CATTY CHATS

JANAI NORMAN USED TO DO THE NEWS. NOW SHE REPORTS UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS. Ears Up. Claws Out. It's time for another CATTY CHATS LIVE, where we talk to people trying to make things suck less.   If you like our weekly catty chats, please like, review and follow the pod here! If you’re like us, you’re a media cat who takes in a lot of media from mainstream and independent sources. But can you read betw...

THANKS FOR BEING HERE! Please like, share and leave a comment! It helps us grow and get out the messages from people workingto make things suck less more than you know! _____________________________________________ Author Lu Chekowsky was once haunted by couches . You know how it goes: You’re considering buying a new sofa, so you poke around online to see what’s out there. Then, like a JD Vance fe...

HEY GRITTY KITTIES! Welcome to Catty Chats Live!  The weekly livestream and podcast where we talk to people who are working to make things suck less. Today we are talking to three more candidates ahead of the 2026 mid term elections: Cat Ladies for America is an all volunteer grassroots organization, but our reporting, events and activism still incur bills.   You can support us by becoming a paid...

CATLADYPALOOZA TWOO-ZA: ASSES KICKED, NAMES TAKEN  Voting Rights Experts, Activists in the Business of Resistance & First Amendment Fighters have us ready to scratch back at the mid-terms. We’re less than 50 days from the midterm elections. How ya feeling, gritty kitties? We got a dose of inspiration and a swift kick in the ass this week at our second CatLadyPalooza event. Our a-meow-zing pane...

In this special episode, we'll get the first hand account of Tatiana from Indivisible Frederick Forward about the 36+ hour siege of a small corner of a neighborhood of Frederick Maryland.   We discuss why they may have selected this unassuming corner of the state to try out new tactics that resulted in zero arrests due to their lack of judicial warrant and the commitment of neighborhood observers,...

HEY Gritty Kitties! Welcome to another episode of "Catty Chats" where we talk to people trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways. In this episode, we've got another Catty Chats LIVE featuring candidates running for the US House of representatives around the country who we need to support so we can bring back accountability and a government that works for the people. Tessa Lynn H...

Welcome to another episode of Catty Chats where we talk to people making things suck less in new and interesting ways. We are still on a brief summer hiatus as we reconfigure and relaunch for Season Two. We've got a lot of exciting things coming up and really interesting guests. But while we are on this reorganization track (and frankly a little bit of a vacation) we are still gonna have some spec...

Hey Gritty Kitties. Welcome to another episode of Catty Chats My name is Blaire Postman, founder of Cat Ladies for America and your host. We are gonna do a short little special episode of Catty Chats. We are on a bit of a summer hiatus as we get ready for season 2. We're booking guests we're working on new formats. We're gonna have a lot of exciting new twists for when we come back in mid to late...

Meet two of the many insurgent candidates who are trying to make things suck less, PLUS our guide to actions that help candidates at every level breakthrough in the mid-terms! LeVon Barnes donned fluffy pink cat headphones that belong to his young daughter. Dan Schwartz’s one-eyed cat Toodles gave him the biggest kitty hug ever – on camera . And that all happened before we even started talking abo...

Hey Gritty Kitties.  Welcome to Catty Chats from Cat Ladies for Americ a where we talk to people who are trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways. In this episode we talk to Anne Lehman of the fames Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis: The adult sex toy shop & community hub were at the heart of a lot of the mutual aid and community resistance organizing in Minneapolis at the heigh...

Hey Gritty Kitties.  Welcome to another episode of CATTY CHATS.  Where we speak to people trying to make things suck less in new and interesting ways.  This week we're speaking to immigrant & civil rights activist, wife, mother & fellow Jersey girl, GABY SOTO.  Gaby was at the heart of the advocacy for detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark NJ weeks and months before the hunger & labor st...

