Pop and Play

Introducing Season 3 of Pop and Play, coming February 28, 2023! Visit tc.edu/popandplay to learn more! Pop and Play is a podcast about play and pop culture with hosts Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert. This season explores "intergenerational play" and features a new set of great guests and topics (including kids!). Nathan and Haeny go to a skate shop, watch Babysitters Club, and possibly get Rick-rolled? You won't want to miss it!

Pop and Play is produced by the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Our music is selections from “Leafeaters” by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

What is Pop and Play?

A podcast from Teachers College, Columbia University about play and pop culture. Professors Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert take play seriously. They talk with educators, parents and kids about how they play in their work and their lives, and why play matters.

The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.

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Nathan: Detectives, comic books, cargo shorts, research, muscle men, lightsabers, babysitters, and skateboards!

Haeny: Must be, could only be, Season 3 of Pop and Play.

Nathan: This season of Pop and Play we explore intergenerational play–that's play that happens between and across generations around a wild assortment of objects, toys, and media, and how play brings us together.

We’ve got more episodes,

Haeny: more Star Wars,

Nathan: more kids,

Haeny: more fashion advice from Nathan...

Nathan: Sometimes less is more?

Haeny: Obviously. The first episode of Pop and Play Season 3 drops Tuesday February 28th. And our first guest is Eisner AND Hugo award winner John Jennings, who recently debuted a new Marvel character: Ghost Light! You don’t want to miss this chat!

And, if one episode a week of Haeny and Nathan isn’t enough for the popernaut fanbase, yes, I said popernaut, and I said we have a fanbase, [Nathan laughs] we’re excited to announce the Pop and Play cinematic universe!

Nathan: Multiverse?

Haeny: Media conglomerate?

Nathan: Eh, we’ve got more Pop and Play for you!

Haeny: Woo! Check out our newest shows Trashie of The Week with Ioana Literat on Tiktok at popandplaypod.

Nathan: And check us out at Twitch at popandplay for Pop and Play Live!

Haeny: Woo!

Nathan: Haeny, what’s poppin?

Haeny: Obviously Pop and Play Live, Trashie of the Week, zines, and also Pop and Play.

Nathan: [chuckles]

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