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 with Thomas Kaeppeler, president of Ravensburger North America about the puzz

Richard and Chris talk to Steve Markey, newly named VP Sales and Marketing for Hog Wild Toys about t

In the second of their conversations recorded last November at the Strong Museum of Play in Rocheste

Richard and Chris talk with Sarah Baskin, Vice President of Marketing Communications for Far Out Toy

The Playground Podcast begins its fourth season with the first of a series of conversations with cur

Richard and Chris are joined by John Baulch of Toy World UK and James Zahn of The Toy Book to talk a

Richard and Chris talk with Dan Yaccarino, author, artist and creator of such shows as Oswald the Oc

Richard and Chris talk with Christian Ulrich, one of the directors of the Spielwarenmesse, aka The N

Listen in as Richard and Chris talk with Ryan Rollo, COO of Channel Key as they discuss the evolutio

In this brief, special episode Richard and Chris remember Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner and discuss his i

Richard and Chris talk with industry veteran Jennifer Caveza who has just taken over as chair of the

Richard and Chris talk with Deirdre Cross, VP Funko Games, about the growth of the company, game dev

Richard and Chris talk to Jim Pressman about his career spanning multiple decades--and the family co

Richard and Chris talk with Rob Gardner, founder and CEO of Joovy about the growth of his business,

Listen in to a frank conversation about the current status of the industry with Steve Pasierb, presi

In the second part of our interview with Jeremey Padawer of Jazwares, Richard and Chris talk about h

Jeremy Padawer, a partner in Jazwares, talks with Richard and Chris about his stellar career that be

Richard and Chris talk with Andy Weiner, of Toyn Around. Weiner is a 46-year veteran of the toy indu

Listen in as Richard and Chris talk with Zak Ringlestein of Zigazoo about this breakthrough platform

Richard and Chris talk with certified Emotional Intelligence (EI) trainer Renée Adams about the impo