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Back to Search14.02: Geography and Biomes
Season 14 Episode 2
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mahtab Mahtab Narsimhan joins us this year for a dozen episodes on worldbuilding, and this week we're talking a…
7 years, 2 months ago
14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?
Season 14 Episode 1
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard Season 14 is all about worldbuilding¹, and we're kicking it off with a discussion of when you do…
7 years, 2 months ago
13.52: Working Dad is a Spaceman
Season 13 Episode 52
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary, and Dan, with NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn. Last week's episode may have sounded like the last one for 2018, but that's …
7 years, 3 months ago
13.51: Wrap-up on the Year of Character
Season 13 Episode 51
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard We decided to wrap up this year on character by letting Brandon ask us some deep questions. "We decided…
7 years, 3 months ago
13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova
Season 13 Episode 50
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Zoraida Córdova Zoraida Córdova, an award-winning author of urban fantasy, w…
7 years, 3 months ago
13.49: How to Finish
Season 13 Episode 49
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Amal, and Maurice Last week we talked about character death. This week we talk about other, less fatal ways in w…
7 years, 3 months ago
13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor
Season 13 Episode 48
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard The characters we create are not all destined for long lives. Sure, some are, but a great many o…
7 years, 3 months ago
13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters
Season 13 Episode 47
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard You had questions about fixing character problems. We had had answers! Here are the questions: How do y…
7 years, 4 months ago
13.46: The Unsexy Side of Space, with Bart Smith and Ben Hewett
Season 13 Episode 46
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary Robinette, and Dan, with special guests Bart Smith and Ben Hewett When we talk about space travel we're usually talking abou…
7 years, 4 months ago
NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey
Season 13
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Mercedes Lackey NaNoWriMo 2018 is half-way over today. Are you stuck? Do you…
7 years, 4 months ago