Podcast appearances and mentions of chris byrne

Genre: Rockin' CountryGuest: The Road Hammers: Jason McCoy, Chris Byrne and Clayton BellamyLocation: All over Canada!Song: Well - you hear a few teasers! "I'm A Road Hammer," "MUD," "East Bound and Down" and "The Boys Are Back At It"Studio B Podcast is all about creating deeper connections between Canadian musical artists, the Canadian music industry, and their audiences. Since 2019, each episode features dynamic conversations with musicians, bands, and industry professionals, diving into their personal journeys, inspirations, and future projects.You get an exclusive look behind the scenes, with candid stories and insights into the unique impact these individuals are making in the music world. Tune in for a deeper understanding of the artists and the industry they shape.Hosted by Alberta, Canada's own award-winning and multi-nominated media personality, podcaster, and MC, Sarah Scott. Find Studio B Podcast on Facebook (Studio B Podcast), Instagram (@__studio__b__) or on TikTok (@studiobpodcastprod) to stay up to date on new episode releases and hot new music.Sarah Scott can be found on Instagram @heyitssarahscott.STUDIO B PODCAST: LIVE SESSIONS ARE HERE!Join award-winning and multi-nominated media personality and podcaster, Sarah Scott, at Gravity Cafe (Inglewood Location) in Calgary on Thursday, March 27th for the second Studio B Podcast: Live Sessions!It's from 6:30pm-8:30pm, it's FREE and will be featuring Country/Pop artist Maddie Lee Mars and Country artist KJ Miller at Gravity Cafe!The experience:Join us for an evening of heartfelt candid conversations and original songs! Hosted by award-winning media personality Sarah Scott since 2019, Studio B Podcast has spotlighted Canadian musicians and industry professionals. Just like streaming episodes, live sessions also offer in-depth conversations about their careers, music, inspirations and projects, featuring candid stories and behind-the-scenes insights into their impact on the music scene. However, the live sessions are unique! They feature two artists, two different conversations and two to three songs each! They also feature an audience Q&A, so come ready with your questions.Studio B Podcast: Live Sessions is a celebration and elevation of our Alberta and Canadian music. Live Sessions will only be a live experience and will not be recorded for audio or video purposes unless otherwise stated. So we would love to have you come out and experience the magic!

On tonight's show, I have Dr. Craig Wierum along with The War and Treaty's Michael & Tanya Trotter as they share about Michael's type 2 diabetes and getting under control through diet, exercise, & medication. After that, I have The Toy Guy, Chris Byrne, coming to us from the showroom floor in NYC at the 2025 American International Toy Fair!

