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By Michael - November 13th, 2022 Marty Sklar, John DeCuir Jr., and John Hench discuss an early model of Spaceship Earth
With the recent celebration of EPCOT’s 40th anniversary, it’s time for the Progress City Radio Hour to begin our series of EPCOT-themed episodes! And as befits the park’s main icon, the first episode in our series is all about […]
By Michael - May 27th, 2022 Walt and Kirk Douglas frolic on the set of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
We’re back with a new episode of the Progress City Radio Hour! This month we’re talking about voyages extraordinaires – Disney’s run-ins with Jules Verne and the scientific romances of old. Leading off, we talk about the making of the […]
By Michael - August 10th, 2021 Disney landscapers lower the Liberty Oak into place in Liberty Square in 1971. Among the crew are Scott Girard (to the left, in orange shirt), Charlie Sepulveda (the yellow shirt, center), and Bill Evans (the mint green shirt, far right).
Today! The Progress City Radio Hour presents part one of our Town Hall […]
By Michael - July 13th, 2021
The Progress City Radio Hour picks up our fife and drum for another celebration of the Fourth of July! In this patriotic episode we’ll look back at how Disney parks celebrated the Bicentennial, and examine some very early concepts for Epcot’s American Adventure. We’ll also walk you through a lengthy televised spectacle of […]
By Michael - September 30th, 2020 Bob Baranick and Phantom Manor
Another month means another wave of Progress City Radio Hour episodes! This month we head off into the wilderness with a wide range of frontier discussion and yet another interview with a veteran theme park designer.
First comes our Wilderness episode. Here we grab our musket and […]
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The Progress City Primer
 From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.
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