Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Bill Cruz's Christmas Miracle

Happy Holidays, everybody! One of the best parts of the season is when friends and family come back to town to bring the light, the noise, and the funk.Today we welcome back one of the first openly gay comedians in Chicago’s stand-up comedy scene: Bill Cruz. After his time in LA, Bill has returned to Chicago and is here to help us wrap up this difficult year without crying into our coquito.Back in the day, Bill helped shape our live Chicago comedy show, “Feast of Fools,” a little experiment that somehow evolved into one of the world’s first and longest-running podcasts, “Feast of Fun.”And yes, even we’re still surprised it’s still going on.Join us for this and all the hot news:• Bowen Yang, the second openly gay comedian on Saturday Night Live retires from the show. • Are Republicans using AI to create fake pictures of Trump and Bill Clinton as gay lovers to discredit the Epstein Files? • Britney Spears’ “Toxic” video director Joseph Kahn says the reason Avatar never became a big part of the public’s consciousness is because gays don’t want to have sex with blue cat aliens.• Farewell to filmmaker Rob Reiner and actor Gil Gerard, star of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.” He was 82. Follow us on Instagram:★ instagram.com/bill_cruz_gurl★ instagram.com/faustofernos★ instagram.com/marcfelionHelp Fausto & Marc Fight Blindness and Heart Disease:★ https://gofund.me/00771d8fe

Spencer Duncan from Big Queen to Big Muscle

One of the hardest things about building muscle is being able to consume vast amounts of food. And that’s why we say competitive eating is bodybuilding's distant cousin. But for a plus sized drag queen, who is already big, it’s a challenge pivoting into bodybuilding and losing fat while building muscle at the same time. Let’s Grow Big Together! It’s the podcast that reminds you it takes a lot of courage to sashay in heels, and even more to deadlift in them.In this series, we take a look at the passion for muscle, adventures in bodybuilding, muscle gods, muscle worship and practical advice to putting on the gains.Today drag queen and bodybuilder Spencer Duncan joins us to look at going from being Vivica Galactica, a plus sized drag queen on the reality TV series Camp Wannakiki to nabbing the bronze medal at the NPC Midwest Gladiator 2025, Masters 35 and over division.SLAY QUEEN! Plus: How imitating others robs us of our own voice.Losing your dad just weeks before stepping on stage. Follow us on Instagram:★ instagram.com/spencerblooms★ instagram.com/faustofernos★ instagram.com/marcfelionHelp Fausto & Marc Fight Blindness and Heart Disease:★ https://gofund.me/00771d8fe

Dan Cass Stands Up to Abuse

As Republicans trip over themselves trying to explain why Jeffrey Epstein’s emails are “no big deal,” we’re all being reminded how easily the powerful can redefine sexual violence when it suits their needs.Meanwhile our friend Dan Cass has been living the opposite nightmare. Dan was falsely accused by his ex-girlfriend of sexual assault, and unlike Republicans who can just get Megyn Kelly to shrug it off, Dan lost work, relationships, and nearly his mind trying to clear his name.But here’s the twist: Dan did what almost nobody does, he successfully fought the defamatory allegations with a lawyer and prevailed.What happens when the reality of violence is manipulated by unscrupulous people?Today comedian Dan Cass joins us to talk about what it’s like to survive false accusations in a world where people tend to believe gossip over facts, and how he managed to rebuild his life and career.Also joining us is Dan’s brand-new wife, visual artist and hip-hop dancer Jessica, who married him just three weeks ago. Jessica has been with Dan since the allegations started and has supported through the whole ordeal.Join us for this and all the hot news:• Did Trump Suck Bubba off? Who is Bubba?• Devil Wears Prada 2 is set to film with all the original cast returning except the boyfriend and Anne Hatheway’s original face.• Hitler’s DNA is recovered and examined but no clone yet.Follow us on Instagram:★ instagram.com/dankass★ instagram.com/faustofernos★ instagram.com/marcfelionHelp Fausto & Marc Fight Blindness and Heart Disease:★ https://gofund.me/00771d8fe

A Trans Perspective on Wicked

Transformations are often quite painful. Whether we’re growing emotionally or undergoing a physical metamorphosis, real change usually demands discomfort, and sometimes even danger.In Jon M. Chu’s Wicked films, the characters literally burst through their own limits: they sprout wings, become tin or straw, or learn to fly by defying gravity.Like all the past Wizard of Oz books and films, Wicked is a mirror of its time. Since the Covid pandemic, conservative movements around the globe have seized on a new scapegoat: openly trans and gender-diverse people. Despite being a tiny fraction of the population, trans folks have been painted as a massive cultural threat, a convenient distraction and a powerful tool for those hungry to seize political power.So what can Wicked teach us about facism? What can Elphaba’s journey reveal about the machinery of oppression and about the yellow brick roads queer and trans people are still carving toward liberation?Today we’re joined by trans-tech visionary Violet Kitajewski to explore Wicked as an allegory for LGBTQ resilience, transformation, and resistance. After all, that gravity isn’t going to defy itself.Plus-- Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande announce they are in a “non-demi-curious, semi-binary relationship.”FEATURED MUSIC:Here Comes the Hurricane Legendary Katrina - Kevin JZ Prodigy★ https://youtu.be/GMKaa_q1eCg?si=d0F5b7bV9eSpG6_mFOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:★ instagram.com/transosaur★ instagram.com/faustofernos ★ instagram.com/marcfelionHelp Fausto & Marc Fight Blindness and Heart Disease★ https://gofund.me/00771d8fe

I Almost Went Blind

Sometimes life forces you to hit the pause button. Not because you wanted to, but because your body says, “sit down honey, we’ve got work to do.”After nearly two decades of podcasting, we thought we’d seen it all, until this summer, when I had emergency eye surgery to save my vision, and Marc had his heart shocked back into rhythm after a scary bout of atrial fibrillation.Between the two of us, we had enough hospital bracelets to start our own line of jewelry. But through all of it, we learned a few things: about getting older, facing fear, and finding humor when life gets dizzy or blurry.On today’s show, we’re sharing what really happened, what we learned about resilience and love, and how to keep your sense of humor when the road gets bumpy. It’s our comeback episode: I Almost Went Blind, a story about healing, gratitude, and seeing life in a whole new light.