The Bakery Bears Radio Show

Episode 63 ’Trying Something New!’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 63

 

We return with our latest Radio Show and this time we are talking about trying something new. Is the old saying 'you cant teach an old dog new tricks' true? Is it possible to learn a new skill as you get a little older is the question. In todays show we tackle that subject head on. Along the way we talk about Dan's teaching experiences, Kays new hand embroidery passion and we discover that Kay also has a hidden desire to learn to sing!!

 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk about the benefits of learning something new on general mental health and well being
• Tell the story of how Dan came to be teaching his brother Dom to play the drums
• Discuss the new experiences Kay has had this year learning to hand embroider
• Mention our Stitching University Course which commences on the 7th July 2022 find out more about it here https://www.patreon.com/posts/66040261
• Talk about Kays experiences with cross stitching
• Discuss Dan’s love of sailing
• Talk through new things they would each like to try in the coming years
• Mention a recent article that Dan wrote in this issue of Knitability https://www.patreon.com/posts/57591262

We'll be back in two weeks with our next 'Radio Show'!

 

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• 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 62 ’The end of the bookshop’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 62

 

In todays show we tackle a subject that is close to our hearts, books! Not the digital kind, but the ones you can pick up and touch. A question which has been worrying us is are we living through the end of the bookshop as we know it? On our walk today we talk through our history with books, our love of libraries and of course bookshops. But we also touch on audio books and digital books as we consider that perhaps there is a place for all of them.

 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Discuss lollipop ladies and gentlemen!
• Mention Steptoe & Son https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son
• Dan has started using dumbbells!
• Talk about their love of libraries when they were growing up
• Discuss their initial opinion of digital books and talk through why that initial opinion has changed
• Talk through the challenges that face bookshops
• Discuss digital, audio and physical books and try to decide which is most important
• Talk through how hard it is to donate books now
• Mention The Little Ripon Bookshop and discuss how much they love spending time trying before you buy! https://www.littleriponbookshop.co.uk
• Discuss how reading a book requires commitment and self discipline

We'll be back in two weeks 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 61 ’At the Movies’!

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 61

 

Folks, what if your life could be made into a movie? What would the story be and who would cast in the leading roles? In todays edition of the Radio Show join Dan and Kay as they discuss this with some surprising results along the way!!

 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Marvel at the range of outdoor garments seen on their walk
• Dan mentions Dorothea Taylor who he saw drumming on Jimmy Fallon https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/today-show-questlove-71-year-old-grandmother-drum-competition-rcna22145
• Talk a little bit about the content they will be publishing through Summer 2022 and their excitement about what’s to come at https://bakerybears.com
• Moonstruck Lace Knitting tutorial series starts 5th May 2022
• Kays Sock Test series commences 10th May 2022
• Stitchy U commences 7th July 2022
• Kay introduces her movie, letting us know the story line and who she has cast in the leading roles
• We mentioned Fargo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(season_2) , Moonfall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film) , Death on the Nile https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7657566/ and The Shrink Next Door https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11947248/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
• Talk a little bit about creativity and to find your ‘thing’
• Dan introduces his movie, lets us know the story line and who he has cast in the leading roles

We'll be back in two weeks 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 60 ’Fashion Girl’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 60

 

In the latest episode of our Radio Show, join Kay and Dan as they talk about fashion. This is a show featuring brightly coloured ski jackets from the 1980's, pencil skirts, belts AND braces plus some pretty tragic hair styles. In a nostalgic show which we have been looking forward to for so long, we both agree which fashion trend we would like to bring back and we also own up to some fashion faux pas......

 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk a little bit about Dan’s home care skills
• Recall the 1980’s fashion of wearing brightly coloured ski jackets!
• Each agree on a fashion trend from their lives that they would like to bring back
• Talk through their fashion mistakes they have made from clothing to hair styles
• Spoke about the Sega Master System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System
• Mention the Gurkha regiment from our nearby army base https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-gurkha-rifles/

We'll be back in two weeks 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 59 ’Surviving Spring’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 59

'Bernard and Matilda' return with another Radio Show and this time they're talking about Spring and Summer. Unfortunately these are two seasons they don't enjoy, but instead of looking at the negatives, they try to find the positives that will help them get through Summer with a Spring in their step. 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Introduce themselves with their new names, harking back to the last episode of the Radio Show!
• Talk a little bit about the change in temperature of a heatwave in the UK
• Experience the joys of a leaf blower…..
• Discuss their experiences with Aga’s
• Talk through Spring and Summer whilst trying to see the positives of the seasons and not the negatives!
• Discuss the benefits of being able to hang your washing outside!
• Share the story of Dan creating a clothes prop
• Talk through the fun of digging out your summer socks
• Discuss smells and the memories they uncover

We'll be back in two weeks 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 58 ’Whats in a name?’

