A story-driven podcast about how and why we play.
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2019-06-29 | I talk the business of toys and pop culture, and what goes into making a documentary series about their history, with The Toys That Made Us producer/director Brian Volk-Weiss. Brian has lots to say about the hidden world behind toys and popular culture... |
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2019-04-05 | An experimental piece on a travel experience of mine last year. I went to Singapore for a week with my fiancée in July and was surprised to find lots of playful touches, despite — or maybe because of — the reputation it has for law and order. And I tho... |
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2019-02-02 | I'm back! Well, partly. New episodes are on the way, and in the meantime I thought you might enjoy this excerpt from an interview I conducted a couple of years ago about professional Minecraft building (i.e., people getting paid to build elaborate maps... |
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2018-08-11 | Geographer Chris Perkins, co-author of the book Playful Mapping in the Digital Age, shares his love of maps and helps me explore the deep connection between mapping and play. Thanks to my awesome Patreon backers for covering my running costs and keepin... |
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2018-01-09 |
Re-issue of the Chaim Gingold (Earth Primer, Spore) segment from Ep1 In celebration of the release of a Mac version of the award-winning app Earth Primer — a science book for playful people — I thought it'd be nice to dig out the segment I did with its creator, Chaim Gingold, back in episode 1, and clean it up for re-re... |
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2017-12-20 | On the Nascondino World Championship, a yearly hide and seek tournament that attracts teams from all around the globe. I talked to Alan Jones, the co-captain of the Australian team, the Nascondingos, and Giorgio Moratti, one of the organisers of the co... |
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2017-07-16 | Life after If Monks Had Macs aka What Brian Thomas did next; ruminations on photography and the politics of art and play. (Based on an interview conducted in early January 2017.) Relevant links: * Ludiphilia website (http://ludiphilia.net) * Patreon (h... |
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2017-04-14 | It all started with a Macintosh ad: 'You too can be a knowledge worker.' This is the story of Brian Thomas' 15-year odyssey at the helm of one of the strangest pieces of multimedia software ever created — If Monks Had Macs. You can learn more about Bri... |
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2017-03-21 |
Episode a-brief-note-on-the-delay: A Brief Note on the Delay I know I said I'd have a new episode out in February, and now we're in the second half of March. There's a reason for that. The short version is that I'm waiting to publish the new episode until after I sort out a problem with iTunes. Because I don't w... |
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2017-01-25 | We're back! So sorry it took so long. Regular service (new episodes every 4-6 weeks) will now resume.On the eve of the Industrial Revolution and the morn of the English Civil War, one man reinvented educational thought.Special thanks to my Patreon back... |
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