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Welcome to Steer Its Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.

Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.

I'm Amanda, and I'm Julia, and this is an episode all about those feline friends, Julia,

the newest neighbor that I have here in my new apartment, who normally hangs out on other

fire escapes, but I am trying to tempt her with some cat grass. Black cats.

Amanda, I was literally going to start this episode by asking if you had any updates via the

black cat that you had told me about recently. Have you seen them lately? Do you have a name

that you're calling them yet? What's going on? So I decided that she has feminine energy.

Okay. Our neighborhood filled with stray cats. It's actually kind of a problem. There are a lot

of rescue organizations taking care of them, spying, neutering, and feeding and rehoming them.

But this black cat lives on my neighbor's fire escape, which I can see from my living room.

And now there is a fire escape outside my room. And so I am really hoping that by putting out some

cat grass, I have some mums there for the bees and some cat grass for the cat. I'm hoping that

she is tempted over. The update, Julia, is New York City had some historic flooding a couple

months ago. As of when this episode's coming out for me right now, it was very recently. And I was

going around the apartment, checking all the windows because there were lots of leaks that morning

of the terrible flood when we got images of rain. I looked across the street, and there she was

sitting in the window of a half-constructed building, dry and warm. Good for her. I'm so happy for her.

I know. She's so smart. And so I love that whenever that condo building is finished,

I will know that a black cat once weathered out historic flooding. On the third floor,

she made it all the way up. But yeah, I don't have a name yet. I feel like maybe I get to name

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