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 filmmakers, screenwriters, novelists, comic book artists, game designers, and anyone who works in the field of make-believe about how they craft their worlds. He also talks with academics and fans about 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Making The Muppets | 2023-05-10 | ||
| Miyazaki Imagines an Environment | 2023-04-26 | ||
| Entering Discworld. Population: Terry Pratchett. | 2023-04-13 | ||
| The Blazing World | 2023-03-30 | ||
| 100 Years of Weird Tales | 2023-03-16 | ||
| Catching the Mind Virus | 2023-03-02 | ||
| A Nation Dreams to Survive | 2023-02-16 | ||
| The Human Touch | 2023-02-02 | ||
| Magic of Nghi Vo | 2023-01-19 | ||
| The Set Jet Crowds | 2023-01-04 | ||
| Octavia Butler Revisited | 2022-12-22 | ||
| Monsters in the Static | 2022-12-08 | ||
| True Crime Fairy Tale | 2022-11-24 |