# world podcast (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover world podcast. Page: Feed: --- ## [Best of Both Worlds podcast: The annual back-to-school bonanza](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-the-annual-back-to-school-bonanza-2/) _2026-08-18 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ Sarah and I launched Best of Both Worlds in August 2017. We lightly covered back-to-school season that August because only a few of our kids were actually in school at the time. And two of our kids weren’t yet born! Life changes and every back-to-school season is different, but this year we’re continuing with the \[…\] ## [Best of Both Worlds podcast: Mental strength with Amy Morin](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-mental-strength-with-amy-morin/) _2026-08-11 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ Life often requires a lot of resilience. While no one wants to have to rebuild from bad things happening, we often don t have a choice. Fortunately, some aspects of resilience and mental strength can be practiced as skills so we can call on them when we need them. Amy Morin, today s guest on Best \[ \] ## [Content + a lighter posting schedule note](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/content-a-lighter-posting-schedule-note/) _2026-08-07 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ This week has been pretty good so far. I ve been doing a number of big kid things. I took two of my older kids out to lunch on Monday. My oldest and I attended a webinar for his new university, and then I did a college planning session with the 16-year-old. The 14-year-old and I \[ \] ## [Looking forward through August](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/looking-forward-through-august/) _2026-08-05 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ It is already the 5th of the month, but it s tough to time these posts for the 1st. I have been trying to think a bit more about months. It s not a natural part of my planning process (the core of which focuses on a week, with the long-range part being some seasonal and year-long \[ \] ## [Best of Both Worlds podcast: Can we eliminate mom guilt? With Dr. Jennifer Reid](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-can-we-eliminate-mom-guilt-with-dr-jennifer-reid/) _2026-08-04 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ In years of writing about women, work, life, and time, I know that mom guilt is a topic that comes up again and again. I m not entirely sure why. Time diary studies show that women tend to spend more time actively engaged with their kids (often a subject of said guilt) than they did 60 \[ \] ## [July reflections](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/08/july-reflections/) _2026-08-03 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ This has felt like a long month! Early July seems almost like a distant memory, though of course it isn’t. I didn’t necessarily do anything huge this month, but a lot of little adventures make the texture of time feel thicker. The first few days I was recovering from my Slovenia/Venice trip + jet lag. \[ \] ## [An early Golden Hours + content round-up](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/07/an-early-golden-hours-content-round-up/) _2026-07-30 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ I am on the road tomorrow so I am posting my weekly round-up early! It s been a slightly different feeling week with my 11-year-old gone. I am hoping he is having a good time no news is generally good, though, and the first letter or two won t arrive until this weekend most likely. The \[ \] ## [Best of Both Worlds podcast: The decluttering episode](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/07/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-the-decluttering-episode/) _2026-07-28 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ Clutter is a very modern problem. Family life produces a lot of excess and the excess builds up. In today s episode of Best of Both Worlds we talk decluttering our experiences and the various theories out there. Sarah has put declutter my house on her goal list for years, but has made significant progress \[ \] ## [Weekend: Phillies, running, biking, eating](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/07/weekend-phillies-running-biking-eating/) _2026-07-27 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ This was another full summer weekend. On Friday my husband and I went to the Phillies vs. Yankees game because his office was having an event there. It was a lovely night for a beer and a hot dog. Sadly, the Phillies did not really distinguish themselves, and there were a shocking number of Yankees \[ \] ## [How I spent my Golden Hours + content](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/07/how-i-spent-my-golden-hours-content/) _2026-07-24 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ I m currently thinking a lot about Golden Hours the time after work and before bed on weekdays. This is the subject of my next book (out in March 2028) and I m working on the manuscript and research and such. As part of that I am, naturally, paying attention to my Golden Hours! These feel \[ \] ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ak7alBzdYgOQ) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Future planning + sonnets](https://lauravanderkam.com/2026/07/future-planning-sonnets/) _2026-07-22 · Laura Vanderkam · Laura Vanderkam_ My year-long projects are continuing apace! Yesterday I listened to Mozart s Missa Solemnis (well, one of them), which was cool. I managed to listen to a full opera (not a well known one he wrote some obscure ones) while driving around in the car the day before. This is one sign that I spend \[ \] ## [My Exogenous Rules](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/my-exogenous-rules/) _2026-07-17 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ Culture It doesn't take much browsing of (non-5e) tabletop roleplaying hobby spaces online to see that much of the conversation on games is centred around rules, how to use them, the differences in rules between one game on another, System Matters , and so on. I think Elmcat speaks for many of us - particularly in regard to the frustration often felt when discussing the tabletop roleplaying hobby… ## [Diegetic World 0e](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/diegetic-world-0e/) _2026-05-26 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ This is a playful thought experiment. It’s about drawing together and synthesising elements of two games from different schools of game design. Maybe we get something playable out of it. Maybe it’s a pseudo-lyric-shitpost game about my RPG preferences. Let’s find out together. Backgrounds, a playbook Pasion de las Pasiones by Brandon Leon Gambetta is a PbtA game which removes character Stat (or… ## [edmo's Apocalypse World podcast syllabus](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/edmos-apocalypse-world-podcast-syllabus/) _2026-04-29 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ The best thing anyone can do to learn about and understand the playstyle and perspective that Vincent and Meguey Baker brought to the tabletop RPG hobby with Apocalypse World is to read the game itself (ideally 1e or 2e, for the original sauce), then the various supplemental and retrospective writings of the Bakers. The next best thing is to play it for yourself. Naturally. After that? Or if you… ## [It's About Time (in praise of campaigning)](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/its-about-time/) _2026-03-25 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ Problem 1 Time. In this hobby we are blessed with an abundance of cool, creative, delightful, powerful and innovative games which urgently press upon us for our time and attention. How are we to play them all? How can I ever hope to work my way through all the wonderful games on my shelf? Solution 1 Enter the one-shot : a snappy, fast pace, easy to commit to method of satisfying the New Game… ## [a mechanic out of context](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/a-mechanic-out-of-context/) _2026-02-04 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ For context: this post is inspired by a question posed in an excellent podcast episode recorded by Thomas Manuel for Rascal News, in which he reads and responds to the Warden's Operation Manual for Mothership. You should listen to the full episode because it's great; Thomas is extremely insightful and asks probing questions of the text. For me the most thought provoking question posed by Thomas… ## [Compromising Cairn](https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/compromising-cairn/) _2026-01-14 · edmocat · a wandering mind (edmo's blog)_ I love the Into the Odd / "Oddlike" / "Mark of the Odd" design space, these games feel natural to referee, they are "rules light" but the rules are highly impactful on play, they leave blank spaces in ways that invite the referee and players to be creative, and they play fast at the table. Mausritter and Mythic Bastionland have been sources of delight for me as a referee, and Cairn 2e is going to…