Welcome to Pop and Play - a podcast on play and pop culture from Professors Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert at Teachers College, Columbia University. Part of the Digital Futures Institute Podcast Network.


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How Can Play Escape Commodification? (Season Reflection)

Haeny and Nathan look back on the most epic season of Pop and Play yet. They ask themselves, what are we taking away from this season of play dates and pop culture ref...

Digging into Gardening and What Makes Outdoor Play Special

This week, Haeny and Nathan get into some dirt with John McCann-Doyle, Outdoor Education Specialist and Kindergarten Teacher at Community Roots Charter School. They ta...

Is Pickleball all about Dinking in the Kitchen?

Do you know what dinking in the kitchen is? Well this week, Haeny and Nathan tried pickleball and found out. They’re joined by fellow academics and pickleballers Srika...

Synchronized Ice Skating and How to Learn Difficult Things

This week Haeny’s niece Emily comes on the show to teach Haeny and Nathan about synchronized ice skating! Emily travels with her ice skating team, and she has some thi...

Can Rules in Games Help Us Find Deeper Freedom?

Can rules give us more freedom? How can games help us make life more process oriented instead of outcome oriented? Can these questions about games help us think about ...

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