Podcast Episodes featuring Stuart Brown

[Unedited] Stuart Brown with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett - June 19, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
Stuart Brown is founder and president of the National Institute for Play near Monterey, California. He is co-author of “Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “S...

Stuart Brown — Play, Spirit, and Character

On Being with Krista Tippett - June 19, 2014 16:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
Who knew that we learn empathy, trust, irony, and problem solving through play — something the dictionary defines as “pleasurable and apparently purposeless activity.” Dr. Stuart Brown suggests that the rough-and-tumble play of children actually prevents violent behavior, and that play can grow...