Bearly Furcasting feat. Taebyn
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Bearly Furcasting S7E4 - Our Ears Are Safe
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Taebyn is attending Anthro Weekend Utah when we record, so they will not be on this episode. TickTock brings us into a discussion about spelling and the english language. Bearly gives us a break down of what ‘day’ it is. We visit the Bistro and discuss Steak! TickTock brings us the furry news, Cheetaro reviews Out of The Nest, and many CEU’s are earned this episode! So join us, won’t you, for another furtacular episode of BFFT! Moobarkfluff everyfur!
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:00 Opening and Welcome
SPEAKER_07So uh does anybody know how many Republicans it takes to change a light bulb? Well, it doesn't take any because Trump said he already did it and they all clapped in the dark.
SPEAKER_04And grind.
SPEAKER_07I went on a date the other day with a guy that works at the zoo. Uh he's a keeper. I know. On the way home from Pride last week, I got into a fender bender. The other driver was a little person, and he got out and he said he was not happy, so I asked, which one are you then? Bad. Bad. I was at a restaurant the other day and I had to use the facilities. As I walked past the women's restroom, I noticed that the W had fallen off the door, and I thought, oh, that's never a good sign. Dum, dump, dump. No. Uh on my deathbed, my father pulled me close and he said, Listen closely. I'm going to tell you two words. These two words will open many doors for you in the future. I was spellbound. What are they? I asked. He answered, push and pull.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_07I want to organize a hide-and-seek tournament, but good players are hard to find. Alright, enough of this nonsense. Let's get to the show. Yes, let's. Well, greetings and move our fluff to all the creatures in the Potverse. I am Barely, and you are listening to Barely Furcasting and Featuring Tabin. However, this episode we are missing Tabin, which is why we titled this episode Our Ears Are Safe. Joining me in the studio, of course, are Rain, Tech Tokyo, and Ziggy. How are all of you?
SPEAKER_06Uh doing okay. If my laptop doesn't explode during the broadcast, I think we'll be okay. I see liquid everywhere. You had a little moisture incident before recording, I understand. Like like five minutes before we were supposed to go, and we had to rush and wipe sticky uh drink all off the desk and components.
SPEAKER_05That purple drink. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03At least at least it's a nice day today. Thank goodness for us. Well, it's winter now.
SPEAKER_07It's cold here.
SPEAKER_03It's nice.
SPEAKER_06It's cold. It is freezing. Negative two right now, and I think it's supposed to get down to negative four tonight. That is cold. Well, that's Celsius, though. Yeah, it is. I understand. It's still cold. Freezing.
SPEAKER_03So here's an interesting question for you two. Do you know what number on the Celsius and Fahrenheit are exactly the same equal number? I do. Yeah, I did.
SPEAKER_06And I'm I'm struggling right now to remember which one it is. I do know which which another one.
SPEAKER_03Exactly.
SPEAKER_05I thought it was a 40 something.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, minus 40. So if it gets to minus 40, you don't have to say C or F. So use it either way.
SPEAKER_04What about if you got between six and seven?
SPEAKER_07No. Boo.
:04 Listener Shoutout
SPEAKER_07Okay, quick listener shout out to uh Bramblin Ghost Cat uh who joined the BFF chat recently. Hello! Hey Bramble Bramble, we love you. Yeah, they say they have listened to most of the episodes. We'll see, I just how many they've asked. We'll send her a quick one. Yes, we'll send them a quiz and see how many episodes they really do. So uh we're we have a little bit of a revisit of a subject. And TikTok, would you like to uh tell us about our little revisit
:19 Items Revisited
SPEAKER_07of subject?
SPEAKER_05We were talking about we got on a tangent about Ben Franklin and uh OU versus just an O spelling.
SPEAKER_08Yes.
SPEAKER_05And you know, it's an off-mentioned topic on our show is inconsistencies in the English language, or how you should do about English. Uh but, anyways, yeah, so I mentioned Ben Franklin was behind robbing the OU from American English spelling, or words such as color. But it turns out it's a bit more complicated than that. So, without going too deep into the weeds, it was actually Noah Webster who pushed for removing the unnecessary U in an attempt for simpler spelling and a sense of, you know, national identity. Franklin actually invented and proposed a full phonetic alphabet and spelling system.
SPEAKER_07Oh, an entirely different one. Wonderful. Thank God we didn't go to that one.
SPEAKER_05We'll just burn it down to the ground and start over again.
SPEAKER_07Well, he was just 250 years too late because emojis came along, and now that's what the next generation is going to speak in is emoji talk. Wow, he really was ahead of his time. He was, he was, yes. The new hieroglyphics is going to be emojis. Yes.
SPEAKER_05But um others Egyptians were right. Yes, exactly.
SPEAKER_06What goes around comes around.
SPEAKER_05So others have tried to simplify English and have a consistently phonetic spelling with varying degrees of success, uh, which is one of the reasons why we have currently have a hodgepodge of spelling rules, some of which are logical, others not so much. Right. Yeah.
SPEAKER_06But like the the hodgepodge of of actually spelling and phonetical rules and grammar rules that were that was that's prevalent in most languages, is why uh for a while there they were really trying to push Esperanto as a universal language, uh, because it it doesn't have any of those things. Everything is very phonetically spelled, and there's there's no weird conjugations and all that stuff. And for a while, like the the American uh amateur radio club was pushing Esperanto to be the official language for ham operators. Uh but then of course, then of course, they you know, I guess it got too woke and they they jumped out of that. Uh American amateur radio club is full of mostly old right-wing uh Republican guys who've got a lot of things.
SPEAKER_03Now, here's something interesting, because I was just at um I I went to a food card pod here in Portland during during Pride a couple of weeks ago, and we were having a a question uh with the Middle Eastern guy about the proper way to say the word G Y R Oh you guys don't even know how to speak. Yeah, yes. It's either it's either they pronounce it gyro. Okay, but it's okay to say gyro because gyro is the Americanized version of the word, and it's also okay to say uh uh gyro as well. So so all three of those are absolutely okay by the middle agent. Gyro is the only one that's not correct. Uh gyro is something entirely different. That that is true, but gyro gyro uh uh gyro is what gyro is what they pronounce it as.
SPEAKER_06It's also the first meatloaf for those who are culinarily inclined. Uh the Greeks were the creators of the first meatloaf. Because gyro meat is meatloaf.
SPEAKER_04Well, we have seen routine from Fluffy about uh the gyro.
SPEAKER_07We have we have strayed from TikTok's discussion, so let's bring this back to our ticket. Oh, okay. That was it. That was it. Oh sorry. I've always thought that uh we should get rid of some of the letters in our language when we're when we're spelling. Yes. I mean, you know, why do we have to have T H? Why not just have one character that represents the T H sound? Yeah. Right, why? Just take the K out. I mean, yeah. Who needs a frickin' K?
SPEAKER_05Well, like at night used to be pronounced Knit, you know, Knitt and Kniggit and Kniggit. Knight or Knife. Yeah, Knigit and Knight. I mean a knife a long time ago.
SPEAKER_06They're knight. Why do we need N-I-G-H-T?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_06Why couldn't it be N-I-T-T-E?
SPEAKER_04Or the L-E-T-T-Castle or walk?
SPEAKER_03But then you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a knit, which is a tiny little bug, and knight, because you know, then you'd have the same thing.
