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Imaginary Worlds

Rolling the Twenty Sided Dice

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

I spent the last two months learning how to play Dungeons & Dragons. That's right, I never played as a kid. But I've been reading so many interviews with interesting creative people who credit D&D with their success, I kept wondering what I missed out on -- and whether it was too late to figure it out. Helping me on my quest are Lev Grossman (author of The Magicians trilogy), Paul La Farge, Richard Valazquez and the staff of The Brooklyn Strategist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.7

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0:37.5

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0:43.9

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0:58.7

You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.

1:00.5

Michelle, how we create them, and why we suspend our disbelief.

1:04.7

I'm Eric Molinsky.

1:07.0

And this is Paul DeFarge.

1:09.0

He's a novelist, a journalist, a professor of English, and a former dungeon master.

1:15.5

By the way, I didn't alter this tape.

1:17.6

Paul was using a digital recorder at home, which kind of gave his voice in other world

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