Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

What – and this isn't a theoretical – if the Berenstain Bears met an atheist?

I think we put too much pressure on kids to figure out what they want to be when they grow up. What about when they grow *down*? Why does no one ever talk about THAT? It's "The Berenstain Bears When I Grow Up!"

How do you like your superheroes? Bear style? In "The Berenstain Bears are Superbears" that's what you get! And, you know what? I kinda love it.

Decades ago, the Berenstain Bears' Saturday Morning Cartoon secretly presented a multi-part saga that only reveals itself when you're bored and watching a Berenstain Bears Saturday Morning Cartoon. It's the "Wild Wild Honey Saga!"

One last rerun! It's "The Berenstain Bears' Birthday Boy" with BONUS CONTENT!

Another JUMBO BONUS! In 2020, Megan Sunday joined me to discuss "The Berenstain Bears and the Wrong Crowd." Well, I've added twenty minutes to the end of BONUS content about the religious rewrite. Enjoy!

It's a rerun from 2020, but with BONUS content! Christy Admiraal and I talk about SOCCER BALLS!

Christmas is coming (slightly) early this year! It's the Berenstain Bears' first scratch-and-sniff book since "Papa's Pizza" and it's got TWELVE scents and they smell… sometimes. Sometimes they smell. It's "The Berenstain Bears The Wonderful Scents of Christmas!"

You might think you've heard this story before, but… well, you have. But you've never seen it like this! 2022 brings us a whole new edition of "The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw" featuring previously unpublished art by Stan and Jan Berenstain. It's pretty cool.

Whaddaya get when Brother and Sister won't stop bragging? You get Grizzly Gramps throwing a lot of Bible quotes at them and then yelling that they're fool! That's right, the worst bear in Bear Country is back to learn these kids a thing or two in "The Berenstain Bears and the Biggest Brag!"

My co-host from It's Del Toro Time, my own Willow, is back to talk about the hottest bears in Bear Town. It's "The Berenstain Bears' Lemonade Stand!"

The Bears care a lot for the environment, but in "The Berenstain Bears Go Green!" we're not given an environmental tale so much as a treatise on the importance of having a decent municipal dump and a non-corrupt mayor. It's "The Berenstain Bears Go Green!"

You know what stinks? THINGS! This week, Brian Skinner from Center of Weirdness is back to talk about how terrible it is to buy toys for your kids? Or King Solomon? Or something? It's The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with THINGS! Just… just things.

The Bear Family is typically fairly healthy, and who do they thank for that? GOD. It's "The Berenstain Bears Thank God for Good Health!" It's a rewrite if that means anything to ya. No? https://ia601505.us.archive.org/6/items/dibc-ep-361/DIBC-EP361.mp3

No, not the famous English rock ‘n' roll band The Animals, but the actual animals walking around on the Earth! This week, we look at TWO Berenstain Bears books, but really? They're the same book. But also? They're not. It's "The Berenstain Bears God Bless/Loves the Animals!" https://ia601409.us.archive.org/0/items/dibc-ep-360/DIBC-EP360.mp3

There's a flood in Bear Town! Oh no! And it's up to the Bear Family, and the entire town, to help out! Elana joins me for a book that actually involves the Bears… getting involved. It's "The Berenstain Bears Get Involved!" And, spoiler: THEY DO!

Happy 60th Anniversary to the Berenstain Bears! In recognition of this incredible milestone, I've invited Mike Berenstain on the show to chat about those bears, his parents, his childhood and anything else we want to talk about. Happy Anniversary, Bears!

This week, my voice is SHOT. Also, we learn a lot more about the Bear Family's house, like the layout and structure and also how God fits into it, apparently? I like it! It's "The Berenstain Bears God Bless Our Home!"

The Berenstain Bears and dinosaurs go together like Rice Krispies and marshmallows… and butter(?) I think. So, I'm super glad to have the actual Dino Dad on my show to talk about "The Berenstain Bears' Dinosaur Dig!"

This week, Jen Armstrong, CEO of gaming company SolidRoots, joins me to talk about her company and how they came to design three new Berenstain Bears games for kids!

You can't HANDLE the TOOTH! I can't believe we didn't make that joke. Anyway, Brian Skinner is back and we're talking puffy stickers, disappointing transformers, beating up the ice cream bike kid and something else. Oh right! "The Berenstain Bears and the Tooth Fairy!" Check out Center of Weirdness, Brian and Josh Hollis's podcast!

Updates from Dollar Tree Land with Bradley Mariska and Jeremy Gloff! Plus, Berenstain Bedsheets: appropriate bachelor bedding? And, a new Garbage Pail Kids card has Phil excited!

Bright AND beautiful? In THIS economy? It's "The Berenstain Bears: All Things Bright and Beautiful."

It's the follow up episode to last week's episode that is a rerun of the 2018 follow up to the first 2018 episode. It's the Jellybean Books Part Two!

It's a flashback to 2018! Enjoy!