Deena Skolnick Weisberg
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Oct 13, 2026
Deena WeisbergHOST
[upbeat music] This is Imaginology, a podcast where we explore the science of how imagination meets reality.
Deena WeisbergHOST
I'm your host, Deena Weisberg.
Deena WeisbergHOST
My guest this episode is John de Lancie, best known to audiences worldwide as Q from Star Trek.
Deena WeisbergHOST
His film and television credits include Breaking Bad, The West Wing, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
Deena WeisbergHOST
On stage, de Lancie has performed with the American Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, and the Mark Taper Forum, among many others.
Deena WeisbergHOST
He has also appeared in the concert hall with numerous orchestras, including as the host of Symphonies for Youth, and as the writer and director of The First Nights series, both with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
John de LancieGUEST
And then I would go down in my office, cover the, the windows so that there's no light, turn off the lights so it's literally dark.
John de LancieGUEST
I would then turn on the music, and I would lay back in my couch, close my eyes, and just imagine.
Deena WeisbergHOST
[upbeat music] This is Imaginology, a podcast where we explore the science of how imagination meets reality.
Deena WeisbergHOST
I'm your host, Deena Weisberg.
Deena WeisbergHOST
On today's episode, I talk with Andrew Shtulman, professor of psychology at Occidental College.
Deena WeisbergHOST
He studies concepts, the mental structures that allow us to organize and interpret our perceptual experience, and that allow us to imagine.
Deena WeisbergHOST
[upbeat music] This is Imaginology, a podcast where we explore the science of how imagination meets reality.
Deena WeisbergHOST
I'm your host, Deena Weisberg.
Deena WeisbergHOST
I'm a professor and a cognitive scientist, and I've been studying imagination for over 20 years.
Deena WeisbergHOST
In this podcast, I'm going to be talking to other scientists who study aspects of the imagination, as well as to therapists, actors, authors, entrepreneurs, and a wide variety of other people who use imagination in their work.