How do toys shape who we become? Today, I sit down with a fascinating toy historian Chris Byrne who reveals the hidden power of play - from how different toys develop everything from relationship skills to problem - solving abilities.    We explore why true play isn't about reaching an end goal, but about embracing the pure joy of the journey. Whether you're looking to understand the art of playing alongside your kids or giving them space to explore independently, this episode will transform how you think about playtime. Join us for a rich conversation about rediscovering the magic that happens when we give ourselves permission to simply play.   After exploring the art of play with our toy historian today, I want to share something powerful with you. My book Fertile Imagination tackles a crucial truth: we can't guide our children toward imagination if we've lost touch with our own. I'll show you the exact framework I used to reawaken and strengthen this superpower – the same one that transformed both my life and my three sons'. If you're ready to rediscover your creativity and childlike zest for life, grab your copy now: https://bit.ly/fertilebook     In this episode, you will hear:    Play is a process, not a means to an end, and embracing it can reduce stress. Imagination influences every decision we make. Playing with toys helps kids develop problem-solving and relationship skills. Adults benefit from play too—it fosters creativity, joy, and innovation. Letting children lead playtime strengthens their confidence and creativity. Kids learn by doing, and unstructured play is vital for their development. In corporate settings, a playful mindset can unlock new ideas and innovation. Fear of failure limits creativity—kids don't judge play, and neither should we.   This episode is brought to you by:    Fertile Imagination: A Guide For Stretching Every Mom's Superpower For Maximum Impact – My book is available as a hard cover, paperback, and also as an audiobook. If you are on the go and wish to quickly jot down where you can purchase the book then head to: https://bit.ly/fertilebook.    If however you want to grab the audio version then head to the show notes to click the direct Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Fertile-Imagination-Stretching-Superpower-Maximum/dp/B0CK2ZSMLB   About Chris Bryne   Chris Byrne has spent over 35 years in the toy industry, holding major marketing and creative roles before launching Byrne Communications, a consultancy specializing in product development, strategic planning, and marketing. A passionate advocate for the power of play, he has studied its impact on child development and creativity across industries. He has appeared on major media outlets worldwide, sharing insights on toys, play, and innovation. He also co-hosts The Playground Podcast, diving deep into the toy industry's past, present, and future.   SHARE this episode with fellow moms and entrepreneurs who want to bring more creativity into their lives! Chris's insights on play, imagination, and innovation are a must-listen for anyone balancing motherhood and career growth. Let's embrace play, rediscover joy, and inspire the next generation! Supporting Resources:   Website: https://www.thetoyguy.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetoyguy/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetoyguyofficial/ The Playground Podcast: Spotify & Apple Podcasts Subscribe and Review   Have you subscribed to my podcast for new moms who are entrepreneurs, founders, and creators?  I'd love for you to subscribe if you haven't yet.    I'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast for writer moms. About Fertile Imagination   You can be a great mom without giving up, shrinking, or hiding your dreams. There's flexibility in how you pursue anything – your role, your lifestyle, and your personal and professional goals. The limitations on your dreams are waiting to be shattered. It's time to see and seize what's beyond your gaze. Let's bridge your childhood daydreams with your grown-up realities. Imagine skipping with your kids along any path – you, surpassing your milestones while your kids are reaching theirs. There's only one superpower versatile enough to stretch your thinking beyond what's been done before: a Fertile Imagination. It's like kryptonite for impostor syndrome and feeling stuck when it's alert!    In Fertile Imagination, you will awaken your sleeping source of creative solutions. If you can wake up a toddler or a groggy middle schooler, then together with the stories in this book – featuring 25 guests from my podcast Unimaginable Wellness, proven tools, and personal anecdotes – we will wake up your former playmate: your imagination!  Advance Praise    “You'll find reality-based strategies for imagining your own imperfect, fulfilling life in this book!” —MARTHA HENNESSEY, former NH State Senator    “Melissa invites the reader into a personal and deep journey about topics that are crucially important to uncover what would make a mom (and dad too) truly happy to work on…even after the kids are in bed.” —KEN HONDA, best-selling author of Happy Money    “This book is a great purchase for moms in every stage of life. Melissa is like a great friend, honest and wise and funny, telling you about her life and asking you to reflect on yours.” —MAUREEN TURNER CAREY, librarian in Austin, TX           TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Chris: I really believe is what we play with as kids really becomes, we become a lot of that. And we had a basement in our house that had a room in it, that had a window in it. And my brothers and I would create puppet shows. And we would do that. And we would just go round up all the kids in the neighborhood and say, you have to watch this puppet show. And they did. I mean, they were good. But it was really about storytelling. It was about connection. It was about making things up and just feeling very alive in that moment, feeling very connected to who I was at that time and being able to share that with other people. 00:00:43 Melissa: Welcome to the Mom Founder Imagination Hub, your weekly podcast to inspire you to dream bigger. Plan out how you're going to get to that next level in business, find the energy to keep going, and make sure your creative juices are flowing so that this way you get what you really want rather than having to settle. Get ready to discover how mom founders have reimagined entrepreneurship and motherhood. Ever wonder how they do it? Tune in to find out. 00:01:09 Melissa: And stretch yourself by also learning from diverse entrepreneurs who might not be moms, but who have lessons you can tailor about how you can disrupt industries and step way outside of your comfort zone. I believe every mom's superpower is her imagination. In this podcast, I'm gonna give you the mindset, methods, and tools to unleash yours. Sounds good? Then keep listening. 00:01:36 Melissa: So how do toys shape who we become? Have you ever asked yourself that question as you are giving your child a toy? If that toy is going to influence their career choices ahead or the way that they are, their character. Today, I sat down with a fascinating toy historian, Chris Byrne. 00:02:04 Melissa: Now he is a 35 year plus veteran of the toy industry. He's held major marketing and creative positions earlier in his life. And he's appeared on TV talking about toys and play in the US and around the world. He's even been on the Live with Kelly and Mark show as a regular guest. And he has his own podcast, by the way, the Playground Podcast. 00:02:29 Melissa: So, Chris reveals today the hidden power of play, from how different toys develop everything from relationship skills to problem-solving abilities. We also explore why true play isn't about reaching an end goal, it's about embracing the pure joy of the journey. So, whether you're looking to understand the art of playing alongside your kids or giving them some space to explore independently, this episode is going to change how you think about playtime. So I encourage you to join us for this rich conversation about rediscovering the magic that happens when we give ourselves permission to just play. 00:03:10 Melissa: Okay, so before we jump into the conversation, I wanna just let you know that after the conversation, I would invite you to explore the art of play with my book, Fertile Imagination. Why is that relevant to you as a mom? Here's what I want you to know. It's really hard to guide our kids toward imagination if we've secretly lost touch with our own. So in my book, Fertile Imagination, I share with you the exact framework that I used in order to reawaken my imagination, play with my imagination, stretch my imagination, and strengthen what I believe to be our greatest superpower. 00:03:56 Melissa: So this framework is super simple to follow. It is guided and it is also provided in lots of really cool journaling question prompts in the book. And it's gonna be the same exact process that I used in order to really get back in touch with that little childlike spirit that all of us has, but maybe we forgot we have held quite tightly close to our hearts. 00:04:22 Melissa: So, I invite you to go ahead, rediscover your creativity, and see if you can find your childlike zest for life. Because I really believe that it's hard to teach our kids things that we may have forgotten are natural to us, and maybe came naturally to us when we were younger. So enjoy the conversation. The link to the book is available in the show notes where you're listening to this. Let me read the actual link so that you can learn more about my book, Fertile Imagination. 00:04:53 Melissa: It is a bit.ly link. So it is bit.ly/fertilebook. You can absolutely grab a copy right there of Fertile Imagination. If you wanted the audio version that is available exclusively via Amazon. So go ahead and check out the show notes for that link. Thank you again. And I hope you enjoy the conversation and let me know what you think at the end, I will share with you my top three takeaways that you can apply to your immediate mom life. Thank you so much. 00:05:28 Melissa: Chris Byrne. I am so excited to have you here on the Mom Founder Imagination Hub. How are you? 00:05:35 Chris: I am very well. I'm so excited to be with you. Thank you so much for the invitation. 00:05:40 Melissa: I couldn't get enough of your TED Talk. I was like, oh my gosh, he's not just a toy historian. He's like a toy psychologist. I loved it. I loved it. So welcome to the show. Chris, I want to just start with the big, big question on my mind. Help me understand from your perspective, decades in the industry, learning about the art of play, like what is an imagination to you and do you consider it a superpower? 00:06:12 Chris: Well, I absolutely consider our imagination our superpower. It is the one thing that, really one of the many things that really define us as human beings. Nothing happens in our world that doesn't start in the imagination. It can be, what do I want for lunch? Or what do I want to be when I grow up? Or should I marry this person? Or should I have children? 00:06:34 Chris: Or whatever it is because we begin in the imagination and other kinds of animals, you just put food in front of them and they eat, it's instinctual. But for us, it's not- as humans, it's not just instinctual. We literally create our worlds on a daily basis and that starts in the imagination. 00:06:54 Melissa: I agree. And it's interesting because as a fully grown adult, I would say that when I was writing my book, Fertile Imagination, and I see it as like a superpower for moms who are technically adults. I feel like it's a topic that is seldom discussed amongst adults. Like, is this something that you are noticing? Or maybe, you know, people that have that childlike quality because of your industry? What's your take on imagination, the art of play, and being an adult? 00:07:30 Chris: Well, I think all of those are really critical to who we are, because play is really the act of asking a question, what if? What if I do this? What if I, you know, as an adult in can be, what if do whatever? For me, as a kid is like, what if I jump off this wall? What's gonna happen? You know, but we grow up and we have a little bit more, more adult kind of perceptions, if you will, for that. And it really is like trying to spin out a scenario. 00:08:06 Chris: So if I am going to take a new job, for example, what is that gonna be like? Who am I gonna be working with? And we begin to develop stories around things in our imagination. And those stories are very important because we really can't take action to make things real until we've imagined them as a concept. 00:08:28 Melissa: Yeah. And so, okay. So this is something that I'm struggling with right now. This is like real time, I need some help, get me unclogged sort of stuff. So this idea of having a story in my mind and having a vision I want to make real, the vision side of it is so hard right now for me to see, mainly because it's like, there's things that I've envisioned in the past, but I haven't made happen. So I don't know kind of like how to play myself to a solution or a vision or just kind of like, think with a little less of like the past, you know, like hindering this vision. 