We’ve spoken with so many incredible guests during the first year of People, Pets, and Purpose! In the last episode of the year, we’re taking you back through some of our favorite moments. These episodes include philosophers, entrepreneurs, influencers, animal welfare professionals, fellow podcast hosts, and people who have been impacted deeply by their pets. It’s been a great year of celebrating and exploring the human-animal bond, and what really matters — and we’re so grateful to our guests and you, our audience, for being on this journey with us. Cheers to the first year of PPP!Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Ethics are a large part of most conversations in animal welfare, and in this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with two philosophers who explored exactly that. Dr. Kristin Voigt, associate professor at McGill University, and Dr. Angie Pepper, lecturer at the University of Roehampton, are two of the philosophers who set out to understand animal shelters and how ethical decisions are made where time, space, and resources are limited, and the stakes are literally life and death. The fascinating book that came from this project is The Ethics of Animal Shelters, which they talk about in this episode.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Steven Mornelli was doing quite well for himself in the financial services field when he learned that about half a million pets lose their lives every year because of what's called "economic euthanasia." Setting out for change, Steven founded the nonprofit Waggle as a platform where pet owners could raise money to pay for their pets' medical care. Waggle also works with animal shelters, veterinarians, and is even collaborating with the HASS project. Listen in to learn more about Waggle and their work with Human Animal Support Services.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Maya Higa is the founder of a sanctuary for wildlife rescued from the exotic animal trade — and is one of the world's most watched livestreamers, with hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitch and other streaming platforms. Listen to learn how at just 25 years old, Maya is using her large platform and deep passion to bring awareness about animal welfare and conservation to a younger generation.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Meals on Wheels does more than serve food to humans. They have over 500 programs across the country that make sure pets are fed too. Morgan Hultquist, Manager of Strategy and Impact for Meals on Wheels America, shares how these programs go far beyond food, keeping families happy and healthy, with their pets.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Jordana Moerbe, National Shelter Support Director for Austin Pets Alive!, and Reyna Caraveo, Marketing Communications Manager for Austin Pets Alive!, grew up in mostly bilingual, Texas border towns, with experiences that have deeply informed their work today. Tune in now to learn about their lives, ideas, and (many!) pets — and dive into how bilingual and multilingual communications help to better support people and pets.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

A dog named Cody helped Laura Thomas through a debilitating illness—and it's just one beautiful story she shares in the podcast she hosts about how dogs have saved their humans. Laura is not just the host of the moving podcast Rescued By A Dog. She's also a musician, author, television producer, and more. Stay listening to hear the beautiful tune she sings to Cody when it's time to go to bed!Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

One dog opened Casey Boshae's eyes to the prejudice against, and love for, blocky-headed canine companions. In response, Casey launched The Gentle Pit as an Instagram account chronicling her dog Olive — and turned it into a thriving lifestyle and clothing business that merges entrepreneurship with a deep commitment to helping dogs.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Law impacts the human-animal bond, and is in many cases at the root of why people are involuntarily separated from the pets they love. Learn how Lauren’s work in the legal sphere is creating pathways that keep people and pets together.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

From the earliest age, Vincent Medley has been thinking about, and living with, the bond between people and animals. Today, he's drawing on two decades of experience as an animal officer and animal shelter leader, to help transform a broken animal welfare system.Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn