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Bear Fur & Sparkles

Podcast de Fernando Ventresca and Jason Hanasik

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Bear Fur and Sparkles is a conversational podcast about starting over—geographically, emotionally, and culturally—after 40.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—and where might I find it?

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Armor Up! We're Going Back

Season 1, Episode 5 Fernando and Jason have freshly returned from the US! For Jason, it was his first time back since moving abroad. Both of them are in their feelings. Fernando headed to Seattle's Vashon Island for his godson's 18th birthday (strangers, ferries, teen drama — it had everything). Jason flew to San Francisco to complete filming on his feature documentary. In between the laughs — Jason's belly dancer 18th birthday story, a debate about storage units and butt plug sculptures, $86 pizzas, and an empty Virgin Atlantic flight that said everything about the moment — they get real about identity, belonging, and what it means to stop trying to become someone else. Also: Portugal just doubled the path to citizenship from 5 years to 10. Fernando breaks it down, keeps it calm, and finds the silver lining. Plus: listener Jules gets her answer about The Thing in the Closet. You'll know when you get there.

13 de may de 2026 - 42 min
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Fantasy vs. Reality: Shameless Sex and Abundant Eating Abroad

Season 1, Episode 4 In this episode of Bear Fur & Sparkles, Fernando (Lisbon) and Jason (Athens) get refreshingly honest about two topics people rarely discuss together: food and sex. (Unless you freaky like that then go on girl, do you!) Fernando confesses he's gained 10 pounds since moving to Portugal — but here's the twist: he's never felt better about his body, he's off every fad diet he was cycling through in California, and the chains are officially off! Jason gets even more personal, sharing how PrEP's limited availability in Greece has been a wake-up call — one that connects to a lifetime of shame, fear, and the very real trauma that gay men of their generation carry from growing up during the AIDS crisis. They talk about the life-changing harm reduction models at San Francisco's Magnet and Strut clinics, what it means to reclaim your body for pleasure, and why access to sexual health care is a quality-of-life issue — not a moral one. They also answer a listener question from Tara, who wants to know: where do I even begin if I want to move abroad? Fernando and Jason break it down with practical, honest advice — including the most important question you need to ask yourself before you book that one-way ticket.

28 de abr de 2026 - 45 min
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