Apr 7, 2021
This year the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are playing their 55th season down the road from Disneyland. Adam explores the relationship between America’s pastime and America’s favorite theme park.
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Three Heavy Hitters
Roles in the Disney-Angels Tale, LA Times, May 1995
Feb 17, 2021
Disneyland wouldn’t exist without the creation of the Great
American Road Trip. Adam celebrates President Eisenhower and the
creation of the modern highway system, which every year transports
millions of guests safely and conveniently to the gates of theme
parks across the country.
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Jan 13, 2021
Ron “Mr. Disneyland” Dominguez was actually raised on Disneyland property, and through his life's work would become a central figure in the story of the Happiest Place on Earth.
Oct 21, 2020
Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
Is Disney's Pocahontas wildly historically inaccurate? Yes.
Does it tell us a lot about the world we live in, pop culture, and antiracism? Also yes. Adam takes us to colonial America in the Theme Park Time Machine!
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Oct 7, 2020
Adam explores an odd intersection of presidential politics and theme parks. What does Walt Disney World have to do with the 1973 press conference that gave us one of the best known sound bites in American history?
"I am not a crook!" - Richard Nixon
Hop in Adam's Theme Park Time Machine to find out!
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