Rod Phillips talks to media about cats and alcohol
Rod Phillips talks to media about cats and alcohol
Professor Rod Phillips appeared in several media in June and early July. Most appearances related to his book, Cats: A History, which was published at the beginning of June by Johns Hopkins University Press: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12937/cats
Among the media that interviewed Rod about the history of cats are CBC Radio’s weekend provincial shows (Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon), CBC Radio Ottawa “Ottawa Morning,” CBC Radio Toronto “Ontario Morning,” CFRB Toronto, the National Post, and the Toronto Star.
The CBC Vancouver “North by Northwest” interview is here:
Rod also featured on a number of podcasts in Canada, the UK, and the US, such as Larry Rifkin’s “America Trends” (US), and on this session of the New Books Network (UK):
https://newbooksnetwork.com/cats
You’ll also find him on blogs such as these:
https://americareads.blogspot.com/2026/07/pg-99-rod-phillipss-cats-history.html
https://www.rorotoko.com/micro-interviews/20260712-roderick-phillips-cats-a-history-the-wide-angle
Rod also answered questions about the history of cats on the “Ask Historians” stream of the Portal for Public History on Reddit, where his session attracted 165,000 views:
Rod also continues to be interviewed on subjects associated with alcohol, especially the global decline in per capita consumption of alcohol. He was interviewed by CTV National News, the National Post, and CTV Saskatoon.
Professor Phillips teaches a course on the history of alcohol at Carleton University (next session: Winter term 2027).