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Art and Science Punks
by Rob Stenzinger and Kate Shields Stenzinger
Join the Art and Science Punks as they reflect on their latest art, science and tech projects, gadgets, and experiments. Rob and Kate are lifelong learners with kids exploring and sharing creativity, sometimes with great success and sometimes with great failure, but always with laughter (and occasionally tears).
Episodes
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Episode 90: Role of Art in Hope, Resistance, Protest, Resilience
This week Kate and Rob return to the show at a heavy moment in our Minneapolis and wider Minnesota community. We talk about in how in any times and especially in tough times how we build community and find resilience through learning, family, community, and making art. Related Links and Resources...
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Episode 89: Recurring Full Moon Endeavor
This week Kate and Rob discuss what we're doing with the podcast for season 5 and how our schedule is now based literally on the full moon. We ask what do we love about our recent individual projects and what do we find challenging. Related Links and Resources Moon VR Project Scene Test - YouTube...
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Episode 88: Journal of Recent Adventures and We are Back
This week Kate and Rob discuss how we've been away from this project for a while, piecing together a little over a year hiatus. We talk about Kate's battle and overcoming/survivor-thriver outcome with breast cancer and how writing when you give no effs was a powerful outlet for her. We're…
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Episode 87: Pre Goal Planning, Also Gift Ideas
This week Kate and Rob discuss getting ready for our yearly goal planning. Before we do the actual planning, it's helpful to remember why and how we use goal planning and share encouragement. For some holiday season fun, we have twice the art and science picks this episode and a few are gift…
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Episode 86: Different Approach to Halloween
This week Kate and Rob discuss our approach designing different ways to celebrate Halloween. Also: it's looking like be applying this approach to the next few holidays. This week's art and science picks: one is about a flying creature, the other is about video editing. Kate and Rob's Goal…
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Episode 85: 3D Printing and Some Personal Cancer News
This week Kate and Rob discuss our slow skill building to using our 3D printer: from modeling with Tinkercad to slicing with Cura and even learning a little Gcode. Also: we talk about how we recently learned Kate has breast cancer and she's begun chemotherapy. This week's art and science picks…
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Episode 84: NASA is Fascinating + Mini Topic: Working With Ambiguity
This week Kate and Rob discuss and react to a variety of exciting NASA news. Also: we talk about how we're managing and planning along with ambiguity brought about by the COVID-19/'rona' pandemic. This week's art and science picks: one about a cool slimy project, the other a printable art…
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Episode 83: Mid Year Goal Check in
This week Kate and Rob discuss goals looking at the year so far. How do our goal processes work this year, both the process and results so far must be different than other years, right? This week's art and science picks: one about photos of our nearest star, the other is part game part art...
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Episode 82: Minecraft Family
This week Kate and Rob share a some stories about our quarantine experiences. The main topic: playing Minecraft as a family. This week's art and science picks: one is a drawing collaborative drawing tool, the other is a series of ancient historical buildings with an awesome theme. Kate and Rob's...
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Episode 81: What-Cha-Makin'
This week Kate and Rob talk about what they've been working on, creative projects and products wise. One made an in person workshop work as a virtual event, the other illustrated an arcade cabinet. Also, Rob is just really into journaling. This week's art and science picks: one is a coloring...
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Episode 80: Learning from Life
This week Kate and Rob discuss extra picks for things we found fun and educational in art and science in recent weeks. Also, we talk about what we're learning so far by sheltering in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. This week's art and science picks: a friendly browser coding tool, an ephemeral...
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Episode 79: Heart
This week Kate and Rob discuss Kate's recent heart surgery. We talk about her journey from finding out about AFib, the key events, feelings, and science all without too many gory details. This week's art and science picks: one is a wearable computer, the other is an encouraging play-along…
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Episode 78: Getting Unstuck
This week Kate and Rob discuss being stuck creatively and how they each try to find a way forward with stuck projects. Also: Rob likes RSS feeds and readers. Also also: be on the look out for spending too much time on getting unstuck! This week's art and science picks: one is about an exciting...
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Episode 77: Feelings About Goal Planning
This week Kate and Rob discuss goal planning processes, demonstrate one of our activities in the Where Next Journal and talk about when big feelings help with goals. Also: getting stuck in the process of goal planning. Also also: Happy New Year! This week's art and science picks: one is about...
