Worlds Beyond Worlds

Ryan Kirk on Building a Fantasy Career, Writing Consistency, and Supporting Authors Host Patrick J, D'Silva introduces a Worlds Beyond Worlds interview with Twin Cities science fiction and fantasy author Ryan Kirk, noting mid-episode audio issues on Patrick’s track while Ryan remains clear. Ryan recounts stumbling into novel-writing through National Novel Writing Month, finishing a first “trash” d...

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Worlds Beyond Worlds Ep. 3: Gaming, Coloniality, and Critiquing Our Darlings In this episode of Worlds Beyond Worlds, host Patrick J. D'Silva talks with former DU students James, Andrew, and Zane about his Spring 2025 course on race, religion, and science fiction, with a special emphasis on gaming. James, now an adjunct at Regis University, describes adapting the course’s discussion-and-reflection...

Afrofuturism, Autonomy, and Utopia: Robert Munson and Kirsten Dahlquist on Wakanda and Earthseed Patrick J. D'Silva hosts Worlds Beyond Worlds and continues conversations with former students from his Race, Religion, and Science Fiction course, joined by DU/Iliff doctoral students Kirsten Dahlquist and Robert Munson, whose creative finals engaged Afrofuturism. They discuss why they took the course...

Mushroom Short Stories, Nonlinear Thinking, and De-Centering Our Selves: Former Students Reflect on Race, Religion, and Science Fiction Patrick J. D'Silva introduces the Worlds Beyond Worlds podcast with the first of three conversations with former students from his course “Race, Religion, and Science Fiction,” focused on both the course’s themes and what it felt like to have autonomy in learning....

Patrick J. D’Silva (Worlds Beyond Worlds/WBW) and Josh Perez (Sweet & Condensed) discuss what motivated Patrick’s course on race, religion, and science fiction and how it evolved from an upper-level “Religion and Science Fiction” class into a special-topics course explicitly centered on race. Patrick describes key themes—defining the human, encountering the other, and how race, gender, sexuality,...