Connecting The Dots with The Renaissance People

From the beef industry to podcasting, this week's guest Kasey Brown has taken quite a journey on her path to finally betting on herself with her company, Teal Hat Communications. Kasey shares her experiences and how she brings them all together, including a love of music, ag journalism training and endless curiosity in her work with creative small business owners. If this episode had been released...

Get ready, folks, this one’s a doozie! This solo episode became a “manifesto of sorts” as I shared my current definition of the “Renaissance Mindset”. This mindset is a philosophy that helps explain the complicated, sometimes seemingly contradictory actions of Renaissance People that set us apart. I look at survey data from past guests to explore what it means to be “multi-passionate”, and I dive...

It took three tries to schedule the recording of today’s episode of “Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People” with multi-passionate Alycia Buenger . We are both moms of young children, educators and entrepreneurs. So, between childcare challenges and work commitments, we repeatedly had to push back our recording date. But we made it happen (otherwise you wouldn’t be seeing this). And givin...

It’s time for another blast from my past! In the very first episode of Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People, I talked about a pivotal program from my childhood called Youth in Government (YIG). This episode’s guest was one of my best friends from that program. Morgan Anderson’s career has taken him across the country and through multiple industries (which I will NOT list ahead of time b...

In this episode, I am joined by a fellow Renaissance Woman who has joined me in embracing that identity (you’ll learn why near the start of the show). The title of the episode is, “A Different Kind of Wonderful with Paula Croxson” but my alternative was “How Paula Came to Love Swimming in Chop”. That too will make sense later in the show. Paula has been near the top of my “dream guests” since I ca...

Once again, I’ve got a podcast guest whose Venn diagram of interests looks strikingly similar to my own. Multi-passionate Elin Filbey and I not only share a work history (museums, higher education and career coaching) but other factors as well, including being moms of small children, coming from the upper Midwest, teaching fitness classes, and our love of performing. In the wide-ranging conversati...

Welcome to Queued for Thought , my curated podcast playlist designed to satiate your brain with insightful ideas! I'm Renaissance Woman Sara Kobilka, host of the podcast Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People . Queued for Thought is a project I created where we can practice the skill of connecting the dots between conversations happening in different realms. My latest playlist addition co...

Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People is coming full circle for this tenth episode! The woman I first encountered via her podcast, is now a guest on my own show! Regular listeners will know the name of my career coach, and fellow multi-passionate, Jenni Gritters. In this episode, we discuss the importance of community, the evolution of our career paths, and the significance of embracing...

This episode is a family affair! I’m joined by my younger brother Brian Skellenger, the voice and creative spirit behind this podcast’s theme song. I also view him as a Renaissance Person, a label we debate over the course of the episode (in true sibling fashion). In this show, I share how my thoughts around the term “Renaissance Person” and the idea of a “Renaissance Mindset” have been morphing....

Welcome to Queued for Thought , a curated podcast playlist! I'm Renaissance Woman Sara Kobilka, host of the podcast Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People . Queued for Thought is a project I've created where I get to practice that skill of connecting the dots between conversations happening in different realms. In this episode, I explain how these playlists will work and my personal philo...

This episode is what happens when I spend an hour chatting with a grad school friend about some of our favorite topics! I'm joined by Jess Rowell, a fellow Renaissance Woman, who teaches 6th and 8th grade science and STEM in Maryland. Jess discusses how her industry spanning career and world travels have impacted her teaching philosophy. We talk about the unique challenges the pandemic has created...

This week’s guest is the third person on this show from the realm of science communication (if you include me). Stephanie Castillo is a Jill-of-all-trades multimedia producer who creates science videos for YouTube. But the path to get here wasn’t easy. We discuss how she overcame her academic adversity to successfully pitch her own interdisciplinary PhD. We talk about our lives as lifelong learner...

I'm back to having guests after two solo episodes! In this week's episode, multipassionate Renaissance Woman, Marika Luneau joined in the fun. Marika is a fellow solopreneur dedicated to supporting purpose-drive professionals. Like me, she hosts LinkedIn Sprints and is a community builder. Our conversation ranged across numerous topics including LinkedIn strategy (focused on authenticity and commu...

This is another unplanned mini episode thanks to illness. In it, I talk about illness, injury, and caregiving and the impact it has on Renaissance People. Promised Show Notes Materials (take a drink): Check out Jenni Gritter's CREATE program . Join as a guest on my show! If you're a Renaissance Person, complete this quick form and I’ll get back to you as I’m scheduling recording dates. Sign up to...

Promised Show Notes Materials (take a drink): Join as a guest on my show! If you're a Renaissance Person, complete this quick form and I’ll get back to you as I’m scheduling recording dates. Sign up to get updates about this podcast and the Renaissance People Community I'm building. Thank you to my amazing guests, Ep. 2 Nancy Scales Coddington and Ep. 3 Melissa Vining . SciGirls from Twin Cities P...

In this episode, I am joined by Boundary Spanner Melissa Vining. In a multi-faceted conversation, Melissa and I talk about many topics of shared interest aka our significantly overlapping Venn diagrams. The conversation weaves its way through music, teaching, storytelling using a golden thread to support your message, career coaching, neurodivergence and motherhood, and our mutual past as people w...

In this first guest episode, I chat with my longtime friend and collaborator, Nancy Scales Coddington. Nancy is a multi-passionate, operating at the intersection of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), creativity and fun. In a wide-ranging conversation, we cover topics including what it means to be a Renaissance Person, responsible science storytelling, refusing to niche down,...

Promised Show Notes Materials (take a drink): YouTube Video All the world's a stage | As You Like It | Act 2 Scene 7 | Shakespeare's Globe (length 3min 12 sec) Actress Sophia Stone’s powerful performance of a monologue (also known as “The 7 Stages of Life”) from Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It” using British Sign Language and spoken word. My LinkedIn post about feeling like I had to pick my lef...

Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People is a podcast by and for Renaissance People. Follow your host, Sara Kobilka, on LinkedIn as she operates across boundaries. Stay updated about the Renaissance People Community Sara is building. This podcast is just one part of a multifaceted project because that’s how Renaissance People roll! Renaissance People who would like to be guests on the show...