Bear Soup Podcast

Bear Soup #78: Fresno bear bar burned, needs help; J. Mann essay in GLR

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Tags: announcements, bear bones books, bear books, bear community, bear films, bear radio, bear soup, bisexuality, essays, glbtiq writing, jeff mann, letters, male issues, masculinities

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Published on: September 20, 2010

Bear Soup #78

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, September 20th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 78th installment of Bear Soup:

On September 12th, Fresno’s bear bar, The Den, suffered extensive damage during a suspicious fire started outside the building. If you believe the Den has been an asset to the bear community, and can provide legal or financial help, please contact Paul, advice@denfresno.com or call him at (559) 255-1124. For more details and updates go to the The Den website.

Jeff Mann’s essay in the new issue of GL&R, “My furry brethren” a/k/a “Bear 101 (no prerequisite)”. Note: correct link is http://www.glreview.com/

Letters from Bear Soup listeners — drop a line to us at bearsoup AT gmail DOT com

Happy Talk like a pirate day — yarrrh! — and the usual ursine audio splendor.

News, shmooze, interviews, and skews for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #77: “Does ‘D’ Mean…” conclusion & letter; Joe Novotny

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Tags: 100% beef mag, bear community, bear fiction, bear soup, bears, bisexuality

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Published on: September 6, 2010

Bear Soup #77

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, September 6th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 77th installment of Bear Soup:

Concluding part of “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” hot (NSFW) short story from 100% Beef magazine

Letter written in response to the bi men’s story, “Does ‘D’ Mean…” from “R. Jackson” to the editor of 100% Beef mag

1st out gay — and very bearish — reading clerk in U.S. House, Joe Novotny, in the Advocate. Don’t you just love politico-geeky bears?

Shoutouts – including David, Bear coverman and host/owner of The Inn at Stone Mill B&B — and the usual ursine audio goodness.

News, shmooze, interviews, and skews for the online ursine community — another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #76: Jeff Mann reading at Bear Week

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Tags: bear bones books, bear books, bear fiction, bear poems, bear soup, Events, jeff mann, provincetown

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Published on: August 23, 2010

Bear Soup #76

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, August 23rd, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 76th edition of Bear Soup:

Author Jeff Mann’s reading at the UU Meeting House during Summer Bear Week 2010 in Ptown

Thanks again to Jeff, and the sponsors of this event, NorthEast Ursamen, BearRadio.net, Toys of Eros, and Bear Bones Books.
Shoutouts, and the usual ursine audio nyuk-nyuk.

News, skews, interviews and shmooze for the online ursine community —it’s another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #75: Doug Langway interview

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Tags: bear city, bear community, bear films, bear soup, interviews

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Published on: July 28, 2010

Bear Soup #75

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, July 26th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 75th edition of Bear Soup:

interview with Doug Langway, director of the new feature-length romantic comedy movie, Bear City, during Summer Bear Week in Ptown

Shoutouts, and the usual ursine audio skirmish.

All the news, shmooze, views, and skews for the online ursine community — another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #74: Orlovsky poem; “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” cont’d; HAIR intro

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Tags: 100% beef mag, bear books, bear fiction, bear poems, bear soup, beards, bisexuality, glbtiq writing, hair: the book, male issues

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Published on: June 28, 2010

Bear Soup #74

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, July 5th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 74th edition of Bear Soup:

a poem by Peter Orlovsky, a Beat poet and partner of Allen Ginsberg

the 2nd part of the bi men’s erotic story (NSFW) “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” from 100% Beef magazine

my introduction to the new pictorial book from Bruno Gmuender, Hair: Hairy Men in Gay Art. Your order from Amazon through this link helps support this website.

News, shmooze, views, and skews for the online ursine community — open wide for another deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #73: Bear City premiere, Lewis Tice interview; “Does D Mean Four Ways”, story, part 1

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Tags: 100% beef mag, bear city, bear fiction, bear films, bisexuality, lewis tice, malcolm ingram

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Published on: June 14, 2010

Bear Soup #73

Bear City premiere, Lewis Tice interview; “Does D Mean Four Ways?”, part 1

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, June 14th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 73rd edition of Bear Soup:

Bear City poster

Bear City premiere! June 11th featured at Newfest GLBT filmfest:
pre-premiere interview with Bear City producer Lewis Tice

an evening to remember with K-Ball and Arctic, and meeting Malcolm Ingram, direcxtor of Bear Nation

the first part of “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?”, a story from 100% Beef Magazine

All the news, shmooze, views, and skews for the online ursine community — diced, spiced, and cooked up for another bubbling and dee-lish deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #72: Bears in the Bayou

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Tags: bear bones books, bear books, bear soup, bearsinthewild, edge, Events, jeff mann

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Published on: May 24, 2010

Bear Soup #72

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, May 17th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 72nd edition of Bear Soup:

portions of the Bears in the Wild! listening party held at the Auld Sweet Olive B&B in New Orleans: author Jeff Mann reads from his story, “Scruff-Cub,” and Ron reads from Otto Stahl’s story, “Pueblo Harley Biker” from the new anthology, Bears in the Wild

announcement of two events happening during Summer Bear Week, in Ptown:

Does a bear read on the beach?
You bet your sweet woof he does!

