Best of Story Collider: Animal Rescue
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This week we present two classic stories from people who got called into action to save an animal they didn’t know they’d be called to save.
Part 1: While running an errand, Andrea Azarian happens upon a lost horse that needs her help.
Part 2: Left in charge of the farm for the first time, Gwynne Hogan panics when a goat goes into labor.
Andrea Azarian has an undergraduate degree in Public Administration and Political Science from UW-LaCrosse. She completed her teacher certification and Master’s degree in Education at Alverno College. Andrea taught English, Math, Reading, and Family and Consumer Education in grades 5-8 in Milwaukee Public Schools before coming to UWM. She has been at UWM as an Academic Advisor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for twelve years. Her time outside of work is spent traveling with her friends and family laughing and being present in the moment.
Gwynne Hogan is a reporter and producer in the WNYC newsroom who seems to keep ending up covering disease and communities from measles to COVID-19.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientists the... |
| 0:06.0 | It felt... |
| 0:07.0 | It was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone, I'm your host, Misha Gayevsky, and welcome to a very special best-of episode of the story collider. |
| 0:30.2 | Today, we're opening up the vault and pulling out some of the most unforgettable stories we've ever featured on the podcast. |
| 0:36.6 | After more than 15 years of sharing true |
| 0:38.6 | personal tales about science, we've gathered quite the treasure trove. And let's be honest, |
| 0:43.9 | even our most dedicated, long-time listeners probably haven't heard every single gem in there. |
| 0:49.0 | These stories stick with us for a reason. They're bold, surprising, heartfelt, hilarious, |
| 0:52.8 | and sometimes all of that at once. |
| 0:55.2 | They capture the full, chaotic, wonderful spectrum of what it means to experience science in real life. |
| 1:00.3 | So settle in and enjoy as we revisit some of our all-time favorites in this special |
| 1:04.7 | Best of Edition of the Story Clutter. Let's get into it. |
| 1:20.9 | A science story, huh? |
| 1:24.1 | Is NYU scientists the... I felt... |
| 1:24.9 | I was so... |
| 1:26.2 | And I just thought, well... |
| 1:27.1 | It was that golden moment. Because science was... is the... I felt... I was so... And I just thought, well... I figured it out. |
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