Joe Brumm & Hamish Blake - A Bluey-print For Dads
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<p>Want can you learn from playing with a child?</p> <p>In today's Academy of Imperfection, Bluey creator Joe Brumm joins us (for real life), with Hamish Blake stepping in as guest host.</p> <p>💌Join 8,300+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter - <a href="http://bit.ly/45NyQDy" data-token-index="1">http://bit.ly/45NyQDy</a> </p> <p>In this episode we dig into the world of play -<em> ”the voluntary overcoming of unnecessary obstacles”</em>, we find out what makes a ‘good’ player and why kids' imaginative play tends to fade around age 12.</p> <p>Josh and Hugh take the chance to wax lyrical about their favourite Bluey episodes, Rain, Fruit Bat, Born Yesterday, The Decider (to name a few). And all three dads also share some moments of parenting shame as we discuss the constant battle for attention between our phones, and our kids.</p> <p>00:00 - Hamish Blake from Rove <br>08:13 - Bluey, The Most Streamed TV Show of All Time <br>11:51 - The Best Definition of Play You've Ever Heard <br>21:00 - It’s All Improvising <br>38:02 - Permission to Pretend Again <br>51:20 - My Kids Wouldn’t Have The Dad They Have Without Bluey <br>54:00 - Doing Something Just for Fun Is a Valid Reason <br>58:07 - Being Present In a World of Distractions <br>01:22:00 - The Bluey Episode That Made a Room Full of Footballers Cry <br>01:27:16 - Let Them Lead and See What Happens</p> <p>If you want to watch this full episode on YouTube, follow this link - <a href="https://youtu.be/eMigxjhCkcs">https://youtu.be/eMigxjhCkcs</a> </p> <p>🫖 Imperfects episodes mentioned in this episode</p> <ul> <li>How (and why) Ryan dumped his iphone <a href="https://bit.ly/no-more-iphone"></a><a href="https://bit.ly/4vi83uA">https://bit.ly/4vi83uA</a></li> </ul> <p>📺 Things to watch</p> <ul> <li>Bluey - Shadowlands <a href="https://bit.ly/4eTzKTA">https://bit.ly/4eTzKTA</a></li> <li>Bluey - Calypso <a href="https://bit.ly/3QT6NyT">https://bit.ly/3QT6NyT</a></li> <li>Bluey - Magic Xylophone <a href="https://bit.ly/4gdY057">https://bit.ly/4gdY057</a></li> <li>Bluey - Born Yesterday <a href="https://bit.ly/3SvY5HA">https://bit.ly/3SvY5HA</a></li> <li>Bluey - Bin Night <a href="https://bit.ly/4gd89Pt">https://bit.ly/4gd89Pt</a></li> <li>Bluey - The decider <a href="https://bit.ly/4eHS1V4">https://bit.ly/4eHS1V4</a></li> <li>Bluey - Faceytalk <a href="https://bit.ly/4wpWWju">https://bit.ly/4wpWWju</a></li> <li>Bluey - Pass the parcel <a href="https://bit.ly/4gi9PXU">https://bit.ly/4gi9PXU</a></li> </ul> <p>🩷To host your own Vulnerabilitea House, purchase here - <a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz">http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz</a></p> <p>🩵To purchase our journal (or your novel) <em>My Imperfect Life,</em> click here - <a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuW">http://bit.ly/4lyuuW</a></p> <p>🩵To join our subscriber community, <em>A Little More Imperfects,</em> follow this link - <a href="http://bit.ly/4mqunxu">http://bit.ly/4mqunxu</a></p> <p>🩷 AND you can subscribe to <em>A Little More Imperfects</em> through Apple Podcast <a href="http://apple.co/theimperfects">http://apple.co/theimperfects</a></p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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