The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network features weekly shows hosted by Jim Hill and his collaborators. The lineup includes The Disney Dish with Len Testa, Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor, Epic Universal Podcast with Eric Hersey, I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey, Marvel Us Disney with Dan Graney, The Case For with Chris Cox, and more. Each series offers industry reporting, history, analysis, and insider stories spanning Disney, Universal, animation, film, streaming, and themed entertainment. With over 25 years of online storytelling and thousands of hours of content, the network delivers trusted, in-depth coverage for fans, enthusiasts, and industry professionals.
Episodes
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Jan 15, 2020 • 51min
Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 32: Does “The Rise of Skywalker” satisfy?
Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how Disneyland Park is prepping for the January 17th opening of “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.” They then discuss in depth the final installment of the Skywalker saga. WARNING ! There will be spoilers ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2020 • 44min
Disney Dish Episode 252: Imagineering Epcot’s Space pavilion
Len Testa starts out this week’s show by revealing how Disney World is using an upcoming Free Dining promotion to deliberately steer people away from visiting that Resort over the long Fourth of July Weekend. Then Jim Hill talks about the Imagineers kept circling back on a certain set of ideas when it came to Epcot’s long-in-development Space pavilion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2020 • 1h 6min
I Want That Episode 7: Waiting on Baby Yoda
Michelle Valladolid & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking up some of the great artists who will be showcasing their work at this year’s edition of the Epcot International Festival of the Arts. They then talk about why Jon Favreau deliberately prevented Disney Consumer Products from okaying production of The Child toys out ahead of the November 12th debut of “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 10, 2020 • 43min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 57: Will Hugh Jackman play Wolverine in “Deadpool 3”?
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the name the Imagineers chose for those Marvel-themed lands that are being built at California Adventure, Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland. They then discuss how Marvel Studios may be rearranging the release schedule that it previously announced for the Marvel Cinematic Universe & Disney+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 9, 2020 • 52min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 64 : Mike Myer’s Marvin the Martian movie
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill talk about “Coyote vs Acme,” “Space Jam 2” and some of the other projects that Warner Bros. Feature Animation has in production. Then Jim wraps up the convoluted history of Disney’s “The Aristocats.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 6, 2020 • 1h 3min
Disney Dish Episode 251: New restaurants under consideration for WDW’s Magic Kingdom
Len Testa starts off this week’s show by sharing some surveys that Disney Dish listeners have recently received. Then Jim Hill looks ahead to the coming year and talks about what 2020 will bring to the Disney Parks & Resorts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 1, 2020 • 57min
Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 31: Hanging with Harrison Ford
Dan Zehr recounts his recent trip to Hollywood where he walked down the blue carpet at the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” Then Jim Hill talks about the Imagineers got those 20,000-pound passenger cabins for “Star Tours” from WDI Headquarters in Glendale, CA to Disneyland Park in Anaheim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2019 • 28min
Disney Dish Episode 250: Remembering WDW’s “Glory and Pageantry of Christmas” show
Len Testa starts off this week’s episode by revealing how TouringPlans actually cracked Priceline’s code when it came to unnamed WDW resorts. Then Jim Hill talks about the living nativity that used to be a holiday highpoint at the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2019 • 55min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 63: When WDAS almost shuttered
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by talking up “Harley Quinn,” that adult animated series that recently debuted on DC Universe. Then Jim Hill talks about how “Sleeping Beauty” seriously under-performing at the box office in 1959 severely impacted Walt Disney Animation Studios in the 1960s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2019 • 57min
Disney Dish Episode 249: Reviewing WDW’s Riviera Resort
Len Testa starts off this week’s show by sharing his impressions of the latest Disney Vacation Club property to open at Walt Disney World. Then Jim Hill shares the history of the hotel that shares this space with WDW’s Riviera Resort, Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
