'Zootopia 2' and Disney Sequels | Mint Edition

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Spoilers ahead! Jomi, Steve, and Jess dive into the long-awaited 'Zootopia 2,' sharing their full review and exploring how the sequel expands the world of the original. They discuss the franchise’s cultural impact and what Disney got right (and wrong) this time around and look ahead to a potential 'Zootopia 3,' discussing where Judy, Nick, and the rest of the city could go next. Finally, they zoom out for a broader conversation on Disney sequels, the hurdles they’ve faced, why some manage to shine, and why others fall short. Intro (0:00)'Zootopia 2' review (4:43)Disney sequels: hits, misses, and challenges (27:57)Outro (52:44) Hosts: Jomi Adeniran and Steve AhlmanGuest: Jessica ClemonsProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Amy Polar, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.
0:05.1	In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some advice.
0:10.6	Just be yourself, and the guests will come.
0:13.1	Don't be the celebrity that this is their, like, sixth thing they're doing.
0:16.0	I love true crime and cooking podcasts. Is there any way you could combine the two? Well, everyone has an
0:22.9	opinion and a podcast. So, join me for good hang. It's rough out there. We're just trying to
0:28.5	lighten it up a little. Hello and welcome into the ringerverse, your nexus feet for all things fandom. I'm
0:45.2	Steve Alman. I'm Jimmy Dinner on. And welcome again to Mint Edition, the once in a very long while
0:51.9	podcast about all of the latest fandom that you just can't live
0:55.2	with out.
0:57.3	And today is a very special day.
0:59.5	We are joined by one of our favorites, our favorite, probably like the best in the world.
1:04.9	It's a two-sum to do something, but it's a three-sum to be-sum.
1:08.1	Jessica Clemens.
1:09.8	Hi.
1:45.4	I feel like I'm Judy Hopps in a way. You are? I feel like I'm Judy Hopps. What's the most Judy Hoppsish thing about you? I'm, oh, I take over projects. Oh, okay. So you're, all right, all right. I am definitely, I run over people. I will be like, no, just give it to me. And I'll just handle it. Okay. That's the bad part. Are you in any way in love with the fox? You can call them that. Oh, silver fox. Wow, silver. Sorry, this whole podcast was a trap. Who did you like the most in the Predator movie? Go. Oh, my God. Who else would you think?
1:59.4	Honestly, if you know me, you already know who my favorite. Most datable youches go. The dad, right? The dad? The dad? Because he's the bigger one. He killed his son. Okay. So, we don't know those people. We don't know how. I don't know that, man. We don't know that, man.
2:01.1	And we don't know their customs and their religions.
2:01.7	Right.
2:02.0	Okay.
2:03.3	He might have been innocent.
2:01.1	I saw the son put a gun to him first. those people. We don't know that, man. We don't know their customs and their religions.
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