From the Vault: Pretend Play, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Life Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of pretend play in childhood development and human consciousness. (originally published 1/7/2025)

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.2	Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
0:12.6	My name is Robert Lamb.
0:14.7	Today is Saturday.
0:15.8	So we have a vault episode for you.
0:17.3	This one originally published 1-7-2020-5.
0:19.9	It is Pretend Play Part 1, the first in a
0:22.9	multi-part series about the importance of pretend play for human beings.
0:30.6	Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:40.0	Hey, welcome to Stuff to blow your mind.
0:42.3	My name is Robert Lamb.
0:43.7	And I am Joe McCormick, and today we're going to begin a series of episodes looking
0:48.5	at the topic of pretend play.
0:52.0	And yes, folks, this is one of my baby looked at you topics. I inspired directly by
0:56.8	watching my currently two-year-old daughter's wonderful and frightening brain become ever more
1:03.5	powerful day by day. Lately, she has been all about pretending. Sometimes it is pretending to be things.
1:12.0	Rob, I can't remember if I told you about the Christmas elf.
1:14.5	Do you know the Christmas elf?
1:15.7	Do I know the Christmas elf?
1:17.9	Well, there are many elves.
1:20.1	This is different than the one on the shelf.
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