Thoughts on The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
So Maggie Tokuda-Hall created this beautiful sea-centered world and then expected me NOT to talk about it?? Get ready for a discussion about how magic relates to linguistic hypotheses and why people h...
8 Okt 202045min
The World of Social Dragonflies
Astronomers recently found phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere, which indicates that there MIGHT be life there. Obviously, I couldn’t stop myself from imagining what that life could be like, and then this ...
24 Sep 20201h 1min
Worldbuilding with Alison Luhrs
Dungeons & Dragons is one of the most well-known role playing games in the world, but their methods for creating the game are a bit more obscure. I chatted with Alison Luhrs, the person who builds som...
10 Sep 20201h 12min
Crazy Delicious Review
Have you watched the cooking show Crazy Delicious? I watched it and now I have thoughts! HOSTED by Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo), astrophysicist and folklorist FUN REFERENCES - Pareidolia, the act of seei...
27 Aug 202036min
The World of Blind Nomads
What would you do if you had two bony antennae sticking out of your head? Well, if you lived on this starless planet, you might use them to sense the world around you. ***There were some tech issues i...
13 Aug 20201h
Worldbuilding with Sofia Samatar
Olondria is a wonderfully complex and beautifully crafted fictional world created by Sofia Samatar, who was kind enough to answer all of Moiya's burning questions about her creative process. HOSTED by...
30 Jul 20201h 1min
The World of Watermelon Snow
We're essentially hotboxing our planet, so let's take a fun little trip to a snowball world covered in ice! Let's just hope we don't get there during whaling season because have you ever smelled a bea...
17 Jul 202045min
The World of Tiny Cannibals
If you could eat one of your friends and absorb their strength and knowledge, who would you eat? That question might seem weird to you, but creatures on this world have to wrestle with that question e...
3 Jul 20201h 15min
