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Tough Things FirstRay Zinn: CommencementTough Things First Podcast: Ray Zinn discusses his commencement speech at San Jose State. (Watch)
Rob Artigo: Well, you have the honor to do the commencement speech at San José State recently, and you described it as a bucket list moment. What was it that you felt was so special about doing it?
Ray Zinn: Well, if you think about all the things in life you want to accomplish, your bucket list defines what your goals are. And education is extremely important to me and always has been. And so, this is going back, I w...
2025-08-0618 min
Total SuccessionPurpose-Focused Succession Planning for Financial Advisors with Rob BrownAre you treating your succession like a finish line — or a chance to rediscover your purpose? What if the next chapter of your business and your life could be just as meaningful as the one you’re preparing to leave behind? In this episode, Tyson Ray, Kim Cochenour, and guest Rob Brown dive into purpose-driven succession planning, helping advisors shift from urgency and overwhelm to clarity, intention, and legacy-focused decisions. Co-host Kim Cochenour kicks things off by asking two fundamental questions: “Why are you doing this?” and “What’s the purpose behind it all?” The purpose of...
2025-07-2942 min
The Purpose Focused AdvisorTyson Ray and Kim Cochenour: Transforming Client Relationships With the Total Relationship ApproachIn this episode of The Purpose-Focused Advisor, Rob Brown, and Phil Calandra talk with Tyson Ray and Kim Cochenour from FORM Wealth Advisors about their unique approach to financial advising, centered on building "Total Relationships" with clients. Tyson and Kim discuss their personal journeys and the philosophy that drives their success—prioritizing client relationships over transactions. They explain how this purpose-focused approach has transformed their practice and can help other financial advisors make a meaningful impact.Key Takeaways: Prioritizing a comprehensive understanding of clients’ personal and financial goals fosters deeper trust and leads to be...
2024-09-1247 min
The Voiceover Social69: Money, money, money! with guest Ray Dodd. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen BeeThis month we're diving into money with Ray Dodd. Money is a conversation topic that's often avoided, but money is essential to us all. So how does our upbringing, our experiences and social expectations impact our relationship with money and our money-making potential?Ray Dodd’s coaching is all about Money Mindset without the BS. Her work gives you the tools to break free from oppressive social expectations that are holding you back from reaching your full money-making potential.Ray’s very favourite place to be is infusing nuance and diversity into the conversation around money. As...
2024-09-0340 min
Podcast Tips with Rob Greenlee (Audio)The Basics Needed to Video Podcast with Ray Ortega - Ep 16Welcome to Episode 16 of Podcast Tips with Rob Greenlee, where we dive into the essentials of video podcasting. In this special episode, recorded live on February 22nd, 2024, at 7 pm EST / 4 pm PST, we’re thrilled to have the esteemed Podcast Producer Ray Ortega @PodcastHelper | RayOrtega.com | YouTube.com/@rayortega joining us to share his expertise and insights.
Video podcasting is a dynamic way to connect with your audience, offering a visually engaging experience that complements your audio content. Whether you’re a seasoned podcaster looking to transition into video or a newcomer eager to start on the righ...
2024-02-221h 16
Podcast Tips with Rob Greenlee (Video)The Basics Needed to Video Podcast with Ray Ortega - Ep 16 (Video)Welcome to Episode 16 of Podcast Tips with Rob Greenlee, where we dive into the essentials of video podcasting. In this special episode, recorded live on February 22nd, 2024, at 7 pm EST / 4 pm PST, we're thrilled to have the esteemed Podcast Producer Ray Ortega @PodcastHelper | RayOrtega.com | YouTube.com/@rayortega joining us to share his expertise and insights.
Video podcasting is a dynamic way to connect with your audience, offering a visually engaging experience that complements your audio content. Whether you're a seasoned podcaster looking to transition into video or a newcomer eager to start on the right foot, this episode is...
2024-02-2200 min
Special Needs OhioRay White Opens Up About His Journey as an Autism DadIn this week's episode, we dive deep into an enlightening conversation with Ray White, unraveling the intricacies of his journey as a father of a child with autism. We discuss the unique experiences and emotions that have shaped him, shedding light on the resilience, strength, and love required in his role. Our candid chat reveals the transformative lessons he's gleaned from his journey, which are sure to resonate with many. This insightful dialogue amplifies the often unheard perspectives of fathers. So tune in, because this conversation not only enriches our understanding but also emphasizes the pivotal role of fathers...
2023-06-3043 min
The Autism DadDads Talking Autism (feat. Ray Bracht)In this week's episode, my friend Ray Bracht joins me to talk about special needs parenting from a dad’s perspective. Ray is an autism dad and an autism step-dad. He opens up about what his journey as a special needs dad has been like. We talk about some of the challenges he’s currently facing, what he fears about the future, how all the stress impacts his marriage, and what his hopes are for his amazing family. We talk dad stuff and even answer some listener questions. This was a great conversation and I hope it inspires other dads...
2023-03-1358 min
Opposable ThumbsWow! Episode 100! Animal Farm, Python & Fonts... Oh My!Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about
2021-06-1632 minOpposable ThumbsJason Soliday is our guest! (and also our awesome editor!)Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about Special Guest: Jason Soliday.
2021-05-1933 minOpposable ThumbsGenerative Art Maker Michelle Chandra is our guest! (re-post)Michelle Chandra is our guest this episode! Welcome Michelle!
Michelle makes awesome artworks using a pen plotter! Rob and Taylor ask her a lot of questions about her process and history with programming, software, pens and the fun of converting the digital to the physical.
We also talk about waveform modulations, fractals and other cool stuff!
Taylor's Art Assignment: Pick a memory with a place that is very important to you. Then think of an album you associate with that place and then listen to the album and draw that place from memory.
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar...
2021-02-2143 minOpposable ThumbsHappy New Year and F Chords for Everybody! (recorded 12.28.2020 which was 500 years ago)Happy New Year Everybody! No guest today! Just Taylor trying to play F chords and Rob getting weapons thrown in his yard.
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about
2021-01-1825 minOpposable ThumbsRob shares Liz Mason's wonderful zinesYou can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
Thanks to Jason Soliday! Our new audio editor! If you're in need of an audio editor, hit him up! https://www.jsoliday.com/
2020-10-2340 minOpposable ThumbsAwkwardisticsRob and Taylor check out our brains and talk about how to deal with awkward situations. Is it good to feel awkward? Or is that just misplaced bro-weirdness? How does that affect our work as podcast-people?
