Best American Bear Association Podcasts (2025)

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S22,E03: 05/26/25 (COMEDY! Weird Al Yankovic, Flight of the Conchords, Garfunkel and Oates, Lemon Sisters, Lonely Island, Asylum Street Spankers, Monty Python, Wynonie Harris, Muppets, Bo Burnham, Tim ... 1:04:26

9d ago1:04:26

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SEASON 22 EPISODE 3 SPECIAL "COMEDY MUSIC" EPISODE! The Check's in the Mail - "Weird Al" Yankovic Foux Du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords Carol Brown - Flight of the Conchords You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute - Flight of the Conchords Pregnant Women are Smug - Garfunkel and Oates 29 / 31 - Garfunkel and Oates In My Country - The Lemon Sisters Natal…

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Homelessness and Bartonella quintana Infections 30:32

18d ago30:32

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Dr. Grace Marx, an infectious disease physician and medical epidemiologist with CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, and Dr. Emily Mosites, an epidemiologist at the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon, discuss Bartonella quintana infections among people experiencing homelessness.…

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Episode 15 - Founder Tales: Pieces of the Sanctuary ft. Klari Lea (Part 4) 49:26

28d ago49:26

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Episode 15 – Founder Tales: Pieces of the Sanctuary ft. Klari Lea (Part 4) In the second part of Philip’s chat with Klari we learn more about the bears, the people and when people work together we can make a difference (and her rock collection!). The Bear Den Artwork is by Asha Kaur Contact: [email protected] Find out more: American Bear As…

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Episode 14 - Founder Tales: Seeds of Hope ft. Klari Lea (Part 3) 57:10

1M ago57:10

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Episode 14 – Founder Tales: Seeds of Hope ft. Klari Lea (Part 3) Co-Founder Klari Lea joins Philip to talk about her passion for animal advocacy since childhood, meeting her husband, fellow co-founder, Bill Lea, and their arrival at the sanctuary. Klari talks about the early days of the wildlife sanctuary, and how the core principles of the ABA wer…

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The 9pm Bears of Heaven with David F Porteous 1:36:17

1M ago1:36:17

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With just days remaining until Australia's federal election, who better to talk with than Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous? Well, lots of people, but here we are. In this episode we do talk about the impending election, and quite a bit about sausages. But we also discuss important issues about transubstantiation, whether Princ…

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S22,E01: 04/28/25 (Foamboy, Zack Keim, Panda Bear, The Innocence Mission, Dyan, Dean Wareham, cagedancr.) 50:09

1M ago50:09

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Season 22 Episode 2 Edibles - Foamboy Washington DC - Zack Keim Better Days - Zack Keim Praise - Panda Bear Ends Meet - Panda Bear Midwinter Swimmers - The Innocence Mission John Williams - The Innocence Mission Pray to Me - Dyan What Fiction Is For - Dyan You Were the Ones I Had to Betray - Dean Wareham The Cloud is Coming - Dean Wareham Fine Day …

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Episode 13 - Never Cry Wolf: A Chat with Voyageurs Wolf Project Team Lead Tom Gable 1:19:43

1M ago1:19:43

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Episode 13 – Never Cry Wolf: A Chat with Voyageurs Wolf Project Team Lead Tom Gable Philip chats to Tom Gable, Project Team Lead, for the Voyageurs Wolf Project. With over a decades worth of experience working in Voyageurs National Park, Tom has a wealth of knowledge into wolf research and conservation. They talk about wolf ecology and Tom’s person…

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The 9pm Triple Mammal Chinese Spy Ship Panic with Snarky Platypus 1:06:03

1M ago1:06:03

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The summer series is dragging on, and there's still so many things on our minds. So joining me for a bonus episode is my good friend Snarky Platypus. In this episode we talk about lego, trains full of boomers, the echidnapus, and the panic about a so-called Chinese Spy Ship. And of course there's a few rants about election discourse and political p…

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Episode 12 - Snapshot: Interview w/ Naturalist, Wildlife Photographer & Author Stan Tekiela 1:06:59

2M ago1:06:59

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Episode 12 – Snapshot: Interview w/ Naturalist, Wildlife Photographer & Author Stan Tekiela Philip is joined by Stan Tekiela, who discusses his 40+ year career working in the wildlife field. For over 20 years, Stan has visited the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary and led countless photo workshops in that time. Together Philip and Stan cover topics ra…

