In the 1990s fitness guru Susan Powter rose to fame with her sassy late night TV infomercials, short cut platinum hair and her catchphrase: “stop the insanity!”  Do you remember “stop the insanity?” Well the insanity never stopped.   For the last 50 years, corporations have been making a lot of money by waging war on our bodies- stressing us out, forcing bad food and bad lifestyles on us, resulting in good people feeling out of shape, sad and broken.  Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that’s like your very own broken beer bottle in the bar fight for your life.  In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle, adventures in bodybuilding, muscle gods, muscle worship and practical advice to put on the gains.  Today fitness guru and 90s talk show queen Susan Powter joins us to  look at why there is still so much money to be made in keeping people sick.  Susan fills us in on her adventures after being a TV fitness icon, and making right wing haters in Texas drop their jaws over her outrageous passion for muscle and fitness.  Please enjoy this classic podcast episode, originally aired June 15, 2012. 

The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse is expected to be totally awesome, due to the event happening during a period of high solar activity. Because it’s promising to be something totally out of this world, millions of people are expected to travel to watch the fun without the sun so you better come correct! Today we’re giving you tips and tricks on how to make the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse viewing really gay and more than just looking at the sun playing peek a boo with the moon’s shadow. Feast of Fun is made possible because of listeners like you, thank you! ★ Check out Shameless Care: https://shamelesscare.com/feasts/ Plus- ➤ Move over “high water booty” there’s a new way to describe a plump caboose: “High Butt Factor.” ➤ Jennifer Lopez scales back her tour due to weak ticket sales. ➤ Lizzo is back baby--, saying the only thing she quits is paying attention to haters by posting a video that pays attention to haters. ➤ Lesbian Visibility Week starts on April 22 but please don't give visibility to the people who designed the Lesbian Pride Flag. ➤ Virtual Reality Queer Brooklyn set to come to life with Elliot Page.

When you’re busy making gains in the gym, it’s easy to overlook your own vulnerabilities. Because workouts can be exhausting, it’s easy to let your guard down and fall for bad ideas, snake oil supplements, scams or even worse.  Let’s Grow Big Together!  You got big dreams, you want big muscle? Well here is where you pay, with SWEAT.  In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle, adventures in bodybuilding, muscle gods, muscle worship and practical advice to put on the gains.  Today we take a look at bad ideas good bodybuilders fall for. Also known as bro science-  how athletes fall prey to scams and conspiracies that stand in their way of success.  Feast of Fun is made possible because of listeners like you, thank you. ★ Check out Shameless Care: https://www.shamelesscare.com/feasts  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: ★ instagram.com/faustofernos ★ instagram.com/marcfelion Plus--  • A look at the fake fitness profile industry.  • How you think about your food may be more important than you… think.  • David Laid and Chris Bumstead pretend to be gay lovers for views, and we love it! 

She is risen! Just in time for Easter, Beyoncé is back in full force with her new album “Cowboy Carter,” which may be her most groundbreaking work yet. Even though the Queen B herself says “[the new album] ain't a Country album, [its] a Beyoncé album,” Cowboy Carter brings the iconic entertainer back to her roots in Country Music, reminding everyone about the genres Black roots and inspiring folks who had rejected it in the past to come back and have a good time. Yee haw indeed! Today we celebrate Beyoncé’s new album Cowboy Carter, how the new songs are spotlighting overlooked musicians and why this isn’t her first time at the rodeo. Feast of Fun is made possible because of listeners like you, thank you! Check out Shameless Care: https://www.shamelesscare.com/feasts  Plus-- ➤ Lizzo has had it, officially. The full figured pop start says she quits on social media, we’re not sure just what she’s quitting. ➤ Was the melody for the Oscar winning gay anthem “Over the Rainbow” stolen just like the ruby red slippers? ➤ When biological family becomes chosen family. ➤ San Francisco’s hunky Jesus contest draws record crowds. ➤ Fundamentalists lose their mind as Transgender Day of Visibility and Easter land on the same day.

Attention ye lovers of magic, the ballots have been counted! The world’s oldest magic society has a new leader: John Sturk! Just like Dumbledore in Harry Potter, John Sturk is unapologetically gay and a hero for the underdog, but unlike the Harry Potter franchise, John also supports trans inclusivity. As the new head of The Society of American Magicians, John’s mission is to invite everyone to participate in magic-- it’s not just for stuffy guys in tuxes and capes. Doctor Strange you’ve been warned! Today magician John Sturk, the newly elected President of the Society Of American Magicians joins us to look at his love for turning tricks, playing the organ in comedy shows and what happens when magic tricks go horribly wrong. Plus- the wild wonderful world of Harry Houdini. Was he secretly gay lovers with Sherlock Holmes writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? • CHECK OUT JOHN STURK: http://www.johnsturk.com • SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS: https://www.magicsam.com

Dreamgirls, the Broadway musical based on the showbiz aspirations of legends like Little Richard, James Brown, Diana Ross and the Supremes, is about as perfect as a musical can be. It lands running with a wonderful percussive bongo beat and takes us on a roller coaster ride through the struggles Black entertainers faced in the past and how they changed the world for the better. The breakout song “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” became a #1 hit on the R&B Billboard charts when it was released in 1982 and launched Jennifer Holliday into superstardom. Our friend musician and actor Robert Cornelius is now playing the role of music producer Marty in the new production of Dreamgirls at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ. BUY TICKETS: https://www.mccarter.org/?fbclid=IwAR3NbJ_1vU9SVG12EjDsQOddEbWGL1PC2RgvBFxFxJ15eY4NTAknirDTMy0 As the nephew of Soul Train producer and host Don Cornelius, Robert was a regular dancer in his teens on the show and subsequently became an indie music fixture as a member of the alt-pop music group Poi Dog Pondering. Today musician Robert Cornelis joins us to look back on his amazing career, being part of Black music royalty and why Dreamgirls and Jennifer Holidays torch song “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” will never leave our hearts.

