Willy Wonka: Aaron Goes on What Went Wrong
The Secret World of Roald Dahl
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
How do you turn a beloved but prickly children's book into a candy colored fever dream that outlives everyone who made it? Aaron is the guest on What Went Wrong, the fantastic, hit podcast unpacking the improbable origin story of a single movie. This time it's the 1971 classic, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.3 | Hey, it's Aaron. Today, we're bringing you an episode of a podcast that I love. What Went |
| 0:13.1 | Wrong? Every week, the hosts, Chris and Lizzie take a single movie and dig very, very deep |
| 0:19.3 | into the messy, miraculous story of how it got made. |
| 0:23.1 | This episode is their dive into the 1971 Gene Wilder extravaganza, Willie Wonka, |
| 0:30.0 | and the Chocolate Factory. And I got to be the guest. Chris, Lizzie, and I cover everything |
| 0:35.3 | you could ever want to know about this movie. Seriously, it's very long, including many of my super nerdy points about what I think makes it work. |
| 0:43.2 | After this episode first stared on their channel, by the way, I heard from several friends who listen. |
| 0:47.7 | Turns out, lots of actors and filmmakers and movie buffs subscribe to what went wrong, with good reason. |
| 0:53.9 | If you like this episode i highly |
| 0:55.7 | recommend checking out their stuff especially their episodes on shakespeare and love and cabaret |
| 1:00.1 | the hosts are just really smart and passionate and great researchers and storytellers check it out |
| 1:05.9 | also an important request for me i have loved making this role doll show. If you want to hear |
| 1:12.9 | updates on the show and what I'm up to, and make sure you don't miss anything, please go to |
| 1:18.0 | listen to parallax.com slash contact and sign up for the email list. Again, it's listen toparallax.com |
| 1:25.8 | slash contact. Or you can just find that link in the episode notes. |
| 1:30.1 | Okay, here's me and Willy Wonka on What Went Wrong. |
| 1:34.2 | Enjoy. |
| 1:38.9 | Um-pa, doompa, doobody-doo. |
| 1:44.1 | Your favorite podcast is waiting for you |
| 1:47.0 | Umpa lumpa dupa d d |
| 1:50.1 | Making a movie is hard as candy |
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