SPEAKER_06Somebody says, I saw a night at night.
SPEAKER_03Well, the worst one, yeah. The worst one is when you're reading a sentence and you see the du the W-I-N-D. How do you pronounce that? Is that wind or wind? It depends upon the sentence. And again, read and red.
SPEAKER_06You you you take the context, and I would assume that it would work with night as well, or knife, or any of the other things. Same with read and red. Yeah, it's red.
SPEAKER_07It's just like that old thing during the race, the first one, one, one dollar.
SPEAKER_03Right. Yeah. Or or or the bear, bear barely went through. Sol even lie. The bear-bear-bear.
SPEAKER_07Yes. The bear-bear-bear-bear-bear.
:13 What Day Is Today?
SPEAKER_07Well, that brings us up to what day is today. Uh, the date we're recording is July 28th, and that is National Milk Chocolate Day.
SPEAKER_05Yay!
SPEAKER_07Now, speaking of chocolate, uh, do you prefer do you first prefer milk or dark? Dark. Milk.
SPEAKER_03Why? Now, see. I I I only get to have chocolate when I go to bed because Kathleen puts me to sleep. Uh. But I prefer dark chocolate. I am, thank you. Um, and uh, I like dark chocolate because it tastes more realistic.
SPEAKER_06It also has more antioxidants. We have a hundred percent chocolate tea. Yes, yes, we use it for we have uh we found some 100% chocolate bars in uh one of the local like little frufru tea stores that's around Puerto Natales, and it is so good for uh hot chocolate. It is terrible to eat because it's way too bitter because it's 100% cacao. Yeah, but no preservatives, nothing in it.
SPEAKER_03It's just I I I say that the best the best dark chocolate is about 75%.
SPEAKER_06Yeah. 75, I can go as high as 80 and still enjoy it, but yeah, anything above 75% starts to get high and enjoy it.
SPEAKER_07A little bitter, a little bitter better. A little bit better bitter. Um what do you think what do you think about do you just like the plain chocolate or do you like additives in it like it's a toffee and crispies or almonds or nuts or rum raisins?
SPEAKER_06Yeah, rum raisins are really good. We have a candy bar here called what is it called? Like it's sanus. Ah, sananus. Sananus. And it's got almonds and rum raisins in it. So good.
unknownAlright.
SPEAKER_07And on release day, which is August 8th, well, that day has a lot of special days. It's National Happiness Happens Day. Yay! Uh it's a little ball day. Yeah, it's pickle all day. Yeah. Dollar Day. Mochi Day.
SPEAKER_03Not a big dollar day, a United States thing.
SPEAKER_07Yes. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Okay.
SPEAKER_07Yep, yep, yep. Mochi Day, which freaks me. Mochi always freaks me out. I don't like Mochi.
SPEAKER_06I like mochi until we got a we got some mochi in Santiago that uh that tricked me. Like the first two, we got three pieces for like like a couple dollars or something. They were running a special. And the first two were delicious and very and very yummy, very fluffy and and you know, stretchy.
SPEAKER_04And it was frozen, like an ice cream.
SPEAKER_06Frozen mochi is yummy. The third one that we were waiting for the most was a Snickers one. A Snickers mochi. And I was like, oh, this is gonna be so good. And I bit into it and it exploded. It was all liquidy inside. For some reason, it didn't freeze right, and like it went everywhere. Like it was all over my hands. Luckily, I missed my shirt just by the embarrassed little bit. We had a little bit, we used it all. Yeah, we used all the wet wipes we had with us.
SPEAKER_07Wow. Sounds like you have a lot of problems with spilling things lately. Yes, I mean a lot. Well, it's it's been a constant long problem.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, coverage with food.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. August 8th is also uh net a frozen custard day and global sleep under the nights, or sleep under the stars night, which I guess isn't technically a day.
SPEAKER_06But yeah, that um that that kind of rough. Does it fall the ninth or is it falling? Only up till the midnight.
SPEAKER_07Only only up from dark till midnight, and then it's no longer that day, a night. So you're only supposed to camping till midnight. Well, it's nap under the stars. You sleep under the stars, movie stars all standing above you? Oh yeah. Well god.
SPEAKER_03Depends on which movie. It almost sounds creepy. Yeah. Let me watch you, Steve Jackman, Pedro Pascal. Oh, okay. Okay. If those stars were standing over me, I'd be okay with that.
SPEAKER_07But I mean, technically, even if I sleep outside during the day, I'm under the stars. Because just because I can't see the stars doesn't mean they're not there. That is cloudy. And the sun is a star. The sun is a star. Even though it's even if it's cloudy, I'm still under the stars. So the clouds don't make the stars go away. They just make my ability to see them go away.
SPEAKER_04And the sun eyes also help.
SPEAKER_05And you could start at midnight from or 12.01, you know, 12.
SPEAKER_06Oh, yeah, you can start midnight on the 8th. Like 1201 on the eighth.
SPEAKER_04What if we put those glow in the darkest stars on the ceiling? There you go.
SPEAKER_03I had I had those when I was a kid. Those were awesome.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Alright, well, that takes
:15 Media
SPEAKER_07us up to our media section. And uh I've been everybody grab their headphones all of a sudden. There's like let's talk about a conditioned response here. I'll tell you what. We're all Pavlovian dogs. That's right. Uh, we've been watching the newest season of King of the Hill. It's pretty good. I think the writing is way better than it has been in the past. Oh the newest, the newest uh iteration of King of the Hill is very well written and hilarious. I haven't laughed that loud at a at an adult cartoon in a long time.
SPEAKER_03I watched it. I watched a little snippet of it on I think it was on uh Hulu, well, Disney Hulu, and it had a little blurb, and it was talking about Peggy getting to wanting to uh get a dog and um and Hank reading the little card saying, you know, it it sounds like it's gonna be really fun. I it's on my watch list.
SPEAKER_06So wait, Lady Bird finally died?
SPEAKER_07Oh yes, Lady Bird died before that's sad. What was what was funny about that scene is you know, he's they're at the pound. No spoilers, but anyway, they're at the pound, and this dog is just this ugly dog thing. And I mean it's got the tongue hanging out and cross eyed, yeah, and and Hank's reading all the things that it's allergic to or stuff on the card in front. Yeah, and he flips it up and he says, Oh Lord, there's another page. So Lord Sheet. Watch the season premiere of Strange New Worlds. Oh, no spoilers, but wow, yeah. What what an excellent, excellent episode, I have to say. Uh, and they totally retconned the entire world universe just in one episode.
SPEAKER_08Oh wow.
SPEAKER_07Keep that, keep that in mind. Um, I'm so sad they're not renewing this series, but we'll go. Um I know they're still pitching uh Star Trek first year, and they're still gearing up towards making that happen because they didn't change the writing. I read an article today that did not change the writing for the this this series and the next season as to the progression into enterprise first year.
SPEAKER_06So unfortunately, though, there's no sets anymore. There's no sets anymore, but that but yeah, you know, and all the uniforms and props were sold off, so it's gonna be a big as they were the first time.
