Best Student Avma Podcasts (2025)

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S1 : E46 - Year 1 Finals Are Here... and so is the end of Season 1! 39:00

22d ago39:00

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. This episode wraps up Season 1 of It Might Get Weird the Podcast. Thank you so much for listening. Sara and Gary have had fun. It's been a pretty weird year for both of them. This episode reviews a bit of Gary's thought on the AAVMC Catalyze / Iverson Bell Conference he recently attended in Washingto…

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S1 : E45 - The "So You Wanna Be A Zoo Vet" Episode 28:11

1M ago28:11

28:11

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Unfortunately Sara was unavailable for recording this week. Fortunately, Gary was able to secure an amazing guest while he was at the AAVMC Catalyze Conference in Washington DC. This week he interviews Dr. Laci Taylor a current Zoo Medicine Resident at The Smithsonian's National Zoo. Gary wanted so m…

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S1 : E44 - The talking about bear research and Gary's pre-vet mentor episode 25:30

1M ago25:30

25:30

Click here to text us your questions & comments. If you only have time to listen to one recent episode, this would be a good choice. Sara and Gary got together in person to record this while Gary visited WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine in his role as AVMA Vice President, and to deliver a presentation about one of his most impactful mentors, Dr…

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S1 : E43 - The High School Romance Episode 25:39

2M ago25:39

25:39

Click here to text us your questions & comments. After Gary was in Davis California to attend SAVMA Symposium, he took a little detour to Folsom California to visit his friends Alysson and Dr. Marcus Dela Cruz, and to finally meet their dog Charlie (a good boye) in person for the first time. They were so gracious to let Gary stay with them, and to …

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S1 : E42 - We Ramble a Bit Epsisode 16:47

2M ago16:47

16:47

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara and Gary hadn't talked in a while. They get a bit caught up and share what's been going on. They start out in a bit of a dull mood, but pick up a bit by the end. These times and conversations are all part of the journey that is Vet School and/or a Vet Career. Thanks for listening. SAVMA on Insta…

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S1 : E 41 - Special Guest Lauren Cabrera edition - before she starts vet school at WSU 37:09

2M ago37:09

37:09

Click here to text us your questions & comments. This should probably be titled, "Wait... You did what?" episode. Or the "Gary seems shell-shocked". Gary is definitely not on his A-game here. It's probably because he had never met his amazing guest Nurse Practioner Lauren Cabrera before he hit the record button for his interview. It could have been…

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S1 : E40 - The Applying to Vet School Episode 31:22

2M ago31:22

31:22

Click here to text us your questions & comments. https://readyvetgo.co/Are you in the process of applying to Vet School? Do you know somebody thinking about applying? Please listen and share this edition of It Might Get Weird the Podcast. In order to coordinate a time for Sara and Gary to record this episode, we find gary a bit rummy with this late…

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S1 : E39 - More from the UK schools, and some Sara school updates (part 2 of Episode 38) 21:03

2M ago21:03

21:03

Click here to text us your questions & comments. This is a continuation of episode 38. Gary is still in London. Sara is still in Pullman. Gary shares more insights into differences of the UK systems, and Sara shares more insights from second semester of year 1 at WSU. Guest lectures and Sim labs. Thanks for listening. Ready Vet Go mentoring platfor…

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S1 : E 38 - Mostly about UK Veterinary Education, but also Sara's recent struggles (Part 1) 19:22

3M ago19:22

19:22

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara shares life updates and stumbles. Gary shares a lot about the UK veterinary education system while he's still in London. This is another Part 1. Make sure and listen to the conclusion (Episode 39) when it comes out March 4, 2025 Thanks to Ready Vet Go Mentoring Program Downloads = 3864, Countrie…

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S1 : E 37 - The "going to vet school in Scotland" episode. 22:15

3M ago22:15

22:15

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Are you curious about the UK vet school system? Listen to this super informative episode with Guest Siena Mandy. Siena is a 3rd year Veterinary Student at the University of Glasgow College of Veterinary Medicine. She and Dr. Marshall have known each other through SAVMA events for a few years and, as …

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S1 : E36 - The one that starts out very sad, but works it's way out of it. 34:49

3M ago34:49

34:49

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Gary shares his struggles with making medical decisions for his own cat Millie. That's the very sad part. This decision making crisis overlapped with the disappointment and frustration over a decision made by the new administration. Sara helps brings things back into a better place by steering the co…

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S1 : E 35 - The Wrath of Second Semester of Freshman Year 20:33

