And I’m fascinated by it already. I’m only three episodes in. Typically I don’t like to recommend something unless I finished it, but I have a feeling I’m going to finish this series. And it’s about a young chef, a rising star, who’s working at some of the most elite restaurants in the world who gets compelled to return to his hometown of Chicago and take over his brother’s, it’s a deli/sandwich shop, after his brother’s suicide. Which you find out pretty early on in the series, so I’m not spoiling anything.
So it’s in a very different environment that he’s working in. And he’s obviously going through some internal grief processes while he’s trying to keep his business alive. And there’s great acting and great dialogue in the show. And it really, I think captures some of the stressors of working in the restaurant industry and yeah, it’s great so far. So I recommend checking out The Bear, if you’re looking for something new to watch. That’s on Hulu.
Also, I have to recommend real bears because I was in Lake Tahoe last week, well last week into this week. And I happened to step out and I’m so bummed about this, I happened to go out for a hike, but the folks who were staying back at the house where I was staying, they had like this really amazing close encounter with bear cubs. And they were the cutest things ever. I must have watched this video clip 50 times. And I can’t believe that I wasn’t there for it. They were just kind of scaling up this tree that was directly next to the patio. And mama bear was not too far away. And it was just really incredible to see.
So yeah, I told a friend about this. I said, “I saw this really this video of these cool bears that were right outside of our house.” And he was like, “You’ve seen bears before, right?” And I was like, “Maybe, I guess. Maybe I’ve seen bears. I don’t know.” It’s not like a common … I mean, we do live in Northern California, so it’s not uncommon, but also, I lived in New York City for a long time. And it’s not like I saw bears there. Like you don’t see bears in San Francisco.
Michael Calore: Did you ever go to a Cubs game?
Lauren Goode: Yeah. I have been to a Cubs game.
Michael Calore: So there you go.
Lauren Goode: I guess I have. Anyway, bears are incredible. I feel like this is going to be one of those timestamps. Like someone’s going to come out when I’m eaten by a bear seven years from now and someone’s going to be like, “She was on that show a long time ago, talking about how much she loves bears. She poked the bear.”
Arielle Pardes: Should you be so lucky to go in such a way.
Lauren Goode: Yes, right? With such notoriety.
Michael Calore: I’m going to vape myself to death.
Arielle Pardes: Less cool. Less cool.
Lauren Goode: All right. That’s our show, thanks for letting me ramble about bears. Thank you Arielle for joining us. It’s been really wonderful having you back.
Arielle Pardes: My pleasure.
Lauren Goode: And welcome back, Mike. It’s great to have you back.
Michael Calore: Thanks. It’s very good to be back.
Lauren Goode: And thanks to all of you for listening. If you have feedback, you can find all of us on Twitter. Just check the show notes, we’ll include our Twitter handles. Our producer is the excellent Boone Ashworth. We’ll be back next week, bye for now.
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