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2020-10-1126 min
The Property PodcastTPP393: Ray Dalio: Understanding economic cycles and predicting the futureFrom Robert Kiyosaki to Ray Dalio
No, unfortunately Ray Dalio hasn’t joined Rob & Rob on this week’s episode of The Property Podcast. That would have been epic though!
Even Rob B confessed he might not have been able to get through that interview without being starstruck and giggling the whole way through.
However, if you follow Ray Dalio on LinkedIn then you’ll have seen he’s been sharing some amazing insights via video this year. But they can be quite hard to understand and digest.
So, Rob & Rob have done t...
2020-09-2421 min
Comic Book HeroesOne Shot: Rob & Ray’s Most Non, Non, NON Heinous Trip with Bill & Ted!! (1989-2020)Please enjoy this stroll down memory and (future) lane as Rob & Ray talk at length about what is now the Bill & Ted TRILOGY!! Caution: Spoilers and time/space travel abound our most excellent listeners!
2020-09-011h 24Opposable ThumbsWe check out creations by Mohit Bhoite and Emily VelascoTaylor and Rob talk about their projects inspired by the amazing electronic constructions of Mohit Bhoite.
Check out Emily's work! And make something inspired by the cool things she's making!
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
2020-08-1100 minOpposable ThumbsNew awesome format! (kinda like the old awesome format!)Taylor and Rob talk about the new format.
This episode we're talking about the amazing electronic constructions of Mohit Bhoite, Peter Vogel and Jiří Praus. Check em out! And make something inspired by the cool things they're making!
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
2020-07-2800 minOpposable ThumbsVentilators, felt sculptures, and making your body do strange things.Rob dives into the a big chunk of his COVID-19 life. Taylor shares some amazing work by artists making really cool things with felt.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
2020-07-1900 minOpposable Thumbs3D Printing, Truchet Tiles, Wire Tie Mounts, and More!Taylor and Rob talk about 3D Printing, Truchet Tiles, Wire Tie Mounts and a whole lot more! Rob is working on a vanity project and has entered the world of lightbulb sizes. Taylor is building a computer and needs to liquid cool his brain after researching all the processor SKUs.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs
2020-07-0300 minOpposable ThumbsInflatables with Gilles MustarGilles Mustar is our guest this episode! Paris, France in the house!
Gilles Rob and Taylor talk about aesthetic surgery, blood, inflatables, patterning, Rhino, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Eurorack, and atmospheric sensors.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Special Guest: Gilles Mustar.
2020-06-1900 minOpposable ThumbsChicago Storytelling, Sound, and Starting a PodcastRonnie Gonzalez is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
Ronnie is starting a podcast! Taylor tackles the sound challenge.
Rob's chore is finally hanging all the things you've been meaning to hang on the wall.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
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2020-05-2700 minOpposable Thumbs3D Printers and Weird Augmented Reality Face FiltersTaylor is getting is Prusa build on. Rob dives into SparkAR.
We also talk about FaceApp, Irwin Wurm, "The Boys", and paper mache masks!
Taylor has a really great suggestion for all of us at the end of the podcast.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
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2020-04-2300 minOpposable ThumbsRob's Creative Battery is Frickin' DeadRob needs a challenge. Taylor gives him two great ones.
Taylor gets a 3D printer. David Blaine is a wacky person.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
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2020-04-1500 minOpposable ThumbsBoat (Jump in our new, shorter and more frequent boat!)Everything else in our lives is changing. So we're changing the podcast format along with it. We (Taylor and Rob) needed quicker and more frequent blasts of creativity. So we're adjusting to podcast to help. Join us! Make a project with the topic boat! Or jump in a boat and make any project! Make your pirate ship flag! Jumble the letters of boat into otab and greet every person you see from 20 feet away with this new non-touching greeting! "Otab!" "Otab to you!" "And a fine Otab to you too!"
Post what you make to Instagram, Twitter, FB etc with...
2020-03-1900 minOpposable ThumbsThe Trolley ProblemNo guest this episode! Just Taylor and Rob talking about stealing, smoking, and physical altercations. Oh, and Key and Peele, too. And Goop. Thanks to previous guest Tim Sway for the challenge!
Call us with your New Media Support Problems! Call 775-235-2535!
Rob is on camera. Taylor goes deep on going off the deep end.
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2020-03-1000 minOpposable ThumbsBrevity also Need Art Support? Call (775) 235-2535No guest this episode! Just Taylor and Rob talking about Instagram Stories, trying more (and throwing away more) ideas, Tara Donovan, multiples, and push sticks.
Call us with your New Media Support Problems! Call 775-235-2535!
Taylor stands in the place where he cooks.
Rob counts the final countdown.
Sean, you are missed.
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2020-02-2000 min
The Copywriter Club PodcastTCC Podcast #174: Achieving the Impossible with Ray EdwardsCopywriter, coach and expert marketer, Ray Edwards is our guest for the 174th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast. In this wide ranging conversation, Kira and Rob asked Ray about his business, how he got started, the changes he's making in his business and life, and what he does to accomplish more than most other people... even things he thinks are impossible. Here are a few of the things we covered:
• how Ray went from radio host to copywriter
• the experiences he had working in radio that help him in his copywriting career
• his tattoos… what they are and why had has them...
2020-02-1144 minOpposable ThumbsPreservationNo guest this episode! Just Taylor and Rob talking about injuries, personality tests, the Hogwarts House test, Bandersnatch, Instagram Stories, colmap, meshlab, magnet fishing and running over screws with your car.
Taylor hangs with a bad Hippo.
Rob resting witch face is so refreshing!
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2020-02-0200 minOpposable ThumbsRetrogradeRoss Takehashi is our guest! Las Vegas in tha house! Ross is an an sculpture artist and art educator working in cast metals.
We talk about underappreciated art communities, houseless art makers, casting worms in bronze, animal preservation, taxidermy, cicada shell gundam models and lost sketchbooks.
Taylor pounds the pixels. Ross presses the FISH button. Rob rolls for damage to the
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2020-01-1100 minOpposable ThumbsBreathingKay Dartt is our guest this episode! West Virginia in tha house! Kay is a 3D fabrication badass so we're really excited to hear more about her work and see what she's created!
