Celebrating 300 Imaginary Worlds

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

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 ourselves. This time around, my assistant producer Stephanie Billman and I reflect on how the podcast has impacted us. I often joke that the show feels like a train that I’m riding, and I’m laying down tracks as I go. Sometimes those tracks stretch far in the distance, but other times I can see the end of the line and wonder if this train is going to Wile E. Coyote off a cliff. But we have managed to make it this far thanks to a lot of imagination, willpower and chemistry. This episode is sponsored by Mizzen + Main and Audible. Our listeners get 20% off their first purchase at mizzenandmain.com using the promo code IMAGINARY20. Listen to the audiobook of Project Hail Mary at Audible.com/hailmary. To support the show, you can donate on Patreon where you get access to the ad-free version and our companion show Between Imaginary Worlds. You can also buy Imaginary Worlds merchandise at our online store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.8	Subject to availability while stocks last. You're listening to the 300th episode of imaginary worlds.
1:11.2	I'm Eric Malinski.
1:12.9	This is the third milestone episode that we've done.
1:17.1	For the 200th episode, we heard from listeners from around the world, and I caught up with
1:21.5	previous guests.
1:23.1	For the 10th anniversary of the podcast, we looked at imaginary worlds as a cultural artifact.
1:29.5	I talked with experts about how the entertainment industry had changed during the previous
1:34.2	decade as we were covering it.
1:36.7	To be honest, I was thinking of not doing a special 300th episode because I just wasn't sure
1:42.5	what else there was to do.
1:45.8	But my assistant producer Stephanie Billman pointed out that in those previous episodes, we hadn't talked about what the
1:51.8	show is meant to us personally. And I discovered that Stephanie had a lot more to say about this
1:58.5	than I realized. This podcast is a labor of love.
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