Art and Science Punks

Episode 74: Starting a Business

October 8th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 38 secs

astronomy, coaching, couples, creativity, family, goals, science, workshops

This week Kate and Rob discuss starting a business and how it began with Kate training for a 10k run. Also: it's a bit meta that Kate's coaching couples who start businesses. Also also: metaphorical rodeo clown.

This week's art and science picks: one about measuring gravity, the other is a sort of chill creative challenge.

Episode 73: Riding the LEGO Highs

September 3rd, 2019  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 20 secs

animation, art, creativity, guitar, learning, lego, science

This week Kate and Rob discuss our experiences playing with LEGO bricks both growing up and as parents with kiddos into LEGOs. Also: how we feel about creativity and LEGO. Also also: buying our latest round of Legos via Mercari.

This week's art and science picks: one about a planet getting reclassified, the other is a sort of 3d animation.

Episode 72: Current Creative Projects

August 18th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  52 mins 9 secs

astronomy, coaching, creativity, family, goals, science, videogames

This week Kate and Rob discuss each of our latest summer projects, with a really good shared project announcement, also 2019 goals check-in. Also: Fish Quest Complete. Also also: we are clearly nerdy punks for enjoying all this goal talk.

This week's art and science picks: one about our home galaxy, the other is a new (to us) source of creative videos.

Episode 69: Enthusiasm for Outer Space

June 16th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 54 secs

aliens, arcades, astronomy, creativity, megadeth, science, space

This week Kate surprises Rob with the topic of SPACE. Kate and Rob talk about being enthusiasts curious about space, rocketry, interplanetary travel. Why do we explore space? Why was this topic a surprise? It's all in the show.

This week's art and science picks: one is a feed of fascinating stuff getting created and the other is a creative process tip from David Bowie - a way to mix and mash up your own ideas.

Episode 66: Planning Mind

April 23rd, 2019  |  Season 3  |  44 mins 54 secs

art, creativity, family, space, travel

Kate and Rob talk about Kate's ideas, tips, and overall style of planning in what might become a multi part series. This time we focus on how she plans a travel event for and with the family.

This week's art and science picks: one is a trusted office supply the other is about a crashed space craft.

Episode 64: Cool Kits

March 7th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  45 mins 22 secs

creativity, kits, learning, steam, stem

Kate and Rob talk about two creative play and learning kits: Nintendo Labo and Adafruit's AdaBox.

This week's art and science picks: one helps clean up messes the other makes random shapes.

Episode 61: Stuff We Try

January 20th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 30 secs

art, creativity, encouragement, family, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about some craft/science projects we've tried and haven't shared on the show. Also: we look up how to say "just kidding" in Russian.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a way to visualize kind words the other is named after the Chinese myth of a Moon Goddess.

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 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 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.