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Kites and Strings Steve Ploum
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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.
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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 was like to be married couple, writing music together, performing together, touring together and all that is involved in the business of making music and a band your way of earning a living, what's really interesting is that they have been together, doin...
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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 do a quick check in, how ya doing, and lets introduce the re-release of your previous episode. Well, Phoebe is such an interesting person with lots of stuff going on, so the quick check-in turned into a full-fledged episode, and we're thrilled. O...
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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 trailers. A recent piece was a 40' Game of Thrones dragon that blew fire. That is one of his works going to a private buyer, but his work is also displayed internationally in public settings. Several of his work has garnered what would be co...
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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 in most, if not all episodes moving forward, we thought what the hey, lets record. We had a fun conversation and hit upon some interesting, therapy as an art moments. And don't worry, we were able to re-schedule with our guest and that episo...
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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 Los Angeles in 2018 to pursue her music career.We explore the benefits of having a team, overcoming the obstacles present within her family, her song-writing process, her exploring other creative outlets and her ideal venue. We also get some tasty...
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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's Believe It or Not, and has been in the Guinness Book of World Records multiple times. In addition to the large sculptures that are several stories high and that use tens of thousands of balloons in each, he's also been recognized for his work repli...