3M ago20:33

20:33

Click here to text us your questions & comments. As Sara settles into second semester of her first year of vet school at Washington State University, she's in a good position to tell us how she really feels about it. There's some good mixed in with the ramped up coursework. Gary and Sara also randomly talk quite about about Chewy Vet and where they…

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S1 : 34 - Dr. Nia Powell wraps up our discussion on the NAVLE (Part 2) 20:28

4M ago20:28

20:28

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Dr. Nia Powell Joins Sara and Gary for Part 2 of their discussion about coping with initially not passing the NAVLE (North American Veterinary Licensing Exam). This is a stressful topic, but please listen to the entire conversation. It gets light and fun as Sara and Nia talk about tips, tricks and ha…

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S1 : E 33 - Opening that NAVLE Score email with Dr. Nia Powell (Part 1) 40:29

4M ago40:29

40:29

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Dr. Nia Powell Joins Sara and Gary to discuss coping with initially not passing the NAVLE (North American Veterinary Licensing Exam). So many veterinary students are receiving an email this week announcing if they passed this beast of a test or not. Nia provides first hand experience, and maybe some …

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S1 : E 32 - Special Guest Dr. Phil Richmond: 2 men talking about more stuff (Part 2) 27:36

4M ago27:36

27:36

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Drs. Phil Richmond and Gary Marshall (no Sara during this part 2) wrap up there conversation and cover a lot of ground. Most importantly for vet students listening, they have a discussion about the emotions surrounding that moment the NAVLE scores arrive in your email inbox. Phil also shares about th…

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S1 : E 31 - Special Guest Dr. Phil Richmond: 2 men talking about stuff (Part 1) 41:20

4M ago41:20

41:20

Click here to text us your questions & comments. This will probably be the only episode with just 2 guys talking. Sara was unable to join for this episode, so Dr. Gary Marshall and Guest Dr. Phil Richmond were left on their own to chat. They talk about guy things like Hugh Jackman, lifting weights, how much smarter and accomplished their wives are …

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S1 : E 30 - Christmas Karaoke and vet school interview advice (Part 2 of Episode 29) 22:32

5M ago22:32

22:32

Click here to text us your questions & comments. The last episode of 2024. For reals this time! Enjoy. This is a pretty fun one, and also very informative if you are getting nervous about upcoming vet school interviews. Sara breaks down her strategy and gives some solid advice on how to crush your interview. Gary asks a few questions, but other tha…

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S1 : E 29 - The Finals Episode, and the final episode of 2024... almost, but not quite. (Part 1) 21:59

5M ago21:59

21:59

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Ho, Ho, Ho!! The Holidays are here. Sara survived finals! Gary visits DC. Let's talk about all of it. This will be part 1 of 2. Then we will be taking a week or two off at years end. That will be a good time to catch up on the episodes you've missed. Thanks for listening. We really appreciate you. Do…

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S1 : E 28 - Guest Dr. Moriah McCauley talks about Mentorship (Part 2) and we plot out our conferences for 2025 26:00

5M ago26:00

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. Here's Part 2 of our Mentoring Episode with the wonderful Moriah McCauley. If you haven't listened to Part 1, find it (hint: S1 : E 27) and listen! As always, thanks for listening. And thanks again to Ready Vet Go and founder Dr. Dani Rabwin for sponsoring. Also, connect with Moriah on instagram @dr.…

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S1 : E27 - Guest Dr. Moriah McCauley talks about Mentorship (Part 1) and we invent new Holidays 28:09

5M ago28:09

28:09

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara and Gary have been waiting a long time for the stars, and their calendars, to align to be able to record a Mentorship episode with Dr. Moriah McCauley. This is just Part 1 though. Just the beginning! Listen to this episode before Part 2 drops. As always, thanks for listening. And thanks again to…

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S1 : E 26 - The Grateful Episode, and... Cancer Sucks!!! 27:48

6M ago27:48

27:48

Click here to text us your questions & comments. One of the things Sara and Gary are grateful for is that, with this episode, they've accomplished 6 months of weekly podcast delivery. Sara lost that bet! During this Thanksgiving Holiday week, Gary and Diane both had time to breath, and reflect on what they are grateful this year. Thanks so much for…

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S1 : E 25 - "May I speak with candor sir?" 34:52

6M ago34:52

34:52

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara and Gary have had a couple of emotional and exhausting weeks. Listen in as they share what they've been up to, while they get caught up with each other. University of Georgia Vet Med = @ugavetmed University of Georgia SAVMA = @uga_savma Makenna Hughes = @makenna_hughes Critter Fixers = @critterf…

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S1 : E 24 - Special Guest Anjelica Bautista shares her journey to vet school 39:25

