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 Crookedjaw is a warrior now! He can stand up for himself and even have a girlfriend if he wants! No matter what his ghost mentor says! Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Support us on Ko-fi! WCWITCast Ko-fi Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Paws of Stars by Sunnyfall Cat Fact Sources: Art Link: Anger Transference by Richard Sargent Richard Sargent Archives | The Saturday Evening Post Classic Covers: Richard Sargent | The Saturday Evening Post Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We finally visit the Moonstone! But did we make it to Starclan? Well, Mapleshade is here. And so is Goosefeather?? Also, there is an omen??? Ah well, I have a girlfriend now and a warrior name. Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Support us on Ko-fi! WCWITCast Ko-fi Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Cat Fact Sources: Art Link: Three Cats with Fish by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita Art Link 2: Self Portrait with Cat by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita Tsuguharu Foujita - Wikipedia Fondation Foujita Tsuguharu Foujita: The Cat Master Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968, Japanese-French) Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tangletongue and Emberheart decide that Riverclan has been a bipedal species all along. Meanwhile, Hailstar decides to use his last life to right some wrongs and maybe do some even more wrongs. Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Support us on Ko-fi! WCWITCast Ko-fi Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): The Road by Cormac McCarthy Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito Cat Fact Sources: Art Link: Cats Playing by Pierre Bonnard Art Link: Le Chat Blanc by Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard - Wikipedia Les Nabis - Wikipedia Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947): The Late Interiors | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947, French) - The Great Cat Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

A lot of plot happens in one afternoon. But that is just build up to our first ever gathering! Where we get to see our favorite bluer-in-the-sunlight lady! Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Support us on Ko-fi! WCWITCast Ko-fi Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Citizen 13660 by Miné Okubo Cat Fact Sources: Art Link: Painting of a black cat by Miné Okubo Archive.org - Citizen 13660 Miné Okubo - Wikipedia Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660 The Highflying Artistry of Miné Okubo - Discover Nikkei Biography: Miné Okubo Miné Okubo and Her Blithe Cats | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution   Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We get to be an apprentice after all! Aaand we are back in divorce court for the second time in one book.  Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Support us on Ko-fi! WCWITCast Ko-fi Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin with Nate Powell, L. Fury Cat Fact Sources: Chat couché (Lying Cat) by Jane Poupelet Image Link Jane Poupelet: The Female Sculptor Who Helped Disfigured War Veterans - Daily Art Magazine Jane Poupelet - Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions Video Museum Fr Jane Poupelet Chat couché Gallery Information Jane Poupelet | The Art Institute of Chicago Anna Coleman Ladd - Wikipedia Anna Coleman Ladd's Studio for Portrait Masks in Paris Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Emberheart and Tangletongue discuss farming experience and the benefits of getting really buff. After all, that is what Crookedkit seems to be up to after accidentally running away. Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Ratha's Courage by Clare Bell Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by  Laura Gao Cat Fact Sources: Annibale Carracci - Wikipedia Painting Image Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Annibale Carracci (1560 - 1609) | National Gallery, London Annibale Carracci Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Stormkit is now Crookedkit, the parents split, and we ditch Riverclan. Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Wings of Fire Series by Tui T. Sutherland Warriors: A Starless Clan #3: Shadow By Erin Hunter  Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting Kindra Neely Cat Fact Sources: Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Wikipedia Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861, Japanese) - The Great Cat Cats in Edo Period Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e - Wikipedia Cats as Word or Catfish by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Image Link Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Image Link Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We finally start the long awaited Crookedstar's Promise! Weird, this book seems to be about some kid named Stormkit. Well, surely nothing awful happens that results in a name change. Book: Super Edition: Crookedstar’s Promise Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast    Cat Fact Sources: Chauvet Cave - Wikipedia Explore the Fresco of the Big Cats — Google Arts & Culture Caverne du Pont-d'Arc - Wikipedia Finally, the Beauty of France's Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut | History| Smithsonian Magazine Chauvet Cave (ca. 30,000 B.C.) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Cave Art Paintings of the Chauvet Cave Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Music: The following music was used for this media project: Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Thank you all for the past 200 episodes! Here is a bonus episode with listener submitted questions. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions! Here’s to 200 episodes and to 200 more! Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  Music :  Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-themeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Brambleclaw is wavering, Hawkfrost is monologuing, and Firestar is dying. Squirrelflight and Leafpool are racing to help, but will they make it in time? Find out as we finish the final chapters of the New Prophecies arc! Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Wings of Fire Series by Tui T. Sutherland Bunnicula Series by Deborah Howe and James Howe Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel It's OK to be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater Cat Fact Sources: Hamish McHamish - Wikipedia Hamish McHamish - St Andrews in Focus Hamish Foundation Find out more about Hamish McHamish, the ginger cat of St Andrews Hamish McHamish Statue Photo Music :  Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Starclan pulls the wackiest wild card ever and Leafpool is weirdly ok with it. Brambleclaw’s inaction finally has appropriate consequences. