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Body Horror Gets Under My Skin
We all have that one thing we just can’t watch. For me, it’s body horror -- the kind of horror where grotesque and disturbing things happen to someon…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Bonus: Syd Mead Full Gallery Tour
Last week, we heard about a new exhibit in New York called Syd Mead: Future Pastime. The exhibit closes on May 21st, and I know most listeners won't …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Optimist Behind Blade Runner's Dystopia
The late Syd Mead was a visual futurist who was hired to imagine the worlds of Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens, Elysium and other sci-fi films. His work i…
10 months ago
Blueprints for Utopias
The golden age of sci-fi was filled with utopian visions the future. These days, when sci-fi creators project ahead several decades, the world is loo…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Blair: Coloring Outside the Lines at Disney
In honor of Women’s History Month we’re producing a two-part series about two artists who were visionaries and trailblazers. In part 2, we look at th…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Bonus: Superstar Stuntwoman of Silent Cinema
In the previous episode, I talked with author Mallory O'Meara about Milicent Patrick, but there wasn't room to include this bonus material about Mall…
11 months ago
Milicent Patrick: Disney Magic to Monster Mayhem
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re producing a two-part series about two visionary and trailblazing artists: Mary Blair and Milicent Patrick. T…
11 months, 1 week ago
Pokémon and The Art of Dubbing Anime
This week’s episode comes from our Patreon podcast Between Imaginary Worlds. It’s a more casual chat show that appears between ad-free episodes of Im…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Filk Fusion: Where Sci-Fi Meets Folk Music
In the 1950s, an article about the popularity of folk music among science fiction fans had a typo where “folk” was written as “filk.” From then on, f…
1 year ago
Dance With The Devil Under Wall St.
The writer Jon Ronson and producers of the immersive theatrical experience Sleep No More have teamed up to make a vast new immersive show that unfold…
1 year ago