The Amber Live! Interviews

Dantès Alexander, the Prince Regent of EDM, recently released his highly  anticipated new remix album "NEW JACK CITY III: ALL MIXED UP." In 2021,  He was nominated for a Chicago music award due to his multi-platinum  3rd single on Spotify.

Kate Rice is a battle-scarred veteran of three different religions who  pulls back the veil on Christian nationalism, revealing its racist  roots. She shines a spotlight on the misogyny of muscular Christianity  and explains our nation’s wrestling match with religion, politics, and  sex by viewing it through the prism of her own struggles.

Larry Blum has done it all, and Amber LeMay has the chance to  sit down with him and hear the stories! Larry has been an actor since  his early days in the touring show of A Chorus Line. Since then he has  been seen in movies like Xanadu, TV shows such as The Golden Girls and  Roseanne, and he has repeatedly been on Soap Operas including General  Hospital and Days of our L...

Gay Bars! The GayBarchives creator, Art Smith, shares all things gay bar  with Amber!   This week Amber explores one of her favorite topics - GAY BARS! Don't  miss her interview with Art Smith, creator of the GayBarchives.  Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the history of the gay bar and so much more!  You won't want to skip a moment of this great interview...

The incredible Bruce Vilanch stops in for a chat with Amber! You do not  want to miss this incredible live interview where Bruce answers all Amber's questions! Brought to you by the drag queen comedy talk show, Amber Live!  Bruce Vilanch is a comedy writer, songwriter and actor.  He is a  two-time Emmy Award-winner, best known for his four-year stint on  Hollywood Squares,...

Hal Sparks of Queer as Folk, Talk Soup, Dude Wheres My Car and the AMAZING Gisele Baretto Fetterman! The always hysterical comedian Hal Sparks stops by to chat with Amber about all things Hal! You wont believe all the stories and very personal things Hal reveals!  Then, he pairs up with Gisele Baretto Fetterman for an amazing discussion, including their love of Pittsburgh and Zoltan!

The Fettermans! John Fetterman and Gisele Baretto Fetterman in a candid interview with Amber LeMay John Fetterman and Gisele Fetterman talk with Amber openly about Pennsylvania , gay rights, marijuana, flying flags, charity, their wedding and so much more!  At the time, John Fetterman was Lt. Governor.  NOW he is running for US Senate.  Get all the backstory and details of their liv...

Michael Coleman, the Metropolitan Cowboy stops by to share his music and artistic endeavors with Amber. See Your Shadow Songwriting is a musical creation entity currently based  out of Phoenix, Arizona. Run by Michael Coleman, aka The Metropolitan  Cowboy, See Your Shadow is unique in the fact that it is a collaborative  network of talented vocalists and musicians who make the songs...

Man's Country! The Chicago Bathhouse with Owen Keehnen. Owen Keehnen visits with Amber to tell all the details of the famous and infamous bathhouse in Chicago, Man's Country! As a queer writer Keehnen has had his fiction, essays, erotica, reviews, and interviews appear in dozens of LGBTQ magazines and anthologies worldwide. His newest book, Voices in Isolation: 4 Queer Plays of Social Distance has...

Michael Furr is best known as a stand-up comedian, improv coach,  director and as the booking manager of the Lou Costello Room Comedy  Club. He headlines clubs all over the East Coast, has opened for the  likes of Nikki Glaeser, Jim Norton, Gilbert Gottfried and more. His hit  special, “Straight Acting” is available on Amazon Prime Video, Spotify,  and iTunes as will be hi...

Meet Eva Sollberger, the incredible creator of the long running web series, Stuck in Vermont!  She recently filmed and edited a piece on The House of LeMay, which won an AAN Award! You wont want to miss her heartfelt journey into the world of the legendary drag queens, Amber and Margaurite LeMay.  #stuckinvermont #evasollberger #houseofLeMay #AmberLive

Kirk Frederick, Author of "Write That Down! The Comedy of Male Actress  Charles Pierce" joins Amber for an in-depth look at the work of Charles  Pierce!  Video, photos, and lots of incredible stories! You won't want  to miss this fantastic opportunity to hear the stories from the man who  was there, Kirk Frederick.  Brought to you by the drag queen comedy talk  s...

