Latest Imagineering Podcast Episodes
#100: The Book of the Mouse Club 100th Episode Celebration!
Book of the Mouse Club - March 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe got ears, it's time for cheers! Like the Walt Disney Company, Courtney and Emily are celebrating their own hundredth milestone - 100 episodes! During the Book of the Mouse Club 100 celebration, your hosts will recap their reading “wrapped” with data from the 104 books they’ve read since episo...
#99: Author Interview - “The Miles Mitchell Mysteries: A Private Eye At A Magical Place” by Aaron Forringer
Book of the Mouse Club - February 16, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Most Magical Place on Earth is sometimes more than meets the eye…so let’s meet our magical private eye! When mischievous magical mysteries arise, that is when Miles Mitchell, private eye, takes the case. Courtney and Emily are joined by Aaron Forringer to discuss his collection of short stor...
#98: “The Art of Wish” by Stephen Rebello and Kimmer Baughman
Book of the Mouse Club - January 23, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Walt Disney Company has been wishing on stars since 1923 and Disney’s Wish is a tribute to the 100 years of animation from the studio. Courtney and Emily kick off season 7 with “The Art of Wish” celebrating Disney Animation Studios’ 62nd film. Its unique “moving painting” animation pays trib...
#97: "How the Villains Ruined Christmas" by Serena Valentino
Book of the Mouse Club - December 12, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Villains are trying to ruin Christmas! Classic Disney villains are up to their usual dastardly deeds, but the spirit of Christmas cannot be defeated. Courtney and Emily discuss Serna Valentino’s picture book “Disney Villains: How the Villains ruined Christmas” in their concluding episode of ...
The First Theme Park
Annual Passholes - November 16, 2023 15:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe love theme parks, but where did it all begin? A few different places claim to be the "first theme park," so CJ and David are doing some investigating to uncover the truth!
#96: “Honey I Blew Up the Kid” A Junior Novelization by B.B. Hiller and ft. Guest Reader Jeff DePaoli of Dizney Coast To Coast
Book of the Mouse Club - November 16, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThose zany Szalinskis are at it again! Back on episode #54, your hosts talked with Jeff DiPaoli about the junior novelization of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and now they are back to discuss the sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Junior novelizations are a great way to engage young readers with their...
#95: Author Interview - “The Enchanted Disney: Stories of Walt, Hollywood, and Live-Action Film” by Spencer Wright (Host of Walt’s Oasis)
Book of the Mouse Club - October 17, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDuring the Disney100 centennial celebration of the Walt Disney Company, Disney’s animated films and theme parks have been getting a lot of attention. But what about its live action legacy? Many may associate Disney live action with recent remakes or Marvel and Star Wars, but with over 300 films...
#94: “Not Just a Walk in the Park: My Worldwide Disney Resorts Career” by James B. Cora with Jeff Kurrti ft. Guest Reader Brett Nachman of Notably Disney
Book of the Mouse Club - September 29, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhat’s better than one podcast episode? Two podcast episodes! It's a Disney Leadership Duo crossover between Book of the Mouse Club and Notably Disney. Courtney and Emily welcome Brett Nachman of the Notably Disney podcast back to the show to talk about Disney Legend Jim Cora’s memoir, “Not Ju...
#93: British Invasion Summer Series - “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens ft. Dr. Doug Kern & Dr. Paul Cote
Book of the Mouse Club - August 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsConsider yourself at home with this final installment of the British Invasion Summer Series. Hosts Courtney and Emily welcome back Dr. Doug Kern and Dr. Paul Cote as guest readers to compare Charles Dickens’ 1838 novel, Oliver Twist, to Disney’s 1988 animated film Oliver and Company. Drastically...
#92: British Invasion Summer Series - “Alice in Wonderland” & “Alice Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carrol ft. Caroline Aimetti of the Poor Unfortunate Podcast
Book of the Mouse Club - July 19, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCuriouser and Curiouser! Caroline from the Poor Unfortunate Podcast joins Courtney and Emily’s unbirthday party in this next installment of the Book of the Mouse Club’s British Invasion Summer Series. Follow your hosts down the rabbit hole to compare Disney’s 1951 film Alice in Wonderland to Le...
