Worldbuilding for Masochists
worldbuildingformasochists
4.7from 535 ratings
- 192
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 535
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Worldbuilding for Masochists
A podcast by three fantasy authors who love to overcomplicate their writing lives and want to help you do the same.
- Publisher
- worldbuildingformasochists
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 26 Jun 2019
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 192 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 190: Live from Anaheim!
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 189: Building Better Governments
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 188: Building Better Infrastructure
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Episode 190: Live from Anaheim!
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Or just start furiously texting each other like, did you see what this idiot said? To like, no, we don't have to engage this time. We don't. And you have a great term for that, Cass. Oh, yes. I call it the straw dragon argument when people are arguing with a thing that fantasy does even though they can't then actually point to an example of published fantasy doing it. No actual published book has this happen. And a lot of times what I think they do mean is that they see this in you know, writing workshops or in fanfic or something like that, which is not to denigrate any of that because those are wonderful learning spaces and lots of great stuff comes out of them. […]
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- Jesse Aragon
- John Wiswell
- Gabriella Buba
- Shannon Chakraborty
- Elizabeth Bear
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 61 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 474 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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