Rob puts the idle in paradiddle. Kay makes our weird bodies even weirder. Taylor toots his own horn.
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2019-12-2000 minOpposable ThumbsFuture NostalgiaJen Hofer is our guest this episode! Los Angeles in the house!
Taylor fondly reflects on future millennial-turned-boomer maladies. Remember back when our insect protein crumbs would get stuck in the keys of our keyboards?
Jen asks Taylor and Rob to make connections and draw conclusions.
Rob stitches the 1846 to the 2019.
Thanks to David Picciuto for the Future Nostalgia challenge!
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Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top...
2019-12-0800 min
INITPanel – Space Innovation with Extended RealityDave moderates a panel discussion about the use of VR, AR, and XR in space exploration and education. Panelists are Rob Ray, Senior Designer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Dr. Susan Jewell, founder of Mars Academy USA and avatarMEDIC. This discussion occurred on November 12th, 2019, at the Digital Hollywood conference in Los Angeles.
Digital Hollywood debuted in 1993 and is among the leading trade conferences in its field with over 15,000 top executives in the film, television, music, home video, cable, telecommunications and computer industries attending events each year. Organizer Victor Harwood is considered a leading authority on...
2019-12-0748 minOpposable ThumbsGridlockDavid Picciuto is our guest! Toledo, Ohio in tha house! Gridlock is our challenge! Thanks to Liz from Blitz City DIY for tha challenge! We talk about about local businesses, making something through making mistakes, and "Art" (We sipped wine and held our pinky fingers in the air during this part of the discussion.). We got David's rule #6! We also sand in the place where we live.
Rob takes a trip down guano lane. Yikes. That sounds horrible. David's finishing moves are both infinite and... non-existant. Dude... Taylor puts the Living in living hinge.
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2019-11-2000 minOpposable ThumbsMarathonRob and Taylor tackle the Marathon challenge! They dig into the complexities of data storage and archiving. We creative people who document our work in photos, videos, and text. It's a huge pile of digital stuff! We decided to converse three separate times as we tackled the worlds of atx, microatx, minitx, drive shucking, mdfind, RAID, NAS, DAS, VPN, and file recovery! Taylor got called a FIP.
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Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim...
2019-11-0800 minOpposable ThumbsSoilAntonio Garcia is our guest! Chicago in tha house! Soil is our challenge! Thanks to Bamanya Brian for tha challenge!
Taylor puts his Panteras on one NPN transistor at a time. Antonio pays tribute to 16-bit fart jokes most American's didn't get to enjoy in 1987. Rob has his patience tested by a very chill fly.
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2019-10-2400 minOpposable ThumbsVulnerabilityBamanya Brian is our guest! Kampala, Uganda in tha house! Vulnerability is our challenge! Thanks to Antonio Martinez for tha challenge!
Taylor takes us on a chemically induced dive into surrealisms!
Brian hacks the system with light and radio!
Rob tackles function = toSyllabus(hangup, weeks, feedback) { //lots of work. }
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2019-10-0700 minOpposable ThumbsScaleAntonio Martinez is our guest! Carbondale, IL in tha house! Scale is our challenge! Thanks to Deborah Maris Lader for tha challenge!
Rob shows some lurve to tha curve. Antonio shows how to train your basement. Taylor may have formed a new industrial band.
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2019-09-2700 minOpposable ThumbsCapitalDeborah Lader, artist and founder/director of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
Capital is our challenge!
Deborah, Taylor and Rob dive into the joys of music playing and project longevity. Chicago Printmakers just turned 30! We also talk about working in groups (Shout out to the art-making and publishing group Temporary Services) and the creative power of collectivity.
Taylor adds value. Deborah dreams with the fishes. Rob might have the cable you're looking for.
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2019-09-1300 minOpposable ThumbsSummer Road Trip!Summer Roadtrip! No guests or challenges this summer but we're well prepared for Back to School this fall! Taylor is headed to the Franconia Sculpture Park iron pouring residency in Minnesota. Rob is breaking his brain while building a vanity. We talk about Duck Duck Go, wood warping and things going sideways.
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2019-08-0600 minOpposable ThumbsFive QuestionsTaylor and Rob ask each other five questions.
And they talk about the end, and maybe return of, artisanal desktop software. Finding and having your community really helps.
Also, a shout out to Vance Maker, Tim Sway and the Reclaimed Audio podcast.
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2019-06-2900 minOpposable ThumbsLiberationLiberation is our challenge this episode! Thanks to Erin O'Brien for the challenge! Abigail Glaum-Lathbury is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house! For nearly a decade Abigail produced a women’s ready to wear collection that showed during New York Market week and sold national ly and internationally. Her recent work takes the form of a counter-practice within the emergent field of critical fashion.
We learn about Abigail's educational platform and free online pattern library called Genuine Unauthorized Clothing Clone Institute, (Project G.U.C.C.I.). Abigail also shares many great aspects of digital printing on cloth.
Ro...
2019-06-0700 minOpposable ThumbsHashtagHashtag is our challenge this episode! Thanks to Federico Tobon for the challenge! We have no guest this episode. Just Taylor and Rob #putting #pound #signs #in #front #of #everything.
Taylor digs into dance movement therapy! Pretty cool stuff! Good job body!
Taylor pulls together the topics of USAmerican football to telephones to twitter in a way that no hashtag can.
Rob applies "social media strategy" to what he makes and it felt pretty meh. But #colorfulfashion IS pretty cool.
Instagram is weird. Jorge, Deb Chachra, Molly Allis and Erin O'Brien are awesome.
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2019-05-2400 minOpposable ThumbsBalancing ActBalancing Act is our challenge this episode! Thanks to Emily Kuehn for the challenge! We have no guest this episode. Just Taylor and Rob left alone with the cavernous echoes of their own thoughts.
Rob talks about getting duped by an Instagram ad. Maybe. Or maybe he just duped himself. They also talk about the very vaporware-y Star Citizen game and the pitfalls of crowdfunded things. Rob is pretty into the word "diegetic."We also talk about listmaking, productivity, the ever-fascinating KT boundary and the poetry of iPhone file name sequences. Also chop saws, bench dogs and glue scrapers, Figma...
2019-05-1000 minOpposable ThumbsAnonymousEmily Kuehn is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
We talk about The Black Egg and kid feelings. Taylor's Sledgehammer Keyboard brought Taylor, Emily and Rob all together before so this feels a bit like a reunion... without all that face pain stuff. We also talk about time management for art-making. It pretty much sucks.
