Best Joseph and Michelle Whalen Podcasts (2024)

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 152 "Gaming's Best and Bleakest of 2023" 1:03:59

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Prepare to embark on a gripping journey through the riveting world of gaming! We've got a spectacular lineup with detailed insights into the Game of the Year nominations, including the renowned Zelda games - Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. As we navigate these contrasting worlds, we'll explore the unique gameplay mechanics that set the…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 151 "Indy Strikes Back: The Disney Firesale" 50:03

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With writers and actors on strike, box office numbers struggling to rebound after the pandemic, and missteps with streaming costing studios billions, what could Hollywood possibly do to save the day? Maybe have a firesale and make some money, or at least that’s what Bob Iger is looking to do. But before we see our heroes on the picket lines or the …

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 150 “A Strong Finish” 1:09:25

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After a long hiatus we’re back with a revamped studio and some interesting experiences to share. The first was from our trip to Niagara falls. Then a new convention came to town. And then we’ll wrap up with thoughts on a few of our favorite shows coming to an end.By Joseph and Michelle Whalen

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 149 “Franklin My Dear I Don’t Give A Zolocon” 1:07:55

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After a long hiatus we’re back with a couple events we attended and a brief Disney discussion. First we’ll talk about our experience at the Disney 100 Exhibition at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Then we’ll discuss our time and our treasures from this year’s Zolocon. Finally we’ll talk about some of the impact of Bob Iger’s to Disney.…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 148 “Swapping the Bobs Again” 56:01

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Chapek is out, Iger is in at Disney again. What impact will that have on the company, the parks and the material coming out of the media giant? After 11 seasons the Walking Dead comes to an end, kind of. We'll take a look at the impact the show has had over the last decade and where the zombies are going next. Finally we'll recap some of the season…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 147 “Disney Dissected” 1:03:29

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As previously promised on the podcast, this week we bring you our review of the current state of Disney parks in Florida. Having spent a week down in somewhat sunny, often rainy and oppressively hot Florida we’ve had a chance to see if Disney has been able to bring the magic back. We’ll take a look at the resort, the amenities offered and the servi…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 146 “Help Me Obi-Wan Filoni” 1:09:47

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Today we’re continuing our discussion from our previous episode about the state of Star Wars 10 years into Disney’s stewardship of the franchise In today’s episode we’ll take a look at where the two men who have kept the franchise alive and given us A New Hope came from, of course I’m referring to Dave Filoni and Jon Favrau Then we’ll take a look a…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 145 "Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi" 1:01:13

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So today we’re going to discuss the current state of Star Wars. We’ll take a look at how the franchise has progressed since Disney took ownership and what their stewardship looks like. Then we’ll take a dive into some of the properties that have come out recently and the trend towards streaming. We’ll give our thoughts and opinions on the recently …

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 144 “Magic and Bounty Hunting” 46:30

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Today in our Disney Detective we’ll take a look at MagicBand Plus and some of the exciting new things they can unlock coming to a Theme Park near you. Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy takes a look at an innovative new documentary coming out about famed special effects house ILM And then we’ll finish up with our review of Doctor Strange in the Mult…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 143 “How Not to Cancel Disney” 49:40

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This week on our Disney Detective we’ll learn how NOT to cancel Disney. Then in our Entertainment news we have a disappointing update in the Walking Dead universe And in our Insightful Picks we’ll talk about Halo the SeriesBy Joseph and Michelle Whalen

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 142 “Racism, Slaps and Weird Star Wars” 49:09

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This week we take a look at how Disney manages to do it wrong yet again. We’ll also get a look at how Star Wars almost got very “Weird” on us. Finally we’ll talk about the unavoidable news from this past weekend’s Academy Awards.By Joseph and Michelle Whalen

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 141 “Walkouts and Mergers” 49:57

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This week we’ll take a look at how Disney CEO handled, or rather mishandled Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill Then we’ll dig into the next major consolidation move in the Entertainment industry with Amazon’s acquisition of MGM. We’ve also got a great Insightful Pick for you this week and some convention news.…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 140 “Blueskin and Brains!” 1:07:53

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This week in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy we’ll take a look at what’s brewing in the rumor mill about a possible upcoming Disney+ movie Our Entertainment News focuses on a new Walking Dead series that’s got us scratching our heads a bit We’ll be introducing a new Convention Recap segment where this week we’ll talk about our experience at Z…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 139 “A Whole New Show” 1:09:24

