Story Soil - Worldbuilding Science Fiction and Fantasy

Lauren Harris
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Each episode, long-time worldbuilding duo Lauren Harris and Adryn Erickson pair with Farm to Taber's plant medicine PhD, Dr. Sarah Taber to interview experts on topics like Ancient Trade Routes or 3D Printing in Space, then use what they learned to brainstorm a sci-fi or fantasy world listeners can use and make their own.

  1. 10/20/2021

    Power Bee unto the Queen - Build Episode

    Story Soil - Worldbuilding Science Fiction and Fantasy

    30 min

  2. 10/06/2021

    What the Eff are Bees? Discussion with Dr. Sarah Taber

    In which Lauren and Adryn grill Sarah on her apiological knowledge, and what the eff is up with bees.

    29 min

  3. 09/29/2021

    Wizard with a Corned Beef Sandwich (3D Printing in Space Build ft. Susan Martinez)

    In which Lauren, Adryn, Sarah, and special guest Susan Martinez of NASA create a science-fantasy world involving questionable solar mining practices, wizard cloning, a sidebar into Adryn's brain boner for Dyson spheres, and a potential foray into space piracy.

    56 min

  4. 09/22/2021

    3D Printing in Space (with NASA Engineer Susie Martinez)

    In which Lauren, Adryn, and Sarah thinly conceal their excitement at having a NASA Additive Manufacturing Engineer on the show, space radishes make a comeback, and the story of Food Safety's advent has its gut-rumbling beginnings in a s****y little story that put Pilsbury on the....F.O.D. map.

    50 min

  5. 08/09/2021

    Build Episode - Lightning Bolt their Ships (Electric Reefs)

    In which Lauren, Adryn, and Sarah waffle over genre, diss colonialism (again), and create a culture of displaced lightning mages living on the ocean. The writers consider writing in this world themselves...

    31 min

  6. 07/29/2021

    Electric Reefs - They're the T**s! (with Dr. Sarah Taber)

    In which Adryn finds a new way to annoy Lauren, and Sarah describes the advent of electric reefs (spoilers: it has to do with oil rigs), what makes current breakwater construction ineffective, and why municipalities are so hesitant to adopt electric reefs as protection for their coastlines. It's like no one told them electric reefs are the t**s!

    35 min

  7. 07/14/2021

    Cursed City Trade Route Build & Archivos Collaborative Worldbuilding

    The Story Soil Crew and guest Dave Robison chat about Dave's awesome collaborative worldbuilding app, ARCHIVOS, then brainstorm several cities along a fictional trade route, including one with an AnCieNT cUrsE~

    1h 3m

  8. 07/07/2021

    Underrated Trade Routes of History (with Guest Creator Dave Robison)

    Sarah regales Lauren, Adryn, and Dave with her favorite trade routes that nobody talks about, plus some juicy worldbuilding tidbits like celery's slutty cousin, cocaine mummies, and why you should always bring a bird with you on long trips.

    43 min
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Each episode, long-time worldbuilding duo Lauren Harris and Adryn Erickson pair with Farm to Taber's plant medicine PhD, Dr. Sarah Taber to interview experts on topics like Ancient Trade Routes or 3D Printing in Space, then use what they learned to brainstorm a sci-fi or fantasy world listeners can use and make their own.

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