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The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 52 – Doris Hardoon Town Hall, Part I

Disney Legend Doris Hardoon poses with the carpeted mural in the preshow area of EPCOT’s Harvest Theater

As we continue our celebration of EPCOT’s 40th anniversary, our newest Progress City Radio Hour Town Hall features an interview with a Disney Legend who was there for it all. We’re so happy to bring to you the first […]

The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 51 – Communications!

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 […]

The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 50 – Fifty Happy Episodes!

Fifty! FIFTY!

Fifty episodes! Can you believe it? It’s true though – The Progress City Radio Hour has hit its fiftieth episode mark. And to celebrate, we’re looking at some 50th anniversary celebrations from the past: 1973’s 50th anniversary of Walt Disney Productions, and 1978’s 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse. Thankfully each of these […]

The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 44 – Voyages Extraordinaires!

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 […]

The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 31 – Scott Girard Town Hall, Part I

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 […]