Bear With Me : The Specials

Just a cheeky wee hello to say I will be back soon. Love you loads. Stephen.

In the episode, Mark and Stephen call it a day. We would both like to thank everyone who has listened, all our amazing guests, and the talented Jonas for our theme music You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy  We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen Bear With Me, The Podcast is brought to you by Mark and Stephen, a truly independent podcast. Edited and produced by Stephen Blyth Title music by Jonas Gladnikoff Cover art by Stephen Blyth

In this episode, we talk about "it's a sin" the new Russell T Davis show, the change in policy around the LGBTQ+ community donating blood. we also talk about everyones favourite topic... covid... yey. We somehow talk about computer games, and Mark talks about his couch to 5KM he is doing. Stephen brings up Marks hoodie again, and if he should finally throw it away, and there is also a little drag race chat, while Stephen talks about the Apple TV show "the morning show" You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen Bear With Me, The Podcast is brought to you by Mark and Stephen, a truly independent podcast. Edited and produced by Stephen Blyth Title music by Jonas Gladnikoff Cover art by Stephen Blyth

in this episode, we have A couple of apologies. We discuss Elliot Page coming out as trans and congratulate netflix in their easy change of his name of their database, and that ties in with Mark discussing the ruling about pubity blockers to be unavailable to the under 16s. We talk about the covid vaccine and Stephen’s excitement for it. Stephen talks about being blocked after having some online drama with someone. Our FaceTime freezes. Again. We talk about the meek-row-wah-veee, and about PinkNews and social media pages who glorify the manipulation of a straight rugby player who had a sexual activity performed on him by a man unbeknownst to him at the time. Mark Answers a listen question about a kpop song. Stephen tells mark about how he broke his glasses. Mark has a catfish on scruff. Mark talks about the law suites by some retired rugby pros for brain damage causing early onset dementia, and Stephen talks about why he thinks Austin Healey was right to request an apology from the blogger trying to bait him about his views on the lgbt+ community. We talk Christmas movies and the awful Dolly Parton Christmas movie, and the movies we have on our Netflix list. We talk about the upcoming season of drag race. Stephen challenges Mark to stop being as thirsty in 2021 when we uses his page of the ep to try let people know he wants to sleep with them. And we briefly talk about world aids day. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/pocketlilbob and www.instagram.com/at.pizza with a special shout of for the amazing photographer Steven Rolfe, you can buy his stunning coffee table photography books at https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10376323 You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen Bear With Me, The Podcast is brought to you by Mark and Stephen, a truly independent podcast. Edited and produced by Stephen Blyth Title music by Jonas Gladnikoff Cover art by Stephen Blyth

it's our 3rd Birthday today. who knew we could do this for three years and not kill each other? We just want to say a huuuuuuuuuge thank you for listening to us talk so much nonsense for so long. we really do appreciate each and every one of you. thanks for listening Mark and Stephen Bear With Me, The Podcast is brought to you by Mark and Stephen, a truly independent podcast. Edited and produced by Stephen Blyth Title music by Jonas Gladnikoff Cover art by Stephen Blyth

we are back after a six week break. in this episode, we talk about more local lockdowns, Stephen talks about discovering a colleague on Grindr, and we gloss over movies and drag race Canada. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/mightygiraffe and www.instagram.com/yew_cottage_garden You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen Bear With Me, The Podcast is brought to you by Mark and Stephen, a truly independent podcast. Edited and produced by Stephen Blyth Title music by Jonas Gladnikoff Cover art by Stephen Blyth

In this episode, we talk about our weekends away, the new localised lockdown in Aberdeen. we hear about Mark taking "cute" couple pics with Andrew, and his healthy eating habits. Stephen talks about seeing people get fully made up just to sit at a table in a lockdown nightclub, and we talk about the bus the plowed into a town house. We talk about sexual health and how Mark almost had the flee from his weekend away when there was localised lockdowns in England. Bearscots is cancelled this year and Stephen thinks their announcement is a little disingenuous. pizza, Twilight and Stephen not being mean, as well as Canada's Drag Race and Fort Salem are also discussed. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/motherlandtv and www.instagram.com/sprehd You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode, Mark moans about the fact he can't get to the gym, and Mark accuses Stephen of being shady and mean (big shock there huh?)about the moon. They chat about the BBC dropping trans charities from their info page, the advert for film crew in Edinburgh, and the free Britney movement. Mark and Stephen get into transphobic in sports, particularly rugby and boxing, with the leaked report that World Rugby are trying to ban trans players, and Stephen goes off on one about the boxer that goes into a transphobic and homophobic rant when he was asked if he supports the LGBT community. Much to Stephens amusement Mark uses another Pink News article, even when he says he doesn't like the news outlets journalistic credibility in a past episode, and Stephen proclaims he's now a man of God. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/makotobear and www.instagram.com/msk4mskco You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode, we are finally in the same room to record. We talk about Mark breaking furniture while drunk, Stephen's birthday card, the 13th star sign, the anti-lgtbq president of Poland. Mark compares Carol basking to Sarah Ferguson, while mocking Stephen for lining up a few post lockdown for some sex. We both talk about Phills lake, and the usual PPDR and Canada. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/burtyvslife and www.instagram.com/jujubeeonline You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode, we have many tech issues, so we both apologise. Mark talks about his trip to Leeds, the killer bridge that Stephen almost died on, the drama with a charity and a union, the government and their public debate about gay conversion therapy and the online sexual health mag by SX. Plus the usual drag race chat with a review, of sorts, on the latest two episodes of all stars, and the first two episodes of drag race Canada. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/biggaybucketlist and www.instagram.com/radarthewonderpup You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

