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All Episodes

Play Saves the World — 87 episodes

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Top 10 Animal Games

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Top 5 Surprising Games

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Jump Rope or Double Dutch, with Lakisha Lockhart

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Games in the Bible

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Board Games as Devotion, with Dan Thurot

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6 Spiritual Realities of Board Games

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Episode 124: The Conference of Your Dreams! with special guest Jason Santos

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Episode 123: The Joy of Party Games, with a Top 10!

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Episode 122: The Benefits of Gaming for Aging Adults, with Kristen Hilty

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Episode 121: Getting Better at Board Games

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Episode 120: The Joy of 2 Player Games, with Our Top 5 Favorites

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Episode 119: The Joy of Cooperative Games

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Episode 118: The Joy of Afrofuturism at the House of Afros, Capes, and Curls

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Episode 117: The Joy of Solo Tabletop Games

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Episode 116: The Top 5 Games of Geekway

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Episode 115: The Joy of Bullet Journaling

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Episode 114: Play Is the Mother of Invention

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Episode 113: The Joy of Theater, with Caleb Cabiness

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Episode 112: Hosting A Game Night At A Shelter

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Episode 111: The Joy of Board Game Conventions

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Episode 110: Top 10 Board Games for a Casual Game Group

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Episode 109: Notes of Rest with Julian Davis Reid

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Episode 108: Do Animals Play?

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Episode 107: It's All A Game - Book Vibes!

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Episode 106: Human Flourishing in Digital Space

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Episode 105: The Joy of Homing Pigeons

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Episode 104: To Play Is Human

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Episode 103: Wired for Play

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Episode 102: What is Play?

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Episode 101: What Is Work?

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Episode 55: Live from the Geekway Gaming Convention!

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Episode 54: Sam Macdonald on Game Design and Faith

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Episode 53: The Spirit of Play

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Episode 52: Stages in Board Game Collecting

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Episode 51: Life Lessons from a Chinese Murder Mystery RPG (A/V Club)

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Episode 50: Why Pastors Need to Play, with Casey Sigmon

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Episode 49: Book Club: 4,000 Weeks

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Episode 48: Death in Gaming

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Episode 47: A/V Club: Roleplaying the End of the World

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Episode 46: The Enneagram and Board Games part 2

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Episode 45: Holidays and Games!

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BONUS: Christmas Funsongtime

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Episode 44: The Enneagram, for Board Gamers!

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Episode 43: Moltmann's A Theology of Play (part 3) – Christ the New Creation

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Episode 42: Faith, religion and board game design with Shem Phillips

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Episode 41: Board Game Rulebooks, with Jordan Ault

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Episode 40: Personal Growth through Solo Board Games, with Liz Davidson

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Episode 39: The 7 Deadly Sins of Board Gaming

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Episode 38: Imitating God By Playing Games (Moltmann part 2)

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Episode 37: A Theology of Play Retreat

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Episode 36: Our Top 10 Games of All Time – But With Bible Verses!

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Episode 35: Spirituality and Board Game Design, with Jamey Stegmaier

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Episode 34: Games with Religious Themes, with Alice Connor

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Episode 33: Moltmann's Theology of Play Part 1

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Episode 32: Ameritrash vs. Euro Board Games, which is better?

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Episode 31: Using Games to Teach, with Mandi Hutchinson

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Episode 30: Satanic Panic, with TheGeekPreacher

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Episode 29: State of the Podcast: We Look Back and Look Forward

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Episode 28: Spiritual Lessons of Negotiation Games

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Episode 27: Colonialism in Board Games (AV Club #2)

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Episode 26: Board Games and Buddhism, with Takuya Ono

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Episode 25: Reflections on Teaching a College Class on Board Gaming

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Episode 24: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Cooperative Board Games

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Episode 23: Board Games as Devotion, with Daniel Thurot

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Episode 22: The Medieval Book of Games

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Episode 21: How To Start a Board Game Group at Your House of Worship

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Episode 20: A Muslim Perspective on Representation in Gaming, and on Jesus Christ

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Episode 19: Enemies of Board Gaming (A/V Club)

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Episode 18: Reality Is Broken! So let's play games that promote positive psychology and collaboration

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Episode 17: Interview with Adrian Adamescu

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Episode 16: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Action Selection Games

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Episode 15: How Reality Is Broken and We Need More Games

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Episode 14: Judaism and Board Games, with Alex Radcliffe

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Episode 13: How Board Games Can Be Transcendent

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Bonus: Thank You for 1,000 Downloads!

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Episode 12: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Push Your Luck Games

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Episode 11: Can Board Games Save the World? With Dave Bindewald

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Episode 10: The Game of Life

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Episode 9: Is Winning the Point?

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Episode 8: Accessibility, Community, and Neurodiversity, with Chelsey Hillyer

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Episode 7: Book Club! The Grasshopper ch. 3 and Defining Games

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Episode 6: Board Games that Teach

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Episode 5: Board Games and Islam

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Episode 4: Book Club! The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits ch. 1

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Episode 3: Is Play Essential to the Human Experience?

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Episode 2: Six reasons board games are spiritual

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Episode 1: Initial Thoughts