Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with comic book artists, game designers, novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers, and fans about how they craft their worlds, why we suspend our disbelief, and what happens if the spell is broken. Imaginary worlds may be set on distant planets or parallel dimensions, but they are crafted here on Earth, and they’re always about us and our lived experiences.
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Haunted Mansion | 2017-10-19 | ||
| Rappers with Arm Cannons | 2017-10-05 | ||
| Worldbuilding With Music | 2017-09-21 | ||
| Technobabble | 2017-09-07 | ||
| Future Screens Are Mostly Blue | 2017-08-24 | ||
| Scott Snyder | 2017-08-10 | ||
| Evil Plans | 2017-07-27 | ||
| The Book of Dune | 2017-07-12 | ||
| World War EVE | 2017-06-29 | ||
| Imagining the Internet | 2017-06-15 | ||
| Do The Voice | 2017-06-01 | ||
| The Real Twin Peaks | 2017-05-17 | ||
| Designing Bojack's World | 2017-05-03 | ||
| Healing Through Horror | 2017-04-20 | ||
| New York 2140 | 2017-04-06 | ||
| Beyond the Iron Curtain | 2017-03-23 | ||
| The Spirit of Will Eisner | 2017-03-09 | ||
| 28 Days of Black Cosplay | 2017-02-22 | ||
| Growing Up Avatar-American | 2017-02-08 | ||
| Winning the Larp | 2017-01-26 |