Walt Disney: Building a Better Theme Park | The Genius and his Brother | 3

Business Movers

Wondery

History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As Walt Disney fights to overcome his failing body, he and his brother Roy battle over the future of Walt’s latest obsession, and his biggest idea yet: an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow; or as Walt calls it, EPCOT.

To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmovers

Support us by supporting our sponsors!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey Prime members, you can listen to BusinessMovers ad free on Amazon Music.
0:05.0	Download the app today. It's a quiet afternoon in a quiet Kansas City neighborhood in 1916, but at
0:26.6	3.08 Belfontein Avenue, the mood is tense. Because the man of the house,
0:31.6	Elias Disney is on a rampage.
0:34.0	He's furious with his 14-year-old son, Walt, who sits on his bed as his father storms into the room.
0:40.0	Walt, when I tell you to hand me a tool, you don't pickle around.
0:43.2	You hand me the damn tool.
0:45.0	I did.
0:46.0	Not fast enough.
0:47.0	I had to find it first in that mess of a toolbox.
0:49.6	You keep that sharp tongue inside your mouth when you're talking to me.
0:52.5	How can I talk to you with my mouth closed?
0:55.0	Elias grits his teeth as his eyes burn with rage.
0:58.4	You're an impertinent child.
0:59.6	You always have been.
1:01.0	You're gonna meet me in the basement in five minutes and we'll set you straight.
1:07.4	As Walt steals himself or what awaits him downstairs, there's a gentle knock on his bedroom
1:11.9	door. Hey kid.
1:15.0	Roy.
1:16.0	Roy O Disney, Walt's older brother by eight years,
1:20.0	recently left home to strike out on his own.
1:22.0	Roy and Walt are extremely close, and Walt always
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.