Conversations With Animals

Juliana
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Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining the interconnection of animal lives. Subscribe to the newsletter to receive doodles, essays, and some other wild things: animal.julianaroth.com

  1. 07/21/2024

    Silent cinema animal actors with film historian and NYPL librarian Steve Massa

    In Conversations With Animals's first location visit, Juliana goes to Lincoln Center to chat with film historian and NYPL librarian Steve Massa to discuss early cinema animal stars and silent film comedy. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Film historian and NYPL librarian Steve Massa is the author of Rediscovering Roscoe, The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle, Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy, Lame Brains and Lunatics: The Good, The Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy, and Marcel Perez: The International Mirth-Maker. ⁠#stevemassa #nypl⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#nypllincolncenter ⁠#lincolncenter #filmhistory ⁠⁠#animals #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animalcomedy ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#silentfilm #conversationswithanimals #filmmaking #silentcomedy ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    38 min

  2. 07/08/2024

    Intuitive animal communication with Maribeth Decker

    Juliana speaks with Maribeth Decker, an expert in intuitive animal communication, medical intuition, and energy healing, about using intuitive senses to form deeper bonds with other species. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com ⁠Maribeth Decker is considered an expert in intuitive animal communication, medical intuition, and energy healing. In her sessions, she offers more than just animal communication. Using these three methods, she leads pets – and their people – to a place of emotional, behavioral and physical healing. Based on her extensive experience with animal transitions, Maribeth wrote the Amazon bestseller,Peace in Passing: Comfort for Loving Humans During Animal Transitions. To date, Maribeth has completed over 1,500 sessions with people and their pets. Her clients have come from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, the French West Indies, Scotland, Switzerland and Thailand as well as the U.S. Maribeth has been teaching her UConnect animal communication class to scores of students for seven years. She shows them how to use animal communication to deepen the bond with their own animals. This skill allows graduates to communicate with animals outside the family, too. ⁠#psyhic #petpsychic⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animalcommunicator ⁠#maribethdecker #sacredgrove ⁠⁠#animals #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#pets ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#peace #conversationswithanimals #vegan #animalliberation ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    32 min

  3. 06/28/2024

    Making animal welfare easy for cities with lawyer Alisa White

    Juliana speaks with lawyer Alisa White about how cities can collaborate with animals to create thriving environments for all. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Alisa White is a Legal Fellow at the Guarini Center. Alisa’s research focuses on climate justice, state and local environmental law, and land use policy. Alisa received a BA in Environmental Studies and Economics from Dartmouth College, an MESc from Yale School of the Environment, and a JD from Yale Law School. During law school, she was a law clerk at Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Our Children’s Trust, and Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger. She also participated in the Rule of Law and Environmental Protection Clinics at Yale and co-founded Law Students for Climate Accountability. Her master’s thesis research focused on land management collaborations between Indigenous peoples and land trusts in the Northeastern United States and central Chile. Prior to graduate school, Alisa researched community-based forest management in Oaxaca, Mexico and worked as an environmental consultant at Industrial Economics, Inc. Full report: https://guarinicenter.org/document/wild-animal-welfare-in-local-policies-on-land-use-and-the-built-environment/ Highlights document: https://guarinicenter.org/document/wild-animal-welfare-in-local-policies-on-land-use-and-the-built-environment-highlights/ Guarini Center: https://guarinicenter.org/ ⁠#animallaw #animalwelfare⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#birdfriendly ⁠#NYU #alisawhite ⁠⁠#animals #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#landmanagement ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#environment #conversationswithanimals #vegan #animalliberation ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    42 min

  4. 06/21/2024

    Chatting with dogs...and writer/artist Cat Tyc!

    Juliana speaks with interdisciplinary writer/artist Cat Tyc about the many ways she communicates with her chihuahua, Agnes, and what it means to craft the voice of another species on the page. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Cat Tyc is an interdisciplinary writer/artist who has three chapbooks, An Architectural Seance (dancing girl press & studio), CONSUMES ME (Belladonna* Collaborative) and I AM BECAUSE MY LITTLE DOG KNOWS ME (Blush Lit). Her most recent writing has published in Maggot Brain The Recluse, Shock of the Femme, Touch the Donkey and FENCE. She has presented and performed at the Microscope Gallery, Anthology Film Archives, Brooklyn Museum, Hauser & Wirth, Kassel Fest and the synthesis gallery in Berlin. She has directed music videos that have been added to the rotation on LOGO’s NewNowNext and MTVu. Her first solo exhibition, SIGNIFICANT OTHERNESS, was presented at Tanja Grunert gallery in 2022. She has been granted residencies and fellowships at Signal Culture and The Flaherty Seminar and has received support from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts. She teaches writing at the School of the Visual Arts in New York City and lives in Hudson, NY. Take a creative tarot workshop with Cat by registering here: https://www.cattyc.com/workshops ⁠#dog #animalcommunication⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#massmoca ⁠#SVA #cattyc ⁠⁠#hudson #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animals ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#environment #conversationswithanimals #vegan #animalliberation ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    38 min

