🎧 Inventing Disneyland: The First Themepark
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Giant mouse ears at the ready, we're off to Disneyland! Hop on board and travel with us inside Walt Disney's mind (for better or for worse). We discover how he came up with the idea, what it all means, and how his dream of a Utopian city led indirectly to the Magic Kingdom.
Dallas's guest today is Sabrina Mittermeir, author of 'A Cultural History of Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle Class Kingdoms'.
Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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