Worldbuilding for Masochists

Episode 5: People in a Petri Dish

This week we're talking big questions about people, culture, population, and technology! Let's make some civilizations!

Read the transcript here!

Episode 4: Civilization and You! (with guest star Fonda Lee!)

This week we are joined by the amazing author Fonda Lee to talk about the basics of creating civilizations for your fantasy world! 

Read the transcript here!

Check out the map here! 

Episode 3: As Narrated by David Attenborough

We're talking about building flora and fauna for the world! Come get some biomes!

Transcript available here.

Episode 2: Terra Firma and the Firmament

On today's episode, we're talking about drawing maps and creating solar systems, and we begin to build our very own world from the... ahem... ground up. ;)

 

[Note, November 2022: The links mentioned in this podcast are, alas! lost to the vagaries of time. We apologize for any inconvenience.]

Episode 1: Playing God In Your Spare Time

Welcome to the premiere of Worldbuilding for Masochists, a new podcast that is exactly what it says on the tin! Today we try valiantly to answer the question, "Gosh... when it comes to worldbuilding, where do you even start?"

 

Transcription: 
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Huge thanks to our scribal team!