The Joy of Cats: Stories about our feline friends

Published: April 26, 2019, 9:19 a.m.

b"This week, for National Pet Parents day, we bring you two stories of our relationships with our cats.\\nPart 1: \\xa0In a battle over her apartment's air quality, cat foster mom Tracy Rowland discovers how to use her kitten's parasite as a weapon.\\xa0 \\nPart 2: Gianmarco Soresi learns more about cats than he ever wanted to when his girlfriend adopts five.\\nTracy is a 3-time Moth StorySLAM champion who first appeared on the\\xa0 Story Collider stage in 2011, with a tale that tangentially had to do\\xa0 with monkeys. She's also part of the producing and hosting team behind\\xa0 The Liar Show, a long-running NYC institution.\\xa0 Tracy works days as a\\xa0 writer and video editor, where her promos and shorts have appeared on\\xa0 NBC, Cartoon Network, and Al Jazeera America. She won a local Emmy in\\xa0 2010, but her mom still thinks it was the regular kind.\\xa0 Check out more at www.tracyrowland.com.\\nGianmarco Soresi is a New York based stand up comic, storyteller and actor. He\\u2019s\\xa0 headlined Carolines on Broadway, Stand Up NY, EastVille Comedy Club, DC Comedy Loft, and his work has been featured on Funny or Die, Fast Company, The Atlantic, York, SeeSo\\u2019s New York\\u2019s Funniest, George Takei Presents, and Netflix\\u2019s\\xa0 upcoming global series Bonding. He recently acted opposite Tracy Morgan\\xa0 on TBS\\u2019 The Last O.G., Tom Selleck on CBS\\u2019 Blue Bloods, ABC\\u2019s Deception,\\xa0 TruTV, and Comedy Central. More at www.gianmarcosoresi.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"