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Whats in a name you ask? So much we think! Names can be fun, interesting and make you laugh. Unless you're stuck with our names that is :-) In this show we share with you why we don't like our names and we also come up with new ones for us! 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Mention entomology https://www.royensoc.co.uk/understanding-insects/what-is-entomology/
• Spoke about our ‘FPTK-Revisited’ series which you can find here https://www.patreon.com/posts/fptk-revisited-56188582
• Mention ‘Welcome to Earth’ with Will Smith https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623992/
• Discuss peoples names, what makes one cool and what makes one not!
• Talk through why they don’t like their own names
• Mention the composer Daniel Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Jones_(composer)
• Discuss names they love and why they love them
• Choose new names for themselves!
• Discuss pronunciations of names and how they differ across the world
• Ask each other the question, if they they could pick up a new skill in an instant, what would it be?

We'll be back in two weeks 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 57 ’Which decade had the best TV shows?’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 57

Our sixteen year old daughter, Bryony, suggested to us a few weeks ago that we should do a Radio Show on why TV shows were better in the 1980's. That got us thinking, was that statement actually correct, 'Were TV shows better in the 1980's?' In this show we try and answer it. Along the way we talk about some of our favourite TV shows and how TV has changed over the last thirty years. We conclude the show with giving you our answer. 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk a little bit about breaking the fourth wall
• Discuss the crazy weather we have been experiencing the last few weeks
• Talk about the MET office and their storm naming
• Discuss how television has changed over the last thirty years
• Talk about some of their favourite shows from the 1980’s and why they loved them
• We mentioned a range of TV shows including
  • Open All Hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_All_Hours 
  • Mash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series) 
  • The Sopranos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sopranos 
  • Dallas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series) 
  • North & South https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_(miniseries) 
  • Airwolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airwolf 
  • Eastenders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders 
  • Neighbours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours 
  • The Thorn Birds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds_(miniseries) 
  • Knightrider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider 
  • CHiPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHiPs 
  • The Good Wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Wife 
  • The West Wing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing 
  • The Madalorian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_(season_1) 
  • Star Trek The Next Generations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation 
• Speak about The Little Ripon Book Shop https://www.littleriponbookshop.co.uk 
• Mention this book https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1446195/burn-after-writing--illustrated-/9781529148404.html 

We'll be back in two weeks 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 56 ’Are Exams Important’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 56

We are approaching one of the most stressful times in any parents life as our daughter prepares to take her first important exams. That raises such an interesting question, are exams important? In this radio show join Dan and Kay as the member their experiences with exams and they talk through how they have tried to support their daughter Bryony as she prepares for her GCSE's. 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk about the UK Post Office and they run into their postman Steve and have a quick chat!
• Discuss some of the stormy weather the UK has been experiencing this winter
• Chat about Bryony's upcoming exams and the support she is receiving from her school
• Remember their exam experiences and talk about the opportunities it opened up for them 
• Talk a little about their parents and the type of education they experienced 
• Ask the question are exams important? 

We'll be back in two weeks 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 55 ’Why is History Important?’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 54

Long time listeners of the show will know, we adore history. From the Romans to the Tudors and so much more, if somethings historical we tend to love it. So where does that love of history come from? How did both Kay and Dan begin their journeys into what is becoming a life long love of the subject? In todays show we dig into this and we also try and answer the question, why is history important? 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Talk about how they each fell in love with history 
• Discuss their daughter Bryony and how she now is following in their footsteps 
• Chat about the impact of Time Teamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Team 
• Talk a little bit about their love of independent book shops 
• Discuss the ways anyone can get turned into history 
• Along the way we mention:
• Take a Hike http://hattrickinternational.co.uk/shows/Take_A_Hike
• Come Dine with Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dine_with_Me
• JFK by Fredik Logevall https://www.waterstones.com/book/jfk/fredrik-logevall/9780241972014
• Clan of the Cave Bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clan_of_the_Cave_Bear

We'll be back in two weeks 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 54 ’Love at first sight’

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 54

Hollywood movies would have us believe that one day you'll walk into a room and a find 'the one'! That perfect partner who was made for you and that you spend the rest of your life with. We all know this as 'love at first sight', the question is, does it actually exist? 

In this episode of the Radio Show Dan and Kay try to get to the bottom of this mystery. Along the way they answer a question so many have emailed us with and asked us to talk about. Yes in todays show we share with you the story of how we met, how we fell in love and how we now work together. Valentines Day maybe a few weeks away, but its time to get romantic! 

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Ask each other the question, do you believe in love at first sight? 
• Tell the story, from each of their perspectives, of how they met.
• Talk through the impact their first meeting had on their lives. 
• Discuss some of the challenges they faced in being together. 
• Talk a little bit about how their lives changed once they were married. 
• Share their opinion on whether 'love at first sight' exists. 

We'll be back in two weeks 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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