Eric Molinsky

Producer, Studio 360

Eric Molinsky is a producer for Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. He became hooked on the weekly culture show while he was an animator drawing storyboards for Rugrats.

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.

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’

Killing your heroes.

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’

Maria Schneider: in progress

Maria Schneider: in progress

The real Twin Peaks

The real Twin Peaks

Blushing fifty shades of red

Blushing fifty shades of red

American Icons: ‘Fahrenheit 451’

American Icons: ‘Fahrenheit 451’

Black cosplay

The role of race in role playing.

Black cosplay

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’

Killing your heroes.

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’
Sutton Foster in 'Anything Goes' during the Tony Awards June 12, 2011.

American Icons: Anything Goes

Cole Porter was out of the musical theater scene during the 1930s, as American mores grew looser and more risqué. But instead of getting stodgy, he wrote the classic celebration of freedom from social constraints.

American Icons: Anything Goes

Hugh Everett Is Alive and Well in an Alternate Universe

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.

Hugh Everett Is Alive and Well in an Alternate Universe
Cosplay

The hashtag that acts as a 'bat signal' for black cosplayers

“There are black cosplayers in Canada, black cosplayers in the United Kingdom, black cosplayers in the Netherlands, and it's just so, so beautiful to look at.”

The hashtag that acts as a 'bat signal' for black cosplayers

The Real Twin Peaks

Not just a TV town: what it’s like to live in the towns where “Twin Peaks” was filmed, and to experience tragedy in a town that’s actually called Twin Peaks.

The Real Twin Peaks

Michael Dudok de Wit on “The Red Turtle”

Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit on why it took him almost a decade to make “The Red Turtle.”

Michael Dudok de Wit on “The Red Turtle”

“Blood Music”

In Greg Bear's novel “Blood Music,” a scientist infected with a synthetic virus realizes that the organisms in his body have become self-aware — and they're talking in his head. 

“Blood Music”

The Ethics of Synthetic Biology

When artists use synthetic biology, are they playing God, or just playing with cool new toys? Scientists Drew Endy and Christina Agapakis weigh in on the ethics.  

The Ethics of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology in Pop Culture

Synthetic biology is a great plot device for science fiction, but screenwriters tend to rely on clichés more than the much weirder world of actual science. 

Synthetic Biology in Pop Culture