Cat history: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Cats have lived alongside us for centuries, and our relationship with them has transformed over time – from venerating them to vilifying them. What roles have humans cast cats in over the years? Why were they seen as deities by the ancient Egyptians? And how did they come to be synonymous with witches? In our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode, Dr Andrew Flack answers listener questions about the history of our relationship with these fascinating creatures. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.
0:05.0	A bit of a different thing going on this week.
0:07.3	You've been immature and you've lied.
0:10.3	And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.
0:13.9	I was trying to manipulate you.
0:15.7	Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.
0:18.1	I know, I'd be like, are you joking?
0:20.6	I don't know.
0:21.7	I guess you'd have to ask.
0:23.5	Someone that has sex.
0:24.2	Someone that has sex.
0:26.2	And remember, it's just between us.
0:32.3	Welcome to the History Extra podcast.
0:35.7	Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.
0:50.8	Cats have played a crucial part in human societies over the centuries,
0:56.0	from the ancient Egyptians who treated them with respect and adoration,
1:00.0	to the early modern Europeans who cast them as devilish familiars,
1:05.0	to Victorian imperialists who sought to control and subdue nature.
1:15.2	For the latest episode of our Everything You Wanted to Know series,
1:21.1	I put your questions on our feline friends to animal historian, Dr Andrew Flack.
1:23.8	So thank you so much for joining me today, Andy.
1:25.2	Hello, thanks having me.
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