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Imaginary Worlds, 319 episodes. Page 1 of 4.

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Boo! What Scares Our Listeners

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Stephen King and the Horror of the Ordinary

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Is Mythology the Key to Understand AI?

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Sci-Fi Walks the Runway

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Widow’s Bay Builds a History with Horror

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Economics in The Alien Franchise Isn't Science Fiction

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Is Money Ruining Fanfiction?

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Choose Your Own Odyssey

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The U.S. of Play - Part 2: Silly Putty, Twister and Monopoly

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The U.S. of Play - Part 1: Wagons, Bears and Dolls

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How Folklore Spirited Anime Away

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The Father of Sword and Soul

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Many Faces of Jekyll and Hyde in Pop Culture

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Holmes and Watson: True Crime Podcasters

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Celebrating 300 Imaginary Worlds

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Puppeteering Project Hail Mary

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How D.C. Fontana Helped Star Trek Live Long and Prosper

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Absolute Reimagining of DC Comics

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Sinners Gives Hoodoo Its Due

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Scarlet Hollow Draws a Picture of Indie Video Game Success

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The Creative Process of Rewriting History with Assassin’s Creed

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Say No to Santa World Tour: An Audio Drama

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Searching for Cryptids in Folklore America

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This Animated Life: A History of Cartoons in Three Acts

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Worldbuilding Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

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The Real History of Dracula and Frankenstein

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How Forbidden Planet Refined the Music of Sci-Fi

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The Battle to Make Star Wars Becomes a Graphic Novel

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Lifting the Curtain on Theatrical Effects

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The Shark That Ate Hollywood

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Dreaming of Coney Island's Dreamland

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From 8-Bit to Orchestras: Video Game Music Evolves

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How Jack Kirby Made His Mark on Marvel

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Douglas Adams

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Imagining the Digital Afterlife

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Murderbot Is Ready for Its Close-Up (But Not Eye Contact)

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The Bright Legacy of Dark Shadows

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Body Horror Gets Under My Skin

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Bonus: Syd Mead Full Gallery Tour

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The Optimist Behind Blade Runner's Dystopia

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Inventing Utopias and Fighting Dystopias with Architecture

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Mary Blair: Painting Disney’s Colorful History

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Bonus: Superstar Stuntwoman of Silent Cinema

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Milicent Patrick: Forgotten Creator of a Monster Icon

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Pokémon and The Art of Dubbing Anime

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Filk Fusion: Where Sci-Fi Meets Folk Music

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An Immersive World Under Wall St.

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Rewriting the Script on Audio Fiction

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The Muppets Before The Muppets

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Bond, Bond, and James Bond: An Audio Drama

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Making Up The Penguin

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There's No Place Like Oz

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Why Marvel is Betting Their Future on Doctor Doom

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Who Gets to Survive: The Final Girls of Horror

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Did Sci-Fi Get Aliens Right?

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Introducing Between Imaginary Worlds

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Escaping Prison with Role-Playing Games

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10th Anniversary Special Part 2

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10th Anniversary Special Part 1

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Unlocking the Door Between Escape Rooms and Immersive Theater

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The Craft of Narrating Audio Books From Other Worlds

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Fantasy and Fascism Part II: When Democracy Fails

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The Team Behind Hans Zimmer

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Swept Away by Romantasy

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When Fantasy Gets Banned

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The George Lucas Talk Show

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How Nintendo Leveled Up

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You Are Lone Wolf: A Father/Son Role-Playing Quest

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African Sci-Fi Looks to a Future Climate

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When All Is Said in Dune

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Mother-in-Law of Oz

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Bonus: Turtles and Toys Outtakes

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Class of '84: Turtles, Transformers and Toys Takeover TV

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Class of '84: When Cyber Was Punk

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Bonus: Rise of The Villains Outtakes

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Class of '84: Rise of The Villains

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Making Blue Eye Samurai

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The Tragedy That Inspired Ursula K. le Guin’s Fantasy

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@ChristmasCarol: A Holiday Tale

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Doctor Who's Power of Regeneration

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How One Piece Became King of the Backstories

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Bonus: Norse Myths Outtakes

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Seeing Ourselves in Norse Myths

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The Craft of Creating Hindu Fantasy Worlds

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Haunted Housing Market

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Grounding Fictional Universes with Real Sounds

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Red Dwarf: The Sci-Fi Sitcom with Nine Lives

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Our Listeners’ Favorite Unsung Sci-Fi Fantasy Gems

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Ghosted by TV Shows, Seeking Closure

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Extreme Makeover: Fairy Godmother Edition

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Are Sci-Fi Spaceships Flights of Fancy? We Ask Scientists.

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Sci-Fi Prepared Us For The Wrong AI

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Warhammer - The Heavy Metal of Board Games

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Why The Gothic Keeps Gaslighting Us

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Haunted By Pepper's Ghost

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Miss Piggy’s Designer on Making The Muppets

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Miyazaki Imagines an Environment

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The Four Sides of Terry Pratchett in His Discworld

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The Noblewoman Who Invented Sci-Fi Before Mary Shelley

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100 Years of Weird Tales