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Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World

After Disney with Neil O'Brien

Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World

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Walt Disney, Roy Disney, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney World, Society & Culture, Disneyland, Walt Disney Studios

4.8799 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Michael and Tom chat with author Neil O' Brien about his book After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company, which covers the years following Walt Disney's passing through the beginning of the Michael Eisner and Frank Wells ear..


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0:00.0

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0:51.9

Hey there, hi, there, ho there, and welcome to episode 327 of connecting with Walt. I am your

0:59.1

host and is historian Michael Bowling. And I'm joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Tom Bell.

1:05.6

Tom, how are you today? Hey, Michael. I am well, keeping busy, you know, as the single life is. We just keep

1:15.0

busy. Oh my gosh. I know. I mean, telling people, I'm getting worried I'm overextending myself.

1:20.3

You're retired, Michael. I know. I was so happy on Sunday because it was the first day of the

1:26.5

week. I didn't have to set an alarm, you know, because I didn't have to be somewhere.

1:31.7

Yeah.

1:32.1

Because I go to mass Saturday evening.

1:33.8

Sure.

1:34.3

But it's like all week, it's I'm doing tours at the zoo.

1:38.8

Or I work with the hoofstock team now at our local zoo sanctuary.

1:44.3

I have, I'm the vice president of the zoo's docent council.

1:48.9

I have, I'm, I'm, I'm in a leadership position at Knights of Columbus in our church.

1:55.5

And I'm, as this airing, I will be at the highest leadership in our council, which is called the Grand Night.

2:03.5

The election is the day after this recording.

2:07.1

And the words already out, I'm elected.

2:09.8

So I don't know.

2:11.0

Congratulations.

2:12.2

I think I need to get President Trump in here to take a look at this election and there's something shady going on here.

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