The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
Join Jim Hill and co-hosts Len Testa, Drew Taylor, Brian Gaughan, Eric Hersey, and Lauren Hersey as they talk about the multi-faceted Walt Disney Company - including Pixar, Lucasfilm and Disney Studios - as well as Universal Studios and the world of collectibles.
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Episode 121 - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs...
Jim and Len recorded this show a couple of days before the Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs news hit last week. Also Jim talks about why Disney just bought the other half of Disneyland Paris.
34 min
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Episode 120 - Epcot's Festival of the (mostly c...
Len visits Epcot's newest seasonal fling, the Festival of the Arts. Jim explains how Caribbean Beach's new DVC buildings might look, and we talk rumors of Evening Extra Magic Hours' demise at the Studios.
33 min
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Episode 119 - Rockettes and Restaurants
In our main two segments, Jim talks about the time Michael Eisner picked a fight with Radio City's Rockettes, and lost. Len talks about the best restaurants in Walt Disney World as voted on by you.
38 min
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Episode 118 - Jim Wraps Up the History of O Can...
23 min
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Bonus Episode #2 - Discovery Bay, Hawaii
26 min
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Bonus Episode - Jim and Len review Rogue One **...
Jim and Len review Rogue One **with spoilers**
19 min
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Episode 117 - Len gets to see Rivers of Light a...
Hear Len's review of Rivers of Light's Castmember Preview performances,
31 min
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Episode 116 - The Muppets Restaurant That Never...
This is part of our Unbuilt Disney series, with additional shows at DisneyDish.bandcamp.com
34 min
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Episode 115 - Why For? The Headless Horseman, P...
Listen to Part 1 of the story here: https://disneydish.bandcamp.com/track/why-for-the-headless-horseman
36 min
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Disney Dish Episode 114 - Jim talks about Disne...
Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland
26 min
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Episode 113 - Previewing our upcoming Unbuilt D...
There'll be more, including a long-lost Jimmy Hoffa memo, at the event.
16 min
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Episode 112 - Disney Hurricane Aftermath, Len's...
Len makes an unusual request at Victoria and Albert's, which causes the manager to stop by the table.
45 min
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Episode 111 - History of the O Canada! film, pa...
Jim finishes the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. Also a bit about the potential DVC at Caribbean Beach Resort.
23 min
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Episode 110 - History of the O Canada! film, pa...
Jim gives the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. This part of the story starts with Walt himself trying to find his father's family home in Canada, and we end this show at the fabulous Expo '67 fair in Montreal.
26 min
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Episode 109 - History of the Disneyland Hotel, ...
History of the Disneyland Hotel, part 2 (Condensed version)
24 min
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Episode 108: Disney News: Earnings, Park Attend...
We'll release the first August show soon. Time is an illusion.
21 min
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Episode 107: The Lost Episode of Chronological ...
It's interesting to go back and see how Disney was thinking the same thing, for Coronado Springs.
20 min
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Episode 106b: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Previe...
Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3
33 min
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Episode 106a: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Previe...
Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3
19 min
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Episode 105: The history of Fort Wilderness
We also talk about the opening of Skull Island at IOA, and Frozen at Epcot
43 min
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Episode 104: Live from the Animal Kingdom with ...
Special guest star: Laurel Stewart. We loved the meal at Tiffins. Kilimanjaro Safaris is interesting at night, not sure we'd make it our only visit to that attraction. Loved The Awakening.
17 min
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Episode 103: Jim's Why For?
Here's a Why For that Disney fans are sure to go ape over... the history of "Scruffy", one of the rock apes of Gibraltar. Jim reveals how this started as a live-action project only to almost end up as the follow-up to Disney's animated "Robin Hood".
22 min
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Episode 102: Splash Mountain's History Finale
Did you know that Walt and Ray Kroc (the guy who popularized the McDonald's restaurants) were in the same ambulance unit in World War I? There's a Disneyland tie-in there, and you can hear about it when Jim concludes the history of Splash Mountain.
32 min
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Episode 101: Kali River Rapids' History
Jim goes through the history of Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids ride. The combination of animals and raft rides dates back to Walt's days, and the evolution of whitewater-style rides in the 1980's brought the idea back to Disney.
33 min
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Episode 100: The guy that invented FastPass
Jim talks to Bruce Laval, the guy who invented the original FastPass system while working for Disney in the 1990's.
38 min