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At 6'5, 250 pounds, drag queen Bertha Mason towers over her audience in a live comedy cooking show where they help to bake, and then later eat, the tasty treats made on stage. Everybody gets a slice of Bertha's delicious pie. Mmmm!

Michael Bowen, the man behind Bertha Mason is on today's show to talk about what makes this Hausfrau of the Heartland tick. Michael shares with us the story about how Bertha came to life and how he channels all his passions into one career- cooking, comedy and queening it up.

Join Bertha Friday November 13th in Chicago at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for a memorable evening of meatloaf, tuna noodle casserole and a rainbow assortment of jell-o salads.

The evening includes cooking lessons, glittery Jesus crafts and the rockin' polka beat of Queer as Polka. Cindy Sunday from the Best Church of God will be on hand to praise the lord and try to stop the kids from eating paste.

Also in the news:

Genetically engineered rabbit parts.

Soon to be extinct cuddly Koala Bears.

Bhopal, India's new tourist attraction.

And video bloggers are taken to task for not talking about marriage equality. What responsibility do famous gays have when it comes to fighting for equal rights?

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In 2006 Mignon Fogarty started Grammar Girl, a podcast to help others with their writing by providing short episodes done in a smart, savvy tone that makes learning fun.

Months after kicking off her new podcast Mignon was on the Oprah Winfrey Show, named by iTunes as one of the best podcasts of the year and was nominated along with us for the People's Choice Podcast Award's top prize.

Mignon is considered by many as one of the most successful podcasters of all time. Who knew that doing a podcast on grammar would be such a hot success?

Today Mignon joins us in our studio to talk about the common problems everyone has with grammar and gives us a behind the scenes look at her incredible journey.

Mignon's come out with a brand new book "The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing" now available on our site.

Listen as the Grammar Girl talks about the controversial topic of sex and gender in grammar, homophones and homonyms, pigeon english and lolcats, and the possible influence twitter has on the way we write.

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Move over Halloween, tell Turkey Day to stuff it! Christmas season is here, the holiday where people from all religions come together to worship the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

But before we dive into the eggnog, the very funny comedian Cameron Esposito joins us to take a last look at our outrageous Halloween Costumes as the Wild Things and go over her hyper-lesbian Battlestar Galatica costume complete with fake tattoos.

Cameron is recording her first comedy album on December 3rd and 4th at the Lincoln Lodge produced by Rooftop Comedy. She's looking for belly busting-laughers, gigglers, snorters, chucklers and cacklers to provide the laugh track- which means she wants you come to see the show. We'll be there so let's get a big table and sit in the back so we won't be tempted to heckle.

If you live in Chicago, be sure to see her tonight at the Center on Halsted along with Bill Cruz and Jessica Halem for Outlaugh.

[caption id="attachment_3939" align="alignright" width="266" caption="James Miller, dressed as breathalyser"][/caption]James Miller from Oxford, Ohio was arrested for drunk driving on Halloween, and get this, he was dressed up as a Breathalizer. His costume had an arrow pointing south, asking people to "blow here." Did the police use his own costume against him?

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Maine Says No to Marriage Equality but yes to pot. In a disappointing election on Tuesday, voters in Maine overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing another huge setback to the gay marriage movement. Were they too high to tell the difference between "yes" and "no" ballots?

So what are we going to boycott to teach this New England state a lesson-- lobsters, LL Bean or Steven King novels?

But it's not all bad news- voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan finally pass the highly debated anti-discrimination ordinance, approved by the City Council earlier in June.

A woman calls police to complain that her daughter is better at performing oral sex according to her husband.

High tech help for modern day Santas.

Google is sued for religious bias against witches.

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