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The Worldbuilding Workshop: Companion Podcast

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.

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    EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE

    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 2010.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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.

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Trent Hergenrader & Stephen Slota

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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...

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