The World's Sickest Cat
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
This week’s caller is a medical device engineer with a deeply personal stake in the healthcare system. She talks with Gethard about living with a rare liver disease, how Martin Shkreli changed the course of her life, and the three-legged, half-tailed foster cat who might just send her back to therapy.
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| 0:34.7 | Hello to everybody who's rooting for a sad cat. |
| 0:38.0 | It's beautiful anonymous. |
| 0:40.1 | One hour, one phone call, no names, no holds barred. |
| 0:47.0 | I'd rather go one-on-one. |
| 0:49.9 | I think it'll be more fun and I'll get to know you and you'll get to know me. |
| 0:56.9 | Hi everybody, Chris Getherd here. |
| 0:59.1 | Welcome to Beautiful Anonymous and thank you so much for keeping this show alive |
| 1:05.0 | and allowing us to be named one of the 100 best podcasts of all time by Time magazine. |
| 1:10.4 | Really shocked me to see us on that list. |
| 1:13.0 | Thank you all for making it happen. If you're not into a long intro, I totally get that. |
| 1:19.4 | If you want to skip about eight and a half minutes ahead, that'll put you right at the beginning of the phone call. |
| 1:24.4 | Thanks. Hi, everybody, Chris Gethd here. Lucky to welcome you to another episode |
| 1:31.2 | of Beautiful Anonymous, the show where we examine the human condition, one anonymous phone call |
| 1:36.6 | at a time. That's a little catchphrase I've been using lately, but I also think it's really true. |
| 1:42.3 | Have to thank everybody who's been supporting the show over the years. |
| 1:45.5 | We had a really, really incredible surprise last Wednesday, |
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