The Playground Podcast

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

Episodes

Total: 189

Richard and Chris talk to Isaac Larian, founder and CEO of MGA. From his earliest days to having unp

Richard and Chris talk to Sue Warfield, president of ASTRA and board members Tom Rushton and Cassidy

Richard and Chris talk to Bill Nichols and Peter Cmiel co-presidents of Blip Toys about their career

Richard and Chris have a lively chat with Kim Carcone, EVP of the Toy Association about the current

Amanda Gummer and Frances Cain from The Good Play Guide talk with Richard and Chris about their scie

Chris and Richard talk to Didier Pietri about how he built a toy business from a business-to-busines

After a successful 10-store pilot, the Canadian trend retailer Showcase is coming to the U.S., and t

Richard and Chris talk with Toy Industry Hall of Fame designer Jeffrey Breslow about his career, his

Richard and Chris talk with Chad Gharring of Boley about the dramatic rise of the company as a priva

Richard and Chris talk to Kenny Davis, CEO of the start-up Action Face about the new platform that a

Richard and Chris talk with Aaron Muderick, executive chairman of the Toy Association, about Toy Fai

CEO of Star Stable Entertainment Johan Sjöberg calls his game "World of Warcraft...for girls." The h

Richard and Chris talk to Barry Schwartz of Schwartz PR about his incredible career. From his start

Richard and Chris talk to Choon Ng, inventor of the Rainbow Loom and new CEO Chris Tidwell about the

In this important and insightful episode, Richard and Chris talk with Eric Pliner, CEO of YSC Consul

Richard and Chris talk to Andrew Yanofsky and Syndey Wiseman of WowWee, both second generation toy p

Producer Brian Volk-Weiss joins Richard and Chris for a second time. This time to talk  about t

In this special episode, Richard and Chris largely turn over the mic to Jay Foreman, chairman of the

Richard and Chris speak with Christian Braun of HobbyDB, the global hobby and collectibles database

This conversation about the recently announced move of New York Toy Fair to September 2023 looks at