SPEAKER_07So, you know. Yeah, watch the first episode of the HBO spin-off of the Big Bang Theory. Stuart fails to save the universe. I like it. It's cute, it's campy, it's um it's a very direct approach that they've taken, and they have no problems whatsoever breaking the fourth wall. It they just it's all the time. They're looking at the camera and saying, I just I just hate Stuart. He is my least favorite Big Bang character of all. Yeah, but I mean Kuther Polly comes back. So you know they had to pay him at least a million dollars an episode. Um guess he needed some extra cash. I don't know. So uh I'm still watching the it's and it's good to see some uh cool to see some old faces. Yeah. Uh also still watching the back episodes of Fring and Stargate Atlantis. I'm considering starting, or I should say, restarting Shits Creek, uh, but I'm not sure. And uh we're up to we're up to current on Rick and Morty, Spider-Man Noir, Silo, and Lestat.
SPEAKER_06Um I'm so far behind on Rick and Morty. I need to get back on online.
SPEAKER_07And you know, Spider-Man Noir, they probably just could have called it Noir and not even put the Spider-Man in front of it. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Um is Spider-Man not in this No, Spider-Man is in it.
SPEAKER_06Well, Spider-Man Noir, it's which is not Peter Parker.
SPEAKER_07It's not Peter Parker, it takes place in the 1940s, and uh it's it's very much a gumshoe type series. You know, he's a little bit more than a lot of things.
SPEAKER_06Now are you watching it in the preferred in the preferred methodology? Yes. No, that's not the preferred methodology. They say first episode black and white, and I think it's the second episode color, third and fourth black and white, fifth color, something like that. They've got a whole like thing where where color actually makes a difference in the storyline uh or makes it better to watch in that, uh, and black and white makes it better for other storylines in the series. There's a if you do a which episodes of Spider-Man Noir should I watch in color? Uh there's like a there's like a list that the director wrote that the ones that would be better in color. Uh so yeah, you skip between color and black and white, and it makes the watching experience supposedly better.
SPEAKER_04Put on your glasses now.
SPEAKER_07Lord. Brought to you by Wonder Bread. Wonderbred. It's the bread that makes you wonder why am I doing this? Why should they call this bread? Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_03No, in Technicolor. Why does it last so long? Why does it last so long?
SPEAKER_07Because it's internal. Rain, what have you been watching media-wise?
SPEAKER_06Uh so I also watched the season four Premier of Strange New Worlds, and I really enjoyed it, especially Pele's cheeky little comment about a phone box. Um yes, I forgot to mention that. Oh, that's so good. Uh and of course, people online have been saying, is she talking about Bill and Ted? I'm like, no, she wouldn't travel with those fucking geeks. As much as I love Bill and Ted, there is no way Pelea would be caught dead with those two losers. No, I'm assuming. Like she might have gone somewhere with Rufus.
SPEAKER_04Rufus.
SPEAKER_03I assume this has something to do with uh Doctor Who, right? Yes. Yes, it's uh it's definitely I haven't seen this, but I would assume that's what that was. Yeah.
SPEAKER_06Doctor Who? I I think they're off to a really good start this season, uh, but I did notice some minor story continuity errors that I'm sure were caused by Paramount canceling the program and selling off all the sets, props, and costumes. So doing reshoots to correct any continuity isn't really possible. So yeah, that kind of sucks because there were a couple spots I was like, wait a minute, ten seconds ago they were out of contact with the ship, and now they're in contact with the ship again? Mm-hmm. Uh that's the they didn't even like reference that they've you know regained contact with the ship. Yeah, so that was that was a little that was a little disappointing, uh to say the least. But uh you know, because I normally they are so put together on that show. Uh so it it kind of it kind of bummed me a little bit that they're being hemmed in because of Paramount's cancellation. Yeah, so but that's that's neither here nor there. There's nothing we can really do about it. But uh I started playing Overwatch again. I really like a couple of the new characters that have come out uh since I played a few months back. There's been like I think three new characters that have come out. Oh wow. Um they're all a little bit different. And uh one of them is an omnic who looks she looks like she's a robe one of the robot species, and she looks she looks really like an anime robot. Like not clunky like the other omnics in the series. Uh she's really cool looking, uh, she's got two guns, and she's really a badass. Uh she's fun, but still I'm I'm still a wrecking ball main because Hammond is just so cute. He's a hamster and a big hamster ball. So uh, I mean, how can you not like it? It's really cute.
SPEAKER_08Okay. But Ziggy, yeah.
SPEAKER_04Ziggy, what have you been doing there, media-wise? I'm very pleased and excited to announce that I finally watched Superman 3. Yay! Thank you, thank you. Yes, yes, and everybody rejoicing, yes. All the way through without falling asleep. Yes. I have been present but uncoached and unconscious while the movie was playing, and Rain had to watch it at least twice while I was snoring.
SPEAKER_07So I have to ask you, did you stand up to watch it so you wouldn't fall asleep? Or how did you think about He did stand up for a bit of it, yes. Okay, okay, absolutely.
SPEAKER_06Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_04Uh also been playing Fortnite, shocking use. No. And I'm attempting to unlock an achievement from the Tracker Network. The Tracker Network is a website that tracks the progress across different video games, and one of them is Fortnite. So now I'm attempting to achieve a hundred matches in one week. So far, 30% done. So yay for me. Yay for you. Wow.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, considering that sometimes the wait time to get into a match is like terribly long.
SPEAKER_03How long how long does it take to play a match?
unknownUh
SPEAKER_04Depends. A normal match, it's 22 minutes. That's the time that uh has the storm to close.
unknownCool.
SPEAKER_04And you have to do this in one week. To get the uh achievement, yes, I have to do it in one week. Wow.
SPEAKER_07Good luck, Mr. Good luck to you, my friend. Thank you. TikTok, what have you been up to, media wise?
SPEAKER_05Well, we got Usual Jeopardy, uh Condrags to Crystal Method for winning all stars. Yeah.
SPEAKER_08Yay!
SPEAKER_05I was a little disappointed that Don got knocked out in the first lip sync round in the final.
SPEAKER_08Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And you know, it plus it just seemed like Don was giving it her all, whereas Silky was just kind of walking around.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, well, I'm not a big Silky fan anyway. Right, yeah, I figured.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. See, also saw Eva Longoria searching for France. It's a fun foodie food travel documentary in various regions of France. Imagine that.
SPEAKER_07So I imagine she found it then since she was searching for it. Yeah, she found it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. She found some really good foods. Also got in some bad yachters, aka below deck. And not only are they bad, uh, one of the guests requested a furry party dinner. Nice. Uh, which the crew did provide. Um both the guests and the crew were dressed in fuzzy ears and tails, and the dinner was well, you know, well received by the guests.
SPEAKER_07Okay. Awesome. Awesome.
SPEAKER_05There was some um, yeah, there was a couple like mentions, you know, from the crew, you know, from the because it was like a big uh group of guests, and I think the crew mentioned it once, and then the couple of the guest mentions like, do you do you actually know what a furry is?
SPEAKER_07Fair, fair, fair, fair.
SPEAKER_03All right, uh Chitaro, how about you? Well, we watched a movie from 2025 called The Long Walk. It's a movie about teenagers from every state in the United States. They get together for a walk.
