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As the 2026 Blue Tsunami sweeps through Washington, Republicans scramble to hold on to power while Democrats face a defining test: will they hold Trump accountable or protect the establishment voters just rejected?

Comedian Dan Cass joins us to surf the Blue Tsunami, explore the battle for control of the Democratic Party, and why impeaching Pete Hegseth before progressives take power in January might be a political mistake.

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Today, comedian and philosopher Dan Cass, who spent time in Russia studying experimental theater, joins us to look at the nail-biters and shocking developments of the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections.

Dan has a new YouTube comedy series called "Great Set," where he takes viewers backstage at a Chicago comedy club for candid, off-the-cuff conversations with top comedians.

Sonal Aggarwal cheated death in real life. Now as a standup comedian, she tempts fate every time she picks up a microphone.

Today, the dazzling Sonal Aggarwal joins us to share her journey from fire to funny, through rave culture, theater, weddings she’s officiated, and a deep love of people, storytelling, and language.

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Kerthy Fix and Paul Kloss, filmmakers behind More Than Medicine, join us to explore the promise and controversy of psychedelic-assisted therapy. After nearly a decade documenting therapists and patients, they share what they’ve learned about trauma, treatment-resistant PTSD, the challenges facing this emerging field, and the future of mental health care.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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One of the most divisive children's books is Shel Silverstein’s "The Giving Tree," the story of a dysfunctional relationship between a boy and a sentient apple tree who gives him everything she had, until all that's left was a stump.

Today, playwright and Hallmark screenwriter Topher Payne joins us to revisit "The Giving Tree" and other classic children's books with questionable moral compasses. What happens when we give these stories the therapy they clearly need?

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After threatening Americans with a 68% tax hike, President Trump pushed Republicans to pass his “Big Burglary Bill:" a sweeping package that guts healthcare, shuts hospitals, expands ICE beyond the Marines, builds new camps in Florida, adds $3.4 trillion to the deficit, and hands billionaires even bigger tax breaks.

Today, comedian Dan Cass joins us to unpack the nightmare bill and its swampy new detention centers, nicknamed “Alligator Auschwitz,” after Trump adviser Lara Loomer suggested feeding all 65 million Latin Americans in the US to Florida’s gators.

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Just because Republicans are doing everything they can to crush the joy in people’s hearts, doesn't mean you can’t dumpster dive a feather boa, borrow a pair of heels and put on a show.

Today we're talking with comedian and showbiz mogul Queeny Bitch—a comic, provocateur, and now one of the masterminds behind the Windy City Comedy Festival.

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Comedian and motorcycle mama Tamale Sepp joins us to dive into the wild, fabulous history of Bikes and Mics, and Dykes on Bikes—two-wheeled revolutions led by fierce queer women who love a little heavy metal rumbling between their thighs.

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Today, the rainbow-colored beast Kyle Smolinski, joins us to talk about his rise to fame as an openly gay Open Bodybuilding champion. From his technicolor mane to his heavyweight victories, Kyle shares his journey in the sport and what it takes to stand out—both on stage and beyond.

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One of our all-time favorite wacky and wild films is RuPaul’s Starrbooty.

Created during a lull in her career, Starrbooty became the launchpad for RuPaul’s career resurgence as host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a show that mainstreamed drag so successfully it has overshadowed many other styles and interpretations of the art form.

Today, Starrbooty producer and acclaimed filmmaker André Robert Lee joins us to revisit this wonderfully twisted film and discuss the challenges and triumphs of being a queer Black creative. We also dive into his other fantastic projects, including Dirty Laundry (starrin...

Americans are now queerer than ever! A new Gallup poll shows 9.3% of folks now identify as something other than straight—up from 7.6% in 2023. And Gen Z? A whopping 23%! Party!

Joining us today is the self-proclaimed ‘lesbian on the weekends’-- the West Side comedy queen of raunch, Tiny Thickemz, along with her comedy partner in life and onstage, OhJay Lamont. Together they host ‘Love is Blind’ at Chicago’s Laugh Factory, where real couples do joint stand-up sets about their relationships—LIVE on stage.

