Worldbuilders Weekly brings you interviews with authors, artists, designers and more from the sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming community. Every episode also includes the latest news from Patrick Rothfuss' geek-powered charity: treasures from the Worldbuilders Market, trivia, nerdy tangents, and plenty of geeks-doing-good stories thanks to your incredible support! Worldbuilders works to create sustainable change for the better throughout the world in partnership with other charities and through our own initiatives.
Helen Maringer from Shire Post Mint takes us behind the scenes for how they make coins based on American Gods, Game of Thrones, the Stormlight Archive, and of course Pat Rothfuss' Kingkiller world.
9 Jul 2021
John Gwynne, author of Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne talked about Norse mythology, reenactment, worldbuilding, and family.
29 Jun 2021
Jesper & Autumn from AmWritingFantasy
Jesper & Autumn from the AmWritingFantasy podcast talked about their course on world building, the importance of a good map, and using cover art to bring readers in.
11 Jun 2021
Martha Wells & Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells talks about her Nebula-award-winning new Murderbot book "Fugitive Telemetry", how Covid impacted writing/publishing/fan interaction, the role perspective plays in telling a story, and the positive power of fandom.
28 May 2021
C. L. Clark, Author of "The Unbroken"
Called "A perfect military fantasy: brutal, complex, human and impossible to put down," C.L. Clark's debut novel is an amazing combination of intrigue, action, and social issues in a fantasy setting both familiar and surprising. Cherae talks about the process of writing this book, how fight scenes are plotted out and why anti-colonialism and P-90X are both important!
14 May 2021
S.B. Divya, Author of Machinehood
What does the future of personal privacy, connection, personhood, and work mean as technology changes? S.B. Divya touches all of that in her new book "Machinehood", and in this podcast she talks with Worldbuilders about the process of writing it during a pandemic and why it was an important story for her to tell.
30 Apr 2021
Jackie Finch of Heifer International
Worldbuilders Weekly is joined by Jackie Finch of Heifer International, which has received more than $10 million from the Worldbuilders community since 2008. She talks about these nonprofits are changing the world through coffee, fair employment, wages, and more.
16 Apr 2021
Spooling Up Your Hope Engines with S.B. Divya, Nghi Vo, Nandi Taylor, and Vida Cruz
Progress, change, science fiction, and self-care: last year authors S.B. Divya, Nghi Vo, Nandi Taylor, and Vida Cruz talked about all of this and more as part of our "Something to Look Forward to" fundraiser. They called it "Spooling Up Your Hope Engines," and it was just the kind of resilient battle cry we needed from these amazing creators.
2 Apr 2021
Evan Winter, Author of Rage of Dragons, On Worldbuilders Weekly!
Evan Winters' debut novel "Rage of Dragons" has been called 'A captivating epic fantasy from a major new talent' and amazingly was voted ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME. In this episode he talks with Worldbuilders about the writing process, inspiration, and his amazingly interesting life!
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