Professor Game Podcast
Professor Game is a weekly podcast where we interview gurus, experts and successful practitioners of games, gamification and game thinking that will bring us the best of their experiences to get ideas, insights and inspiration to make experiences meaningful.
Episodes
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...
If you feel like your inner explorer’s been benched for too long... you’re not alone. We’re rebuilding new learning quests inside a Skool group. Might be your next side quest. 🎯 professorgame.com/freecommunity-web
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...
Get access to over $1,000 worth of retention and gamification strategies, templates, and live sessions—for free.
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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.
Join us for free: 🏡 professorgame.com/freecommunity-web
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...
🚀 Want your community buzzing and bringing in more revenue? Snag my free mini course with 3 killer gamification hacks: professorgame.com/freebie-3-gamification-hacks
“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...
Want help creating online revenue—without needing like a thousand different tools?
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Tired of juggling tools to run your online business? We break down why Skool is a game-changing platform for building and scaling onl...
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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...
Click the link below to book a quick 10–15 minute chat with me.
No sales, no pressure—just ideas and clarity on how to engage your community and grow revenue.
🗓 professorgame.com/discoverycall
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
🚀 Want your community buzzing and bringing in more revenue? Snag my free mini course with 3 killer gamification hacks: professorgame.com/freebie-3-gamification-hacks
What happens when role-playing games become a leadership development tool?
In this episode we interview Joe, founder of
🔥 Losing users? Get free, expert-backed resources to boost retention with gamification: professorgame.com/freecommunity-web
What happens when a teacher turns history into a simulation?
We interview Swedish educator Anders Kjellberg, who co-created The Great Gambit, a role-playing simulation designed to help students u...
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How do you gamify learning without losing the learning?
We talk with Bram about designing Minecraft-powered learning experiences that actually work. From working with NASA to teaching democracy th...
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