Imagining (full episode)

The mind’s ability to envision more than what is physically present in the world is an astounding fact of life. We’re always imagining, thinking, and living in our heads. Our thoughts and our imaginations shape how we see the world, they shape our words and our actions. This is nothing new. We’ve been doing this for all our lives. as far as we can remember. But that’s why we take a closer look and ask the question: how do our imagined lives shape our reality? What happens day to day at the frontier between the worlds we imagine and the worlds we inhabit.

Host: Justine Beed

Producers: Justine Beed and Natacha Ruck with help from Louis Lafair, Amabel Stokes, Alec Glassford, Tamu Adumer, Joshua Hoyt, Austin Meyer, Claire Schoen, Christy Hartman, Will Rogers, Albert Gehami, Jonah Willihnganz, and Jake Warga

Featuring: John Rick, Tamu Adumer, Louis Lafair, Terry Root, Louie Psihoyos, WonGi Jung, Austin Meyer, Amabel Stokes, Alec Glassford, Max Whitmeyer, Nina Donaldson, Maria Doerr, Liam Bhajan, Jeffrey Abidor, Emma Fisher, Natacha Ruck, and Jackson Roach

Music and Sounds: See storytelling.stanford.edu for full list of music and sounds used in this episode

Image via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kainkalju/5894855297

Story 1: Birth of Imagination

Description: What happened the first time humans used imagination to shape the world?

Producers: Tamu Adumer and Natacha Ruck

Featuring: Professor John Rick

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Story 2: One Quinoa Burger At A Time

Description: Can imagination help one student tackle one of the biggest problems of our time?

Producer: Louis Lafair

Featuring: Terry Root and Louie Psihoyos

Music: "T-Shirt Weather," "Little Dipper," "Pure Swell," "Funk," and "Boop" by Podington Bear

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Story 3: My Imaginary Girlfriend

Description: How hard can it be to break up with an imaginary girlfriend?

Producer: WonGi Jung with help from Justine Beed

Featuring: WonGi Jung

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Story 4: Double Banded Dream

Description: In this story, we venture into the land of dreams and investigate how imagination can endanger reality.

Producers: Austin Meyer and Joshua Hoyt

Featuring: Austin Meyer

Music: "Nothing Lasts" by Alexandre Desplat and "Gnossienne No. 2: Avec étonnement" and “Gynopédie No. 1”by Erik Satie

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Story 5: The Periphery

Description: In this story we dive deep into the head of a coffee shop vigilante and listen to her thoughts as she tries to save the day.

Producers: Amabel Stokes, Justine Beed

Writer: Amabel Stokes

Featuring: Amabel Stokes, Alec Glassford, Max Whitmeyer, Nina Donaldson, Maria Doerr, Justine Beed, Liam Bhajan, Jeffrey Abidor, Emma Fisher, and Jackson Roach

Music and Sounds: See storytelling.stanford.edu for full list of music and sounds used in this piece

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