HeyJaredThe Worldbuilding Workshop: Companion Podcast
The official companion podcast for The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play, hosted by co-authors Trent Hergenrader and Stephen Slota.The duo conducts a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book; outlines…
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EPISODE 43: A LAND ONCE MAGIC WITH ELLIOT DAVIS AND VIDITYA VOLETI (opens the original)
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Episode References: Voleti, V. (2026). A land once magic [Tabletop game]. moreblueberries. https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-magic Luketic, R. (Director). (2001). Legally blonde [Film]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. del Toro, G. (Director). (2004). Hellboy [Film]. Columbia Pictures; Revolution Studios. Voleti, V. (2019). Space between stars [Tabletop game]. itch.io. https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/space-between-stars Wizards of the Coast. (2014). Dungeons & dragons player’s handbook (5th ed.) [Tabl
EPISODE 42: DECONSTRUCTING MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY WITH ANDREA KELLEY (opens the original)
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Episode References: Jenkins, T. M. (2020). Doctors’ orders: The making of status hierarchies in an elite profession . Columbia University Press. Collins, S. (2014). The hunger games trilogy . Scholastic. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2022). Measuring sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation . The National Academies Press. Peterson, C. L. & Walker, C. (2023). The role of social sciences in epilepsy. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of social sciences and global
EPISODE 41: (RE)DESIGNING ONLINE EDUCATION WITH MICHAEL YOUNG (opens the original)
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Episode References: Tolkien, J. R. R. (1977). The Silmarillion (C. Tolkien, Ed.). Houghton Mifflin. Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954–1955). The lord of the rings . George Allen & Unwin. Miller, T. (Host). (2026, August 20). David Wallace-Wells: The Politics of AI are shifting in real time [Audio podcast episode]. The Bulwark Daily . The Bulwark. Wallace-Wells, D. (2026, August 13). The only way to keep the world safe from A.I. The New York Times . https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opinion/ai-safety-regu
EPISODE 40: INDIGENOUS FUTURISM WITH WENDI SIERRA (opens the original)
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Episode References: Sierra, W. (2020). A strong fire . [Video game]. Second Avenue Learning. Wolf, M. J. P. (2012). Building imaginary worlds: The theory and history of subcreation . Routledge. Hergenrader, T. (2018). Collaborative worldbuilding for writers and gamers . Bloomsbury Academic. Sierra, W. (2020). Todd Howard: Worldbuilding in Tamriel and beyond (Influential video game designers) . Bloomsbury Academic. Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954-1955). The Lord of the Rings . Allen & Unwin. Rowling, J.
EPISODE 39: MATERIALITY MATTERS (opens the original)
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Episode References: Melville, H. (1851). Moby Dick . Harper & Brothers. (Original work published as The Whale via Richard Bentley, 1851) Miyamoto, S. (1985). Super Mario Bros. [Video game]. Nintendo. McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media: The extensions of man . McGraw-Hill. Landymore, F. (2026, July 25). AI companies are buying antique books, ingesting their contents to train models, and then destroying them at incredible scale, even if almost no copies remain. Futurism . https://futurism.com
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