Kites and Strings
Kites and Strings is a podcast about creativity, living creatively and excelling in the process. Co-Hosts, Steve and Catherine are both registered art therapists and licensed clinical professional counselors in Chicago and New York City, repectively. They talk a smidge about their practices, but they mostly discuss the processes of maintaining and balancing a creative life. Guests, who have found their own successes in these edeavors are also routinely featured.
Episodes
107 episodes
The Wildwoods: Not Enough Money for a Hotel, So We Wrote Songs (S4 E1)
In this episode of Kites and Strings, we usher in Season 4 with Noah and Chloe Gose of the three-piece, Americana/folk band from Lincoln Nebraska, The Wildwoods. We explore all sorts of things, and although we set out to explore what it w...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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56:56
Phoebe Hunt, Musician, There's a Song In Every Moment (S3 E32)
This is a special episode, as we bring back Phoebe Hunt. It turns out that Phoebe will be playing the Trail Mix Concert Series in Homewood, Illinois, just south of Chicago, and to help promote that event, Steve and Catherine were going to...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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43:36
Kevin Stone, Large Scale Steel Sculptor: I Work from the Outside In (S3 E31)
In this episode we talk with Kevin Stone, a large scale steel sculptor from Chilliwack, British Columbia. And when we say "large," we mean it m as is work is upwards of 50 feet or more and needs to be delivered in pieces on multiple semi ...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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50:35
Catherine and Steve, Creatives: Not Thinking it, Dancing It (S3 E30)
Today was an impromptu session. A slight miscommunication with a scheduled guest had Catherine and I just chatting and catching up as we waited for somebody to jump in. Since we are planning to add a brief Catherine and Steve catching up ...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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29:33
Jen Ash, Musician: Enjoy All the Steps or Else You'll Be Miserable (S3 E29)
In this episode, Steve and Catherine have a super fun chat with Jen Ash, a soulful pop/ r&b artist, born in Lebanon and raised in France. After ending her professional basketball career, she decided to follow her true path, moving to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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49:54
Larry Moss, Balloon Artist: It's Exciting to Change the World You're In (S3 E28)
This episode of Kites and Strings is pretty twisted. We interview Larry Moss, who the Washington Post has called the "best balloon artist in the world. He has been featured on television shows around the world and recognized by Ripley...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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51:52
Rachel Rose, Author: When I Have Big Emotions, I Turn To My Art (S3 E27)
In this episode we talk with Rachel Rose, an expressive arts educator who authored the book, Creating Stillness: Mindful Art Practices and Stories for Navigating Anxiety, Stress and Fear, published by North Atlantic Books. We hav...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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50:30
Ask Uncle Jack, Naturalist, Influencer, Creative, Uncle: Episode No. 100 Guest in his 100th Year (S3 E26)
This is a very special episode, as it is number 100 for Kites and Strings. Can you believe it... 100 episodes!? We're so thrilled about reaching this milestone and are really happy with our guest this week. We really r...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:07:30
Azuka Muoh, Artist: My Art is the Way I Say That I Understand, I'm Here, I'm Feeling It (S3 E25)
Our guest in this episode is Azuka Muol. She's a 23 year-old digital artist from Lagos Nigeria who, is represented and showing all over Africa. And despite her understanding the business of art and what it takes to identify those who will...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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48:12
Allegra Levy, Musician: Me Writing About My Life (S3 E24)
Such a fun interview today. We talk with Allegra Levy, a jazz singer from Manhattan who has been the recipient of so much positive press. She's a top 10 rising star jazz vocalist, who said to be able to "sing life back to you," she's been calle...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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51:28
Amy Welsh, Experiential Marketing: In It For The Fun (S3 E23)
In this episode we visit with Amy Welsh. When she is not engaging in one of her hobbies, like circus arts or arial arts with Catherine in New York City, she is an experiential marketer. Didn't realize there was such a job? You're no...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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51:44
Harry Kappen, Musician/Music Therapist: There Are No New Protest Songs, So I Wrote Some (S3 E22)
Today's episode features Harry Kappen, a Dutch musician who is finding balance in his work as an engaged music therapist working with teens and as a professional musician who consistently finds time to write, record and put out albums. St...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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44:37