Taylor has a Ken Nordine moment and "puts the mask on now." Emily makes an awesomely weird app. Rob puts a lot of work into ping pong balls.
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Props to Blondihacks, Nik...
2019-04-2600 minOpposable ThumbsCitizen ScienceCitizen Science is our challenge! Thanks to Vanessa Rey and Ariel Lynne for the challenge! We have no guest this episode. Taylor and Rob wade hip deep into the challenge with their phasers set to stun.
Rob wonders if his dog is impacted by the earth's magnetic fields. Taylor logs onto the Internet of Sewage Holes.
They also talk about sewer gas, Bosozoku culture, and try to tease apart differences between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation. And they talk about dinosaur death (yikes!) and the band "Godspeed! You Black Emperor" whose name comes from "The Black Emperors," a Japanese biker...
2019-04-1300 minOpposable ThumbsChemistryVanessa Rey and Ariel Lynne are our guests this episode! Chicago in tha house!
We talk about the beauty and fun of bioplastics, product design and the challenges of Kickstarter! We also nerd out about Dungeons and Dragons, 99% Invisible, Bedo's Leatherworks, DD-WRT and the Monarch Wellness Fair. Yep, you've found your people!
Tayler gets his molecules on track. Vanessa whips up a prize winning prize (we're stoked and humbled!). Ariel is inspired by the 5 branches. Rob has the power!
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2019-03-2900 minOpposable ThumbsPeriscopePrintmaker Amy Leners is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house! "Periscope" is our challenge! Thanks Ranjit Bhatnagar for the challenge!
Taylor slices... he dices.... And then he is bitten by a grasshopper.
Amy makes a book and Taylor and Rob flip for it! Ombré!
Rob pursues powerlifting for people who sew.
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2019-03-1200 minOpposable ThumbsCamouflageNo guest this week! Just Rob and Taylor excited to be talking to one another. Thanks to Charlene McBride for the challenge!
Rob and Taylor dive in on projects!
Rob jiggles it... just a little bit.
Taylor puts the "imp" in imposter.
Taylor discovers "sharenting." Yowch. Bruce Nauman is a wacky dude. Roger Corman is too.
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2019-02-2700 minOpposable ThumbsBackwards Safety DanceNo guest this week! Just Rob and Taylor going big and... then also going home.
Rob and Taylor dive in on relational aesthetics, branding and hoping the artist whose art you like isn't a giant butthole.
R. Kelly, Carl Andre and Henry Rollins walk into a bar... Which person's art do you choose to like? That's not a very good joke. And then we deep dive into electronics.
Taylor reaches the melting point!
Rob conjures triple five soulessness
Go see Taylor at the Hilton Bar in Manhattan! Whew! That was a lot of talking about electronics!
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2019-02-1400 minOpposable ThumbsSurvivalJen Costillo and Álvaro Prieto of the Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast are our guests this episode! Undisclosed Unnamed geographic locations in tha house!
We dig into the concept of reverse engineering and also the complexities and simplicities of cheesemaking!
Taylor brings a serger to a #fingergunfight. Taylor is an I... And a very slight A!
Jen asks us "can you ensure your survival?" Always check the QR code to be totally sure!
Plants! Humans! Electronics! Álvaro may have created of a new version of rock paper scissors!
Rob packs his bug out bag and then was totally unprepared for what ha...
2019-02-0100 minOpposable ThumbsIterationMelissa Potter is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
We talk to Melissa about bad art history books, the radness of papermaking, the earnestness of hardcore kids... and the rad earnestness of papermaker hardcore kids.
Rob brings the patterns of life and the YouTube-ness of "How To Lyfe" to the Roland TR 909 drum machine.
Mel also examines iteration through life but through the lens of multiples and the microbiological.
Taylor takes takes his iteration on a train to... to... Grand Central Station?
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2019-01-1700 minOpposable ThumbsHappy New Year!Just Rob and Taylor on this episode! Taylor made a thing! And it's gonna take some time to do the things he never had. We also talk about our first jobs, Fimo, the OpenDeck, beadwork and computer security. We'll be back in two weeks with a guest and a challenge.
Happy New Year everybody! A big shoutout to the 20 guests we had over 2018! Thank you Kelly Martin, Molly Allis, Cedric Tai, Meghann Sottile, Megan Sterling, Rita Blaik, Tim Sway, Charlene McBride, Andy Birkey, Liz from Blitz City DIY, Jarrett Quon, Nigel Poor, Kate Conlon, Matthew Shenoda, Quinn Dunki, Mathew Lippincott...
2018-12-3100 minOpposable ThumbsMake Me CryMadeline Vaccaro is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
We talk about Maddie's work and the challenge of making multiples. It's so hard to re-make a thing over and over with the same amount of enthusiasm as you had for the first one. We also talk about Hachiko the dog * sniff *. Also, Taylor and Rob are addicted to podcasts.
Taylor merges the new-schoolness of NFC tags to re-invent a 20th Century past time.
Need a good cry? Maddie's project has got you covered. If it doesn't make you cry you're probably a replicant.
Rob refurbs an antique to...
2018-12-2200 minOpposable ThumbsParadoxMichelle Sheng is our guest this episode! Ann Arbor in tha house!
We talk about the NASA InSight landing and the weird fun that comes along with being multihyphenate creator of things. Rob takes a swing at animation and gets beaten up by about 5 different animation applications. Michelle brings her sketchbook pages to the web and navigates the dark forest of self-identification. Taylor rolls with the punches this episode. We also talk about jumpsuits, fireworks and the health ramifications of 3D printing. Also, congratulations to Earlonne Woods!
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2018-12-0600 minOpposable ThumbsThe Falsely AccusedDebbie Chachra is our guest this episode! Boston in tha house!
“The Falsely Accused” is our challenge this episode! Thanks to F. Douglas Brown for the challenge!
Taylor creates Castle Gradenstein (an FPG?) and we talk about the weirdness that is grading. Debbie investigates the cost of false positives, atypicality and the emotional weight of not knowing what to do next. Rob takes a thing apart as a meditation on women's liberation, invention and the master's tools.
We also talk about making beer, useful design feedback, David Milgaard's innocence, witches, wooden fire ladders, and poutine... annnnnnd Stan Lee.
You can chec...