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Today, we’re chatting with one of our favorite wicked but wonderful witches, musician Caleb De Casper. A fierce advocate for queer rights, Caleb is known for his electrifying performances and signature blend of dark synth-pop, glam punk rock, and horror cabaret.

Honored with his own day in Austin, Texas, Caleb joins us to celebrate 20 years of Feast of Fun and give us a sneak peek at his new single, Chemical Blue.

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The world feels like it’s teetering on the edge of an apocalypse, or maybe just a really dramatic season finale. 

Lately, we've witnessed a wave of significant deaths, or things barely clinging to life: TikTok, filmmaker David Lynch, anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant, bodybuilder Chris O’Donnell, PrEP, Marriage Equality, democracy, the U.S. dollar, the Golden Globes, The Village People and yes, even Snoop Dogg’s career. But, as Florence + The Machine wisely reminds us, it’s always darkest before the dawn.

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Folks are shocked at the results of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Despite insulting everyone they could and promising to end free elections, Trump and MAGA republicans are set to control our federal government, now with no judicial restraints.

Today comedian and comedy writer Dan Cass joins us to look at what happened during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Who's to blame? The Taco Bell Chihuahua? Everyone except Republicans.

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Folks are shocked at the results of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Despite insulting everyone they could and promising to end free elections, Trump and MAGA republicans are set to control our federal government, now with no judicial restraints.

Today comedian and comedy writer Dan Cass joins us to look at what happened during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Who's to blame? The Taco Bell Chihuahua? Everyone except Republicans.

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Famous bodybuilders like Arnold Schwartzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Kai Greene made money as muscle for hire and it wasn’t always as security detail. Muscle worship and muscle posing can sometimes bring in the bucks if you find the right audience.

Today long term listener, go-go boy and musical theater enthusiast Shaw Knight takes us behind the scenes of lavish muscle worship parties you’ve always heard about but seemed too wild to be true.

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The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election is here. As you can imagine, folks everywhere are in jitters as the Nation faces not just full on fascism but the threat of a prolapsed economy as a result of Republicans not understanding how tariffs work.

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris made an appearance for two and a half minutes on Saturday Night Live’s opening sketch to address people’s anxiety over the election. Harris said the best we can do is use our power to vote, and hold on tight to the promise that America will get through this.

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Today we take a look at the election to end all elections and this year’s Halloween costumes with comedian Dan Cass, one of Chicago's top comedy writers and performers, who spent time in Russia studying experimental theater.

Dan almost became a ghost after a bad accident on a Divvy bike, but thankfully what didn’t kill him just pissed him off. Listen as we take a look at the 2024 US Presidential election and Halloween costumes so scary, kids are dressing up as undecided voters wearing MAGA rainbow hats.

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Hailing from NYC’s ballroom scene, David got his start writing for television as a Sesame Street fellow and then got his big break starring in the comedy web series “No Shade” where a trio of queer Black men get their groove back with hilarious results.

David now goes to festivals to record his series “Butch Queen Advice” where he invites folks to ask burning questions or share their wildest adventures looking for love.

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The 2024 US Presidential election is a real nail biter. It’s now a choice between maintaining our democracy or turning the government over to a dictator, so it’s no wonder this election is causing a lot of anxiety, even pop stars and baby hippos are shooketh.

Damon L Jacobs joins us to look at the 2024 US Presidential Election between Trump and Harris, and why, like George Takei says, it’s urgent for all LGBTQ+ folks to take a stand and speak out. 

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Long before folks enjoyed watching oddball viral videos on the Internet, the only way to see these outrageous movies was to share video cassette tapes from person to person. One of the stars of the time was musician Jan Terri, whose wonderfully weird music videos got the attention of a lot of people, including celebrities Marilyn Manson.

Today counterculture legend Jan Terri joins us to look at her roller coaster life in music, putting out a children’s book and a cookbook for folks living in dorms and life as an accidental internet superstar, long before there wa...