Play It Forward, A Wearthy Podcast

Play It Forward, S5, Ep2 | Nurturing Brilliance Through Play with Sally Haughey In this episode of Play It Forward, Lukas Ritson sits down with Sally Haughey, founder of Wunderled Teaching (formerly ...

In this episode of Play It Forward, Lukas Ritson sits down with Jennifer McCarville, educator, founder of Marvelously Made, and advocate behind the Save Childhood Movement, to explore what it really m...

Lukas interviews author of Tweens, Michelle Mitchell. ...

Lukas and Vanessa Ritson talk to Sarah R Moore from Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting about how we can nurture and respond to the needs of our children. We also chat about play and it's role in child...

Welcome back to Season 4 of Play it Forward. We're starting the season with special guest, the co-founder of Bounce Inc., Ant Morell. Bounce Inc. is a fast-growing play movement taking the world by st...

To borrow Richard Louv’s words in describing our guest today “David Sobel is one of the pioneering voices in the children and nature movement.” And you can easily see why, by simply looking at his con...

Dr Sandra Duncan wants children to experience the miracle and magic of childhood through intentionally designed indoor and outdoor play space environments. She is an international consultant, author o...

Dr Stuart Brown is the founder of the National Institute for Play, with an interesting background in researching homicidal, violent, and antisocial behaviours that link to play deprivation in childhoo...

Our next guest is one of Australia’s most personable and loveable personalities. Andrew Daddo is an actor,TV/radio and podcast host, celebrity speaker and maybe best of all, he is an accomplished auth...

Our next guest is the Assistant Director at Play Australia and loves helping people rediscover the value and power of play. Kieran Brophy has spent most of his career in the health promotion and sport...

Our next guest is award-winning animator and Queensland local Joe Brumm. His popular cartoon Bluey has done an extraordinary job in capturing the day-to-day challenges and joys of parenting through a ...

In Episode 4, Season 3 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes Neurodivergent Consultant Christina Keeble into the Wearthy studio. With a strong interest in Autism, Christina has multiple degrees, is a pub...

Our next guest on Play it Forward is the eclectic and magnetic Dr Arne Rubinstein. Arne is an expert on Rites of Passage and adolescent development with 30 years’ experience as a medical doctor, couns...

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In Episode 2, Season 3 of Play it Forward, Lukas reconnects with Professor of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame University, Darcia Narvaez. In 2020, Darcia was identified as one of the top 2% of scient...

We are back for Season 3 of Play it Forward and our next guest is a popular household name, especially with parents of boys - the wicked and wonderful Maggie Dent. Maggie has written a bunch of books,...

Ellen Sandseter has influenced Wearthy playgrounds since the very beginning. She defined the 6 categories of risky play and her commitment to the research of children’s right to free play has changed ...

Our next guest is someone I had the honour of standing alongside on the TEDx stage in Brisbane earlier this year. Maggie James is a music therapist with 18 years’ experience in paediatric healthcare a...

In Episode 16 of Season 2, Lukas has a philosophical chat to big-thinker Dr Greg Mews. Greg is currently teaching and researching in Landscape Architecture at Queensland University of Technology. He a...

In Season 2, Episode 15 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes the amazing Michelle Mitchell into the studio. Michelle is an award-winning speaker, bestselling parenting author and has been termed ‘the te...

On the next episode of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the Unplugged Psychologist Brad Marshall. Brad is the Director of the Internet Addiction Clinic @ Kidspace where he’s helped hundreds of families...

Hyahno Moser was our very first Play it Forward guest and now he’s back for round two of an in-depth chat about PLAY. Hyahno is a father, a husband, an adventure and nature lover, and an advocate for ...

In Season 2, Episode 12 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to “America’s Worst Mom” Lenore Skenazy. Lenore is a mother from Queens who caught the public eye after letting her 9-year-old son catch the sub...

At Wearthy, we are in what feels like our first steps down the never-ending trail of impacting early childhood development, so we are welcoming into the studio a couple of game-changers from the Unite...

Our next guest wants you to create a homegrown national park…and it’s not as daunting as it sounds. Our philosophy at Wearthy is creating environments for children to thrive, so who better to have on ...

