{"podcast":{"title":"Relatively Stable","slug":"relatively-stable-7026682","podcast_index_feed_id":7026682,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2259260.rss","website_url":"https://stableroots.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2259260/9f4619118b7a35e00646eeb45fa8a30d.jpg","author":"Kimberly Carter","episode_count":73,"summary":"A gathering place for my writing and a watering hole for seekers to replenish as we tap into our yearnings together.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:21:02.608345+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relatively-stable-7026682"},"episode":{"title":"That Time I Bought a Cat","slug":"that-time-i-bought-a-cat","published_at":"2026-03-05T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relatively-stable-7026682/that-time-i-bought-a-cat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relatively-stable-7026682","url":"https://stableroots.substack.com/p/that-time-i-bought-a-cat","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189319129/de4344d883d8e59ed21c51e163d8863f.mp3","summary":"That Time I Bought a Cat (And Then Purchased Another) In this week’s episode, I’m reading my latest Stable Roots essay — a piece about cats, yes, but also about grief, land, financial contraction, hospice care, and the quiet investments that hold us steady when everything else feels uncertain. The year I bought two Siberian cats was the same year my father entered hospice, we lost the farm we had stewarded for two decades, and Christopher and I signed for a historic property that would become Lavender Hill. I had never purchased a cat before. The decision felt indulgent at the time. It turns out it was something else entirely. This episode explores: - Why the Hermitage Museum has cats guarding its galleries - The difference between rescue and presence - What it means to be responsible for everyone else And why sometimes the smallest purchases anchor us through the largest transitions If you are building something that depends on you — land, family, business, community — this week's essay may resonate with you. Get full access to Stable Roots at stableroots.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"That Time I Bought a Cat (And Then Purchased Another) In this week’s episode, I’m reading my latest Stable Roots essay — a piece about cats, yes, but also…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1069,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/relatively-stable-7026682/episodes/that-time-i-bought-a-cat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relatively-stable-7026682/that-time-i-bought-a-cat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}