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Episode 76: Comparison and Social Posting
This week Kate and Rob discuss comparison, ups and downs in the social media spaces feeling like you measure up or feeling like you don't measure up. Also: what do we intend to change about our social posting. Also also: super fun to be back even though Kate had a sore throat when we recorded…
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Episode 75: Halloween Make Extravaganza
This week Kate and Rob discuss props and costumes we made for Halloween this year. Also: why not all the projects got finished. Also also: it's good to be back doing the show! This week's art and science picks: one is a creative challenge, the other is some chilly machinery. Workshops Kate and…
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Episode 74: Starting a Business
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…
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Episode 73: Riding the LEGO Highs
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...
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Episode 72: Current Creative Projects
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...
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Episode 71: Fish Quest and Solar Oven
This week Kate and Rob discuss making decisions about pets and animal companions. Also: a quest for a fish has begun. Also also: making a solar oven is a fun craft that's less dangerous than it sounds. This week's art and science picks: one about toasting sugar, the other is appreciating music…
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Episode 70: Summertime Memories
This week Kate and Rob discuss nostalgic summer fun and what they do as a family for new summer experiences that hopefully the kiddos will look back with their own nostalgia. Also they ask about one another's Summer-jam-tunes. Also also: imperfection, not all the summer experiences are Instagram...
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Episode 69: Enthusiasm for Outer 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...
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Episode 68: Where Do I Write Stuff Down?
Kate and Rob talk about how Kate wants to find a new note taking tool, what she's currently using and how she'd like it to be better. Rob has lots of questions. :) This week's art and science picks: one is a brief podcast and the other about charming shrinking plastic. Related Links and Resources...
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Episode 67: Comics
Kate and Rob talk about Kate's comics, what caught our interest in being comic readers, making comics, and attending Free Comic Book Day. This week's art and science picks: one is an algorithm making music and the other about bees. Related Links and Resources Art Geek Zoo Comics Free Comic Book…
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Episode 66: Planning Mind
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…
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Episode 65: Water Parks
Kate and Rob talk about our experiences with water slides, some impressive water slides around the world, and science about water slides. Also: how it's difficult to traverse the house without surprising Kate. This week's art and science picks: one is a stage special effect the other is about...
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Episode 64: Cool Kits
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. Related Links and Resources AdaBox Nintendo Labo AdaBox 007 Raspberry Pi — Teach, Learn, and Make with...
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Episode 63: Home Automation Revisited
Kate and Rob talk about some home automation projects we've tried with varying results. This week's art and science picks: one helps clean up messes the other makes random shapes. Related Links and Resources Kate's Science Pick: her recipe for home-made general purpose surface cleaner: 1/4 cup...
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Episode 62: Polar Vortex
Kate and Rob talk about craft projects and experiments we tried while staying warm during the polar vortex influenced extra cold weather. This week's art and science picks: one is a space snowperson, the other is a craft project with many uses. Related Links and Resources Polar vortex - Wikipedia...
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Episode 61: Stuff We Try
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…
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Episode 60: Making Goal Planning Supportive and Fun
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...
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Episode 59: Connecting and Reconnecting
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?…
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Episode 58: Hand Made Gifts
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…
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Episode 57: Halloween!
In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about their favorite Halloween things choosing a movie, story, costume (that you have worn, that you have seen), song, haunted house gimmik, decoration, and more. Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a...
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Episode 56: Revisiting Skepticism
In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about a fun list of science myths, some they thought might be true and why. It's a continuation of the Baloney conversation from episode 23! Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is checking in on the NASA...
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Episode 55: A Wild InstaPot Appears
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, and 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…
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Episode 54: Encouragement
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...
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Episode 53: Super Grown Up and Back to School
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...
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Episode 52: Fermenting and Geodes
In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss a couple of recent experiments: coloring geodes and fermenting cabbage. Discover along with us which experiment looked and/or smelled according to plan. Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about…
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Episode 51: Summer 2018 Check In
In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss projects we've been up to since our previous podcast episode and talk about how we celebrated Summer Solstice. Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about the center of our galaxy; the other is a fun...
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Episode 50: Keeping the Creative Spark Alive
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…
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Episode 49: Storytelling for All
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.…
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Episode 48: Art and Science Gift Giving Ideas
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. Related Links and Resources Kate's Picks: Write Your Own Story Book:...
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Episode 47: Everyone Can Draw
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...
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Episode 46: Misunderstanding Science
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;...
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Episode 45: Creative Discipline and Keeping Going
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...
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Episode 44: Winter Art Supply Preparedness
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. Related Links and…
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Episode 43: Learning and Games
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.…
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Episode 42: Family Computing Literacy
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…
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Episode 41: The Operation Game
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. Related...
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Join the Art and Science Punks as they reflect on their latest art, science and tech projects, gadgets, and experiments. Rob and Kate are lifelong learners with kids exploring and sharing creativity, sometimes with great success and sometimes with great failure, but always with laughter (and occasionally tears).
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