Art and Science Punks

Episode 50: Keeping the Creative Spark Alive

December 11th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 41 secs

art, creativity, learning, process, psychology, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss ways we each keep our creative sparks going. We start with exploring what happens when that spark goes dim and explore further ways each of us use to bring it back. Along the way, Kate puts forth a few theories about which Dragon Ball Z character Rob relates to most.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about some mind boggling photography; the other is a way to play with doodling.

** Last but not least, an important announcement about the show: **
To make space for other projects Art and Science Punks is going on hiatus. It's been an amazing year and we appreciate you going on this adventure with us!

Episode 49: Storytelling for All

December 4th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 6 secs

art, creativity, science, storytelling

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss how we use storytelling as a useful and fun way to connect as a family.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about something human made flying through space; the other is a crafty kind of bead.

Episode 48: Art and Science Gift Giving Ideas

November 29th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 46 secs

art, creativity, gifts, guide, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob share and discuss art and science picks we're excited about. Lots of reasonably priced family creative all-ages activities and products with one fairly expensive exception.

Episode 47: Everyone Can Draw

November 21st, 2017  |  Season 2  |  40 mins 53 secs

art, creativity, design, drawing, programming, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate interviews Rob about his belief that the ability to draw is something available to most anyone. Beyond that, drawing is incredibly useful especially when representing concepts with simple shapes.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a little programmable robot; the other is a font.

Episode 46: Misunderstanding Science

November 13th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 34 secs

art, clay, science, space

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss a science misunderstanding by way of a recent Twitter post that mixes photos from Nasa spacecraft with something made for television.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is handy clay to have at home; the other is a set of font guides.

Episode 45: Creative Discipline and Keeping Going

November 7th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 39 secs

art, creativity, learning, process, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss process and tools that help with creative process. And delve into useful stages of effort, mindsets, messing it up and getting back to it.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is an artist's memoir; the other is about some really tough snails.

Episode 44: Winter Art Supply Preparedness

October 30th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  28 mins 59 secs

art, art supplies, crafts, creativity, research

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss what kinds of supplies we'd like to have on hand as the weather changes.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is watercoloring related, the other is a handy guide to research.

Episode 43: Learning and Games

October 24th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 28 secs

creativity, games, learning, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss day-to-day encounters we turn into games and what we try to learn along the way.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one about a ground breaking researcher, the other about a kind and joyful painter.

Episode 42: Family Computing Literacy

October 17th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 1 sec

art, coding, creativity, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss what we think of as useful and fun computer literacy for our family.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one (set of picks) is about detailed coloring books, the other is a couple picks about fun visual ways to get comfortable with coding.

Episode 41: The Operation Game

October 10th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 46 secs

creativity, games, maker, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss a family make project inspired by a Make Magazine article and the classic board game Operation.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a handy office supply, the other is a science humor book.

Episode 40: This Week in Science from a Tetris-shaped Room

October 3rd, 2017  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 22 secs

creativity, engineering, psychology, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss situations from this week where we learned something about science.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about quilting, the other about understanding the design techniques that slot machines use.

Episode 39: Girl Time Engineering Event and the Importance of Encouraging

September 26th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 46 secs

creativity, engineering, science, stem

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss our families recent adventure visiting a girls in engineering event and talk about the importance of creating awareness of the need for more women in STEM fields.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about a medical pioneer, the other about how fun special markers and paper can be.

Episode 38: Asking About Inspiration as a System

September 19th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  42 mins 4 secs

art, candy, music, science, sound, space

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob ask each other what and who inspires us and think about inspiration as a system.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about cotton candy, the other about sound waves.

Episode 37: Myths and Misconceptions

September 12th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 54 secs

ar, art, creativity, myths, nasa, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss a few of our favorite myths and misconceptions based on an interesting infographic of 100 debunked claims.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one as Juno NASA mission follow up and another about a fun augmented reality (AR) experiment.

Episode 36: Excited About Being Bored

September 4th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 58 secs

art, astronomy, crafts, creativity, psychology, science

We're back! In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob begin Season 2 talking about being bored as a situation, a feeling, and unpack some ideas and assumptions Rob has about not ever feeling bored.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one about the recent solar eclipse and another about chromatography.