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When we started this podcast it was originally meant to be a deep dive into selected entertainment news and pop culture information that being die hard fans of a number of key areas of these topics we thought we could lend some unique perspective on. Over the course over 130 episodes we drifted away from that more to a reporting on current news and…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 138 “Purely for Curiosity's Sake” 1:08:43

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Today in our Disney Detective, Inspiring Black Youth through Imagineering plus Disney is in the community building business again In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Andor gets a season 2 and The Old Republic gets a new trailer And for our Entertainment News, we remember Ivan Reitman and how do you show the young heads that the old heads have…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 137 “Hate the system, not the Genie” 43:17

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Today in our Disney Detective, fans prefer Universal over the Genie and Tik Tok wants us to think Disney put a shop owner out of business In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Happy Birthday to John Williams plus we finally get a release date for Obi-Wan Kenobi And for our Entertainment News, Dolly is paying the bills and Mickey’s tribute to th…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 136 “The Return of Disney Wars and Franchise Favorites” 58:22

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Today in our Disney Detective, Abigail Disney fires a shot across Chapek’s bow while Disney Reveals their Avenging Expansion in Paris In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, The golden one returns to the franchise and the Galactic Starcruiser Itinerary is finally revealed And for our Entertainment News, Iger on Movies plus Walking out on the Mask…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 135 “Getting Weird on the Yellow Brick Road” 54:31

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Today in our Disney Detective, Disney’s looking to dig up some local talent in New Orleans plus Florida locals are buzzing about a sweet post holiday deal In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Why no one cared when Star Wars blew up a planet and the wait for the next Star Wars game is almost over And for our Entertainment News, Daniel Radcliffe…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 134 “Busting on Bob” 55:59

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Today in our Disney Detective, Disney CEO Bob Chapek has a new strategy for Disney. But do fans agree, and Guests Show Distaste For Bob Chapek at Magic Kingdom With Giant Signage In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, DISNEY, LUCASFILM, AND FIRST JOIN FORCES ONCE AGAIN plus Disney+'s new 'Star Wars' series 'The Book of Boba Fett' hasn't caught o…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 133 “Done with Disney” 1:07:01

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Today in our Disney Detective, Bob Iger goes back to his roots and why are so many people saying they’re done with Disney? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Galactic Starcruiser reservations are available…but do you really want to book it, then the on again off again saga of Patty Jenkins Star Wars movie…I think it’s on again…maybe…this wee…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 132 “The Year In Review” 1:13:27

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This week we mix things up a bit. Instead of doing our news articles of the week we’re going to take a look back and reflect on some of the big news articles of the year in each of our respective categories. Then we’ll finish up with a recap of our trip to Maryland for Ocean City Comic Con along with some footage of the show before we end with our …

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Holiday Special 2021: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas 10:35

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Continuing our annual holiday tradition the Insights Into Things hosts bring you our 2021 Holiday Special: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. This retelling of the Dr. Seuss classic is told through the voices of our shows hosts. If you're lucky enough to catch the video version of this performance you'll also get to see original artwork for the produc…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 131 “Getting Weird with Adele and the Gang” 51:28

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Today in our Disney Detective, for the first time ever Black Santas appearing at Disney Parks plus and Alternate “Cinderella Castle Suite that guests can actually book In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a live action Sabine Wren has been cast for “Star Wars: Asoka”, and a recent Book of Boba TV special reveals new footage of the much anticip…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 130 "Pluses, Contracts and The Final Frontier" 57:27

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Today in our Disney Detective, the big reveals from Disney+ day, and The Boys trolls Disney+ Day with its own Vought+ updates In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Kathleen Kennedy Has Re-Upped Her Lucasfilm Contract plus Patty Jenkins and Rian Johnson’s Star Wars projects may have been shelved for something other than scheduling And for our En…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 129 "Dusting Off The Old Favorites" 56:37

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Today in our Disney Detective, Wonder Woman and the Evil Queen, and can the Main Street Electrical Parade solve Disney’s problems yet again? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, an unnecessary origin story for an irrelevant character, plus is there an Old Republic movie in the works? And for our Entertainment News, Netflix maybe coming to Jers…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 128 “DeVito, Delays and Disney+ Days” 48:45

