Are Rats Running This Podcast?

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Reporter and New Yorker Anil Oza called up rodentologists to understand — does their approach withstand the test of scientific research?

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0:00.0	So step one, know your enemy.
0:04.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:09.0	Hey Shortwaveers, today we have a treat for you,
0:13.0	reporter and forever Shortwaveer and NIL-OZA is here today
0:17.0	to bring us some news from NYC.
0:19.0	Hi Gina, I do have a story for you about some really, really bad neighbors here in New York.
0:23.0	Oh no.
0:24.0	So bad actually, that our mayor, Eric Adams has taken notice.
0:27.0	We're making clear that rats don't run out of city.
0:30.0	Well, New York is due.
0:32.0	Rats.
0:33.0	Okay, I'm so excited about this.
0:34.0	It's going to be like Ghostbusters, but for rats.
0:37.0	Yeah, kind of.
0:39.0	Rats have been all over the place in New York City, literally in their image.
0:42.0	There's posters everywhere advertising a new policy of putting out garbage later in the day.
0:48.0	And this week, Mayor Adams appointed a ratsar, Cathane Karate.
0:52.0	Okay, a ratsar?
0:54.0	Hasn't New York always had rats?
0:56.0	What would a ratsar's job even be?
0:58.0	Yeah, we've always had rats, but in theory, this person's job would be to get rid of the rats in New York City
1:04.0	and to get their population under control.
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