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The Animal TurnBonus: Death with Katja M. Guenther and Julian Paul KeenanDeath permeates our relationships with animals, yet we rarely confront the complex ethical questions it raises. In this conversation with Katja Guenther and Julian Paul Keenan, editors of "When Animals Die," we delve into the emerging field of animal death studies - an interdisciplinary approach examining how animals experience and humans justify animal death. Date Recorded: 21 April 2025 Katja M. Guenther is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside, where her research and teaching focus on gender, feminist activism and social movements, human-animal relationships, and the state. He...
2025-09-081h 25
The Community Cats PodcastA Reproductive Revolution: Reframing TNR in Urban Landscapes with Katja M. Guenther, Professor at the University of California, Riverside"The reproductive justice framework is really useful for thinking about community cats and TNR because it opens us up to engaging with the lives of the cats both personally and before sterilization, but also afterwards." This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie's Fund and Tomahawk Traps. In this episode, Stacy LeBaron welcomes Katja Gunther, a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and an avid animal rights advocate. Katyja's research delves into the intersections of human-animal relationships, feminist activism, and the challenges of animal sheltering. Her work, especially focused...
2024-10-0833 min
The Deal with Animals with Marika S. Bell78: Speeding Up the System with Kristen Hassen (S8)Send us a textIt is not about animals. It is not about people. There is not a increase in cruelty and neglect in this country. There is not an increase in horrible dogs. The system is lower functioning than it's been in a long time. It's moving more slowly and it never really worked in the first place. - Kristen Hassen Episode 6 of Series 8 TranscriptIn this episode we dive headfirst into the complexities of animal shelters while also shedding light on the systemic issues that animal shelters...
2023-10-091h 03
Am Schreibtisch entstehen die besten Geschichten#76 Auf einmal war nichts mehr so wie vorher - Interview mit Caroline Günther, deine MutlerinSelbstvertrauen
Mein heutiger Gast teilt im Podcast ihre ganz persönliche „Ich WILL das machen“ Geschichte. Reingeschlittert in eine große Lebenskrise, erzählt sie davon, was sich alles dabei für sie verändert hat. Caroline Günther, deine Mutlerin, nimmt uns mit auf die Reise, wie sie ihre Zweifel mit täglichem Mut-Training besiegt, warum sie das inzwischen anderen Menschen weitergibt und welche kreativen und spirituellen Multitalente noch in ihr schlummern. Eine Interviewfolge voller Inspiration und Mut machen.
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2022-11-241h 02
Uma Arte LongaSérie "O que está se passando com essa cabeça?" Ep. 01 Um médico em busca da alma"Na estreia da série "O que está se passando na sua cabeça", vamos tentar entender como chegamos até o entendimento atual do funcionamento do cérebro e conhecer a incrível história de um médico que tentou descobrir onde está a consciência. Imagens citadas:Gravura ilustrando a saída da alma pela boca. Do livro “Grandes Heures” de Rohan, 1430-1435. Livro das Horas, c. 1500, Paris. Sharon Price-James. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/browse.php?p=099&f=31&records_per_page=15Imagem de um espermatozoide com seu respectivo “...
2021-11-2322 min
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal LiberationEpisode 619: The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals with Katja M. GuentherThe remarkable Katja M. Guenther, PhD joins the podcast this week for an eye-opening interview about companion animal shelters and their practices, and the intersections of poverty, race, stigma, and animals. This is an interview you won’t want to miss. Dr. Guenther, a sociologist and author of The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals, describes her three years of ethnographic research at a high-intake shelter in Los Angeles and uses what she learned there to discuss the dichotomy between our love for the animals we claim to treat as our best friends and our continued use of shelter ki...
2021-11-2000 min
New Books in Animal StudiesKatja M. Guenther, "The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals" (Stanford UP, 2020)Monster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed to embody certain behaviors because of his breed. And like approximately one million shelter animals each year, Monster will be killed. The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals (Stanford UP, 2020) takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters. Katja M. Guenther witnesses the dramatic variance in the narratives assigned different animals, including Monster, which dictate their chances for survival. She argues that th...
2020-11-131h 24
Rheingold - Erfolg.Reich.Glücklich - DER Finanz Podcast mit Katja Jäger017 Bea Pircher - Online-Unternehmerin & Inhaberin Trendmedia - Freelancer - ein einfaches Modell, um in die Selbstständigkeit zu startenBea Pircher ist Unternehmerin, Online Marketing Expertin, Gründerin der Agentur trend media und arbeitet in dieser dauerhaft mit rund 15 Freelancern zusammen. Sie ist überzeugt, dass der Einstieg als Freelancer eine gute Möglichkeit darstellt, den Weg ins eigene Unternehmertum umzusetzen und verrät Dir im Interview, auf was es hierbei ganz Konkret ankommt! Buch und Tool Empfehlung: Buchempfehlungen Bea Pircher 1. Kopf schlaegt Kapital von Guenther Faltin Tool-Empfehlungen Bea Pircher 1. Mastertask Aufgabentool Hier geht`s zu Bea: Wer ste...
2019-01-3136 min
Freethought RadioHumor in atheism
After protesting invitations of the pope by the U.S. Congress and the City of St. Augustine, Florida, we hear some of our favorite atheist comedians, including Julia Sweeney, Leighann Lord, George Carlin, Bill Maher and Roy Zimmerman, as well as irreverent verses by Yip Harburg. Then we talk with Katja Guenther, professor of sociology at UC-Riverside, about her current research into humor in the "New Atheism" movement.
2014-09-2942 minFreethought RadioHumor in atheism
After protesting invitations of the pope by the U.S. Congress and the City of St. Augustine, Florida, we hear some of our favorite atheist comedians, including Julia Sweeney, Leighann Lord, George Carlin, Bill Maher and Roy Zimmerman, as well as irreverent verses by Yip Harburg. Then we talk with Katja Guenther, professor of sociology at UC-Riverside, about her current research into humor in the "New Atheism" movement.
2014-09-2942 min