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Today in our Disney Detective, Danny DeVito will be visiting the Mansion, plus delays and more delays in store for Marvel and Disney movies In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Maybe that galaxy far far away isn’t as far as we thought, Boba gets a special for Disney+ Day And for our Entertainment News, finally we’re getting History of the Worl…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 127 “To Boldly Go...” 1:00:28

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Today in our Disney Detective, How a villain avoids breaking character plus, 50 years after opening and these workers never left In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the Galactic Starcruiser is getting its own comics, and just how dangerous would Dark Side Luke actually be? And for our Entertainment News, William Shatner is finally reaching fo…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 126 “Making Time For New Neighbors” 1:07:17

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Today in our Disney Detective, Disney thinks the rules about copying someone else’s work is different when they do it, then welcome to the new neighborhoods of EPCOT In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a new way for lightsabers to change color, and George Lucas joins Hasbro’s Black Series And for our Entertainment News, Johnny Depp is still w…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 125 “The Little Ladies Man” 46:18

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Today in our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at a 4 year old true gentleman in the magic kingdom, an an extra magical way to skip lines at the parks In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Hasbro newest wares are on display plus The Art of Star Wars the Mandalorian Season 2 And for our Entertainment News, Who’s going Around the World in 80 Da…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 124 “Yehaa Bob and the Sith Lords” 47:13

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Today in our Disney Detective, Say hello to “Yehaa Bob” and Dining 220 Miles above the Earth. In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Is Darth Vader the way? Plus Old favorites from the Old Republic. And for our Entertainment News, Mobius in the Mansion? And TMZ sells out to Fox Entertainment. And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Pic…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 123 “What’s Disney without Mickey?” 50:52

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Today in our Disney Detective, some details on the reimagining of Splash Mountain, Is Disney losing Mickey Mouse? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a Props bonanza at Walt Disney Archives, Star Fans suddenly wish the Luke Skywalker Cameo didn’t happen And for our Entertainment News, The stars of Cobra Kai react to a season 5 announcement, H…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 122 “Smells Like Treasures, Tributes and Resurrections” 1:01:26

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Today in our Disney Detective, Walt Disney’s Personal Plane Remains Abandoned at Disney World, Imagineer Rolly Crump on Museum of the Weird, the scariest Disneyland attraction ever envisioned In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, We finally learned how Palpatine survived and returned in ‘Rise of Skywalker’, Andor Star Wars Show Reportedly Wraps…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 121 "If You Build It..." 1:02:42

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Today in our Disney Detective, will Disney Genie have guests spend less time in line (I’ll believe it when I see it), then the Beauty and the Beast stage show reopens at the Studios In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, what is Batuuese and where do you need it, plus how Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Movie will differ from Ragnarok And for our Ente…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 120 “Happy Birthday and Beyond” 53:17

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Today in our Disney Detective, a happy birthday wish to my favorite celebrity and news of a new film she’s appearing in and details are released on the new Lightyear movie In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, someone besides me has a cheeky response to Disney’s obscene prices for the Galactic Starcruiser Experience plus Disney is looking for a…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 119 “Who’s Cruising to a New Mansion” 1:01:15

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Today in our Disney Detective, Disney is now requiring employees to be vaccinated and the stars of the new ‘Haunted Mansion’ movie have been announced In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill has some quality time with Grogu plus Disney parks announces pricing for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience And for our Entertainment…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 118 "A Little Coco With Your PhilharMagic" 49:18

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Today in our Disney Detective, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald goes behind-the-scenes on making the new Coco scene for Mickey's PhilharMagic and Did you ever want to spend the night in the Haunted Mansion, We’ll tell you how to make it happen! In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill says he's secretly been in every Star Wars movie since 2015…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 117 "Disney Isn't Number One" 1:00:01

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Today in our Disney Detective, Disney isn’t #1 according to Fans anymore, then some Unhappy Guests Burst Into Song While Stuck on a Popular Ride In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, An Actor from The Mandalorian says Why Season 3 Will Be More Like Season 1 & The Completed Star Wars show that we’ll never probably see And for our Entertainment N…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 116 “Slave I is No More” 50:30

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In our Disney Detective, you can now explore hidden rooms from the pirates of the caribbean in a popular new game update, plus Scarlett Johansson and Disney team up on ‘Tower of Terror’ Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Disney asks for a rename of Slave I, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars Lands Three Daytime Emmy Nominations And for our E…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 115 “Bugging the Avengers Campus” 55:14

