So, okay, I'm so excited that you're here, as I've stated offline as well.

Thank you.

You know, in the past, I tried having experts on my podcast for a while, and I was, like, over preparing and, like, reading things.

And it just seemed really lame.

So I feel like I wanted to act like I met you or in the spirit of acting the spirit of like if I met you at a

party let's do role play let's do role play if I met you at a party and found out this is what you do

I'd be like and then have that kind of conversation you said you've been doing a ton of press

okay Beth Pratt is our guest.

What is your precise title with this entire endeavor?

You know, I mean, I do have titles.

I've been working in conservation for 35 years.

I think Cougar Ladies are pretty good title.

Oh, wow.

I work to the protection of wildlife and have, but, you know, I'm known for protection of P-22 and this Cougar ladies a pretty good title you know i work to the protection of wildlife and have but

we you know i'm known for protection of p22 and this cougar crossing that i just came from that's

almost finished oh so you call it a cougar crossing it's kind of fun it's it's an you know

the wildlife crossing and it's going to be for more more wildlife than cougars but yeah it's a

cougar crossing is catchy so we'll go with

is there any surprising wildlife that we can and is there going to be cameras like are you is there

I have so many questions okay I'm going to be like security I've been looking forward to this too

this is I was really looking forward to this fun podcast like you said this isn't going to be an NPR

serious like let's no no shade to NPR no We love NPR. But yeah. Because, yeah. But anyway, yeah, we're going to, I mean, we were actually just up there. Steve Winter, who took the famous P-22 photo with the Hollywood sign. He's going to have some cameras up there because we want to capture the first wildlife using it

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