The Playground Podcast

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

Episodes

Total: 196

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

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