All Pieces for Eric Molinsky

 
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
Healing Trauma With Design
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: Columbine Principal Frank DeAngeles, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Can trauma be healed with architecture and design? Eric Molinsky looks how Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech have changed.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
Ghostwriters
From: Eric Molinsky
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Have you ever wondered how that busy politician or celebrity found the time to write a book? They didn't. Ghostwriting an big part of the publishin...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 6
True Vampires of New Haven
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: One of several vampire safe-houses in New Haven.
Real vampires are nothing like the ones we see depicted in Twilight or True Blood. Most of them are just trying to get by. (NOTE: This is a radio d...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Boston on Film
From: Eric Molinsky
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Hollywood's new found love of Boston-centered crime films reveals a lot about Boston and Hollywood.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Diagnosing Literature
From: Eric Molinsky
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Is the culture of psychological diagnosis and medication changing the way we view some classic literature?

Bought by WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WILL


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 4
Queens of Bollywood
From: Eric Molinsky
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Indian Jews become Bollywood superstars.

Bought by WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 5
The Stories of Hanukkah
From: Eric Molinsky
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Hanukkah can be seen as a holiday about assimilation.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 16
A Missile Base Called Home
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A peace activist turns an abandoned nuclear missile base into his family home.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX to iTunes, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 3
Hedy Lamarr
From: Eric Molinsky
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A 1940s Hollywood star invents the technology behind cell phones.

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUT, WILL and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 6

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