On episode TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE of The Purrrcast, Sara and Steven end the year with the biggest cat-related news stories of 2019, share Mew Year’s resolutions, chat our favorite podcast moments of the year, and more! The Purrrcast, talking to cat people because we can't talk to their cats. The Purrrcast is the cat podcast for you and your feline friends. Based in Los Angeles, hosts Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris chat with fellow cat enthusiasts about the furry little creatures they love. Not sure how the cats feel about it though. New episodes every Wednesday! Please rate and subscribe in iTunes: www.exactlyrightmedia.com/the-purrrcast Email us! thepurrrcast@gmail.com If you shop on Amazon be sure to click this link and we’ll get a small kickback. Thanks for the support: http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=thepurr-20 Links of Interest: - Cinderblock’s Twitter https://twitter.com/cinderblockcat - CUTE CAT SAYS "WELL HI" IN A SOUTHERN DRAWL ACCENT FUNNY SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-yJTjbswhw - Everyone give a warm welcome to the cat that says “Well, hi!” like a little Southern gentleman https://news.avclub.com/everyone-give-a-warm-welcome-to-the-cat-that-says-well-1840341767 - A rogue cat who ‘will not be contained’ keeps trying to free his shelter comrades https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/13/quilty-houston-shelter-cat-wins-viral-fame-helping-fellow-felines-escape/ - Cat missing at Dulles Airport for 2 months found, returned to excited owner: 'I am so thankful' https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/cat-missing-dulles-airport-2-months-found - Owner reunited with cat found 1,200 miles from Portland home https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50496781 - St. Louis board votes to ban cat declawing Louis-board-votes-to-ban-cat-declawing-14906682.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/St-Louis-board-votes-to-ban-cat-declawing-14906682.php - New York State Bans Cat Declawing york-declaw-ban.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/nyregion/new-york-declaw-ban.html - Cats 'Farm' Bacteria in Their Butts. Here's Why. cat-butts-anal-gland-microbes.html">https://www.livescience.com/65422-cat-butts-anal-gland-microbes.html - Captivity-bred wildcats to be released into wild in Cairngorms https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-50464091 - Mane attraction: cats beat dogs at the box office – but is the data fishy? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/13/big-screen-cats-beat-dogs-at-the-global-box-office - How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPJzQppANo - The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJnqWke5n8 - Oldest Known Pet Cat? 9,500-Year-Old Burial Found on Cyprus https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2004/04/oldest-known-pet-cat-9500-year-old-burial-found-on-cyprus/ - Black Cat Takes Some Blame for the Giants' Loss to the Cowboys cowboys-cat-monday-night-football.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/sports/giants-cowboys-cat-monday-night-football.html - The Most Popular Dog and Cat Names of 2019 (Including Big Increase in GoT-Inspired Names!) https://people.com/pets/most-popular-dog-cat-names-2019/ The Most Popular U.S. Pet Names of 2019 https://www.rover.com/blog/dog-names/ Follow The Purrrcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePurrrcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepurrrcast/ Please like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePurrrcast Follow Sara Iyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saraanjuliiyer Follow Sara Iyer on Instagram: https://instagram.com/saraiyer/ Check out Sara Iyer on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/saraiyer Listen to Sara’s Weezer podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/weezer-has-turned-and-left-us-here Listen to Sara’s Don Bluth podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-bluth-the-whole-bluth-and-nothing-but-the-bluth Follow Steven Ray Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorris Check out Steven’s new podcast, See Jurassic Right: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/see-jurassic-right/id1239538917?mt=2 Theme song by Anabot (Analise Nelson) and Dax Schaffer: https://thesaxelnaiad.bandcamp.com/ Artwork by Jillian Yoffe: flatratstudio.com Part of the Exactly Right podcast network See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.