Imaginary Worlds

Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that鈥檚 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鈥檙e always about us and our lived experiences.
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Bonus: Norse Myths Outtakes
26 minutes

Bonus: Norse Myths Outtakes

Seeing Ourselves in Norse Myths
39 minutes

Seeing Ourselves in Norse Myths

Creating Hindu Fantasy Worlds
37 minutes

Creating Hindu Fantasy Worlds

Haunted Housing Market
34 minutes

Haunted Housing Market

Making the Sounds of Make-Believe
35 minutes

Making the Sounds of Make-Believe

The Nine Lives of Red Dwarf
35 minutes

The Nine Lives of Red Dwarf

Have You Watched....?
39 minutes

Have You Watched....?

Ghosted by TV Shows
44 minutes

Ghosted by TV Shows

How to Go to Infinity and Beyond
29 minutes

How to Go to Infinity and Beyond

Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords
40 minutes

Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords

Haunted By Pepper's Ghost
30 minutes

Haunted By Pepper's Ghost

Making The Muppets
35 minutes

Making The Muppets

Miyazaki Imagines an Environment
40 minutes

Miyazaki Imagines an Environment

The Blazing World
35 minutes

The Blazing World

100 Years of Weird Tales
34 minutes

100 Years of Weird Tales

Catching the Mind Virus
50 minutes

Catching the Mind Virus

A Nation Dreams to Survive
38 minutes

A Nation Dreams to Survive

The Human Touch
36 minutes

The Human Touch

Magic of Nghi Vo
37 minutes

Magic of Nghi Vo

The Set Jet Crowds
41 minutes

The Set Jet Crowds

Octavia Butler Revisited
38 minutes

Octavia Butler Revisited

Monsters in the Static
36 minutes

Monsters in the Static

True Crime Fairy Tale
40 minutes

True Crime Fairy Tale

Indigenous Futurisms
35 minutes

Indigenous Futurisms

Songs in the Key of SF
32 minutes

Songs in the Key of SF

Generation VTube
31 minutes

Generation VTube

Befriend The Reaper
41 minutes

Befriend The Reaper

Postcolonial Worlds
33 minutes

Postcolonial Worlds

Mentors: Balance of The Force
33 minutes

Mentors: Balance of The Force

Mentors: Dynamic Duos
30 minutes

Mentors: Dynamic Duos

Paper Girls on Bikes
28 minutes

Paper Girls on Bikes

Charting Strange New Worlds
34 minutes

Charting Strange New Worlds

Guys and Dolls
36 minutes

Guys and Dolls

The Art of Piracy
35 minutes

The Art of Piracy

200 Imaginary Worlds
41 minutes

200 Imaginary Worlds

Mystery Science Theater Reopens
28 minutes

Mystery Science Theater Reopens

De-Aging Well
37 minutes

De-Aging Well

Neurodivergent Futures
31 minutes

Neurodivergent Futures

Nosferatu Live
32 minutes

Nosferatu Live

A Nation Dreams of Itself
30 minutes

A Nation Dreams of Itself

Asian Futures Without Asians
37 minutes

Asian Futures Without Asians

Beforeigners
37 minutes

Beforeigners

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