Eric Molinsky
Producer, Studio 360
Eric Molinsky knew he wanted to be a public radio producer by the tender age of 32. He had been hooked on Studio 360 while sitting in his cubicle along Sunset Boulevard, drawing storyboards for Rugrats. Finally it was time to stop annoying his fellow animators with his lunchbreak theories about the cultural zeitgest, and he moved back East to hook up with the Studio 360 crowd.
He quickly became the program's house cartoonist, and went on to coproduce in Studio 360's "American Icons" programs on the Wizard of Oz, the Lincoln Memorial, and Superman. He's also produced stories about many of his favorite artists, like Aimee Mann and Jules Feiffer. Originally from Massachusetts, Eric studied at Wesleyan University and the California Institute of the Arts.
Recent Stories
Culture
Studio 360
March 06, 2016
The Boston accent is notoriously difficult to imitate. Where does it come from and why do actors keep getting it wrong?
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
January 21, 2016
An artist made 3-D portraits based on the DNA of the imprisoned WikiLeaks source. What can they tell us about surveillance and identity?
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
January 06, 2016
Full-price "Hamilton" tickets are out of reach for most New Yorkers, but Lin-Manuel Miranda's free pre-show performances have entertained thousands of groundlings.
Media
Studio 360
December 23, 2015
Are we all actually living inside the matrix-like mind of a TV character named Tommy Westphall? We are, according to TV multiverse fans.
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
December 10, 2015
When he was 19, Mark Everett’s father died. But his big idea, a surprising interpretation of quantum mechanics, lived on. And if that idea is right, he might still be alive … somewhere.
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
December 08, 2015
With his series "The Knick," Steven Soderbergh is quietly producing the most experimental show on TV.
Culture
Studio 360
December 06, 2015
Some see the gold bikini Leia wears in Star Wars Episode III as an icon. Others resent its popularity. Let the debates begin.
Culture
Sideshow
November 23, 2015
Eric Molinsky was on the original team behind the Nickelodeon show Rugrats. As the years have passed, he's seen people imagine how the Rugrats would look today — and he doesn't like it.
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
November 18, 2015
Millennial fans of the 1990s cartoon "Rugrats" are illustrating the characters as adults. Now, one of the show's original artists draws the Rugrats as they would really look in 2015.
Arts, Culture & Media
Studio 360
November 10, 2015
With "Daredevil" and now "Supergirl," television creators seem to have finally figured out how to tell comic-book stories without getting cartoonish.
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