The Playground Podcast

Join Chris Byrne, The Toy Guy® as he presents a series of interviews with industry experts will tack

Episodes

Total: 189

In our fifth annual year-end conversation, Chris is joined by James Zahn of The Toy Book, The Toy In

In this conversation, Chris talks with Joost Poulus, chief product officer for Moose toys. They talk

Listen in on this great conversation as Chris talks to Matt Abrahams, author of Think Faster, Talk S

Richard Gottlieb's death on October 26 from ALS was a blow for the people who knew and loved him

Chris talks to John Tong, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Toys Advisory committe

Richard and Chris talk with Michele Litzky and Josslynne Welch about the history of Litzky Public Re

Chris and Richard talk to Mary Couzin about her career, the creation of People of Play, the upcoming

Chris talked with Eric Poses of All Things Equal Games about the 25th Anniversary of Leading Questio

Richard and Chris talk with game inventor Elan Lee about his hugely successful game Exploding Kitten

Serial inventor, professor, inveterate innovator and advocate of play Brendan Boyle of Fuse London j

Chris and Richard talk to Alex Prieto, who calls himself director of fun for Toy. Zone. Of course, h

Chris and Richard, with Richard on the keys, have a conversation with Jessica Kalichman, director of

Join Richard (on the keys) and Chris as they talk with inventor Dan Klitsner, creator of Bop-It abou

We kick of season five of The Playground Podcast with Madame Alexander's VP of sales, David Morgenst

Chris was back in Hong Kong for the 49th annual Toys & Games Fair… for the first time since 2020

Richard and Chris talk to Christian Ulrich from Spielwarenmesse about the upcoming Nuremberg Show. W

Richard and Chris talk with John Baulch from Toy World UK and James Zahn from The Toy Book for our 4

Richard and Chris talk to Josh Loerzel of Sky Castle Toys about his career and his ongoing success i

Richard and Chris talk with Jim and Donna Pressman about their new book, A Century of American Toys

Richard and Chris talk to Ron Solomon, creator and CEO of MAPPTrap, an online software service that