The hilarious Lizz Winstead joins us today to dish about tweeting the entire Golden Globes from her cozy couch in New York City. As a co-founder of the popular Daily Show, Lizz has a unique perspective on the ongoing late night talk show wars.
Plus hot news & trends: zombie twitter accounts, crisis in Haiti, roller coaster grandmas and slogans for teabagger Scott Brown.
The Golden Globes awards ceremony recognizes outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, but because it’s also a dinner party, it’s a great excuse to see drunk celebrities and laugh at their tragic fashion choices.
The hilarious Lizz Winstead joins us today to dish about tweeting the entire Golden Globes from her cozy couch with her two dogs in New York City. Why does director James Cameron look like Bea Arthur? How fast is Mo’nique’s wild ride from God? Why were so many winning shows and movies so depressing? Will the Oscars be as tragic?
As a co-founder of the popular Daily Show, Lizz has a unique perspective on the ongoing late night talk show wars. Should Coco and the Chin ditch TV and just start their own podcasts?
As a talk show host herself, Lizz has had some strange encounters with guests, including two respected writers from Jezebel, Tracie Egan, and Moe Tkacik, who appeared to be intoxicated on her show and were glib and dismissive about sexual assault. The two later claimed they were set up for a “gotcha” moment which Lizz denies. Boy do we feel Lizz’s pain!
Lizz also tells us how she gave MSNBC anchor and lesbian media darling Rachel Maddow her first big break on Air America.
Also hot news:
Zombie twitter accounts.
The crisis in Haiti continues.
And Lizz’s hilarious list of political slogans for Massachusetts teabagger centerfold Scott Brown.
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See what people are twittering about the Prop 8 Court fight.
Links:
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See what people are twittering about the Prop 8 Court fight.
Links:
Prop. 8 trial to include unprecedented testimony- LA Times article.
The American Foundation for Equal Rights- live updates.
Mercury News- live updates, not limited to 140 characters.
Prop 8 Trial Hacker- live blogging.
Pam’s House Blend - Open Thread with News Sources.
Twitter suicide Nick Starr is mentioned in an article “Does Twitter Prevent Suicide?”
Listen to our interview with Nick back in 2008.
Nick Starr Still Famous for Twitter Suicide Threat
Twitter suicide Nick Starr is mentioned in an article “Does Twitter Prevent Suicide?”
Listen to our interview with Nick back in 2008.
I was just surfing the web and came across this so I decided to share it ya’ll! Click the link for the rest of the article.
“A basic search of the social-networking site for OYG or Jeff…
I was just surfing the web and came across this so I decided to share it ya’ll! Click the link for the rest of the article.
“A basic search of the social-networking site for OYG or Jeff Mob, the gang based in the Jefferson Houses in East Harlem, yields shout-outs and throwdowns.
“I knoe bitches from oyg that would dead mob yah s—t in harlem,” one girl wrote in a series of tweets aimed at drawing out a rival for a fight.
Investigators are monitoring the traffic in hopes of sweeping up gangbangers before the bloodshed – and searching Twitter after attacks for clues.”
Bill Cruz, a William the Conqueror of comedy joins us to take an irreverent look at history and how the French invader help introduce a lot of cuss words into the English langugage.
With the exception of Esperanto and Klingon, most languages develop as a result of war. In the year 1066, William the Bastard changed his name to become William the Conqueror when he conquered England, bringing with him dramatic changes to the English language by infusing it with French words. As some new words grew in popularity, others fell out of favor and eventually became taboo.
In this sense, William the Conqueror gave us profanity. And that dear listener, is how all your favorite cuss words – f*cking, sh*t, and c*nt came to be naughty.
Our friend Bill Cruz, a William the Conqueror of Comedy joins us today to take an irreverent look at history and discuss why the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the historic invasion of England got him in an uproar.
Wearing his hat and sunglasses during the taping of today’s show, Bill has his poker face on, but when it comes to giving up the laughs, he ain’t bluffing.
The Human Rights Campaign’s new study on the surprisingly high number of queer people who stay closeted in the workplace but are out to their friends and family.
We may be broke, but Twitter isn’t! The social networking and micro-blogging service has been declared to be worth $1 billion by various financial analysts.Can I have a cut?
An Ohio woman gives birth after being implanted with the wrong embryo. Ka-ching! You know she made money from that.
A not so Itsy Bitsy Spider enhances the popes creepy, zombie-like demeanor.
And a Chinese girls sells her hand in marriage to save a sick friends life.
You can see Bill Cruz perform Oct 17th at Mikey O’s Chicago Latino Comedy Fans.
Comment on today’s show using twitter- Include #fof1066 in your update for it to appear on the site. Learn more about hashtag searches in the Twitter Fan Wiki.