00:09:15 Chris: Right. It's a great, it's a great thing. I mean, I'm sorry you're going through that, but I think that if you look at how a child plays, right, when they get an idea and they don't sit there and think, well, if I just do this or I do this or I do that, it's going to be fun, right? They come, that's not fun. I'm done. I'm on to the next thing. And I think as adults, we should do that too. If something is becoming too much effort, if it's not working, then we just drop it and go on to the next thing. 00:09:47 Chris: And I don't think there's any harm or foul in that. And I think that when you look at a kid who is imagining and playing, they're not judging the play as they're doing it. They're looking at well, where did this take me and where should I go next from it? And it's a much freer, kind of more peaceful way to go through the world. 00:10:08 Chris: I mean, I talk about things that I've done that turned out to be mistakes. And I call them I said, well, that was a once in a lifetime experience. As in I don't have to do that again. I learned the lesson. 00:10:20 Melissa: Yeah. And I think, you know, approaching any problem from that perspective releases that pressure to get it right the first time. And it gives you like the levity to get back up and just be like, okay, let's go at it again. And I imagine like, cause I noticed also, and I know that this side of it might be a little bit more conventional thinking, but like, you actually bring these ideas into corporate settings, you know, the art of play. 00:10:51 Melissa: And I'm like, if I think about the different environments where it's not okay to play. It's not okay to make mistakes. Like how do you sell that idea of we're just playing right now and don't get frustrated if it works or not in like a corporate setting, you know? 00:11:11 Chris: Well, one of the things that's so interesting in a corporate setting is people come into a meeting or a brainstorming and they're focused on one specific outcome, right? So if you're focused on an outcome, you kind of end-run the process of play because play is a process. Play is asking, what if, you know, let's go down this road and let's go down this road and see what it is. So I always encourage people to be as off the wall as possible. I will give you an example that almost got me fired. 00:11:43 Melissa: This is a good one, okay. 00:11:44 Chris: And nobody will like it, but I was working with Ideal, with Ideal Toy Company and we had the Shirley Temple doll. And nobody, we had these porcelain $400 Shirley Temple dolls and Shirley Temple dolls were huge in the '30s and still with doll collectors, but nobody was buying them. And we thought, how do we get rid of them? And I said, well, why don't we put them on the QE2 and use them as skeet? Like people can launch the doll. 00:12:11 Chris: So the brand manager got really mad at me. And told me I was inappropriate. But as we talked more, we ended up doing a doll collecting event with Cunard that actually turned out to be good. So the idea is, go out there and play off the wall in a safe environment, obviously. So the idea of creating an environment where it's safe to play, where it's safe to have that sort of impulsive childish response to a situation is okay. 00:12:45 Chris: We would never have promoted that in a corporate sense. But the idea that we were just playing with ideas and being silly. That opens the pathway to being really creative and to seeing what could actually work. And then once you get that, you put the action steps in place to get to the next step. 00:13:05 Melissa: Yeah, I think just, you know, going crazy and just really trying to break out of conventional thinking and our very logical pathways in our mind, it's like first we do this, that, the other. It's almost like some sentences, right? And the way we like greet each other, it's so like rehearsed that to come up with something like, oh my gosh, I love your outfit. You know, it reminds me of like a toy soldier or something. It would be like way off, but it would start rapport, I think. Rapport or like, you know, people would be like, kind of weirded out. But I've always tried that. How can I not weird people out? 00:13:44 Chris: Well, it's, right, well, that's always a question, but I don't really worry about that too much. But I think that one of the things, again, as I was saying about process, but also getting over fear, right? As adults, we think, well, what if I get it wrong? Children, when they play, if you watch them play, they don't worry about getting it wrong. They just think, well, that didn't work. That didn't do what I wanted it to do. Let me do something else. They haven't built a hierarchy of judgment and really being unkind to themselves about doing something wrong. 00:14:19 Chris: And if you embrace play, there's really no kind of, you can't be wrong when you're playing, right? Some things may be practical, but there's imagination and there's spinning things out, things that might never become real, but then things that actually could practically become real. And the process of getting to that point is actually pretty joyful. 00:14:42 Melissa: And I think we could all use some more joy these days, that's for sure. Adults and children alike. So let's see, let's go back in time. So let's go back to the time where you recall maybe playing with a toy and feeling like an insane amount of joy. If you can think about, you know, your one moment or one of the moments, I'm curious to hear your perspective. 00:15:06 Chris: Well, it's really interesting because one of the things that I really believe is what we play with as kids really becomes, we become a lot of that. And we had a basement in our house that had a room in it. They had a window in it. And my brothers and I would create puppet shows. And we would do that. And we would just go round up all the kids in the neighborhood and say, you have to watch this puppet show. And they did. They were good. But it was really about storytelling. It was about connection. It was about making things up and just feeling very alive in that moment, feeling very connected to who I was at that time and being able to share that with other people. 00:15:52 Melissa: Wow, so that's interesting. So it's funny because I feel like maybe I was, because I was an only child for most of my upbringing, like a lot of the things I did were just on my own and I had to really figure out how to make something out of what was around me. So let me share like this one thing that I would do to just pass the time. And of course, like in the background, like there was like maybe Magnum P.I. playing or, you know, name- Hawaii Five-0, whatever my mom was into. 00:16:25 Melissa: So I would go to the closet and I would take out a shoebox. And I would proceed to create like a scene. So they're called dioramas. I looked it up because I was like, this is a weird thing that I just kept doing all the time. And then I would create little figurines and put like little slots, you know, on the sides and move the little carboards in and out, you know. And I was like, okay, I have to ask Chris, like, what does that say about me? I have no idea. 00:16:56 Chris: Well, I mean, I would say it sort of starts you as a storyteller, which is what you're doing today. You're telling stories and you're facilitating other people telling stories. But it's also, I mean, especially for children at that age, it's about trying to make sense of the world and the stories they tell us, like trying to make sense of relationships. I'll tell you another story. 00:17:18 Chris: Years ago, we were playing with some kids with Barbie dolls. And they had all these different Barbie dolls. And one kid took all the blonde Barbie dolls and they were making fun of the brunette Barbie doll. And we were just watching this and going, yeah, this is somebody who is working out a reality in their life. 00:17:38 Chris: And that is really what play is, because even as she, in this case it was a girl, became powerful in that situation, was able to stand up for herself, you're giving your brain the sense that you can actually do this. If you do it vicariously, you've already had that experience on some level. So that when you confront that in real life, it might be easier, or you might have a solution. 00:18:03 Chris: I mean, how many times do you go into a situation, an interview or whatever, and you've rehearsed what you're gonna say? And your brain already knows that. It's like visual, what they talk about in sports about visualizing, you know, the outcome. You know, you're already having that experience, which is so cool. Cause our brain doesn't know the difference sometimes between reality and what we imagine. 00:18:24 Melissa: I love that. I love that. And so, yeah, who knows what I was trying to work out? There are a lot of things going on in my home. I'll tell you that much. But yeah, I think, you know, that idea though, just like trying to work things out that, you know, maybe you don't have that first person experience with, but like doing it through the use of a toy. Have you noticed at a curiosity any sort of changes with the dynamics between toys and kids now that there's like AI sort of toys out there? 00:19:01 Chris: There are so many different types of play experiences. What we were just talking about is more traditional doll or action figure or stuffed animal kind of play where a child is really doing that. Some of the other stuff with AI or licensed space like Star Wars, Marvel, all of that is beginning to understand yourself as a capable human being. 00:19:23 Chris: So for example, if I'm a superhero, I can feel. I can have the feeling of what it's like to be a superhero. And I always say, if your life is all about mom is in control, eat your peas, get in the minivan, do your homework, suddenly if you're a superhero, that's very empowering. And then empowering as an individual to be able to confront the world in a different way because you're empowered. So it's very classical, the kind of totemistic idea that we take on the powers of the superheroes. 00:19:59 Chris: And even though we're not gonna fly, we're not gonna lift, we're not gonna pick up a truck, we're not gonna do that, you have the emotional sense of capability, which is really what it's all about. 00:20:10 Melissa: That's interesting. I think, I mean, I don't know. Now that I think about my kids, for example, their toy experiences these days is really YouTube videos and playing video games and things like that. And I wonder if that's also along the same thread of what you just said, feeling the different capabilities like running fast or jumping high, things like that. 00:20:37 Chris: I think definitely. I mean, it's, you know, YouTube videos are like today's cartoons, right, on some level. You know, I grew up watching cartoons and, and it was- so they're looking at who are my role models and who are, you know, somebody's doing something. Oh, I'd like to try that. And, you know, or oh, wow, they tried that, I'm not gonna do that, but what would it be like if I did this kind of thing? 00:21:03 Chris: So I think that it's a window on the world and people are always concerned about screen time and I'm never concerned about screen time so much as I'm concerned about what's on the screen. So that is what's being modeled through the YouTube things, things that you as a mom or a parent want your child to be consuming because it can be very supportive or it can be kind of dangerous depending on what kids have access to. 00:21:30 Melissa: Yeah. And it's so interesting what you're sharing right now, because I mean, I had Saturday morning cartoons, for example, and I ate a lot of cereals with all the dyes and all these other things. And my kids literally tell me, they're like, oh, we want to have Saturday morning cartoons just like you. But of course, it is that YouTube thing. And I limit it to SpongeBob. Like, that's appropriate for their ages right now. 00:21:54 Melissa: But I think that's so interesting, this whole idea of rehearsal and visualization and imagination. I wonder because when it comes to toys and just the way that they've changed through the years, how did, for example, Tickle Me Elmo, how did that support people in terms of capabilities or anything? I'm curious. 