SPEAKER_07Okay. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03There are rules for this walk. You have to walk faster than three miles per hour, no stopping, no walking or stopping for more than 10 seconds, because if you do, you got a warning, and three more warnings mean you're out. Well, actually, out means you're getting shot. Oh, okay. Yeah. So it's pretty brutal. It's a brutal thing. You know, Mark Hamill is is uh in this movie, and and he plays as as sometimes he does, bad character, uh, you know, and he's the kind of the antagonist who who like is the the I don't know. Uh I don't know. I think he's the overseer person. He's the overseer. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. He's in the military and he's the overseer of this thing, and he's like, you know, he he he taunts these people and stuff. It's like a very strange thing.
SPEAKER_07Did he have his you know did he have his cock knocker fist with him?
SPEAKER_03No, he did not.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_03No, he did not. I'll but it's a very strange movie. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, I'll add that it's actually from a Stephen King novella. Oh, yeah, yeah. Which I've read before. Um, and if anyone is wondering when they, you know, when they watch this if they watch this movie about these teenagers that are basically berating and cursing each other while also having quality bonding moments, it's exactly the same in the book.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, well, it's interesting too because this walk. Remember, Stephen King was on drugs quite often too.
SPEAKER_03So the walk the walk continues until there is nobody left, so to speak. And that could be 10 miles or well, over 300 miles, like it was that they ended up walking. It was over 300. But there's an interesting twist at the end um that that um I thought was like, wow, it it shocked me that that happened. But um, but you know, it's a Stephen King book, so what do you expect? Yeah, yeah, you know, type thing. Um also we've been watching uh Rick and Morty. Uh as a matter of fact, um, in the last two weeks since we last recorded, we have watched uh six seasons. So we're currently in season seven. Nice. Um you behave. Um, which is pretty dark season, to be honest. Seven is a dark season. That's where a lot of you know, there are two episodes that have warnings before them that say that talk about this episode has some stuff to do about suicide. And it's like, my god, very dark season. But but what I love about Rick and Morty is I love the continuity in the show. Um, because if you remember in the first season, if you have watched it, in the first season, Jerry and um oh god, I can't think of her the what Beth went out on on some uh thing and said, Don't have any parties in the house. And and Rick and Summer and Morty ended up having this massive party that ended up transporting the house to another to another uh dimension, right? Yes. Well, what's interesting is that when you when the they portal back to their location, there's this big crack in the sidewalk and along there everywhere, right? It's still there in season seven. Yes, it's like amazing how they have that continuity, you know. So uh, you know, but but I also like the the little throwbacks to all the previous episodes that uh you know and also the fact that you can't really tell which Rick is Rick, you know, or which Morty is Morty sometimes. Yeah. That is true. And the episode that we just watched, um, I I it was a throwback to the one where Morty with the eye patch, so to speak. Yeah, evil Morty. So that one was kind of fun. Um, but but I'm also still playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, uh, Forza Horizon 6 and Bistro. Um, but I started playing, you're probably gonna laugh, Lego Batman, Legacy of the Dark Knight. Yes, those are fantastic games. I love the Lego franchise of video games, they're very fun. This one's a little bit different, though, from the other ones, um, because in all the other ones, you know, you basically earn red bricks to get uh super power-up, so to speak, to think to do things like find all the things in an episode or whatever. This one's not like that at all. It's totally different, but it's really fun. Um, the map is fairly large and lots of stuff to do, and so uh it's fun. So uh if you have a chance to play the newest Lego game, that's the one, Lego Batman.
SPEAKER_04You can play Lego in Fortnite, and actually the hot twing uh Rat Boy Hub in Fortnite is from the uh the Lego collection. Oh, oh, interesting.
SPEAKER_06Yes. Yeah, the Lego Batman movie is also fantastic. If you haven't watched it, go watch it.
:14 Furry News
SPEAKER_07Well, that takes us up to our intrepid news recorder TikTok. What's going on in the world of furry news?
SPEAKER_05Well, first up, uh the Capital Furcon, a new 21 plus furry convention, which will be launching in Washington, D.C. in 2027, had to reschedule their convention dates. So the FurCon, which will be at the Gay Lord National Resort and Convention Center.
SPEAKER_07Nice. What better place had to include that.
SPEAKER_05Uh, but they turned out to be double booked with dump dump dum, the National Religious Broadcasters 2027.
SPEAKER_08No, that would have been fantastic.
SPEAKER_07That would have been a great mix of cons at the same spot. Yeah, yes. Oh my god. Wow.
SPEAKER_05Uh so as reported on the furry news site Flyra, the convention chair McCaffee learned about the scheduling conflict back in March. While the two physical event spaces at the very large hotel and convention center wouldn't have overlapped, Machaffee quickly realized the potential for negative interactions between furries and right wing right wing pundits.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you think I don't think we'd have bothered them, but they would have definitely bothered us. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, I know at first the hotel was slow to reschedule the furcon, but you know, Machaffee and his staff, you know, brought up numerous security concerns and likelihood of hostility. The hotel finally relented. And yep, the Capitol FurCon has been rescheduled the weekend prior to their original date and is now February 18th to the 21st. Okay. Good luck with a new con. And a couple of notes. Yeah, a couple notes here. Chitaro can in Marilee can certainly identify. Yeah, uh, the joys of running a furry convention. Right. Yes, very much so. Navigating the whole thing.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. That's for sure.
SPEAKER_05And uh other note on here was uh anyone want to bet the furries will be much better behaved? Oh, yeah. More than likely. Nicer to the staff, etc. etc. etc. Oh, absolutely.
SPEAKER_07Absolutely, they'll be nicer to the staff. No, no question asked. Right.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, I could just see the staff like, you know, in the second day of the other thing going, please bring the furries back.
SPEAKER_06Well, I'm gonna guess there's gonna be very few furries asking, can I see your manager? Right, right.
SPEAKER_05Uh so next up, the interwebs are agog yet again with the latest raccoon news, Jimothy. So this uh compact trash panda from Ballard, Washington was born with a rare congenital defect known as short spine syndrome. And it accentuates uh raccoons normally you know roly poly gait even more. Yeah. Yes, but according to popular science, Jimothy appears to be healthy and well adapted to his condition. Videos of Jimothy quickly went viral, racking up millions of views. Seattle City Council member Alexis Mercedes Rinked made an official proclamation in Jimmy's honor uh with what she's calling Jimothy Summer. A community art uh competition. Oh Lord.
SPEAKER_06There's some really good videos out there of Jimothy uh playing and and of all this stuff. And what's really kind of cool is they've got some video from when Jimothy was uh was very little, and uh his mother and his siblings pretty much you know were there, like they didn't treat him any differently, and they they you know they took care of him. And of course, yeah. Uh there's a lot of animals that will abandon a misformed baby. And yeah, that's true. Like uh the raccoons did not do that. And his brothers and and sisters uh you know were playing with him just as well. And uh there's some also videos of him now as as he's you know on his own and older. Uh he still loves to play. Yeah he he can ninja roll with the best of them because he's so compact. He's there's some videos of him like doing these really cool roles. And like, yeah, it's he's a he's a uh an honestly really cute uh animal. And that uh short spine disease is not only limited to raccoons, it's also dogs, cats. Uh there are several different uh mammals that have this this same congenital problem. Uh but usually it doesn't affect their, you know, as long as their organs are not too compacted, uh, it usually doesn't affect them negatively, other than you know, maybe they have a little bit different gait uh and you know rollocking. Okay.
SPEAKER_04And I should remind you everyone, it's Dr. Gibbon. Oh, yes, yes.
SPEAKER_06He's been uh granted a doctorate from the University of Washington. Yeah, University of Washington granted him an honorary doctorate.
