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 | ||
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| Making Blue Eye Samurai | 2024-01-17 | ||
| Prologue to Ursula K. le Guin | 2024-01-03 | ||
| @ChristmasCarol: A Holiday Tale | 2023-12-20 | ||
| Doctor Who's Power of Regeneration | 2023-12-06 | ||
| How One Piece Became King of the Backstories | 2023-11-22 | ||
| Bonus: Norse Myths Outtakes | 2023-11-16 | ||
| Seeing Ourselves in Norse Myths | 2023-11-08 | ||
| Creating Hindu Fantasy Worlds | 2023-10-25 | ||
| Haunted Housing Market | 2023-10-11 | ||
| Making the Sounds of Make-Believe | 2023-09-27 | ||
| The Nine Lives of Red Dwarf | 2023-09-13 | ||
| Have You Watched....? | 2023-08-30 | ||
| Ghosted by TV Shows | 2023-08-17 | ||
| Extreme Makeover: Fairy Godmother Edition | 2023-08-02 | ||
| How to Go to Infinity and Beyond | 2023-07-19 | ||
| Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords | 2023-07-06 | ||
| Warhammer - The Heavy Metal of Board Games | 2023-06-21 | ||
| Why The Gothic Keeps Gaslighting Us | 2023-06-07 | ||
| Haunted By Pepper's Ghost | 2023-05-24 |