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In our Disney Detective, which COVID changes are here to stay at Disney? A bugs land may be gone, but not forgotten at Avengers Campus Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, an X-Wing’s landing at the Smithsonian?, Which Star Wars character could replace Jack Sparrow? And for our Entertainment News, The Boys Issues an Appropriately Harsh Wa…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 114 “Wrath of the Mouse” 56:46

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In our Disney Detective, we continue to return to normal, but what does normal look like after COVID? Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Star Wars Garage edition and Gina Carano still in the Star Wars news And for our Entertainment News, Ricky Shroeder doesn’t like the Foo Fighters concert requirements, plus Diana Ross thanks us with a …

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 113 “For Disney, It's All About The Money” 1:03:39

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In our Disney Detective, Nobody Who Wants to Go to Disneyland Can Afford It & A New Version of FastPass coming? Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Is another Iconic Star Wars Villain Getting A Disney+ Series?? And Gina Carano Returning To Star Wars, But Not How You Expect And for our Entertainment News, Pink is feeling the love & Bye Zo…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 112 “Star Wars: Return of George Lucas?” 55:47

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In our Disney Detective, Disney World Has a Massive Sinkhole & Disney World Opts for 50th Anniversary Celebration with Zero Nostalgia Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Fox Memos From 1976 Resurface & Could George Lucas Be returning to Star Wars?? And for our Entertainment News, Taika Waititi & Tessa Thompson wind up in some hot water &…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 111 “Backstories, Buyouts and Cancellations” 1:10:59

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In our Disney Detective, Are more Virtual Queues coming to Disney Parks? And get your wallets ready for another Disney Auction Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Good bye Rangers, we hardly knew you & Is Disney finally going to fix the Snoke Problem? And for our Entertainment News, Is Amazon taking over the World? And we’ll talk about t…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 110 “The Marvelous Mara Jade” 52:55

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In our Disney Detective, Disney Closing the Fox Channel, Moving Shows To Disney+ & Disney Gave Jungle Cruise Filmmakers Options to Send Movie to Disney+ Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Brie Larson is rumored to be Cast as Luke Skywalker’s Wife in an upcoming project & the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel May “Detour” To Other Pl…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 109 “Celebrating A Return To Normal...Kind Of” 46:07

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In our Disney Detective, Disney World reduces social distancing requirements in select areas of theme parks & Some Stage shows are back at Walt Disney World Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANAHEIM 2022 is sooner than planned & Disney includes Gina Carano in its Mandalorian Emmy awards push And for our Entertainm…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 108 “Muppet Mansion and Real Lightsabers” 48:28

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In our Disney Detective, Halfway to Halloween & Disney College Program to return Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, A Real Life Lightsaber (kind of) coming soon & Could Cara Dune be coming back to the Star Wars Universe? (probably not) And for our Entertainment News, Woody Harrelson gives a helping hand & Loki arriving a little early An…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 107 “I am Kiwi” 54:08

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In our Disney Detective, Disney Imagineering’s Project Kiwi in the Works & A Disney fan complained and the responses are great Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Anakin is being voiced Again For A New ‘Star Wars’ Animation Project & Ewan McGregor felt ‘humiliated’ by idea of Disney casting someone else for Star Wars series And for our E…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 106 “What Is Thy Bidding My Master?” 50:57

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In our Disney Detective, What Happened To The People Who Waited Hours For Disneyland Tickets and Disneyland releases sneak a peek of the Haunted Mansion ride changes Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the man behind the mask of Darth Vader’s items are up for auction and Disney is finally settling a controversy with an iconic ‘Star Wars’…

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 105 "Detours Through The Tiki Room" 47:06

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In our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at concept art for updates to Enchanted Tiki Room and we’ll talk about A Place Where Everyone is Welcome Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, ‘Star Wars Detours’ Might Finally See The Light Of Day, and heads up fans of Wedge Antilles there’s a new collectible on the way And for our Entertainment …

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Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 104 “The Baby, The Beard and The Boot” 51:07

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In our Disney Detective, we’ll look at both a real life Disney villain (complete with handcuffs and catch phrase) and a real life Disney Hero Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Gina Carrano has a new Star Wars-Type show in the works, and the beard is back as Ewan McGregor prepares to start filming the new Obi-Wan series And for our Ente…

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