SPEAKER_07Okay, so I'm taking, I'm gonna I'm gonna make a grid for people to buy a square for $2, and we're gonna pick a date that the Jimothy cartoon comes out.
SPEAKER_06Oh, oh there are already several animations open.
SPEAKER_05Well, I mean, but an official like series on HBO or Netflix or something, the Disney, yeah, Disney, something like that.
SPEAKER_06He is adorable though. I'm oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_03I saw a picture of him with his head uh backwards and his paws kind of up in the air like that, you know, kind of lame. It was like, what in the world are you doing? He needs some whiskey. Yeah, he's being whimsical.
SPEAKER_05But uh anyway, so uh lastly, if you attended a Pride event in 2026, you might have noticed uh Pride sure is getting fluffy. So yeah, similar to overall rising furcon attendance levels, furries have been flocking to Pride festivals and fursuit.
SPEAKER_04Everything's a furcon.
SPEAKER_05And as previously researched by friends of the podcast, fur science, furry is overwhelmingly LGBTQ plus. So, of course, we furries want to show off our fur as an expression of pride within the overall pride community. Furcon organizers stepped up to the plate to help participation all around the country, including, but not limited to Euphuria, Anthro New England, furthermore, and even the South Dakota furries.
SPEAKER_03Oh wow, wow.
SPEAKER_05Uh Texas Furry Fiesta and Dallas had their own fur cons centered around June Pride. Wow. And indeed, here in Portland, Oregon, we had combined representation from the local fur cons, Furlandia, Get Out the Float, Slab Town Scamper, and Plush. We had a terrific uh turnout from the furs and much more than previous years. So, furs, let's be proud and show off our fluff. Come on out to the next Pride event, even if you don't have a fur suit. Have some fun and show your solidarity as a furry.
SPEAKER_03Yep.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03So I'll tell you that as we were walking through Pride, we were no more than three blocks out from the starting gate of the parade, and all of a sudden I kept hearing Chitaro off to the side, and then three more blocks. Chitaro! Chitaro! Chitaro! It's like I'm going, oh my god, everybody out there knows who I am. And it was like kind of weird, but you know, I I couldn't walk down I couldn't walk down three streets of Portland in a parade without everybody noticing me. It's nice.
SPEAKER_07Now for those furs that didn't get to see the whole parade, Channel 6 News in Portland has the entire parade on their website. You can watch the entire parade from first. It's about three and a half hours long.
SPEAKER_04Um that's what they indicated.
SPEAKER_07Yes. And uh I did, I did, I did fast forward to the furry part where all the furries were, and I and I paused it to start counting. And I got over to a I got over a hundred fur suitors in our parade with uh with our just our group. So we had a big turnout, really big turnout. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Awesome. Uh that's the news for this week.
SPEAKER_07All right. There we go.
:09 Upcoming Evnets
SPEAKER_07All right, upcoming events. Before we get to the list, uh I highlight upcoming cons and events that are taking place between our episodes. If you have a local event gathering or meetup that is not included in this list, uh, by the way, we source this information from furrycons.com/slash calendar. So if you want an event announced on our show, send them to us at burlyfurcasting at gmail.com and we will add it to this section. Be sure to include the name of the event, the dates, and the location and times if they apply. So with that, here are the upcoming events between this episode and our next one. It's a short list. Tales of Summer 2026 is taking place August 8th through the 9th in Richmond, British Columbia. The Dutch fur con, I hate the Dutch, are taking place in Grossbeek, Netherlands from August 14th through the 17th. I don't hate the Dutch, that's a line from movies. Austin Power, yes. Uh Fuvet, I guess is how they pronounce it, F-U-V-E. It's all capitalization, so it might be a standing for something. Takes place. It's a one-day con August 15th in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Euroference is taking place uh August 19th through the 23rd in Hamburg, Germany. And Megaplex is taking place August 21st through 23rd in Orlando, Florida, along with Postrel, which is August 21st through 23rd in Santiago, Chile, where a couple of our furs are going to be.
SPEAKER_04Yes. Wonderful. Yes, we will. We will, yes, yes.
SPEAKER_07Wow, you'll be able to give us a review of our second international conference that uh somebody's attending to.
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:02 Movie Review
SPEAKER_01the show becoming a reality.
SPEAKER_03So, Chitaro, do you have a movie review for us this week? I do, as a matter of fact. It's a movie that is streaming on Amazon Prime currently. Uh, it's from 2024 and it's called Out of the Nest. Yeah, it it sort of sounds kind of a weird, weird, but you know, first off, I want to say that this this movie was animated in Thailand and China. So it's it's uh international, but it it's interesting because most of the you can tell that they did it in English because all of their voices sync to the actual uh talking that they do, so it's kind of weird. But um, but there's I find it amazing too that for some strange reason there's uh several movies that have come out in the last few years, um, specifically furry-related ones, that have a goat as the uh protagonist in the movie. There's Arthur the goat um in in this movie. He he is a barber a barber um ninja apprentice.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. In this kingdom of Castilia, you know, um they have this tradition where they when they get ready for a new emperor, they introduce this new emperor on um right before the dawn of the new year. And the ironic part is that this is the emperor is supposed to have his hair cut by a prestigious person, hence the barber ninja apprentice thing. Um and so so they teach them how to well be a barber, so to speak. But the ironic part is that something happens where the the new emperor and his wife and his wife end up having um seven they well, they're chickens, these emperors are chickens, and they lay eggs, and these eggs end up getting stolen by the order of the claw. Oh no. Oh no. Ooh, the claw. Yeah, it makes me think of the doctor gadget. Well, you know, it's something about what is it, creative license. Yeah, that's what it would be. Because, you know, um it's it's amazing because the the emperor had this beautiful flowing long hair and stuff, and it was very beautiful. So who who knew that chickens could have nice flowing hair? So but anyway, so so there's these eggs that the emperor and the empress, I guess, um end up uh laying, and they're very important, of course, and what's ended up happening is the order of the claw ended up stealing these eggs. And yeah, and so um so what ends up happening is it becomes it eventually becomes Arthur the goat's responsibility to take care of these eggs and keep them from the Order of the Claw. So so as he is escaping from the Order of the Claw, he he's got all of these seven eggs in a backpack and he's like trying to get away and stuff like that. Well, as he is escaping along this, yeah, I'd say it's a raging river, so to speak, um, these eggs are hatching like one by one. Oh no. And what's amazing is that every single one of these chickens that hatched were a different color. Okay. One of them was red, one of them was orange, one of them was yellow, one of them was green, one of them was blue, and one of them was purple. Exactly. It was kind of funny, you know. So yeah, he he didn't want to have to call them out by their names or or by their color, so he he gave these uh chickens all the names and stuff. And so he basically protects these chickens, and um it's a very fun story. It actually is more of a a life lesson because of the fact that, you know, Arthur the goat thought that he was better than he really was. And he he ends up in this learning that he was something more than he thought he was. And because of the fact that he learns this later, you know, that's the kind of the lesson in this is that don't oversell yourself because you know, you you're you're gonna end up getting into yourself eventually, you know. So he was kind of like, Well, I want to be this great bar. But what he didn't realize was that his parents were also great ninja warriors, so to speak. They don't really name the position that he is in. So I'm kind of saying that because you know they they have the the uh the fighting ability, you know, and stuff. Kung Fu fighting. Is it kung fu in Chinese? Ninja Two Ninjas. Yeah, yeah, well there we go. I I I get confused sometimes though, but but it was really a fun movie. You know, the the animation is extremely excellent. When I watch a movie, I go on to IMDB and I go through, and after I've done watching the movie, I go through and read the tr the trivia stuff of the movie, and I read all the goofs that happen in the movie. And there weren't any of those for this movie, even though it's like two years old, right? And so I'm so the ironic part is that I actually found a big gigantic goof while I was watching the movie because there's this one scene where they're in uh in a town and they were playing at a carnival, and one of the chickens was uh you know, you know those things where you throw darts at a uh um at a target, and you're supposed to like hit the center, and if you do enough of them, you win a prize. Well, this all of these chickens had special abilities, so this one chicken that was throwing them had the special ability to always hit in the center of a target. So there was this one target that was like literally flipping back and forth, you know, um, so to speak. And he he hit the target on one side with the arrow, and unfortunately it would flip to the other side, and poof, there's happens to be the arrow on the other side of the target. So it was like frames. Yeah, yeah. So it was like I was laughing when I saw that. I'm going, wait, no, no, this movie is too good for something of that nature. But that was the only real major uh fault that I saw in the whole entire movie. But like I said, it it it had really good um I I didn't recognize any voice that was in it. I don't because they're all Asian uh actors and and actresses that were doing the voices, but it was really prestigious and uh, you know, and and some of the voices were very um charismatic and and and it just was an overall wonderful movie. Um, you know, I I'm I'm giving this four and three quarter chirps because it deserves it deserves five, but because of the fact that I noticed one goof on my own without having to be told there was any, uh I figure it should just have a little tiny bit of things.
