Covid and Cats Edition

Humankind makes plans and the gods laugh. In early November, Andrew got a bad breakthrough case of Covid-19, despite taking every known precaution. As a result, we were forced to improvise this episode. A great time to talk about cats, right?

If anyone knows anything about Bridgeport, it’s that feral and stray cats roam the streets like the gangs of ruffians in a black-and-white Mickey Rooney movie: tuff and deft with squeezable cheeks. Andrew feeds the ones on his side of town under his porch. I lost count of how many kittens he’s rescued. Two Bridgeport felines live with him. One of his rescues lives with Erika.

Here (hear?) Andrew tells the story of how Lalka, a street cat, picked him one cold October night. Like cat stories? Later this December, we'll have an episode featuring Autumn Ganza, The Cat Lady of Bridgeport.

Every episode of Mospratt Street premieres live on WLPN Radio Chicago (105.5) between 6:20pm and 6:30pm Central Time each Friday and then makes its way to the podcast so it can be enjoyed anywhere and anytime, often with additional content. More pictures of Lalka and some quotes from her can be found in our newsletter, so check it out!

This episode originally aired November 26th, 2021.

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