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Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

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 repo...

Imaginary Worlds Podcast Guide

Listen to Imaginary Worlds, a Arts podcast by Eric Molinsky. Stream 306 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Holmes and Watson: True Crime Podcasters

John Watson is a former army doctor who became a true crime podcaster when he met a consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes. You can hear...

43:01Apr 22, 2026

Celebrating 300 Imaginary Worlds

Imaginary Worlds has reached another milestone – 300 episodes! We already celebrated the 200th episode and the 10th anniversary of the show,...

41:10Apr 8, 2026

Puppeteering Project Hail Mary

When I interviewed Andy Weir in 2021 about his novel Project Hail Mary, he told me that the movie adaptation was already being planned starr...

38:48Mar 25, 2026

Absolute Reimagining of DC Comics

Imagine if Bruce Wayne had no money, if Superman grew up on Krypton and came to Earth with emotional scars, or if Wonder Woman had been rais...

42:25Feb 25, 2026

Sinners Gives Hoodoo Its Due

Sinners got a historic 16 Academy Award nominations, which was remarkable for a film with vampires. But the film is also a rich exploration...

40:21Feb 11, 2026

Scarlet Hollow Draws a Picture of Success

Scarlet Hollow is a successful indie video game – and that’s no small feat. It’s been a long journey, and the game is made almost entirely b...

37:07Jan 28, 2026

Making History with Assassin's Creed

Darby McDevitt is a narrative director and writer at Ubisoft . He’s worked on multiple games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, which spans...

36:40Jan 14, 2026

Say No to Santa World Tour: An Audio Drama

In my annual audio drama, I interview several folklore figures who are synonymous with the holiday season outside America -- but they’ve bee...

41:18Dec 17, 2025

Searching for Cryptids

When I was growing up, Bigfoot appeared regularly on the covers of supermarket tabloids, so I assumed he was a joke. But I’ve discovered tha...

40:13Dec 3, 2025

This Animated Life

As longtime listeners know, I worked in the animation industry before switching careers and going into broadcasting. Today’s episode feature...

40:19Nov 19, 2025

Creature Double Feature

In honor of the spooky season, we present two monstrous origin stories --Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. We know when...

41:30Oct 22, 2025

Music of a Forbidden Planet

In the 1950s, the avant-garde music scene in New York and the movie studios of Los Angeles might have seemed like opposite ends of a cultura...

35:18Oct 8, 2025

The Battle to Make Star Wars

Movies that change cinema often come from outsiders – whether it’s Orson Welles making Citizen Kane or George Lucas making Star Wars a.k.a....

37:57Sep 24, 2025

Lifting the Curtain on Theatrical Effects

I’ve covered digital and practical effects in film and TV, but creating special effects for live theater is a whole other challenge. J&M Spe...

34:40Sep 10, 2025

The Shark That Ate Hollywood

I didn't want the summer to end without joining in on the 50th anniversary celebrations of Jaws. I spent summers on Cape Cod as a kid, where...

47:39Aug 27, 2025

Dreaming of Coney Island's Dreamland

Coney Island still has the classic amusements you’d expect today like roller coasters, water slides, and carnival games. But over a century...

41:23Aug 13, 2025

How Jack Kirby Made His Mark on Marvel

The production design of the film Fantastic Four: First Steps is an homage to the early ‘60s comics created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Whil...

40:50Jul 16, 2025

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