On Being with Krista Tippett

<img src="https://onbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1500x1500_OnBeing_EpisodeArtwork.jpg?resize=320,320" width="320" height="320" alt="[Unedited] Stuart Brown with Krista Tippett" />Stuart Brown is founder and president of the National Institute for Play near Monterey, California. He is co-author of “Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Stuart Brown — Play, Spirit, and Character.” Find more at onbeing.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

[Unedited] Stuart Brown with Krista Tippett

[Unedited] Stuart Brown with Krista Tippett | CastVibes

Stuart Brown — Play, Spirit, and Character

Stuart Brown is founder and president of the National Institute for Play near Monterey, California. He is co-author of “Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the

<img src="https://onbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1500x1500_OnBeing_EpisodeArtwork.jpg?resize=320,320" width="320" height="320" alt="[Unedited] Steven Waldman with Krista Tippett" />Steven Waldman is the author of “Founding Faith: How Our Founding Fathers Forged a Radical New Approach to Religious Liberty.” He is the founder and former editor of Beliefnet and now heads Daily Bridge Media. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Steven Waldman and Philip Hamburger — The Long Experiment of American Democracy.” Find more at onbeing.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

[Unedited] Steven Waldman with Krista Tippett

<img src="https://onbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1500x1500_OnBeing_EpisodeArtwork.jpg?resize=320,320" width="320" height="320" alt="Stuart Brown — Play, Spirit, and Character" />Who knew that we learn empathy, trust, irony, and problem solving through play — something the dictionary defines as “pleasurable and apparently purposeless activity.” Dr. Stuart Brown suggests that the rough-and-tumble play of children actually prevents violent behavior, and that play can grow human talents and character across a lifetime. Play, as he studies it, is an indispensable part of being human. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.