Hey, Gritty Kitties! Welcome to another episode of "Catty Chats" Today we are talking to Oye Owolewa who is running for a DC City Council at large seat. He first came to my attention because he was doing a lot of work protesting the new ICE headquarters that is slated to be constructed in the 8th Ward of Washington DC. The people of DC has been going through a lot of their own special struggles be...

Hey gritty kitties - welcome to Catty Chats. We talk to people working to make things suck less in new and interesting ways. In this episode we're talking to Cori Herbig of Project Ninja and Morris County Rapid Response which are anti ice organizations in New Jersey. This episode was taped on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - after the intense events of Memorial Day Weekend but before other developments. Sh...

Welcome to Catty Chats LIVE! The monthly LIVE episode of Cat Ladies for America’s weekly podcast Catty Chats.  This month's Live panel of experts is talking all things voting rights in the wake of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court this spring.  We discuss the practical on the ground ramifications, some long and shorter term strategies to reverse all the harm that's bee...

This week's guest in the catio is Jack Inicker, founder of FUBAR PAC. Their mission: political messaging & community outreach with no permission, no focus groups, no deference - just effectiveness. The Core Problems: Democratic politics stuck in outdated strategies. Repetition of the same mistakes despite clear evidence they don’t work. Grassroots energy is often co-opted or sidelined. And als...

This week on the podcast, Blaire sits down with Reverend Stephen Tillett, Democratic candidate for Maryland State Senate in District 32, pastor, Air Force veteran, former NAACP leader, and possibly the only politician willing to discuss public policy, Star Trek, and cottage homes in the same conversation.  Pastor T talks about growing up in Washington, DC, serving congregations across Maryland for...

This week's guest is TAJ SMITH, the president of the Washington County Maryland NAACP Chapter. https://www.instagram.com/washconaacp7030b/ On March 17, 2026, Taj was kicked out of the Washington County Board of County Commissioners' legally required public comment meeting because she had the nerve to mention the infrastructure impact and lack of tax revenue caused by ICE/DHS buying an enormous war...

🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL ‼️ They want us scared, powerless and alone. Too bad — we’ve got cats. Cat Ladies for America fur-vently invites you to our virtual 2026 learning, lean-in and scratch back virtual event: CATLADYPALOOZA! LIVE on YouTube — Sunday, April 19 7p, National Cat Lady Day. We’re activating cat ladies, cat daddies, cat folks & un-catted allies around the country so they’re ready to...

Welcome to Catty Chats: claws-out interviews with people trying to make things suck less in new and different ways. I am thrilled that I get to share with you my conversation with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen. He's had a long political career in the Maryland Statehouse, the U.S. House of Representatives, and most recently the U.S. Senate since 2017. I always thought of him as smart, and capab...

When you go to check out the proposed new DHS mega detention center before ICE moves in... but turns out you're late. Part 1: I meet Claire from Hagerstown Rapid Response in front of the new would-be ICE detention center outside Hagerstown to discuss the the sloppiness in execution, the harm being done to our who are vulnerable neighbors as well as all of Washington County, and the ramp up in ICE...

As DHS & ICE continue to rampage cities across the U.S. the “document research nerds” of Project Saltbox teach us how they uncover news that the mainstream media has missed. We discuss what they look for to uncover ICE’s next moves, and what they’re seeing for the future in Minneapolis, Maryland and beyond including alarming new tools and dangerous procedures every U.S. community needs to know...

Kate Barr tried running as democrat in a gerrymandered AF district in North Carolina.  But nobody pays attention to the Dem primary there.   So THIS time she ran as a Republican in the Republican primary, being very open about switching parties and why, in a lot of ways, it shouldn’t matter.  Either you like what she thinks should be done for the people of her district in Congress, or you don’t. T...

In this episode we’re talking to Maryland Governor WES MOORE about Maryland’s role in fighting for democracy, Maryland redistricting & Donald Trump being, like, totally OBSESSED with him.

Cat Ladies for America is launching the audio-only version of its podcast "CATTY CHATS": Interview with people making things suck less in new and different ways. CLAWS OUT.