2018-11-2100 minOpposable ThumbsMaking Things FlatF. Douglas Brown is our guest this episode! Los Angeles in tha house!
“Making Things Flat” is our challenge this episode! Thanks to Mathew Lippincott for the challenge!
Rob makes things flat and makes things rat!
Doug took the flatness and folded it up into an complex sphere of ideation speaking and listening.
Taylor heats it up and makes it round so he can make it flat!
We also talk about ekphrasis poetry, Frederick Douglass, re-dad-ing. And we have to give a shout out the Mr. Brown's 7th Period Poetry Class!
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2018-11-0800 minOpposable ThumbsPrecisionMathew Lippincott is our guest this episode! Portland in tha house! “Precision” is our challenge this episode! Thanks Quinn Dunki for sending us the challenge!
Taylor puts the work and flow into rework and reflow. Mathew folds, unfolds and beholds! Rob's morning ritual goes exactly as planned. Exactly... As... Planned... We also talk about Mathew's encounters as a volunteer operator for the Futel telco network and AirPup, his latest amazing dirigible project.
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Props to Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, Davi...
2018-10-2400 minOpposable ThumbsBuild a working camera and take a photo with itQuinn Dunki is our guest this episode! Los Angeles in tha house! "Build a working camera and take a photo with it" is our challenge this episode! Thanks Arturo Romo for sending us the challenge!
Rob goes for broke and then goes for broke again.... and... ends up broke. Quinn brings tha heat in order to freeze a moment in our lives. Taylor risks being arrested capturing photographic psychedelia but perseverance and Metallica gets him through. We also talk about amazing wire walker and interventionist Philippe Petit.
Quinn gave us our next challenge at the end of the episode and...
2018-10-1000 minOpposable ThumbsHateNo guest this episode! Just Rob and Taylor making it to Episode 41!!!
"Hate" is our challenge this episode!
We talk about gamifying meat popsicles for the big cats and Taylor gives two thumbs up to the new film Hereditary.
Taylor adopts his least favorite style and rocks it! Rob gets a smart home device. He also lets us know how dumb he was when he was in high school. This episode is one embarrassment after another for Rob.
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2018-09-2600 minOpposable ThumbsOceanicNo guest this episode! Just Rob and Taylor making it to Episode 40!!!
Oceanic is our challenge this episode! Thank you to previous guest Matthew Shenoda for the challenge!
Also, every 10 episodes we ask our previous guests to call in and let us know what they're up to. We're so excited by the calls! Many thanks to Andy Birkey, Charlene McBride, Cedric Tai, Kelly Marie Martin, Molly Allis, Ranjit Bhatnagar, and Tim Sway!
Rob makes a map from (and for?) the mind. And it spins at 33RPM. Taylor goes wild and knocks down so many problems! It's pretty oceanically epic.
You...
2018-09-1300 minOpposable ThumbsOverkillMatthew Shenoda is our guest this episode! Providence, Rhode Island in tha house!
We finally have a poet on the podcast! Huzzah! We speak with Matthew about the craft of poetry and also hear from him about the African Poetry Book Fund, a really cool organization he cofounded that publishes 3 to 4 books a year and works with Akashic books to publish an African poetry box set!
Ask Taylor about the Big Bang. Matthew is born again hard-boiled. Rob goes the distance to get a pose-able figure.
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2018-08-2800 minOpposable ThumbsEavesdroppingKate Conlon is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
Rob rubs Buenos Aires the right way.
Kate takes all of us on a nefarious and wild ride (or is it a drive?) across Chicago. Taylor yearns to put the urn in turn.
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2018-08-1400 minOpposable ThumbsNot My StyleNigel Poor is our guest this episode! San Francisco in tha house!
We speak with Nigel about her teaching, photography and her artmaking projects at San Quentin State Prison. Nigel co-hosts the podcast Ear Hustle with Earlonne Woods who co-founded the podcast with fellow inmate Antwan Williams.
Taylor cops Nigel's style. Nigel leaves listening to chance and gets earfuls of anger. Rob goes from rock crawler to kissyface.
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2018-08-0100 minOpposable ThumbsResistanceJarrett Quon is our guest this episode! Los Angeles in tha house!
We talk about the fallacy of "talent" and the hard-workin fun-work of practice and learning and practicing some more.
Rob wears his arm out drilling holes. Jarrett asks what a swimming pool, BBQ grill, and water bottle have in common. Taylor hones his routing and printing skillz! Oh, and ABOLISH ICE.
We also talk to Jarrett about his experiences with the Glowforge laser cutter.
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Props to Blondihacks, Nik, Walter, Federico, Kelly, Luke, Mike and Tim! They're our...
2018-07-1900 minOpposable ThumbsMacroLiz Clark of Blitz City DIY is our guest this week! Massachusetts in tha house!
Rob and Taylor talk to Liz about quarter-life crises, YouTube Lyfe, and strategies for encouraging people to dive into something new. We also talk about some new music we're diggin, thingaverse, neopixel variants and Liz's upcoming Tinkerboard book!
Taylor's CNC printmaking work goes to 11. Liz turns micropython into macro-awesomeness. Rob mails a letter of bad feelings.
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2018-07-0400 minOpposable ThumbsOpposable Thumbs (yep, that's the challenge!)Andy Birkey is our guest this week! Central Illinois in tha house! We learn a lot from Andy about gothic woodworking, church furniture design and working with clients. We also hear from Andy about buddhism and working to get rid of anger.
Thanks to Nik Kantar for giving us our listener-contributed challenge! Rob goes for a semi-murdered-out... something... and then gets in a pickle. Andy shines some light on Opposable Thumbs. We're dying to know the tales Andy's compound miter saw could tell... Taylor let's the Eaaaagle's sooooooar.... Like they've never soared... before.... from rocky coast...
We also couldn't help...
2018-06-1900 minOpposable ThumbsBending TimeNo guest this week! Just Taylor and Rob talking about cigarette butt-flavored gummi bears, ambergris, the power of community, and how we first got into technology and art.
We also discuss being rigorous about our creative practice. It's hard!
Taylor creates some very surreal and spooky environments! Trent Reznor eat your heart out!
Rob is a tape loop. Rob is a tape loop. Rob is a tape loop. Rob is a tape loop. Rob is a tape loop.
We crossed the 20,000 downloads mark!!!!! YEEEAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2018-06-0500 minOpposable ThumbsMechanical BreakfastCharlene McBride is our guest this week! Seattle in tha house! YESSSSS!!!
