All Pieces for Eric Molinsky

 
Scott Snyder
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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This week I open the vault to play an extended cut of my 2014 interview with the Batman comic book writer Scott Snyder.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 1
Evil Plans
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The evil plan is the much maligned trope of superhero and other fantasy genres. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
Why They Fight
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Batman vs Superman. Captain America vs Iron Man. Daredevil vs Punisher. These days, we seem to be more interested in watching superheroes fight eac...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the Snow Globe
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Tom Fontana is a writer and producer who worked on St. Elsewhere in the 1980s. The show was a pretty straightforward hospital drama, but Fontana ha...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 4
The Expanded Universe
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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When The Force Awakens came out, millions flocked to the theaters to find out what happened to the characters since Return of the Jedi. But hardcor...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
Han Shot Solo
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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In 1997, George Lucas digitally altered Han Solo's introduction. But that additional special effect sparked a war between Lucas and the fans that w...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:52
  • Purchases: 1
Slave Leia
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The gold metal bikini has become the dominant image of Princess Leia from Cosplay to toy shelves. But the context of that costume -- being a sex sl...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:04
  • Purchases: 3
Empire vs Rebels
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The epic battle between the Evil Empire and the Rebel Alliance has became a metaphor we love to use in sports and politics. But what happens when y...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:38
  • Purchases: 3
1977
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire . . . Bef...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:22
  • Purchases: 3
First Contact
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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They arrive out of nowhere in shockingly large ships, brandishing weapons we've never seen, offering false promises of peace when they really want ...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 3
The Truth is Out There
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are reopening The X-Files in January 2016. And the Internet couldn't be more excited. Every casting update, e...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 2
On The Front Lines of Fantasy
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Can the subgenre of military sci-fi and fantasy help civilians better understand the military experience while mixing in aliens and sorcerers?

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 22:20
  • Purchases: 2
Robot Collar Jobs
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Are we prepared for a future where robots are the most sought after employees?

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 21:03
  • Purchases: 1
Politics of The Expanse
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The creators of The Expanse novels and TV show discuss why a future war between human colonies across the solar system feels relevant to our politi...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 1
Traveling in The TARDIS
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Doctor Who always includes at least one companion traveling with The Doctor. But going that deep into the universe can change a person in ways they...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Daleks
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The most dangerous creatures in the universe of Doctor Who -- The Daleks -- look like they were built out of household appliances. But the show wou...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Arwen Curry discusses her documentary, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, about how the daughter of a Berkeley anthropologist became a master of fantasy ...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:36
  • Purchases: 1
Stuck in the Uncanny Valley
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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What does it take to create digital humans that can pass for the real thing?

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 26:22
  • Purchases: 1
Visions of Philip K. Dick
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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What do aliens, God, the KGB, and ancient Romans all have in common? They each may have tried to contact sci-fi author Philip K. Dick in 1974.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 1
Living in Space
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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People dream of living away from the Earth, from an impossibly curved space habitat to a moon base on the verge of breaking apart.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 31:19
  • Purchases: 1

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