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.

John Gwynne talked about Norse mythology, reenactment, worldbuilding, and family.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!