The Bakery Bears Radio Show

Episode 116 'Our Perfect Weekend'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 116

So what would be our perfect weekend if travel was no obstacle? Where would we go and what would we do? That’s what we reveal to each other and to you in today’s show.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a lovely autumnal walk to the Post Office

• Discusses Kay’s new shoes and how they are taking a little while to break in

• Mentions her a recent wonderful experience with the postal service

• Discuss their perfect weekends. We mentioned

  • Airlie Beach, Australia https://www.australia.com/en-gb/places/whitsundays-and-surrounds/guide-to-airlie-beach.html 

  • Old Cataract Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Cataract_Hotel 

  • SS Karnak (aka SS Sudan) https://www.steam-ship-sudan.com/en/ 

  • Les Hirondelles https://leshirondelles.co.uk 

  • Domme https://www.visit-dordogne-valley.co.uk/discover/cultural-heritage/villages-to-visit-in-2018/domme 

  • Abu Simbel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel 

  • The Forum Hotel in Rome https://www.hotelforum.com/en/ 

  • The Pyramids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids 

  • Karnak Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak 

  • The Roman Forum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum 

  • L’Escala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Escala 

  • Empúries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empúries 

  • Bay of Roses https://www.visitlescala.com/en/lescala-and-the-most-beautiful-bays-in-the-world 

  • The Pantheon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome 

  • Pompeys Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Pompey 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

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Episode 115 'Staying Creative'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 115

We are excited today to bring you a listener request episode. Our life is built around creativity, from designing knitting patterns to creating tutorial series. From producing our bi-weekly lifestyle to show to creating series like 'England: A Castle Nation'. How do we stay creative? In this episode we try and find out.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a windy autumnal walk to out local grocery shop

• Discuss how Kay stays creative when she is designing a new knitting pattern 

• Talk through how they create an environment to best empower creativity 

• Share stories of when creativity has been hard to find and how they rectified the situation 

• Discuss a Dan's approach to staying creative 

• Head into their local supermarket in search of a very specific salad and some bread.....

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 114 'The Honeymooners'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 114

Hot off the presses, literally recorded yesterday morning on their journey home, join Dan and Kay as they talk about their honeymoon! It may have been eighteen years late, but how did it go? Did Dan have a celebratory drink, his first in ten years? Yes he did! And did Kay attend her first ever service at York Minster? You better believe it. In this show we discuss it all and so much more.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to their first show literally on the road as you join them as they drive back home from York

• Share with you some of the historical landmarks they pass as they drive

• Mention https://shishangyork.co.uk

• Mention Time Team Season 7 Episode 13

• Discuss an episode of ‘New Adventures’ which featured ‘Cliffords Tower’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-1-tower-17710438

• Talk about why it took so long to go on honeymoon and where they might have gone eighteen years ago

• Talk about their visit to The Minster & York City Walls https://yorkminster.org

• Discuss the Festive Store Kathe Wolfehart https://www.kaethe-wohlfahrt.com

• We mentioned https://uk.karhu.com/collections/women-ikoni-ortix

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 113 'The Empty Nesters'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 113

We return with the latest episode of our audio show and this is a big one. Following on from our last episode, our daughter Bryony has now left for University and we are 'Empty Nesters'. So how does it feel? And what was the experience like getting her set up on her own? In today's show we let you know.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Discuss the momentous changes that they have now lived through 

• Talk about the move from home to University 

• Discuss the experience of getting her set up in her new place 

• Share with you the highs and lows of moving day

• Talk about how they felt returning home and turning the page on the next chapter of all their lives 

• Share with you the excitement they share for their upcoming honeymoon, 20 years after they got married!

• Talk about the future of 'Bakery Bear Productions' and the changes they can now implement 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 112 'University Life'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 112

We are back with a brand new episode of the Radio Show. Today we are discussing the transition from school life to university life. Our daughter Bryony is getting ready to start university this September. We are currently living through the greatest change to our family life since Bryony was born. In todays show we talk through the highs and the lows of this exciting time.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Discuss TV presenters from their childhood

• Take you on a late summer walk to the post office

• Talk about their roses and late summer flowers

• Discuss the word ‘valet’ and ponder do you pronounce the ’t’

• Talk through the change they are currently living through as their daughter transitions from school to university

• Discuss the differing emotions they have both been feeling

• Talk through their excitement they have for the future

• Mention Lions Fruit Pastilles

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 111 'The Cakes of our Years'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 111

Today we bring you a show 110 episodes in the making. How could we never have discussed cake before? Whilst Dan is not a foodie, he has some wonderful memories linked to cakes and all things sweet. Kay IS a foodie and she adores cake. In this episode we talk about the ones we like, the ones we don't and sooooo much more.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk about how they have had enough of Summer now but hints of Autumn are in the air!

