The Woods

25 Feb 2017

Mr Bear Austria and Mr Not-a-Bear Tait

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One of these bears is not like the other. One is Mr Bear Austria 2016 Gabriel Hermez. The other is JOY 94.9 Program Director Chris Tait – and he is here to tell us that he is not a bear.

Big Bear Mark and Bear-curious Dene say ‘Hello Vienna’ and call Austria live to chat with Gabriel Hermez about:

winning the Mr Bear Austria 2016 title
marriage equality in Austria
his birthplace in Mosul, Iraq
the European Bear Community and forming Bear Royalty with Mr Bear Hungary
the Bear European Week 2017 in Cologne Germany, and
we also play Conchita Wurst ‘Rise Like a Phoenix‘

The guys chat with Chris Tait about identifying as a bear. They ask all the hard questions, including:

does having a beard make you a bear?
what is a bear and what is a cub?
is it wrong to assume that someone is a bear?
what is the difference between ‘bear chasers’ and just liking ‘men with beards’?

The guys also chat about preparing for JOY 94.9’s Mardi Gras 2017 broadcast and the Sydney Harbour City Bears’ Bear Essentials 2017 events during Mardi Gras, including UnderBear.