Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast

Worlds in Progress is the official podcast of Tranquilty Press, th webring and support site dedicated to providing fellow World building artists and authors a shared resource space by which to trade, collaborate and draw inspiration from different ideas within Science Fiction and Fantasy universes. Every month, join John and Andy to explore a different aspect of the work of Trek and Sci-Fi worldbuilding, alongside special guests and other writers from the Tranquility Press webring! Find out more about Tranquility Press and read our current works at https://tranquility.press/ Follow us for

Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast, a general show with 0 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Episode #16

  16. Behind the Books with Hye

  Aug 23, 20261h 3mS1

  <p>This month’s episode is finally here, and first of all, we want to apologise for the delay.</p><p>The past few weeks have been particularly difficult due to personal cirumstances, and unfortunately that meant that the podcast — along with a few other things — had to take a back seat for a little while.</p><p>We’re incredibly grateful for your patience and understanding while we took some time to deal with things. We know many of you look forward to these episodes each month, so thank you for sticking with us.</p><p>With that said, we’re ve...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast

  15. Bill Krause & the Art of Building Starfleet

  Jun 5, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>This month on Worlds in Progress, we’re joined by legendary Star Trek model builder and designer Bill Krause for a fascinating conversation about starships, storytelling, and the art of making the Federation feel real.</p><p>From his incredible physical models to the now-beloved worldbuilding surrounding Tycho Yard, Bill’s work has helped shape how many fans imagine the industrial heart of Starfleet itself — not just the ships, but the people, infrastructure, and history behind them.</p><p>In this episode we discuss:<br>The craft of physical model building<br>Designing ships that feel authentically “Star Trek”<br>The evo...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast

  14. Conversations, Critique & Fandom

  May 17, 20261h 40mS0

  <p>This month on Worlds in Progress, Andy is joined by Seán Ferrick for a wide-ranging (and occasionally gloriously tangential) conversation about Star Trek, criticism, and the evolving relationship between fandom and the people who make the shows we love.</p><p>With John temporarily “elsewhere,” this episode gets even more off topic than usual — covering everything from the realities of reviewing modern Trek at speed, to the challenges of navigating online discourse, to how we engage with Star Trek as both fans and creators.</p><p>We get into:</p><p>The process behind TrekCulture’s reviews and “Ups & Downs...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast

  2. Prepress and Post-Borg with Hye (Released 1/4/25)

  Apr 4, 20261h 9mS0

  <p>[This Episode was originally released on April 1st 2025]</p><p>John couldn’t join us this month… because he went to IKEA. We believe he has gone into the West, and we shall not see his like again.</p><p>Never fear however because Andy is joined by the ever-brilliant Hye, who talks us through their prepress process—how they turn a humble Google Doc into the beautiful, publication-ready pages you’ve all been seeing. We also dive into their work on the Ohniaka III Project and the deep world-building behind it.</p><p>We apologise for the audio quality—tur...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Worlds in Progress - The Tranquility Press Podcast

  12. A Conversation with Thomas Marrone (Released 1/2/26)

  Apr 4, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>[This Episode was originally released on February 1st 2026]~</p><p>In the latest episode of Worlds in Progress, we sit down with the man, the myth, the accidental founding father of Tranquility Press… Thomas Marrone.</p><p>You’ll know Thomas as the art director behind Star Trek Online, and the designer of ships that have made the jump from game screens to on-screen canon. But long before any of that, he played a quiet (and now infamous) role in the origin story of Tranquility Press - and yes, we absolutely blame him.</p><p>In this episode we dive...

  ListenShow Notes

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.