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 | ||
| Inverting Lovecraft | 2020-07-23 | ||
| Once and Future Comic Con | 2020-07-09 | ||
| Making Up Creatures | 2020-06-25 | ||
| Larping in Place | 2020-06-11 | ||
| Time Travel Therapy | 2020-05-28 | ||
| The Curse of The Curse | 2020-05-14 | ||
| Toy Stories | 2020-04-30 | ||
| Solarpunk the Future | 2020-04-16 | ||
| Fighting a Virtual Pandemic | 2020-04-02 | ||
| Retcon-apalooza | 2020-03-19 | ||
| Making The Good Places Better | 2020-03-05 | ||
| Truth, Justice and The American Way | 2020-02-20 | ||
| 2001: A Filmmaking Odyssey | 2020-02-06 | ||
| Queen of Tarot | 2020-01-23 | ||
| Fear of The Borg | 2020-01-09 | ||
| In Defense of The Star Wars Holiday Special | 2019-12-25 | ||
| Can Villains Be Good? | 2019-12-12 | ||
| My So Called Evil Plan | 2019-11-27 | ||
| Under a Red Moon | 2019-11-14 | ||
| From Outer Space | 2019-10-30 |