• Discuss their first memories of cakes and the adverts of ‘Mr Kipling’

• Talk about ‘Bakewell Tarts’ and how much they enjoy them

• Discuss ‘French Fancies’ & ‘Batenburg Cake’ and the right way to eat them

• Analyse marzipan and the best way to eat it

• Mentioned the Complete Illustrated Cookery Course by Delia Smith

• Talk about Victoria Sponge, the best way to make it and the best way to keep it

• Make Summer Fruits Pavlova with Kay https://www.patreon.com/posts/17435988 

• Make Lemon Griestorte with Kay https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-4-lemon-35989946 

• Make Kays Rock Cakes & Homemade Butter https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-cosy-3-rock-65757892 

• Make a Hot Cross Bun Loaf https://www.patreon.com/posts/hot-cross-bun-ep-99245624 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 110 'Is James Bond Cool'?

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 110

This summer we have been watching all the James Bond movies in chronological order. We expected to take a trip down memory lane, reliving some golden memories from our youth. What has actually happened is quite different! The films have sparked conversation on what is and what isn't expectable behaviour, and a growing concern that the modern world is making us worry about things that didn't affect us remotely growing up.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a summer walk and talk about Kays recent brush with COVID

• Talk about how they grew up with James Bond and his reputation for being ‘cool’

• Discuss the first Bond film they saw and the impact it had on them

• Mention Goldfinger and some of the interesting facts about the movie

• Talk through the importance of intonation in language

• Discuss who their favourite James Bond is so far

• Analyse the behaviour of James Bond and how acceptable it is

• Talk through if watching James Bond movies growing up and if it potentially affected their view of the world

• Discuss Ian Fleming and how Bond changed after the casting of Sean Connery

• Talk through if the personality of Ian Fleming is reflected in the character of James Bond

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

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• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 109 'The Greatest Historical Movie of All Time?

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 109

As the new millennium dawned 24 years ago, Russel Crowe & Ridley Scott released one of the most spectacular historical movies ever made, or was it? In this episode of the Radio Show we discuss Gladiator and its links to the real history of Rome. We talk about special effects in movies, film soundtracks, what we loved and what we didn't about this classic movie. Finally we discuss our hopes for Gladiator II due out in November.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a summer walk and Dan’s fly problems

• Discuss watching Gladiator for the first time in years

• Kay shares with you why the story appealed to her so much

• Dan talks about what he loved about the film when he first saw it

• Give a synopsis of the films story and share with you some of their favourite moments

• Talk about some of their favourite characters in the story

• Discuss how Rome itself was formed and the impact it has had on the modern world

• Talk about special effects in movies and how things have changed over the years

• Discuss the soundtrack and talk you through some of the highlights

• Look at the real story of Commudus and considers what might happen in Gladiator II

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 108 'D-Day'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 108

We are back with a brand new episode of our Radio Show. In the last few weeks we have seen a number of comparative programs about D-Day. Unexpectedly these shows have had a profound impact on us both. In today's show we talk about how all this came about.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a warm spring walk & discuss Dan’s new collared polo shirt

• Talk about how Kay became interested in WW2 history. Kay mentioned the book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60471.Coming_Home

• Discuss how they engaged with the recent D-Day anniversary programs broadcast on the BBC

• Talk about watching some of the footage taken on D-Day and how it made them feel

• Discuss how history is taught and how things need to change

• Dan mentioned ‘We Have Ways of Making you Talk’ podcast https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk

• Talk about the ‘Band of Brothers’ TV show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)

• Dan mentioned War Walks with Richard Holmes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Walks

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 107 'Parenting is Hard!'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 107

We are back with a brand new episode of our Radio Show. In todays show we talk about parenting, our experiences throughout the process and how we dealing with the only part of it we're found hard.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a warm spring walk on a different route to normal!

• Discuss the joys of the Video Shop or Video Shack as Dan calls it 

• Talk about Dan’s hair colour and why it makes him scar badly

• Discuss the advice they were given when their daughter Bryony was first born 

• Talk about the joy have taken through every stage of parenting until now……

• Discuss how they are feeling about the impending departure of their daughter to University 

• Kay analyses her approach to parenting and looks at the positives and negatives 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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