Cal's Week in Review

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Join Ryan “Cal” Callaghan each week for his unique brand of outdoor news designed for folks that need to know what’s going on and those who want to pretend they do.

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Ep. 103: Anti-Trapping, The...

04.19.2021

This week, Cal talks about the transition from mans best acquaintance to mans best friend, python inspired fashion, and elitist trapping in New Mexico. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and ...

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04.19.2021 Ep. 103: Anti-Trapping, The Migratory Bird Act, and Ancient Dog This week, Cal talks about the transition from mans best acquaintance to mans best friend, python inspired fashion, and elitist trapping in New Mexico. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and ...
04.12.2021 Ep. 102: Peyton Manning, South Dakota Octopus, and Bighorn Records This week Cal talks about how to measure a bear skull, Peyton Manning, boring octopi, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
04.05.2021 Ep. 101: Hounds, Mouse Plagues, and Encephalitis This week, Cal talks about the apocalyptic stance of mama nature on the NSW, houndsmen bawling over increased opportunity, and why you should roll up your windows. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, ...
03.29.2021 Ep. 100: Beavers, Wisdom, and 100 This week, Cal talks about adventurous beavers, old banded birds, and finally gets to some listener emails specially curated for episode 100. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
03.26.2021 Ep. 99: Black Bears, Guns, and Money This week, Cal heads to Connecticut and meets with all of the acronyms to see where Pittman Robertson excise tax dollars go. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
03.22.2021 Ep. 99: Black Bears, Guns, and Money This week, Cal heads to Connecticut and meets with all of the acronyms to see where Pittman Robertson excise tax dollars go. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
03.15.2021 Ep. 98: Zebra Balls, Wildlife Crime, and "Trophy" This week, Cal talks about invasive zebra mussels, what the word "trophy" means, ancient bacteria, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
03.08.2021 Ep. 97: Big Poopers, Recipes, and Big Bucks This week, Cal talks about nonresident tags, bad wildlife bills, cucumber poop, and snorkeling alligators. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch See omnystudio.com/listener ...
03.01.2021 Ep. 96: Arapaima, Seasonal Freezer, and Cuff Lynx This week, Cal talks about the difference between people who live in Vancouver and those that live in the bush, shocked sea turtles, the return of land transfer in Wyoming, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal ...
02.22.2021 Ep. 95: Abstinence, Cicadas, and Wolves This week, Cal talks about perch finding, the 100 decibel cicada, why beavers need glasses, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
02.15.2021 Ep. 94: Fast Shrimp, Shrimpy Reptiles, and Wildlife Crime This week, Cal talks about wildlife crime, fast snappers, more bad bills, and small reptiles with big packages. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review ...
02.08.2021 Ep. 93: Bad Bill Round Up, Boobies, and Don't Eat the Squirrel Food This week, Cal talks about bird poop so good you'd kill for it, bad legislations, Sacramento waterfowl, and don't eat the squirrel food. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube ...
02.01.2021 Ep. 92: Cocaine Hippos, Electric Eels, and Perch Roe Donuts This week, Cal talks about the paleo zoology side of Pablo Escobar, the poachers round up, antlered does, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
01.24.2021 Ep. 91: The Old Chevro-let Set, Red Ochre, and Dangerous Poachers This week, Cal talks about the significance of art through the ages, controversial BBQ, poachers, pigeons, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week ...
01.18.2021 Ep. 90: Tusked Tree Elephants, the Crime Desk, and Great Noses This week, Cal talks about surprising elephant relatives, what we humans can do just like the dinosaurs, locking up the raccoon, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, ...
01.11.2021 Ep. 89: Crickets, Constipation, and Condors This week, Cal talks about the Snort Report, effortless flight, old fish (really old fish), and a checkup on our oldest known bird. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube ...
01.04.2021 Ep. 88: Penis Bones, Algae Farming Fish, and HR 8828 This week, Cal talks about bitumen's effect on the love life of otters, fish that farm algae with shrimp poop, and waterfowl recipes. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube ...
12.28.2020 Ep. 87: Arachnophobia, Boxing Day, and Citizen Science This week, Cal talks about losing birds, riding the lightning, those tiny hairs, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch ...
12.21.2020 Ep. 86: Ancient Dogs, Roadkill, and New Species This week, Cal talks about hunting etiquette, old, old dogs, and how to keep the “kill” out of roadkill. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
12.14.2020 Ep. 85: Diggler Lives, White Rhino Patties, and 60 Million Pheasants This week, Cal talks about the difference between invasive and non-native, lab grown meat, immortalized turkeys, and the Texas desk. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week ...
12.07.2020 Ep. 84: Psychedelic Pictographs, Trout Bounties, and Dams This week, Cal talks about the complexities of dam removal, bounties on brown trout, psychedelic cave paintings, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's ...
11.30.2020 Ep. 83: Canadian Car Wash, LWCF, and Donated Deer This week, Cal talks about how much it could cost you to have a moose lick you car, the stink over donated meat, and Secretary's Order 3388 and what it means in Montana. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on ...
11.23.2020 Ep. 82: Conservation Tech, Doing it for the Gram, and Sulphur Chicken This week, Cal talks about wilderness, crime, and why granny is good with a gun. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch See omnystudio.com/listener ...
11.16.2020 Ep. 81: Murder Hornets, Tasty Tentacles, and Politics This week, Cal talks about murder hornets, octopi that taste through touch, wildlife crime, politics, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
