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Lilà & The Spark Guy

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:February 9, 2021
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Very happy to Have Leif Hansen on the podcast. Leif is a playful soul. He knows the transformative power of play and has found a clear way of expressing this…

The Playful Engineering Professor

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:January 26, 2021
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Today let's meet AnnMarie Thomas, who I've called The Playful Engineering Professor! AnnMarie has been doing some brilliant work with The Playful Learning Lab at The University of St. Thomas…

Laughter is The Best Medicine

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:December 28, 2020
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Laughter is... The Best Medicine and this is the name of the project that Katie Rose White is fully engaged in right now. Katie went to Art school and got…

Social Circus and A Case for Play

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:December 18, 2020
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Peter Duncan, one of the founders of Circus Eruption in 1992, Peter is a playful soul, works all sorts and particularly loves working with 5 year olds and over 65…

Clown-o-Therapy

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:December 9, 2020
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Beautiful conversation with Holly Stoppit from Bristol, UK (34'32") Clown-o-therapy Holly Stoppit is a facilitator, clowning and fooling teacher, theatre director and dramatherapist, specialising in live, interactive, improvised and devised performance. At…

Fitness can be Fun

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:December 2, 2020
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Fitness can be Fun - and it may just be the only motivator to keep fit. A conversation with Darryl Edwards from Primal Play about making movement more playful. Darryl…

Another way of living together – play and democracy

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:November 25, 2020
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Looking at Play and Democracy Mathias Poulston is founder of the International Playfulness Festival Counterplay, held in Aarus Denmark. Counterplay is a blend of academia play research with the spirit…

Maaike the Playful Philosopher

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:November 18, 2020
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Lovely conversation with lots of playful food for thought with Maaike de Jong from the Netherlands. Maaike is a philosophical practioner, researcher, trainer and educational developer. She thinks of ways…

Dealing with Challenges through Play

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:November 11, 2020
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Excellent Podcast you may want to listen to twice or more! Ivan Brett, Author, podcast The Floor is Lava (Check it out, he plays games with the people he has…

Play and Art, Art and Play – Making Art more Playful

Post author:Anthony Trahair
Post published:October 31, 2020
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Play and Art, Art and Play Last panel session from Giocosamente 2020 How can play make art more accessible and less pompous/serious? Facilitated by Anthea Moys with Natasha Blok,…