#91: British Invasion Summer Series - “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame ft. Conor Perkins of the Poor Unfortunate Podcast
Book of the Mouse Club - June 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsTally Ho! Courtney and Emily are merrily merrily on their way to discuss their second selection for the British Invasion Summer Series, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Your hosts welcome back Conor Perkins, one half of the The Poor Unfortunate Podcast, to compare this children’s clas...
#90: British Invasion Summer Series - “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie ft. Guest Reader Leeann Sausser
Book of the Mouse Club - May 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt's time for another summer reading series! The start of the British Invasion Summer Series has Courtney and Emily traveling across the pond to the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning! Your hosts welcome back guest reader, Leeann, to discuss J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan”. The Boy ...
#90: British Invasion Summer Series: “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie ft. Guest Reader Leeann Sausser
Book of the Mouse Club - May 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt's time for another summer reading series! The start of the British Invasion Summer Series has Courtney and Emily traveling across the pond to the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning! Your hosts welcome back guest reader, Leeann, to discuss J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan”. The Boy ...
#89: Author Interview - “You Must Be This Tall” by N.K. Reinert
Book of the Mouse Club - April 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratings“You Must Be This Tall” to ride, but there’s no height requirement to listen! Consider this your “Keys to the Kingdom” backstage tour of this fun theme park novel, inspired by the experiences of a former Disney Cast Member. Courtney and Emily interview Natalie Keller Reinert about her book “You ...
#88: “Runaway Heart” by Clare Richmond - A Harlequin American Romance Novel set at Walt Disney World
Book of the Mouse Club - March 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDrama, romance, runaway teenagers, and…Walt Disney World? Believe it or not, Walt Disney World was featured as a setting in a Harlequin Romance novel in 1986. Courtney and Emily finally got their hands on this out of print novel by Clare Richmond and are spilling the tea on the book that fascina...
#87: “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt featuring Guest Reader Eric of Synergy Loves Company Podcast
Book of the Mouse Club - February 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourney and Emily are joined in this episode by guest reader, Eric, the host of Synergy Loves Company Podcast. What if you had the chance to live forever? Would you take it? That is the dilemma facing young Winnie Foster when she meets the Tuck family while wandering lost in the woods. Tuck Ever...
#86: Author Interview - “Drawn to Greatness: Disney’s Animation Renaissance” by Michael Lyons of DIS-Order and From Pencils to Pixels The Animation Celebration Podcast
Book of the Mouse Club - January 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourtney and Emily are joined by journalist, podcaster, and now author, Michael Lyons, to discuss his book “Drawn to Greatness: Disney’s Animation Renaissance”. The Disney Renaissance contains several film favorites including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the Lion King. ...
#85: “The Art of Disney Strange World” by Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones and Kalikolehua Hurley
Book of the Mouse Club - December 09, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt’s the last show of 2022! Courtney and Emily discuss Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest release, Strange World, with the book The Art of Disney Strange World by Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones and Kalikolehua Hurley. The concept art and design commentary provides a deeper look into the fil...
#84: “Long Live the Pumpkin Queen” by Shea Ernshaw (a sequel to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Book of the Mouse Club - November 22, 2022 03:13 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsGhouls and ghosts of every age wouldn’t you like to see something strange? Come with Courtney and Emily and you will meet Sally Skellington the Pumpkin Queen of Halloween. In the episode, your hosts discuss the Disney Press fiction release “Long Live the Pumpkin Queen” by Shea Ernshaw. The story...
#83: Author Interview - “Cautionary Tales: A Collection of Scary Stories Starring Favorite Disney Villains” by Ridley Pearson
Book of the Mouse Club - November 02, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsMagic mirror on the wall, summon Ridley Pearson to the Book of the Mouse Club we call! The much awaited interview with the award-winning author of suspense and young adult adventure novels is finally here. Courtney and Emily are joined by Ridley to discuss his new book “Cautionary Tales: A Colle...
