Cal's Week in Review
Hosted by Cal and Ryan Callaghan and Mark Kenyon · MeatEater
4.9from 11,362 ratings
- 520
- Episodes
- 268
- Transcribed
- 11,362
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 448M
- YouTube views
About Cal's Week in Review
Welcome to "MeatEater Conservation," where you can join Ryan “Cal” Callaghan each week for his unique brand of outdoor news and interviews designed for folks who need to know what’s going on and those who want to pretend they do. Also, tune into our brand new show "Future Wild" with Mark Kenyon, where he dives in one-on-one with world-class subject-matter experts, exploring topics relevant to conservation. Both part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- MeatEater
- Category
- education · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
268 of 520 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 505: A Yellowstone Bribe, Power Lines in the Driftless Area, and the Biology of Halloween
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 504: Future Wild - Traversing the 211 Mile Ambler Road Route On Foot through Wild Alaska
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 503: Trapped Moose, Texas Duck Poaching, and Alpha Gal Cannibals
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Ep. 505: A Yellowstone Bribe, Power Lines in the Driftless Area, and the Biology of Halloween
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Naturalists had long observed a strange behavior of prey species. They would go out of their way to get close to the predators on the landscape and watch them. Earlier studies concluded that the prey species always knew they were looking at a threat and that they would never get so close that they put themselves in danger. […]
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- Robert Lester
- Ben Kaden
- Andrew Moore
- Hal Herring
- Kevin Monteith
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 447,589,932
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 9,610 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,752 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 98 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts Cal's Week in Review?
Cal and Ryan Callaghan and Mark Kenyon host the show. Published by MeatEater.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Cal's Week in Review take guests?
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