Sepember 26, 2025 - Looking Ahead to the Semifinals

September 30, 2025 - A New Champion is Crowned

After a nice weekend of rest, bears and voters alike are back at it to decide this year's champion. The semifinals are over and all that remains in the last battle between our finalists. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTXCTnkC3_nSsD0orZa3zWVJquTqNZ0afdrT0D1_O78grSTT6QdG438MIY7C90lTkgbx6kNgoyrZC5M/pub] We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fat bears of the world, but particularly the loveable chonks at Alaska's Katmai Conservancy [https://www.katmaiconservancy.org/]. Check out this year's competitors at explore.org [https://explore.org/fat-bear-week]! Get yourself some fat bear merch to support the conservatory and rep the champs in their shop [https://katmaiconservancy.org/shop]. Watch the Bears at the Falls [https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears] National Parks Service: Why Fat Matters [https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm] Donate to Katmai Conservancy [https://katmaiconservancy.org/donate] This episode of the bearcast was performed and produced by Saph the Something. Find us on twitter at @TheFatBearPod [https://twitter.com/TheFatBearPod]. Music is "News and Sports 3" by Musictown from Pixabay.

September 29, 2025 - Semifinal Bouts

After a nice weekend of rest, bears and voters alike are back at it to decide this year's champion. The semifinals are over and all that remains in the last battle between our finalists. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSTnPVihYVveGDBpqnTinAUXs8bdDkzeFLq7ersK7omujSRgEDrOpkUIDpog7bBgvXwP905phBRV2uV/pub] We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fat bears of the world, but particularly the loveable chonks at Alaska's Katmai Conservancy [https://www.katmaiconservancy.org/]. Check out this year's competitors at explore.org [https://explore.org/fat-bear-week]! Get yourself some fat bear merch to support the conservatory and rep the champs in their shop [https://katmaiconservancy.org/shop]. Watch the Bears at the Falls [https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears] National Parks Service: Why Fat Matters [https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm] Donate to Katmai Conservancy [https://katmaiconservancy.org/donate] This episode of the bearcast was performed and produced by Saph the Something. Find us on twitter at @TheFatBearPod [https://twitter.com/TheFatBearPod]. Music is "News and Sports 3" by Musictown from Pixabay.

Sepember 26, 2025 - Looking Ahead to the Semifinals

And with the first week of voting concluded we have our semifinalists! One of these four bears will go on to win the title of fattest bear in Katmai this year, but only you can help decide that! Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRW8x9VnK-DOawkLmQ4NxnOfP9g432iuZ8CgCrd-N1ZGsIBXYikdJ5QdcVyKnI3oR-HJ9Q0oC75DqBq/pub] We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fat bears of the world, but particularly the loveable chonks at Alaska's Katmai Conservancy [https://www.katmaiconservancy.org/]. Check out this year's competitors at explore.org [https://explore.org/fat-bear-week]! Get yourself some fat bear merch to support the conservatory and rep the champs in their shop [https://katmaiconservancy.org/shop]. Watch the Bears at the Falls [https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears] National Parks Service: Why Fat Matters [https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm] Donate to Katmai Conservancy [https://katmaiconservancy.org/donate] This episode of the bearcast was performed and produced by Saph the Something. Find us on twitter at @TheFatBearPod [https://twitter.com/TheFatBearPod]. Music is "News and Sports 3" by Musictown from Pixabay.

September 25, 2025 - Return of the Chunk

Saph takes a look at what happened during day 3 of voting and speculates on the matches ahead. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTrzL--K4v8mXCWbm9InDJ1wu2bkE05Xc4_K1cjGD84gjEs7tSI1ZA1GfW58TGm9hr1xv3RbKI4hwdw/pub] We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fat bears of the world, but particularly the loveable chonks at Alaska's Katmai Conservancy [https://www.katmaiconservancy.org/]. Check out this year's competitors at explore.org [https://explore.org/fat-bear-week]! Get yourself some fat bear merch to support the conservatory and rep the champs in their shop [https://katmaiconservancy.org/shop]. Watch the Bears at the Falls [https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears] National Parks Service: Why Fat Matters [https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm] Donate to Katmai Conservancy [https://katmaiconservancy.org/donate] This episode of the bearcast was performed and produced by Saph the Something. Find us on twitter at @TheFatBearPod [https://twitter.com/TheFatBearPod]. Music is "News and Sports 3" by Musictown from Pixabay.

September 24, 2025 - Landslide Victories

We've reached the end of round one voting! It's time to look ahead to the return of some more familiar faces... Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQv7DbrsIEmQZYGPxPDFq8MAqbDlAR1ckXMe74jSmK7EogHof87RHm1Ql8-WgrGwlMyaAPj_7KCbWtz/pub] We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fat bears of the world, but particularly the loveable chonks at Alaska's Katmai Conservancy [https://www.katmaiconservancy.org/]. Check out this year's competitors at explore.org [https://explore.org/fat-bear-week]! Get yourself some fat bear merch to support the conservatory and rep the champs in their shop [https://katmaiconservancy.org/shop]. Watch the Bears at the Falls [https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears] National Parks Service: Why Fat Matters [https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm] Donate to Katmai Conservancy [https://katmaiconservancy.org/donate] This episode of the bearcast was performed and produced by Saph the Something. Find us on twitter at @TheFatBearPod [https://twitter.com/TheFatBearPod]. Music is "News and Sports 3" by Musictown from Pixabay.