From the Focus Group vault, just in time for the holiday weekend. Revisit the kick-off of the Satellite Dish with Santino Rice—a contestant from season two of “Project Runway”—who joins the show live from LA to talk about his returning role as a judge for the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In the second hour, comedian Ben Kissel talks about the difficulties of doing stand-up, the terror of an open mic, and being the only one of three brothers who is not gay.

Tim and John welcome Career Coach and Human Resource Expert Andrew Giuliani back to The Focus Group. Andrew has proved to be a great resource for our listeners and offers up actionable advice on the career and job front. John’s mom—Mrs. D.—was our guest for our Mother’s Day Show. We had feedback from our listeners that they would like to know how she handled her son’s sexual identity. So we are going to ask her this Saturday.

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Join Tim and John in Las Vegas as they broadcast from the Liberace Museum on Tropicana Boulevard, as part of a week-long celebration of Liberace’s birthday. The Focus Group will sit down with among others, President of the Liberace Foundation Jack Rappaport, Museum Director Tanya Combs, and Lorraine Hunt-Bono, the former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. Every guest will help tell the story of a remarkable man and entertainer. A Special Thanks to our friends at Passport Magazine for making the trip to Las Vegas possible.

Casting the role of “mom” for a movie can be tough. Playing the role in real life is definitely harder. Not only that, the role of mother can sometime be a thankless job. On The Focus Group this week, Tim and John celebrate Mother’s Day by looking at a career that comes with no manual, no HR support, but lots of performance reviews. Joining in will be John’s Mom Carol, who has the unique distinction of knowing them as students from grade school on, having taught in their school. (We are hoping for some teacher’s lounge gossip!) Join the show and the conversation at 866-305-6887

The second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to a close on Monday night, and Tim and John will welcome the winner of this year’s contest for a fun look back at the show, and how it helped to launch some new performance careers.

Paul Hagen of Metrosource magazine kicks off a new monthly segment called Metroscope. He is on a mission for our listeners to put the “culture” back in “pop culture.” Paul comes armed with information on new books, movies, theater and museum shows that you won’t want to miss. Later in the program, we’ll ask our listeners to call and play along with Tim’s List. Join the show and call 866-305-6887.

Tim and John welcome Pam Derderian to The Focus Group. Pam and her life partner Nancy Becker, share several businesses—including P. Girl Projects and advertising agency 15 Minutes—to develop media programming and branded content. The pair were also co-creators of the Visa Rainbow Card and continue to this day to be activists for the LGBT community. Tim and John will talk about the state of small business with Pam and gain her firsthand knowledge of the challenges and triumphs. Pam also is going to update us on Dining Out For Life. Call toll free across North America to join in on the conversation at 866-305-6887.

This week Tim and John welcome author Erin McHugh. Erin started her wanderlust Road Tripping years as a college student in a variety of fast cars. Eventually, she entered the publishing industry, where she held a number of executive positions. She has written 20 books on a wide variety of subjects, from travel to gay history, kids’ books to a new political send-up coming in August about the Tea Party vs. the new Coffee Party movement. She lives in Manhattan and South Dartmouth, Massachusetts—a Road Trip of 203 miles, door to door. We will also check-in with the latest at Season Two of RuPaul’s Drag Race during The Satellite Dish.

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This week on The Focus Group, Tim and John welcome Human Resources expert Randy Wooden. As Founder and President of The Wooden Group, Randy brings over 25 years of experience in a number of human resource areas from outplacement services and executive recruiting to in-house staffing and training. He empowers clients with strategies, information, focused plans and attentive career coaching. We will also check-in with the latest at Season Two of RuPaul’s Drag Race during The Satellite Dish. Oh, and don’t forget to play along with Tim’s List later in the show. Call us toll free to join the conversation at 866-305-6887.

We’ve gone to the archives for a show that was so good, it’s worth hearing a second time. While The Focus Group is off for the holiday, enjoy one of our favorite interviews with OutQ’s very own gay culture icon, Michelangelo Signorile. He answers our questions and prognosticates about gay life in the next decade. In the second hour, Paul Hagen from MetroSource Magazine will give us his spin on celebrity, trends, and the demise of the gay ghetto. Oh, and play along with John when he tackles one of Tim’s List.