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Return to Little House on the Prairie – Lee Ingalls

More than 50 years after Little House on the Prairie first aired, Netflix’s reboot is stirring debate over history, politics, and nostalgia.

Today, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s cousin Lee Ingalls joins us to talk about the show’s legacy, his memoir The Prairie Has a Rainbow, and whether Pa Ingalls and Mr. Edwards are headed for a Netflix bromance.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast 12 days ago 0

The Nanaz: Punk Rock Grandmas

As fascism and other systems of oppression creep into the mainstream, some of the fiercest resistance is coming from people with guitars, amps, and absolutely no patience for bullshit.

Marc Felion talks with The Nanaz, a punk band from South Wales made up of women in their 50s and beyond, about finding a second adolescence through punk and why older women with guitars might be the most dangerous people in the room.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast 18 days ago 0

Nadya Ginsburg Goes Feral for Madonna

After taking a short break following a death in our family, Feast of Fun returns with the hilarious Nadya Ginsburg to celebrate laughter, resilience, and all things gloriously feral.

Today we dive into Madonna’s new album Confessions II, queer culture, AI, Cher’s iconic tweets, and Nadya’s outrageous new musical comedy cabaret, Feral Fatale.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast 24 days ago 0

Where’s the Beef Dan Cass?

Fast-food CEOs are going viral for awkwardly nibbling burgers, and it all started with Chris Kempczinski.

Comedian Dan Cass joins us to dissect the deeply weird “Burger CEO Wars” and the question no one can ignore: why won’t they swallow the meat? Plus, Timothée Chalamet drama and BuzzFeed is on the brink.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Politics & Activism 4 months ago 0

Damon L. Jacobs Chooses Queer Joy

The sexual revolution came in throbbing waves: from the Pill to Stonewall to Grindr, PrEP, Doxy PEP, and Sniffie, and somehow we still don’t know how to text back.

Today queer activist and therapist Damon L. Jacobs helps us untangle swipe culture, jealousy, and the chaos between monogamy and open relationships.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Politics & Activism 5 months ago 0

Bad Bunny’s Boricua Halftime Show Wins Big

Considering the rebellious spirit of reggaeton music, folks were all up in a knot as Bad Bunny took to the Super Bowl stage, expecting a vulgar, over-the-top spectacle. Instead, we got a triumphant celebration of […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Politics & Activism 6 months ago 0

Heated Rivalry Melts All the Tuna

Move over RuPaul’s Drag Race! Straight women are now obsessing over a whole new TV show packed with competitive queens, only this time it’s hunky hockey players playing a little tonsil hockey off the ice.

Heated Rivalry, the sizzling new TV show based on Rachel Reid’s bestselling series about the secret gay romances of rival star hockey players, is scoring big with audiences. Like Brokeback Mountain, it’s got everyone thinking about how the puck slides into the net without lube.

Dan Cass Stands Up to Abuse

Dan Cass lost nearly everything after being falsely accused of sexual assault, despite having done nothing wrong.

Today Dan joins us alongside his wife Jessica to talk about surviving public shaming, reclaiming the truth, and finding love and stability on the other side.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Politics & Activism 8 months ago Comments Off on Dan Cass Stands Up to Abuse

A Trans Perspective on Wicked

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.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Movies, Podcast, Politics & Activism 8 months ago Comments Off on A Trans Perspective on Wicked

I Almost Went Blind

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.

Posted in: Podcast 9 months ago Comments Off on I Almost Went Blind