Podcast Episodes featuring Jane McGonigal

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Jane McGonigal – How Games Make Life Better - [Invest Like the Best, EP.138]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy - July 16, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She is the Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and is the inventor and co-founder of SuperB...

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Ludology (VIDEO GAMES) with Jane McGonigal

Ologies with Alie Ward - March 12, 2019 09:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21.3K ratings
Video games! Tabletop games! IRL role-play gaming! The ... lottery? Dr. Jane McGonigal is a video game developer, TED speaker, bestselling author and total badass with a deep knowledge of how games -- and especially video games -- can motivate, soothe and connect us. We talk about everything fro...

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#43 How Gaming Can Make You a Better Problem Solver: An Interview with Jane McGonigal

Does College Matter? - July 31, 2017 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
In our interview with Jane McGonigal (Chief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs and Research Affiliate at Institute for the Future), you'll learn about how gaming can help you become a better problem solver, why games are transforming the way we lead our real lives, and how a brain injury lead he...

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Jane McGonigal: The Future of Imagination

Aspen Ideas to Go - June 06, 2017 21:29 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 213 ratings
Thinking about the far-off future isn’t just an exercise in intellectual curiosity. It’s a practical skill that, as new research reveals, has a direct neurological link to greater creativity, empathy, and optimism. In this session from master game designer and acclaimed futurist Jane McGonigal, ...

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16. Jane McGonigal (Game Designer) – Game On!/Death to "Gamification"

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - October 03, 2015 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
Fantasy can save your life but how much is too much? This week on Big Think's podcast we discuss three surprise ideas with game developer and researcher Jane McGonigal, author of the new book SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient--Powered by...

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#93: Jane McGonigal on Getting More Done with Less Stress and The Health Benefits of Gaming

The Tim Ferriss Show - July 28, 2015 13:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratings
Jane McGonigal (@avantgame), PhD, is a senior researcher at the Institute for the Future and the author of The New York Times bestseller Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Her work has been featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Ti...