Leanne McClurg Cambric, Ceramicist/Art Prof.: Making the Everyday Special (S3 E21)
In this episode, we dig in the dirt a bit with Leanne McClurg Cambric. She's an acclaimed and exhibiting ceramicist who hand builds functional art. Here we discuss her creative origins story and the idea function in art, while...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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49:58
MG Bailey, Musician: Billy Strings is Never Going To Ask You What do YOU Want to Hear (S3 E20)
In today's episode, Steve and Catherine talk with MB Bailey. He' s a full-on working musician from Homewood, just south of Chicago, where Steve lives. We've meant to get MG on the show for a while, but he truly has been on and off tour zi...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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50:46
Jon Langford, Musician/Artist: Songs Are Like Paintings, Paintings Are Like Songs (S3 E19)
Today's guest is punk rock pioneer, Jon Langford, a founding member of The Mekons, who were considered one the first wave punk bands from Britain. We learn about Jon's melding folk and country music with punk music in The Mekons and sever...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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41:00
Heather Polk, Visual Artist: Making is the Ultimate Bomb, the Best Therapy and the Best Healing (S3 E18)
In this episode Catherine and Steve talk with Heather Polk. She's a collage artist based out of Chicago who exhibits and is a featured artist with multiple collectives, such as The Get Gallery, Spacey Studios and PxP Contempo...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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55:14
Mary-Lou Weisman, Author: I Just Start As If I Know What I'm Doing (S3 E16)
In this episode of Kites and Strings, Steve and Catherine talk with author, Mary-Lou Weisman. She's a prize-winning journalist who has contributed too many articles to list in publications like the New York Times, Connecticut Weekly, Vogue,...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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48:25
Joseph Arthur, Musician, Artist, Poet; I'm Still Here, I'm Still Creating (S3 E17)
In this episode we talk with Joseph Arthur, a renowned musician and painter. We learn that his first love was music, that he started young, and that he was discovered and signed by Peter Gabriel on Peter Gabriel's record company,
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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52:54
Beatriz Muller, Cake/Sugar Artist: Gingerneering Gingerphoria (S3 E15)
Although we made trace nods to the holidays in our last two episodes, this is the most festive holiday episode for Kites and Strings in 2022. It features, gingerbread artist, Beatriz Muller, and make no mistake, we are not using the term "artis...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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51:15
Rachel Lewis, Chef/Food Stylist/Singer: The Gut is Always Correct (S3 E14)
In today's episode, we talk with Rachel Lewis, who checks several boxes in the land of creative. At the beginning of season 3, Catherine and Steve wondered aloud about bringing in not only chef, foodie type people, as we have consistently...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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50:09
Chickenbone John, Musician: Just Hit It, See What Happens (S3 E13)
This episode feature a lovely chat with United Kingdom-based musician, guitar builder and Godfather of the cigar box guitar, Chickenbone John. He brings an amazing amount of passion to his art, but where others may manifest their passion ...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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49:48
Ben Coe, Physicist/Musician; I Do Stuff To See If I Can (S3 E12)
Today, we chat with Ben Coe. Impressively, he's a physicist who has worked with lasers and a huge super collider, where he smashes ions together, and here we explore his tendency to see things in life as largely upgradeable. If some...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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51:25
June Gervais, Author: Rapt and Riveted, (S3 E11)
In this episode we talk with June Gervais, an author who makes her home on Long Island and who, as we learned in talking with her after the episode, was familiar with Kites and Strings and had listened to a number of episodes prior to our havin...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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50:25
Gregg Calpino, Landscape Architect: A Sucker for Impossible Journeys (S3 E10)
Today's episode is with an old friend, Gregg Calpino. In fact, earlier in the season when Catherine and I talked about the types of artists we wanted to get on the show in season 3, a landscape architect came up. A bit after that conversa...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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49:03
Shea Boynton, Musician; Finding Balance with The Barlow (S3 E9)
Today's episode features Shea Boynton, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the Denver, Colorado-based country band, The Barlow, who released their third album, New Year, Old Me, earlier this year. In this episode we t...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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48:10