The Best Friends Podcast

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Non-Profit #67

An animal welfare professional’s typical day includes unparalleled joy and heart-wrenching despair, often in equal measure. The burnout is real but it’s the hard-won progress that sustains us.The Best Friends Podcast brings you stories from the front lines of lifesaving. You’ll hear from leading experts on topics that impact all of us. These are stories that matter to shelters, rescue groups, and the animal welfare organizations that enable their service to a community and its animals. These are stories for all of us.

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Recent Episodes
  • Capacity Crisis Marketing
    Sep 28, 2023 – 47:05
  • Getting caught up with Marc Peralta
    Sep 14, 2023 – 34:18
  • Shelter Pet Data Alliance
    May 4, 2023 – 25:02
  • Time for a language checkup!
    Apr 20, 2023 – 36:02
  • Preparing for emergencies
    Apr 6, 2023 – 31:09
  • The 2nd edition of the Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters released
    Mar 23, 2023 – 49:15
  • Virtual dog training w/ Goodpup
    Mar 9, 2023 – 32:40
  • More inclusive adoptions with Secondhand Hounds
    Feb 23, 2023 – 51:00
  • Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance
    Feb 9, 2023 – 26:44
  • Building better boards (rebroadcast)
    Jan 26, 2023 – 38:53
  • What to watch for in 2023
    Jan 12, 2023 – 37:38
  • 2022 Year End Happy Tales
    Dec 29, 2022 – 13:58
  • Best of 2022
    Dec 15, 2022 – 46:58
  • Tackling the housing crisis for pet owners
    Dec 1, 2022 – 18:26
  • What’s the data telling us about shelter adoptions?
    Nov 17, 2022 – 35:25
  • Veteran's Day w/ Dogs on Deployment
    Nov 10, 2022 – 28:07
  • A radical transformation at the York County SPCA
    Oct 20, 2022 – 55:40
  • Arin Greenwood
    Oct 13, 2022 – 54:13
  • Managing our mental health
    Oct 6, 2022 – 35:27
  • What "The Real Housewives" can teach us about shelter management
    Sep 29, 2022 – 41:51
  • Responsible Transport
    Sep 22, 2022 – 37:00
  • Taking Risks to Save Lives
    Sep 15, 2022 – 26:36
  • Shifting Your Mission
    Sep 8, 2022 – 45:03
  • Unicorn Foster Squad (rebroadcast)
    Sep 1, 2022 – 21:24
  • National Preparedness Month
    Aug 25, 2022 – 35:13
  • Scott Stratten
    Aug 18, 2022 – 38:34
  • Working with Elected Officials
    Aug 11, 2022 – 46:13
  • The Rachael Ray Save Them All Grants
    Aug 4, 2022 – 27:04
  • Return to Home Challenge
    Jul 28, 2022 – 38:36
  • Alexis Pugh at the Best Friends National Conference
    Jul 21, 2022 – 33:42
  • Consumer Adoption Survey
    Jul 14, 2022 – 25:43
  • The 2022 Best Friends National Conference kicks off today!
    Jul 7, 2022 – 14:16
  • Fraily Rodriguez
    Jun 30, 2022 – 49:34
  • If "nobody's perfect," then why do we expect all pet adopters to be? (rebroadcast)
    Jun 23, 2022 – 36:17
  • Dr. Louiza Chan
    Jun 16, 2022 – 26:28
  • The 2021 Lifesaving Dataset
    Jun 9, 2022 – 47:09
  • Using transparency to empower and support your community
    Jun 2, 2022 – 53:37
  • Marketing during a crisis w/ KC Pet Project's Tori Fugate
    May 26, 2022 – 43:44
  • Gaining the hiring edge during "the great reshuffle”
    May 19, 2022 – 42:55
  • Building better boards
    May 12, 2022 – 38:42
  • Conference advice from the pros
    Apr 28, 2022 – 13:02
  • Saving lives in rural America w/ Cole Wakefield
    Apr 21, 2022 – 38:28
  • Finding lost cats with Lost Cat Finder Kim Freeman
    Apr 7, 2022 – 32:51
  • Shelter collaborative program (part two)
    Mar 31, 2022 – 31:55
  • Shelter Collaborative Program
    Mar 24, 2022 – 21:21
  • Lifesaving success favors the bold
    Mar 17, 2022 – 30:35
  • Community-Supported Sheltering: Aligning all stakeholders in the welfare of animals in your community
    Mar 10, 2022 – 59:45
  • Hope, Jane Goodall, and the power of belief, w/ Julie Castle
    Mar 3, 2022 – 26:51
  • Leaning in and Listening - Diversity and Inclusion in Animal Welfare (rebroadcast)
    Feb 18, 2022 – 01:14:19
  • Reducing pay inequality w/ Julie Castle
    Feb 10, 2022 – 30:03
Recent Reviews
  • kaseofbase
    The Daily vibes but about animals and people
    This is a solid listen. Jon is a wonderful and engaged interviewer! This will be a weekly listen for me.
  • JustAnotherLokiVariant
    No kill shelters
    I would prefer to have no kill shelters. My tortie of 10 years passed two weeks ago from cancer. We rescued her from a shelter and I didn’t know at the time that she was scheduled to be put down in the next week because she had almost been there for the designated amount of weeks allowed before they had to put them down. The lady even said that she was very used to people and was very kind. She wasn’t wrong. Which brings me back to why I don’t like kill shelters. Kim was a perfect cat and the fact that she was in the center that long and no one else considered taking her isn’t fair in my eyes. Many people are probably missing out on the opportunity to be a guardian for amazing cats like Kim. I guess it’s like my mom says, “She was meant for me. That’s why she was there for all that time.” I want others to be able to find the perfect one for them and give them all a fighting chance to do so. Which is why I am going to adopt another cat in the next few weeks. I just still need to grieve a bit more.
  • WutYouTalkinBout
    Great podcast for animal lovers
    These people do amazing work and everyone should support them!
  • leeagreenwood
    Great podcast. The host is also there (KIDDING, he’s great!)
    Long time first time. I was turned on to this pod by a friend who said I’d love it. I was definitely skeptical at first but it’s really great. The host does a great job of moving the conversation along and he really makes some of these not-at-first-compelling topics really interesting and relatable. As someone who loves animals but isn’t in the industry I think it’s a great entree into the sometimes wonky world of the professional animal welfare movement. I’m a fan boy and I’ve now listened to every episode. I only wish there were more stars I could give it
  • Beccaboo 2
    Great podcast for animal lovers and rescuers
    Love this podcast! I found it when searching for Kitten Lady (Hannah Shaw). I'm involved in kitten rescue as a foster parent and I find this podcast so fascinating and informative.
  • Noodleishy
    Very Informational
    Great content, very inspiration and extremely entertaining.
  • Susie Snowflake16
    Great Content
    I love hearing all the things in animal rescue. Very informative and motivating.
  • TMonee-z
    Motivational and relevant
    Thank you for putting this together, wonderful and timely content. Can’t wait to hear more!
  • Clark6901
    Fantastic content
    Great content and very relevant to both animal welfare professionals and the general animal living public
  • Kitcat2008
    A welcome voice
    Thanks for offering such relevant and positive content about animal welfare. Love this!
  • Mr.Peralta
    Love this
    Thank you
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