Are outdoor cats happier than indoor cats?
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week, Kate Lindsay—ICYMI host, Embedded author, and proud cat lover—sits in for Manny, and we go deep on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about cats.
Our expert this week is Dr. Mikel Delgado, a cat behaviorist, scientist, and author of Play With Your Cat!
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• Are suburban dogs happier than city dogs?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, so this is going to be the third in our unofficial series about animal feelings. |
| 0:18.0 | We're going to be referencing our episode about whether or not suburban dogs are happier |
| 0:23.2 | than city dogs quite a bit in this episode. If you have not listened to that yet, |
| 0:28.4 | after listening to this one, you may want to go check that one out. Here's the show for today. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm Noah. I'm Devin. And I'm Kate. And this is no such thing. The show where we settle our |
| 0:37.4 | dumb arguments and yours |
| 0:38.9 | By actually doing the research |
| 0:40.5 | On today's episode |
| 0:42.3 | Are Outdoor Cats |
| 0:44.0 | Happier than Indoor Cats |
| 0:46.4 | There was a study that came out years ago |
| 0:49.5 | Where they found that like some cats |
| 0:51.0 | Had eaten dead people |
| 0:52.4 | There's no such thing No such thing found that like some cats had eaten dead people. |
| 0:56.6 | There's no such thing. No such thing. |
| 0:59.6 | No such thing. |
| 1:02.6 | No such thing. |
| 1:05.6 | No such thing. |
| 1:06.5 | No such thing. |
| 1:11.3 | It's right off the bat here. let's address the elephant in the room. |
| 1:15.9 | If you listen to the top of this episode, you may have noticed that we have replaced Manny. |
| 1:21.0 | Permanently. |
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