Podcast Episodes

What Good Shelter Standards Look Like

Season 3 Episode 3

In this episode of The Rescue State, we move beyond what’s broken in animal welfare and focus on what good actually looks like inside a shelter. From…

7 months ago

How Municipal Shelters Actually Work

Season 3 Episode 2

Before we can talk about accountability, we have to understand the system.  In this episode of The Rescue State, we breaks down how municipal animal …

7 months, 1 week ago

Welcome Back! Season 3 of The Rescue State

Season 3 Episode 1

Welcome to Season 3 of The Rescue State.

This season, we’re doing something different.  Instead of focusing on individual stories alone, we’re zooming…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

A Letter to the Future: A Message to Our Community & Our Leaders

Season 2 Episode 8

In our season finale of The Rescue State, I’m taking a moment to pause, reflect and speak from the heart.

As we close out 2025, I share my final thoug…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Interview with Lauren McCarron, Founder of Joyful Pets & Rehome With Love

Season 2 Episode 7

In this week’s episode with The Rescue State, I have the honor of sitting down with Lauren McCarron, founder of Joyful Pets and Rehome With Love serv…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Reacting to John Stossel’s Puppy Mill Prohibition Video

Season 2 Episode 6

In this episode of The Rescue State, I respond to John Stossel’s video “Puppy Prohibition: Ban on Pet Store Sales Kills Pet Stores, But Hasn’t Stoppe…

10 months ago

Ways To Support This Holiday Season Ft. Daphne's Story

Season 2 Episode 4

This week on The Rescue State, we’re leaning into the spirit of giving and exploring real ways you can make a difference for animals this holiday sea…

10 months, 1 week ago

Interview: Anthony & Lauren with Animal Welfare Data Center and Why Data Matters More Than Ever

Season 2 Episode 4

Join us for one of our most important conversations yet as The Rescue State sits down with Lauren and Anthony from the Animal Welfare Data Center.  T…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Interview with Tessa Behr: A Roadmap for Fostering

Season 2 Episode 3

In our first interview for The Rescue State podcast Season 2, I sit down with longtime animal advocate Tessa Behr to talk about everything fostering …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bergy: Part 2

In this emotional second part journey of our first foster Bergy, I open up about what it’s really like to love a dog you’re expected to let go.  The …

11 months ago