Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast
Phil Gonzales takes listeners on a chronological journey through the history of Bear Country.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 520
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 490 – The Berenstain BABY Bears: Potty Time
Kids be poopin’. This week on Deep In Bear Country, we take our first look at Mike Berenstain’s newest series, The Berenstain BABY Bears. A series of board books focusing on Honey, Teddi and… well, I…
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Episode 489 – The Berenstain Bears: Get Outdoors
This week I’m talking about The Berenstain Bears Get Outdoors (2025), a simple Level 1 reader where the Cubs camp in the backyard, Papa Bear makes a mess of things, and—out of nowhere—Mr. Raccoon sho…
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Episode 488 – The Berenstain Bears World’s #1 Teacher
This week, it’s the brand-new 2025 release The Berenstain Bears: World’s Number One Teacher, a compact “teacher gift” book built from classic illustrations of Teacher Jane, Teacher Bob, and maybe Act…
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Episode 487 – The Berenstain Bears: World’s Best Papa Bear
After a break to work on my Fringe show, I’m back in Bear Country with a look at The Berenstain Bears: World’s Best Papa Bear, a gift book from 2024. On the surface, it’s a sweet, simple tribute to d…
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Episode 486 – Berenstain Bears: The Bears’ Picnic
This week, I head outside—despite my deep hatred of bugs, gnats, and all things “outdoors”—to talk about The Bears’ Picnic, the third “I Can Read It All By Myself” book by Stan and Jan Berenstain. It…
Fri 23 May 2025
Episode 485 – 10th Anniversary and “Parents Are Such A Lot Of Trouble!”
It’s the 10th anniversary of Deep in Bear Country, so let’s reunite with longtime friends Brad Mariska and Jeremy Gloff to mark a decade of Berenstain Bear-loving chaos! Brad and Jeremy reflect on th…
Fri 16 May 2025
Episode 484 – The Berenstain Bears: World’s Wisest Mama Bear
In this week’s episode, I almost took a break again (thanks, cough!), but I’m here to bring you a quick Mother’s Day look at The Berenstain Bears: World’s Wisest Mama Bear — a 2024 gift book by Mike …
Fri 09 May 2025
Episode 483 – The Berenstain Bears’ The Bike Lesson!
Riding a bike? Never learned. Feeling like an outsider? Always. In this episode of Deep in Bear Country, I get personal — and a little philosophical — about why bike riding has always baffled me, and…
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Episode 482 – REWIND The Berenstain Bears and the School Scandal Sheet (1994)
Gossip, Journalism, and Junior High Justice! This week on Deep In Bear Country, I am joined once again by the first-ever guest of the show, Mitzi — now a fully fledged junior high student with opinio…
Fri 18 Apr 2025
Episode 481 – Tax-Wise: A Pictorial Romp Through the Tax Form by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Before they created the beloved Berenstain Bears, Stan and Jan Berenstain were drawing… THIS?! Tax-Wise: A Pictorial Romp Through the Tax Form (1952) is a bizarre, hyper-specific IRS humor book fille…
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Episode 480 – The Berenstain Bears Meet the Easter Bunny!
In this egg-cellent Easter episode, we’re cracking open The Berenstain Bears Meet the Easter Bunny (2022), a delightful early reader book that reimagines the 1980s classic Easter Surprise — but with …
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Episode 479 – The Berenstain Bears: Here Come The Bears!
The Berenstain Bears finally meet real bears—and everything we thought we knew about Bear Country changes. This week, I break down “The Berenstain Bears: Here Come the Bears!”, a brand-new Level 1 re…
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Episode 478 – The Big Honey Hunt (REVISITED!)
“We ate our honey. We ate a lot. Now we have no honey in our honey pot!” This week on Deep in Bear Country, we’re taking a nostalgic look back at The Big Honey Hunt (1963)—the very first Berenstain B…
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Episode 477 – The Berenstain Bears’ St. Patrick’s Day
This week we’re diving deep into The Berenstain Bears’ St. Patrick’s Day—and wow, do we have a lot to unpack. Apparently, Ireland doesn’t exist in Bear Country?! This book raises so many questions, l…
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Episode 476 – The Berenstain Bears: God Made You Special
Buckle up, Bear Country—this one’s a doozy. This week, we dive into The Berenstain Bears: God Made You Special, a book that on the surface has the best of intentions but stumbles hard into some serio…
Sat 08 Mar 2025
Episode 475 – The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors!
“Love thy neighbor” sounds great—until your neighbors are literally the local drug dealers. Join me as we dive into The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors, a book that asks us to embrace community…
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Episode 474 – The Berenstain Bears’ New Neighbors!
Did The Berenstain Bears’ New Neighbors really tackle racism? Or was it just another 90s attempt at a “message book” that missed the mark? In this episode of Deep in Bear Country, we take a deep dive…
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Episode 473 – The Berenstain Bears We Love Our Teacher!
The Berenstain Bears’ Biggest Continuity Shake-Up?! A new school year means new teachers, and Brother Bear is in for a surprise! In “The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Teacher” (2024), we explore what…
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Episode 472 – A Conversation with Mike Berenstain!
Mike Berenstain is BACK on the SHOW after having been away for TOO LONG. As always it’s a pleasure to catch up and check in and chat about Tintin. Enjoy!
Sat 08 Feb 2025
Episode 471 – The Berenstain Bears Blast Off!
This week, the Bear Family gets into a bit of trouble in a completely believable and scientifically accurate way! It’s “The Berenstain Bears Blast Off!” and it’s steeped in believability! I swear!
Sat 01 Feb 2025
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