This hour stories dedicated to our furry and not-so-furry friends.

Flash! (parts I & II)
by Daimiano Marchetti with Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt (Reply All, 2016 & 2017)
Craigslist: Santa Rosa, California. Lost & found. Post title: Lost tortoise. Flash has escaped.

Charles Mingus Toilet Trained His Cat. We Put His Method to the Test
by Jody Avigran (Studio360 [WNYC], 2014)
The jazz musician Charles Mingus was a celebrated band leader and one of the most important composers of his generation. But at the same time he was recording The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was working on another masterpiece of sorts. He figured out how to get his cat, Nightlife, to poop in a toilet — and he decided he’d share his method with the world.

Snowdrift
by Jennifer Wing (Sound Effect [KNKX], 2015)
The story of a lost cat that didn’t actually want to be found.

Are Animals Creative?
by Sean Cole (Studio360 [WNYC], 2006)
What separates humans from animals? It used to be tools - and then... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy