The Fat Bear Podcast

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 betwee

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 betwee

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 y

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 We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is

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 We love fat bears, and you should too

September 23, 2025 - The First Bouts

Our first day of voting has concluded and we have our round 1 winners! Episode Transcript We love fat bears, and you should too! This podcast is dedicated to all the fa

September 22, 2025 - The Bracket Reveal

Fat Bear Week has arrived a little early this year, but we at Bearcast HQ are ready for it! On today's episode we cover the bracket reveal, as well as taking a look at la

October 9, 2024 - The 2024 Fat Bear Week Champion

There really isn't much to say that our champion's chunky bod doesn't express for itself, but Saph is here to check back in after yesterday's finals and chat about which

October 8, 2024 - This Time It's Bear-sonal

It is the day we have all been waiting for, Fat Bear Tuesday and the finals of this year's competition! But the upcoming match between 128 Grazer and 32 Chunk is maybe ab

October 6, 2024 - Rest Before the Return

Tomorrow is this year's Fat Bear Week semifinals, and Saph is here to take a look at yesterday's matches and discuss which bears came out on top. Episode Transcript We

October 5th, 2024 - Double G Victory

By the end of today we will know who all four of our semifinalists are, so be sure to do your part and vote! Episode Transcript We love fat bears, and you should too! T

October 4, 2024 - Quarterfinals Begin

We have officially entered the quarterfinals today, and with it we are seeing Wednesday's winners coming up against some behemoths of the event. Will 909 Jr triumph over

October 3, 2024 - Decisive Early Leads

This morning, Saph reflects on yesterday's bouts and the decisive leads that led to victory for 909 Jr and 903. But we can't look behind us for too long, as today's match

October 1, 2024 - Remembering 402, Fat Bear Jr, and the 2024 Bracket

Welcome back fat bear fans, it is time for the 10th Annual Fat Bear Week! Producer Saph steps up to the falls this season to bring you your fat bear news. We start this s

October 10, 2023 - A New Bear is Crowned

After a full season of training and a week of competition, we finally have a fat bear to award this year's crown. Cody is back this evening to break down the week and go

October 9, 2023 - Semifinal Throwdowns

After a day of rest for our bears, it's the semifinals! Today's matchups were tough, but we finally have our finalists for fattest bear of 2023. Producer Saph steps in fo

October 7, 2023 - Queens of the Falls

Two absolute behemoth momma bears took the voting by storm today, but by just how much did they crush the hopes of Bear Force One 747 and 164 Bucky? Cody breaks it down a

October 6, 2023 - Rematch Drama

Today's competitors faced up and bear-ed down! The results of today's matchup between 806 Jr. and 32 Chunk didn't surprise many, but the numbers from the 480 Otis and 901

October 5th, 2023 - Old Rivals in Beardom

Day 2 was a day filled with history for our fat bear match-ups. 128 Grazer and 151 Walker are known rivals, and our second pairing of 164 Bucky Dent and 284 Electra had a

October 4, 2023 - Dawn of the First Bears

And the bearcast is BACK! Here to celebrate the 10th Annual event, Cody provides a rundown for fans old and new on this first recap of the day's events, along with some p