in this episode we chat about Stephen's trip to see Mark in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, we argue about bus drivers engagement with service users about wearing face coverings, the awful comparison of Nicola Sturgeon to hitler, Michele Visage helping in the wedding of the kilted yoga, the Meadows in Edinburgh being covered in litter, a Starbucks barista getting revenge on a "Karen", some slight tech issues, PreP being available on the NHS in Wales, the reopening of Cineworld at the end of the month, we argue about hoe gorgeous rugby player Ali Price is, drag race chat, and we discuss the need for the new pride diversity flag. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/aktcharity and www.instagram.com/cooperandleo_ You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

in this episode, we have a guest. Phill ( www.instagram.com/im_phill_stewart) we chat about the season finale of fx show Pose, and the bigger picture of the series, the latest episode of PRDR all stars, where Mark has a very different opinion to Phill and Stephen. We talk about PreP being more available in Northern Ireland, and Phill's huge pond at home. we also get a special guest appearance from Marks mom, and an early departure by mark, leaving Phill and Stephen to chat more about Drag Race. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/egorod and www.instagram.com/the_hungry_bear_diaries You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. You can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy You can follow our guest at www.instagram.com/im_phill_stewart We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode we chat about Pose on FX, drag race all stars, social distancing sexual bubbles, throw some shade, and transphobia from the author of Harry Potter. Our instagram page of the week are www.instagram.com/pizza_geeks You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In the episode, we discuss the recent #BlackOutTuesday event in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Marks thirsty sit up on his instagram story, some of the podcasts we have listened to, particularly The 802, the new lockdown policy the essentially makes it illegal to have sex, Scotland making the historic move to teach LGBTQ+ history as part of the school curriculum and all the usual RPDR spoilers and chat and our review of FX series Pose. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/theoutwordsarchive and www.instagram.com/bckl_tailorco You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen #BLACKLIVESMATTER

In the ep we chat about the RPDR finale, and spoilers, FX series Pose, gay slang, the death of Larry Kramer, Lady Gaga's new album, watching trashy reality tv, online pride, and hopefully the cinemas being opened again in July. we also spend a while discussing the riots in America happening in response to the murder of George Floyd. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/lego and www.instagram.com/janeygodley You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode we chat drag race, pose, what we have been getting up to, and our usual shady chat. Our instagram page of the week are www.instagram.com/edinburghrugby You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In the episode we chat about the PreP injection, lockdown, Marks hoody and going up Arthurs Seat (oh my) Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/loztastique and www.instagram.com/cockheart You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this ep we chat the lifting of the gay blood ban in Hungary, rugby, Pose and drag race. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/leapsportsedinburgh and www.instagram.com/incorrectdragrace You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen *if you are interested in donating to Waverley Care, please please please head over to www.waverleycare.org and hit donate.*

In this episode we chat about tiktok, avocado injuries, a trans woman outing gay men in Morocco, the Union Cup, and the usual Pose, RPDR and Netflix chat. Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/poseonfx and www.instagram.com/men.in.hi.vis You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen

In this episode, we chat about catfishing, charity runs, Trump and his bleach, and Virginia Wright's TikTok Our instagram pages of the week are www.instagram.com/willdsmith85 and www.instagram.com/burlyshirts You can listen, and subscribe on apple podcast and spotify. Please listen, review, and subscribe. you can follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/podcastbearwithme and www.facebook.com/podcastbearwithme You can contact us at podcastbearwithme@gmail.com You can follow Mark at www.instagram.com/sparkicub You can follow Stephen at www.instagram.com/justahometownboy We want to say a massive thank you to Jonas for providing us with the intro music. you are an awesome man with a huge talent. follow Jonas at www.instagram.com/jonasgladnikoff Thank you for listening Mark and Stephen