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August 4, 2026

Ep 676: The Cat Who Came Home After Five Years: Inside a Shelter’s Return-to-Home Playbook with Corinne Bourgoin, Shelter Operations Supervisor at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center

“He walked over to the cabinet where his food used to be and started pawing at it.”

July 28, 2026

Ep 675: Cats Pick Their People: Inside Florida’s First Cat Cafe Franchise with Sandra Cagan Founder & CEO of the Orlando Cat Cafe

“The cats, every day, pick their family.”

July 21, 2026

Ep 674: From One Alley Cat to 700 Spay/Neuter Surgeries a Year with Deborah Magaldi, Director of CatPAWS

“People have to feel like they are making a difference, not earning a buck.”

July 14, 2026

Ep 673: The 42-Point Gap Between Loving Your Cat and Getting It to the Vet with Gina Fortunato and Kristin Wuhrman of the CATalyst Council

“It is not a lack of care or love. They love, love, love their cats. They would do anything to give their cat a longer life.”

July 7, 2026

Ep 672: How Mumbai’s Feline Foundation Is Systematically Tackling a Million-Cat City with Pallavi Kamath, Executive Director of The Feline Foundation, Mumbai, India

“The more I work in this field, the more there is to learn — and there’s multiple strategies that you have to implement.”

June 30, 2026

Ep 671: Saving the African Wildcat: The Race Against Hybridization in South Africa with Louise Holton, President & Founder, and Debbie Holzer, Development & Fundraising Manager, Alley Cat Rescue

“The goal isn’t so much a set number as the area, and 100% sterilization — which is a lofty goal. But the only thing we can do is keep going.”

June 23, 2026

Ep 670: Bridging the Gap Between Vets and Community Cat Caregivers with Dr. Kevin Lynch, DVM, Veterinarian, Author, and Founder of The Moriches Hospital for Animals

“That’s my own formula — passion and compassion tempered by dedication and humor.”

June 16, 2026

Ep 669: 10 Years of Community Cats Podcast: A Conversation with Stacy, Kristen, and Mike

“We may not all be the same organization, but we all have a very similar goal, and that is a better world for cats ultimately.”

June 9, 2026

Ep 668: City Kitties: Inside New York’s Bodega Cat Movement, with Dan Rimada, Founder of Bodega Cats of New York and Co-Founder of Cats About Town Tours

“You can both celebrate them and advocate for them at the same time.”

June 2, 2026

Ep 667: Building the Prevention Layer Animal Welfare Has Been Missing, with BJ Adkins, Founder and Director of Animal Angels Foundation

“With animal welfare, we’re basically waiting till the roof falls in — when the animals are at the shelter, that’s the roof falling in. We have to catch them earlier.”

May 26, 2026

Ep 666: Holistic Health for Community Cats – What Nature Already Provides with Angela Ardolino Certified Cannabis & Fungi Clinician and Founder of MycoDog, MycoCat & CBD Dog Health

“Mother Nature provides us with all the food and medicine that we need. Food is medicine — and it is the number one thing you can do for any person or animal to help them stay healthy and help their immune system operate.”

May 19, 2026

Ep 665: From One to Many: Building a Neighborhood-Based Community Cat Program with Tonya Cook, Community Cat Program Manager at Ohio Alleycat Resource

“When we look at things on a neighborhood level and we’re noticing patterns, noticing new colonies — when something’s predictable, it’s preventable.”