The Worldbuilding Workshop: Companion Podcast
1) EPISODE 14: CATALOGING PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS
Episode 14: Cataloging People, Places, and Things | 24 February 2026 Stephen and Trent hop, skip, and jump through the creation of wiki entries for complex, coherent, and convincing worlds as describ...Show More
2) EPISODE 13: CONSTRUCTING THE WORLD NARRATIVE
Episode 13: Constructing the World Narrative | 17 February 2026 Stephen and Trent meditate on metanarrative leads and apply their characteristically zen thinking to The Worldbuilding Workshop’s eleve...Show More
3) EPISODE 12: WIKIPEDIA AS A MODEL FOR WORLDBUILDING
Episode 12: Wikipedia as a Model for Worldbuilding | 10 February 2026 Stephen and Trent sing Wikipedia’s praises (and dread the death of truth) in an impassioned discussion about The Worldbuilding Wo...Show More
4) EPISODE 11: CLASS PREPARATIONS
Episode 11: Class Preparations | 3 February 2026 Stephen playfully ponders Trent’s project planning pop-quiz as the pair probes Chapter 9 of The Worldbuilding Workshop, “Class Preparations,” includin...Show More
5) EPISODE 10: EXAMINING LIFE-WORLDS THROUGH DEMOGRAPHICS
Episode 10: Examining Life-Worlds Through Demographics | 27 January 2026 In what Trent and Stephen have dubbed their “most (potentially) polarizing episode yet,” the two discuss Chapter 8 of The Worl...Show More
6) EPISODE 09: STRUCTURES AND SUBSTRUCTURES
Episode 09: Structures and Substructures | 20 January 2026 Trent and Stephen break down Chapter 7 of The Worldbuilding Workshop, “Structures and Substructures,” including: Origins and function of th...Show More
7) EPISODE 08: WORLDS IN SPACE AND TIME
Episode 08: Worlds in Space and Time | 12 January 2026 Trent and Stephen contemplate Chapter 6 of The Worldbuilding Workshop, “Worlds in Space and Time,” including: Star Wars, Tolkien's Middle-Earth...Show More
8) EPISODE 07: GAMEFULNESS, PLAYFULNESS, AND FUN
Episode 07: Gamefulness, Playfulness, and Fun | 5 January 2026 Trent and Stephen reveal The Worldbuilding Workshop’s secret cut chapter titled “Gamefulness, Playfulness, and Fun,” including: The co-...Show More
9) EPISODE 06: ASSESSMENT
Episode 06: Assessment | 30 December 2025 Trent and Stephen expand on The Worldbuilding Workshop’s fifth chapter, “Assessment,” including: The similarities and differences between alphanumeric and s...Show More
10) EPISODE 05: COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY
Episode 05: Collaboration and Community | 23 December 2025 Trent and Stephen dig into The Worldbuilding Workshop’s fourth chapter, “Collaboration and Community,” including: Similarities and differen...Show More