The Playful Den Podcast

From exploring the role of play in creativity, parenting, and mental well-being to discovering how it shapes our culture and communities, this podcast is your guide to making life more playful, imaginative, and meaningful. playfulden.substack.com

The Playful Den Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Exploring the power of play in contemporary culture, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Exploring the power of play in contemporary culture hosts The Playful Den Podcast, a education show with 27 episodes published.

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  26. TALKING TELETUBBIES WITH NIKKI SMEDLY (Laa-Laa)

  Jan 10, 202546 minS0

  <p>In this week’s episode, Emma sits down with author, performance artist, and original Laa-Laa, Nikki Smedley (@realtubbylaa). </p><p>Episode notes: </p><p>* The Role of Play in Childhood and Beyond</p><p>* Nikki shares her childhood experiences of imaginative play and independence.</p><p>* The connection between her early leadership in play and her later career in creating stories for performance.</p><p>* From Dancer to Teletubby</p><p>* Nikki's journey from running her own dance company to auditioning for Teletubbies.</p><p>* Insight into how dance discipline and humor influenced her comedic approach to performance.</p><p>...

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  25. THE LINK BETWEEN PLAY AND PARENTING WITH DR MARTHA DEIROS COLLADO

  Jan 10, 20251h 14mS0

  <p>In this week’s episode, Emma sits down with Dr. Martha Deiros Collado (@dr.marthapsychologist), a clinical psychologist specializing in parenting and child development. </p><p>Episode notes: </p><p>Guest Introduction:</p><p>* Meet Marta, a clinical psychologist, author, and Instagram creator known for her practical, compassionate advice for parents.</p><p>* Marta shares her journey from working in the NHS to becoming a trusted voice in the parenting community.</p><p>Key Topics Discussed:</p><p>* Childhood Play and Its Influence on Adulthood:</p><p>* Marta reflects on her favourite types of play as a child, including im...

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  24. HOW TOYS GET MADE WITH AZHELLE WADE

  Jan 10, 20251h 8mS0

  <p>This episode is all about toys! What's the latest in the toy industry? Are today's toys increasing imagination or fuelling more and more mindless consumerism? Emma dives into these questions and more with Azhelle Wade aka the Toy Coach, a toy industry veteran who now helps inventors take their new ideas to market. This episode is sponsored by Whirli toys the UK's revolutionary toy swap service that challenges the way we purchase toys and sustainable consumerism. </p><p>Azhelle Wade Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thetoycoach/?hl=en</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would...

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  23. LIFE IS TOO SHORT NOT TO DISCOVER COLOUR WITH RACHEAL JACKSON

  Jan 10, 20251h 18mS0

  <p>In this episode Emma and Ben discuss a variety of pointlessly playful topics such as - is Nesquik still relevant? Is Stranger Things the best thing our eyes have ever seen? And Ben's hardest life challenge so far - building a playhouse. Emma talks to Racheal Jackson aka Banyan Bridges who shares her story of how her creativity came from a difficult period of post-natal depression and blossomed into something colourfully wonderful, literally spreading joy with her paintbrushes and ideas. https://shop.banyanbridges.com/ Follow Racheal on IG @banyanbridges Follow Playful Den on IG @playful_den Follow Emma on...

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  22. PROTECTING THE FREEDOM TO PLAY WITH DR PETER GREY

  Jan 10, 20251h 22mS0

  <p>On this guest episode, Emma is joined by Dr Peter Grey, a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College and author of internationally acclaimed introductory psychology textbook- Psychology, Worth Publishers, which views all of psychology from an evolutionary perspective. His recent research focuses on the role of play in human evolution and how children educate themselves through play and exploration, when they are free to do so. He has expanded on these ideas in his book, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier,More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life...

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