Story World Explorers
Join us as we have fun, in-depth conversations with creators about their passion projects. Together exploring their story world, characters, themes, and potential transmedia outlets.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
SWE #20 Show Sold Separately with Jonathan Gray
Embark with us and fandom studies expert Jonathan Gray as we explore the importance of paratexts in transmedia storytelling!
Jonathan is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madi…
SWE #18 Unknown 9 with Chris Masson
Embark with us and transmedia producer Chris Masson as we explore transmedia lessons learned from the rise and fall of the Unknown 9 story world!
Chris was the Transmedia Architect of R…
SWE #18 Farbodies with Nick Jones, Richard Durham, & Bo Paterson
Embark with us and transmedia producers, storytellers, artists and creators Nick Jones, Richard Durham, and Bo Paterson as we explore the haunting, dark deco world of Farbodies!
Farbodi…
SWE #17 Candala with Rizky Arrydesta
Embark with us and manga artist and creator Rizky Arrydesta as we explore the fantastical medieval empire of Indonesia through his comic book, Candala!
Candala: https://toontube.co/proj…
SWE #16 Knights of Mydista with Maxwell Allen Duncan
Embark with us and transmedia producer Maxwell Allen Duncan as we explore his story world The Time Realm through the first piece of transmedia content, the Knights of Mydista trading ca…
SWE #15 The Player & the Pentacle with Nick Jones
Join us and Author & Senior Narrative Designer Nick Jones as we discuss his book, The Player & the Pentacle! Nick Jones is the Senior Narrative Designer at Shark Mob Games and expert i…
SWE #14 Modern Rosie with Chris Guillen
Join us and photographer Chris Guillen as we explore his story world of Modern Rosie! Modern Rosie is based on the character of Rosie the Riveter, who was created for a recruitment cam…
SWE #13 NFTs with Houston Howard
Join us and transmedia producer Houston Howard as we explore the ever-expanding world of NFTs! This is the second time we’ve had Houston on the podcast talking about transmedia and sto…
SWE #12 The Come Up with Ireon Roach and Justin Burns
Join us, writer/creator Justin Burns, and actress Ireon Roach as we explore their story world of The Come Up! Winner of best dramatic pilot and best dramatic actress at Catalyst Conten…
SWE #11 Ultraman with Jeff Gomez
Join us and transmedia producer, Jeff Gomez as we explore the story world of Ultraman! An IP that has existed since the 1960’s, Ultraman has gone through 3 generations with 16 total Ul…
SWE #10 Lake Effect Collab with Dominique Jessen, Sarah White, & Sara Jumper
Join us and creators Dominique Jenssen, Sara Jumper, and Sarah White as we explore their story world, 1332 and the Lake Effect Collab! 1332 isn’t an obscure reference to the medieval t…
SWE #9 F.A.M. with Anthony E. Williams
Join us and creator Anthony E. Williams in exploring his story world of F.A.M.! F.A.M. stands for family always matters. It’s a touching show centered around fatherhood and co-parenti…
SWE #8 Canusa Street with Zack Morrison
Join us and creator Zack Morrison as we explore his story world, Canusa Street! Canusa Street is a 30-minute comedy series written specifically for network tv, much like a Parks and Rec…
SWE #7 Forever Has Fallen with Kimon Lycos
Join us and creator Kimon Lycos as we dive into his story world, Forever Has Fallen! Forever Has Fallen is an action-thriller podcast series, that sends you into an immersive story wor…
SWE #6 Story and Horse with Hilary Adams
Join us and founder Hilary Adams as we dive into her business transmedia story world, Story and Horse! Story and Horse is a life coaching business that supports creative people like yo…
SWE #5 The Iron Leech with Neal O'Bryan & Chad Thurman
Welcome to the story world of The Iron Leech! Join us and Iron Leech creators Neal & Chad as we transport back to the 19th century, where superstations were the foundation of the unexp…
SWE #4 Super Story with Houston Howard
This week’s guest is our new friend, Houston Howard! Houston Howard is an entrepreneur, creator, producer, professor, author, speaker and thought-leader in the space of multiplatform, …
SWE #3 Millennium Exile with Ty Hanson
This week’s guest is our new friend, Ty Hanson, and his story world, Millennium Exile! Ty describes himself as an average Aussie guy, looking to collaborate with licensing companies an…
SWE #2 Small Giants with Jake Sorgen & Matt Bowdren
This week’s guests are our new friends Jake Sorgen & Matt Bowdren! Jake is a Composer-Poet and Musician based in Chicago. Jake has released 7 albums of lyrical songs and interdisciplin…
SWE #1 Titan Effect with Christian Nommay
This week’s guest is our new friend, Christian L. Nommay! Christian is the founder of the indie RPG publishing company, Knight Errant Media, and the creator of the tabletop RPG and Sto…