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Illinois State Rep. Greg Harris takes us on a behind the scenes look as the highest ranking openly gay official in Illinois, fighting for marriage equality and the state of healthcare reform. Why don’t more politicians use Twitter? Political noise, crazy governors and resolutions in honor of Michael Jackson.
Gay Marriage may be the next big thing to come to Illinois. Today we’re talking to Illinois State Representative, Greg Harris- he’s been working for gay rights for years, he’s HIV+ and he’s fabulous!
Greg replaced Larry Mckeon, who was also openly gay and HIV+ when he retired in 2006. Since then Greg’s run unopposed in this overwhelmingly Democratic district.
Listen as Greg gives us a behind the scenes look at life as a State Rep, the state of marriage equality and Health Care Reform.
Greg stands apart from his peers by embracing new media, keeping his people informed by updating his Facebook status from the floor of the State’s capitol. It is certainly exciting to follow the ups and downs of his efforts to bring a successful marriage equality bill to the state of Illinois.
Facebook is great but why don’t politicians use Twitter to keep their constituents informed?
Greg takes questions from you through our Facebook page and talks about why there aren’t more openly gay politicians, why that state passed a resolution honoring Michael Jackson and weighs in on all the crazy Governors- Palin, Sanford, Spitzer and Blagojevich.
Are we pushing President Obama enough for gay rights?
Moonwalking for Hate- Westboro Baptist Church or are they Shirley Phelp’s Kids’ parody Michael Jackson’s song “Beat It”- are they for real?
And one simple, easy thing you can do to bring about political change in your part of the world.
Make a comment on today’s show using twitter- Include #fof1027 in your update for it to magically appear on the site. To learn more about Twitter hashtags and how the work, please visit the Twitter Fan Wiki.
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Comedian Cameron Esposito talks about her performance at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival and muses with Marc and Fausto about having your own fantasy lesbian bar, the Charleston Chew.
Everyone deserves their own fantasy lesbian bar – ours is called the Charleston Chew and it’s in South Carolina. Where’s yours?
America’s lesbian sweetheart Cameron Esposito is back in town and you’re gonna be in trouble, hey la dee la, but that’s okay, because she’s hilarious.
Listen as we talk about Cameron’s trip to the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, where she was a hit! If you live in Chicago, be sure to catch Cameron at the Town Hall Pub on June 26.
Cameron is sporting a pretty fierce pair of Spidey socks. Is Spider Man a lesbian icon we didn’t know about?
Twitter on Paper-a New York City artist’s paper based online project quickly became too much to handle.
Despite the Iranian government’s crack down on the media people are taking to the internet like never before to protest the outcome of the recent election. The revolution may not be televised, but it may be posted in 140 characters or less.
Texas Gay Mayor now living in Mexico with his young lover and hopes to return with him someday.
Rhode Island says “Yes We Can” to pot.
Naked burglar flees and is then arrested dressed in woman’s clothing.
Did David Letterman do the right thing by apologizing for his tacky joke, or are comedians now liable for offending anyone, especially politicians?
Blowback from Bareblack, Katy Perry sues a girl and she doesn’t like it and Rat Island is now rat free-maybe
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Nick Starr feels more comfortable text messaging than he does placing a phone call. Watching him work his iPhone, I see that his text message function gets used a whole lot. As an internet junkie Nick embraced texting early on, before it became many people’s primary form of communication.
He was also one of the first podcasting super-fans, actively participating as a listener and informal contributor in many of the online shows we now know as podcasts.
The fun ended when he got outed as a gay man on one of his favorite shows, Nobody Likes Onions.
Nick sold his blackberry cell phone and a listener bought it and sent his gay online personal ads to be ridiculed for the world to hear.
Later he came into the national spotlight when he attempted suicide and micro-blogged about it on Twitter. He got a lot of sympathy from his friends, family and an in-depth article about the experience in the New York Times.
Today Nick is looking great and living a healthy, happy life as an openly gay man in San Francisco.
Listen as we talk with Nick about cyber-bullying, guilt over what turns us on and the future of podcasts and online communities.
Ernest Borgine, star of such classics as The Poseidon Adventure and Marty credited the secret to his longevity to masturbating. The 91 year old actor told Fox and Friends that he likes to release the pressure in hushed tones but it was picked up by his mic. Love that Ernest-ness!
The Internet and television is all a buzz about what’s on US Olympic champion Michael Phelps’ iPod. He seems to never be with out it in photos these days. Could he be listening to Feast of Fools? I don’t know but the idea of him spending some time listening to Tracy’s sexy stories, or Sal-E take on the nightlife, or even Amanda’s sci fi geek tangents makes me giddy.
Finally a president you would want to see shirtless! Photos of Barack Obama playing in the surf in Hawaii are making the rounds. Maybe Obama took a page from former Russian president Vladimir Putin and decided to sex up his image by appearing shirtless. We We hope and pray that McCain doesn’t do the same.
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