Art and Science Punks

Episode 60: Making Goal Planning Supportive and Fun

December 30th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 39 secs

art, comics, creativity, encouragement, family, goals, nasa, planning, science, zines

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about why do we do goal planning and what makes the process successful. As we reflect we ask questions like:

• What makes the year successful?
• How much prep is needed? Is prep needed?
• Is it fun?
• For someone who has never done it before, how do I start?
• What if we started a goal planning band?

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a sort of camera in space the other is a fun use for folded paper.

Episode 59: Connecting and Reconnecting

December 2nd, 2018  |  Season 3  |  48 mins 22 secs

art, family, holidays, projects, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about connection, not only connection to friends and family (as is the season) but connection to projects, past passions, hobbies that you may have put down for a while.

What are your favorite ways to connect with family and/or friends?
How do you re-connect with those you haven't seen in a while?

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a sort of space drill the other is something shiny.

Episode 58: Hand Made Gifts

November 19th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  46 mins 23 secs

art, creativity, family, science, steam, stem

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about making gifts by hand, why we got into that, some of the projects that went well and others that didn't. Some projects we pick are a bit ambitious given our current skills or time available.

How do we find the right project and how do we help our kids with that same process?

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a test you don't study for the other is a book of tips.

Episode 55: A Wild InstaPot Appears

October 16th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  58 mins 53 secs

art, coding, cooking, family, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about what we forshadowed in recent episodes: Kate's adventures with the InstaPot, some things she's made with it, how it's fairly old technology in a new package.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a craft with code and data; the other is a craft with yarn and twigs.

Episode 54: Encouragement

September 28th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  58 mins 39 secs

art, creativity, family, science, steam, stem

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about what encouragement looks like to us, parts of encouragement, how it might be just the right thing to share with someone or feel like unwelcome pressure.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is racing marbles; the other about growing crystals in a way they've not encountered before.

Episode 53: Super Grown Up and Back to School

September 9th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 4 secs

art, crafts, learning, nasa, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss ways we prepare to learn new things, growth mindset, kids going back to school and how Kate thinks the sun's corona is inherently funny.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about slime; the other about the sun's corona.

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.