6M ago39:25

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. If you want to be inspired by the future of veterinary medicine, please listen to this episode. Gary talks with 1st year WSU vet student Anjelica Bautista as she shares about how her heritage and culture influenced her path to vet med, and how it's influencing her actions now and into the future. Con…

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S1 : E23 - Let's get to know Gary a little better. 33:39

6M ago33:39

33:39

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Welcome to another regular episode of It Might Get Weird with Sara Rae and Dr. Gary Marshall. As promised, episode 22 (the True Crime edition) was a Halloween special and we don't plan on doing that again! In this episode, the tables are turned from episode 21, and this time Sara interviews Gary. She…

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S1 : E22 - That Halloween "True Crime" special episode 47:21

7M ago47:21

47:21

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Warning: Don't listen if you're triggered by stories of murder. Maybe don't listen while you're in a taxi or a ride share or if you've just gotten into a car with a random stranger. Maybe just don't hitchhike and get into cars with random stranger's anyway. Otherwise, wait until all the trick-or-trea…

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S1 : E21 - Let's get to know Sara a little better. 32:58

7M ago32:58

32:58

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Thanks in advance for listening. It's hard to believe there are 20 episodes published so far. With that in mind, it seems like a good time to get to know the co-hosts a little better. In this episode, Gary interviews Sara and goes way back to early childhood. Everyone has a unique and important story…

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S1 : E20 - Let's not mention Rabies ever again! 35:38

7M ago35:38

35:38

Click here to text us your questions & comments. If you have managed to follow along all the way through 20 episodes, you get a Gold Star!! Thank you so much. When you first start listening, Gary and Sara are really dragging. Hang in there they both perk up, and Sara becomes downright giddy by the end! That's the power of connecting and talking tog…

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S1 : E 19 - Mostly about Rabies, but also food related L-takes 33:54

7M ago33:54

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara and Gary are actually in the same location to record this! The beautiful campus of Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. There's a lot of really great info in this episode. There's also some stuff you probably could have done without. Thanks for listening. We really appre…

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S1 : E 18 - Is there a Triple Boarded Therio-Endocrine-Pathology Specialist in the house? 29:38

8M ago29:38

29:38

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Thanks for coming back for more. We actually talk about veterinary medicine and science things during this episode. Sara is in her car and Gary is in another hotel to record this episode where we recap Sara's shelter club clinic experience, and Gary goes over an puzzling post-spay "complications" cas…

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S1 : E17 - That First Anatomy Test Afterglow 27:42

8M ago27:42

27:42

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Episode 16 was a bit subdued, but not Episode 17! Sara came straight from her first anatomy exam (Probably the most anticipated exam of Vet School other than National Boards), to recording this week's episode. It is so great to hear Sara on such a high from getting that test into her rear-view mirror…

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S1 : E16 - Choose your Superpower! 27:23

8M ago27:23

27:23

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Gary finds a corner of the floor in the basement at a hotel conference center outside of Chicago to capture his portion of the audio... and his body regrets that choice. Regardless, Sara and Gary discuss what superpowers they would request if given the opportunity, and have a good conversation about …

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S1 : E15 - Sara's First Test Week is Coming 39:55

8M ago39:55

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. Even though we struggled to find a time to record this, and didn't have a plan going about what we wanted to talk about, we ended up covering quite a bit of ground and discussing some interesting (and embarrassing for Sara) stuff. We answer "fan mail", get in the mood for fall, discuss what we should…

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S1 : E 14 - We talk about (more) stuff with guest Molly Brinkmann, DVM - Part 2 35:50

9M ago35:50

35:50

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Dr. Molly Brinkmann (@DrMollySays) is such a treasure. We loved having some time with her to talk about... stuff. In this Part 2 of our conversation, we venture into where she thought she would end up while she was in vet school, and how she got to where she is today. We cover career trajectory and f…

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S1 : E13 - We talk about stuff with Guest Molly Brinkmann, DVM - Part 1 35:19

9M ago35:19

35:19

Click here to text us your questions & comments. We talk about a lot of things, but there's so much more we want to cover. This one is split into 2 parts, and we think we'll eventually need parts 3 and 4 and... We also learn everything we ever wanted to know about Sara's emotional support stick. Thanks for listening. Connect with Dr. Brinkman on In…

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S1 : E 12 - Vet School Orientation is Really Happening!! 36:24

9M ago36:24

36:24

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara and Gary are Together at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine during Sara's Vet School Orientation week. This episode is a bit different. The week was hectic for both Sara and Gary. Sara was swamped with orientation events on and off campus and had family in town. Gary wa…

