Dive into Worldbuilding! (the Google+ Hangouts Index)

Hangouts are ordered as follows: Special Guests -- Topics

SPECIAL GUESTS: (Alphabetical by last name)

1. Brad Beaulieu, The Lays of Anuskaya
2. Aliette de Bodard, Obsidian and Blood/ Xuya/ House of Shattered Wings 
3. Maurice Broaddus, The Knights of Breton Court/ Pimp my Airship
4. Joyce Chng/J. Damask, Wolf at the Door/ Rider Trilogy 
5. Myke Cole, Armies
6. Myke Cole, Breach Zone 
7. Malon Edwards, The Half-Dark Promise and other stories
8. Fábio Fernandes, Obliterati
9. Laura Anne Gilman, Silver on the Road
10. Randy Henderson, Finn Fancy Necromancy
11. Nancy Hightower, The Acolyte 
12. N. K. Jemisin, The Broken Earth Trilogy/The Fifth Season  
13. Stina Leicht and Cold Iron
14. Stina Leicht - The Fey and the Fallen  
15. Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings
16. Pat MacEwen, Coyote Song, and Forensics
17. Usman T. Malik, The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn and other stories
18. Haralambi Markov, The Language of Knives
19. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal To Noise  
20. Megan O'Keefe, Steal the Sky
21. David J. Peterson and Lawrence Schoen, Language Design
22. Cat Rambo, Beasts of Tabat
23. Kelly Robson, Waters of Versailles
24. Deborah J. Ross, The Seven-Petaled Shield
25.  Sofia Samatar, A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories
26. Andrea Stewart, The Changeling Wars
27. Christian Stiehl, Fantasy Cartography 
28. Tim Wade, Sports
29. Isabel Yap, Milagroso, The Oiran's song, and other stories

TOPICS:

1. Alien Senses
2. Aliette de Bodard, Obsidian and Blood/ Xuya/ House of Shattered Wings 
3. Architecture
4. Armies, with author Myke Cole - [watch here] 
5. Autonomy, Individuality, and Identity
6. Back History of Declining Societies
7. The Body as a Record of Personal Experience and Cultural Identity
8. Brad Beaulieu and The Lays of Anuskaya
9. Building a world after starting your story - [watch here]
10. Cat Rambo, Beasts of Tabat
11. Cities
12. Cities: Making your city work
13. Colonialism and Imperialism 
14. Colors
15. Costumes 
16. Crime and Criminals
17. Cultural Interactions/Linking large-scale and small-scale phenomena
18. The Culture of Death
19. The Culture of Oppression
20. Death and Funerals
21. Deborah J. Ross - The Seven-Petaled Shield
22. Dialects and Voice 
23. Dining and Eating Practices - [watch here]  
24. Disability and Accommodation  
25. Diversity
26. Domesticated Animals 
27. Economics 
28. Fábio Fernandes, Obliterati
29. Families - [watch here] 
30. Fantasy Cartography with Christian Stiehl
31. Fashion  
32. Food, Agriculture, and Diet
33. Gender
34. Gender in Language
35. Gender Roles
36. Genre and Description
37. Gestures
38. Laura Anne Gilman, Silver on the Road
39. Randy Henderson, Finn Fancy Necromancy 
40. Heroes 
41. High Culture and Low Culture
42. Nancy Hightower, The Acolyte
43. Holidays - [watch here]
44. How Realistic Does a Created World Have to Be?
45. How to Keep Rich Worldbuilding from Bogging Down Your Story   
46. Humor and Pranks
47. Illness and Medicine 
48. Illnesses, Ailments, and Medicine
49. Insults, Privilege, and Power Language
50. Joyce Chng/J. Damask, Wolf at the Door/ Rider Trilogy 
51. Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings 
52. Language Design, with special guests Lawrence Schoen and David J. Peterson
53. Language Barriers - [watch here] 
54. Stina Leicht and Cold Iron 
55. Stina Leicht - The Fey and the Fallen 
56. Links between Physical and Social in Worldbuilding
57. Literacy and Technology
58. Pat MacEwen, Coyote Song, and Forensics
59. Magic Systems
60. Manners, Round 1
61. Manners, Round 2
62. Malon Edwards, The Half-Dark Promise and other stories
63. Martial Arts, and how they are portrayed in film - [watch here] 
64. Matching Culture and Character Motive
65. Metaphors - [watch here] 
66. Maurice Broaddus, The Knights of Breton Court/ Pimp my Airship  
67. Misunderstandings  
68. Modesty
69. Morals and Values 
70. Mythology - [watch here] 
71. Myke Cole, Breach Zone
72. Natural Disasters
73. Names, Titles, and Their Social Significance 
74. Megan O'Keefe, Steal the Sky
75. Parenting
76. Personal Faith - [watch here]
77. Pets 
78. Political Systems
79. Pregnancy and Parenthood
80. Privacy 
81. Privilege and Intersectionality
82. Psychology 
83. Realism in Worldbuilding
84. Religion 
85. Religion 2 - daily practices and diversity - [watch here]
86. Religious Privilege
87. Kelly Robson, Waters of Versailles 
88. Roads and Infrastructure
89. Schools and Education - [watch here]
90. Setting up Alternate Social Parameters
91. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal To Noise 
92. Social Stereotypes 
93. Sofia Samatar, A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories
94. Sports, with Tim Wade
95. Andrea Stewart, The Changeling Wars
96. Suspension of Disbelief and the "Show, Don't Tell" of Worldbuilding
97. Swearing 
98. Tim Wade, Sports
99. Travel
100. Usman T. Malik 
101. Villains 
102. Water
103. Weapons, Fighting, and Battles [watch here]
104. Worldbuilding Process
105. Isabel Yap, Milagroso, The Oiran's song, and other stories