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.
https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/
Giving Imaginary Advice
If you’ve ever searched for my podcast, you probably came across a show with a similar title: Imaginary Advice. I quickly became a fan of Imaginary Advice because the host Ross Sutherland walks the line between fiction and reality, often playing a fictional version of himself doing slightly fantastical things. I talked with Ross about his creative process, and we hear an edited selection of his mini-series Ten Thousand Years, where he and writer Lenni Sanders imagine what if the happy ending from Groundhog Day had not been a game changer for Billy Murray’s character Phil Connors. What if it was just another day, and the days piled up for thousands of years?
The episodes of Imaginary Advice we discussed are:
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/45-seinfeld
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/63-tony-gang-flame-war-5th-birthday-episode
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/52-the-man-who-saw-tomorrow-4th-birthday-episode
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/70-sex-and-the-city-the-return-part-1
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/71-sex-and-the-city-the-return-part-2
https://soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/73-ten-thousand-years-part-2
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