Tracy Baim is one incredible person! This week, Amber gets to know her  and shares it all with you. As publisher of the Chicago Reader and  co-founder/owner of Windy City Times, Tracy has seen it all. The  knowledge and wisdom of her experience shines through in this incredible  interview. From the early days to the LGBTQ movement to today to the  future of our c...

Amber chats with the amazing Patricia Silverberg about her songs and her career, and they even listen to her music.  Don't miss this fun interview with a great guest. Patricia Silverberg Patricia’s soulful voice sings of the beauty and pain of modern life. Her raw, intelligent folk/rock lyrics illuminate the world as it is, rather than how we pretend it should be. She brings comfort and relat...

Owen Keehnen talks with Amber LeMay about the brand new Chicago AIDS garden to commemorate the Belmont Rocks and those we lost. Owen Keehnen As a queer writer Keehnen has had his fiction, essays, erotica, reviews, and interviews appear in dozens of LGBTQ magazines and anthologies worldwide. His newest book, Voices in Isolation: 4 Queer Plays of Social Distance has recently been released. He is the...

Amber chats with Jen Ellis about the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Bernie's  Mittens, and how they are raising money for Outright Vermont. As of June 1st, Vermont Mittens – a sister brand of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company – proudly announces a partnership with Outright Vermont – an outstanding organization that helps LGBTQIA+ youth find connection, validation, and celebration while strengthenin...

Amber presents a tribute to the LGBTQ rights trailblazer, Clela Rorex,  who recently passed away. Amber Live! is honored to have recorded one of  Clela's last interviews and a story that is not to be missed.  Clela Ann Rorex (July 23, 1943 – June 19, 2022) was an American county clerk who issued the first same-sex marriage license in the United States. Serving as the Boulder County...

Join Amber as she explores everything Ptown with the Provincetown  Business Guild's Executive Director, Stephan Hengst. Expect some  Provincetown legends to pop in along the way, including Miss Richfield  1981, Miss Conception, and even Madge and Bisket. If you're headed to  Ptown this summer, you must see this episode so you don't miss out! If  you don't have plans to vis...

Amber LeMay interviews Tony Award nominee Charles Busch about the release of his new film, The Sixth Reel. Find out where you can watch this great new film!   The Sixth Reel: A  down-on-his-luck movie collector discovers a legendary lost film and  becomes entangled in an outrageous adventure to deliver it to the right  hands before it is lost forever.  Starring Charles Bus...

Amber LeMay has the great honor this week to talk with Julie Gold, the Grammy  award winning force who wrote From a Distance. Find out about her early  life, how this song changed her life, what happened after that, and how even the space program has used her song! This is one amazing musical  episode that you do not want to miss!

Madge and Bisket Hijack Amber's Birthday Special and you won't believe the results.  Laugh along in this great episode! Amber thought she was doing a normal show, and instead Madge and Bisket took over!  Many of Amber's friends and family stopped in to roast her or send their wishes. The guest list includes Miss Richfield 1981, Sherry Vine,  Emoji Nightmare, Matt Thole, The Beaver P...

Amber LeMay interviews the absolutely incredible Debbie Wileman about her magical life story!! Then: Debbie Wileman was a housewife living in the UK, raising her daughter and looking for something to do during the pandemic. She started singing a song a day on Facebook for her friends.  Wileman has gained over 1 million online views for her spot-on recreation of Judy Garland and other performe...

Join Amber LeMay for a frank discussion with the amazing DoctorCarlton! All about BUTTS! DoctorCarlton is a gay gastroenterologist who completed training in dual fellowships in Gastroenterology and Clinical Pharmacology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He landed his dream job in San Diego where he is married to an amazing guy and has 2 kids. While he serves the entire community’s medic...

Amber LeMay interviews a true gay power couple - actor Stephen Wallem and actor, choreographer and director Tony Humrichhouser.   Stephen Wallem is a SAG Award-nominated actor best known as Thor on the Emmy-winning Showtime series “Nurse Jackie”. He currently can be seen as Winston Robards on “The Resident” (Fox) and Rudy Syndergaard on NBC’s “Law and Order: SVU”. Other TV credits include “Di...

In 2013, Jason Loper, a blogger and digital marketing executive, and Michael Schreiber, a writer and therapist, purchased the only American System-Built Home constructed in Iowa, the Delbert and Grace Meier House, which set them on a course of refurbishing and researching their new residence. In their book,  This American House , Jason and Michael trace the history of the Meier House through...