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I had a fantastic time talking to Eric, and our conversation really gets into it: monetization woes, the way AO3's tagging structure reshaped fic, and fandom's longstanding internal biases around race and gender. (Very interesting to hear his producer's experiences on this around self-inserts, too.)
Imaginary Worlds@emolinsky.bsky.social · last wk.The world of fanfiction has changed a lot since our 2017 episode, Fanfiction (Don’t Judge.) I talk with Fansplaining editor Elizabeth Minkel about the controversial fanfiction-to-media pipeline and how that’s changing the relationship between fanfiction writers and readers.
The world of fanfiction has changed a lot since our 2017 episode, Fanfiction (Don’t Judge.) I talk with Fansplaining editor Elizabeth Minkel about the controversial fanfiction-to-media pipeline and how that’s changing the relationship between fanfiction writers and readers.
Is Money Ruining Fanfiction? — Imaginary Worlds
The world of fanfiction has changed a lot since we covered it on the show in 2017. I talk with Fansplaining editor Elizabeth Minkel about the controversial fanfiction-to-media pipeline and how that’s ...
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I hope this sparks a new meta franchise until I Play Rocky IV is about him competing against Soviet Olympic Athletes or the Moscow Ballet.
Nerdist@nerdist.bsky.social · 2w agoI Play Rocky's stars Anthony Ippolito, who's resemblance to Sylvester Stallone is uncanny.
You’re on a quest for fortune and glory, facing creatures with battle mechanics, leveling up and increasing your abilities. That's the story of The Odyssey but it could also be your D&D campaign. This week, we explore whether Homer set the template for tabletop role-playing games.
Episode 307: Choose Your Own Odyssey — Imaginary Worlds
Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey is part of a long line of film adaptations, but Homer’s epic poem has quietly shaped another medium: role-playing games. The structure of The Odyssey is practicall...
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We're continuing our mini-series on iconic American toys and games. This week: how Silly Putty, Twister, and Monopoly blurred the line between the worlds of adults and kids. Plus, I travel back to middle school to relive my role in a children's theater production of an original Monopoly musical.
Episode 306: The U.S. of Play - Part 2: Silly Putty, Twister and Monopoly — Imaginary Worlds
In honor of America's 250th anniversary, we're continuing our mini-series on iconic American toys and games that took on lives of their own. Strong National Museum of Play curators Michelle Parnett-Dw...
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In honor of the semiquincentennial, we're doing a series of mini stories across two episodes that explore American toys and games which took on a life of their own. This week, we look at how the Radio Flyer wagon, the teddy bear and Cabbage Patch dolls became vehicles for children’s imaginations.
Episode 305: The U.S. of Play - Part 1: Wagons, Bears and Dolls — Imaginary Worlds
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the USA, we are doing a series of mini stories across two episodes that explore American toys and games. This week, we look at early childhood objects that became ...
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We're having a flash summer sale up to 27% off in the IW merch store! The sale runs Friday to Monday. imaginaryworlds.dashery.com
I'm teaching my host whispering class again this Friday at 12:30pm EDT. There are still a few spots left!
How to sound like yourself on the mic - Radio Boot Camp
If you’ve started a podcast it’s likely you’ve dreamed of being behind the mic, and building a connection with your listeners who feel like you’re
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Ancient folklore characters populate contemporary anime and manga from Spirited Away to Dan Da Dan. We look at why these supernatural beings have captured people’s imaginations, and how they made the transition from premodern Japan to shows that kids watch on their devices today.
Episode 304: How Folklore Spirited Anime Away — Imaginary Worlds
Anime and manga are a global phenomenon, and their popularity continues to grow. Many of these stories are populated by supernatural beings called yōkai. Even though yōkai can be portrayed as ghosts, ...
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If you're baffled by the box office success of Backrooms -- check out my 2022 episode about analog horror, liminal spaces and creepypastas.
Episode 213: Monsters in the Static — Imaginary Worlds
In the subgenre of analog horror, there’s something sinister or supernatural lurking in the horizontal lines and vertical holds in those old VHS tapes. Filmmaker Chris LaMartina explains why he want...
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In the 1980s, Charles R. Saunders published a series of novels that featured Black characters in a mythical version of precolonial Africa. It was a new subgenre of sword and sorcery that he called sword and soul. This week, we look at the satisfaction and heartbreak of being ahead of your time.
Episode 303: The Father of Sword and Soul — Imaginary Worlds
Charles R. Saunders loved Tarzan as a kid, but he was also repulsed by the racism in those books since Charles was Black. So, he created a counter narrative about a warrior named Imaro who lived in a ...
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This week, we take a trip through pop culture to see how the archetype of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde keeps repeating with variations from Bruce Banner and The Hulk to Norman Bates and Mother to The Nutty Professor and Buddy Love.
Episode 302: Many Faces of Jekyll and Hyde — Imaginary Worlds
Pop culture has been full of Jekylls and Hydes: Bruce Banner and The Hulk, Norman Bates and Mother, Walter White and Heisenberg, The Nutty Professor and Buddy Love. They all echo the archetype that Ro...
