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Episode 248: Author and Former Imagineer Chris Merritt Part 1 Jul 02, 2025

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As Disneyland preps for its 70th anniversary a new book looks at the park’s earliest years. The Happiest Place on Earth: The Incredible Story of Walt Disney’s Disneyland from Penguin Random House has over 750 images, previously unpublished documents, and concept drawings.

Author and former Imagineer Chris Merritt joins us this week to talk about this new coffee table book available July 15, 2025. Preorder at PenguinRandomHouse.com.

Plus John, John and Shawn share their favorite packed park hacks.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 247: Degenhart Walt Disney World 2025 Trip Part 2 Jun 25, 2025

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Shawn Degenhart’s family trip to Walt Disney World continues! Shawn shares a diary style day-by-day recap. It includes visits to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom and his happy place, Pioneer Hall at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground to see the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 246: Degenhart Walt Disney World 2025 Trip Part 1 Jun 18, 2025

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Shawn Degenhart and family are in Walt Disney World! Shawn has a day-by-day recap of his adventures in Magic Kingdom and EPCOT this week. He has thoughts on Lightning Lane, afternoon breaks and has other takes.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 245: Walt Disney's Cinderella in Full Score from Shawn Degenhart Music Jun 11, 2025

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We’re taking a deep dive into the Cinderella Study Score published by our own Shawn Degenhart. What inspired him to create the book? How was it to work with Disney? What all is included in the book besides the score itself?

We’ll also take a closer look at long time composer and Disney Legend Oliver Wallace.

Purchase Walt Disney’s Cinderella in Full Score at degenhartmusic.com.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 244: Catching Up With Our Disney Views Jun 04, 2025

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We’re covering many topics this week including the new Disney Park coming to Abu Dhabi. We’ll share our thoughts. We’ll also talk about the American parks and new summer attractions.

John Alois has a mini MCU review of Thunderbolts*. Lilo and Stitch is cleaning up at the box office. Does that mean more live action remakes are on the way? That and more this week! Thanks for joining us at The Hub!

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 243: Disney Fest 2025 Presentations Part 2 May 28, 2025

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We’re wrapping up Disney Fest 2025 which was held a few weeks ago at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL.

Author JB Kaufman is giving us a history lesson on Donald Duck. He’ll talk about some of his early shorts including The Wise Little Hen (1934), Mr Duck Steps Out (1940) and A Good Time For a Dime (1941.) Then we’ll learn about the final film from the fest. A unique movie called The Reluctant Dragon from 1941 finishes up the weekend.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 242: Disney Fest 2025 Presentations Part 1 May 21, 2025

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Disney authors and historians JB Kaufman and Mindy Johnson join us this week! We’re back at Disney Fest 2025 to hear their presentations from the annual event. Joining them are organizer Steve Spain and our very own Shawn Degenhart.

As part of the event there were several classic Disney Films shown. This week we’ll focus on Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

Shawn is talking about the creation of his Cinderella study score. Purchase the book at degenhartmusic.com.

Disney Fest 2025 was held at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL May 2-4.

Episode 241: Our Fifth Anniversary! May 17, 2025

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We’re five years old today! This week, we’re celebrating half a decade of podcasting by sharing our origin stories. We’re interviewing each other. What were we like as kids? When did we discover Disney? How did we come up with the name for the show? What does the name mean? Find out in this episode.

Episode 240: Peoria Disney Fest 2025 With Mindy Johnson and JB Kaufman May 07, 2025

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This week’s show is from Disney Fest at The Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL where we sat down with authors Mindy Johnson and JB Kaufman. Our many topics include artist Mary Blair, The Reluctant Dragon from 1941, the history of Tinker Bell and more. We also share our own personal stories and talk about the moment we knew Disney became our passion.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

Episode 239: Dan Zehr from Coffee With Kenobi Apr 30, 2025

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What’s happening in the world of Star Wars? We reach out to our best expert on the subject! Dan Zehr from Coffee With Kenobi is back with us to talk about Seasons of the Force in Disneyland. We’ll also chat about Star Wars Celebration in Japan and Season 2 of Andor.

Plus we’ll preview the new show coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After.

Hosts John Alois, Shawn Degenhart and John Redlingshafer would love to hear from you! Email or send a recorded audio message at podcast@thehyperionhub.com. Find us on social media. The Hyperion Hub is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063622463796 https://www.instagram.com/hyperion_hub/ https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHubHyperion

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