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- YESTERDAY:
O.J. Simpson's Car Chase - DAY BEFORE:
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Benjamin Franklin's Kite đŞâĄ
ON THIS DAY
The Town Disney Built
Designed by Imagineers, and located on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, the town of Celebration, Florida welcomed its first residents on 18th June, 1996.
Over 5,000 families had applied to be amongst the first ever homeowners to reside, full-time, in the grounds of a theme park. Conceptually, the town was a mash-up of the wistful nostalgia that inspired the designs of Disneylandâs original Main St, USA and Disneyâs âutopian city of tomorrowâ vision (which, eventually, manifested as EPCOT).
In this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion consider the restrictions of living in a New Urbanist community; ask why the town remains over 90% white; and wonder whether anyone really needs singing binsâŚ
Further Reading:
⢠Disney fan-site âInside The Magicâ on Waltâs âFlorida Projectâ: https://insidethemagic.net/2021/01/walts-disney-florida-project-lp1/
⢠Insider takes a tour of modern-day Celebration (2020): https://www.insider.com/what-it-is-like-to-live-in-celebration-florida-2020-1
⢠âCelebration: the creepy real life town Disney built in Floridaâ (news.com.au, 2019):
ON THIS DAY
The Town Disney Built
Designed by Imagineers, and located on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, the town of Celebration, Florida welcomed its first residents on 18th June, 1996.
Over 5,000 families had applied to be amongst the first ever homeowners to reside, full-time, in the grounds of a theme park. Conceptually, the town was a mash-up of the wistful nostalgia that inspired the designs of Disneylandâs original Main St, USA and Disneyâs âutopian city of tomorrowâ vision (which, eventually, manifested as EPCOT).
In this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion consider the restrictions of living in a New Urbanist community; ask why the town remains over 90% white; and wonder whether anyone really needs singing binsâŚ
Further Reading:
⢠Disney fan-site âInside The Magicâ on Waltâs âFlorida Projectâ: https://insidethemagic.net/2021/01/walts-disney-florida-project-lp1/
⢠Insider takes a tour of modern-day Celebration (2020): https://www.insider.com/what-it-is-like-to-live-in-celebration-florida-2020-1
⢠âCelebration: the creepy real life town Disney built in Floridaâ (news.com.au, 2019):
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- YESTERDAY:
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Benjamin Franklin's Kite đŞâĄ
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OLLY MANN
Olly Mann made his name with another trivia-wielding podcast, Answer Me This! with Helen Zaltzman – and now presents The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought for BBC Radio Four. He also has an A-Level in History, so Dan Snow beware.
REBECCA MESSINA
Rebecca got a passion for podcasting  working at The Week magazine and a passion for trivia appearing on University Challenge in 2011, making The Retrospectors her natural home.
ARION MCNICOLL
Arion started out in satirical news in Australia, then moved to the UK to work for ostensibly serious publications including The Times, CNN, and The Week⌠before realising that since around 2016 the news has all been satire really.
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