EPISODE 02: AROUND THE WORLD IN 300 PAGES

Episode 02: Around the World in 300 Pages | 2 December 2025

Trent and Stephen dive into The Worldbuilding Workshop’s first full chapter, including:

• Why the duo chose to open with a comparison between surgical suites and classrooms;

• Why education lags behind other domains and disciplines;

• How every worldbuilder should think about their morning cup of coffee;

• And what it means to teach critical thinking and empathy.

Episode References:

Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. Palgrave Macmillan.

Rhodes, B. (2021). After the fall: Being American in the world we've made. Random House.

McIntosh, P. (1988). White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies [Working paper]. Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.