SPEAKER_06You should post that on IMDB though, though. You can you can actually contribute to IMDb.
SPEAKER_03You know, I I I am going to do that. I haven't gotten a chance to do that yet because I've been busy doing all sorts of other things, but I am going to contribute that because it's like you know, it's one of those things that just kind of threw me for a loop.
SPEAKER_07It's like, wait, what?
SPEAKER_03But like I said, it's a really good, it is a really good movie, and um, so I would recommend it. Uh like I said, it's called Out of the Nest. Um and it's streaming on Amazon Prime right now. So all you furs go watch it. Yeah, thank you. Thank you.
:20 Bearly's Bistro
SPEAKER_07All right, well, I want to welcome you all to Barley's Bistro.
SPEAKER_00You can have a great beef dinner in no time at all. Well, almost no time at all. Beef. It's what's for dinner.
SPEAKER_07Yum. All right, my favorite things. Let's talk steak. What is your favorite beef? Yeah, what is your favorite cut? Uh ribeye. Hands down ribeye. A ribeye? What did you say, Ziggy?
SPEAKER_04Uh, love us thinking something very naughty. Oh, so not that kind of beef.
SPEAKER_07That's a different kind of beef. Yes.
SPEAKER_03I would say I'm kind of torn between between a ribeye and a New York, to be honest. Because, you know, depending upon if the ribeye is is tender enough or the New York is thick enough, then you know, it's kind of a 50-50, in my opinion.
SPEAKER_06The one thing I disagree with Guga, you know, Guga the the steak guy that's on YouTube. Real good? Yes, real good. Uh he's a Brazilian guy, and the one thing I disagree with him on is ribeye is the best cut. He says picanha is the king of steaks, and it's not because it's more tough. You have to cut it against the grain. Ribbeye is always nice and tender if it's if it's marbled correctly and cooked correctly. Uh, picanha can be hit or miss. I mean, it does have the most fat cap, but just because it has a fat cap doesn't mean you're gonna get all of that fat into the steak, whereas with ribeye, it's marbled and you get all that yummy, you know, fat in the meat and it it becomes very tender as you cook it.
SPEAKER_05Alright, nice. Yeah, I would say uh New York strip, medium rare, also a good filet, rare, it really gets me going.
SPEAKER_04I'm not a big fan of filet, it's tender, but it's too lean for me. I prefer uh T-bone steak.
SPEAKER_05It it can uh yeah, filets can be a little on the bland side, but when you get a good one, it's like, oh yeah.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. The only problem that I see with T-bone steaks is the fact that you've got a good piece of meat on one side and an okay piece of meat on the other. Yeah, true.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, you know, so it's split on the flavor.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. That's true. But you know, I'm one of those people, I'm strange. I actually like eating the fat on steak. So Me too.
SPEAKER_06It actually has more fat digestion, too. Uh red meat is very hard to digest, but if you eat the fat along with the meat, uh, it actually helps the digestion. Uh I did not know that. Yeah, apparently there's some enzymes or something in the fat that helps break down the red meat. Wow, C E U earned. Yeah. It's uh I I found like if when I was eating more lean cuts of red red meat, I had trouble digesting them. I would get a little bit of acid reflux and stuff, but if I eat like a ribeye or something that's that's less lean, uh I didn't get that that you know troubled digestion.
SPEAKER_08All right, fair enough.
SPEAKER_07Fair enough. TikTok, you mentioned you like yours medium rare. Yep.
SPEAKER_05So rare or rare on the fillet. Rare on the mooing. Yeah, almost mooing. Okay. Almost moving. Same here. Okay.
SPEAKER_06Same here. I I I like it medium rare at the the dunnest. I can go rare if it's a very good piece of uh meat. Um and it's been you know cooked at a high enough temperature to render the fat out. But uh yeah, I I particularly like you know, anywhere from just north of rare into medium rare, I think is a perfect dunness for a steak.
SPEAKER_04Okay. I'm very sad to announce that most people here in Chile prefer well done meat. Yeah, it's it's it's very sad.
SPEAKER_03It's very sad. See, when I was a kid, I I insisted because I hated to see the bleeding part of meat. I thought, no, well, no, no, I know, but when you're a kid, you don't know those things. And yeah, it's like, I don't want to see bleeding meat, right? And so I would make sure that mine was exorbitantly well done. But as I got older and I started working in food service, I found out the reason behind why well-done steak is horrible. Um, and it's because it cooks all of the fat out and it it just renders it tasteless. But but as you cook less of it and it's the rare aspect of things, it brings out the flavor of the meat, and that's what's important because the the marbling of the meat is important because it gives the right amount of fat to meat ratio, and then when you cook it in the rare aspect of things, you get the best flavor and taste. Even if you don't season the piece of meat, it gives you wonderful taste. And so I like it to be on the the rare side personally. Now there are certain restaurants that when you say rare, um, they cook it to medium rare, but yeah, that's why you almost have to say, please give me a five-minute steak, and where it's two and a half on both sides.
SPEAKER_06So a trick for for that uh at restaurants tell them you want it blue rare. Oh they will cook it on the lower side of medium, then you'll get it kind of just just about at the rare. Blue rare is is very rare. Uh, and I find most restaurants do go slightly over the temperature you tell them. So like ask them blue rare if you notice that they that they overcook your steak every time.
SPEAKER_07So, how do you like to prepare your own steak? Oh, by the way, I like a I like a New York strip as well. But oh, New York strip is good, but yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_06Yep, yep. So it's one of the best cuts.
SPEAKER_07How do you like to prepare your steaks?
