Episode Details

For thousands of years, humans have been obsessed with cats.

Did humans domesticate cats? Or did something inside cats domesticate us?

This episode we’re talking ancient Egypt, witch trials, plague hysteria, brain parasites, and even ancient aliens.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 HOOK & INTRO

00:01:38 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CAT WORSHIP

00:12:16 BETTER HELP AD

00:13:50 CAT MUMMIES 

00:28:00 CAT GODDESSES SEKHMET & BASTET

00:43:55 THE BLACK DEATH AND CATS  IN THE MIDDLE AGES

00:56:30 WITCHES AND CATS

01:00:40 TOXOPLASMOSIS AND EFFECTS

01:12:00 PEOPLE WITH TOXOPLASMOSIS RATED HOTTER 

01:17:00 ANCIENT ALIENS (YES, REALLY)

01:30:00 SECRET PASSWORD AND DONOR SHOUTOUTS!

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SOURCES:

[1]https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred-of-cats-lead-to-the-black-death-327d163adfb2

[2]BUBASTIS, CITY OF THE CAT GODDESS BAST (Part III)

[3]

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-animal-mummies-found-in-egypt/

[4]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987720300311