The Progress City Radio Hour

In this episode we're very happy to welcome Bob Gibbons to the Town Hall. Bob had a long and illustrious career at Kodak, where he worked as one of their liaisons to Disney when Imagineers were creating the Journey into Imagination pavilion for EPCOT Center. Bob worked closely with Tony Baxter and the WED team, and his stories of the process are sure to inform and entertain! Let's head back to the Dreamport - it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

In this episode of the Radio Hour, we take a look at some past corporate sponsorships and how they've made a mark on the Disney experience over the years. We see how EPCOT Center's sponsor megadeals changed the park-going experience forever, and how Walt's star artists made some iconic television commercials in the 1950s. After examining how travel companies made their mark with Disney, we'll explore some beloved (or not) park corporate food alliances of the past. We'll be back after these important messages, it's the Progress City Radio Hour! 

We return to our Town Hall for a chat with artist and Imagineer extraordinaire, Tim Kirk. Tim joins us to talk about his early Tolkien illustration work and his contributions to EPCOT classics such as Kitchen Kabaret, the Disney-MGM Studios and The Great Movie Ride, Sunset Boulevard and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and much, much more. Time to take a Head Trip - it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

Aloha! The Radio Hour is back with a look at some of Disney's brushes with the cultures of the south seas. We'll look at Walt's voyages to Hawaii, the creation of his Enchanted Tiki Room, and the many delights of the Tahitian Terrace. Come closer so you may see what magic there is in fantasy, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

For our 75th episode we again turn the clock back fifty years to visit Walt Disney World in 1975. It's a time of much activity at the resort, so we look at the state of EPCOT planning back then, take a visit to the new Lake Buena Vista Marketplace, and spend a day experiencing the best of what Walt Disney World had to offer fifty long years ago! Cash those travelers' checks and we'll meet you at the Chummery, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

In this episode of the Radio Hour we turn back time fifty years to the debut of Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland expansion of 1975! We take a look at the development of its three signature attractions - Space Mountain, the WEDway PeopleMover, and the Carousel of Progress. We also revisit a rather unusual television special meant to promote the arrival of Florida's First Mountain™. Now is the time, now is the best time, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

The Progress City Radio Hour roasts the chestnuts and figgies the pudding for our 2024 Christmas episode! This year we're hosting two special guests to talk about their new books - former president of Walt Disney Imagineering, Bob Weis, and artist/director Steve Anderson! We delve into their fascinating projects, discussing Weis's long Imagineering career and Anderson's history of the Disney studio from 1966-86. History, music, and more - from all of us to all of you, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

It's autumn, one of our favorite seasons here in Progress City, and that means it's time to break out a number of festive traditions! In this episode we look at Disney's intersections with a number of fall favorites, including football and the state fair. We also take a trip to Sleepy Hollow for some autumnal spookiness with Ichabod Crane. From pigskin to pig races, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

In this town hall we're thrilled to welcome historians and authors Didier Ghez, J.B. Kaufman, and Ted Thomas. They join us to discuss their newest monograph, Walt Disney & El Grupo in Latin America, and the groundbreaking 1941 Disney voyage which inspired it. We examine the importance of Walt's many travels, and also take a look at what's next for the Hyperion Historical Alliance and its busy authors. Time to buy a new bookshelf - it's the Progress City Radio Hour!

Saludos amigos! In this episode the Radio Hour heads south of the border to look at Disney's connections to Mexico. We discuss Walt's ties to the country, early Mexican representation at Disneyland and in Disney films, examine the mighty churro, and explore EPCOT's Mexico Pavilion. History, music, and more - uts talahá ané exte Mexico yanchaħ uuchich, it's the Progress City Radio Hour!