We talk about La Croix, crafting, patterns, deflated currency, fraud, and illegal owl bartering and machine assisted creativity!
Taylor's juicy photography makes everything look like candy. Mmmmm... rosin core...
Charlene channels the alpha, beta and gamma. Rob reflects upon his poor drawing skills. Reflects... get it? Get it?
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Props to Nik, Walter, Federico, Kelly, Luke, Mike and Tim! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Special Guest: Charlene McBride.
2018-05-2300 minOpposable ThumbsLateral MotionNo guest this week! Just Taylor and Rob going big and then going home and then maybe taking a nap or making a nice egg n' the hole.
A big thanks to Nhung Walsh for giving us our next challenge! You'll have to listen to find out what it is! Send us your challenge ideas to us at opposablepodcast@gmail.com or hit us up on Instagram at opposable_podcast. But they need to be a secret. Hrm. That seems like a problem. Hrm... Well... We're excited to see how you tackle that problem.
Johnny Depp shot Hunter S Thompson's...
2018-05-1000 minOpposable ThumbsProve Yourself WrongTim Sway is our guest this week! Connecticut in tha house!
We get the juicy details from Tim about how he ended up making "The SqWAYre," his super cool measuring and marking tool. We also talk about the mighty power of high school art teachers (Thank you art teachers!).
It took Rob only four months to go from swearing he would never do something to doing it twice in one week. Don't look to Rob for guidance about self-control.
Tim lets fly but in a peaceful way. Except for those birds he's flipping. Those are pretty angsty.
Taylor dives into...
2018-04-2400 minOpposable Thumbs10x BiggerRita Blaik is our guest this week! Los Angeles in tha house!
We kick things off with some discussion on design vs art and gender diversity in science. Then we dive into the projects!
Taylor the Chef cooked up some Supermax treats to get your mouth watering on some nutraloaf! And he gets dinged in the cheek by a bullet fragment that can't be stopped.
Rita Blaik drops the cryo-electron microscopy science on us! And she shares the wonderful curiosities of Ernst Haeckel and Robert Hooke.
Rob tries to up the fidelity and weirdness on the video he made last...
2018-04-1100 minOpposable ThumbsStranger Skill ShareNo guest this week! Just Taylor and Rob making big dreams... happen? Chicago, Los Angeles and worldwide! We talk about the professionalization of YouTube, the words we say with an accent. Rob pronounces the word pencil as PEENcyll.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Taylor casts forth his knowledge of Adobe llustrator like those little whirlybird samara seed pods that fall from Maple trees. Those seed pods are awesome. And so is Taylor's Illustrator aptitude!
Marcel Duchamp would just scribble stuff on paper and use it as money. WUT... Check your privilege, Marcel. But it...
2018-03-2700 minOpposable ThumbsNudityMegan Sterling and Meghann Sottile are our guests this week! Chicago in tha house!
Nudity is our challenge this week! Artists work a lot of jobs. Motorcycle jewelry is a lot of skulls. Intaglio is pronounced "intalio." Huh!
Rob makes a thing to make it rain. Megan Sterling (aka Sterling) and Meghann Sottile (aka Mego) joined forces for a really great printmaking meets metalworking collab! You gotta see their process photos over on http://projects.opposablepodcast.com. The photos really help descibe all the cool techniques they used and notes they took. They used intaglio, press n' peel, anvils, ferric...
2018-03-1400 minOpposable ThumbsFermentation (and our 1 year birthday!)Cedric Tai is our guest this week! Los Angeles in tha house!
Fermentation is our challenge this week (and none of us brewed beer.) and it's our 1 year anniversary!!!! WOOP! WOOP!
We talk about the power and energy of learning, cooking, Alejandro Jodorowsky and getting unstuck!
Taylor creates CDC-JNCO!
Cedric ummm... he ummm.... well... we're not sure. But Taylor and I are overwhelmed and stoked by it. Rob had a great conversation with Adam Rothstein of Transistor Beverages in Portland! And he fought the 3D printer for 3 days.
Thanks to Nik, Adam, Luke and Kelly (http://kellymariemartin.com)! They're our...
2018-03-0100 minOpposable ThumbsUrsula K. Le GuinMolly Allis is our guest this week! Los Angeles in tha house!
Ursula K. Le Guin is our challenge this week.
We talk about style and the awesome power of Pee Wee's Playhouse, black holes and sneaker style. We also talked about Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which Rob has not yet seen.
Rob read Le Guin's "Lathe of Heaven" and got a janky string drawing machine built. Molly read "Tales from Earthsea" and wrote an amazing song! Taylor also read "Lathe of Heaven" and got heaven on the lathe!
Thanks to Nik, Adam, Luke and Kelly (http://kellymariemartin.com)! They're...
2018-02-1400 minOpposable ThumbsDismantlefesto!: Undoing Things with PurposeNo guest this week, just Taylor and Rob holding down the fort. Very handy in case a strong wind comes along with its mind set on blowing the fort away. We talk about the art of redundancy. Rob believes no baseball cap should have that little rope in between the cap part and the brim. Rob is also wowed by Taylor's awesome Adobe Illustrator skillz!
Taylor breaks down the cool differences between copperplate etching and woodblock printing techniques and he shares his 4 Horseman of the Trumpist Apocalypse shudder . Terry Gross is pretty cool. Rob digs though his tools to find...
2018-01-3000 minOpposable ThumbsClick TrainingKelly Marie Martin is our guest this week! Greetings Kelly! Los Angeles in tha house!
"Click training" is our challenge this episode! We talk about occult rocketry, racist christian cults, and Krazy Kat's gender fluidity. We also talk indie comics we have loved and bullets frozen in time. Kelly also shares her love for "My Favorite Thing is Monsters," the rewards of painting and the pleasures and struggles of being a musician.
Taylor creates a really cool chunky talisman for staying thoughtful about his eating habits. Kelly creates a metronomic, spacey, spooky and fun song you can hear on the...
2018-01-1600 minOpposable ThumbsHappy New Year! (no challenge)We have no guest and no challenge this episode! We just wanted to say Happy New Year!
We discuss the visibility of success and the invisibility of the work it takes to succeed. It also is so hard to measure the work it takes to do something when we only see the end result.