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S1 : E 11 - Guests Dr. Katie Kuehl and Dr. Radha Ganesan lay down some great access to care education (Part 2) 33:08

9M ago33:08

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. If you missed Part 1, press pause and listen to Episode 10 first. In this episode, Dr. Katie Kuehl and Dr. Radha Ganesan, along with Gary and Sara, have a very important conversation about things we can do to help provide more veterinary care to more clients, even when they have financial, and other …

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S1 : E10 - Guests Dr. Katie Kuehl and Dr. Radha Ganesan lay down some great veterinary access to care education (Part 1) 31:13

9M ago31:13

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. Get to know Dr. Katie Kuehl and Dr. Radha Ganesan. It's worth a listen. Our mission was to venture into the huge topic of Veterinary Access to Care, and how we can utilize it today. Sara, Gary and our guests barely scratch the surface during Part 1. Make sure and follow us to get alerted when Part 2 …

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S1 : E9 - Getting that boring organized vet med talk out of the way. 33:08

10M ago33:08

33:08

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Gary and Sara share about their separate camping getaways, and then mostly talk about the structure of organized veterinary medicine and Gary's involvement in state and national veterinary medical associations. This may not be your jam, but it's good to learn new things. Maybe you're into crocheting …

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S1 : E8 Let's talk about favorite movies and veterinary school applications. 34:34

10M ago34:34

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. If you are applying for veterinary school now, or thinking about it in the future, this episode should be helpful. If you're not in either of those categories, we hope you'll enjoy listening anyway. We had fun making it. Thanks for listening. Your ratings, reviews and feedback are always appreciated.…

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S1 : E7 "I can neither confirm no deny that I am a Swiftie." 23:08

10M ago23:08

23:08

Click here to text us your questions & comments. In this episode, Gary and Sara cover some random stuff, but don't cover a lot of ground. They record during one of the few really hot days of a Seattle Summer, and you can tell that they are both elated, and a little lackadaisical because of it. No major complaints! The week was absolutely glorious. …

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S1 : E6 - Burnout can really alter one's perspective. 31:03

10M ago31:03

31:03

Click here to text us your questions & comments. In this episode, Sara shares a bit more of her backstory. It involves going through an experience that led to career questioning burnout. Gary requests input from listeners to help with his upcoming presentation to incoming first year vet students at Washington State University (Message via the link …

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S1 : E5 - Let's get the old gang back together (part 2) 30:13

11M ago30:13

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. This episode continues with Dr. Crystal Boles, Dr. Christine Boles, Dr. Kirsten Ronngren as well as Sara and Gary. Our guests impart more wisdom to help Sara as she begins, and works her way through vet school. Common themes are mentoring, resilience, community and that it's unlikely to be exactly ho…

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S1 : E4 - Let's get the old gang back together (part 1) 30:32

11M ago30:32

30:32

Click here to text us your questions & comments. This week Gary and Sara are joined by 3 friends and colleagues that have all spent time at Island Cats Veterinary Hospital over the years. Crystal Boles, DVM, DACVO, Christine Boles, DVM, and Kirsten Ronngren, DVM come together across 9 time zones to share how we all met and deliver a little widom to…

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S1 : E3 - A lot longer than planned, but not boring 36:54

11M ago36:54

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. In this episode, Sara shares about more of the animal experiences she's had. Gary shares about his experiences at the recent National Association for Black Veterinarians Conference. This leads to a conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Veterinary Medicine space. There is a very la…

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S1 : E2 - Bell-Bottomed Girls make the rockin' world go 'round! 19:45

11M ago19:45

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. This week we learn what Gary and Sara's favorite decades are. Listen in to find out where Gary is this week.Gary also shares his veterinary origin story. Sara talks about why she decided to submit her vet school application when she did. Enjoy. Thanks for downloading and listening. Your ratings, revi…

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S1 : E1 - Where did "It Might Get Weird" come from? 19:44

12M ago19:44

19:44

Click here to text us your questions & comments. Welcome to Episode 1 of the It Might Get Weird Podcast. This week we go off the rails before we even get started. We neglect to introduce ourselves! We are Sara Rae and Dr. Gary Marshall. During the episode we explore the meaning behind the name of this podcast, and Sara shares some wisdom for what s…

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S1 : E Zero - What are we doing here? 4:18

12M ago4:18

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Click here to text us your questions & comments. Sara Rae and Gary Marshall introduce themselves and this podcast, and unsuccessfully try to remember when they first met. Thanks for listening. Your ratings, reviews and feedback are always appreciated. Gary Marshall, DVM @it.might.get.weird Sara Rae @its_sara1231 Disclaimer: Although Dr. Gary Marsha…

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