Behind The Bears Podcast

Jake Woolmore and Max Lahiff are joined by Jonny and Max from Bristol Bisons - the South West's first inclusive and queer friendly rugby team - to discuss Premiership rugby Pride weekend, the history of the Bisons and barriers for the LGBTQ+ community in sport.

In this episode of Bear All, The Official Bristol Bears Podcast, our hosts Max Lahiff and Jake Woolmore are joined by fellow front rower Gabriel Oghre. They chew the fat on aliens building the Pyramids of Egypt, cake, and somewhat bizarrely, Death!

Bear All is back with a bang for Season Three, as former Special Forces solider Jason Fox, star of SAS Who Dares Wins, joins Jake Woolmore, Max Lahiff and Harry Thacker to talk surviving in the wilderness, bathroom stories from the bush and which Bear is most likely to succeed in the SAS.

For season three episode three, the lads are joined by our very own club chef, Mike Bache and nutritionist, James Morehen. Talking about all things food, the boys discuss the ins and outs of the squads eating habits. Delving into who is the best eater in the club, who is amongst the worst and much more.  You could say things get quite tasty!

For season three episode two, the lads are joined by Chris ‘The Gentleman' Billam-Smith. Fresh from his recent 5th round knockout victory, Chris is an English professional boxer, sitting at 17-1, who has held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title since 2019 and European cruiserweight title from 2021 until 2022.The lads are also joined by our very own heavy hitter Harry Randall. Making this an episode you wont want to miss. 

The Bear All podcast is back for a third season - and this time around we've got a host of exciting guests joining hosts Jake Woolmore and Max Lahiff.For season three episode one, we've got Ben Collins - better known as The Stig from BBC's internationally acclaimed Top Gear TV Show. Ben is a world-leading stunt driver and has starred in dozens of Hollywood movies, including Fast and Furious and SkyFall and Quantam of Solace.Ben is also joined by Bears back-row Fitz Harding, as the lads discuss The Stig's high-octane career, who they'd take on a road trip and the players' choice in music.

It's a Bears Women takeover of the Bear All podcast! Ahead of Saturday's Ashton Gate showdown with Harlequins Women, we handed the podcast reins to Daisie Mayes and Holly Phillips, as they welcomed a host of special guests. Red Roses Grand Slam winning duo Sarah Bern and Abbie Ward talked Six Nations celebrations and returning to Bear Country, Hollie Cunningham and Alice Lockwood spilt the beans on all of the ongoings in camp, while Welsh pair Alisha Butchers and Keira Bevan talked contracts and coffee dates.

The Jakes welcome Henry Purdy and new recruit Tom Whiteley into the studio in Episode 2 of the new season with a special guest appearance from an ex Bear.Bakes, golf, hair and rigs. Yep, probably the most unscripted and under prepped podcast out there and you know you love it.Brace yourself - this one gets shirty...

It's Royal Rumble time.The two Jakes grab a chat with a host of the squad during pre-season in this special bonus episode ahead of the new season.Grab a beer, settle in and get ready for the new campaign. 

The Captain is in town. That's right, Steven Luatua joins the Jakes alongside none other than blonde bombshell and back row counterpart Dan Thomas.As if that wasn't enough to tempt you into downloading hear about Steve's baking prowess, DT's pet cow and Jake Woolmore's unique style of team talk

Joining the lads for episode six are Bryan Byrne and Andy Uren, to talk nicknames, scooters and last suppers.Don't miss the popular podcast, which brings supporters a unique perspective from behind the scenes as the club's top flight campaign gets underway.

It's the one you've all been waiting for...The Fijian special. Semi Radradra, Siva Naulago and Nathan Hughes join the two Jakes in the studio for Episode 5 of Bear All.Hear all about life back home, life up north and a bit of life experience as well as being transported to the beaches of Fiji, sitting under a coconut tree with a cigar in hand thanks to a little vocal performance from the boys. Enjoy!    

The Jakes are back! This time (as they couldn't be bothered to think too hard about the guests) they asked their housemates Sam Bedlow and Piers O'Conor to join them in the studio.Brownies (sort of), banging and bad habits are all covered off in this episode of Bear All - sponsored by UWE Bristol.

They've only gone and got a bloody sponsor!That's right - Bear All are delighted to welcome UWE Bristol on board.For this episode, the lads welcome Dave Attwood and Joe Joyce into the studio to talk Kangaroos, Beyonce and car theft!Enjoy!

That's right, we gave them a second episode!The two Jakes invited Callum Sheedy and Harry Randall into the studio this week.Sheedo took on the challenge of providing the cakes, Harry tries to justify his baffling McDonald's order and the two Jakes finally get to the bottom of the disappearing biscuit mystery.

Welcome to Episode One of the brand new Bristol Bears Podcast - Bear All.Join the two Jakes (Armstrong and Woolmore) as they welcome Bristol Bears stars into the studio to talk about everything but the sport. Joining them for episode one are front row counterparts, John Afoa and Max Lahiff. Yeah, we've gone heavy out the blocks.John bakes a cake, Max gets his kit off, Woolmore admits to an unhealthy budget diet and Armstrong desperately tries to keep things on track.

Welcome to episode seven of Behind The Bears.This week we catch up with Sam Jeffries on his new role, the Lay brothers on Jake Heenan's coffee-making skills and George Kloska over Jack (drum and) Bates' foundation-shaking mixes.

Andy Uren kindly invited us to his new digs (he didn't, we just told him we were coming round and demanded lunch) for episode six of the podcast. Fellow Bristolian, Joe Joyce joins us to talk all things local and Lewis Thiede explains the differences between here and "oop North."Tiff Eden and Luke Daniels also make an appearance in our funniest episode yet.Enjoy!

New year, new podcast!We've headed over to Torque training in Bristol to speak with co-owner and Bears team manager, Nick Fenton-Wells, his brother Ant and we thought we would throw Max "The Rig" Lahiff into the mix too. Enjoy!

We've upped sticks and moved to Bristol Audi for our Christmas special.Head of Business, Steve Smith joins Downsy and Tom along with a host of your favorite Bears players along with a cameo from the boss!Merry Christmas from everyone at Bristol Bears!

The big dogs are in town for episode three...Jon Lansdown and Pat Lam talk about Movember, Culture and the season so far in this special episode of Behind The Bears Podcast.

Mos, Bros and a whole load of food chat – episode two of the Behind the Bears podcast looks ahead to a big month of moustache growing and the small matter of the World Cup Final.

Tee shots, trims and a West Country derby – episode one of the Behind the Bears podcast looks ahead to Friday’s Premiership season opener and takes a light-hearted look at life away from rugby.

That's right... we're back and bigger than ever!Downsy hosts the brand new Behind The Bears Podcast taking you right to the heart of the action.