Everyone is invited to two free Lit-BEAR-ary events during Summer Bear Week in Ptown!

• A reading and reception with Lammy-winning bear author Jeff Mann,
visiting from Virginia to present his books:
A HISTORY OF BARBED WIRE, and  EDGE: TRAVELS OF AN APPALACHIAN LEATHER BEAR
Friday, July 16th, 12:00 noon – 1:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Meeting House
236 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA 02657
Facebook event page: http://bit.ly/cdxjqq

• A reading and book signing for the new anthology
BEARS IN THE WILD: HOT AND HAIRY FICTION
with contributor Jeff Mann and editor R. Jackson
Saturday, July 17th, 11:00am – 12:00 noon
Toys of Eros
200 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA 02657
Facebook event page: http://bit.ly/bdvY6Q

Both events are free, and open to the adult public — non-bears welcome!
Hosted by Northeast Ursamen, Bear Bones Books, Toys of Eros, and BearRadio.net

News, views, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — diced, spiced, and cooked up for another hasty serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #71: “Bearded Gentleman” Preview & more

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Tags: bear books, bear community, bear soup, beards, Books, glbtiq writing, hair, male issues

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Published on: May 3, 2010

Bear Soup #71

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, May 3rd, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 71st edition of Bear Soup:

The Bearded Gentleman

advance selections from the new Allan Peterkin & Nick Burns book, The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to Shaving Face

Bears on Bears noted in 100% Beef column by Chris Wittke

My take on bear community reaction to a new song by Stevo Harris, “I Just Want the One”

Announcement of LitBEARary events with Lammy-winning bear author Jeff Mann
- Bears in the Wild! reading during Saints & Sinners GLBT literary festival in New Orleans. Facebook event page.
- reading & reception for Jeff Mann, during Summer Bear Week in Ptown, Mass. Facebook event page.
- Bears in the Wild! reading, during Summer Bear Week in Ptown, Mass. Facebook event page.

Three bawdy Turkish jokes, and the usual ursine audio har-dee-har.

All the news, shmooze, views, and skews you can use for the online ursine community diced, spiced, and cooked up for another bubbling and dee-lish deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bookish bears at Bear Bones Books

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Bear Soup #70: exclusive Ahmet Yıldız update

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Tags: ahmet yıldız, bear community, bear soup, GLBTIQA

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Published on: April 12, 2010

Bear Soup #70

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online Monday, April 12th, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 70th edition of Bear Soup:

Breaking news on the case of Ahmet Yıldız, the Turkish gay bear who was murdered by his father in a so-called family honor killing — including:
- an article from bianet.org, “No Significant Progress in Murder Case of Ahmet Yıldız,” and
- a special message from Ahmet’s partner, Ibrahim Can, for Bear Soup listeners:
Ahmet Yildiz was shot dead in front of his flat. that crime would never came out if i did not tell about. i do stil have a lot of problems to bring the murderers to the justice becouse the justice is not working well for gays anyway in turkey.

A New Yorker cartoon on testosterone, and the usual ursine audio humdrum.

News, shmooze, views, and skews for the online ursine community — diced, spiced, and cooked up for another bubbling and dee-lish deep dish serving of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the ursobibliophiles at Bear Bones Books.

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Bear Soup #69: New contest!; “Wolf Soup” part 2

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Tags: bear radio, bear soup, contests, glbtiq writing, lezlee anne, masculinities, wolf

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Published on: March 22, 2010

Bear Soup #69

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha #69, streams online Monday, March 22nd, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net. Repeats Wednesday, same times. In this 69th edition of Bear Soup:

Announcing a CD Giveaway Contest from your 69-loving bears at Bear Soup and BearRadio.net!

In the “69” spirit of reciprocity and mutuality, we ‘re sending back some love to you! Listen to the podcast for the two simple contest questions, then email your answers to

Bear Soup 69 contest

The first two correct answers, whose names and cities will be announced the following week, will receive the following:

• a copy of Lezlee Anne‘s fabulous Queen of the World CD!

• a Bear Radio Rectangle Magnet!
So here are the questions:

How many musical artists are now featured on BearRadio.net? ____

How many songs are on the BearRadio playlist? ___

Head to BearRadio.net to locate the answers in the “Side Note” section while you listen to Bear Soup tonight – and keep listening to more great Eclectic Gay Radio, and email us at bearsoupAT gmailDOT com!

The conclusion of Peter Cashorali’s story, “Wolf Soup” from his book, Gay Fairy & Folk Tales

Thanks for voting for Bears on Bears for “Best nonfiction book” in TLA Video’s first-ever Gaybies!

Shoutouts, and the usual ursine audio whoopdedoo.

Diced, spiced, and cooked up for another bubbling and dee-lish helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by the bibliobears at Bear Bones Books.

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