on the internet like just all other queens shaking their hips, syncing their lips and hustling for tips.
But don’t worry, Gigi’s about to drive the crowds wild in Chicago, live, from a sensible distance of course.
VOSS EVENTS - DRIVE N' DRAG: https://vossevents.com/drive-n-drag/
Togay, Gigi Goode from RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 12 joins us to talk about Voss Event’s Drive ‘N Drag, her first public performance since the pandemic shut everything down and her season of Drag Race wrapped up.
GIGI GOODE: https://www.instagram.com/thegigigoode
Plus-- A closer look at her tribute to Maria the Robot on Snatch Game and The Eliza effect: how the human mind fills in the blanks in favorable ways when information is missing and transforms everyday into the divine.
FEATURED MUSIC:
🎵 Radical Face - Radical Face - Goonies R Good Enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBE7DfERm-U
🎵 D4ve - Take On Me - Version Español Acoustico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wm5P0j9iV0
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FOF #2883 - Ben Widdicombe: How I Helped the Rich become Famous and Ruin the World Jul 29, 2020

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For much of history, the rich and powerful avoided the limelight because they knew once everyone knows your name and how rotten you are, the guillotine comes next.
But then, something changed- “Keep my name out of your mouth” became “fake it til you make it" and fame and power became the ultimate goal. The rich hired publicists to capitalize on their image and now celebrity culture is another tool to keep terrible people in power.
How did we get here?
Today, gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, joins us to talk about how celebrity culture is destroying everything, which he details in his new book: “Gatecrasher: How I Helped the Rich Become Famous and Ruin the World.”
Listen as we chat with Ben about how the media machine that gave us Paris Hilton made it possible for Donald Trump to become president, celebrity sex tapes and lunching with gay legend Quentin Crisp.
Featured Book:
📘 Ben Widdicombe - Gatecrasher: How I Helped the Rich Become Famous and Ruin the World
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1982128836/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1982128836&linkCode=as2&tag=faustofernos-20&linkId=9e29699a862ad32db8a1f88103ed615d
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Gay Anthems Uncovered! Jul 28, 2020

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With the exception of songs like Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” or Diana Ross’ “I’m Coming Out,” very few pop songs written as a tribute to LGBT folks have ever reached the top of the charts.
But that doesn’t mean the songs that weren’t so gay to begin with couldn’t end up being the soundtrack at our favorite bars, drag shows or pride celebrations.
[Originally posted as FOF #2468 – Uncovering Gay Anthems – 03.29.17]
Today, we take a look at songs that didn’t start out as gay anthems, but somehow the cover versions ultimately became LGBT legendary tracks.
Listen as we take a look at: Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” Grace Jones’ “La Vie en Rose,” the theme song of the Golden Girls- “Thank You for Being a Friend” and many more.

Lady Red Couture is the World’s Biggest Drag Queen Jul 27, 2020

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This weekend, Lady Red Couture, a well known drag entertainer in L.A. and the co-host of the youtube talk show Hey Qween died at the age of 43.
Jonny McGovern, who co-hosted the talk show with Lady Red, announced the news on social media saying “It doesn’t feel real but the beautiful light that was Lady Red is gone. I love you baby. I will miss you every day.”
[Please enjoy this encore presentation of our podcast with Lady Red recorded on 11.18.15.]
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 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.

FOF #2882 - Get By with a Little Help from Tom Goss Jul 22, 2020

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The coronavirus pandemic is one of the biggest challenges we’ll face in our lives, the death toll is staggering but it also exposes the racism, police violence and corrupt leadership that America faces.
Despite the current horrors, one thing that keeps us going is our relationships with wonderful people like our friend musician Tom Goss.
TOM GOSS:
http://tomgossmusic.com
Today Tom Goss joins us to play songs from his new album, “Territories” including his passionate new single “Regretting.” The music video for “Regretting” stars Mean Girls actor Daniel Franzese. Regretting is Tom and Daniel’s third music video collaboration after “La Bufadora” and “Quebec.”
Listen as Tom chats with us about opening up his relationship and how it’s hard to make art during these difficult times.
FEATURED MUSIC
🎵 Tom Goss - Territories:
https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/territories/1484727794?mt=1&app=music&at=10laC9

FOF # 2881 - Yvie Oddly, the Last Drag Superstar Before the Apocalypse Jul 20, 2020

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The year 2020 has turned the world of drag upside down and round and round. Since most venues have closed, performances have gone online and drag queens are speaking truth to power like never before.
With the industry going through some contortions it’s oddly fitting that super elastic Yvie Oddly would be the last drag queen before the ‘Rona Pandemic hit to be crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar.
But not even an apocalypse will keep fierce queens down- new forms of entertainment are adapting to entice audiences and Voss Events’ Drive ’N Drag Series is merging the world of drive in movies and drag into an innovative show where you don’t even have to leave your car to take a selfie with a queen.
Today the wonderfully weird Yvie Oddly, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11, joins us to talk about doing drag during the times of Rona, the surprising criticism she got from fans and fellow contestants after being crowned and killing it as a lip synch assassin on RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Season 5.
Plus--
➤ Why did RuPaul and Kameron Michaels delete all the photos on their Instagram accounts?
➤ Tina Turner, the original queen of the apocalypse is back for more.

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