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Wayside Tails

Welcome to Wayside Tails, a podcast all about practicing compassion with people and other animals! Hosted by educator Margaret, this podcast is brought to you by Wayside Waifs, an animal shelter located in Kansas City, Missouri. Our podcast isn’t just for students, educators, and families – it’s for animal lovers everywhere who want to learn more about the importance empathy, kindness, and compassion.

kids & family pets & animals

All Episodes

8:45

Shelter Education Programs

Wayside Tails ·

2025/11/19

Have you ever wondered how you can help animals at an animal shelter? Have you ever wanted to visit one or hear about them from someone who works there? Today’s episode is going to provide you with the opportunity to do all those things and more! In this very episode, I’m going to tell you about all of the educational programs that we offer at Wayside Waifs. Most of these opportunities are for people currently in kindergarten and above, so adults are definitely included and encouraged to

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15:02

Grieving Our Pets

Wayside Tails ·

2025/10/01

A pet’s death is one of the most difficult parts of your life with them. Thankfully, there are wonderful people who can help pet parents navigate this chapter of a pet’s life. People like Emily Strongin, an animal end-of-life doula who provides support, encouragement, and education to the families of pets at the end of the pets’ lives. On this episode of Wayside Tails, I got to interview Emily about her work and about how we can remember our pets even after they've passed on.

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24:04

Empathy for Bugs!

Wayside Tails ·

2025/09/02

On this episode of Wayside Tails, we get to explore empathy for creatures that are often misunderstood and underestimated: bugs! Our very special guest is Karen Verderame, Assistant Director for Outreach Education at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania! Karen shares her passion for bugs and discusses why and how we can show empathy and compassion to all creatures!

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22:24

Meet Gilligan!

Wayside Tails ·

2025/08/12

Listen in to learn about the amazing Gilligan, our longest-term dog here at Wayside Waifs animal shelter! Two of our dog trainers tell us all about Gilligan's history, wonderful personality, and preferences. Is he the right dog for you?

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06:08

Camp Wayside 2025!

Wayside Tails ·

2025/07/28

In this episode, the campers at Camp Wayside take over the podcast! Listen in to learn about our new teen camp, which we offered for the first time this year! Every summer, Wayside Waifs hosts five weeks of Camp Wayside for students going in to third through eighth grade. For the first time this summer we offered camp for ninth and tenth graders as well! For more information about Camp Wayside, follow the link here. For general information about Wayside Waifs animal shelter, click here!

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16:49

Building Resiliency: Preparing Dogs for New Babies

Wayside Tails ·

2025/06/05

On our twentieth episode, I get to talk to Molly, the Canine Public Training Coordinator at Wayside Waifs Animal Shelter, about preparing our furry family members for a newborn in the home!The Family Paws resource that Molly mentions can be found here: https://www.familypaws.com/

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12:55

Heat and Humidity: How to Keep your Pets Safe

Wayside Tails ·

2025/05/22

Summer is almost here, so there's no better time to learn about keeping our pets cool! This episode features an interview with Dr. Andelson, one of Wayside's veterinarians. She shares tips for preventing heat stroke in pets, warning signs of overheating, and advice for when to seek medical attention.

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09:30

Animal Shelter Qs and As

Wayside Tails ·

2025/03/13

We’ve received a lot of great questions recently from people of all ages and we answer them on this episode of Wayside Tails! If you have a question that you’d like us to answer on the podcast, please email me at margarethb@waysidewaifs.org.

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12:01

The Facilities Team: Wearing Many Hats

Wayside Tails ·

2025/02/18

Listen in as I talk with Jason, Wayside Waifs' Facilities Manager, about the important (and varied!) work his team does to keep the animal shelter safe and sound!

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18:04

Outreach: Helping People and Pets!

Wayside Tails ·

2025/01/09

On this episode of Wayside Tails, we chat with Morgan about Wayside Waif's outreach programs and about how we can support the pets and people in our communities.

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09:47

Safe and Sound for the Holidays

Wayside Tails ·

2024/12/05

Yappy holidays! On this holiday episode of Wayside Tails, we’ll be chatting all about how to keep pets safe and comfortable during the holidays through a sound quiz! Additional freesound.org credits to: 5ound5murf23, Lauren_Wilson, el_boss, Lsprice, Robinhood76, Gsparrysound, GrayJoy, Sassaby, Barone026, Newlocknew, ShangusBurger, hz37, juskiddink, EverHeat

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09:57

Become a Kindness Superhero!

Wayside Tails ·

2024/10/03

Get ready to become a real-life superhero in this exciting episode of Wayside Tails! We're diving into the world of bullying prevention for both humans and animals alike. Discover awesome ways to spread kindness, learn how to spot bullying in action, and pick up super-cool tips to make the world a better place for everyone- whether they have two legs or four! Sound effects from Zapsplat.com and freesound.org (theplax, FunWithSound, M4taiori, 1tmsounds)

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12:09

A Halloween Special!

Wayside Tails ·

2024/10/01

It's our Halloween episode! But no scares here. Listen in to celebrate the season with an animal and animal shelter twist! Sound credits are from FreeSound.org: crk365, betchkal, e_govind, Hyperionn, Nivatius, KevinSonger, Rehanjo, Ironi Alef, LudwigMueller, Yolande180138, Caitlin_100, Smokeyvw, Timtube, Aunrea, Garuda1982, and Zapsplat

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19:35

Be a Foster Care Volunteer!

Wayside Tails ·

2024/09/03

On this episode, we hear from Tyler, the Foster Program Manager at Wayside Waifs! He discusses how fostering benefits shelter pets and how we can get involved with this amazing program!

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15:53

Remembering Our Pets: Pet Memorial Services

Wayside Tails ·

2024/08/02

In this episode (which does discuss death and briefly euthanasia) we chat with Chloe, who works in the Pet Memorial Services department at Wayside Waifs, about the ways in which we can remember our pets!

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25:04

Training Talk, Part 2

Wayside Tails ·

2024/06/20

In this episode of Wayside Tails, we chat with Molly (Wayside Waifs' Canine Public Training Coordinator) and get her perspective on why training is important, how dog training involves training people, and more!

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09:58

Camp Wayside: By Campers!

Wayside Tails ·

2024/06/18

Every summer, we host Camp Wayside here at Wayside Waifs! Curious to know more about it? Listen in as campers give their own perspectives!

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26:19

Training Talk

Wayside Tails ·

2024/06/06

In this episode, we chat with Brett, one of our wonderful dog trainers at Wayside Waifs. What does a trainer do? Which animals can be trained? Why is training important? Listen in to find out!

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11:00

All Things Enrichment

Wayside Tails ·

2024/05/10

In this episode of Wayside Tails, we discuss how to bust pets' boredom with enrichment! Plus, we've got a quiz! How much do you remember from past episodes?

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15:05

Animal Shelter Veterinarians, Part 2

Wayside Tails ·

2024/04/12

Listen in as we continue to learn about what it's like to be an animal shelter veterinarian with Dr. Marta Andelson! She answers common student questions and describes her work at Wayside Waifs.

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