Professor Game Podcast
#1 Gamification Podcast | Insights and Real-World Strategies to Boost Engagement, Loyalty & Retention. Professor Game helps innovators, product leaders, and educators use gamification and game thinking to create engagement that lasts. 🎙️ Hosted by Rob Alvarez — TEDx Speaker, consultant, and host of the #1 Gamification Podcast — each week brings you practical insights, case studies, and frameworks from 400+ global experts and proven real-world examples. Expect interviews with top practitioners in gamification, game design, and behavioral strategy, plus solo episodes where Rob breaks down practical frameworks you can apply in your team, classroom, or product. Join the movement to make engagement, motivation, and loyalty truly meaningful — with stories and strategies that transform the way people learn, work, and play. 💡 Listen. Learn. Apply Play to Your Strategy.
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No, there was no epic showdown, just a powerful new alliance. Rob joins The Octalysis Group and reveals how this new chapter amplifies his mission to make gamification practical, ethical, and impactful. Plus, what stays the same on Professor Game.
Rob Alvarez is Head of Engagement Strategy, Europe at The Octalysis Group (TOG), a leading gamification...
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What if your game character could earn you royalties? Jaime Schwarz unpacks co-creation, interactive media, and why the next frontie...
Build a thriving, monetized community—without chasing members or cranking out content 24/7.
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Build a thriving, monetized community—without chasing members or cranking out content 24/7.
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Vice President at Unity and author of The Career Game Loop, Jessica Lindl shares how game-based strategies build better communities, improve retention, and drive real impact.
Jessica Lindl is the Vice President...
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Think ads are the only way to grow your community? Think again. Rob reveals how he grew his community to 140+ members with $0 in ad spend—using three powerful, game-inspired strateg...
👉 Build a thriving, playful community—without chasing members or creating endless content.
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Magic in the Mundane: Sarah Iverson on Gamifying Wellness
Discover how Sarah Iverson transforms personal growth into playful adventures thro...
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Want your content to actually get seen? I paid five growth experts to reverse-engineer how to grow a community—without spending a cent on ads. In this episode, I reveals the three biggest levers.
Rob is a host and consultant at Professor Game as well as an expert, international speaker and advocate for the use of gamification and g...
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Can games teach students to navigate politics and power? Kerry Flanagan-Owen from the Bill of Rights Institute says YES—and she’s showing us how playful learning is transforming civics education in classrooms across the U.S.
Kerry Flanagan-Owen is the Senior Manager of Learning Design at the Bill of Rights Institute, where sh...
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Education wasn’t built to empower—it was built to control. In this episode, Rob Alvarez breaks down how education evolved into a grind loop and how we can flip the system using gamification. If ...
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Forget trust falls and awkward icebreakers. Alex Suchman is redefining the workplace with intentional play. Tune in to find out how one game changed a manager’s mindset—and why play may be the missing ingr...
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What happens when a powerful game opens Pandora’s box? Elisa Navarro Chinchilla shares the highs, lows, and serious challenges of designing games for real-world impact—...
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No sales, no pressure—just ideas and clarity on how to engage your community and grow revenue.
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What do sticky communities and addictive games have in common? We break down two powerful design moves to build a community you...
Build a thriving, loyal community—without chasing members or cranking out content 24/7.
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Crushing churn in the classroom? It starts with embracing AI. Rob Alvarez is joined by Dr. Matt Metzger to explore how AI can revamp higher education—boosting motivation, reten...
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“Sometimes your idea isn’t broken — it’s just not ready yet.” In this immersive episode, Dain joins Rob to explore how interactive storytelling can drive ...
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What if your life was a game—and you had the playbook to win? In this episode, gamification expert Yu-kai Chou returns to share his new framework, 10K HP (10,000 Hours of Play), and how aligning your purpo...
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What can a 40-year-old machine teach us about loyalty, engagement, and creative freedom? In this episode, Jesper Juul returns to the Professor Game Podcast to talk about his new book Too Much Fun, diving deep into the legacy of the Commodore 64.
F...
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No sales, no pressure—just ideas and clarity on how to engage your community and grow revenue.
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Strategy Meets AI
Game design + AI = game changer...
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Why are your members disappearing—even when you’re doing everything “right”?
Rob breaks down the
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