the cost of a dream.

on documentary practice, showing up differently, and getting back in the pool.

May 10 • Juliana

1

make it a celebration.

on synchronicity, surgery, and liberation.

May 4 • Juliana

2

April 2026

Paris

from saint to goddess, lush silence, and myths of motherhood.

Apr 28 • Juliana

self-portraiture

on the fiction of "human," aerobes, and networks.

Apr 27 • Juliana

Big Thief, road trips, and coming alive.

"Wake Me Up to Drive" on repeat and the freedom of a drive.

Apr 22 • Juliana

on changing shape, on bloom.

poking my head out from the soil, wondering what it might look like to come into bloom.

Apr 15 • Juliana

2

September 2024

A world worthy of life.

Writing through rage, grief--pushing those boulders down. A memory from the wild mind, shared through a poem from the archive.

Sep 3, 2024 • Juliana

3

August 2024

Quiet summer release.

A brief hello from the depths of summer to reflect on recent podcast episodes and what's coming up in the fall.

Aug 25, 2024 • Juliana

1

June 2024

Summer Hiatus: flying the coop!

As Conversations With Animals flies the coop for a summer hiatus, Dr. Thomas Aiello and Dr. Kris Hill discuss the iconography of Black Cowboys and the…

Jun 4, 2024 • Juliana

Watching The Natural History of the Chicken with author Rebecca van Laer

We talk about chicken representation in the PBS documentary The Natural History of Chickens, the American story of the bird, and what it's like to live…

Jun 1, 2024 • Juliana

May 2024

How do birds get their color? A talk with Dr. Erin Morrison.

This month, I speak with evolutionary biologist and NYU Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Erin Morrison on her avian research, how birds express color…

May 23, 2024 • Juliana

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Wild Thing: a rooster poem...

...and three poems about animals on Johnny Carson. This month's dive into the archive involves birds, comedy, and ancient art.

May 19, 2024 • Juliana