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Disney played a prominent role in establishing animation as a mainstream medium for children and adults, but lesser examined might be their impact on American culture through television, live action film, and Walt Disney’s obsession with creating a total experience such as Disneyland.

Adam McCabe joins to discuss his work as an actor, writer, comedian and improv teacher. Learn about his humble Bakersfield days on radio and TV and how he joined the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. Of note, Adam also starred in Pseudobook's mystery comedy film Detective Detective Detective.

Mariana Trench tells us how to write pop songs, Gene Simmons blames music fans for ruining the universe, and we find out which musical genres sell the best.

Conference burnout and fresh installs of OS X can't stop Flipping Tables! Lyons' Pebble Time finally arrives, IKEA charging furniture is on sale now, and in the war of web v. native maybe we all win.

Polly’s wedding is coming up fast and Shelby survives a spider attack. They are compelled to discuss the iZombie season finale and the latest shenanigans on the Bachelorette. Later, Shelby takes back her disappointment in SYTYCD. Also: latest tv show addictions and the amazingness that is Jurassic World.

NPR explained their signature sound, Spotify dabbles in premium-only songs, and Apple Music is poised to shake up the music industry. Which suggests the question: Is the whole music industry now just a feature of technology platforms?

E3 is officially here and it's fan service all the way down. Backwards compatibility on the Xbox One, The Last Guardian is finally being released, and Final Fantasy VII is getting the remake everyone apparently wants.

We do a little fangirling for the TV show, Shadowhunters, talk about the greater good and pitched a new TV show, Susan’s Adventures in the Silos.

TV played a surprisingly subversive role in diversifying musical genres and introducing some American pop and folk groups and Motown R&B stars that people otherwise may not have heard. We review shows such as Hootenanny, Shindig and Hullabaloo from the 60s, and examine how they broke the hold of AM radio formats and advertisers on programming.

In this episode, we love on our libraries, vote for our favorite book club reads, and discuss Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist. Susan defines the difference between observation and being a total creeper, Tara licks language from a bowl, and Jeannette shares a cool Kindle tip!

We introduce ourselves with books. We discuss Book Bingo and all its glorious nerdiness. And we discuss a legacy written in a long letter to his son.

We talk to Lee Bozeman about Luxury and their first new album in around 10 years: Trophies. Lee tells us some behind the scenes stories of recording the album, the thoughts put behind previous Luxury album covers, and whether or not Luxury will ever tour again! Also: Lee is asked for the third time this week what he thinks of Walker Percy!

Matt reports back on seeing Denver band The Still Tide, reducing our degrees of separation! Smoke & Honey play a cd release show, too. NPR throws their hat in the audiophile snake oil ring, YouTube launches 360 degree videos and we discuss passive and active music videogames.

Apple's WWDC event happened and that means Lyons and Mike are here to pick it apart! We also pour one out for the Apple TV that wasn't. Also: somehow we found a way to bash Microsoft and we feel appropriately contrite about it.

Polly and Shelby hit double digits in released episodes! They share theories on the plot of a Gilmore Girls reunion and discuss the crazy shenanigans happening on the Bachelorette (Tony, Clint & JJ - we’re looking at you). The ladies of Likely Story are joined by special guest, Carolyn, to discuss her connection to American Ninja Warrior. Also: Stephen Colbert is awesome and CBS hits a new low.

Smoke & Honey prepares their debut and Mike has a Montropo gig report. Also: Inappropriate band names, doing things just for exposure, and why the Mario theme song is so catchy!

Mike learns sneezes can be forced. Lyons has a magical Uber experience. And oh yeah, Google I/O 2015 happened! Lots of amazing tech, and more steps to return to the true developer conference Google I/O is supposed to be.

Sputnik was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. A surprise launch. As was its success. Learn how the launch of Sputnik affected American culture, arts and politics.

Denver musician Sarah Brown joins the show to discuss writing songs, recording at Mighty Fine Productions and planning a midwest tour for the debut album 'Chase The Sun' of her new indie-folk project Smoke & Honey.

A leaked Spotify contract with Sony Music provides juicy details on how artists are being screwed by labels. Forgotify helps you find lonely, unplayed songs that need some love. Weav.io promises to change music production forever and a tech site's Tidal review spouts the same audiophile snake oil we're getting really tired of.