All Pieces for Eric Molinsky

 
Reimagining the Gods
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Novelist Madeline Miller reimagines The Iliad and The Odyssey from the point of view of secondary characters.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 30:23
The Haunted Mansion
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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We all know it. We all love it. But the The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland actually had a fraught 12-year long development where many people wo...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 24:11
  • Purchases: 1
Board Games Go Indie
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Forget Monopoly and Risk -- a new generation of indie board game designers is rethinking how we play games, and why.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 26:01
  • Purchases: 1
Alternate Movie Posters
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Remember when movie posters were hand-crafted iconic works of commercial art? They still are in an alternative artistic universe.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
Faith in Fantasy
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Spiritual leaders of different faith discuss the role of religion in sci-fi fantasy worlds.

Bought by PRX Remix and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 2
Do You Speak Conlang?
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Constructed languages -- or conlangs for short -- are a valuable tool in worldbuilding. But once a conlang is let out in the world, the fans can do...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 25, 2018
  • Length: 26:13
  • Purchases: 1
Imaginary Deaths
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Listeners share their stories of how they grieved the loss of their favorite fictional characters.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Doctor Who?
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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I kick off my three-part series on the alien who has no name and no possessions except for a spaceship/time machine that he stole. Even his face (o...

Bought by WTJU and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 33:09
  • Purchases: 2
Fan Fiction (Don't Judge)
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Sci-fi and fantasy have always been a big part of fan fiction, but fan fiction hasn't always gotten respect in return. Has fan fic gotten a bad rap?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Book of Dune
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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How do Muslims readers feel about Dune since the book appropriates aspects of Islam and Arab culture to tell an unconventional hero's journey?

Bought by PRX Remix and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond the Iron Curtain
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Soviet science fiction reveals the hopes and anxieties of people living behind the Iron Curtain.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
Legacy of Octavia Butler
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Ten years after the great writer passed, her work continues to be more relevant than ever.

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 2
The Year Without a Summer
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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How a cataclysmic volcanic eruption inspired a teenage girl to write a literary masterpiece.

Bought by KZYX, KSFR, PRX Remix, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 17:23
  • Purchases: 5
Why Is The Boston Accent Wicked Hard To Do?
From: Eric Molinsky
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Even great actors get tripped up by the Boston accent. Or maybe Bostonians are just too quick to find fault.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 4
Rolling the Twenty Sided Dice
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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I never played Dungeons & Dragons as a kid, but after reading interviews with lots of interesting creative people who credit D&D with their success...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WABE


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 2
That Dragon, Cancer
From: Eric Molinsky
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When Amy and Ryan Green's son Joel was diagnosed with cancer, they decided build an inspirational video game based on this treatment. But Joel didn...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Mysterious James Tiptree
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Alice Sheldon, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Alice Sheldon served in the OSS and the CIA. And then she went deep undercover posing as a male science fiction writer. It wasn't an assignment, it...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 23:44
  • Purchases: 2
Mike Remembers the Kennedys
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: Mike at his home in 2008, Credit: Eric Molinsky
This audio clip was also taken from my 2008 interview with my late Uncle Mike Alexander. Mike worked with Michael Dukakis and Ted Kennedy, but his ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:07
Mike Remembers The War
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: Mike at his home in Brookline, MA, Credit: Eric Molinsky
This audio was recorded in 2008 when I asked my uncle Mike Alexander to talk about his service as a bombardier in World War II. Mike was a proud Je...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 13:10
Origin Stories
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Luke Skywalker action figure, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 3

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