Description

Title says it all, this week Saoirse Siné talks animals in politics with special guest Kori Schagunn

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Episode Source Material

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623777/animals-who-ran-office

https://petcentral.chewy.com/pets-in-office-meet-americas-elected-animals-from-dog-mayors-to-cat-candidates/

https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/cultura/noticia/2017-05/humor-recognized-intangible-heritage-brazil-state-ceara

https://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar/1938-republicans-elect-mule/

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/animals-that-held-office

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_milton_mule

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/local/the-bosco-ramos-story-to-be-immortalized/1847815/

http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=289

https://www.nationalparkreservations.com/article/lajitas-mayor-clay-henry/

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/animals-that-held-office

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/us/no-one-shot-the-sheriff-but-someone-cut-the-mayor-a-goat-got-it.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lajitas-ghost-town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agL5Lrr8xQ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm5eqVVvXm0

https://abcnews.go.com/US/CrimeBlotter/story?id=91387&page=1

https://www.houstoniamag.com/travel-and-outdoors/2013/11/west-texas-tour-november-2013

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alcoholic-goat-mayor-is-castrated-by-cowboy-174572.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mayor-stubbs-the-cat

https://time.com/4870781/stubbs-the-cat-mayor-dead/

https://www.newsweek.com/cat-mayor-alaskan-town-dies-20-640828

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/stubbs-cat-mayor-ak/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105396516/top-dog-the-rise-fall-and-alleged-assassination-attempt-of-a-poodle-president

https://weekly-wonder-blog.tumblr.com/post/119693698182/saucisse-the-dachshund

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35110859