For the Love of Play
Episodes
S2 EP6: Ryan Carters - Sport And Conversation Creating Space For Dads
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"I was happiest in the cricket world, and funnily enough I performed at my best, when I could tap into that childlike sense of play an...
S2 EP5: Matt Okine - Finding The Funny In Life's More Challenging Moments
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"I share the realities of my life to try to de-stigmatise things. To let people know 'I'm going through this and you might b...
S2 EP4: Justin Calverley - The Legacy And Life Force Of The Gardens We Grow
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"I'm lucky enough to be a Gen Xer. We weren't allowed inside. Our generation was literally: 'Here's breakfast. Out...
S2 EP3: Jackie French - You Cannot Survive by Yourself - You Need Stories, Community And Nature
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"It's almost impossible to survive by yourself. But once you are working and linked together, you will not be defeated. You will ...
S2 EP2: Tina and Mark Harris (Lah Lah) - Music Is The International Language We Share
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"Exposing your child to music - having music play, taking them to concerts - that's one of the best thing you can do."In Con...
S2 EP1: Sean Szeps - The Gift Of Being Reminded What It's Like To Be A Kid
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"I think it's a great gift to be reminded what it's like to be a kid..."In Conversation with Sean Szeps – Writer and ...
Bonus Episode - Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott: It Takes a Village to Raise a Child... and What Does it Take to Build a Village?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"I like that African proverb that it takes a village to raise a child because it always makes me think ‘and what does it take to ...
Ep 5. Naomi Jeffree: Playgroup Saved Me
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Playgroup saved me. Although I know that sounds really dramatic, I actually feel it’s really true." In Conversation with...
Ep. 4 Paul Kennedy - Sport Can Be An Oasis From The Chaos Of Life
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"That’s a really powerful thing... for people to have almost an oasis from the chaos of their lives to come and spend time at a s...
Ep 3. Emma Watkins - Play Is The Most Important Learning Vehicle Of Life
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Play is the most important learning vehicle of life..." In Conversation with Emma Watkins – Children’s Entertainer, Si...
Ep 2. Alice Zaslavsky: We Are All Craving Connection
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"We are all craving connection. We are all hungry for it. And I think that we’ve been desensitised to the value of it." I...
Ep 1. Steve Biddulph: Everything That’s Good About Human Beings Came from Playfulness
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Everything that’s good about human beings came from playfulness..."In Conversation with Steve Biddulph – Psychologist and...
Introducing For the Love of Play
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFor the Love of Play is a podcast by Playgroup Victoria. In this series, we explore childhood, community, family and belonging... and pl...