00:22:22 Chris: Well, Tickle Me Elmo was kind of an outlier in that, you know, in terms of classical play. Tickle Me Elmo became a fad, right? And fads take on a life of their own. They kind of jump the shark or jump from the toy industry because Tickle Me Elmo started as an entertaining little preschool doll for preschoolers, infants and preschoolers. Suddenly it becomes this whole cultural phenomenon that everybody has to have. 00:22:50 Chris: It becomes, so it's a fad, so it becomes kind of a marker in time. So if you were around for Tickle Me Elmo, and you remember that, it's sort of a springboard to your memories of what the latter part of 1996 was about, because that's when Tickle Me Elmo was really huge. So that's not really kind of play in the way that I talk about it a lot. That becomes a cultural event. And my other joke about Tickle Me Elmo, Tickle Me Elmo was $40 really, basically, or more. You know, you can have a Tickle Me Elmo and be really cool for a lot less than you can have a Birkin bag. 00:23:26 Melissa: Wow, yeah, that's true. That is true. It's so funny, this conversation just takes me down the whole nostalgic route. Like I'm thinking about my Steve Urkel joke pull doll. Do you remember that one? 00:23:39 Chris: Yeah, yeah, of course. 00:23:41 Melissa: Yeah, so anyways, I'm totally like aging myself right now. I'm like, oh, I had Steve Urkel and I had Popples and all the like. What do you think, you know, nostalgia? Let's talk about that. Because I feel like a lot of marketers use that, you know, in order to kind of like pull forth a certain generation, let's say. And I even feel like at a supermarket, like I'm like, I think they know who their shoppers are with the music. But let's talk about nostalgia. 00:24:09 Melissa: Like, and again, thinking about more quote unquote modern toys, you know, like. And back to like these like electronics, like do you think that it'll be the same sort of calling card, I think is the right phrase? Like when someone starts saying, oh, like, let's say 10 years from now, you know, what's the name of the- Stumble Guys? Like, do you think that people will say like a certain like thing on video games and it'll have the same emotional pull as like Tickle Me Elmo, Popples, or Cabbage Patch? 00:24:41 Chris: It's hard to know. The thing about nostalgia is it's really for adults, right? Nostalgia is for people looking back. When you're three and four, you're not nostalgic for much. You're not remembering much. Maybe you remember your pull ups, right? When you had your pull ups. But you don't, you're not really nostalgic for something because you haven't been around that much. 00:25:03 Chris: The challenge from a toy marketing standpoint is relying on nostalgia to sell toys. Because I mean, yes, there's a certain level of you as a mom had My Little Pony or Littlest Pet Shop or any of those huge hits, Masters of the Universe. And you want to share those with your child. But for it to engage your child's imagination, there has to be something authentic to them. It's not just, mom liked this, so I'm going to like it too. That doesn't really work. 00:25:31 Chris: Look at Barbie and how Barbie's been redefined over the years, because Barbie always reflects the culture at any given time. So in 1959, she could be a fashion model or a bride, right? Pretty much, those are the Barbie options. Today, there are hundreds of careers and there's hundreds of abilities. And Barbie, the Barbie line looks like the world kids are growing up in, just as it did in 1959. It's just a more diverse and broader world with more possibility for girls and women today than it was in 1959. 00:26:08 Melissa: So when it comes to the toy industry, who's actually using their imagination to come up with like what to make for the future? Like, is it a combination of kids and adults? Is it like who's actually imagining like right now, like in the Mattels, et cetera, you know, what's coming down the line like 10 years from now? It's going to be hot and cool. And like, how do you how do you imagine something like that? 00:26:36 Chris: Well, it's hard. I mean, I think I think it's like, you know, my crystal ball usually needs a shot of Windex so I could get a clearer sense. But it's more an art than a science, that's for sure. And it's looking at trends. It's looking at how are kids playing, how are they interacting, how are they socializing, what is fun to them, and what's going on in the culture at large. Because the toy industry always reflects the culture. 00:27:03 Chris: We're always reflecting, because kids, you know, most healthy kids, they aspire to being big. They wanna grow up and they want the things like their parents have. So back in the, you know, in the early 2000s when cell phones came out, you saw tons of preschool cell phones, right? You don't see that so much anymore because the preschoolers have a real cellphone. 00:27:25 Chris: But you see things that will allow them to feel like they are part of the culture and they are growing up into it and that they are older and perhaps more capable than they really are because that's an important imaginative tool to help in the maturation process. 00:27:41 Melissa: That's fascinating. So that's true. It was definitely a lot of like, I don't know, mommy and me things. Like you see them with like a cash register or like a Target cart, right? The plastic little one, right? Cause their parent is shopping at Target. And so I wonder because it's like, there's some habits that as a parent, like maybe we wanna shake off ourselves, but we're inadvertently doing a lot. 00:28:06 Melissa: So like the cellphone one, I'm like, oh God, yeah, mommy has a cellphone and now her child does too. And it's like, how can I stop? And it's a reinforcement, but I'm wondering, okay, so in terms of the future and in terms of toys, have you ever done or seen any sort of things where the mom was playing with the child versus the child was playing by themselves? Like any differences there? 00:28:31 Melissa: Because I would love to just kind of inspire a listener right now to consider the fact that actually getting lost in play with their child can be even more beneficial than just having your child play with a toy to the side and you're doing something completely different. 00:28:52 Chris: I think that is critically important. One of the things that we're talking to parents of Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids. And Gen Alpha was born 2010 to this year. And one of the things that parents talk about is some of the best part of their day is when they're playing with kids. And what I always suggest is that if you're playing with your kid, especially if they're a preschooler, let the child run the play and you respond. Don't tell them, oh, look at this, oh, do that. 00:29:24 Chris: And you don't have to teach, it doesn't have to teach them anything, right? It doesn't have to teach. Kids are going to learn. So really letting that child's imagination drive the experience because, you know, I think every parent has had the experience where your child comes up with something and you go where did that come from? 00:29:45 Melissa: 100%. All the time. 00:29:47 Chris: And it's because they're sponges and they're listening to their absorbing everything and then they're processing it to their childlike brains or their childish brains. So I think that letting the child do that, but being there and being in communication is really important. 00:30:02 Chris: When I was growing up and maybe when you were too, we had three different worlds. We had kid world where no adults came in and the kids were doing that. We had adult world where we weren't allowed, where the parents would do that. And then there was family world, which is dinner and vacations and being yelled at about your grades or whatever that was. 00:30:21 Chris: But those three worlds don't really seem to exist anymore. And parents and kids are much more integrated in one another's lives. I think that's an outcome of COVID. It's actually a very positive outcome from COVID. Because you as mom and dad, have fun with your kids. Come on. It's, again, back to the idea of process rather than outcome. They don't have to become an expert ball player. They don't have to become an expert thing at times. They can actually just learn and play and discover the world and share those discoveries with you. 00:30:51 Melissa: Yeah, I love that. And I think it's an opportunity for someone that has to think a lot in life and feels the stresses of life to kind of let go and just stop thinking and just going with what is. Be present. You know, be totally present. 00:31:12 Chris: Be totally present and just be open to what it is. It's trying not to, as I was saying, it doesn't have to have a definitive outcome. And the one thing I think we've lost track of, often in our culture right now, is the idea of embracing process. It's really okay to make mistakes. It's really okay to try something, as long as you get up and start again. 00:31:36 Chris: I mean, how many times have you, I was talking about, for me, I learned to ski late. And I'm a really mediocre skier. I'm enthusiastic, but I'm not good. And I had somebody who was teaching me and he said, Chris, eventually I was scared. Eventually you're gonna have to point your skis down the hill. So I did it, I fell a lot, I did that, but I was so eager to learn that I'd fall and get up again. 00:32:04 Chris: I had to learn how to get up, but that's the thing that I think is, you know, if you have an idea of where you'd like to go but embrace the process on the way there because who knows what you're going to learn and what you're going to discover. 00:32:16 Melissa: Yeah, I definitely agree with that. I think that's the key to any goal. It's just you have to really fall in love with the process as you head towards the vision the goal, you know, whatever it is that you're trying to accomplish. And I also love the fact that, you know, as with play it's like there's something that's so pure about it, you know, when left on unmanipulated. 00:32:40 Melissa: It's like as a parent, we might have this desire to like educate our kids up to wazoo with regards to like every educational toy out there and every moment with we're with them, we're teaching them another language or coding or something. But I think, you know, just being open to a little bit, you know, unstructured play and that time with your child has so many benefits. And I think, you know, Chris, the work that you're doing just stay connected to like play as just being fun and okay and positive is is really helpful. Thank you so much for the work that you've done. 00:33:18 Chris: Thanks. I mean, I really do think that it as I mentioned, joy before it really does open the door to being joyful and going, oh, wow, that's fun, you know? I mean, when was the last time you said, oh, wow, that's really fun. 00:33:31 Melissa: 100%. Yeah, for sure. Thank you so much, Chris. So where can listeners continue to learn about their favorite toys, about you, about what's up ahead in the toy industry? 00:33:42 Chris: You can come see the toyguy.com. That's probably the best way. And then on Instagram, I'm thetoyguy. So, yeah. And I post a lot of pictures from things like toy fairs and different things and things that are fun for me and that make me giggle. 00:33:58 Melissa: Thank you so much, Chris. Have an awesome one. 00:34:01 Chris: Thank you. 00:34:03 Melissa: My three takeaways for this conversation that you can absolutely take to the bank and apply in your home are, first, this idea that playing with our kids has benefits for our kids, but also for us, especially if you're a super busy mom. It helps put you in the immediate present moment. So that's a big, big perk right there. 00:34:25 Melissa: Second is this idea that it's all about the process as opposed to the final answer. And that's something that I know is hard to think about when you're constantly thinking about what's next in your life. So thinking about play as something that you're doing and it's a process instead of to put together that Lego piece might be a great shift in your thinking and could relieve you of the stress and pressure of getting things right. 00:34:54 Melissa: Second, no, actually my third point here, my third point would be that in terms of the benefits of playing, I hadn't realized how psychologically deep some of these toys touch the minds of our kids. So the simple fact that we are thinking about, you know, working out relationships when you're doing a diorama, which may have been the case for me personally or maybe you're thinking about whether or not you have skills like a superhero, which was something that Chris shared, I just never thought about how psychologically interesting playing with a toy could be. 00:35:32 Melissa: So you might want to reconsider this idea that playing with a toy is just a way to distract your child or keep them focused on something other than breaking things. There could be real psychological value and also something for you to just consider psychological opportunity when it comes to the choices behind the toys we put in front of our kids. 00:36:00 Melissa: So I hope you enjoyed this conversation. Again, this episode was brought to you by my book, Fertile Imagination. I am excited about it. It's a guide for stretching every mom's superpower for maximum impact. Your imagination is your superpower. That is why I had Chris on the show today. I encourage you to check out the show notes where you could actually purchase the book and let me know that you did. I am always available for conversation and any questions. Thank you so much and I appreciate you. And until next Tuesday.