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Episode 11 - Founder Tales: Taking over from Vince ft. Karen Hauserman (Part 2) 27:40

2M ago27:40

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Episode 11 – Founder Tales: Taking over from Vince (Part 2) ABA Co-Founder Karen Hauserman continues her story detailing Vince’s declining health and her first meeting with Bill and Klari Lea, and how the three of them went on to form the ABA. Karen also reflects on bears she met over the years, her families reaction to her working with them and mu…

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Episode 10 - Founder Tales: Meeting Vince ft. Karen Hauserman (Part 1) 28:30

2M ago28:30

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Episode 10 – Founder Tales: Meeting Vince (Part 1) Philip is joined by ABA Co-Founder Karen Hauserman in the first of a two-parter! They chat about how the property was in the “before times”, before the sanctuary was founded. Karen details how she came to the Northwoods and her first meeting with Vince in the early 1990s. We also find out about Mex…

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The 9pm Dreams of American Empire with Associate Professor David Smith 59:55

2M ago59:55

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There's a lot going on in The America. You may have noticed. So as the summer series grinds on — way behind schedule — we're joined by Associate Professor David Smith from the United States Study Centre. In this episode we talk, obviously, about the powers of POTUS and his Yalta 2.0 imperialist desires to annex Canada. And Greenland. And Mexico. We…

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Episode 9 - Out On A Limb 47:33

2M ago47:33

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Episode 9 – Out on a Limb In 2016, Philip pulled a book off the shelf entitled “Out on a Limb” by Benjamin Kilham. Benjamin Kilham has rehabilitated hundreds of black bears cubs in New Hampshire. Walking with them in the forest has helped him detail bear communications, vocalisations, body language and other behaviours, including family dynamics, c…

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Episode 8 - Myths & Misconceptions 26:36

3M ago26:36

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Episode 8 – Myths & Misconceptions There are many myths and misconceptions about the North American black bear. Join Philip as he reviews the myths and counter these with the facts. This episode dives into folklore, misunderstood behavior, and scientific truths, all in an effort to separate fact from fiction including topics on hibernation, menstru…

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Episode 7 - ABA President Interview w/Steph Horner 50:56

3M ago50:56

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Episode 7 – ABA President Interview w/Steph Horner During a visit to the sanctuary in summer 2024 Philip sat down for a chat with ABA President, Steph Horner. We discussed how she gained her love of animals, the challenges of running a non-profit, bears she has connected with over the years and some of the remarkable bear behaviour’s we see at the …

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Episode 6 - Bear Necessities ft. Bill Lea 35:17

3M ago35:17

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Episode 6 – Bear Necessities Ever wondered what its like to volunteer at the sanctuary? Join Philip as he takes us through what has changed at the sanctuary over the last ten years and why volunteering at the sanctuary is an experience unlike many others. Listeners will enjoy insights on volunteering and learn about the sanctuary’s evolving operati…

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Episode 5 - Bear Safety ft. Amber Kornak 41:11

3M ago41:11

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Episode 5 – Bear Safety What are you supposed to do when you’re hiking out in bear country? Philip draws upon his own experiences hiking in Canada, before we welcome wildlife biologist, Amber Kornak, into the Bear Den. Having volunteered at the sanctuary many years ago, Amber has gone on to work in the animal field for the last decade, and she reco…

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Episode 4 - Radio Collared Bears 35:57

4M ago35:57

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Episode 4 – Radio Collared bears There have been several bears with radio collars that have passed through the sanctuary over the years. In 2016 the ABA, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began its own radio collar programme and 5 bears in total were radio collared over a multi-year period, contributing data to conservat…

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The 9pm Nostalgia for Corruption with John Birmingham 1:09:54

4M ago1:09:54

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As the summer series grinds on we’re joined once again — well, after a gap of more than a year — by author and columnist John Birmingham. In this episode we talk, inevitably, about the nexus between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. But we also chat about Brisbane and the good old days, cancer, the Apple Vision Pro, World Expo 88, digital locks, physical…

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Episode 3 - Humans and Bears 29:03

