Cat Chat® Podcast
1) Feline Purradise: the Lāna‘i Cat Sanctuary
#282: Keoni Vaughn, the Executive Director and caretaker of 767 cats (!) at the Lāna‘i Cat Sanctuary on the tiny Hawaiian island of Lāna‘i, explains its history and how they look after these previousl...Show More
2) Ursula K Le Guin’s "Book of Cats"
#281: Jennifer Mowdy of the Literary Cat Co bookstore and cat cafe (where you can buy the book) joins Tracie to discuss this beautiful, quirky posthumous book of collected works (prose, poetry, drawin...Show More
3) Your Cat’s Kidneys Need Help!
#280: Dr. Michelle Dulake discusses the ingredients in her Fera Pets Kidney Support for cats: how it binds the phosphate in their diet, which is the culprit in most chronic kidney diseases. Tracie rec...Show More
4) Take the Lid Off That Litter Box!
#278: Mikel Maria Delgado talks about how very much cats dislike covered litter boxes — which might be aesthetically pleasing to humans, but can be scary for cats who feel trapped because there’s only...Show More
5) The Black Cat Detective Agency Series
#279: David Stirling wrote “The Cat That Followed Phantoms” and “The Cat That Chased Cadillacs” which Tracie compares to Richard Adams’ “Watership Down,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “Stuart Little" and “Alice ...Show More
6) The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
#277: Jennifer Mowdy — owner of the Literary Cat Company book store and cat rescue — discusses this magical, allegorical Japanese best-selling novel by Yuta Takahashi, about a restaurant that appears ...Show More
7) They Have a Cat in This Fight
#276: Dr. Bruce Elsey talks about the $17 million he and his wife Kathy [a Multiple myeloma survivor herself] have raised over the years for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation through their Dr. ...Show More
8) Have Cat, Will Travel
#275: Stephen Quandt (Certified feline behavior specialist in private practice (https://catbehaviorhelp.com/) working virtually with clients works in feline behavior and for the Animal Care Centers o...Show More
9) Loki, Ukrainian Cat
#274: Filmmaker Tania Bashkatova discusses her film “Loki, Ukrainian Cat,” (which will be in the 8th Annual NY Cat Film Festival premiering in NYC October 26th) chronicling the journey her cat Loki ha...Show More
10) Cat Sushi
#273: Mikel Maria Delgado's kitties love the Cat Sushi bonito flakes but are uninterested in other crunchy treats - proving how important it is to have friends with cats who can happily receive your f...Show More