What was your favorite toy when you were a kid? Your answer might reveal more about you than you expect, says toy historian Chris Byrne. From Matchbox cars and Barbie to Rubik's Cube and Squishmallows, he explores how playthings reflect cultural values and influence who you become as an adult.

What was your favorite toy when you were a kid? Your answer might reveal more about you than you expect, says toy historian Chris Byrne. From Matchbox cars and Barbie to Rubik's Cube and Squishmallows, he explores how playthings reflect cultural values and influence who you become as an adult.

What was your favorite toy when you were a kid? Your answer might reveal more about you than you expect, says toy historian Chris Byrne. From Matchbox cars and Barbie to Rubik's Cube and Squishmallows, he explores how playthings reflect cultural values and influence who you become as an adult.

On this MADM, The Toy Guy Chris Byrne is sharing his knowledge & experience when it comes to shopping for toys this holiday season. Sponsor: MarMac Real Estate www.marmac.us

Dr. Ingo Helbig is a pediatric neurologist in the Division of Neurology and the Director of Genomic Science at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where his area of expertise is epilepsy genetics. Tonight, Dr. Helbig is joining me on the show to discuss the signs and symptoms of epilepsy, treatment options, and the latest advancements in care. After my conversation concerning epilepsy with Dr. Ingo Helbig, I'll have The Toy Guy, Chris Byrne, to share about his top toy picks, the best sources for shopping online, & best tips for finding deals throughout the season.

Tis the season for toys and Jack talks to the toy expert, consultant, big kid and co-host of The Playground Podcast Chris Byrne about his top picks for this year's hottest toys on #LEX.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Byrne aka The Toy Guy® shares this year's hottest deals on the toys kids will want to play with!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Byrne, The Toy Guys has the best toys for this Christmas for kids and "kidults"lol!

Send me a message here with feedback or topics you'd like to see covered on upcoming episodes! Or just say hello!Adding depth to your landscape photos can prove challenging, yet can greatly improve your image if done correctly. In this episode, photographer Chris Byrne shares his advice for creating more depth in your images in the field and post-processing.Links from this episode:Chris's WebsiteChris's InstagramChris's FacebookDestination Earth Photo ToursIf you're serious about becoming better at photography, the fastest way to do so is by joining me for an in-person workshop. Check my current workshop listings here.Find FREE photography tutorials on my YouTube channel.10 Landscape Photography Tips in 10 Minutes - FREE Video

Episode 195    Presenters: Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne   Record Date:   17/04/2024      Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne    This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.    If you would like to support the podcast and you can afford it you can buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/thecampingcrew      News:    Vantastival back in 2025    Questions asked regarding Donegal camper-van site grants - Ocean FM         Listener messages, follow ups & shout-outs:     Liam sent us a festival follow up to our discussion last episode via email.    Question by email from David F about internal versus external screen covers.    Tourer asked on campsitereview.com asking for advice about the Western Greenway        Campsites or stop overs:    Liam K was on campsitereview.com reviewing Lough Key Forest Camping Park he was there in his caravan a few years ago and now as a motorhome owner he has this review.        What's on Charlie and Me this week?      Last Fridays campsite review video was from Moat Farm in Donard Co Wicklow  This Friday we revisit Lynders in Dublin to see even more changes they have made.   The following Friday is Gyles Quay Dundalk followed by an Aier in Navan called Park Beo      Camp life:     Did anyone buy a new/used camper this year? Tell us about it? What layout or features did you go for?       ---oOo---    We love getting your messages, ideas, campsite suggestions/reviews, products, news items to discuss on the podcast.    If you would like a sticker for your Motorhome, Campervan, Caravan or Car just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.     To get in touch with us:   Web:   thecampingcrew.ie  Email:   CampingCrewPodcast@gmail.com  Instagram:   @TheCampingCrewPodcast  Facebook:   All the good motorhome and camping groups       We wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron's Vlog on YouTube called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com     We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us. 

Our Market Analyst, Grady Wulff, sits down over the next 6 minutes with 6 executives who are exploring all parts of the world from uranium to a gold and silver deposit discovered in Chile recently.Watch Grady catch up with the following executives:(0:42) Neil McDonald, Managing Director - Gold Hydrogen(1:45) Rowan Johnston, Executive Chair - Kin Mining(2:28) Chris Byrne, Managing Director - Legacy Minerals(3:37) Siobhan Lancaster, Managing Director & CEO - 92 Energy(4:16) Andrew Munckton, Managing Director - Talisman Mining(4:59) Ray Shorrocks, Executive Director - Mitre Mining CorporationThese exclusive interviews are provided to experienced clients trading with Bell Direct.

This first episode for 2024 comes courtesy of Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM). Managing Director, Chris Byrne is a young geologist who is looking to make a name for himself and his company. Legacy has three highly prospective land holdings in the Lachlan Fold Belt in NSW. It's a very desirable residence for exploration and the company did very well to put its foot on these properties. It has drilling programmes planned in two places, assays pending in another and notably one of the porphyry targets is being supported and funded in part by S2 Resources. Chris is giving us an outline of why they like these targets and most importantly what they're doing to unlock the value. ---- Produced by Resource Media ---- The Hole Truth is a product of Read Corporate. Please note that Read Corporate does not provide investment advice and investors should seek personalised advice before making any investment decisions. 