4M ago29:03

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Episode 3 – Humans and Bears Before Vince Shute passed away, the American Bear Association was formed in 1995. Its three founders were Karen Hauserman, Bill Lea and Klari Lea. It wasn’t an easy start for them and they had to establish rules at the sanctuary and wrestle with the question of feeding bears. Its not only human characters that we deal w…

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Episode 2 - The Bear Man 25:31

4M ago25:31

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Episode 2 – The Bear Man Who was Vince Shute, the man who started it all? We journey back over 100 years to learn about his humble beginnings, from having to leave school at a young age to support his family, and giving up his dreams of becoming a prize fighter, to owning a successful logging company in the North Woods of Minnesota. Bears visited h…

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Another Untitled Music Podcast | Trailer 2 1:11

4M ago1:11

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Snarky Platypus and Stilgherrian return to that park in North Sydney park to record another uninformative trailer for their new podcast. Please ignore the squealing child. They’ll be recording two pilot episodes in the coming weeks, just as soon as the paperwork is done for the music license.By Stilgherrian

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The 9pm Medical Semiotics of Bow Ties, Long Covid, and Poo with Dr Trent Yarwood 1:03:14

4M ago1:03:14

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The summer series continues, and it's more science. Today's special guest is infectious diseases physician Dr Trent Yarwood. In this episode we talk about infectious diseases, of course, from smallpox to long covid, and HIV to measles. But we also discuss the appendix, biological warfare, norovirus, poo, and the medical semiotics of bow ties. Full …

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Another Untitled Music Podcast | Trailer 1 0:56

4M ago0:56

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Snarky Platypus and Stilgherrian sit in a North Sydney park to record a brief and uninformative trailer for their new podcast. They’ll be recording two pilot episodes in the coming weeks, just as soon as the paperwork is done for the music license.By Stilgherrian

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Episode 1 - Bear With Me 21:46

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Episode 1 – Bear With Me I’m Philip Stubley and join me as I introduce myself and the world of the American Bear Association. Over the course of the series, we’ll discuss the origins of the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary, why we do what we do and learn all about North American black bears. Listeners can expect a deep dive into black bear conservati…

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The 9pm Colonisation of Mars and the Universe with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow 1:16:25

5M ago1:16:25

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Happy New Year. It's time for another look at space news, I reckon, so once more my special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow. In this episode we talk about Mars, including its role as both a source of aliens and as a potential …

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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay to Detect Invasive Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes 23:23

5M ago23:23

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Cristina Rafferty, a molecular biologist with the US President's Malaria Initiative at CDC, and former Public Health Entomology for All program interns Gloria Raise and JeNiyah Scaife discuss a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes.…

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The 9pm Full-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus 1:20:04

5M ago1:20:04

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Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created some bingo cards for 2024. Two sets of 25 things that might happen. Well, we’re now at the end of the year, so let’s see how we went. You might want to follow along with the original blog post. https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2024/ You might also want to listen to…

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The 9pm Weeds of Disappointment with David F Porteous 1:26:48

5M ago1:26:48

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Our first special guest in the summer series is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we’re going to talk about everything that happened in 2024. Every single thing. Well, no. However we do have to talk about Donald Trump. Sorry, but we do. We also talk about the latest challenge to honesty on OnlyFans, the latest in adult dia…

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Thelazia callipaeda Eyeworms in American Black Bear, Pennsylvania, USA, 2023 29:13

5M ago29:13

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Dr. Carol Sobotyk, an assistant professor of clinical parasitology and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, and Candice Hoffmann discuss Thelazia callipaeda eyeworms in an American black bear.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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The 9pm Major Irritation (and certain other amusements) 27:00

6M ago27:00

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The first summer series episode of the Edict features Stilgherrian telling a personal story, plus a few other bits and pieces. In this episode he talks about his recent injuries and related hospital visits, the history of those hospitals, content warnings, dildos in Texas, and some old anti-vaxxers. Full podcast details and credits at: https://the9…

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The 9pm Chickens of Cyber Necromancy with Justin Warren 1:21:17

6M ago1:21:17

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It's the final episode of the spring series, finally. And with all the weird digital policy action in Australia in recent weeks, I figured we'd better chat once more with Justin Warren, "consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme". In this episode we talk about Australia's newly-l…

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