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June 02, 2013S3 Episode 1 – Old & Young: Relating the Two
The break is over! Roo & Tugs are back to kick off Season 3 of Fur What It’s Worth! With all new topics, mistakes, games, and more, we’re excited to start the season off with Episode 1 – Old & Young: Relating the Two. Have you found yourself talking to someone who has a lot of years between you and them, making the conversation difficult or different? Zato joins the cast and shares his insights on how to break these barriers down, how to spot them, and more. Afterward, torture ensues with THE GAME, then the listener mailbag is ripped open (and we find a huge surprise!). It’s a fantastic episode you won’t want to miss!
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Special Thanks
Barnaby
Whitefang
Ryan Asato
Lyon
Daniel
BlackFox
Jet the Wolf
Od
Retro for the art!
our Japanese listener.
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Break music – NIIC – C’mon Take Me Higher. USA: Independent, 2013. Used with permission. (Check out NIIC’s FA page for more music!)
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Next episode: Summer is here! With new furs hitting the fur meets, we cover the basic DO’s and DONT’s of your first meet! Send your thoughts, experiences, and more to [email protected] or use any other method of contact.
1 hr 9 min
May 05, 2013The Best of FWIW: S2E11 – WTF?! There’s Women in the Fandom?
Fur What It’s Worth is currently between seasons. New episodes will begin on June 2.
Believe it or not, Roo and Tugs convinced three women to come to our recording studios and answer questions. How do they feel as women in the fandom? Are women really the minority? Do desperate men cling to them? In gender as big a deal today as it was in the past? Our burning questions are answered here and are officially on the record for everyone to see. Don’t miss our RMFC shoutouts at the end of the episode!
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SHOW NOTES
Special Thanks
YOU! Thank you for listening to our little show. We really mean it every single time we say it! Thank you!
Our show guests: Happy, Gina, and Mystic.
Our emailer: Shyloh!
Gina, Lazer, SK, and Kadj for RMFC shoutouts! (If you recorded one and it isn’t here, don’t worry! It’s being saved for a special future episode.)

Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Interview Opening: Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like a Woman!. Nashville, TN and New York City, NY: Mercury Nashville, 1997. Licensed by ASCAP.
Furst and First World Problems Theme: Kenny G – Heart and Soul. USA: Concord Records, 2010. Licensed by ASCAP.
Interview Bumper 2: Breathe Carolina – Blackout. USA: Columbia/Fearless, 2011. Licensed by ASCAP.
Break 2: Kevin MacLeod – Heartwarming. Licensed under Creative Commons Share Alike.
Closing segment music: Incubus – Aqueous Transmission. Malibu, CA: EMI April Music Inc, 2001. Licensed by ASCAP.
Con Shout Outs: Junkie XL – Love Park. USA: Electronic Arts Music Publishing/Nettwerk, 2007. Licensed by ASCAP.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Creative Commons Attributions
News Theme 1 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
News Theme 3 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
1 hr 41 min
April 21, 2013S2 Special 5: My First Fursuit
Almost one year ago a mish-mash monster in the Salt Lake City furry scene embarked on a journey which would change his life. Join the Fur What It’s Worth cast as they follow the journey of Hayrider, who receives his first fursuit and goes to his first cons in costume. Learn why someone would want to put on an animal costume and parade around and what its like inside. Done in the style of the famed NPR program This American Life, we bring you the most powerful episode and final release of Season 2.
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New episodes resume on June 2nd, 2013! We will re-release two fan favorite episodes during the month of May.
Show bonus: Fursuit swapping, misdeliveries, and hot tub action – Syd Stoat & Monk-A share their fursuit stories.
Special thanks – this show would not have been possible without the love and support of the following:
Hayrider, the star of this episode.
Matty, his boyfriend, and primary supporter of Hayrider during this journey.
Enigma, for his support and letting us into his home to record the pickup event.
Haku Pamfer, for his fursuit story.
Circa, for sharing his fursuit creation insights.
Overzen/Barnaby for his fursuit story.
Kuddlepup/KP for his touching and personal fursuit story. He does charity work for children as a fursuiter.
Syd Stoat for some of his original guitar music and his fursuit story.
Monk-A for his fursuit story, which is a show bonus on this page! Check it out!
Josh Woodward for some of today’s music. Check him out at www.joshwoodward.com.
This American Life, the NPR radio program, for inspiring today’s show style. If you are interested in similarly told stories, check out www.thisamericanlife.org and consider a donation.
HK Skunk and Lazer Elena, for their fursuiting insights at RMFC.
