Pathfinders

In this July bonus episode, I say goodbye to my longtime co-host Katelyn and I get to be the interviewee with a group from the Maker Educator Collective Bootcamp at Infosys Pathfinders conference.

We talk to Alex Bandar of the new Machyne Makerspace at the 16Tech Innovation District in Indianapolis. Alex has more than a decade of experience in building and growing makerspaces and shares some of his secret sauce with us.

Jessica Hornocker of Anderson Prep Academy talks about their detailed plan for building makerspaces at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Cool stuff includes SonicPi https://sonic-pi.net/ and the photography of John Smith https://wideeyedilluminations.wordpress.com/

Katelyn and Joel review the year in making and make some resolutions for the new year. Share what you will be making in 2021 on Instagram with us MakerRiot or on Twitter @makerriot1 or on Facebook we would love to hear your plans for 2021.

How do you make your space more sustainable? We have a conversation with Erin Riley @eeriley99 about how we can minimize the impact of our spaces. We also introduce a new segment called "Meet Your Maker." We had a short conversation with Craig of Hammerspace in Kansas City about his articulated character from the wildly popular game called Among Us. Check out hammerspace at https://hammerspacehobby.com/

Lots of new, and we hope, fun stuff for the launch of our new season. A new segment called "Watcha Makin'", the old standby of "Cool Things/Stuff," and an interview with Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology. We talk about his revolutionary ideas around open source hardware and creating a new operating system for civilization. Check out more at https://www.opensourceecology.org/. Go to www.makerriot.com for more information about the show or buy a t-shirt to show your love and support. Thanks for listening!

Staying creative while in quarantine is very important. We talk to Lisa Regalla of the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Erica Barrueto of the Tech Interactive about how they and their organizations are engaging in creativity while in "captivity". Bay Area Discovery Museum is at https://bayareadiscoverymuseum.org/The Tech Interactive is at https://www.thetech.org/

This month's episode is an interview that Kim Brand of 1st Makerspace (our sponsor) did for a local radio station. Kim talks about the importance of lessons in shop class and the changing nature of schools and innovation.

Christina Foust, the Clubs Program Manager for Raspberry Pi, joins us to talk about all the ways that Raspberry Pi supports making. We also talk to Joel Leonard, makerspace evangelist, who tells us about his "Maker Happen Tour" and "Hold My Beer" sessions that he does around the country to support makerspaces.

In this episode we talk to a patent attorney, a person seeking a patent, and someone from the US patent and trademark office.