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@markasher32 talks with Chris Byrne, aka, The Toy Guy @thetoyguy , Talks Great Toys  and Stephanie Gage. talks about @GiGis_Playhouse and our crosstalk @Mastering_Money #toys  #holidays #Down _Syndrome #news #stocks #annuities 

As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience. And toy companies are paying close attention. While still in its early phase, a growing number of toy marketers are embracing MESH—or mental, emotional, and social health—as a designation for toys that teach kids skills, like how to adjust to new challenges, resolve conflict, advocate for themselves, or solve problems. The acronym was first used in child development circles and by the American Camp Association 10 years ago and gained new resonance after the pandemic. Rachele Harmuth, head of ThinkFun, a division of toy company Ravensburger, and resilience expert and family physician Deborah Gilboa, formed a MESH task force earlier this year with the goal of getting manufacturers to design toys with emotional resilience in mind and to have retailers market them accordingly. “We just need to educate parents and educators just a little bit to know that we could be using their playtime a little bit intentionally,” Gilboa said. Many toys that could be considered MESH happen to already be in children's toy chests—like memory games, puppets, certain types of Legos, Pokémon trading games, and Dungeons & Dragons. But some worry the MESH approach might end up promising parents something it can't deliver. There's also a risk of companies preying on parents' anxieties about their kids' mental health. “My fear is that MESH will be used as the next marketing gimmick,” said Chris Byrne, an independent toy analyst. “It will create a culture of fear that their children are not developing socially and emotionally. And that's not really the job of the toy industry.” Dave Anderson, vice president of school and community programs and a senior psychologist in the ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute, applauded the toy industry's efforts to likewise address emotional resilience. But he said parents need to be careful about claims that companies may be making. While there's evidence that skills highlighted by the MESH taskforce can build resilience, there's no evidence that the toys themselves will, he said. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Toy industry expert Chris Byrne discusses Lego's rise to the top of the toy industry and how its focus on one core product has guided the company to success over the decades.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Byrne (last seen in Episode 125) brings his perspective as The Toy Guy to talk about an issue that's been on my mind: how the toy industry has marketed to different genders in the past, and how it's evolved in my lifetime. Chris and I look at the examples of Transformers, Barbie, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and a host of others! — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on BlueSky, Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

In today's Podcast we are returning to our series looking at The Business of Rugby.The Rugby World Cup is on the near horizon and with Ireland going in as the number one ranked team in the world, the pressure to do everything right is intense.Our Business of Rugby Podcast series and daily content is enabled through the great support of our partners Bank of Ireland, Just like they say we should Never Stop Competing and we hope that some of the words and ideas we bring to you will give you an edge in the business of sport.Today's Podcast is all about the technology, enabled by Vodafone, that is making a difference to the Irish teams preparation. Over 25 minutes or so we will hear from the IRFU Hard of Analysis and Innovation Vinny Hammond, from coaches Paul O'Connell and Simon Easterby, and from the team in the van .In the second part of this episode next week we will hear from Chris Byrne who was a performance analyst with Loughswilly GAA Club in Donegal in his spare time but who has created this new solution in his day job.First though we hear from Vodafone Network Director Sheila Kavanagh who sets the scene while buffeted by the wind and having to duck from the occasional stray ball… Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com We publish Twice daily Bulletins and Twice Weekly Podcasts including recent interviews with Ger Mitchell of PTSB, Michelle Davoren of Wilson Hartnell, David McHugh of Wasserman Ireland and many more Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts from and thanks for taking the time to listen in.

In this episode we chat to Chris Byrne, Managing Director of Legacy Minerals who are exploring for high grade gold, copper, and base metal deposits in the World Class Lachlan Fold Belt, NSW, Australia Chris and an electrical and environmental background and started his career with Anglo American in the coalfields of NSW and QLD and has been at the helm of Legacy Minerals since 2017 and gives us an overview of the company and their journey so far and what they are looking to achieve. He talks about their exciting Bauloora Project, Fontenoy Project and Black Range project and why New South Wales is the hidden gem of Australia's mining industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS The salaries of the Australian mining sector were attractive enough to compel many to join the industry back in the day. Most remained, as did Chris, whose experience has grown and flourished. Being reared in the mining industry is enough to give anyone a real sense of how systems, processes and business combine to create real growth. Legacy are focussed on fundamental stocks, and as a result are seeing great results across the board. Legacy even invests in the AI space. New South Wales produces some of the finest mining deposits in the world, including two very successful gold mines. It's a safe jurisdiction to work in, and promotes mining. BEST MOMENTS 'I haven't had a traditional exploration journey' 'This was a rapid acceleration' 'The government is not going to turn around and do anything crazy' 'We've certainly found that the work we've done has uncovered some fantastic mineral systems' VALUABLE RESOURCES   Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Chris Byrne - https://legacyminerals.com.au/team-members/christopher-byrne/ VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 ABOUT THE HOST Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace. CONTACT METHOD rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ Podcast Description Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topicsThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Chris Byrne is the CEO of Sensorpro.  In this episode, Chris talks about growing up in Ireland in a big family, interests as a child, college, starting his career in America, returning to Ireland, entrepeneurship, sea swimming, Generative AI, and so much more!

Steve and Susan discuss kid-adults and popular toys this seasonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are still some great gifts out there that you can buy in plenty of time for Christmas

Legacy Minerals Ltd (ASX:LGM) managing director Chris Byrne says a drill rig has been secured and government approvals received for its upcoming drilling campaign at the Bauloora Project in the Lachlan Fold Belt of NSW. The company's recent large-scale and systematic exploration program identified numerous drill ready targets across the project area. #ProactiveInvestors #LegacyMinerals #asx #LachlanFoldBelt #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Legacy Minerals Ltd (ASX:LGM) managing director Chris Byrne says the company has identified multiple large epithermal gold‐silver drill targets from soil sampling at Bauloora in the renowned Lachlan Fold Belt mineral district of NSW. The company recently completed 13 square kilometres of geochemical survey consisting of 2,714 soil samples across the project's newly-defined vein trends and wider known epithermal vein field. #ProactiveInvestors #LegacyMinerals #asx #LachlanFoldBelt #epithermalgold #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Chris will help you get that shopping done early, especially since Santa is busy right now.

Washington Post's Jackie Peiser on Holiday Shopping // Ted Buehner on weekend weather // Chris Byrne, The Toy Guy // Colleen O'Brien on Thanksgiving // Travis Mayfield and Colleen O'Brien on World Cup ControversiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

@markasher32 talks the latest toys with Chris Byrne @thetoyguy then @realtommymello with A1 Garage doors joins us and  our crosstalk with Steve Jurich @Mastering_Money #toys #hoildays #garage #doors #cars #retirement #annuities

Ken talks with Chris Byrne...aka, The Toy Guy, Author and Toy HistorianSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Byrne is a current MFA Film & TV Directing student at DePaul University. He typically writes/directs comedies but is interested in anything that explores the topic of vulnerability. Chris and I spoke about his film, A Creative's Path: A Collection of Lessons, and his other work, which he entered into The Experimental Film Fest. His artist statement is intriguing, so I'm excerpting it here to explain his perspective on experimental filmmaking. My original idea was to have characters speak the haikus as their dialogue, but I couldn't nail down what I wanted the film to be about. So, the idea laid dormant in my brain until I took Experimental Filmmaking 1 here at DePaul. Experimental filmmaking is not really my jam. Not that I have anything against it; I just didn't get it. So, I struggled to come up with ideas for the class, so much so that it was anxiety-inducing. That's when the lightbulb finally clicked in my head. I wanted this film to be about what I've learned about being an artist over the years. The lessons are the haikus. Some of them are funny. Some are sad. But I hope that they connect with the other artists who watch it. I know I'm not the only one who's gone through the trials of being an artist, so if I can make a film that can resonate with everyone who has, then the film has done its job. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experimentalfilmpodcast/support

This week, Erin talks with Chris Byrne, an OG skater from Delaware county, about his experience growing up as a skater in the 1980s, the creation of "The Atomic Zine" with Team Atomic, a real interview with legend Tony Hawk, and more!To learn more about the Delco Skatepark Coalition and to support its mission, go to: www.skatedelco.org

Chris Byrne is a veteran in the email space. Having run Sensorpro for over 20 years has given him some degree of insight that many haven't reached yet.  He has a calming presence and he's a joy to listen to.  So enjoy this episode and all episodes of Inboxing wherever you listen to podcasts. Inboxing is brought to you by the great folks at Ongage. Find out how ongage can help you get more from your email marketing by booking a demo at hillelberg.com/ongage.  You'll also save 10% on your first six months of service.

