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Listen to the Debut Episode of the Play Attention Podcast, from Timberplay

Listen to the Debut Episode of the Play Attention Podcast, from Timberplay

29 Nov 2025

Ideas and Insights

In this debut episode of Play Attention, host Beth Cooper sits down with Eugene Minogue, Executive Director of Play England, to explore the long-awaited push for a new national play strategy in England - 17 years after the last one.       

 

          

What you'll hear:

  • Why embedding play in planning and design matters now more than ever 
  • Why play is the answer to arming children with the social and emotional skills to thrive in an AGI - Artificial General Intelligence - future
  • What a “play-sufficiency duty” could mean for every child’s access to time, space and freedom to play 
  • How adults, designers and communities can support this shift in mindset, beyond the playground

Listen to Episode 1 here....

Play Attention is the podcast from Timberplay exploring how play shapes our world — from childhood development and urban design, to health, creativity and community.

Hosted by independent play consultant, Beth Cooper, each episode invites thinkers, designers and changemakers to share stories and ideas that champion the right to play, and challenge us all to build more playful spaces, cities and lives.