CATTY CHATS

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 The Core Problems: Democratic politics stuck in outdated strategies.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.