Play Attention
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.
Play Attention
Latest Episodes
What Does "Enough Play" Really Mean?
What does it actually mean for children to have enough opportunities to play?In this episode, Beth Cooper is joined by Mike Barclay and Ben Tawil from Ludicology to explore the idea of play sufficiency - a principle that is quie...
The Spaces That Shape Us
This week on Play Attention, Beth is joined by India-based landscape architect Parth Divekar, founder of Grade Landscape Architecture, whose work spans luxury residential developments, public landscapes and civic projects across...
Creating Space for Risk: Lessons from the Fear Less Play Project
"You can have the most beautifully designed play space, but if the adults standing around the outside are flooded with anxiety, that is going to impact the function of that space."In this episode of Play Attention, Beth...