Koru, our sound engineer, who produced our in-studio recordings.
Music and Breaks
Josh Woodward provided many tracks for today’s music. Used under Creative Commons. Check www.joshwoodward.com for more details.
Syd Stoat, who provided original guitar music.
DJ Keri – Baby Elephant Walk from the album Upstairs with Larry: 2009, USA. Used with permission of Vanguard Records. Album available on Amazon.com.
1 hr 23 min
April 07, 2013S2 Episode 24 – Season 2 Wrap Up
This is not the very last release of Season 2! It’s just the last regular release of the season before the cast takes a short break. Join Roo, Tugs, and guest Jennika as they relive the funniest, most touching, and memorable moments of the season as decided by the cast and YOU! Do you remember a great moment from the season? Prepare to laugh again!
After the nostalgia, we open the uberstuffed mailbag and answer your questions!
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One episode remains in Season 2 after this – the My First Fursuit Special! (See the bottom of this page.)
Season 3 starts on June 2, 2013!
Special Thanks
To all our guests this season! We love you!
To all our listeners! We’re constantly amazed you listen to our show and really appreciate you!
Anyone who wrote in! We love you! You made our show awesome!
Koru – our sound engineer!
Firebreath – our announcer!
Jody
Remmy
Cane
Retro
Shawn Bennett
Toast
Lyon
Sketch
Bre Pup
Rex the Pyro Folf
Donato
Kristian
LilChu
Tak
(All those names are those who wrote in this episode!)
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Creative Commons Attributions
News Theme 1 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
News Theme 3 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Next episode: Join us for an episode almost a year in the making – Season 2 Special 5: My First Fursuit. Explore why people fursuit, what it’s like to fursuit, and how it can change the lives of others. If you’ve ever wondered why a fursuiter fursuits, this is your episode, veteran or newbie.
1 hr 59 min
March 24, 2013S2 Special 4 – Fur What It’s Worth LIVE! @ FurIdaho 2013!
Join Roo, Tugs, and guest Syd Stoat as they find out just how exhausting FurIdaho (and being Guest Of Honor) can be! They invite the audience up to share their favorite furry moments and moments which made them most proud of being a member of the furry fandom. All kinds of stories from hilarious to heartfelt are shared by the audience and hosts as we take a moment to cherish one of the most important things in life: memories.
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We also announce the final episode plans for Season 2, so be sure to stay tuned!
Show Notes
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). Sweden: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). Sweden: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Next episode: Our next episode is the Season 2 recap! What are your favorite and most touching memories of Season 2 of Fur What It’s Worth? Don’t have one? Want advice or to say hi? This is your last chance to get into the listener mailbag this season! Either way, we want you to write [email protected].
1 hr 8 min
March 09, 2013S2 Episode 23 – How Real is the Tail?: Hobby vs Lifestyle
Geo joins Roo and Tugs as they delve deep into the topic of if furry is a lifestyle or a hobby. Helped along by your amazing letters and voicemails, we share your points of view – from lifestyle to hobbyist to everything in between. After a great discussion, we torture Geo with THE GAME and answer your questions.
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Thanks for everyone who wrote in!

Show Notes
Special Thanks
Geo
Reign of Peace
YuuRyuu
Keyni
Scoodoo
Kasstrick
Ellen Natalie
Sketch
Daxenobis
Eric Mason
Mark
Ryuu Okami
Kristian
Shelvok
Cane
Robert Larsen
Calvin
Naught0
Trent Lauria
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). Sweden: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
First break: Reign of Peace – Future is a Place 3. USA: Bandcamp, 2012. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Second break: Fredrik Miller – Theme of Xion and Roxas. Sweden: Bandcamp, 2010. Used with permission (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). Sweden: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Creative Commons Attributions
News Theme 1 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
News Theme 3 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Next episode: Our next episode, Fur What It’s Worth LIVE! at FurIdaho 2013 will be released March 24, 2013. If you have any questions or responses to this topic, send them to [email protected].
1 hr 47 min
February 24, 2013S2 Episode 22 – Na Zibwen Ya (The Lion King)
The Lion King was released in 1995 and spawned a fan community all its own. Nearly 20 years later this small, but persistent group has remained an endearing set of friends, some of who have crossed this particular bridge into the furry community. Simba, a local fur, joins Roo and Tugs to explore the passion of the TLK community, how some come to the furry fandom through the film, and how he made the same journey. We also read your mail about your own movie connections to the furry fandom, play THE GAME, and go through our mailbag. Oh, and we laugh….just a lot.