In Season 2, Episode 9 of Play it Forward Lukas has a super play-focused chat to award-winning architect Natalia Krysiak. Natalia specialises in the design of child-oriented and community environments...

In Season 2, Episode 8 of Play it Forward Lukas sits down with playwork evangelist and film-maker, Erin Davis. Erin directed and produced the incredible short documentary, The Land, a film about adven...

Richard Louv was the name on our podcast guest list we were dreaming of since we launched Play it Forward in 2019. For us, there is no one who has brought more attention to the problem we face with ch...

In Season 2, Episode 6 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to one of the UK’s biggest advocates for getting more kids outside, Matt Robinson. Matt is the Scotland Director of Learning Through Landscapes, ...

Season 2 of Play it Forward is getting more inspiring with every episode! In this delightful conversation between two parents, Lukas has a beautiful chat with Dr Kaylene Henderson. Kaylene is a medica...

Lukas welcomes back into the studio, the glorious Dr Claire Warden for another in depth chat about kids and nature. Claire loves nature, she advocates for children spending more time in it and she is ...

In Season 2, Episode 3 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes Principal of Berrinba East State School, Super Steve Kanowski into the studio for a deeply inspiring chat about Steve’s unique approach to edu...

In Season 2, Episode 2 of Play it Forward, Lukas invites his partner in play and Wearthy Co-founder, Vanessa Ritson to co-host a really special episode with the luminous Dr Vanessa LaPointe. Dr Vaness...

To kick off Episode 1 Season 2 of Play it Forward, Lukas co-hosts with Wearthy Landscape Architect Dan Rimes as they welcome the remarkable Tim Gill into the studio. Tim has a master’s degree in psy...

In our final episode of Play it Forward for 2020, Lukas speaks to one of the greatest leaders in childhood development research, Dr Peter Gray. Peter is the author of Free to Learn, has written many a...

In episode 26 of Play it Forward, Lukas connects with playground designer Cody Goldberg over in Portland, Oregon. Cody started out working in the mailroom at ADIDAS, moved his way up through the ranks...

In Episode 25 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the creative goddess Emmaline Carroll Southwell. Melbourne native and mama of 3 with a background in acting, Emma recently landed a book deal from a vi...

In Episode 24 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the insightful Allison Davies about how our brains dictate our behaviours. Alli is a Neurologic Music Therapist, Educator, incredible storyteller and m...

In Episode 23 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes the inspirational Claire Warden into the studio! Claire is the Queen of Nature Pedagogy with so much valuable insight and experience in strengthening c...

In Episode 22 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the incredible Dr. Mariana Brussoni. Mariana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health a...

In Episode 21 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes fellow playground designer Rusty Keeler into the studio. Inspired by European Steiner schools and wanting to give children the adventure of free play, ...

A milestone podcast episode (20!!) with a milestone guest. Lukas met Adam Bienenstock at the Children & Nature Network Conference in California 2019 and they hit it off instantly. As a Playground Desi...

In Episode 19 of Play it Forward, Lukas invites Brent Stokes into the studio for an informed and passionate conversation about the early education sector in Australia. Brent is the GM of the Australia...

In Episode 18 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes a familiar face into the studio, sustainability expert and children’s advocate Heather Kerr. Heather has over four decades of early childhood education...

In Episode 17 of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes nature play hero and lovely human Daniel Burton into the studio for an inspiring chat about children in nature. Daniel is the Co-Founder of Educated by...

In Episode 16 of Play it Forward, the delightful Angela Hanscom joins Lukas in a discussion about rich sensory outdoor play. Angela is the Founder of Timbernook, a global outdoor play organisation tha...

In Episode 15 of Play it Forward, Lukas connects with childhood risk advocate Griffin Longley. Griff is the CEO of Nature Play Australia, an award-winning journalist and has graced many local and inte...

In Episode 14 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the incredible Teacher Tom over in Seattle. Teacher Tom is one of the world’s leading early educators and his advocacy for children’s right to play and...

In a slightly different episode of Play it Forward, Lukas welcomes our youngest guest into the studio – 11-year-old Miss Violet Reed. In our 13th episode, Lukas wanted to hear from a child instead of ...

In episode 12 of Play it Forward, Lukas invites the charismatic Nathan Wallis into the studio to chat about early childhood development and answer some questions from parents and educators. Nathan i...