Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

You say you love trucks, but DO YOU? The Berenstain Bears do. You know they do because they use the actual heart in their title! It's "The Berenstain Bears We ❤️ Trucks!"

What happens when you try to turn a spoooooky haunted house book into a book about aiding the unhoused? I don't know. But, Elana is back to help me figure it all out. It's "The Berenstain Bears Help The Homeless!"

Mitzi is back to talk with me about honey and hunting and helping. But, who is hunting whom and who is helping what? It's "The Berenstain Bears Honey Hunt Helpers!"

I was having a bad day and decided to record a Patreon episode in 2020. Here it is. "The Berenstain Baby Bears My Every Day Book."

Wanna learn a bit about CAR SEATS? I hope you do because this week is another old Patreon episode "The Berenstain BABY Bears My Trusty Car Seat!" Let's gooooooo!

More Berenstain Baby Bear action from Patreon. This one is about a bed! A baby bed? Perhaps?

I'm releasing some old Patreon material! This is my first coverage of the Berenstain Baby Bears books. It's about pacifiers! Hoorah!

Hoppy Easter, everyone! I wasn't going to do an Easter episode this weekend, but things don't always turn out the way we plan, do they? So, I'm releasing it EARLY to keep my word! Happily, Reverend Lauren is back to take us to Church and talk about Noah? It's "The Berenstain Bears' Easter Sunday!"

I wasn't planning on talking about Easter Parades, but here we are! It's "The Berenstain Bears' Easter Parade!"

The Reverend Lauren is back! Yes, Reverend Lauren McLeavey has returned to Bear Country to talk about Easter and, more specifically, the First Easter. and, even more specifically, "The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story" as well as "The Berenstain Bears and The Very First Easter!" She gives us the skinny on how good a … Continue reading "Episode 336 – The Berenstain Bears and The Easter Story/T...

I'm not afraid! I'M NOT AFRAID! It's "The Berenstain Bears, Do Not Fear, God Is Near!"

This week, Bradley Mariska and Jeremy Gloff take over my show again! Yep! I'm nowhere in sight, giving these two crumb bums free reign to talk about whatever they want! Is it Berenstain Bears-related? Yes, of course. They're the BBBoys!

I'm Phil Gonzales and THIS… is POLITICS! Actually, it's a rewrite, redo, gender-swap of "The Big Election" but it's called "The Berenstain Bears and Mama For Mayor!" Places to Donate:Ukraine aid Organizacion Latina de Trans en TexasTransgender Education Network of Texasallgo qpoc (allgo envisions a just and equitable society that celebrates and nurtures vibrant queer people … Continue reading "Epi...

This week, we're off to see the whales! The dolphins! The fish! It's "The Berenstain Bears At The Aquarium!"

Ready to dish that hot hot goss?! Well, Sister sure is. TWICE! It's "The Berenstain Bears' Gossip Gang" and the exact same book "The Berenstain Bears Truth About Gossip!" Places to Donate:Ukraine aid Organizacion Latina de Trans en TexasTransgender Education Network of Texasallgo qpoc (allgo envisions a just and equitable society that celebrates and nurtures … Continue reading "Episode 331 – The B...

"Show some respect for Judge Reinhold! I mean… your parents." It's "The Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect" and a SECRET BONUS! Tee hee. I respect you all!

We're unhinged this week as Brian Skinner from Center of Weirdness and Christy Admiraal from our very own Pizza Toast join me yet again to discuss Valentine's Day! It's "The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Love Bug" but it's really just madness. It's madness.

This week, we go back to Spooky Cave for a religious look at a Cub Club book I'd forgotten existed! It's "The Berenstain Bears Faith Gets Us Through" but I mostly talk about musicals and The Descent.

Should you? I mean, should you *really* let the Bible be your guide? Specifically on a WHITE WATER CANOEING TRIP? Well, let's find out. It's "The Berenstain Bears Let The Bible Be Your Guide!"

Brad and Jeremy are back to talk about "The Berenstain Bears and the Secret Clubhouse!" That's right, they found a book that seemed, for a hot minute, to have been the source of last week's mystery. However, an email from Mike Berenstain completely reframed everything for us. We'll be talking about the origins of "The … Continue reading "Episode 326 – The Berenstain Bears and the Secret Clubhouse/...

This week, I take a look at a book that might be older than I think it is. It's "The Berenstain Bears The Trouble With Secrets" and is it based on an older book?! Please HELP ME.

Happy The New Year! Willow joins me to talk about what might very well be our final Good Deed Scouts book "The Berenstain Bears Kitten Rescue." It's ridiculous.

The Berenstain Bears are READY TO GO CAROLING! And John McCoy is here from Sophomore Lit to go caroling with me! We kinda talk about the book but mostly talk about the carols and then things get a bit off track. What are your thoughts on Lulu? It's "The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling!"

MERRY HAPPY! It's our truncated Christmas Season and we're celebrating by digging our nativity scenes out and talking about nativity scenes! Let's talk The Nativity, Where's Spot and the very nature of Lift-The-Flap Books as a concept! It's "The Berenstain Bears Get Ready For Christmas!"

Willow and I discuss something very important to Bear Country.