Episode 03: Road to Contemporary Learning Theory | 9 December 2025

Trent and Stephen discuss The Worldbuilding Workshop’s second chapter, “Road to Contemporary Learning Theory,” including:

• How they think about philosophies of education, pedagogical design, and what it means to be a “good” teacher;

• How to treat learning theory as active and actionable rather than static and inert;

• Why and how to center students as the primary beneficiaries of pedagogical design;

• And what it means to align learning objectives with activity objectives at a one-to-one ratio.

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 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.