11.09.2020 Ep. 80: Underwater Skyscrapers and Rodent Dentistry This week, Cal talks about an skyscraper taller than the Empire State Building only underwater, rodent dentistry, cuddly sharks, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube ...
11.02.2020 Ep. 79: Brooklyn Man, Lamprayers, and Desert Sea Cows This week, Cal talks about good eels and bad lampreys, ancient sea cows in Cairo, and how it's time to vote. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's ...
10.26.2020 Ep. 78: Urban Bear Deterrents, Aggressive Forked Horns, and Nazca Lines This week, Cal talks about an urban bear attack, petting the toxic toupee, and the only good outdoor cat. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
10.19.2020 Ep. 77: Fast Migrators, Wing Dynamics, and Squalene This week, Cal talks about listener emails, fast migrators and why weight matters, as well as why sharks and Covid are linked. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
10.12.2020 Ep. 76: Giant Shark! This week, Cal talks about a great white grandma shark, Maine, ancient sperm, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch ...
10.05.2020 Ep. 75: Louisiana, a Sportsman’s Paradise Lost, Ace Act, and Ghost Frogs This week, Cal talks about Louisiana, contagious yawns, and why the Anchorage Zoo is a bad place to be if you’re an alpaca. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube ...
09.28.2020 Ep. 74: Fire, Pebble Tapes, and Not So Permafrost This week, Cal talks about frozen finds, climate change, electrified critters, and the true cost of squirrel smuggling. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review ...
09.21.2020 Ep. 73: Peckers, Mimics, Bears, and Kestrels This week, Cal talks about earthmovers, trail discoveries, and aggressive peckers. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
09.14.2020 Ep. 72: The Value of Carp, Colorado Wolves, and Papillon This week, Cal talks about shark sex, fancy fish, and how a bad nickname can be a saving grace. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in ...
09.07.2020 Ep. 71: Tillamook Elk, Maggot Rafts, and Anti-Drone Eagles This week, Cal talks about scouting for birds, high tension lines, and the real reason behind bear jams in Yellowstone. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week ...
08.31.2020 Ep. 70: Fire! Policy, and How Hunting Tags Don’t Mean Dead Animals This week, Cal talks about Pebble Mine, ANWAR, buying low, opting in, and the relativity of corn chips to big sticks on your pallet, plus so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on ...
08.24.2020 Ep. 69: Spilt Milk, WP Squared, and Keeping Your Pants on Their Just Bison This week, Cal talks about Iowa, bison, Alaska, spilt milk, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
08.17.2020 Ep. 68: Swimming the Frog, Shady Land Deals, and Urban Rat Hunting This week, Cal talks about a shady land deal in Razorback country, how frogs use beetles to cleanse their systems, dam news and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, ...
08.10.2020 Ep. 67: Seeds of Change, No Place for a Mine, and Whooping Cranes This week, Cal gets to the root of a strange seed invasion, talks about Bristol Bay being so great a place that the President’s kid even says it shouldn’t be mined, muskie attacks, and so much more. Connect with Cal ...
08.03.2020 Ep. 66: Red Skies, Race, Fish Hooks, and Giant Sunfish This week, Cal talks about conservation history, old adages, and how giant fish come from humble beginnings, plus so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's ...
07.27.2020 Ep. 65: Sturddlefish, SPB’s, and Recovering America’s Wildlife This week, Cal talks about snails in your pockets, flatworms in your liver, and how exactly do you encourage asexual reproduction? Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's ...
07.20.2020 Ep. 64: Not-trash fish, the first Ron Popeil, and the California Condor This week, Cal talks about a sentarian fish that’s not a carp, the expansion of the California condor, early hand ax innovation, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, ...
07.13.2020 Ep. 63: Fort Keogh and Sonny Perdue Dog Years, and Grizzly Trapping This week, Cal talks about the hold up on access at a formerly public gate in Eastern Montana, a first timer's look at trapping grizzlies in Idaho, and why you may reassess the leeway you give your dog. Connect with ...
07.06.2020 Ep. 62: June Black Bear Round Up, Yellowstone Encounters, and Not Feeding the Bears This week, Cal talks about trouble bears, grizzly tickles, bison bumps, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Cal's Week in Review Merch See omnystudio.com/listener ...
06.29.2020 Ep. 61: Tarpon, Musky, and Executive Orders This week, Cal talks about hard luck bringing big musky, fossils, the original grip and grin, Utah bullfrogs, and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
06.22.2020 Ep. 60: A Sticky Situation, Followed by Helicopters in The Bob This week, Cal talks about the state of U.S. honey, plain old brown crayfish, and the case of helicopters, CFR’s, and public opinion in The Bob. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, ...
06.15.2020 Ep. 59: Independent Female Goldfish, MeatEater’s Land Access Initiative, and 373,456 Pounds of Turkey Meat This week, Cal talks about how carnival stands that give away goldfish are invasive species proliferation hot zones, checking up on land access in Maine, 2020 as a bad year to be a turkey, Alaska gaining back management of state ...
06.08.2020 Ep. 58: Blue Cats, Blue Crayfish, Potato Guns, and Bullfrog Bullets This week, Cal talks about bullfrogs as projectiles, citizen science, executive orders and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
06.01.2020 Ep. 57: Bear Attack! Wolverines, Bobcats, and the Bob This week, Cal talks about mysterious wolverines, Montana’s first pulitzer prize winning newspaper, bobcat and bear attacks, policy and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop ...
05.25.2020 Ep. 56: Fat Bears, E-Bikes, and the Great American Outdoors Act This week, Cal talks about doing the right thing, poachers, restitution, and 10 billion dollars worth of outdoor jobs. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See ...
05.18.2020 Ep. 55: Walleye, Invasive Species, and Buck Castration This week, Cal talks about invasive species, testing food on friends, "murder hornets," and the Argentine black and white tegu. Connect with Cal and MeatEater Cal on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch ...

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