Rob is trying to find ways to make other peoples work more motivating. He's also trying to be mindful of creativity when buying deodorant.
Taylor is working to stay productive day-to-day and also strategizing to keep his work collaborative and grow those opportunities. He's also gaining...
2018-01-0200 minOpposable ThumbsInterpret the Cosmology of Your Book CollectionChris Reilly is our guest this week! Detroit in tha house!!!! DEEEE---TROIT!
We talk about the body, synesthesia, photogrammetry the difficulty of trying to re-invent our creative practice while also trying to reinvent ourselves. The hope is that both issues will sort of just fix the other. SPOILER ALERT: It doesn't really work, but it kind of works, or at least helps. And gentrification comes up. Gentrification always comes up... Welcome to late capitalism!
Speaking of gentrification, Rob uses an LCD projector as an old school opaque projector and also tries to upcycle your inbox.. so boojie. Chris sets his...
2017-12-2300 minOpposable ThumbsSwallow the Frog: Tackle the important and uncomfortable in your creative practice.Sara Schnadt is our guest this week! Los Angeles in the house!
Sara, Taylor and Rob talk about tackling things we don't want to tackle. We also chat about collaborating with non-artists and merging the work-life with the art-life. Mirrors are pretty cool, even in the 21st Century. It seems Colonel Sanders had a proclivity for the pistols. We also fit Daredevil and Systems Engineering into the conversation... somehow!
Taylor decides he should really get his archive situation in order before entropy wins the battle. Sara shares the thinking and re-thinking she's been doing on her art practice after multiple...
2017-12-0500 minOpposable ThumbsLo-Fi Space ExplorationNo guest this week! Taylor and Rob blasting off into the inky void of lo-fi space.... .... ... .. . . . (yikes!) We talk about white male predators. yuck. Defcon, fed spotting, phreaking, hacking, 3d printing, FrontPage 98, Audacity and how scary it can feel to contribute to open source projects.
Rob channels his inner Container Store and gets packed for nowheresville. Taylor takes us to a cold, dark and lonely place... probably inhabited by little ice monsters.
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Thanks to Nik, Luke and Kelly (http://kellymariemartin.com)! They're our top Patreon supporters! And...
2017-11-2100 minOpposable ThumbsTime Based ImprovisationNo guest this week! Taylor and Rob keeping it... real? real loose and jazzy, maybe. If you're interested in Ken Burns' very interesting hairstyle, the toothbrush mustache, protanopia and "the Amen break" you've come to the right podcast.
We dive into creating and sequencing music with images, random number generation and software defined radios (SDRs). We also veer off into science fiction, topo maps, and lockpicking!
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Thanks to Nik, Luke and Kelly (http://kellymariemartin.com)! They're our top Patreon supporters! And props to Mike and Jen as...
2017-11-0400 minOpposable ThumbsMicrodemocracyJ Stephen Lee is our guest this week! Portland, Oregon in tha house! We chat about designcraft on really large screens and the craft of design as a distillation and specification process. We also talk about challenges of working with clients the advantages of being articulate about your decisions. And then we got on the topic of braided belts, the Heaven's Gate cult, BBS culture and the Starburst unit of measure... just so you know you're listening to the right podcast.
Taylor investigates making things as a way to deduce the decision-making capabilities and preferences of two-year-olds. Stephen generates and...
2017-10-2500 minOpposable ThumbsArrow Through the Heart of CapitalismRanjit Bhatnagar is our guest this week! Brooklyn in the house! We talk about plastic made from blood (hemacite!), seeing faces in things (pareidolia! :-) ), the Church of the SubGenius, redaction, instrument making, and beaver pelts as currency.
Rob tests the flight characteristics of paper and plastic. Ranjit isn't the Smiley Face killer... well... probably isn't. Taylor's project is fire (and electricity)!
Mad props to The KLF. They burned a million quid. We didn't do that. Also, check our all our links. Holy cow!
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2017-10-0700 minOpposable ThumbsExceptions to OriginardWe have no guest this week! Just Rob and Taylor keepin' it Originard... Originard!?! No! Not a typo! You'll have to listen to Episode 14 to get the details on that! We talk about furries, truckers, Equifax's ridiculously jank website, and Bunnie Huang's awesomeness. Taylor's flocking is on fleek! He revives a past project and gets metal with it. Bluetooth was a person? Rob tries something new and kinda contemplative about aliens, petroglyphs, time, originality and... postmodernism. Listener warning: We got arty.
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Thanks to Nik, Luke and Kelly...
2017-09-2600 minOpposable ThumbsIn Reverse Dance PoemJon Satrom is our guest this week! Chicago (x2) in tha house! We talk about being punk rockers, dropping projectors and being deep in the hippie game. There are many things to buy when the invisible hand of disaster capitalism pays full retail price for your surplus gas masks.
Internet Engineering Task Force... take notice! Taylor has created the haikulink transport protocol (Is port 575 taken?). Jon squeezes Taylor and Rob through a neural network and a whole bunch of like... awesome weird stuff comes out, you know? Rob talks trash on solenoids but they came through in the end so...
2017-09-1200 minOpposable ThumbsMake a FlagViolet Juno is our guest this week! Bay Area in tha house!!! We discuss working hard, pain, constant pain, and chronic pain. We miss talking about The Chronic, somehow.
Taylor injects symbols into the system and gets some really weird and great results. Well... We made it 12 episodes before Pepe entered the conversation. Violet grabs wind by the horns and unfurls the awesomeness. They also tip us off to some rad fabric and cool markers in the process. Rob tries to melt ICE in Los Angeles and keep the focus group focused.
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2017-08-2900 minOpposable ThumbsKeys of UnderstandingArtist and public school arts educator Arturo Romo is our guest this week! Northeast Los Angeles in tha house! We discuss public education, the joys of collaboration and creating life stability. Some people look like vegetables, and some vegetables looks like humans. Rob now wears a bike helmet and deploys as many icons as possible to preach the bike safety gospel. And he encourages you earn the "burn money" merit badge. Arturo moves the bones to shuffle and stack colonialism and decolonization. Taylor gets his 3-point perspective on! Mosfet is not a Star Wars bounty hunter... that we know of...
2017-08-1500 minOpposable ThumbsUncertainty GeneratorsErin O'Brien is our guest this week! Los Angeles (via Paris) in tha house!
