John and Robin sit down again after a long hiatus, but grateful and excited to be back at the mic. Their topic for today's episode: collaboration. What's it like to collaborate with others, in hunting and in art? The Artist and The Hunter dig i

#016 - Agreeable to my Sensibilities

Jul 5th, 2023 30m 51s

John and Robin return for season 3 episode 1!Robin and Murphy joined John for a turkey hunt in April. Robin discusses her reactions to that pleasantly idyllic experience.They saw a bald eagle, and Robin crocheted a hat!A vague agreement has bee

#015 - Art Institute of Chicago

Nov 11th, 2022 39m 17s

- The Artist brings The Hunter to a museum: The Art Institute of Chicago! - This was John's first time to Chicago, and to AIC - Robin loves a museum. Can't get enough of them. - AIC is what's called an "encyclopedic museum" which means it coll

#014 - Hunting Movie Review: Stars in the Sky

Oct 31st, 2022 34m 33s

- Robin and John discuss "Stars in the Sky" by Steve Rinella, available on Netflix- Robin is an "A" student with excellent notes on discussion topics.- The movie addresses the rift between hunters and non-hunters.- R&J discuss how nutritional p

#012 - Ecstasis, Catharsis, Communitas

Oct 14th, 2022 54m 42s

A longer episode this week, with the excitement of a technical difficulty! After about 30 minutes of hearing about John's elk hunt, the feed was cut (maybe accidentally by Robin . . . ) so they re-recorded the last 20 minutes. All in a day's po

#011 - Lady Pigs, Elk Children

Oct 4th, 2022 36m 21s

Robin and John are back after a summer hiatus! And they're glad to be back at the mic. - John is about to leave on a weeklong elk hunt in Nevada. - Robin forgets the word "calf" and refers to elk calves as Elk Children. She might even refer to

#010 - A Bunch of Turkeys

Apr 13th, 2022 41m 1s

- Robin thinks its adorable/hilarious that John spends time in the wilderness pretending to be girl animals and/or emotionally manipulating boy animals (as the girl animals surely do). - John recounts telling a client who works in a school (a

#009 - The Craft of Writing

Apr 12th, 2022 42m 12s

Robin shares something she's been making - an Op-Ed, advocating for greater insulin access and affordability. It's a challenging topic, but when is craft not challenging?

#008 - Plans vs. Planning

Apr 8th, 2022 42m 45s

Robin and John, both coaches, discuss the quote and concept from Winston Churchill: "Plans are worthless, planning is priceless."Please pardon the audio on this episode! It comes in a bit tinny; our audio producer (which is Robin) is learning o

#007 - Gravitas

Mar 24th, 2022 30m 36s

An old episode, recorded in late 2021 - Robin talks about using up materials in the studio and getting used to this Etsy shop thing (and even feels differently now, a few months later); John talks about (still) hunting Elk in AZ, and the gravit

#006 - Frequent Failure, Sporadic Success

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 3m

A longer episode! John talks about his upcoming Elk hunt in Arizona; Robin rambles about the challenges of opening an Etsy shop; and they vibe for awhile on the idea (from Steven Pressfield) of "The Panic Threshold" and take a deep dive into th

#005 - Dream Catching

Feb 14th, 2022 33m 17s

Robin shares her creative process with her latest project in the studio - a big, beautiful dream catcher. Find Robin (and the dream catcher!) on IG @robincressman or @robincressmanstudios

#004 - Hunt Report

Feb 10th, 2022 59m 20s

In today's episode we hear about John's wildly successful hunt in the Los Padres National Forest - in which he brings home not one but two big game animals. And Robin expresses her newfound love of "liquid gold."

#003 - What are you hunting? What are you making?

Feb 9th, 2022 39m 30s

Today the Artist and the Hunter ask their baseline podcast questions of each other: what is John hunting, and what is Robin making? They discuss California hunting zones, butchering skills, and seeing God in the cavity of a still-warm animal; p

#002 - Hunting on the Mind

Jan 2nd, 2022 40m 46s

Robin wants to go a'hunting about as much as John would like to go a'weaving. Which is not very much, for either. Good thing they like listening to each others' stories. John talks about getting started in hunting, Robin talks about autoimmunit

#002 - Hunting on the Mind

Dec 14th, 2021 41m 56s

#001 - Intros

Dec 14th, 2021 18m 21s

Welcome to The Artist and the Hunter Podcast! John and Robin shake the rust off and get used to this microphone thingy, and plan what this podcast is going to be. John cops a great weaving pun. Robin laughs too much. She might be flirting.

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