Podcasts Government Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast Episode 27: Walt Disney, City Planner

Episode 27: Walt Disney, City Planner

Published: June 30, 2014, 9:08 p.m.

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While most people know Walt Disney as the creator of lovable characters like\\xa0Mickey Mouse and movies like\\xa0Snow White and Fantasia, Disney doesn\'t get as much credit for\\xa0his design of Disneyland. Turns out Disney made himself an expert on\\xa0the subject.\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0

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This podcast isn\'t a typical Talking Headways conversation. It\'s a 45-minute episode, produced by Jeff for the Overhead Wire, on one topic:\\xa0the history and ideas of Walt Disney the planner. Guests\\xa0Sam Gennawey, an urban planner and author of three books on Walt Disney,\\xa0and Tim Halbur,\\xa0director of communications for the Congress for the New Urbanism,\\xa0discuss in detail Walt\\u2019s focus on planning places for people in Disneyland, Disney World, and Celebration Florida.\\xa0

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We hope you\\u2019ll take a listen and enjoy. We\'ll be back next week with your regular dose of news and banter from Talking Headways.

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As always,\\xa0you can subscribe to the Talking Headways Podcast on\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Stitcher\\xa0or by signing up for our\\xa0RSS feed, and we always love hearing from you in the comments.\\xa0

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