SPEAKER_06Grilled, fried, based on if I have a grill, I've over charcoal, over charcoal, and salt, pepper, garlic salt, or garlic uh, you know, garlic uh seasoning. Powder or call garlic yeah, garlic seasoning basically. Uh salt, pepper, garlic. That's all you need. You don't need anything else.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, I I I do like um, you know, I do like it over like, you know, this the grill prefer it, but just because you're you know have to like you know burn the charcoal made. I I tend to just use the oven broiler. Yeah, oven broiler is great.
SPEAKER_06Uh so is uh cast iron pan. Cast iron pan is a great way to cook steaks. Yeah. Microwave. Let's see bad cool.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, Montreal steak seasoning, a little extra pepper, maybe a couple little bits of red pepper. And yeah, onions.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, that's that's pretty cool. Oh, yeah, onions on caramelized onions on steak. This is gonna be.
SPEAKER_05Of course, a chicken fried steak is really good when it's good. Yeah, when it's done right, yes.
SPEAKER_03But that's a cheaper cut of steak. I usually do where I use fresh garlic um on the steak and I I I like to marinate it in garlic as much as possible because I'm one of those strange people that can eat garlic raw.
SPEAKER_06Um, garlic is acidic and it helps to break down the the uh the steak anyways.
SPEAKER_03So and since I don't do a lot with salt, I don't usually salt my meat, but I do pepper it. And so usually just garlic and pepper, and that's about it. But I'm not that much for charcoal personally, because I'm not a char broiled, I don't like char broiled. If you're gonna go just taste weak.
SPEAKER_06Don't go charcoal briquettes because they are terrible for you.
SPEAKER_03They've got tons of additives and crap in them for the well, even restaurants, restaurants that use those char broilers that are basically like hot, hot uh strips of metal that's like. Yeah, they're really horrible. I I personally prefer either when I cook it myself, it's either um in a pan um or it is uh in the broiler on on on, you know. I I put a piece of foil on there and then make all the juices stay in the steak rather than dripping through the pan. So true, yeah. The drippings are the best part of a steak, in my opinion. Well, yeah. What about you barely?
SPEAKER_06What's your favorite way to cook a steak?
SPEAKER_07Well, I I prefer to barbecue it on the grill. Um yeah, and we have a we have a pellet grill, so we get that smoky flavor built in. Yeah. Although it's broken, so I haven't been able to do it this year. Oh and I haven't bought a new one yet. Um so um big argument amongst the steak people is prime rib a steak or something else? No, it's a roast.
SPEAKER_03No, it's yeah, it's a roast. It's a roast. Because, you know, the the the the best is a roast. The prime rib comes from the chest, chest and the ribs, and so it's it's rib meat, and so it's kind of like not where the steak comes from, which is usually the sides or the flank. And so, you know, it's not considered uh a steak because it is usually cooked in a roast with the ribs on top.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, you never you never cook prime rib like as a steak, it's always cooked as a roast and then sliced uh at the in certain times. So like they'll slice it early for the people that want the medium rare cuts, which is the best cuts also of prime rib, and then you know continue to cook it for people who want medium and well done.
SPEAKER_05I always thought prime rib was like a really, really thick ribeye. But you have to roast it. No, it's a sick.
SPEAKER_06Not because it's from the other part of the rib, not from the back part of the rib. Ah, got it. Uh tomahawk. The tomahawk is is actually uh ribeye with the bone in. Okay. Yeah. The tomahawk is a ribeye with bone in. Bonk piece of it. Oh, they're so yummy though.
SPEAKER_07They're very yummy.
SPEAKER_03Well, you know, the if you remember the beginning of the Flintstones, that whole entire uh thing when they brought the source of the car, the brush, those, those are the ribs of the yeah, those are the ribs of the ribeye.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah. I mean, I like a prime rib, and I do know that most steakhouses will have a prime rib on their hand. And of course, I learned the hard way many years ago also when I was sent to Costco dutifully by my husband to pick up prime rib for our Christmas dinner. Now we were feeding 20 for Christmas dinner that time. And uh I walk into Costco and I'm looking for the prime rib. I'm looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, looking. And I finally had to ask one of the butchers. And he says, Well, there is no such thing as prime rib. There is rib roasts, there are standing rib roasts. The prime comes from the the grating of the meat, not the actual cut of the meat. And I was like, Oh, he says, so from this rib roast, you could have prime rib, you could have regular rib. But even if you have regular rib because of the quality, the restaurants are still gonna call it prime rib because that's what they they they're not gonna say, a regular rib dinner for yes, yes. So all right, well, uh, thank you for joining me in Barely's Bistro.
:06 Shameless Plugs
SPEAKER_07And now it's time for our shameless plugs. Of course, Royal Highness is uh the the podcast, 168 episodes based on the house, not house, but the game of thrones that my sister and her friend are doing, and they're now currently watching and talking about House of the Dragons season three.
SPEAKER_06Uh so tune in to have a laugh or two, and then there is three-do who, the monthly Doctor Who podcast where we talk about all things Doctor Who. Uh, that's myself, James, and Barely. Um, so you've got uh an American, well, two Americans, uh, one expat, uh, and a British person talking about Doctor Who. And of course, James is one of the most well-learned uh Doctor Who scholars in the industry. We talk about all things Doctor Who. The episode that should be out uh when this airs is going to be all of is gonna be our second unit episode where we talk about our favorite unit episodes. Um, yeah, it's uh it's a lot of fun. Uh Barley and myself and James get really deep into the weeds on Doctor Who. A lot of fun. Then there's my YouTube channel Raccoon, where I tell stories of true crimes, abandoned places, and strange history and odd tales. Uh, you can find it on YouTube.com forward slash at Rain Raccoon. That's R-A-Y-N-E-R-A-C-C-O-O-N. Uh please give it a watch and subscribe. Uh my latest episode that just came out is about the uh city of Bay Ocean, which is in Oregon and disappeared. Uh it's uh our our very own Atlantis story. Um and you can uh uh watch that and find out all about Bay Ocean and why you probably haven't heard of it, even if you live in Oregon. So please give it a watch and subscribe. Uh I also have my social media and project links available on my Linktree, L-A-N-K-T-R.ee forward slash rain raccoon. And finally, the next con that Ziggy and I will be at is Post Rol, which we've already said uh in August in Santiago. And I would like to give a shout out to Chirsch on the PostroCon staff for being a good bean and uh helping us out with all this stuff. Yes, he's a good bean.
SPEAKER_04Yes, he is a big kitty.
SPEAKER_06Yes, he's a he's a cheetah. He's a cheetah, also. Yo, yay!
SPEAKER_04Another cheetah, another cheetah, another cheetah in the in the coordination of uh uh of a con.
SPEAKER_07Another cheetah, another cheetah and another board for con.
SPEAKER_03I would almost say that that's that cheetahs running cons is more rare than cheetahs in the in the hole. So yeah, well, yeah.
SPEAKER_06There you go. Yeah, it's uh we've got two now that we know.
SPEAKER_07Alright.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_06Ziggy, how about you? What do you got to plug?
SPEAKER_04Shout out to the chimkin ladies, yay, down the street from our house.
unknownYes.
SPEAKER_06They make the best fried chicken I have ever had, and do not tell my mom I said that because it's better than hers. Well, it's a good thing your mom doesn't listen to this podcast.
SPEAKER_07It is Noah.
SPEAKER_04No, she doesn't. Maybe she's the furry.
SPEAKER_03Cha-cha-cha. No, she's not. There would be an interesting one.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_04Blood twist. And if you see a grain-haired raccoon in Fortnite, please be kind and donate your sprite. Also, don't be a jerk in the bottle bus. Just let us get the crown.
SPEAKER_06Don't shoot it down, okay? Yeah. Ziggy's gotten sniped a couple times. Like, like he's getting like five feet to the bus and they they shoot him down dead in as he's trying to get on the bus at the last second.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, this is this new game thingy that the bus appears in some rounds, and if you get in the bus, you win. Doesn't matter if it's one, two, ten person, if you get in the bus, you win. So just get us get there. Don't play. But yeah, people in the bus can shoot you down. Yes. Of course. Well, if they're secured. Yes, because they're gonna win anyway. Yeah. They don't need to shoot you down. Yeah. Okay. One and ten. We'll leave. Yay. Okay. Alright.
SPEAKER_03Chitaro, how about you? Well, uh, Forlandia 2027 Ready Furry One volunteer applications are going to be when this comes out, will be available on the website, Forlandia.org. Pre-registration will probably begin sometime before the end of August. Um, I know that we still have not come up with an exact location, but keep an eye on our website and we'll let everybody know. We are going to be at Rose City Comic-Con. Ferlandia will be, that is. Um the 11th to 13th of September. And what's really a-so much fun. Well, you know, I found out that this con has like 20,000 people that come to it. At least that's how many were last year, right?
SPEAKER_06It's one of the best cons in the nation, in my opinion.
SPEAKER_03The ironically funny part is that two people that are going to be there signing autographs are two people that I actually know, and that's Jonah Scott and Griffin Powatu. So it's going to be interesting to see them there too. But we're going to be doing, we're going to be doing a couple of furry meetups, one, one on Friday, one on Saturday, or Sunday, excuse me, um, and uh a couple of uh of uh not pods, um panels, that's the word, uh, as well. One that's on the Portland furry con uh history, focusing on Furlandia specifically over the years, um, and another one of dispelling furry myths and stereotypes. So come on out to Roe City Comic-Con and uh come see us.
SPEAKER_06Absolutely. My very first time fursuiting in public public uh was at uh Roast City Comic-Con, and everybody was so super kind, and they were like people were constantly grabbing me to take pictures. There's probably dozens and dozens and dozens of pictures of me out there with with uh with Deadpools and and other stuff, like people just grabbing me and saying, Come take a picture with me. It's it's really good. They like furries, uh, it's it's a very fun con.
SPEAKER_03Well, the ironic part is that Furlandia did not reach out to Rose City Comic-Con. Rose City Comic-Con reached out to us. Yeah. Oh wow. And they they basically heard about us uh through um somebody who's part of their staff, and they knew that we were at down at the uh Hyatt Regency, and they knew that um, you know, so I guess somebody from Rose City Comic-Con came to Forlandia and saw us and said, Oh god, now that you're so big, you have to be here. So that's why they make it.
SPEAKER_06Like I said, they they are a really fun group. Uh I've never had any problem there, never had any ew a furry. It was it was all very positive interactions. Everybody was was super chill. It's a it's a fun place. Go go to the panels for Furlandia. You're gonna have a great time.
SPEAKER_07And I would also point out that if you come to Comic Con and you would like to attend Furry ReadyFurry One in 2027, there will be a special at con pricing available at our booth to register during Comic-Con.
SPEAKER_06So if you want to miss because cons are expensive.
SPEAKER_07If you want to get a good deal, come on out and pre-register.
SPEAKER_06Orlando is probably one of the best priced cons in the industry. So yeah, they're worth it.
SPEAKER_03And we're getting bigger. You know, we had 4,395 people this year, and maybe we might have over 5,000. I think we will.
SPEAKER_06I think we will. I think you're gonna get it. All right.
SPEAKER_03And what's the other panel you're doing? Oh, it it's the one, the one is uh Portland FurryCon Furlandia's history. So it's basically a history throughout, you know, starting with well, we're gonna break basically talk how furry conventions began, and then we're gonna talk about when Furlandia started in 2013 and talk about all the stuff about Furlandia. Nice. Um, basically. And then the other one is of course dispelling furry myths and stereotypes. So those are the two. So the and and that's important because you know, there's a lot of stereotypes and and myths out there about people who think about about furries and stuff, and you know, and when you're at a Comic Con, where's the best place to dispel those things in a panel? Right. Check Tack, what have you got to plug?
SPEAKER_05Well, well, if you're going to Rose City Comic Con, uh come get some sticky protogenes. Hugs because I'll be there. Yay!
:11 Closing and Goodbyes
SPEAKER_07Well, we've come to the end of our time together. Listener, we know you have a choice in podcasts and we appreciate that you choose to listen to ours. Remember, you can support the show on Buzz Sprout or through Patreon for as little as $3 a month. If you become a sponsor or a supporter on Buzz Sprout for $5 a month or more, you will receive early access to this podcast release, which you can listen to on Buzz Sprout. Typically, this would be about three days or sooner before release. Every little bit helps keep the lights on, or if you listen on YouTube, why not hit that subscribe button? And as I said before, you can send us an email at barelyfurcasting at gmail.com. And finally, you can hit us a send us a fan mail on BuzzSprout where you can send a text message or a voicemail, and we promise to respond. And hey, why not join the BFFT listener telegram chat? Be in the know and chat with the staff and other listeners. We are still needing submit submissions for listen from listeners, from usual guest spots, and conroom mate stories. So click the link down below to submit. Uh Rain, what are your parting thoughts?
SPEAKER_06As always, be kind to yourselves and each other.
SPEAKER_07Move bark fluff stay furry.
SPEAKER_05Okay, TikTok. Maintain the fluff, move bark fluff, stay furry. Chitaro?
SPEAKER_03As always, make somebody laugh, pay it forward, because if the whole world was laughing, we'd be in a better place.
SPEAKER_04Ziggy! Love always wins, keep face, and pups goes the weasel. And Tabin, you're a good pup.
SPEAKER_07Tabin's a good pup. Now before we leave, before we leave, I want to give our other hosts here that you hear talking a chance to step up, as it were, and produce and direct an episode of BFFT. So, do I have a volunteer for next episode from any of you four?
SPEAKER_03I will say I will have no problem of helping out as long as I can have a helping hand if I get stuck.
SPEAKER_07Absolutely. I mean I I I stand available to help you out on everything and As do I. Yeah. So essentially it's it's one episode, and they will have so Chitaro will be uh producing and directing our next episode. I'll still be editing, so you don't have to do the editing. They will have complete control over the show, including all the things that I usually do, as well as the order of the show, who gets to talk, what they get to do, all of that kind of stuff. If they've got any little bits that they want to do, they're up at the control of the show is completely up to them. And I promise to be a good person in the background and just be a nice person that talks when I'm asked to talk when I come on the show. Okay. So be sure to tune in. Good luck with the pop. So be sure to tune in next time for a very interesting. That's what I'm afraid of. BFFT, and thanks to all the staff at the Injured Nerves Podcast Network, to all our friends and furs out there. Thanks for listening. Moo Bark Fluff and Stay Furry.
SPEAKER_05Bye-bye. Bye.
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