Bear Fur & Sparkles

society, culture, places, travel · EN

Bear Fur and Sparkles is a conversational podcast about starting over abroad—geographically, emotionally, and culturally. Hosted by Fernando Ventresca and Jason Hanasik, two former San Francisco residents who relocated to Europe in midlife to experience new ways to "do human." This isn’t a podcast about chasing youth or reliving glory days. It’s about learning new rules when no one hands you a guidebook and how being gay abroad can feel both freeing and oddly constraining. Bear Fur and Sparkles looks at the emotional, social, and political realities of being a gay man in your forties and fifties—when you’re no longer becoming who you’ll be, but deciding who you want to stay. Smart, funny, reflective, and occasionally messy, this is a podcast for anyone asking: What does a good life look like now—a