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The R&D phase of the Joyful Institute for Adequate Studies (JIAS) is supported by Creative Scotland's Go See Share fund, which enabled JIAS founder Anthea Moys to travel to Denmark to participate in CounterPlay 2026  — an international festival of play — and to interview nine practitioners whose conversations form this podcast series. The podcast series was produced with support from Altered Lens (Johannesburg, South Africa) and the Really Terrible Orchestra (Edinburgh), whose rehearsals open and close every episode. This website was designed by Francis Burger (Johannesburg, South Africa).

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Episode 3. Kevin Davidson — What If the Points Don't Mean What We Think They Mean?


Ep.3. Kevin Davidson — What If the Points Don't Mean What We Think They Mean?

Read the TranscriptKevin Davidson was in a room when someone mentioned their day rate as a GP locum. £800 a day. He felt the drop. That involuntary recalculation. That "oh, I don't earn very much, then."

He told me this without drama. He's probably been underpaid for most of his career. He's also, genuinely, mostly fine with that.

Kevin never calls what he does play. He calls it a quiz that ends up as a game show. A Ceilidh. An interactive focus group. The artistry is in the setup, not in the announcement. You come in through the side door, and by the time people notice, they're already playing.

Somewhere in the middle of our conversation, we started building something together: a game about the money conversation. About how to read a room, know your walk-away point, ask for what you actually need. We didn't finish it. It's still half-formed.

We're calling it the Money Game. Come help us make it.
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