Everything Beyoncé touches turns into solid gold soul, even country music. Her latest single, 'Texas Hold ‘Em,' is a number one hit on the Billboard country charts, making her the first black woman to ever achieve such a milestone in a genre of music that, despite its roots in black culture, has traditionally excluded artists of color. Even Dolly Parton is a big fan and congratulated her on social media. But whenever you break a boundary, there’s bound to be some backlash. Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to talk about the popularity of Beyonce’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and how popular culture is a powerful tool in breaking down barriers of inequality. Listen as we look back on the new documentary Thriller 40 that examines how Michael Jackson's album Thriller changed the face of music and helped hip-hop go mainstream, The Color Purple Musical Film gets a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Danielle Brooks and Matt’s third part docu series on Whitney Houston’s musical style is now live his YouTube channel Black Music Archive. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: ★ https://instagram.com/faustofernos ★ https://instagram.com/marcfelion ★ https://instagram.com/msbrowncomedy BLACK MUSIC ARCHIVE: ★ https://www.youtube.com/BlackMusicArchive Plus-- ➤ Did Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” rip off the theme song from Franklin the Turtle, a Canadian Kids cartoon? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AWr-E7ZnuuY ➤ Ricky Martin has a foot fetish. ➤ LGBTQ sections of popular news sites close up shop. Yikes. What does this mean for you and me? ➤ Barbara Streisand says not looking like the girls in the magazine was critical to her success.

We live during an extraordinary time for building muscle. What started out over a hundred years ago as a theatrical curiosity has grown to become a sport and art form that has millions of people pumping iron all around the world. And while genetics certainly plays a factor, from Hollywood to your friends at the gym, there are more jacked up folks around these days than ever. How do they do it? Let’s Grow Big Together: the podcast that starts off wearing a hoodie, then takes it off to reveal the pumped muscle hiding underneath. Today my coach https://www.instagram.com/mattclaussen/, powerlifting and bodybuilding legend, joins us to look back on my winning the silver in Classic Physique Masters Division at the NPC Mid American Winter Classic 2023, the content that had the jacked up Santa Claus mascot warning us “Winter is Coming.” What are the attributes of successful bodybuilding athletes and coaches? FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: ★ instagram.com/mattclaussen ★ instagram.com/faustofernos ★ instagram.com/marcfelion Plus-- ➤ Kristen Stewart stars in deadly lesbian bodybuilding thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding.’ ➤ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-13089769/Olympian-James-Magnussen-answers-critics-Enhanced-Games.html- an Olympic style competition where performance enhancing drugs are not only permitted but encouraged. ➤ The evolution of bodybuilding categories and controversy over the new Men’s Wellness winner, Brazilian non-binary bodybuilder San Moraes. ➤ All your questions that will even make an abductor machine blush!

Suck it haters! Taylor Swift, Joe Biden and the Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl LVIII (58). Everyone in America now has to be trans for a week, sorry, those are the NFL rules. Today we celebrate 20 years of Feast of Fun- the podcast Apple said helped “pave the way to bring podcasting from an underground movement to a mainstream phenomenon.” To help mark our 20th season, we have a very special guest, y’all need to calm down, Taylor Swift--- on the keys E Ross! Who else? Our friend Taylor E Ross was the musical director for our live show Feast of Fools, and our first guest on the podcast where talked about the Superbowl commercials and the half time show. ★ Taylor E Ross Piano Studio: https://www.facebook.com/share/4Cij1CygwBR67C1k/?mibextid=WC7FNe FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: ★ instagram.com/faustofernos ★ instagram.com/marcfelion Listen as we talk about this and the sizzling hot news-- • Usher roller skates into our hearts during the HalfTime Show. • LA creates mini homes for struggling Mariachi performers who are facing record homelessness due to Covid. • Comedian Larry David chokes Sesame Street’s Elmo on morning television.

Couples that play together, stay together. Creating something fun and sharing it with the world is a great opportunity to connect with someone you love. Today we’re having a double date with musical partners and lovers John Coons and Jonah Wheeler. For John and Jonah a date night usually involves putting on a musical show filled with outrageous humor and grim topics. John Coons background as an opera and jazz singer has gotten him some amazing gigs with the Boston POPS, Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer and my good friend Sxip Shirey. Jonah Wheeler is well known for his sexy videos on membership platforms where he plays it hot all while subverting people’s expectations. For folks who are wanting to bare it all, what’s a good way to strike the balance between embracing the human body and not getting shut down on social media? Listen as we chat with John and Jonah about their Valentine’s Day plans, our new favorite obsession and their hilarious show in Chicago this Wednesday at the Newport Theater “BLEAK: Songs for the Not-Quite-End of the World.” 🎵 GET TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/bleak-songs-for-the-not-quite-end-of-the-world-tickets-800222255307 ★JOHN COONS: instagram.com/bluenote27 ★JONAH WHEELER: instagram.com/showoffjonah 🎵 FEATURED MUSIC: John Coons & Jonah Wheeler: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCoonsMusic