The Artist and the Hunter
Robin, an artist, and John, a hunter, are married and talk about their chosen crafts - hunting and making - with humor, candor, and big love.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Imposter? I Never Knew Her.
Robin & John sit down at the mic after a brief summer hiatus to talk about expanding their shared weekly creative practice into writing. Robin has had a handful of experiences publishing written work…
#021 - Hunting in Hawaii
John and Robin recap their birthday trip to Hawaii, John's hunting in Hawaii . . . and their fight in Hawaii.
#020 - Get in Loser, We're Hunting Turkey
John and Robin recap John's first day of spring turkey, where John harvested a Jake within the first ten minutes of the season!
Robin is fascinated and delighted by the idea of antlered does and beard…
#019 - Stages of Learning
John and Robin beat their track record for the last two years and record their second episode of 2025. In this episode, they talk about two different theories of the stages of learning:
Four Stages of…
#018 - Nuanced AF
Robin and John are back at the mic for their first and hopefully not only episode of 2025. Robin discusses her recent discovery that the knots she ties in macrame and crochet are WAY too tight, almos…
#017 - Collaborate in Love
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 huntin…
#016 - Agreeable to my Sensibilities
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 Ro…
#015 - Art Institute of Chicago
- 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…
#014 - Hunting Movie Review: Stars in the Sky
- 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 an…
#012 - Ecstasis, Catharsis, Communitas
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-re…
#011 - Lady Pigs, Elk Children
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 cal…
#010 - A Bunch of Turkeys
- 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 recou…
#009 - The Craft of Writing
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
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 …
#007 - Gravitas
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 ab…
#006 - Frequent Failure, Sporadic Success
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 …
#005 - Dream Catching
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
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 "…
#003 - What are you hunting? What are you making?
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 seein…
#002 - Hunting on the Mind
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 star…