Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host... more
In the years since my 2020 episode Fantasy and Fascism, I knew that I had to make a follow-up episode.... more
Who really composed the scores of Dune, Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Pirates of the... more
The hottest trend in fantasy novels – in fact the hottest trend in publishing overall – is fantasy romance or... more
Book banning is hitting libraries across America, and many of the titles being banned or challenged are fantasy books or... more
Did you know that in retirement, George Lucas decided to host a live talk show with his sidekick Watto? That’s... more
Over the past 40 years, Shigeru Miyamoto has been inventing the modern video game one pixel at a time. From... more
When Joe Dever died in 2016, he hadn’t written the last several books in his Lone Wolf series. The Lone... more
When the writer Nnedi Okorafor coined the term Africanfuturism, she wanted to distinguish sci-fi written about Africa from Afrofuturism, which... more
Back in 2018, I interviewed language creator David J. Peterson about how he invented Dothraki for Game of Thrones and... more
The Wizard of Oz is deeply ingrained into our culture. While many people can practically recite the 1939 movie, the... more