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 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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Monthly Howl: from industry to wild - chickens freed!

For this month's embodied movement and visualization, we work with the image of chickens fleeing their coop and feel through the sensation of having…

May 6, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Wild Thing: a bit of dragonfly good luck + playing with my new doodle pad :).

Thinking about dragonfly encounters, cultivating story versus projecting, a generative start to spring, and reading poems of fantastical revolution.

Apr 30, 2024 • 

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Special Earth Month episode: talking about climate with Climate Central!

For April, I'm doing a special podcast release for Earth Month with the VP of Science, Andrew Pershing, at Climate Central. We talk about hope, wind…

Apr 26, 2024 • 

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Wild Thing: breathing like lions + monster archival hunt!

For this month's Howl, we practice moving and breathing like a lion in the spirit of my conversation with Myth Monsters Podcast + a dig through my…

Apr 23, 2024 • 

Juliana

The mythical monster + eclipse birthday

On wailing women, monsters, and my first thoughts since returning from Indonesia. Also, I'll be teaching yoga this week in the East Village with a…

Apr 16, 2024 • 

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March 2024

On consumption and myth with Gina Chung

This month's podcast is an early release in celebration of the publication of Gina Chung's new story collection, Green Frog. We discuss consuming…

Mar 11, 2024 • 

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