Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th

It's free and you're invited

Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you

It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled

hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking

But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th?

I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask

There will absolutely be epic stories and yes

Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event

This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th

11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up

That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th

You're listening to brains on from MPR news and Southern California Public Radio. We're serious about being curious

I'm Molly Bloom. Today we're going to transport you to the Fitzgerald theater in St. Paul for a segment from a recent live show that we did

Cats versus dogs in this very important debate producers Mark Sanchez and Sandin Totten

Try it to get to the bottom of our feline friends mysterious behavior

It's moderated by me along with co-host Alex Marriott and Sophia Chu

You might remember Alex from our bridges versus tunnels episode and Sophia was the co-host for our GPS episode if you haven't heard those

You can find them at brains on dot org. Here's the debate

So as much as we know about cats we really can't be sure of their motivations when they scratch up our furniture

Are they getting revenge because we left them alone or just blowing off steam when they rub up against our legs?

Are they showing love or manipulating us for food? It leads to an age old question our cats evil or just misunderstood

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