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The Worldbuilder's Tavern
The Worldbuilder's Tavern
62 episodes
3 months ago
At The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast, we like to kick back with a drink and chat about the storytelling in science fiction and fantasy books, movies, and TV shows. Your hosts are three nerds—writer Emma Maione, editor Allison Alexander, and academic Christiana Jones—who love breaking down tropes, examining plot, and questioning the status quo. If you write novels or just enjoy discussions about worldbuilding, you're in the right place.
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At The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast, we like to kick back with a drink and chat about the storytelling in science fiction and fantasy books, movies, and TV shows. Your hosts are three nerds—writer Emma Maione, editor Allison Alexander, and academic Christiana Jones—who love breaking down tropes, examining plot, and questioning the status quo. If you write novels or just enjoy discussions about worldbuilding, you're in the right place.
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The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.22 Post-Apocalyptic: The Last of Us

In this episode, we're talking about writing and worldbuilding in the post-apocalyptic with zombies TV show (based on the video game series of the same name), The Last of Us.

  • Proprietor's Pick: The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
  • Intro and outro music: "The Tavern" by Michael Ghelfi
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3 months ago
44 minutes 46 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.21 Paranormal Romance: Twilight

In this episode, we're talking about writing and worldbuilding in the paranormal romance novel Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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4 months ago
54 minutes 52 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.20 Children's Fantasy: How to Train Your Dragon

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the children's fantasy (with vikings) movie How to Train Your Dragon.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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4 months ago
40 minutes 11 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.19 Urban Fantasy: Jade City

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the urban fantasy novel Jade City by Fonda Lee. (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)

  • Proprietor's Pick: The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
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5 months ago
44 minutes 54 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.18 Children's Sci-Fi: Animorphs

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the sci-fi alien invasion series Animorphs by K.A. Applegate.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Ice Wolves by Amie Kaufman (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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5 months ago
48 minutes 4 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.17 Fantasy Heist: The Lies of Locke Lamora

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the fantasy novel The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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6 months ago
46 minutes 15 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.16 Gothic Romance: Crimson Peak

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the gothic romance movie Crimson Peak.

  • Proprietor's Pick: The Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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6 months ago
39 minutes 51 seconds

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3.15 LitRPG: Dungeon Crawler Carl

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the sci-fi/LitRPG novel Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)

  • Proprietor's Pick: The Wandering Inn by pirateaba
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7 months ago
39 minutes 29 seconds

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3.14 Sci-Fi Procedural: Fringe

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the science fiction TV show Fringe.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Recursion by Blake Crouch (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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7 months ago
43 minutes 32 seconds

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3.13 Epic Fantasy: The Will of the Many

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the epic fantasy novel The Will of the Many by James Islington.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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7 months ago
45 minutes 23 seconds

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3.12 Comedic Sci-Fi: Futurama

In this episode, we're talking about humour, worldbuilding, genre, and the animated TV showFuturama.

  • Proprietor's Pick:I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Comby Kimberly Lemming (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through this link we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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8 months ago
32 minutes 10 seconds

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3.11 YA Sci-Fi: Skyward

In this episode, we're talking about genre, the state of YA sci-fi in publishing, and the writing and worldbuilding in the young adult science fiction novel Skyward by Brandon Sanderson.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Disclosure: we are a bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie book store!)
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8 months ago
46 minutes 41 seconds

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3.10 Comedic RPG: Fantasy High

In this episode, we're talking about the worldbuilding in the Dungeons & Dragons RPG comedy Fantasy High: Freshman Year, which is a Dimension 20 show produced by Dropout TV.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Highfire by Eoin Colfer (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through this link we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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9 months ago
43 minutes 2 seconds

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3.9 Dark Fairy Tale: Nettle & Bone

In this episode, we're talking about the writing and worldbuilding in the fantasy novel Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher, and how the story feels like a fairy tale even though it is not a retelling.

  • Proprietor's Pick: All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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9 months ago
45 minutes 54 seconds

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3.8 Horror: A Quiet Place

In this episode, we're talking about the horror movie A Quiet Place.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle and Birdbox by Michael Louis Calvillo (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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10 months ago
45 minutes 20 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.7 Children's Sci-Fi: Wall-E

In this episode, we're talking about environmental sci-fi, ecological themes, children's literature, and the Disney movie Wall-E.

  • Proprietor's Pick: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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10 months ago
34 minutes 53 seconds

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3.6 Cozy Sci-Fi: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

In this episode, we're talking about cozy science fiction and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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11 months ago
42 minutes 41 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
3.5 Horror Romance: Someone You Can Build a Nest In

In this episode, we're talking about how horror and romance can go together (and whether cozy horror is a thing) in Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Voyage of the Damned by Frances White (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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11 months ago
46 minutes 23 seconds

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3.4 Dark Fantasy: The Witcher

In this episode, we're talking about deconstructing tropes, dark fairy tales, costs of magic, monsters, and more in the dark fantasy TV show The Witcher.

  • Proprietor's Pick: Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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12 months ago
43 minutes 10 seconds

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3.3 Space Opera: All Systems Red

In this episode, we're talking about the novella All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells.

  • Proprietor's Pick: The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!)
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1 year ago
45 minutes 6 seconds

The Worldbuilder's Tavern
At The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast, we like to kick back with a drink and chat about the storytelling in science fiction and fantasy books, movies, and TV shows. Your hosts are three nerds—writer Emma Maione, editor Allison Alexander, and academic Christiana Jones—who love breaking down tropes, examining plot, and questioning the status quo. If you write novels or just enjoy discussions about worldbuilding, you're in the right place.