Insights Into Things

In today’s episode we’re going to take a look at Marching Band. We’ll explore what’s involved as far as time and commitment. We’ll talk about what skills are honed in marching band, not all of which are musical. We’ll also take a look at some of the less obvious benefits teens gain that will stay with them for a lifetime. 

This week we’re talking about Feminism. We’ll take a look at what feminism is today and what it has been over it’s more than 170 years of history. We’ll explore the four waves of feminism and talk about the advances each brought and their differences. Then we’ll explore some of the problems with modern feminism before we finish up with suggestions on ways to promote feminism. 

Today in our Disney Detective, Wonder Woman and the Evil Queen, and can the Main Street Electrical Parade solve Disney’s problems yet again? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, an unnecessary origin story for an irrelevant character, plus is there an Old Republic movie in the works? And for our Entertainment News, Netflix maybe coming to Jersey and the unfortunate passing of Dean Stockwell A...

Today in our Disney Detective, Danny DeVito will be visiting the Mansion, plus delays and more delays in store for Marvel and Disney movies In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Maybe that galaxy far far away isn’t as far as we thought, Boba gets a special for Disney+ Day And for our Entertainment News, finally we’re getting History of the World Part II and Munster Mania in time for Halloween!...

What is procrastination and what are some of the downfalls of it? What causes procrastination in teens? We’ll discuss all of this and how parents can help their teens overcome procrastination.

Today in our Disney Detective, How a villain avoids breaking character plus, 50 years after opening and these workers never left In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the Galactic Starcruiser is getting its own comics, and just how dangerous would Dark Side Luke actually be? And for our Entertainment News, William Shatner is finally reaching for the final frontier then a touching moment betwee...

This week we’re talking about perfectionism and the malicious cycle it can lead us into. We’ll talk about how we determine if someone is a perfectionist and the signs to look for. We then evaluate the causes of perfectionism and some of the negative consequences of it. And finally we’ll look at how to address perfectionism and what parents can do to help.

Today in our Disney Detective, Disney thinks the rules about copying someone else’s work is different when they do it, then welcome to the new neighborhoods of EPCOT In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a new way for lightsabers to change color, and George Lucas joins Hasbro’s Black Series And for our Entertainment News, Johnny Depp is still whining that he’s being treated unfairly, plus Russ...

This week we’re going to talk about a term that is used a lot in the media but often misunderstood, Gaslighting. It’s thrown around a lot but most people don’t know that it really refers to a form of mental abuse that is far too widespread in today’s society. We’ll talk about what Gaslighting is, the origins of the term, signs that it’s happening and steps to stop it if it’s happening to you or a...

Today in our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at a 4 year old true gentleman in the magic kingdom, an an extra magical way to skip lines at the parks.  In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Hasbro newest wares are on display plus The Art of Star Wars the Mandalorian Season 2. And for our Entertainment News, Who’s going Around the World in 80 Days plus Netflix buys the chocolate factory and...

This week we’re talking about teens and accountability. We’ll define what accountability is and how to hold teens accountable. Then we’ll talk about setting goals and how to help our teens realize those goals. Finally we’ll look at ways to help instill accountability in teens and help them make themselves successful.

Today in our Disney Detective, Say hello to “Yehaa Bob” and Dining 220 Miles above the Earth.  In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Is Darth Vader the way? Plus Old favorites from the Old Republic. And for our Entertainment News, Mobius in the Mansion? And TMZ sells out to Fox Entertainment. And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

On this week's episode we're talking Teens and Entitlement. We'll talk about what is the mentality of entitlement and it's clinical definition. We explore how entitlement mentality affects relationships. Then we'll look at signs of an entitled teenager and methods to fix entitled behavior before we wrap up with three tools for battling entitlement.

Today in our Disney Detective, some details on the reimagining of Splash Mountain, Is Disney losing Mickey Mouse? In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a Props bonanza at Walt Disney Archives, Star Fans suddenly wish the Luke Skywalker Cameo didn’t happen And for our Entertainment News, The stars of Cobra Kai react to a season 5 announcement, Honoring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy And as always we...

This week we go off script a bit to deal with some issues. First we talk about a series of deadly tornados that blew through our area and actually our town in the wake of hurricane Ida. We'll talk a bit about how scary that was and the lingering anxiety of the experience. We'll also talk about the disruption the storms caused to everyone's life in the area last week which prevented us from recordi...

Today in our Disney Detective, Walt Disney’s Personal Plane Remains Abandoned at Disney World, Imagineer Rolly Crump on Museum of the Weird, the scariest Disneyland attraction ever envisioned In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, We finally learned how Palpatine survived and returned in ‘Rise of Skywalker’, Andor Star Wars Show Reportedly Wraps Filming And for our Entertainment News, Nirvana s...

It’s about that time for the kids to head back to school. We thought that COVID would just be a bad memory by now, but it seems it’s here to stay for a little while. So how do your kids feel about going back to school in the time of COVID. How do you as a parent feel and how can we make the most of the situation while still trying to keep our families safe and mitigate any anxiety we might have un...

After 20 years of military operations, over $2 trillion dollars, an estimated 160,000 lives 50,000 of which were civilian, 2,448 American Service members, 3,846 US Contractors, roughly 66,000 Afghan national military and police, 1,144 allied service members, 44 aid workers, 72 journalists and over 50,000 Taliban and other opposition fighters the United States is finally pulling out of Afghanistan....

Today in our Disney Detective, will Disney Genie have guests spend less time in line (I’ll believe it when I see it), then the Beauty and the Beast stage show reopens at the Studios In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, what is Batuuese and where do you need it, plus how Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Movie will differ from Ragnarok And for our Entertainment News, did Disney accidentally solve Holl...

Situations, emotions and hormones often combine in our teens to make them feel like a burden on those around them. We’ll explore why this happens, some of the things that can cause this and finally we’ll look at ways to help our teens combat this.

Today in our Disney Detective, a happy birthday wish to my favorite celebrity and news of a new film she’s appearing in and details are released on the new Lightyear movie In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, someone besides me has a cheeky response to Disney’s obscene prices for the Galactic Starcruiser Experience plus Disney is looking for an Actress To Play the Live-Action version of Sabin...

This week we’re talking about disappointment and how to deal with it. We’ll discuss what disappointment is and what causes us to feel disappointed. We’ll explore signs to look for that indicate our teens are disappointed and some common things that can cause disappointment. We’ll finish up with some tips on how to help teens deal with disappointment.

Today in our Disney Detective, Disney is now requiring employees to be vaccinated and the stars of the new ‘Haunted Mansion’ movie have been announced In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill has some quality time with Grogu plus Disney parks announces pricing for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience And for our Entertainment News, Kevin Feige's Reaction To Scarlett Johansso...

Today we’re talking about teens and acceptance. We’ll explore what acceptance is and why it’s important. Then we’ll talk a little bit about understanding teen development and how that plays into acceptance. Finally we’ll explore tips on improving teen acceptance.

Today in our Disney Detective, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald goes behind-the-scenes on making the new Coco scene for Mickey's PhilharMagic and Did you ever want to spend the night in the Haunted Mansion, We’ll tell you how to make it happen! In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill says he's secretly been in every Star Wars movie since 2015, and Grogu & Luke Build a Lightsaber And for our...