Embracing Fantasy: A Journey Through Nostalgia

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This chapter delves into the emotional bond people share with fantasy, particularly through Disney, and how it can serve as a therapeutic escape from loss. It challenges societal views on 'Disney adults' while emphasizing the positive impact of engaging with fantasy in enriching our lives and reconnecting with joy.

We all need a good fantasy world to retreat to sometimes – whether it's Hogwarts or Middle Earth, Westeros or Wakanda. But magical thinking can be dangerous too. And escapism isn't always innocent. So where do you draw the line between fantasy and reality?

Original Air Date: September 17, 2022

Interviews In This Hour:

Why not escape into fantasy? A tale of Disney adults — The magical thinkers, the dreamers, and the hucksters of America's fantasyland — Neil Gaiman on where dreams — and nightmares — come from

Guests:

Sarah Rachul, Marianne Eloise, Kurt Andersen, Neil Gaiman

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