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The weird thing for me about the Daredevil: Born Again season finale was seeing my local library in Brooklyn, where there's a farmer's market on Saturdays, double as a courthouse and a scene of bloody mayhem. Also, the front doors are apparently a portal to the courthouse on Chambers St in Manhattan
My newest audio drama obsession is the podcast Sherlock & Co, which turns Holmes and Watson into true crime podcasters. I talk with the creators of the show, Joel Emery and Adam Jarrell, about why a fake audio documentary is the perfect format to update Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
Episode 301 - Holmes and Watson: True Crime Podcasters — Imaginary Worlds
John Watson is a former army doctor who became a true crime podcaster when he met a consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes. You can hear about the cases they’ve solved in the podcast Sherlock &am...
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Pop the champagne! My colleague Stephanie and I celebrate the 300th episode by looking back on how this journey has shaped us -- complete with 1980s sitcom-style flashbacks.
Episode 300: Celebrating 300 Imaginary Worlds — Imaginary Worlds
Imaginary Worlds has reached another milestone – 300 episodes! We already celebrated the 200th episode and the 10th anniversary of the show, but in those episodes, we mostly kept the spotlight off our...
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This week, I talked with James Ortiz – the puppeteer of Rocky in Project Hail Mary. We discuss how he built his team of puppeteers or "Rocketeers," and why it was so challenging to control a five-legged puppet while doing improv with Ryan Gosling.
Episode 299: Puppeteering Project Hail Mary — Imaginary Worlds
When I interviewed Andy Weir in 2021 about his novel Project Hail Mary, he told me that the movie adaptation was already being planned starring Ryan Gosling. The big question was how would they brin...
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Congrats to Tamara Deverell! I'm very proud to have had an Oscar winner on my podcast!!
Episode 290: Bringing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to Life — Imaginary Worlds
When director Guillermo del Toro asked Tamara Deverell to be the production designer on his film adaptation of Frankenstein, she had a good idea of what he wanted. Del Toro had been dreaming of maki...
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In honor of the 60th Anniversary of Star Trek and Women’s History Month, we look at the voyages of D.C. Fontana – the trailblazing screenwriter who helped Star Trek go where television had never gone before.
Episode 298: How D.C. Fontana Helped Star Trek Live Long and Prosper — Imaginary Worlds
Gene Roddenberry’s name is synonymous with Star Trek, but he relied on a team to bring his vision to life. Most of his writers were men with one exception, the trailblazing Dorothy Fontana. Profession...
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DC superheroes have been reinvented in a dark parallel universe, and the fans can't get enough of it. I talked with editors Chris Conroy and Katie Kubert, and writer Kelly Thompson about why the Absolute Universe has resonated so strongly with fans and how it has thematic parallels with our world.
Episode 297: Absolute Reimagining of DC Comics — Imaginary Worlds
Imagine if Bruce Wayne had no money, if Superman grew up on Krypton and came to Earth with emotional scars, or if Wonder Woman had been raised in Hell. Welcome to the Absolute Universe – a dark parall...
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This week, we look at the character of Annie in the Oscar-nominated film Sinners. I talk with Professors Kinitra Brooks and Yvonne Chireau (who was a consultant on the film) about how Sinners turned the horror trope of the conjure woman into a heroine and love interest.
Episode 296: Sinners Gives Hoodoo Its Due — Imaginary Worlds
Sinners got a historic 16 Academy Award nominations, which was remarkable for a film with vampires. But the film is also a rich exploration of race, religion, culture and music in 1930s Mississippi. P...
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This week, I talk with Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias, the creators of one of my favorite indie games, Scarlet Hollow. We discuss how animating Abby’s drawings allowed them to design a game where the players have seemingly endless choices and romance options in a spooky Southern Gothic town.
Episode 295: Scarlet Hollow Draws a Picture of Success — Imaginary Worlds
Scarlet Hollow is a successful indie video game – and that’s no small feat. It’s been a long journey, and the game is made almost entirely by two people: Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias of Black T...
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@simsigga.bsky.social Hey Junie! We'd love to interview you for our podcast Imaginary Worlds. My asst. producer Stephanie sent you an email. Please let us know if you're interested!
This week, we kick off a mini-series on video games. @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social is an expert on losing yourself in virtual worlds. We discuss his career as a narrative director and writer on the Assassin’s Creed games, and his new novel about VR called The Halter.
Episode 294: Making History with Assassin’s Creed — Imaginary Worlds
Darby McDevitt is a narrative director and writer at Ubisoft. He’s worked on multiple games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, which spans time periods from Ancient Greece to Victorian England. But...
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Finally! It does screw up the very specific Force Awakens timeline they've committed to -- which is admirable -- but they also were trying way too hard to make Kylo Ren happen.
io9@io9.com · 7mo agoGalaxy's Edge Will Soon Cover All Eras of 'Star Wars'
Last night, Stranger Things purified itself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka 💜