We're not sure what's more impressive—that Larry Kirwan originated and co-wrote the Broadway hit Paradise Square, or that his early band with Pierce Turner was banned from the notorious New York punk rock club CBGB for being “too demonic.”Larry talks of how his unusual childhood in Wexford and his need to maneuver through different points of view--Republican vs Free State, Catholicism vs Atheism, Irish vs British—laid the foundation of an artistic vision that could see the world through the prism of others.A quest for adventure brings Larry to the U.S. where he dives into the underbelly of New York, Manhattan's Lower East Side, a hard-edged, multi-cultural neighborhood where somehow he thrived. And though he didn't know it at the time, Larry had already started doing his field research for the play that became Paradise Square.But before Broadway, there was Black 47, the band he formed with Chris Byrne in 1989 that would tour the country, guest star on top TV shows, and record music for 25 years. Larry shares the origin of the band's name, his approach to songwriting, how the music came together on stage, and tales from the rock and roll road.But while he was writing music, he was writing columns, essays, memoirs, novels, and plays. One of those plays was Hard Times, set in New York's ultimate interracial melting pot, the downtown neighborhood Five Points in the run-up to the disastrous Civil War Draft Riots. A Broadway producer who saw it at the intimate Cell Theater brought it to Broadway where it is now running on a grand scale as Paradise Square.We wrap up with a look into his latest novel, Rockaway Blue, set in the aftermath of 9/11 in a world of Irish American cops and firefighters on the fringes of NYC.This fall Larry will receive the Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish American Writers & Artists. It's always a hell of a party, so we hope to see you there! LinksWikipedia: Larry KirwanParadise SquareBlack 47Rockaway BlueCeltic Crush: Website  FacebookIrish American Writers & Artists

Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) managing director Chris Byrne joins Small Caps to discuss the company's recently announced partnership with US-based artificial intelligence exploration entity Earth AI. The alliance will use Earth AI's artificial intelligence and machine learning to increase discovery opportunities across Legacy's Mulholland and Fontenoy projects in New South Wales. The projects are prospective for gold, copper, nickel, tin and zinc.Articles:https://smallcaps.com.au/legacy-minerals-partners-earth-ai-battery-metals-projects-artificial-intelligence/https://smallcaps.com.au/legacy-minerals-returns-high-grade-zinc-lead-gold-silver-mt-felstead/For more information on Legacy Minerals:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/LGM/

Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it intends to create 1,000 new jobs over the next two years at its European headquarters in Dublin, increasing its Ireland-based workforce by approximately 60%. This investment is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. In addition, to support its future growth and deepen its local community partnerships, Workday announced plans to construct its new European headquarters at Grangegorman, Dublin 7. The news was shared at an event at Workday's European Headquarters that was attended by Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland, and Workday Co-CEO Chano Fernandez, Executive Vice President, Product and Technology, Sayan Chakraborty and Senior Vice President, Chris Byrne. As part of its growth in the region, Workday will be hiring in roles across product development, engineering and data science, sales, services and user experience. Workday's Dublin team has played a central role in the company's global product development and innovation efforts since the company first opened its office in Ireland in 2008. Workday currently employs more than 1,700 people in Dublin, helping support the organisation's more than 9,500 customers worldwide. Workday's new European headquarters situated at Grangegorman will be a highly-sustainable 550,000 square foot campus across approximately four acres in a Strategic Development Zone, adjacent to Technological University Dublin. The company has agreed to purchase the site from the Health Service Executive (HSE). The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) is the state developer for the Grangegorman site. As design planning for the new European headquarters begins, Workday will become the anchor tenant of the Dockline Building in Dublin 1, helping augment its existing headquarters at Kings Building. In addition to having excellent transport links and facilities, the 80,000 square foot Dockline Building has approximately 200 bicycle spaces and is BER A3 energy rated. “Today's announcement of 1,000 new jobs by Workday is a very significant endorsement of Ireland as a place to do business and in our reputation as a leading tech hub in Europe. It is a vote of confidence in the skills and talent of our workforce and in our continued attractiveness to leading global companies. I also welcome the company's decision to construct its new European headquarters at Grangegorman in Dublin,” said Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD. “I was thrilled to join the Taoiseach in Dublin today to announce our continued investment in our workforce and workplace in Ireland. Our presence in Dublin, and the incredible talent we've been able to hire here, have been critical components of our innovation and customer service efforts – both core values at Workday. We see great opportunity ahead as we help some of the world's largest organisations with their digital transformation efforts, including how they adapt to change, plan for the future, and support their employees in the changing world of work,” said Chano Fernandez, Co-CEO, Workday. “This is an incredible expansion from Workday, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next two years. Choosing Grangegorman for its new European HQ is a real vote of confidence in Dublin and this new quarter of our capital city. I'd like to thank the team for their commitment to Ireland and wish them the very best of luck with this remarkable growth,” said Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Leo Varadkar TD. “Our culture was built on great people because employees are our number one core value at Workday. Our planned new Grangegorman headquarters will provide us with a contemporary and thoughtful workplace to deliver even greater employee experiences and drive customer initiatives. As importantly, we will be able to engage more deeply in our local educational and community programmes, including our STEM partnership with Technological Unive...

Chris Byrne is a toy enthusiast and historian. He operates a blog called The Toy Guy and a podcast called The Playground Podcast. Noting how children use play and imagination to form how they see the world, Chris has some great insights into the roles that toys hold in our lives- both when we're young and when we're old. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Chris and I look at how toys have shifted in the eyes of our larger culture. The two of us look into the rise of the adult toy collector, and the weird ways the industry has settled in the wake of Toys R Us closing its doors.

Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) managing director Chris Byrne joins Small Caps to discuss the company's initial success during maiden drilling at the Mt Felstead prospect, within the Bauloora project in NSW's Lachlan Fold Belt. Base-metal sulphide mineralisation has been visually logged in the first three holes completed at the prospect, with Mr Byrne anticipating they may return high zinc and lead values along with copper, silver and gold. Legacy has pegged up strategic ground in the Lachlan Fold Belt with five projects prospective for significant discovery opportunities.Article:https://smallcaps.com.au/legacy-minerals-intersects-semi-massive-sulphides-historic-bauloora-project/For more information on Legacy Minerals:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/LGM/

In this episode, movement educator Kirsten Adler chats with yoga and mindfulness teacher Chris Byrne about meditation. They discuss:  Some common misconceptions about meditation The benefits of mindfulness practices How to begin a meditation practice Connect with Chris Byrne http://mettamoves.me/ IG: @cbyogame & @mettamovesme Connect with Kirsten https://exploremovement.com  IG: @exploremovement Episode Show Page Did you enjoy the episode? You can support us by subscribing to the podcast, leaving us a rating and review on Apple podcasts, or sharing this episode with your friends or on social media.

Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) managing director Christopher Byrne joins Small Caps to discuss exploration strategy in the Lachlan Fold Belt where it is focused on the historic Harden gold mine. Harden was the largest producing gold mine in the region and Legacy is the first company to drill there in over 100 years. The company has $5 million in cash and multiple drill ready targets across its projects in the region.Articles: https://smallcaps.com.au/re-assays-significantly-upgrade-harden-gold-results-legacy-minerals/https://smallcaps.com.au/legacy-minerals-adds-nickel-tin-portfolio-nsw-project-acquisition/More company information:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/LGM/

Ron finds many egotistical examples during the Holidays, from decorations to greeting cards... Chris Byrne is The Toy Guy and has a list of the hottest toys

Cue that classic Norman Monty guitar riff it's a brand new podcast dedicated to the movies of James Bond 007. With the 24th Bond film Spectre just round the corner now is not better time to get excited the world most famous secret agent. Hosted by Rebecca Andrews, she is joined by Dave Bond (no relation) and Chris Byrne, this first episode we just chat about the Bond films in general before we focus on each film individually. We talk about favourite Bond actors, films and gunbarrel's. You can follow us on twitter by clicking on our names above and why not give us some feed back by emailing expectustotalk@gmail.com

The Road The Stage continues this week with none other than Canadian country rock group The Road Hammers! Jason McCoy, Chris Byrne and Clayton Bellamy are here to inform us all that The Boys Are Back At It, and they've got a brand new collaborative beer with Sawback Brewing Co. for Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels to try out. Plus, find out exactly what Patrick's “country phase” consisted of. The Road The Stage encourages you to listen where you listen, and watch where you watch - provided it's the Bo's Bar & Stage YouTube Channel.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne . This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views. . You can now support us and get hold of some of our goodies at the same time, just go to TheCampingCrew.ie to see what's available. . Or alternatively if you can afford it you can buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/thecampingcrew . . News: Campervan and motor home parking sites need to be established around Kerry . . Follow-ups & shout-outs: Oops email in from Adrian . Follow up email from Tony about our interview last week . . Campsites or stop overs: Mr Blue left this review on campsitereview.com regarding Camping Sitges Barceloana . Where will Charlie and Me be this week? Carrowkeel in Castlebar listen out for the price mentioned in this video review you might miss it !!!! . . Tips & Camping hacks: Adjustable curtain or shower tension rods to keep things from falling out of presses of fridge when you open them. . . Products: Kelly Kettles . . Camp life: Cork city gardaí reveal two people were stung for €30k in online frauds . . . ---oOo--- If you would like a sticker for your Motorhome, Campervan, Caravan or Car just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you. . To get in touch with us: Email: CampingCrewPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCampingCrew Instagram: @TheCampingCrewPodcast Facebook: All the good motorhome and camping groups Forum: MotorhomeCraic.com . . We love getting your messages, ideas, campsite suggestions/reviews, products, news items to discuss on the podcast. . We wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron's Vlog on YouTube called: Charlie and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com . We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Jason McCoy may be one of Canada's most versatile Country Music Artists. With his solo career, he was named Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, has 3 SOCAN Song of the Year awards, 19 CCMA nominations and 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He was also awarded the Global Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville. In 2004 he formed The Road Hammers. A country rock group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. The trio's music is influenced by 1960s and 1970s trucker music and Southern rock. Their first self-titled album was recognized with a Juno Award in 2006, along with numerous Canadian Country Music Association awards KEY FACTS ABOUT THE ROAD HAMMERS Highest selling Canadian country band in history Nearly 8 million YouTube views to date JUNO Award win for Country Recording of the Year (The Road Hammers) JUNO Award nomination for Country Recording of the Year (Wheels -2015) The Road Hammers self-titled album certified Platinum Single “Mud” certified Gold, in Canada 2005 & 2006 CCMA Group or Duo of the Year Five Top 10 & Nine Top 20 radio hits in Canada www.jasonmccoy.com www.theroadhammers.com

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne. This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views. News: David fox was in touch asking about CVRT updates Follow-ups & shout-outs: Adrian emailed us on Monday with a request for stickers Thanks Darren Gallagher for tweeting the photo and comment "We're all dressed up, but nowhere to go" Thanks to Tony S for his email We received an email this week from Michael Hickey about Caravan Weights We put a shout out over the weekend for positive 5 star reviews on Apple podcasts. Here are some examples: In the last episode we spoke about setting up a Ko-Fi page, thanks to Peter Cody for the suggestion. This is up and running now. Listen at the end of the podcast if you wish to support us. Tips: A big thank you to Charles Coughlan for sharing how he listens to the podcast on his Google nest mini E-mail in from again from David Fox about the www.motor-roam.co.uk website Campinghacks: Get extra insulation in your camper or tent by using insulated silver rolls, the ones with the bubble membrane. In ScrewFix it's called ThermaWrap. Products: Ronan asked us a few weeks ago for some advice or solutions on traveling with motorbikes, I put a shout out to the gang at MotorhomeCraic.Com for advice. Camp life: For our UK listeners The Caravan & Motorhome club in the UK will commence opening their 200 plus sites under the following conditions... ---oOo--- If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you. We wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron's Vlog on YouTube called: Charlie and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com We also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which is @TheCampingCrew and our email address CampingCrewPodcast@gmail.com and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the podcast. We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Protests Play Out Worldwide (0:30)Guest: Quinn Mecham, Professor of Political Science, BYUThere's more going on in the world than the impeachment of President Trump. So let's shift our attention beyond US borders for a few minutes. How Families Can Help Grandmothers Step into their Role (21:14)Guest: Kathleen Stassen Berger, Senior Professor of Psychology, Bronx Community College, City College of New York, Author of “Grandmothering: Building Strong Ties with Every Generation”The holidays are peak grandmother season if you're lucky enough to have one or be one. Mine weren't the traditional cookie-baking type. But my Grandma Jan always sent a crisp $20 in the mail for each of us grandkids at Christmas and boy did we look forward to that! My Grandma Lola would send me a book from her personal collection that she thought I'd like. She was always right. We need grandmas today more than ever, says developmental psychologist Kathleen Stassen Berger. But society keeps trying to sideline them. All-Terrain Wheelchair Fit for Hiking (37:59)Guest: Adam Beesley, Founder of Extreme Motus, and Christine Durst, Mother Whose Son Uses an Off-Terrain Wheelchair Outdoor lovers from all over the world descend on Utah every year to view the natural wonder known as Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.  But to see it, you have to hike in. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the trails. Up until now, that's meant Sam Durst, who is 36 and has cerebral palsy, had to wait in the parking lot when his outdoor-loving family made the hike. But recently, they discovered a wheelchair that made the hike possible and for the first time, were all able to enjoy the spectacular arch, up close, together. The Enduring Appeal of Mister Rogers (50:37)Guest: Aisha White, PhD, Director of the Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education, Office of Child Development, University of PittsburghMr. Rogers –and any movie about him –feels like a soothing balm in these turbulent times, doesn't it?I loved the documentary about him last year. There's a lot of Mr. Rogers warm-fuzziness going on in Pittsburgh right now with this latest film. That's where Fred Rogers lived. He filmed all 30-plus years of his show lived at WQED Studio just blocks from the University of Pittsburgh where one of his main mentors in child development was a professor. Over the years, lots of Pitt students and faculty worked with Mr. Rogers on his program, including Aisha White.  2019's Hottest Toys with The Toy Guy (1:06:33)Guest: Chris Byrne, toy industry consultant and creator of The Toy GuyJust in case Santa needs a little help, we've got Chris Byrne, aka The Toy Guy, on the line with some hints. Byrne has been marketing toys and analyzing the industry for decades. He was part of the original team that made Pictionary a hit. Mister Rogers and Movies About Kindness (1:20:24)Guest: Kirsten Hawkes, ParentPreviews.comThis is Top of Mind and it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Tom Hanks plays Fred Rogers in the new film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Kirsten Hawkes of Parent Previews.com is on the line with some thoughts about this and other movies about kindness.