#82: Author Interview - “100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime: Magical Experiences from Around the World” by Marcy Carriker Smothers
Book of the Mouse Club - October 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourtney and Emily are excited to welcome author and Disney historian, Marcy Carriker Smothers, back to the podcast to discuss her new book “100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime: Magical Experiences from Around the World.” In this first collaboration between Disney Editions and National Geographi...
#81: “Hocus Pocus & the All New Sequel” by A.W. Jantha vs. Hocus Pocus 2 (the film)
Book of the Mouse Club - October 05, 2022 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt’s been 29 years, right down to the day but the witches are back and there’s so much to say. Courtney and Emily celebrate the new release of Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+ with a review of the 2018 book Hocus Pocus and the All New Sequel. Released four years apart, the book and the film take differe...
#80: Fairytale Favorites - “Rapunzel” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Book of the Mouse Club - September 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsRapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! Courtney and Emily return to their ongoing series, Fairytale Favorites, with a comparison of Grimm’s Fairytales “Rapunzel” and Disney Animated Studios’ 50th animated feature, “Tangled.” Like most fairytales, the original source material left Disney a lot o...
Enrolling in the Disney College Program
Theme Park Trash - September 05, 2022 22:24 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsToday we’re leaving the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy in the FINAL EPISODE of Theme Park Trash! Rosie and Miya consider their sliding doors moment: what would have happened if they had done the Disney College Program instead of this podcast? They also catch up on some no-longer-new...
#79: Legendary Summer Series - “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years” by Disney Legend Julie Andrews with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton
Book of the Mouse Club - August 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourntey and Emily wrap up the Legendary Summer Series with Dame Julie Andrews’ second memoir “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.” Andrews’ memoir takes place from 1962-1986 starting with her Hollywood debut in Disney’s “Mary Poppins” and ending with her second husband’s semi autobiograp...
#78: Legendary Summer Series - “From Disneyland's Tom Sawyer to Disney Legend: The Adventures of Tom Nabbe” by Disney Legend Tom Nabbe
Book of the Mouse Club - July 29, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourtney and Emily continue their Legendary Summer Series with “From Disneyland's Tom Sawyer to Disney Legend: The Adventures of Tom Nabbe” by Tom Nabbe. A Disney 55er, Tom Nabbe was a newspaper boy hired as a young teenager by Walt Disney himself to personify the youthful adventurer, Tom Sawyer...
"Would You Eat This?" Extravaganza!
Theme Park Trash - June 30, 2022 03:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsIn this blast from the past, Rosie and Miya do an extra-long "Would You Eat This?" extravaganza for the most notable offerings from the WDW 50th Anniversary and the holidays. A sparkly punch makes them lose their minds, and it doesn't even have alcohol in it! They also give their long-awaited ...
#77: Legendary Summer Series - “Forever Young” by Disney Legend Hayley Mills
Book of the Mouse Club - June 29, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsLet’s get together yeah yeah yeah…for a Legendary Summer Series! This summer, Courtney and Emily are reading memoirs of Disney Legends. This episode kicks off the summer with “Forever Young” by Hayley Mills. Most known for her performances in Pollyanna(1960) and The Parent Trap (1961), Hayley ma...
#76: Author Interview - “At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife, and Churros” by Matt Mason
Book of the Mouse Club - June 03, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCourtney and Emily are joined by Nebraska State Poet, Matt Mason, to discuss his book “At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife, and Churros.” This book is a rare genre in theme park literature and a must have for every park goer who has ever wanted to recite an ode to Mr. Toad’s W...
#75: Author Interview - “Happily Ever Island” by Crystal Cestari
Book of the Mouse Club - May 24, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsReach out and find your happily ever after…on Happily Ever Island. Courtney and Emily are joined by Crystal Cestari to discuss her young adult novel, Happily Ever Island, in which best friends, “Disney Adult” Madison and “Disney what?” Lanie, win a full week vacation to Disney’s newest immersive...
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