Play Saves the World
By Daniel Hilty & Kevin Taylor
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Episodes: 85
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Daniel and Kevin explore the meaning of play for human flourishing – what it is, what it means, and how people create and maintain playful lives. We explore books, people, places, and ideas committed to engendering play in the midst of busy, working lives.
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Jump Rope or Double Dutch, with Lakisha Lockhart
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Games in the Bible
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Board Games as Devotion, with Dan Thurot
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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6 Spiritual Realities of Board Games
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Episode 124: The Conference of Your Dreams! with special guest Jason Santos
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Episode 123: The Joy of Party Games, with a Top 10!
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Episode 122: The Benefits of Gaming for Aging Adults, with Kristen Hilty
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Getting Better at Board Games
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 120: The Joy of 2 Player Games, with Our Top 5 Favorites
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Episode 119: The Joy of Cooperative Games
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Episode 118: The Joy of Afrofuturism at the House of Afros, Capes, and Curls
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Episode 117: The Joy of Solo Tabletop Games
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Episode 116: The Top 5 Games of Geekway
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Episode 115: The Joy of Bullet Journaling
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Play Is the Mother of Invention
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 113: The Joy of Theater, with Caleb Cabiness
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 112: Hosting A Game Night At A Shelter
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Episode 111: The Joy of Board Game Conventions
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Episode 110: Top 10 Board Games for a Casual Game Group
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Episode 109: Notes of Rest with Julian Davis Reid
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 108: Do Animals Play?
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Episode 107: It's All A Game - Book Vibes!
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 106: Human Flourishing in Digital Space
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Episode 105: The Joy of Homing Pigeons
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Episode 104: To Play Is Human
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 103: Wired for Play
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Episode 102: What is Play?
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Episode 101: What Is Work?
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Episode 55: Live from the Geekway Gaming Convention!
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 54: Sam Macdonald on Game Design and Faith
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May 05, 2024 |
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Episode 53: The Spirit of Play
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 52: Stages in Board Game Collecting
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Episode 51: Life Lessons from a Chinese Murder Mystery RPG (A/V Club)
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 50: Why Pastors Need to Play, with Casey Sigmon
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Episode 49: Book Club: 4,000 Weeks
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Episode 48: Death in Gaming
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 47: A/V Club: Roleplaying the End of the World
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 46: The Enneagram and Board Games part 2
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Episode 45: Holidays and Games!
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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BONUS: Christmas Funsongtime
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Episode 44: The Enneagram, for Board Gamers!
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Episode 43: Moltmann's A Theology of Play (part 3) – Christ the New Creation
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Episode 42: Faith, religion and board game design with Shem Phillips
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Episode 41: Board Game Rulebooks, with Jordan Ault
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Episode 40: Personal Growth through Solo Board Games, with Liz Davidson
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Episode 39: The 7 Deadly Sins of Board Gaming
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 38: Imitating God By Playing Games (Moltmann part 2)
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 37: A Theology of Play Retreat
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Our Top 10 Games of All Time – But With Bible Verses!
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Episode 35: Spirituality and Board Game Design, with Jamey Stegmaier
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Episode 34: Games with Religious Themes, with Alice Connor
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Episode 33: Moltmann's Theology of Play Part 1
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Ameritrash vs. Euro Board Games, which is better?
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Using Games to Teach, with Mandi Hutchinson
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May 28, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Satanic Panic, with TheGeekPreacher
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May 14, 2023 |
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Episode 29: State of the Podcast: We Look Back and Look Forward
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Spiritual Lessons of Negotiation Games
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Colonialism in Board Games (AV Club #2)
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Board Games and Buddhism, with Takuya Ono
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Reflections on Teaching a College Class on Board Gaming
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Episode 24: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Cooperative Board Games
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Board Games as Devotion, with Daniel Thurot
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 22: The Medieval Book of Games
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Episode 21: How To Start a Board Game Group at Your House of Worship
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Episode 20: A Muslim Perspective on Representation in Gaming, and on Jesus Christ
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Enemies of Board Gaming (A/V Club)
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Reality Is Broken! So let's play games that promote positive psychology and collaboration
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Interview with Adrian Adamescu
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Episode 16: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Action Selection Games
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Episode 15: How Reality Is Broken and We Need More Games
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Judaism and Board Games, with Alex Radcliffe
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Episode 13: How Board Games Can Be Transcendent
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Bonus: Thank You for 1,000 Downloads!
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Episode 12: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Push Your Luck Games
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Can Board Games Save the World? With Dave Bindewald
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 10: The Game of Life
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Is Winning the Point?
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Accessibility, Community, and Neurodiversity, with Chelsey Hillyer
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Book Club! The Grasshopper ch. 3 and Defining Games
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Board Games that Teach
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May 29, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Board Games and Islam
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May 15, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Book Club! The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits ch. 1
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode 3: Is Play Essential to the Human Experience?
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Six reasons board games are spiritual
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 1: Initial Thoughts
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Mar 11, 2022 |