Hiking Adventures (Finally!)After months of planning, Emma and Ben share their first hike together this year.

Can You Grow Old Together?Can Ben and Emma share do it? They discuss.

Work vs. Fun: The Adult DilemmaEmma talks about how adults tend to cancel fun plans first when things get busy. She shares her personal experience of pushing through that temp…

🎙️ Episode Highlights

* Dirty Dancing Time Travel: Is Dirty Dancing is set in the 60s or 80s?

* Minecraft Movie Review: Zombie attacks, blocky pigs, and 3D cinema

* New York with a Teen: Emma shares her trip with Phoenix to NYC — a special one-on-one moment before full teenhood, with 20k steps a day, escape room, and a LOT of chicken.

* Knightmare: remembering th…

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Frustrated actor Conversations about am-dram bedtime stories and who has the best Transformer voices roll on.

Domestic Fun:As Emma prepares for a week without Ben they discuss balancing work, chores, school pick ups and where fun fit…

Emma is back from New York

* Toy Fair reports

* London versus New York

* Rats

Nostalgic for the payphone

* Are texts ruining the fun of meeting up?

* Yellow pages and reverse call charges

Clumsy Curse

* Emma is infecting people with her clumsiness

* An incident in boots

The Play Commission Inquiry: Kids Are Playing Less

* Emma shares key findings from the Raising the Nat…

Episode Highlights:

1. The Garbage Pail Kids Smuggling Operation

* Emma is heading to New York so this is a pre-recorded episode.

* Ben is forcing Emma to use her business trip to become a mule for Garbage Pail Kids stickers

2. The Big Shop vs. Daily Shopping Debate

* Emma challenges Ben to take over food shopping (again)

* Ben insists on a daily fresh shopping rout…

* "Snowboarding Fail":

* Emma asks Ben how snowboarding went…unexpected (or expected) replies entail.

* Half-Term Chaos and the "Business of Parenting":

* Emma discusses how half-term breaks throw everything into chaos

* Toy Corner

* Ben has a new plane and the family are hooked on collecting gross minis.

* Raising Good Men:

* Emma reflects on the current challenges of shapi…

It’s a valentine’s day special! On People Who Play this week…

* What does romance mean?

* Ben and Emma have contrasting views on romance as Ben references what he learned from 80s and 90s romcoms.

* Beauty and Aging in Modern Culture:

* Emma reflects on feeling a new pressures of cosmetic enhancement. They discuss conflicting feelings about societal obsession with…

* The Energy Boost for February: Ben has a motivational speech to lift the listener's spirits, encouraging you to take on life's challenges with a fresh mindset.

* Reflecting on Adulthood’s Structure: Emma shares her thoughts on how the structure of adulthood doesn’t make sense, with work and life admin consuming most of our time, leaving little for enjoyme…

* Exploring Expert Fatigue: Ben and Emma discuss the concept of "expert fatigue," where there’s a saturation of self-development, inspirational quotes, and intense life analysis. They talk about how consuming too much of this content can lead to overthinking every action, even something as simple as walking to the car.

* Anxiety in Perimenopause: Emma acknow…

It’s time for your midweek burst of joyful pondering! Emma and Ben are here to deliver another episode of People Who Play this week zooming in on the role of arts of crafts in our lives and its connection to our humanity (yes emma is getting deep on this one)…

Highlights:

* Crafting and Perfectionism: Emma discusses how arts and crafts can be an excellent …