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You're listening to imaginary worlds.

A show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

I'm Eric Mollinsky.

I was recently talking with my assistant producer Stephanie about time travel because it is

one of my favorite genres.

And I was surprised to learn that she really dislikes time travel stories.

And it's not the usual pet peeves that people have where the logic of the plot doesn't

make any sense or is contradictory.

Those kinds of things do bother her.

But her bigger issue is the emotional logic behind these stories.

And she dug into some of my favorite time travel movies, like Peggy Sue got married.

In fact, throughout my 20s and even into my 30s, I kept having Peggy Sue type fantasies,

where I would be magically transported back into my teenage body, but with an adult perspective,

so I could do everything over again.

But if you're like who you are now, think about how you were perceived or who you were

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