We talk about traveling, movies, pager codes and Operation Mincemeat! Rob has no idea what was said for 5 minutes of this podcast. Taylor's project "flies off the handle" and Erin and Rob go "WHOA!" at the same time! Erin concocts a very intriguing vessel that could definitely change how your day is going... no matter the orifice. Rob digs through 10 years of digital photos and runs over stuff with his truck.
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Thanks to...
2017-08-0100 minOpposable ThumbsCreating ProblemsErik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne of the Root Simple publishing empire are our guests this week! Los Angeles in tha house! We talk about targets, tape delay, adobe mud, knolling, sous-vide, puppies and the secrets contained in Lower Level 2. Rob is surrounded by tall people. Hello Macedonia! Thanks for Listening!
Erik and Kelly concoct suborbital weed bombs. Yep. You read that right. Suborbital. Weed. Bombs. Taylor pushes us one step closer to the inevitable Internet of Poems. Rob gets inspired by additivism and tries to 3D print a thing.
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2017-07-1800 minOpposable ThumbsJigsMatthew Steinke is our guest this week! Austin, Texas in tha house! Jigs is our topic! We cipher on Matt's forays into robotic music making, radio transmissions, terrariums, art objects and weird retail experiences.
Taylor synthesizes CNC prototyping, mold-making, felting and leather-working to create something even cooler than a bespoke modernist CNC dog bowl. And you thought it wasn't possible! Matt wields shop vac, laser cutter and toaster oven while chasing the allure of bubbles, "ice cube" relays, and vacuum tubes. Rob just might have a way to conquer his giant pile of rusty cans ... ... ... or he will get tetanus...
2017-07-0400 minOpposable ThumbsCrafting SecurityFederico Tobon is our guest this week! We put the kraftwerk in Crafting Security! We talk LEGO, laser cutters, bubble wrap, metalworking, Enigma machines, crosscut sleds, fat pencils, Inkscape, hersheytext, the awesomeness of scissors and a whole lot more.
You might want to bring a battering ram if you're at a dinner party with Taylor. Just sayin... Federico makes creating your next password the most fun and contemplative part of your day (mad props to xkcd). He also shares a way to convert your 3D printer into a laser printer. um... WUT! Rob heats up some perler beads and ices...
2017-06-2000 minOpposable ThumbsHomemade ChemicalsDan Bustillo is our guest this week! It's plastic buckets all the way down as we don our ordnance disposal suits and mix up some homemade chemicals! Polystyrene and acetone don't mix. No! Wait! Dan shows us they do mix... into a very goopy suspension. Your very goopy lower intestine seems like a good place to hide secret messages but... is it? Rob puts the doo-doo in Do It Yourself. What's in the boooox?!? Taylor concocts a potion and sketchy is transformed into etchy! Can you make diamonds in a microwave? Mmmmmaybe... and if that fails you could probably make...
2017-06-0600 minOpposable ThumbsWhitenessNo guest this week! Just Taylor and Rob digging into whiteness... Whiteness. WHITENESS. We poke and prod woke suburbia, white fragility, guilt, walking the walk, confederate monuments, and complicated family stuff. We discuss creativity as more than the act of making things, but we did make things also.
Taylor concocts an object to help him stay frosty while digging into fidget-inducing whiteness studies. Rob looks to interruptive technologies to help him navigate life in the smog of whiteness. A big thanks to Hương Ngô for this very challenging challenge!
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2017-05-2300 minOpposable Thumbs“I Don’t Care, You Pick": Real, Recorded and Random Decision MakingArtist Hương Ngô joins us this week! Chicago in the house! We consider the cinematic grossness of windblown shopping bags to the face. Our helium shortage is real and Rob is wasting it being dreamy. There is a champion of rock, paper scissors... and a robot champion... Hương hurls a rock through "I would show more work by ________ but I just don't know any..." Taylor creates some high burrs with his orthogonal strategies.
Ken Nordine and Brian Eno walk into a bar and say to the bartender... "Pour me a Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps." The bartender says...
2017-05-0900 minOpposable ThumbsStand Up ComedyNew media artist and educator Nick Bontrager joins us this week! Texas in tha house! Taylor eats too many ribs. Google conjures boy bands, pizza, and dogs on skateboards. Nick extolls the mythologies of place, spelunks the man-cave, and makes Max/MSP do backflips. Taylor scrapes r/all for comedic gold and finds... it? He found something, anyway. Nick invites us into the green room for a good panic. We learn Unity is so powerful it can fill a toilet with the entire ocean. Rob's fascination with Nuclear End Tymes makes him think preppers are his people... Never assume preppers...
2017-04-2500 minOpposable ThumbsFound ElectronicsDigital witchcraft practitioner Meghan Trainor is our guest this week! Seattle in tha house! We chat about our search engine doppelgängers, "Bertha" the sonically wondrous SR 99 Tunneling Machine, and electricity as a kinda-natural resource. We like funny people. One of us shares a tattoo with an angry, muscly singer. Can you guess who it is? Art... man... It gets co-opted by global hyper-capitalizm quickly. Meghan melds the knowing and unknowing of engineering and witchcraft. Do you even verte, bra? Taylor distills a pink ringing thing down to its most elegant and intriguing components. Rob gives you another reason to s...
2017-04-1100 minOpposable ThumbsDnD DiceWe welcome materials engineer Ian Doran as our first guest! Ian extolls the awesomeness of giant steam turbines and lost wax casting. He and Taylor share a few of their teenage adventures in idiocy and science. (Note: Don't put gasoline in a double boiler. Really... Don't do that.) Taylor explains knucklebones as an ancient method of random number generation and combines the old-school with the new-school. Ian brings the icosahedral heat! He tackled the bevel math that scared off Rob and cast some wicked spells on different salvaged materials. Rob thinks about rolling dice and... the dice roll. The Objet...
2017-03-2800 minOpposable ThumbsPaperclip and 2x4Our first episode! We completed our "Paperclip and 2x4 "challenge! Some things went great. Other things went... pretty darn wrong. We also introduce ourselves, share what inspired us this week and talk about the structure of the podcast. We discuss the goofiness of "Silicon Beach," the awesomeness of Prisoners' Inventions, and the rise of Critical Making. We try to comprehend the elusive power of the bobbin (Do you even sew, bro?). We ruminate on the exciting topics of glass skateboards and shipping containers. Rob learns diegetics has nothing to do with L. Ron. Come to find out, Comic Sans might...
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