In the 38th episode of TMWYK, Michael #1 dives into the high stakes world of competitive spelling. It’s a short career that ends in 8th grade but it’s such a high stress environment, I’m sure we’ll discover learning to spell rare French words meaning ‘tassels worn by generals on the losing side of a battle’ causes forms of CTE. Then, Michael #2 takes you into ‘Cat Wars’. Many will be shocked to find that house cats who venture outside are really one of the most dangerous predators to our bird population. Research has concluded that our feral cat population is destroying our ecosystem and spreading a parasite that has been shown to cause changes to behavior and cognitive function. Some might call it mind control. The cat ladies are flexing their cat lobby to protect their cuddly killers but what about the New World Warbler population?