  5. 06/14/2024

    The meatless menu paradox with Dr. Michael Briscoe

    Juliana speaks with sociologist Dr. Michael Briscoe about the true impact of adding plant-based meats to fast food menus, imagining a future for farmers to transition away from the animal agriculture industry. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Dr. Michael Briscoe is the author of "The Meatless Menu Paradox? Environmental Theory and Plant-Based Fast-Food Options." He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Utah State University with emphasis areas in environment and community and social inequality. His research focuses on relationships between society, the environment, and animals. Michael’s research is highly collaborative and often focuses on issues of sustainability and well-being. His research has been published in Environmental Sociology, Social Indicators Research, Energy Research and Social Science, and other journals. Michael is also interested in public sociology and has worked with different nonprofits to apply sociological research methods to answer questions about their organizational impact. ⁠#fastfood ⁠⁠#professor⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#protest ⁠#colorado #utah ⁠⁠#farming #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠#sociology⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animals ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#environment #conversationswithanimals #vegan #animalliberation ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    28 min

  6. 06/04/2024

    Multi-species liberation movements with Dr. Kris Hill & Dr. Thomas Aiello

    Juliana speaks with Dr. Thomas Aiello and Dr. Kris Hill, two authors of “Nonhuman Animals as Symbols in the #BlackLivesMatter Protests of 2020" about racialized animals, the ethics of using animals in protest, and the interspecies dynamics of police brutality. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Dr. Kris Hill holds a PhD in Anthrozoology. Since 2019, she authored or co-authored 15 peer-reviewed papers that are accepted or in print, have a further three under review, and two more in preparation. Amongst others, she has published in Society & Animals (SOAN), Anthrozoös, and Animal Studies Journal (ASJ). In 2023 she established the Cat Academic Think Tank (e-CATT), a cross-disciplinary group of academics whose interests are related to domestic cats (Felis catus) or small wild cat species.  Dr. Thomas Aiello is a professor of history, Africana studies, and anthrozoology. He received his first PhD from the University of Arkansas in 2007 and his second from the University of Exeter in 2021. The bulk of his courses relate to all measures of African American history, from early slavery to Black Power, and all aspects of animal studies. His research interests are broader, covering twentieth century United States cultural and intellectual history, twentieth century African American cultural and intellectual history in a variety of different settings, and animal studies, critical animal studies, and anthrozoology. ⁠#blacklivesmatter ⁠⁠#professor⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#protest ⁠#pitbulls #policebrutality ⁠⁠#blackcowboys #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠#anthropology⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animals ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#sociology #conversationswithanimals #pigs #abolition ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    38 min

  7. 05/23/2024

    The dynamics of bird plumage with evolutionary biologist Dr. Erin Morrison!

    This month Juliana speaks with Dr. Erin Morrison, evolutionary biologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in Liberal Studies at NYU, about how colors are produced in birds and how we can re-think the ways we study and name birds. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Morrison is an evolutionary biologist who studies how the developmental architecture of a trait influences its patterns of diversification. She particularly focuses on how the structure of metabolic pathways drive phenotypic changes. Morrison’s current research includes investigating the diversification of avian carotenoid metabolic pathways that underlie plumage coloration as well as the role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of metabolic pathways in photosynthetic eukaryotes, such as plants and red algae. Her work has been published in the journals Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Nature Communications, Evolution, American Naturalist, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Biology Direct, Integrative and Comparative Biology, and Journal of Avian Biology. Prior to joining NYU, Morrison was a postdoctoral fellow in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History. ⁠#nyu ⁠⁠#professor⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#evolutionarybiology ⁠#science #birds ⁠⁠#plumage #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠#nycwriters⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animals ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#carotenoid #conversationswithanimals#avian #decolonization ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    1h 22m

  8. 04/26/2024

    Talking about climate with Andrew Pershing of Climate Central

    This month Juliana speaks with Andrew Pershing, VP for Science at Climate Central (@climatecentraldotorg), for a special Earth Month episode on how to use science to create climate conversation, green technology, and coral reefs. Conversations With Animals is a monthly conversation hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with animal lives. Subscribe here: animal.julianaroth.com Climate Central uses science, big data, and technology to generate thousands of local storylines and compelling visuals that make climate change personal and show what can be done about it. They address climate science, sea level rise, extreme weather, energy, and related topics. They collaborate widely with TV meteorologists, journalists, and other respected voices to reach audiences across diverse geographies and beliefs. ⁠#climatecentral ⁠⁠#climatechange⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#journalism ⁠#science #weather ⁠⁠#windturbine #podcast⁠ ⁠⁠#nycwriters⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#animals ⁠⁠#julianaroth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#greentechnology ⁠ Juliana is a writer, professor, filmmaker, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. A 2022-23 Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction, she currently teaches writing at NYU.⁠

    28 min
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