Trent Hergenrader & Stephen Slota

The Worldbuilding Workshop: Companion Podcast

Education EN ↓ 35 episodes

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 their thinking about each chapter's contents; describes ideas that were left on the cutting room floor; and explores how the worldbuilding framework can fit all kinds of teaching and learning environments.

Author

Trent Hergenrader & Stephen Slota

Episodes

EPISODE 09: STRUCTURES AND SUBSTRUCTURES 20.01.2026 1:15:32

EPISODE 08: WORLDS IN SPACE AND TIME 13.01.2026 1:15:21

EPISODE 07: GAMEFULNESS, PLAYFULNESS, AND FUN 06.01.2026 1:05:41

EPISODE 06: ASSESSMENT 30.12.2025 1:06:06

EPISODE 05: COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY 23.12.2025 1:03:55

EPISODE 04: THEORY TO PRACTICE 16.12.2025 1:07:42

[BONUS] FUELING CREATIVITY: WORLDBUILDING IN EDUCATION 09.12.2025 50:45

EPISODE 03: ROAD TO CONTEMPORARY LEARNING THEORY 09.12.2025 1:01:52

EPISODE 02: AROUND THE WORLD IN 300 PAGES 02.12.2025 1:10:11

EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE 02.12.2025 1:04:17

Episode 01: Prologue | 2 December 2025 Trent and Stephen introduce the podcast, their goals, and themselves. The duo then deconstructs the book’s Prologue, including: how they fell into academia and, specifically, the playful learning community; how they met one another through the Games + Learning + Society Conference; and their perspectives on the playful learning community’s evolution since 201...