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast)  Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast  What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe The Arrival by Shaun Tan Cat Fact Sources: A New Knee for Cyrano: NC State Osseointegrated Surgery Provides Total Knee Replacement for a Cat | Veterinary Medicine News Design Fax Article 10 Animals Who Got a 2nd Chance in Life with 3D Printing A Tour of Meownuments to the World's Most Pawesome Cats Cyrano L. Catte II Monument Image Music :  Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WCWIT EP 200 AMA Form - Submission Ends March 15 Remember how Tangletongue congratulated Brambleclaw for making a good choice last episode? Well, taking that back. Taking that waaaaay back. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Tye Leung Schulze: Translator for Justice by Dawn K.Wing Cat Fact Sources: Know Your City: Bronze cat Pantyusha near Golden Gate - Kyiv Post Pantyusha haykali - Vikipediya Памятник коту Пантелеймону — Википедия Review of The Monument Of Panteleymon The Persian Cat., Kyiv, Ukraine - Tripadvisor Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online - Meta Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WCWIT EP 200 AMA Form - Submission Ends March 15 Firestar receives some feedback. Brambleclaw makes a good choice(for once). ThunderClan holds a long delayed vigil. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast Cat Fact Sources: Towser-Famous Cats at The Great Cat in History, Art and Literature 'Towser' – Crieff, Scotland - Atlas Obscura Glenturret distillery - Wikipedia Greatest mouser | Guinness World Records International Cat Day: Celebrating the unbeatable Towser of Glenturret Distillery Distillery cats: Scotch’s legendary mousers  Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WCWIT EP 200 AMA Form - Submission Ends March 15 Apologies for the delay everyone! Emberheart and Tangletongue ponder maps, ancient Egypt reliefs, and why anyone even wants to stay in RiverClan. And Hawkfrost finally, FINALLY gets punched in the face. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Nine Liars by  Maureen Johnson Sensor by Junji Ito Cat Fact Sources: Watson Library Digital Collections -The tomb of Puyemrê at Thebes by Norman de Garis Davies First named cat | Guinness World Records Puimre - Wikipedia TT39 - Wikipedia Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Leafpool takes on a side hustle. Anything to help her girl from being exposed. Brambleclaw gets to be a super sneaky spy - and uses that opportunity to eavesdrop on his evil brother being evil. No, he does not admit that Hawkfrost is evil yet. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Deserter by Junji Ito The Ritual by Adam Nevill The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach Cat Fact Sources: Black History Month Origins of Black History Month – ASALH Frederick D. Patterson - Wikipedia Frederick Douglass Patterson, 1901-1988 - UNCF Frederick D. Patterson | Tuskegee University Black History Month 2021 - Black Veterinary History Makers - MedVet Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We get definite proof that Tawnypelt is the coolest kid that Tigerstar had (Mothwing isn’t being counted, since no one ever counts her.) Cloudtail doesn’t directly prove that he loves his wife, but Daisy proves she’s a tough momma who respects other women. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito Cat Fact Sources: Black History Month Origins of Black History Month – ASALH Halle Berry - Wikipedia The Making of 'Catwoman' Behind The Scenes Halle Berry A Catwoman and Dog Woman too! - Animal Fair Halle Berry and kids say goodbye to 16-year-old cat, who 'lit up our lives' Halle Berry Instagram Playdough Halle Berry the Human Wants You to Adopt Halle Berry the Cat From Michigan Humane Halle Berry with Adoptable Kittens in This Purrrfect Ad | Entertainment Tonight Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This Gathering gets so out of hand that Firestar is forced to use the Dad Voice. Leafpool just wants to get off this island - but first she has to get navigate so much drama. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Frontier #6 Emily Carroll Frontier #7 by Jillian Tamaki Cat Fact Sources: Black History Month Origins of Black History Month – ASALH Eartha Kitt - Wikipedia Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith, 1927 – 2008, American) Eartha Kitt and Cats - Getty Images Wonder Pets Returns with One of Kitt's Final Performances - TV Guide The Wild Child’s Delight - The New York Times Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CW: Discussion of the Holocaust - Timestamps: 34:30 - 44:30 Brambleclaw gets a taste of what he wants - and immediately ruins it by being awful. That’s it. That’s the summary. I’m too mad at him to write more. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): The Dark Between The Trees by Fiona Barnett The Deep by Alma Katsu The Hunger by Alma Katsu Cat Fact Sources: Anne Frank House Miep Gies | Anne Frank House Peter van Pels | Anne Frank House Anne Frank - Wikipedia Interview with Miep Gies Cats in Anne Frank's Life The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank - Wikipedia. The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank | Jewish Book Council Mouschi: The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank - IMDb Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thunderclan recovers Berrykit - most of him anyway. Brambleclaw is busy fretting over Stormfur. And Leafpool is struggling as a fully fledged medicine cat and holy telephone operator. Book: The New Prophecy: Sunset Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast What We Are Reading (Not Sponsored): A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Cat Fact Sources: Popular cat names - Wikipedia Most Popular Puppy and Kitten Names of 2011 - Vetstreet Top Cat Names of 2021 [Infographic] Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy 20th Warrior Cats! To celebrate, Emberheart and Tangletongue spend some time with Goosefeather. Book: Goosefeather’s Curse Follow us on Twitter! WCWITCast (@WCWITCast) Follow us on Instagram! WCWITCast Cat Fact Sources: Pallas's cat - Wikipedia Pallas' Cat | Smithsonian's National Zoo Manul Working Group Music : Happy Boy Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3855-happy-boy-theme License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/