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Show Notes
Special Thanks
Simba
Retro, for the art
SF77
Keyni
Marcus Noble
The Rainbow Roo
Felix Gray
Sketch
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Creative Commons Attributions
News Theme 1 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
News Theme 3 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Next episode: Furry: Lifestyle or Hobby? What do you do and why? Send us letters, emails, and voicemails! We want to know what you define as a lifestyler and if you are one or not. Do you call your hands “paws”? Does your work know you’re a furry? We will explore this and more!
1 hr 18 min
February 10, 2013S2 Episode 21 – Love and Fluff
Sometimes, you just have to be cliche. With the upcoming Valentines Day holiday this week, Roo and Tugs decided to take a quick revisit to the topic of relationships and successful dating. Even if you’re celebrating Singles Awareness Day or Valentines, there is something in this episode for you, courtesy of guests Amy and Hamster. We also torture these two with THE GAME, then go through our mailbag, announce details about FurIdaho, read a special letter from Ask Papabear, and more.
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Show Notes
Special Thanks
Papabear
Amy & Steve
Orion
Shyloh
Stone Prower
Keyni
Luprand
Scoodoo
Watcher
Whitefang
Ryan Asato
Cane
Art by Ryan Asato – Thanks!
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Creative Commons Attributions
News Theme 1 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
News Theme 3 by Ithaca Audio Ltd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Next episode: Furries & The Lion King. The Lion King is a classic movie conduit which has drawn many fans into the furry fandom. What is it about this movie, exactly, which makes it so charming to so many? Roo and Tugs are on the case, finding out why this phenomenon exists, plus bringing along THE GAME and more! Not a fan of The Lion King? We still want to hear from you! Let us know which movies you find strike your heartstrings and which have influenced your involvement or interest in the fandom. Send your comments to [email protected], send a postcard to our PO Box, or call 469-44-FURRY and let us know! We love you!
1 hr 38 min
January 27, 2013S2 Special 3 – Fur What It’s Worth LIVE! at FC 2013
The cast has once again left the studio and taken the show along, this time to the second largest furry convention, Further Confusion! Roo and Tugs are joined by M Bunny and Jovino of Bunnywarez as they explore the world of furry hats, jammies, and clothing, plus whatever random thoughts flew through our heads. To top it off, we play one of our special live show only games! So grab a seat and prepare to have a sore stomach from laughing as you listen to Fur What It’s Worth LIVE! at Further Confusion 2013!
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Show Notes
Special Thanks
Thank you to M Bunny and Jovino for being such great guests!
Thank you to those who attended our panel. We were cursed with the Hilton, but you helped us succeed!
Thank you to those who asked questions at the mic!
And finally, thank you to our THE Game participants!
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)

News
Read Kotaku’s coverage of FC 2013 by clicking this shiny link.
Special Prize Info
Wondering what the special prize was for this live show? We released a special bottle opener to help make sure everyone who would need one at con got one at con. It has the FWIW Live! logo and FC 2013 on it.
1 hr 31 min
January 13, 2013S2 Episode 20 – Con Prep! Let’s Pack!
It’s con time! What do you pack? What should you expect when you’re there? What’s the best way to have a good time without dying? We ask our special guest: YOU. Hosting solo due to extreme weather, Tugs plays your voicemails and tips on what you do to get ready for cons and how you survive when you’re there, plus some special Further Confusion specific tips. Later in the program, the cast interviews the Tycho from the Biggest Little Fur Con in Reno and learns what goes into making a con happen for the first time and why this new convention is different. We wrap it up with listener mail and explore some deep questions, such as “Do furries destroy families?” By the time you give this episode a listen, you’ll be ready for upcoming conventions.
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Show Notes
Check out the Biggest Little Fur Con at www.biggestlittlefurcon.org
Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Main Segment: DJ Earworm – United State of Pop 2012. USA: Soundcloud, 2012. Check out DJ Earworm’s site!
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) – www.lemongrassmusic.de – Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Special Thanks:
Anu Snow
Whitefang
Kache
Rhapsody
Kasstrick
Our two voicemail participants at the beginning of the show
Tycho & the BLFC Staff
Next Episode:
Don’t forget! FWIW Live! FC 2013 is coming! Please help us blow the doors off of FC on Friday at 1030pm at the Hilton’s Santa Clara I/II. Not only will we give a special prize to the first people in the door, but you’ll also be helping us give the con a reason to put us on the main stage next year! WOO!
1 hr 14 min